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SUCCESSFUL HUNT
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Pictures above with the elk they
bagged in the Dillon area earlier
this month are Carl Nordguist and
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Young. They
looked for game in the rugged area
partly by Jeep and 1 partly on foot.
Mrs. Young shot her first elk on
the trip.
Kiwanis to study
possibilities of having
parents’ association
An association of Hardin parents
may be the result of Wednesday's
noon luncheon meeting of the local
Kiwanis club.
A panel discussion on Montana's
education problems was the pro
gram. Dr Robert Miller was mod
erator and panelist were Joe Nurre,
Herman Hardt and Hugh Bird. The
entire club entered into the discuss
ion that followed.
As a result, the club will consi
der making teh organization of Har
din parents one of its 1961 projects.
L. O Wallin was appointed chair
man of a committee to make a fur
ther study on the situation and re
port back to the club. There is no
existing organization of this type
in Hardin.
Guests of the club were Mark
Cady and Willard McLaughton.
At the meeting o n Wdnesday.
Nov. 23. the finance drive for the
speech clinic got undter way. Club
members will sell candy and nuts
throughout the holiday for this pur
pose.
The Rev. James Newton of the
First Methodist church gave a talk
on Thanksgiving. Key club members
present were Tony Nurre and Rich
Fox and Mark Cady was another
guest.
PLAN MEETINGS
ON CHEYENNE
RESERVATION
The Northern Cheyenne Live
stock association will sponsor two
educational meetings on taxs and
other financial matters of especial
interest to ranchers during Decem
ber.
Besides members, other interest
ranchers and individual are invit
ed to attend.
The first session on "Social Se
curity and Income Tax.'" will be
held Tuesday. Dec. 6. from 2 to 4
p.m. at the Catltolic hall in Busby
M E Quenemoen. extension econo
mist. Montana State college will be '
the speaker.
Mrs Alberta Johnston, extension
home management specialist, Mon
tana college will discuss "Estate
planning" at the second meeting
from 2 to 4 p.m on Tues Dec. 13 al
so at the Busby Catholic hall. At
this time Cline Clemming of the
Northern Cheyenne agency realty
office, will speak on land transfer
procedures.
This is the second group of edu
cational meeting to be spymsored* by
the association this winter
Funeral here for
Minnie Herman
The Rev C A Bentley of Billings
officiated at last rites here for Mrs
Anna Willielmina <Minnie* Herman,
a former Hardin resident. at the
First Bapttet church at 2 p.m
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs Herman, who had been mak
ing her home in Billings, died Tues
day in a Billings hospital where
she had been a patint since Nov 8.
Pallbearers were all grandtons
Marshall. Dale and David Herman
and Raymond. Robert and Richard
Cooley Honorary pallbearers were
Ames McKinsey. Mike Jurak. Ho
ward Allen and Jack Rehberg.
Mrs Jack Colstad sang "Beyond
the Sunset" and Mrs Lura P
Strand sang "Going Down the Val
ley." They were accompanied by
Mrs. Gordo n Swaby
Surviving are five sons, one
daughter, one brother, one sister.
14 grandchildren and 13 great
grandchildren.
Chamber oi Commerce plans street decorations
announces special Christmas shoppinu hours
Member, of the Big Horn Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce, at a
meeting Tueaday evening In the
Chamber office, made preparation*
for a festive Chriatmns season In
Hardin.
Plans for street decorations were
announced and special i/turs for
the convenience of Christmas shop
pers were agreed upon by local
merchants.
The special holiday decorations
have arrived and will be put up be
vinnma Sunday. It was ata ted On
the committee so this job are Ber
nard Novark. Charles Duncon snd
Clift Ludrlck.
Wednesday evenln* will be shop-
CUSTEr/bOEFIELD
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BIG HORN COUNTY
VOL 53 NO 48
Yellowtail Access Road Bids Opened in Hardin
Last rites for
Ralph Knight
in Lodqe Grass
Funeral services for Ralph E.
Knight. 59. were held at 2 p.m.
Tuescihy in the Little Brown
church in Lodge Grass.
Mr. Knight, proprietor of a gen
eral merchandise store in Lodge
Grass and clerk of School District
No 27. died suddenly of a heart
attack at 7:25 a.m. Saturday in his
store.
The Rev. H. S. Benson officiated
at the services. Jim Mitchell, ac
oompanied by Mrs. Henry L. Esp.
sang "Have Thine Own Way. Lord”
and “The Lord’s Prayer.”
Pallbearers were Larry McComas,
George Cooley. Milton Molsberry.
