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FRIDAY, APRIL 6,1951
CITY ELECTION VOTES
EKEGREN FOR MAYOR
F. C. Ekegren was elected may-4
cr for the city of Harlem in the
regular city election held last Mon
day, April 2, winning out over the
other candidate for mayor. W. J.
Goldsmith, by a total of 57 votes.
Aidermen elected for ward 1
were John J. Kelly and Frank
Johnson. Successful candidates
for ward 2 were Jacob Kuntz and
Ervin Beecher.
W. A. Brown was elected city
treasurer and Lester Jessen, poll
ing the largest vote of any candi
date on the ballot, was reelected
police magistrate.
Polling places for the local elec
tion were at the Gjvic Center for
ward 1, and at the Evengelical
United Lutheran church for" ward
2.
Several write-ins were made on
the ballot but none of these can
didates met with success.
Complete votes cast for each of
fice were: Mayor—F. C. Ekegren
158, W. J. Goldsmith 101. Trea
surer—W. A. Brown 129. R. R.
Thronson 64, J. W. Quinn 32. Po
lice Magistrate—Lester Jessen 220.
Aiderman ward I—John J. Kelly
138, Frank Johnson 82, Erling
Tangen 56. Aidermen ward 2 —
Jacob Kunta 82, Ervin Beecher 81).
All of the offices were for two
year terms.
Rain Association
Formed for Blaine,
Phillips and Valley
A meeting \Vas held Tuesday
evening, April 3, at the Armory
in Chinook and at that time the
Milk River Rain Association was
formed. A total of 68 persons
were present from Blaine. Phillips
and the western part of Valley
county.
The area covered bv the asso
ciation covers approximately 100
miles from east to west and if
suosequent sufficient interest is
shown in the association, it is
planned to incorporate at a future
date.
From the delegates present, the
following officers were elected:
■Jack Hoehn, Chinook, president:
George Pitch, Harlem, vice presi
dent: Hal Ophus, Thoeny, treasur
er. and Cliff Munson. Dodson, sec
retary.
The board of directors will con
sist of the above named officers
plus the following: L. W. Fry.
Dodson; Jess Van Voast, Turner:
Eddie Matter, Hogeland; Dan De-
Puydt, Forks, and Cliff Flatness
and Ted Cameron, both Hinsdale.
Two members at large of the
board are Jim Montgomery, Chi
nook. and Gordon McLaughlin,
Hinsdale.
At the Tuesday meeting .it was
decided to charge 10 cents per
acre for cultivated land, and two
cents per acre for grazing land
for all contemplating entering into
the rain making plan.
The various committees appoint
ed in each community will attempt
to contact all farmers in the area
between now and Friday, April 13.
to receive their pledges ami dues
which are to be held in escrow by
the association.
On Friday, April 13, the board
of directors will meet in Malta.
Soil Conservation
Election April 7
Annual election for the election
of three supervisors of the soil
conservation district will he held
April 7. The following have been
nominated by petition to date:
Geo. Pitch, Elmer Snider ,Geo.
Fairbanks. Chas. Tilleman and
Herman Freide. Polling places
will be at the Burgess Insurance
Agency, North Fork school. Zur
ich school, Harlem. Turner and
Hogeland.
Bloodmobile Due to Visit
Blaine County April 25
On Wednesday, April 25, the
Red Cross Bloodmobile unit from
the regional center in Great Falls
will pay its second visit of this
year to Blaine county. For this
trip the unit will be stationed in
Chinook for a blood drawing. On
the last visit here in January the
unit was stationed in Harlem and
at that time a state record draw
ing of 161 pints of blood was
made.
Drawings for the April 25 visit
will be made at the Parish hall in
Chinook from 11 o’clock in the
morning until 3 o'clock in the af
ternoon.
The Blaine county blood bank
committee in charge of arrange
ments for the drawing are asking
all prospective donors sign up for
appointments as soon as possible.
Donors may make appointments
with Mrs. Frank Oveson, Blaine
county chairman; Mrs. Herb Boni
fas, recruitment chairman; Irene
Doheny, Blaine county public
health nurse, and Leland Carson,
Blaine county sanitarian.
