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\v«' _ - -4 T> tyfri LAUREL OUTLOOK Official Paper of Yellowstone County LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1945 FIVE CENTS VOLUME 37—NO. 22 BEET GROWERS GET RUST PAYMENT ON INIS YEAR'S COOP Is For Deliveries To Nov. 7 —Totals $3,710,000 For Bil linRS-Lovell District 21 .—Beet Denver, Colo., Nov. growers served by the Great West ern Sugar company will receive more than $29,400,000 for the 1945 crop, expecting finally to reach a four-state average of approximately $12.24 per ton from company and government sources, according to Frank A. Kemp, president. Of this total amount, the com pany mailed creeks Nov. 19 in set tlement of beets totaling approx imately $20,270,000, the largest in itial payment since 1931, covering beet deliveries through Nov. 4, by which date approximately 86 per cent of the crop had been delivered, he said. The November 19 checks included company and "support" payments averaging approximately $9.64 per the Colorado-Nebraska Wheatland, Wyo., area, and $10.25 in the Billings, Mont., and Lovell, Wyo., district. Mr. Kemp said that company ton for checks will be mailed December 15 beets delivered after No covering vember 4, plus adjustments of the November 19 payment in Colorado and Nebraska for any additional amount due under the so-called "low content guarantee," the exact level of which can be determined only on harvest. First Billings and Lovell will be supplemented after completion of the payment to growers completion of the beet-slicing cam paign by adjustment to the exact and support price due on company the final sugar content of beets sliced at the two factories. In December or January growers will receive the government benefit payment tentatively estimated to range in various districts from an average of $2.32 per ton to $2.83, which will complete the total aver _ i payment for the crop of ap proximately $12.24 per ton from all age sources. The November 19 payment will $13,329,000 in the approximate Colorado district; $3,231,000 in the Nebraska-Wheatland district; and $3,710,000 in the Billings-Lovell dis trict. Harvest was nearly completed as the company prepared to mail the first checks. A short and cool with extensive hail growing season damage resulted in an average of approximately 11.6 tons per acre— well below normal yield, with sugar content ranging from slightly above average at Billings, Lovell and Wheatland, to close to average in Colorado, but nearly one per cent below normal in Nebraska. MRS. COMBS, SISTER OF FJ. SCHAUER, PASSES Funeral services were conducted Smith's Saturday afternoon at funeral chapel in Billings for Mrs. Anna Laura Combs, 93, sister of F. W. Schauer of Laurel. Combs died Thursday morning at a nursing home in Billings. She had been a resident of Bil lings 50 years, locating there five years after her brother, Schauer, located a few miles west of Laurel in 1890. Their home had Mrs. F. W. been in Pennsylvania. Rev. C. A. Caton, pastor of the j Billings Methodist church, officiated at Mrs. Combs' funeral Saturday. ; Francis M. Smith, Jr., accompanied by Mrs. E. E. Wild, sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and Me. Brown, A. C. Getts, J. A. Gilbert, John McCammon, H. H. Perrigo and Roger Schauer, a nephew'. Bur ial was in Mountview cemetery. Abide With were Gordon Pallbearers Entertaining at cards, the w'o men of St. Anthony's parish were hostesses last Wednesday evening at the parish hall. The commit tee in charge of the event comprised Mrs. C. J. McManus, chairman, Mrs. W. C. Phillips, Mrs. H. K. Porter, Mrs. J. G. Early, Mrs. E. D. Calvert and Mrs. Joe Kasner. The high score award in bridge for the women went to Miss Grace Stadalman and the men's to H. K. In five hundred, Mrs. A. Porter. F. Elliott and Mr. McManus receiv ed high score prizes and in pinochle, Mrs. Anthony Koch won the high for the women and Manuel prize Zahn won for the men. DEATH CLAIMS OLD RESIDENT, JONES Came To Mossmain Communi ty In 1893—Funeral Is Set For Saturday Afternoon Funeral services for Daniel A. Jones, 73, of Billings, brother of Mrs. Esther Munyon, will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. at the Setter gren funeral home in Billings. Death occurred Nov. 18 at Billings. Born in Nebraska, Feb. 7, 1872, Mr. Jones was married there to Ida Bell Larimore. They came to Mossmain in 1893 where they ranch ed. In 1937 Mr. Jones retired and with his family moved to Billings. Besides the sister here he is sur vived by his widow; three sons, Walter H. Jones of Pryor, Orville A. Jones of Billings and Floyd W. Jones of Buckley, Wash.; two daughters, Miss Nellie Jones at home and Mrs. Dewey Palin of Bil lings; another sister, Miss Candace Williams of Columbus; 14 grand children and four great-grandchil dren. Burial will be in the Laurel ceme tery. FOR CONTROL OF II Eight years ago a contest was inaugurated to call attention in Montana communities to the need and value of tuberculin tests for high school students. The contest proved so successful that each year since a similar contest has been held. This year the highest per capita county in the state will receive a $100 cash award for tuberculosis control work. The second highest county will receive $75 and the next three highest will receive a $50 cash award each. In the event of a tie, duplicate awards will be given. The prize money is to be used for tuberculosis case finding or for related projects authorized by the state association. The 1943 census, taken by the state bureau of vital statistics, will Complete tuberculosis Christmas seal sale returns must be in the state office at Helena by midnight March 1, 1946, to be eligi ble for the prize contest. The prize winners will be announced on March be used. I 1 ! 