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Weather and Crop Report For Past Week in Montana .Topsoil and subsurface moisture reserves are now- adequate to; abundant in all counties except in the southwestern quarter of the state. Warm weather now would as sßre excellent crop and- range grasj, growth , the Montana Crop and Live stock Ik por ting Service said today. Seeding Slow- Planting of crops continued to: be retarded, by wet fields. Hgw-' ever, some. progress was made last week and about two-thirds of the spring wheat and about half of bo'h buri y and oats are seed-' ed. Thrt-e-four.hs of the sugar beet seed is :n the ground. Crop Growth Retarded Winter uh at development was slowed by cold weather -but re ports indicate that the crop is stoo'.tr.g fairly good in most areas Ix>w 'temperatures also retarded sugar b < growth, particularly, in the S.dr.ey-G!endive vicinity. Some frost damage to the crop is reppt -d in the Billir.gs-Hy sham n - on end* some reseeding; may be necessary. Sugar beet 1 stands are generally fair to good.' Calving. limbing Hampered The recent snow storm was' hard on newborn calves and, lamb- Localized heavy death Mothers were Honored at Meeting of Eastern Star The regular meeting of Montana Chapter No.- 78 O.E.S. was held . Tuesday evening -at the Masonic > • Temple. , • A special program for mothers • was started by the Worthy Ma tron. Eileetr Rasmussen; honor ing her own molher. Mrs. Ray Ttunyan of Havre, with an invita • Gon for hes to sit in the East for 'the evening. Deleg* -.- were reminded (ha: the Gand Chapter will be • June 30. July 1 and 2 in Missoula. A report was given by the Chap ter Improvemer. Committee rela . tive to the purchase of a new sink. The chapter vo»ed to send a Rainbow Girl to the Masonic f You.h camp on Flathead Lake summer and also to help the Rain , bow Girls in their "Slave Day” which is to be this cooling Satur day Election of officers was held and the following were elected: Worthy Matron, Blanche Rouland; Worthy Patron. Carl Kuehr.it As sociate „Ma:ron. Donna Sands: Associate Pa ron. Charles Baird: • • Belknap News Dr. and Mrs. Roy Virak ar.d two daughters left Monday for their new home in Tacoma. . *• Dr. and Mrs. Joe Sweeting en joyed a trip to Hamilton, in the Bitter Root valley, recently. Work began this week on the construe.ion of six new housing units for both PUS and BIA. Sunday dinner guests at the William.' home were Rev. Wein man and Mrs. Fred Vamum. June Howell is a patient at the hospital The members of the Justa Club and their families will postpone their picnic, which was to have been next Sunday, until June 12. OUT TO A HOVISI FRIDAY - SATURDAY MAY 6-7 "The Hanging Tree" with GARY COOPER and MARIA SCHELL in Technicolor SHOW TIME: 7:00 and 9:00 P. M. SUNDAY -MONDAY MAY 8-9 "Home Before Dark" with JEAN SIMMONS, DAN O’HERLIHY and RONDA FLEMING ONE SHOW ONLY - 7:30 P. M. fUES. - WED. - THURS. MAY 10-11-11 "The F.B. I. Story" in Tadtnicalor Marring JAMES STEWART and VERA MiLHI ONE SHOW ONLY-7:30 P.M. [losses occurred in Pondera and i Glacier counties and at other ; scattered points. Generally. how-| ■ ever, stockmen were able to| bring newborn animals through with only minor difficulty. • Both calving and lambing are • now about four-fifths complete. • Shearing of sheep made little pro- 1 gress last week with nearly half of the total remaining unshorn. Slow Grass Growth Grass growth has been gener - ally slow due to cool tempera tures. Range feed varies from short to adequate over most of the state. However, warm wea ther could soon improve this sit uation. Livestock In Good Shape Cattle and sheep are in fair to good condition. Shrinkage was quite heavy in some areas due to he recent storm ar.d necessitat ed more supplemental feeding. Some hay shortages have develop ed and hay prices are up sharply in some counties. Bulletin is based on information supplied by field representatives of Montana Extension Service, Montana Employment Service. ‘Soil Conservation Service, Farm 'ers Home Administration and oth ler observers cooperating with this office. Secretary. Pearl Kuehni: Trea surer, Winifred Nelson; Conduc-i tress. Stella Cronk; Associate Conductress, Sallie Robinson. Con- Agra: illations were extended to the ewiy elected officers who will be, installed at an open installation May 17 at 8 p.m. A Mother’s Day program was presented honoring all mothers and corsages were given to Libbie Lit se. oldest mo.her present: Sal-| lie Robinson youngest mo’her pre heat; Grace Lawr, mother the| greatest number of years; Irene Dale, mother the shortest num .’