The quota for Blaine county for
this drawing has been set at 150
pints, the highest ever asked from
this county, lu five previous
W:A, HOST
The Harlem News
Eastern Star
Past Matron s,
Patron's Night
Past Matron’s and Past Pa
tron’s night was held during the
regular meeting of Montana Chap
ter 78, Order of Eastern Star,
Wednesdav evening. Mrs. Alvin
Norberg presided in the East dur
ing the meeting and she endeavor
ed to have officers in the same
stations they filled during her
term of office in 1942.
Those filling the chairs for the
evening were Elaine Norberg,
worthy matron; E. P. Ekegren,
worthy patron; Susan Applegate,
associate matron; John W. Mar
low, associate patron; Dolly Car
negie, secretary; Mabel Brooks,
treasurer; LaVerne Berglund,
chaplain; Grace Lawr, marshall;
Lu Gwaltney, conductress; Hilja
Olson, associate conductress; Ju
lia Rafter, organist; Ruth Dolven,
Adah; Leona Cronk, Ruth; Mar
ion Ekegren, Esther; Lucy Mar
low, Martha; Libbie Liese, Electa;
Alice Ring, warder, and Iva Stur
ges, sentinel. Two other Past Ma
trons present, Mrs. Frances Hat
field and Mrs. Nellie Frisvold,
were invited to sit in the East.
Mrs. Norberg, who is also the
Mother Advisor of Rainbow this
year, extended a cordial invitation
to all to attend the Silver Tea
Saturday. April 14, from 2 to 5
p. m. The tea is a benefit for the
crippled children at Shodair hos
pital. and the Rairbow Girls are
sponsoring the affair.
Officers this year, under the
direction of Helen Tabor presen
ted a program honoring the Pa-t
Matrons and Patrons and presen
ted each with a gift. Special mu
sic for this part of the program
was furnished by Pearl Kuehni,
pianist and Mrs. Robert Thronson.
soloist-
FFA Hoop Tourney
Scheduled at Malta
Future Farmers of America
chapters in the Milk River Valley
district have scheduled a round
robin basketball tournament to be
played at Malta Saturday, April 7,
beginning at about 9 o'clock in the
morning.
FFA chapters in the'Milk River
Valley district, all of whom are
expected to enter the tourney, are
Chinook. Harlem. Hinsdale. Malta
and Glasgow.
Time of the games in the tour
ney are expected to be cut a little
short in order to allow all of the
tournament to be played in one
day. Referees will be drafted from
the teaching staff of the Malta
school.
A traveling trophy will be pre
sented to the winning team, the
trophy to be paid for by the teams
entered in the tourney.
Some of the schools do not al
low A squad players from regular
high school teams to take part in
FFA competition, and in this way
FFA teams are kept on a fairly
even basis.
Tuesday Bridge Club
The Tuesday Bridge club met
at the home of Mrs. W. Brown.
Three tables of bridge were play
ed with high score won by Mrs.
Olson, cut prize by Mrs. Tout and
Mrs. Brooks received the guest
prize. Members present were the
Mesdames Carnegie, Dolven, Dun
can, Eilles, Jessen, Langbell, Ol
son. Reed. Sturges and Tout. The
two guests were Mrs. Brooks and
Mrs. Brockway.
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drawings made in Blaine county,
the quota set has been exceeded on
every occasion and twice state rec
ords for one day drawings were
set. The committee expresses the
hope that for this coming drawing,
the citizens of Blaine county will
again generously respond to ful
fill the quota or if possible to sur
pass it.
Donating blood is quick and
easy? .and experienced technicians
doctors and nurses, are at the side
of the donor through every step of
the process. A rest period follows,
then a light lunch with plenty of
liquids and the donor will feel
quite normal again.