Richard Pilch, LaiTy Zowada and
Ariis Whiteman.
Interment was in Custer Battle
field National cemetery with mili
tary rites by White Man Runs Him
Post No. 116 of the American Leg
ion. Lodge Grass. The Masonic
graveside service was by Sts. John
Lodge No. 92. A. F. and A. M . Har
din, with Russell Danielson acting
as worshipful master.
Mr Knight was bor n March 23.
1901 in Webster, S. D.. a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Knight. After at
tending schools at Sisseton, S. D.
he was graduated from a teachers’
college at Aberdeen. S. D. He taught
for two years at Isabelle, S.D.
The Knight family came to the
Sarpy area northeast of Hardin in
1926 and lived in that area until
near Lodge Grass until 1936. He
1933 -Mr. Knight then worked fcr
Phil Spear on Rotten Grass Creek
near Lodge Gras until 1936. He
married Clara Marie Lix of Lodge
Grass in Hardin on Sept. 26. 1936
and the couple went to MacLeod
for a two-year residence. They re
turned to Itodge Grass in 1938.
Mr. Knight had been clerk of
. School District No. 27 for 10 years.
He was a charter member and the
first commander of the Lxige
Grass Legion post. He belonged to
the Congregational church. Be-
I sides his membership in the Hardin
| MaOnic lodge, he was a member
of the Royal Arch Masons here and
of the Adoniram council. Billings
He purchased Knight s General
store, formerly the Nichols store, a
bout a year ago.
He entered the Marine Corps at
Butte in April of 1942 and received
an honorable discharge in Seattle,
Wash., in September of 1944
Surviving are his wife and a
daughter. Ruth Marie. 11. of Lodge
Grass; his mother. Mrs. Ruth
Knight of Plevna and Lloyd Knight
of Los Angeles.
Ben Steele drawings of
life in P.O.W. camps
to be exhibited here
The drawings of Ben Steele,
made during his 42 months as a
prisoner of the Japanese during
World War 11. will be exhibitd at
the community room of the court
house here on Sunday, Dec. 11, un
der the spontorehip of the Hardin
Kiwanis club.
The drawings were executed
during Imprisonment with an or
dinary writing pencil. The 52 num
bered sketches begin with an im
pression of General Wainwright
and his staff and scenes at Clark
field, and continue through the
infamous Death March, a stay at
Camp O’Donnell. Bllibid prison in
the Philippines, Cabanatum. and
final Imprisonment in Japan.
Mr Steele, the artist, who is now
art instructor at Eastern Montana
College of Education, will give a
gallery talk at 3 p m.
per’s night l n Hardin between now ।
and Christmas The cooperating
storr K will remain open until 8 p.m.
on the following Wednesdays Dec.
7. 14 and 21 Last minute gift buy
ers can also make purchases up to
8 p.m. on the evening of Dec. 22
and 23 'Thursday and Friday*
Stores will close at the regular hour
.on Saturday. Dec. 24, to give both
| owners and employees a chance to
take part in traditional Christmas
Eve celebrations.
Stores will remain closed on Mon
day, Dec 26 and on Monday. Jan.
2 since Christmas and New Yearn
both fall on Sunday thia year.
TOO LOW COST
The story about the crafts
course to be offered here in
January by Dr. Helene North
cutt of Eastern Montana Col
lege of Education apparently
left the wrong impression with
some prospective enrollees.
Besides the fee for craft ma
trials and tools (which will re
main the property of the stu
dent), there will also be a
charge of $lB for instruction.
The cost of the craft materials
is sls, making the total cost
for the course $33 per enrollee.
Terry Herman attends
executive council
of Future Homemakers
Miss Terry Herman, daughter of
Mrs. Lloyd Lachenmeier. attended
a special executive council meeting
for state officers of Future Home
makers of America in Bozeman Nov.
18.
Miss Herman oecame state par
liamentarian of the organization af
ter her election as District IV
chairman i n Forsyth in October.
Attending the Bozeman sessions
were representatives and chapter
mothers from the Bozeman area.
Miss Betty Hoffman, state advisor,
and Miss Lois Oliver, national ad
visor were presented at the meeting.
One topic for study was planning
programs Of interest for chapter
FHA meetings. State and national
goals were discussed, and ways to
emphasize them were brought out.
Also receiving attention were pro
blems all chapters seems to have
and ways to overcome them and
make FHA a more effective organ
ization.
City police have quiet
week with six arrests
Hardin had a quiet week, the
docket of Police Magistrate Rub
sell L Danielson revealed Only
six persons were arrested. Two
charges were lodged against one
man.
