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The Garden Club
Annual
Plant
Sale!
At
COMMERCIAL CLUB
BUILDING
Friday & Saturday
May 11 and 12
Home Grown
Plants
Both Flowering and
Vegetable
Also
Tomato Plants
Pansy Plants and
Cut Flowers
for Mother's Day
Women Of Moose To
Entertain At Party
The Women of the Moose at their
meeting Tuesday evening at the L.
L. club discussed plans for an en
tertainment feature to be given in
the next few weeks. Mrs. Julia
Phillips, senior regent, presided at
the meeting and appointed Mrs.
Elsie Kuper and Mrs. Martha Alt
man as a committee on arrange
ments.
Other business of the meeting
included voting on candidates for
admission to the chapter. Initiation
to be held at the
ceremonies are
next session. Also scheduled for the
June meeting is election of officers j
for the year.
The next meeting will be at the
L. L. club Tuesday, June 12.
Good Sewing
Success in home dressmaking or
In altering ready-to-wear depends in
part on the care with which you
mark your fabric pieces.
DANCE
B. A. of R. E.
Laurel-Billings Div. 42
For
Members and
Friends
GOOD MUSIC
Riverside Park at Laurel
Sat, May 12
8:00 to 12:00
HELP FINISH THE WAR
AND
SECURE THE PEACE
BY ELECTING
LEO G. GRAYBILL
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Democratic
Nominee for
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Congress
Second
(Eastern Mont.)
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Special Election
Tuesday
JUNE 5, 1945
Leo C. GraybiU
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Give President Truman a Vote of Confidence
by electing a supporter of his war and peace policies»
and one who will serve Montana welL
Ad. Pd. for by GraybiU for Congress Club. A. C. McCabe,
Treas., Great Falls, Montana.
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Remember Mother !
Public Relations Office, Fort
Douglas, Utah:
Betty Jo McCracken, Laurel, has
received her orders to active duty
with the army nurse corps and will
report to Madigan general hospital,
Tacoma, Wash., for basic training,
it was announced today at Ninth
service command headquarters, Fort
Douglas, Utah.
The Laurel nurse, recently com
missioned a second lieutenant in the
ANC, will be assigned to Baxter
General hospital, Spokane, Wash.,
upon completion of training.
Accessory Dress-Ups
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Charming little gifts Mother will wear so
proudly through Summer ! A pretty hat—
fresh white gloves—a smart new handbag
—plus many more on our famous main
floor! All budget priced !
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I Theodore Lais, San Jose, Calif.,
May 5:
I This is to inform you of my dis
charge from the service.
I have been getting the Outlook
now for well on to three years and
have enjoyed every issue.
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• Dressmaker Bag $2.98 - $5.98
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cific, April 29:
Hello Folks: Some of that good
old boat mail just came in. It is
the kind that brings the papers, so
to make a long story short I re
ceived the March 28 issue of the
j Laurel Outlook, also a nice bundle
(of other papers from Miss Cloteal
I can say this much, the
people of Laurel are sure a swell
bunch and are really doing their
part on the home front.
For the past five days I've been
in sick bay, ward or hospital, or
whatever a fellow cares to call it.
Just before I was hurt I was run
ning a rock crusher. The doctor
told me this morning he thought I
would be able to leave in a couple
of days. I'll sure be glad to get
out of this place, and I'm not kid
ding, not that we don't get treated
swell here for you can't beat it any
place. Have our meals served to
us in bed, a good radio to listen to
and plenty to read. But at that a
guy gets tired of just laying here
not doing a thing.
Yesterday I had a nice long letter
from Lieut. Olive Fisher. She says
they are plenty busy over where
she is and wondering just how long
things will last over there and where
they will go next. I think most of
us wonder that a good many times,
but things seem to be coming along
pretty well just now both on that
side of the world and over here.
Again'thanks to all the swell peo
ple in Laurel for the fine job they
are doing and for sending the Out
look. Good luck to you all.
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Cpl. Larry E. Romee, Germany,
April 23:
Well its been a long time since
I've written and thanked you for
the paper.
We've been on the move almost
continuously since we came in on
the beach with General Patton's
third army. It has been a long trek
since I left the States, England
then France, Luxemburg, Belgium
and now Germany,
deal wasn't too rough, but from the
beachhead to where we are now
we've been plenty busy.
At the present time we are tak
ing a long earned break since it is
the first time we've had a chance
to slow down and watch some one
else work (and we are plenty grate
ful for. a little rest).
Since coming over I've run into
Shay in England, Sorg, Batt and
Part of the
Nave in France and several boys
from Billings and Columbus.
For some time I had the job of
taking convoys into the line of the
infantry and armored divisions and
in that time I had a little time to
pick up about any kind of souvenir
a person would want. The prize
is a big flag which I got quite re
cently when they were still near
Coblenz.
The only time I had a chance to
get to Paris was the first week in
September and it wasn't completely
cleared of Germans so there weren't
any stores open and not much to
We went in the Port D'Or
see.
leans and did visit the Notre Dame
Cathedral and the Arc de Triomphe.
Of all the demolished towns I've
seen La Haye Du Puits and Metz
were the worst in France,
in Belgium and everything in Ger
many is pretty well fixed up.