Blood is essentially needed. The
Red Cross is the vehilce by which
local blood (sometimes within a
week) is in the front Unes and the
base hospitals in Korea aiding in
saving the lives of America's fight-,
ing men. I
Fifty per cent of the blood tak- 1
en in Montana is sent directly ov
erseas. The balance is used by
Montana hospitals to help sick and
injured children get ’well. It will
also give older people another
chance and accident and emergen
cy victims will be saved.
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DEFIES FATAL DISEASE . . .
Doomed by Hodgin’s disease.
Nurse Evelyn Crutcher takes the
blood pressure of a patient at a
Houston hospital. Death may wait
as long as 15 years, during which
time the nurse plans to help
others.
Supt. Langbell
To Leave Harlem
For Kalispell
D. P. Langbell, superintendent
of Harlem schools for the past
eight years and a resident of
Harlem for the past fourteen
years, has accepted the position
bf superintendent of elementary
schools in Kalispell. Mr. Langbell
will finish the school year in Har
lem and will begin his new duties
at Kalispell ‘this summer.
Mr. Langbell first came to Har
lem in the year of 1937 and at
that time held the positions of
band director and science teacher
in the high school. He be. ame
high school principal in 1939, and
advanced to the position of super
intendent in 1943.
Mr. Langbell states that his on-)
ly reason for accepting the Kalis- j
pell position is that of professional
advancement and states that an
opportunity of this nature opens
but once in eight or ten years.
The elementary school system
at Kailspell contains four elemen
tary schools and one junior high
school. It has a 60 teacher sys
tem with approximately 1,560 stu
dents and is a first class district.
The city of Harlem will lose a
fine man. and the schools of Har
lem lose a fine educator when Mr.
Langbell leaves. However, friends
are extending their congratula
tions to Mr. Langbell and wish
him all the luck in the world in his
new position.
Cub Scouts Hoop
Game Big Event
A basketball game last Friday
night at the Lincoln school be
tween Den 1 and Den 2 of the lo
cal Cub Scout Pack brought out
some keen rivalry before Den 2
chalked up a slim victory by a 27
to 23 score. The traveling trophy
was at stake and now goes to Den
2. <
Den 2 led 16-10 at halftime on
some slick work by Gary Ekegren
and effective team play by Tabor
and Meyers. Miller. Berglund and
Churchill also contributed some,
neat play for Den 1.
Fouls played a major role in
the second half as the little fellows!
raced up and down the floor in a
great display of determination and i
zeal to determine the winner of
the trophy. George Hughes got
his eye on the bucket and along
with Ekegren they racked up en
ough points to give Den 2 the win.
Coach for^Jen 1 was Pete Eke
gren and players were Capt. Ross
Churchill, Oscar Baird, Pete Good
heart, R. Berglund, Don Berglund,
Miller, D. Trimble, Delvin and J.
Palmer.
Coach for Den 2 was Charles
Baird and players were Keith Ta
bor, Capt. Meyers, Von Stein,
George Churchill, George Hughes,
Gary Ekegren, B. Cassidy, Jimmy
Riddle and Frankie Parks. Ref
eree was Cub Master Frank Or
lando.
Following the basketball game.
Dens 1 and 2 gave skits portray
ing the Swiss Alpine Yodelers with
modified versions of yodeling and
dance. The next skit portrayed
the mystic land of India with
weird music of snake charmers
and dancing girls.
A quick inspection was then
held and Cub Scout songs were
sung with Mrs. Al Purchase lead
ing.
Various achievement awards and
badges were presented during the
course of the evere.ig. with Frank
Orlando making the presentations.
Jimmy Riddle received a gold
and silver arrow; Rooney Berg
lund a silver arrow; Jimmy Palm
er a wolf insignia and a gold and
silver arrow; George Churchill a
bear insignia and a gold arrow,
; and Richard Purchase a beer in
signia and a gold and silver arrow.
1 Cub Master Frank McCollum
i led the pack in the Cub grand yell
and Past Den Mothers Mrs. Bill
Churchill and Mrs. Robert Meyers
were cheered with yells from the
Cub pack.
Following the meeting, candy
| was served to the Cub Scouts.