Three were charged with intoxi
cation, and other offenses listed
included trespassing, driving with
out a license, speeding and earless
driving.
Judge Danielson listed the fol
lowing :
Nov 22 — Luther Fare, careless
driving and driving without a li
cense. $lO bond on each count
Robert Cuts, intoxication. $25 fine.
Cheater Bad Bo”, intoxication. $25
fine. John Morrison, trespassers.
$25 fine.
Nov 25 — Eugene Ferdercr.
speeding, yet to appear and* Daniel
Crooked Arm. intoxication, yet co
appear.
Local Kiwanians will
attend Laurel meeting
Several members of the Hardin
Kiwanis club will attend the lieu
tenant governor’s training confer
ence tor Kiwanis officers and com
mittee chairman in Laurel Satur
day.
In charge will be the Lieutenant
Governor elected of this district. C.
A. George of Laurel.
Sessions will be held at the Owl
case and will begin at 10 a m.
Assisting in conduction the con
ference will be H. S Ruegamer. L
O. Wallin and E. O. Preston of Har
din.
The Chamber will hold its reor i
ganlzation meeting on Dec. 6. ar»d
officers for 1961 will be elected at
that time The choice* will be made
from among the 12 directors of the
group.
Holdover directors include A A
Moser, Raleigh Kraft, Robert Jacob
sen. Cliff Ludrick. Rich Fox. J. W
Smith. Hugh Bird and Ftoyd Slat
tery. Newly elected to the board nre
Jess Johnson. Urie Tlntlnger Jr..
Dick Hovland and Ray MoriMotte
They replace F Mario Solazzl. pres
ident. aM Clyde A. Rader, C W.
Edwards and Bernard Novar*,
whose terms expire this year.
Hardin, Big Hom County, Montana
POSTMASTER LAUNCHES “MAIL EARLY
FOR CHRISTMAS’’ CAMPAIGN HERE
Postmaster Howard E. Wagner
put his "Mail Early for Christmas"
campaign into high gear this week.
The postmaster said. "We're
I heading into an all time record for
Christmas mail thia year. Every fa
cility of the post office has been ex
panded to render maximum service.
We've adefed extra trucks and per
sonnel. Special mailing schedules
have been set up to insure prompt
handling of the tremendous flood
of both incoming and outgoing
Christmas mail.”
The vast volume of Christmas
mail i s only part of our problem.”
the postmaster continued. “Care
lessly written names and addresses,
poorly wrapped packages, insuffici
ent postage and other oversights
are bound to result in delays and
.disappointments.
Postmaster Wagner had some su
gestions for simple ways to be sure
Christmas cards and gifts would ar
rive on time. These included:
Be sure jour Christmas card and
g'ft mailing lists are up to date.
Wrap your Christmas gifts se
curely.
Use complete address including
street numbr, rural route or post
office box number. Be sure the
name of the street i s complete with
avenues, parkways or drive included.
FRENCH GIVEN
NAVY WINGS
Jack L. French, aviation machi- ,
nist's mate first class. USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Troy D. French of I
Hardin, is serving with patrol •
squadton 22 at the Naval Air stat- '
ion. Barbers Point. Hawaii, accord
ing to a Navy release.
He was designated an aircrew- '
man and presented "Gold Wings” I
j in Oct. 5 This designation is given ‘
।to personnel who are highly *
| trained in navigation, communica
tions. survival, ordinance and in-
I telligence.
Before entering the Navy in June.
I 1948. he was graduated from Har- |
I din high school
Lions hear discussion
on R.E.A. as private
enterprise Mondav
Hardin Lions and their guests (
listened to Clarence Anderson,
manager of the R£_A., Lodge
Grass, decribe rural electrification
as a private enterprise Monday ev
ening at the regular dinner meet
ing in th Masonic temple.
Anderton. who was introduced by ।
8 P Louk program chairman, told
, the group that It is a misconception
to consider the R. E A a govern
' ment project. He allowed how it
1 functlona M a private enterprise
and benefits not only the direct
consumer but many others in the
area.
Guests were Jack Colstad. Ronald
I Koebbe and Uriel King
A committer for ladies' night.
Dec. 12 was appointed The club
plans to make this a gala affair.
! and professional entertainment will
be offered.
During the business aessfm. next
year's Miss Big Horn County pa-
I grant wa« diacusserf and committees
were appointed.
O n the serving committee were
j C O. Halls, Roy Morrison How
ard Morton and Yasuo Nayematau
DRIVER EXAMS
.. The Montana Highway patrol
thb week announced the schedule
of driven examination for January.