.xr of years; Jo Beecher mother of the most children, present. Charlo: e Nelson sang “That Wonderful Mo'.her of Mine” ac companied by Irene Dale. A delicious lunch was served following the meeting by the hos tesses Beth Barrett and Winifred Nelson. Whooping Cranes Seen in State A rare wildlife sight by a go vernment trapper in Montana was reported last week to the fish ar.d game department. Joe Morin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife trapper at Circle, reported see ing 18 whooping cranes on their way north. The birds were seen south of the Missouri river and north of Vida*on a reservoir in McCone county. Insofar as is known there are only 33 some wild whoppers left in the world. They are large white birds with black wing tips. Several times larger than a snow goose. the crane stands more than four feet tall, has a wing jpread of seven feet and flies with neck and legs extended. They journey from a refuge in Texas to breeding and nesting grounds in Canada. Havre Man To MC Dean Stone Night John F. M. Travis, publisher of he Havre Daily News, has been named toastmaster for the fourth annual Dean S one Night banquet of the Montana State Universky School of Journalism on Sunday, May 8. Travis will be the third Mon tana newspaperman selected in * X '. p— ■ , * . ’ - „ ' $. Tran - \ A ^^bP* ' I * ' honor of his services to the press of the state and to the School of Journalism. Publishers who serv ed as toastmaster the past two years are Fred Martin of the Park County News in Livingston and Miles. Romney of the Western News in Hamilton. Travis, a veteran of 33 years ir. the newspaper profession in Mon-[ tana, was president of the State Press Association in 1938-39. He is a member of the Press Associa tion executive board and chair man of the legislative committee Dean Stone Night, an annual event started in 1957 to honor the memory of A. L. Stone, founder ar.d first dean of the School of Journalism at Montana Univer sity in Missoula. It is also the oc casion for awards and honors for journalism students. District VFW Meeting at Havre Sat. The District No. 2 meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veter ans of Foreign Wars will meet in Havre, Saturday, May 7, with registration taking place at the VFW Club rooms, beginning at 10 a.m. The regular business ses sion will be held in the Green Room of the Elks, starling at 1:30 p.m., with District President Elda Mae Weber presiding. The ban quet will be held in the upper ban quet room at the Elks Club. Har lem members are urged to attend this affair as it is so close to home and Havre always does an excellent job of entertaining the visitors. Attention is also called to the one day meeting in Great Falls. Monday, May 9, when Gertrude Rhind. National President will make her official visit to the state. This meeting will be held in the new VFW headquarters in Great Falls. Any member planning to attend is asked to contact Mildred Schneider. USED BUYS Used Buys on Tractors And Machinery 1 Model WD9 IHC, new rubber and rebuilt 1 Model A John Deere, late model 1 Model A John Deere, old model 3 Model D John Deeres 2 Farmhand Loaders 1 Work Horse, Loader 1 John Deere 116 W Baler, ready to go 1 IHC 45 Baler, ready to go 1 Massey Harris Baler, ready to go SEE THESE AT E. P. EKEGREN, INC. District VFW ? Meeting in Havre May 7 The Spring Meeting of District No. 2, Veterans of Foreign Wars and their Auxiliary, will be held in Havre this coming Saturday, May 7. Department officers ex pected to be in attendance include Department Commander Bernard Sullivan of Butte, Department Senior Vice Commander Keith Abel of Havre, Department Presi dent Emma Grimme of Cut Bank Department Junior Vice Comman der WilLam O'Hare and Depart ment Color