HARLEM, BLAINE COUNTY, MONTANA
Plans Being Made for Baseball
Team in Harlem This Season
Interested persons in a proposed'
Harlem baseball team for this sea
son met Tuesday evening at the
V. F. W. club and discussed plans,
schedules and possible entry of a
Harlem club in the Great Northern
league.
Ball players and interested back
ers attending the meeting were
Don Hofeldt, Jim Rector, George
Snell, Fred Baker, Ray Peak. Or
vil Anderson, Frank Orlando, Jack
Kelly, Gerald O’Bryan and James
Ashton.
The meeting, which was presid
ed over by Jack Kelly, lasted about
an hour and a half, and Gerald
O’Bryan and Jack Kelly were ap
pointed to represent Harlem at a
meeting of Great Northern league
officials in Havre Thursday, April
5.
A second baseball meeting will
be held Sunday, April 8, at 3
o’clock in the afternoon at Har
lem high school. At this time a
report on the Great Northern
meeting at Havre will be given
by Harlem’s representatives. All
persons interested in seeing or tak
ing part in baseball in Harlem this
summer are urged to attend.
The Great Northern league has
functioned in the past as a six
team league, with two entries from
Havre and teams from Malta, Chi
nook, Big Sandy and Fort Benton.
This year Havre is contemplat
ing reducing their entry to one
team, thus creating the opening
that Harlem is seeking. Teams
play home and home games with
all league members during the sea
son. The league title was won
last year by Chinook.
Auction Is Tuesday
At Duncan Farm
An auction sale is scheduled to
be held at the farm of John Dun
can eight miles east and one mile
south of Harlem on Tuesday, April
10.
The sale is to get underway at
10 o’clock in the morning with Ed
Hartman as auctioneer, and Otto
Kopp as clerk.
A lunch will be served at noon
and all persons attending the sale
are asked to bring cups.
Mr. Duncan is selling his goods
with the plan of moving elsewhere
to make his home*
Harlem F.F.A. is Grand Winner
In Spring Meet Here Saturday
Harlem's Future Farmers of
American won the grand sweep
stakes award in a spring conven
tion held at Harlem high school
Saturday, March 31. In addition
to the Harlem team, teams from
Chinook, Malta, Hinsdale and
Glasgow competed in the meet.
All points scored in a meet held
last fall were added to points scor
ed here Saturday to determine a
grand total winner.
In the meeting last fall of the
FFA chapters in the Milk River
Valley district, the Chinook team
emerged the winner over second
place Harlem by one point. How
ever in the spring meet here Sat
urday. Harlem's team nipped sec
ond place Chinook to win the
grand over all total for the two
meets.
Scoring in the meet last fall was
as follows: Chinook 30. Harlem
29, Malta 27. Glasgow 26, Hinsdale
0. Scoring in the spring meet
here: Harlem 52. Chinook 48. Glas
gow 42. Matla 40, Hinsdale 26.
Grand total: Harlem 81, Chinook
78, Glasgow 68. Malta 67, Hinsdale
26.
Following are the individual and
team replacements in the various
contests in the order of placing.
Livestock judging: Jack Ben
nett, Chinook; Bob Anderson, Mal
ta; Don Christensen, Hinsdale;
Glen Sandefur, Malta, and Ralph
Farmer, Chinook. Team—Malta,
Harlem, Glasgow.
Grain judging—Tom Stratton,
Malta; Myron Pitch, Harlem, and
Gus Tilletnan, Chinook. Team
Harlem, Malta. Chinook.
FFA written exam—Lawrence
Hlod, Glasgow; Gus Tilleman, Chi
nook; Myron Pitch, Harlem, and
Edwin Sarnsen, Hinsdale. Team—
Glasgow. Harlem. Hinsdale.
General agriculture — Daniel
Goldsmitk, Harlem; John Arnold,
Harlem, and Myron Pitch, Harlem
(a clean sweep for Harlem). Team
—Harlem Hinsdale, Chinook.
Farm mechanics—Daniel Gold
smith, Harlem: Gus Tilleman, Chi
nook. anc Myron Pitch, Harlem.