We were in Belgium right after
the breakthrough was checked and
the graves registration hadn't got
ten there as yet. There were dead
men and animals all over, plus
enormous amounts of wrecked veh
icles which littered both sides of the
roads from Bastogne on up.
The division Frickel is in has
plenty to be cocky about when some
one mentions Bastogne, as they made
the gallant stand until the armored
division came to their relief.
So far we have two battle stars
and it is rumored we get another,
but so far no dope has come down
on it.
Thanks again, everyone, for the
paper as all the boys appreciate it
even though it is sometimes a couple
of months late when we receive our
copies.
St. Vith
Pvt. Reuben T. Haueter, Pacific,
April 24, to Rev. James H. Haueter:
As you probably know by now, we
landed Easter morning on Okinawa
and since then we have been in con
siderable action, as far as artillery
goes.
This island is quite interesting.
The people are distinctly Oriental
and have a very low standard of
living, and it is seldom that one
sees a native more than five feet
tall.
There are a good many horses
here, and we all had horses until
the army M.Ps. took them away
from us. Some of the men had bi
cycles too.
This place has a great many
tombs, which are on the side of
hills and also in several caves. The
people leave their dead in urns in
these vaults, which are quite elab
orate.
There are numerous gardens, and
the sugar cane and sweet potatoes
are prevalent—and rice fields and
pine trees are everywhere,
really a beautiful place,
mate is ideal—a great relief after
being in the tropics,
are quite cold, reminding me of the
fall weather we had in Wyoming.
We have been shelled some and
have had a few air raids. We have
a real display of anti-aircraft when
a few Nips get through. I have
seen a number of Jap planes shot
down.
We have a radio, and we get all
the Jap stations and their version
of the war. Also we get Shanghai
and the Philippine stations. We
are quite close to China.
In two days it will be one year
since I was sworn into the corps at
Denver. Time over here has gone
faster than in the States, and of
course I have spent a lot of time
on the water.
It is
The cli
The nights
'P.F.C. Jacob Krug spent the week
end in San Francisco and wrote rel
atives at Silesia that he and his
buddy passed he world conference
building, "but did not see any of
the big shots.
Public relations office, army air
forces, Fort Douglas, Utah, April
30:
The following Laurel, Mont., ser
vice men have arrived in the United
States on furlough from the Euro
pean theatre of operations:
Staff Sgt. John G. Frank, son of
Mrs. Catherine Frank, 509 Fourth
avenue, who served eight months
with the Eighth air force as a ball
turret gunner on a B-17, complet
ing 35 missions totaling 280 com
bat flying hours, and
Pvt. Robert E. Wise, Jr., son of
R. E. Wise, Sr., who served six
months with the infantry.
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Lieut. Victor A. Gilles, Victorville,
Calif., May 4:
Just a few lines to let you know
how much we in the service appre
ciate the home town paper, and to
thank you and the folks who make
it possible for us to receive it. I
receive my copy every Tuesday and
always start out with the Letters
Column which I enjoy very much.
Getting the paper means a great
deal to all of us as letters from
home always omit minor items
which we read with enthusiasm and
interest.
I am stationed here at Victorville
and my duties are instructing in
radar, although I alternate
quently and take over
briefing officer,
fortunate in not meeting any boys
from home though, as the last one
was
still have hopes though as I hear
there are some Laurel boys here.
Again I say—thanks for the paper
and Hello to every one.
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I have been un
Bert Sherrow in August of '43.
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Public Relations, El Aouina, Air
Base, Tunis, Tunisia;
Sgt. Geo. H. Golden, armourer,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Golden,
route 1, Laurel, Mont., works in the
ordnance section at El Aouina air
base, Tunis terminal for North Afri
can division, air transport command.
When the Germans made their
hurried exit some two years ago,
many hazards to life and limb were
left behind. Besides caring for the
normal small arms and munitions,
Sergeant Golden is sometimes called
upon to handle some engine of death
found still able to work harm in
the name of Nazi cunning.
Arriving five months ago from
the States, Sergeant Golden was as
signed to Bari and Casserta, Italy,
before coming to Tunis. Of the
towns about the airbase, he prefers
Tunis for its entertainment facili
ties.
Three in March
years ago,
If you don't need it.
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SELL IT!
We have buyers in our "want list" for dam
sort of article—machinery, household goods, cars and .
trucks—even ranches.
Let us convert your salable items into War Bonds
Cash—now !
We'll try our best to get you full value for each
signment—either at private sale of auction.
near every
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Northwestern
Auction Service
3943 1st Ave. S.
Ph 9-1669
Billings
Sergeant Golden left home for Shep
pard Field, Tex., and basic training,
Later, assignment to duty as arm
ourer took him
Stockton Fields, Calif,, by way of
Deming Field, N. M.
to Gardner and
U. S. Marine Corps, Headquar
ters, Butte, Mont.:
The marine corps has announced
induction of Kenneth Dale Turner.
27, of Laurel, husband of Helene
Martz Turner.
Private Turner was employed as
trucker and bulldozer operator for
the Billings Bench Water associa
tion. He attended grade school at
Sidney, and at Cleveland, N. D.
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