The examiner will be In Hardin
Monday and Tuesday. Jan. 1 and 17
and Thunday and Friday, Jan. M
and 17. AppMcante are asked to con
tact him before 11 am. and 4 p.m.
Do not abbreviate street and state
names. Use zone numbers.
Place name and address tis sen
der and of addressee inside the par
cel for identification in case the la
bel i s lost.
"Mail early and often." one of the
slogans of the post office depart
ment, Is one of the most important
rules for this time Of year. The post
master reminded senders of gifts
that they may indorse parcels "Do
not open until Christmas.'’ He al
so suggested that four cent stamps
be used on greeting cards, so that
they may be forwarded or returned
to the sender if they cannot be de
livered.
Mail for distant points in the U
nited States should be mailed be
tore Dec. 10. Mail for Alaska and
Hawaii should be sent at once.
Labels 14A and 148 for seperating
local and out of town letters may
be obtained at the post office.
Big Horn MEA unit
discusses constitution
The Big Hom Unit of the Mon
tana Education association held a
regular meeting on Tuesday. Nov.
22, in the senior high scltool study i
hall with Jack Lappin presiding.
The program was a discussion
on revision, of., the constitution.
Miss Ethel Schuster. Paul Goller,
and Mrs. E. E. Fitch were appoint
ed members of a committee for
taking further steps toward the
revision.
The following building represen
tatives were named: Robert Sin
gleton. St. Xavier; Carl Hubley.
Crow Agency; P M. Goller. senior
high; Lappin. Junior high and
Mrs. James MacArthur, grade
school.
Three auto accidents
reported this week
by Highway Patrol
The State Highway patrol this
week reported three accidents with
a total damage estimate of SI,BOO
and another defunct cow.
One occurred about 5:15 p. m.
Nov 22 tour miles south of Lodge
Grass A car driven by Robert S
Fisk of Butte hit the above-men
tioned cow. which was killed. Dam
ages to the car w?re placed at ap
proximately S4OO
The other two were in the early
morning hour s of Friday. Nov. 25
Michael Schultz apparently lost
conttol of the car he was driving
at about 2 a m. six miles north of
St Xavier The vehicle overturned
and damage was estimated at
SI2OO.
About two hours later, an acci
dent which was attributed to a de
fective dimmer switch occured a
bout a tenth of a mile south of
Hardin on the St Xavier road. A
ca r owened by Ivan Abell and
driven by Donald Humphrey hit a
pole Damage was about S2OO
Make calls here
Mrs. Frank Pierce and Mrs K
P. Kingston of Billings were in
Hardin this week representing the
Billings Junior Women's club in
its drive for funds for new build
ing for the receiving home
Joint meetinq oi Toashnisiress clubs
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Shown above are members of the
Hardin Rimrock ToastmistreM
clubs at a Joint meeting at the A
tnerican Lutheran church here Mon
day evening
Left to right are Mrs Victor Lun
deen. Mm Orvln Bltotad. Mrs Max
ine Mayer. Mm Leo Sikora. Mm
Lance Ixxkctt, Mm Walter Rrlsig,
Mm Alvin Brown. Mm Walter lor
ske and Mm. Arthur Focste
"Our American Heritage" the
theme of the meeting Billings and
Hardin guests were welcomed by
Thursday, December 1. 1960
HOME NAMED
The home for the elderly, to
be housed in the old Commun
ity hospital building, now com
pletely renovated, has been
named and will be opened on
Jan. 1, it was announced this
week.
The haven for the aged will
be called the Mountain View
rest home. Mrs. Ray Zelka will
be superintendent.
Mission worker to show
slides, preach at
Lutheran church here
Verne Lavik of Seattle. Wash.,
will be a guest speaker at the First
American Lutheran church in Har- |
din Dec. 1 through 4.
He will show colored slides of
mission fields around the world
and preach at evening meetings on
Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p. m..
Sunday morning at 11 a. m. and
Sunday evening at 7:30 pm.
A special children’s program will
be held Satuxjday afternoon at 2
p. m.
Mr. Lavik is the west coast rep
resentative of the World Mission
Prayer League, a n inter-synod
Lutheran mission The mission
sends lay and ordained people to
work in areas where there are no
organized missions.
Mr Lavik has been with the
1 WMPL for the past 15 years as
evangelist. Bible teacher and mis
sionary speaker His work has
taken him to almost every part of
the western United States and
Canada and to South America.
Asia and the Near East.
He has brought back an inter
esting collection of color slides
from his travels.