Team—Harlem. Chinook, Glasgow
Parliamentary procedure—-Law
rence Hlol, Glasgow; Willy John
son, Malta, and Gus Tilleman, Chi
nook. Team — Chinook, Malta
Harlem.
Rifle shaot Roger Doney, Chi
nook; Arthur Sarnsen, Harlem,
and Orvil Anderson, Harlem. Team
—Harlem. Chinook. Malta.
Horse slioe pitching team place
ment—Malta. Chinook, Harlem.
Participarts in both the rifle shoot
and horse shoe pitching were al!
freshmen and points scored did
not figure into ’he grand total.
Final contest of the day and the
event which took a grea’t deal of
research study and hard work on
the part cf the participants, was
Expansion Program
Urged for Grain
Storage on Farms
। Farmers have been asked to in
crease the grain storage space on
farms as one means of easing the
! transportation situation during the
coming harvest.
Secretary of Agriculture Charles
| F. Brannan made this request re
cently. At the same time he point
। ed out that the daily demand for
! boxcars now exceeds the supply by
1 about 24,500 cars. The railroads
’ and government agencies are co
operating to the fullest in at
tempts to meet the situation but
there just aren’t enough cars to
go around, he stated.
"By providing now for more
farm storage at harvest time, far
mers themselves can do much to
cushion the shock on transporta
tion facilities that are already
overloaded," the secretary said.
“If a farmer is unable to finance
construction of needed bins at this
time, he should consider taking
out a farm storage facility loan.
। They are available to any tenant.
I landlord, owner-operator, or part
nership of producers wishing to
erect structures that will meet re
quirements for eligible storage un
der the price support program.”
Farm storage facility loans.
Chairman Butler of the Blaine
county PMA committee says, are
made by the Commidity Credit
corporation and are obtainable
through the local PMA office.
They cover up to 85 per cent of
the cost of construction or pur
( chase of suitable on-farm storage.
Loans are made for a term of five
years, payable in equal annua! in
stallments. and interest is 4 per
cent.
Throughout Montana the pro
gram has helped finance the con
struction or purchase of storage
for 1,903.216 bushels of grain.
"The situation, both nationally
। and here in our county, certainly
I indicates that farmers should be
; giving serious thought to how they
■ will handle this year’s crop,” But
ler said. “Postponing action on
this problem may mean ’no stoi -
■age” when the time comes to bin
1 the grain."
the public speaking contest. This
contest is designed to develop rur
al and agriculture leadership and
stimulate farm interest.
First place was won by Gus Til
leman of Chinook who delivered a
fine talk on "Range Management."
Second place was won by Gordon
Graham of Glasgow whose talk
was entitled, “Tampering with
Weather." Boyd Simpson of Mal
ta took third place with a timely
report on the subject "Future
Farmers Are You Ready?"
The speaking contest was scor
ed on voice, stage presence, power I
of expression, response to ques- 1
tions. general effect, and compo-'
sition of manuscript. All talks
were limited to ten minutes. Judg
es for this event were D. P. Lang-i
bell, Mrs. Goldsmith and Neil
Johnson.
Supt. Langbell presented awards
to winners in the various events!
immediately after the speaking!
contest in the main study room of
the high school.
The next district meeting of the!
Milk River Valley chapters will be
held in Chinook in early October.
Mr. Waterson, Harlem agricul-,
ture instructor, is to be highly
complimented on producing the
grand sweepstakes winner for Har
lem this year.
Norman McGuire Is
Employment Agent
Norman McGuire, resident of
Harlem, will serve in the future as
voluntary employment agent here
to take care of employment needs
in Harlem and vicinity.
Employers and farm workers
are asked to please contact Mr.
McGuire when seeking jobs or
seeikng to employ men.
Mr. McGuire’s office will be lo
cated in his place of business, the
Harlem pool hall, and will be open
from 9 o'clock in the morning un
til 9 o’clock in the evening.