Bearer Bertha O'- Hare both of Great Falls. Program for the day will be: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. registration at the VFW Club; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m men's meeting in the VFW Hall and ladies’ meeting in the Elks Green Room; 6:30 p.m. banquet upstairs in Elks Hall; 9 p.m. dancing at VFW Club. District Commander George Mattson of Chester will have charge of the Post’s business ses sion and the Auxiliary meeting will be presided over by District President Elda Mae Weber of Great Falls. Important business of the day will include elec:ion of officers for the coming year. A hospitality room has been reserved for the ladies at the Hotel Havre. Planning to attend from Chinook are Post Commander Jerome Pyette, Auxiliary President Ber niece Pyette. Auxiliary Delegates Dorothy Mchar, Ann Jamieson, Sadie Phipps and Dorothy Mac- Lean. and other Auxiliary and Post members. Better Livestock 4-H Club Held Skating Party A roller skating party was held April 14 at Kcpper’s Roller Ska> ing rink in Havre. Approximately 75 members and friends attended and all had a grand time. The fifth meeting of the Belter Livestock 4-H Club was held April 21 at the Zurich Recreation Hall. The meeting was presided over by Howard Michel, president. The roll call was answered by a "Foreign Car.” Kenny Blatter gave a x very in teresting talk on Traffic Viola tions. Rural Life Sunday was dis cussed and it was decided to hold it May 8 at the Zurich Recreation Hall. Demonstrations were giver, by Judy Anderson, Charlotte Ge bert. Mary Jar.e Higgins. John Hebbleman. Gary and Walter ISchible. Talks were given by Her man Gebert, Kenneth Friede, Ro bert Higgins, Sieve Jensen, Vir ■ ginia Murphy and Pa^y Looby. Mrs. Schible and Mrs. Murphy jserved a delicious lunch. The next meeting will be held at the Zu rich Recreation Hall May 12. — : Charlotte Gebert, reporter. Dodson News The Thos. P. Appelhans Post will hold its regular monthly meeting in the American Legion club rooms Tuesday, May 10, at 8 p.m. All Legionnaires are ex pected to heed this announcement due to the shortage of form cards to send individual notices. Con siderable business and reports are on the docket for consideration. All are urged to attend. Mr. ar.d Mrs. Robert Wineman are again home with a host of Dodson friends, after spending the winter with their daughters, Mrs. Harry Reese and Mrs. Zig Officers Installed, Eighth Grade Tea Held by FH A Girls On Tuesday afternoon. May 3. the Alice Chapter of F.H.A. heid their annual Eighth Grade tea. A short program, which included an explanation of F.H.A., intro duction of new officers, and a vo cal duet by Jackie Belt and Jo- Anne Swendseid, was held. A buffet style luncheon and social period followed the program. In the evening officer installa tion was held in the high school auditorium. Out-going officers were president, Glenda Sadler; vice president, Dona Dyer; secre tary. Millie Cresswell; treasurer, Sandy Kuehni; historian, Sharon Kuehni; parliamentarian, Myla Molkjer; reporter, Doris Siemens song leader, Jackie Belt; Stu dent Council rep., Marcia Swend seid, and S.C. alt., Karen Corne lius. These last year officers instal led the newly elected ones in this order: president, Sandy Kuehni; vice president, Sharon Kuehni; secretary, Karen Cornelius; trea surer, Elaine Kuntz; historian. Penny Siemens; parliamentar ian, Marlys Johnson; reporter, Myla Molkjer; song leader, Nao mi Sollid; Student Council rep., r ■- -■ — Boehen in Vallejo, Calif. They left Vallejo Saturday morning arriv ‘ ing in Dodson Monday afternoon. Mr. Wineman states he is feeling ' much better than when he left last : fall and that he had gained ten ' pounds. Mrs. Wineman is her us ’ ual spry self and wishes she had 1 brought along some of that Calif. । climate. The Dodson Civic Club will hold their regular business meeting at the Library Tuesday evening May 10, when they will have election of officers and librarian. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Swatek re turned the past week from a two I weeks vacation spent visiting fri ends and relatives at Libby, Mon tana, Seattle, Aberdeen and Steil । acoon, Washington and Portland and Oakridge, Oregon. Too bad ’ Montana can’t get a little of their ' nice weather. Dig These Krazy Prices! < Don't You be the oni with the screw loose ... come on down to our used car lot. where you'll be surprised to learn how muchCentsyourssshave! ; • 1 "• • . . 1958 Truck Ford F6OO, 2 speed axle, good rubber. 2,450.00 1955 Chevrolet Tudor, Radio, Heater and Powerglide 489.00 1954 Plymouth Belvadier Fordor 270.00 1952 Pontiac Chieftian Fordor 175.00 "C" Olson for a Real Deal — But if you don't "C" 0150 n... See Richman Harlem Motor Company HARLEM, MONTANA' .IClaudia Dahlquist, and S.C. alt., 11 Patti Warwick. Hays News... Mr. and Mrs. Jay Fleury, Mrs. Alice Fleury and daughter Linda went to Great Falls last week to consult the doctor about Linda’s leg braces. She is i mproving steadily. Mr. and Mrs; AI Chandler and son and John Chandler of San Francisco attended the funeral of Albert Chandler last week. Sons were born to Mrs. Mar garet Bell and Mrs. Vern Buck ; man April 30 and April 30, respec tively at the Agency hospital. Best . wishes to mothers and babies. Mrs. Caroline McMeel leaves this week to join her husband who is stationed at Bug Way, Utah. , He expected to be sent overseas but last minute orders changed their plans. James Stiffarm. Jr., left for his new home in New Jersey after a . month’s furlough. Mrs. Tom Kirkaldie entertain ed in honor of her son Tom’s fourth birthday, Monday by hav ing in a few of his friends. We are glad to see a few of the families back who have been em ployed on the road here and have been with us for a few summers. Valley Machine ! Company MASSEY-FERGUSON Sales & Service JACK PADGETT, Rep. Havre, Mont., Phone 265-2896 Guy Maberry - Myron F. Dietz Owners I 1955 Ford V-8 Customline Fordor, Radio, Heater, Fordomatic 725.00 1955 Ford Station Wagon, 9 Passenger Country Sedan, Completely Reconditioned 1060.00 1956 Ford %-Ton Pickup V-8 Short 1050.00 1956 GMC Series 152 Pickup 999.00 THE HARLEM NEWS Open House for 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brower extend a cordial invitation to fri ends and neighbors to attend an “Open House” on Sunday, May 15, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the ranch heme of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bro wer, three miles southwest of Harlem. The occasion will be honor Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Brower on their 50th wedding anniversary, j Meeting Changed For Garden Club The Meadowlark Garden Club will met Thursday, May 12, in place of the regular night of Fri day, May 13, due to the High. School Declamation Contest be ing that date. Members are ask? ed to remember this meeting is the time for exchange of spring bulbs, plants, etc. Also each member is asked to bring a des sert for one person as a May bas- REMODELING I . • Milk Houses. ’ Garages Bathrooms • . • * Kitchens Roofing ‘ Sjding Remodeling Basement Room • . • NOTHING DOWN ~ 1 . WHt fSVIMAtU and .••••’ 36 MONTHS TO PAY at " ' Monarch Lumber Co. • • HARLEM MONTANA ket. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Wm. Schneider at 8 p.m. . NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR i TRANSFER OF RETAIL LI QUOR LICENSE 1 Notice is hereby given that on ■ this 3rd day of May, 1960. one James Dowen and Alfred O. Au stad filed with the Montana Liquor • Control Board an application for transfer of a retail liquor license from Earl Terbovitz and Harold ITerbovitz, to be used at Midway Tavern,' NWVi of SEV., Sec. 29, Twp. 33 N., Rge. 18 E., Lohman, Montana, and protests, if any i there be, against the issuance of 11 such license will be heard at the ■ hour of 9:55 o’clock A. M„ on the iJ23rd day of June. 1960. at the of - fice of the Montana Liquor Con : trol Board in Helena. Montana. ; Dated A Fay 3rd, 1960. ; Signed — i . J. E. Manning,” Administrator. • - ’ ’ N(May 6-13-20-27) 1956 Ford ; V-8 Fairlane Chib Sedans Radio, Heater, fordematik 1075.00 . 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air Fordor — Special Price 170.00 1-Ton Truck 1954 Ford 745*00 * 1953 Dodge Club Coupe Runs Real Good 303.00 FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1960'