The public is cordiall invited to
attend any or all of the met Ings
Representative of
Social Security office
to be here Tuesday
Miss Olga Stromset. representa
tive of the Billings Social Security
office will be at the community
toom of the court house from 10
a. m until 3 p m. on Tuesday.
Dec 6. to answer questions and
give other assistance on social se
curity.
In announcing her visit, the Bil
lings office called attention of do
mestic employees to the fact that
they should be getting credit un
der tocial security Anyone em
ployed in the private home of an
individual is covered under the
old-age. survivors and disability
insurance benefit system if the re
quired conditions are met.
If the domestic employer pays
the worker SSO or more in a calen
dar quarter, the social security
tax must be withheld from wages,
matched by the employer and re
jtorted to the dstrlct director of
Internal Revenue by the employer
Mis Sikora, president of the Har
din club Mm Willie Gartner was
topicmlstreM.
During the busmew meeting Mrs
Lunden of the Rimrock club report -
ed on the annual fall meeting of
Council 3. Nothrrn Region of In
ternational Toastmaster* club* at
Great Falls
Mrs Lockett wa« UjaatmlalreM
for the evening. She pro*MHd Mr*.
Brown, who spoke on "The Origin
of Thanksgiving." and Mr*. Tanka,
wlf me Imprompt speech was on the
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/ Shopping M/
< days until
o\? Xmas
Apparent low bidder
on five-mile stretch
of road is Husman
A bid of $157,781 for :bme 5.1
miles of access road to Yellowtail
dam. some $61,000 below the engi
neers, estimate, was the apparent
low bid when Bureau of Reclimat
ion officials opened estimates of six
bidders here Tuesday morning.
lowest amount was the bid of
Husman Brothers. Inc., of Shendan.
Other apparent low bidders were
Weaver Construction company. lo
wa Falls, la., $lB9. 021 and R. J.
Bundling of Livngston. $198,923
The Engineers’ estimate was $218,-
728. All but one of the bids was be
low this amount.
Bids were opened! by J. Roscoe
Granger, chief construction engi
neer. assisted by a staff from the
Bureau of Reclimation. The formal
award will be made sometime with
in the next 30 days, and the con
tractor will be requested to start
work 30 days afterwards and to com
plete the work within 200 days.
The specifications called for
earthwork, structures and bitumin
ous surfacing of 5.1 miles of road
leading from the end of the gravell
ed portion of the existing county
road in a southwesterly direction to
the construction campsite.
The present county road is oiled
fcr about 30 miles and the gravelled
portion extended for a little more
than ten miles farther
DRIVERS FIND TEN
WAYS TO BREAK
HIGHWAY LAWS
Twelve drivers on Big Hom
county's highways allegedly broke
10 different highway traffic regu
lations in the cases brought into the
justice courts by the State High
way patrol this week.
Two different counts were lodg
ed against two of the dozen drivers.
On the docket of Justice of the
Peace Ray Morissette were the
following:
Nov 16-L Casper Marqpoit, Bill
ings. driving without a license. ^lO
fine.
»jv 21- William Martin. Mena.
Ark . exceeding the weight limit,
$25 bond.
Nov. 23- Jake Kanka. Arvada.
Wyola . night speeding, S2O bond
Nov 25. Leßoy Link of Crow A
gency and Dale Dysert of Hardin,
exceeding the night speed limit
• drag racing*, yet to appear.
Cases in the court of R L. Dan
ielson were
Nov 23-Marjorie Stettes. Billings,
driving without a license and fail
ure to drive to right. $lO bond* on
each count.
Nov 25-Gene Vee Ives. Sheridan.
Wyo., failure to have license in pos
session. case dismissed, and failure
to dim lights. $lO bond. Alex
Scnultz. Hardin, permitting unau
tPrized minor to operate car, yet
to appear Iva n R Abell. Hardin
operating car in unsafe condition
yet to appear
Nov 28-David J George. Lodge
Grass, operating without current
plates. $lO fine. Kermit W. Hop
kins. Ronan, failure to drive to
right, $lO bond. Fred Turgeon. Hock
River. Wyo. failure to obtain trip
permit $lO bond
subject "This is our Heritage."
Other members of the Rimrock
club on the program were Mrs. Re
»lg. who gave a n Illustrated speech
on progrum planning and Mrs BU
stad, who used' the fannal board
and lettered cards to demonstrate
: the basic principles of parliamen
tary procedure Or neral evaluator
i was Mrs Rieste.
other iruesta were Mrs Oladys
i Bask, Mn. Richard Bootis Md MH.
. N C Sharp of Baddin and Mn.
> Amie Cullen of Billing*.