ELECTED SECRETARY
In a recent election. Miss Shirley
Larsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon J. Lasen of Harlem, was
voted secretary of Phi Upsilon
Omicron at Utah State Agricul
tural college. The organization is
an honorary sorority for students
in home economics. Miss Larsen
is a junior at the school and spe
cializing in child development.
HARLEM WEATHER
March 29-April 4
Max. Min.
March 29 49 21
March 30 17 23
March 31 45 20
April 1 48 18
April 2 17 IP
April 3 66 20
Apr.! 4 70 28
HARLEM WOMAN KILLED
WHEN TRAIN HITS CAR
Local Couple
Wed April 1
At Chinook
Miss Phyllis Ann Wilson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Wil
son of Harlem, and Devonne Rou
land. son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Rouland of Harlem, were united in
marriage Sunday afternoon, April
1. at 3 o’clock at the American
Lutheran church in Chinook.
The Rev. L. A. B. Nelson per
formed the double ring ceremony
in the presence of parents of the
couple and a small group of rela
tives. Bridesmaid was Mrs. Dale
Butcher, sister of the bride, while
Dale Butcher attended the groom
as best man. For her wedding,
the bride chose a navy blue suit.
A luncheon preceding the wed
ding ceremony was given for the
bridal party at the Dale Butcher
home.
Following a wedding trip to var
ious points in Montana, the young
couple will be at home in Harlem.
The bride is a graduate of the
class of 1950 from Harlem high
school and is at present employed
as secretary to the high school
superintendent. The groom was
graduated from Harlem high
school with the class of 1945 and
now operates a barber shop in
Harlem at the New England hotel,
Blaine Men Left
This Week for
Draft Exams
A group of nine Blaine county
registrants under selective service
left Chinook Tuesday morning,
April 3, bound for the examining
center at Butte to take pre-induc
tion physical examinations.
Included in the group were
Charles Robert N^ibauer, Jimmy
Carrywater and Joe Angus Azure,
all of Chinook; Harris Gale Rock,
Keith Leroy Benson and William
Riley Fitz, all of Harlem; Louis
Melvin Turntoes of Hays; Burnell
Ingvald Rude of Turner, and Mic
key Earl Mellett, transfer from
Kalispell.
Other men who were in the same
call but have been transferred to
other boards for call later this
month are Arthur Wesley Wiscn,
transferred to Coos Bay, Ore.;
Richard Laverne Jacobsen, trans
ferred to Billings; Tyrus Matsuo
ka, transferred to Bozeman, and
Theodore Oliver Putra, transferred
to Helena.
On Wednesday morning, April 4,
three Blaine county men left for
Butte to take examinations for in
duction into the armed services.
Included in this group were David
Arthur Dawson of Chinook; Daniel
Eugene O'Leary of Harlem, and
William Adolphus John, a volun
teer of Hays. Robert Favel, form
erly of Zurich, was to have left
with this group but has been
transferred to Havre and will leave
later in the month.
Daughter In Glee Club
Mr. and Mrs. C. A .Robinson
went to Great Falls Thursday to
attend the York College (Nebras
ka- Glee Club of which their
daughter, Virginia, is a member.
Carla Dolven, a classmate of Vir
ginia's who is attending college
at Havre, accompanied the Rob
insons to Great Falls. This Glee
Club is on an extended western
tour. _
Mr and Mrs. Gene Cowell have
a new baby girl born April 2, at
the Sacred Heart hospital.
Beet Labor Prospect
Appears to be Good
Prospects for sugar beet labor
for the Chinook factory district
this year appear to be very good.
Rowland Cannon, Montana district
agricultural superintendent for the
Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., has just re
turned from the labor supply areas
in Texas and reports that the com
pany's recruiters now have enough
labor lined up to take care of the
estimated requirements for the
district. Included in the supply is
a very high percentage of good re
peat workers. About two-thirds
of the workers who plan to come
to the Chinook area this year are
people who have been in the dis
trict before and have worked out
satisfactorily. The workers com
ing here for the first time have
been carefully screened and are
nearly all experienced beet work
ers.
Some of the good crews who
have been in the area before will
begin to arrive within the ne:t
week or ten days. These people
are being located where early
work is available for them.
VOL. 55—NO. 16—Total 2883
1 Mrs. Harriet McDonnell, 50,
Harlem resident, was instantly
killed Saturday morning, March
31, when the car she was driving
was struck by the Great Northern
Empire Builder at the crossing
near the depot in Harlem.
Mrs. McDonnell had crossed the
track a short time earlier, carry
ing pasengers to a bus and was
returning across the track alone
when the westbound streamliner,
behind schedule and moving fast,
smashed into the car. The car
was thrown about 45 yards from
the crossing, the motor torn out
and parts strewn about two blocks
along the right-of-way. Mrs. Mc-
Donnell was wedged in the wreck
age and dead when witnesses
reached her.
Blaine County Sheriff Dan Hay,
Highway Patrolman John Garland
and Coroner Herman Kuper inves
tigated the accident and decided
Mrs. McDonnell’s view was ob
scured by smoke and steam from
a freight train standing on a sid
ing waiting for the streamliner to
pass.
Mrs. McDonnell was born Har
riet Mae Hayden at Leeds, N. D..
Feb. 2, 1901. She was married to
A. O. McDonnell at Powers Lake.
N. D.. Nov. 24. 1925. She lived at
Minot, N. D.. for 25 years and had
been a school teacher for about
20 years, part of which was spent
teaching in Havre. She also work
ed as an insurance saleswoman for
four years for the North Ameri
can Life and Casualty Co. She
came to Montana in 1936 but had
been a resident of Blaine county
only a short time. She was a mem
ber of St. Thomas church Altar
society. Daughters of Isabelle.
Royal Neighbors, and the Busy
Workers club. •
Survivors include her husband,
a Great Northern signa! maintain
er here: one daughter. Mrs. Rob
ert Crick of Spokane. Wash.; one
brother, Dan Hayden of Minot, N.
D., and two sisters. Mrs. J. L.
LaPlace of Mishawaki. Ind., and
Mrs. Kenneth Wherlie of Beloit,
Wis.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday. April 4, at St. Joseph
church in Bowbells, N. D.. with the
Rev. Thomas M. Chambers offi
ciating. Burial was in Bowbplls
cemetery.
District 12 School
Election April 7
The annual election for school
district No. 12 will be held in Har
lem Saturday. April 7. Two trus
tees for three year terms and one
trustee for a one year term will
be on the ballot.
The two candidates running for
trusteeships of three years, both
Harlem men. are Robert Wilson
and James Ashton, and George
Green, also of Harlem, is a candi
date for the one year term. No
opposition has been filed against
any of the candidates.
Polling place will be at the Lin
coln school building and the polls
will be open between the hours of
1 and 6 o'cloclt in the afternoon.
Harlem Man Elected
Ayrshire Member
The unanimous election of Wil
liam Green of Harlem to member
ship in the Ayrshire Breeders’ as
sociation has been announced by
the national secretary ,C. T. Conk
lin of Brandon. Vt.
The ancestors of the herd of
dairy cows owned by Mr. Green
trace back to the heather covered
hills of County Ayr, Scotland,
from which the breed derives its
name. There are now more than
20,000 herds of Ayrshires in the
United States.
Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield visited
with Mrs. 0. W. Olson Monday
evening.
Harvest labor presents little
cause for concern as the harvest
in this area is largely mechanical.
For the past two or three years,
there has been an ample supply of
local labor to take care of the
small harvest requirements, and
with prospect of additional mech
anical harvesters for this year, lo
cal labor supplies certainly appear
adequate for fall needs.
Sugar beet prospects appear to
be very good for the coming year.
All indications are for a strong
price and ample supplies of fertil
' izer are available for sugar beet
I plantings. High livestock prices
1 increase the worth of beet tops
, and other by-products and many
, farmers are now laying plans for
' a feeding operation for the com
ing fall and winter.
Sugar beet contracts have been
' in the field for some time and con
tracting is progressing satisfac
torily. The ground is drying out
fast and farmers will be in the
fields on some of the lighter
' ground this week.