15, 1946. Crichton, Prisoner ! Of Japs 43 Months, Visits Kinsmen Here Master Gunner Sgt. Clint Crich ton, a prisoner of war in Japan for many months, was a guest here last w'eek of his aunt, Mrs. A. L. Crich ton and her daughters, Beryl and j Mrs. Bill McCracken. He was a prisoner for 43 months, • in the same camp as Ellis Slater, j He has been in the service 10 years, ; enlisting from Cody, Wyo. He has | reenlisted and at present is with the recruiting office at Cheyenne, Wyo. Honoring Joseph Pokarney of Fromberg, father of Mrs. P. A. j Johnston, and Mrs. Johnston's! brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and | Mrs. J. S. Miller of Priest River , 1 Family Celebrates 91st Birthday Of Pokarney, Fromberg Ida., a family reunion w r as held Sunday of last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Johnston. The event was in observance of Mr. Pokarney, who, on Dec. 30, wdil be 91 years of age. illness, he was unable to attend. Also absent, but who telephoned greetings to the group w r ere Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pokarney of Chi Because of cago. All other members of the family were present. They included Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Pokarney of Great Falls; Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Buzzetti of Hardin; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Comte and son and daughter, F'rank, Jr., and Jean of Billings; Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Stark and daughters, Rose and Frederica and Joseph Porkamey, Jr., all of From btrg; William Pokarney, recently discharged and returned from serv ice in Iran, his wife and daughter, Vicki Jo, all of Basin, Wyo., and Mr. and Mrs. Bud Swallow of Lu cerne, Wyo. A Weighty Question That Must Be Settled ••V V |, r ■ V : ■ _ / ' I ■ m si; U : i I >! •x-x-r Oh! What to Do? Little Bert doesn't really want to axe the head off a turkey, but he is determined that his Thanksgiving din ner must have turk on the menu; so what is a little fellow going to do? It looks as if there will be plenty of turkeys to go around so that one will be in every pot on Thanksgiving day. What a different Thanksgiving Bert will have than the one celebrated by bis ancestors in Massachusetts in 1623. Laurel Is Asked To Give $750 To Sister Elizabeth Kenny Fund Waging War On Polio Disease For Laurel is asked to contribute $750 to the Sister Eliabeth Kenny Four dation fund of $ 5 , 000,000 to wage]" . , " a war on infantile paralysis. The campaign for solicitations and vol untary contributions will open Nov. 23, the day after Thanksgiving, and will continue to Dec. 8 , a period of about two weeks. Yellowstone The campaign for funds here is Laurel Rotary county is asked to give $7,500, which includes Laurel's $750. sponsored by the club, at request of W. W. Gail of Billings, state chairman, and James Haughey of Billings, county chair will take Sock man> w ho presented the proposal at meeting of the club Tuesday, directors meeting Tuesday night appointed R. B. Packard as Laurel chairman, with the expecta tion that organization place Monday night at 8 o'clock in the Methodist church basement. Bing Crosby is national chair man and coined the slogan, Polio. The disease has become such a menace and has created so much distress and crippling effects, as well as many deaths, that a nation C!ub I R. B. Packard, Chairman, i Laurel Kenny Appeal, Laurel, Montana. Yes, I want to help "sock polio" by making the Sister Kenny Treat ments available to all the children of Montana. So here's my con tribution: Check ( ) Draft ( ) Money Order ( ) War or Victory Bond ( ) rp <2fn/-l«nfc Prom 1WO OlUUeilLS rrOlU Amount $. I Address Name (print plainly) County to credit to (Make all remittances payable to Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation) City or Town State ! Rebekahs Celebrate Laurel Are Pledges At Bozeman College Bozeman, Mont., Nov. 21.—Bar bara Smith of Laurel was pledged to the Chi Omega sorority at Mon tana State college last Sunday. Miss Smith, a freshman, is maj oring in home economics. Bozeman, Mont., Nov. Patricia Early of Laurel was pledg ed recently to Phi Sigma, national 1 biological hororary at Montana State ! college. To be pledged to Phi | Sigma, a student must have 2 points per credit average in all j biological studies, an active inter- i est in biological studies, and a 1 point average in other classes. Miss Early is a junior and is maj oring in biology and bacteriology. Mary Martha and Augusta Streck er were here from Billings to spend I the week end. wide war against it has been in augurated. In u hif \ announcement Crosby emphasized that one-half of the funds in each state wi]] remain in that state to further the campaign against infantile paralysis in local communities. The funds will also help to restore victims of infantile paralysis to normal lives; lessen ravages of the crippling disease for its victims; enable polio suf feres to recover the use of their limbs; finance full training Kenny technicians for permanent stay at clinics throughout the coun try; provide periodical study courses for physicians and technicians; con duct intensive and nation-wide clin ical research on poliomyelitis and related diseases, and perpetuate and extend the scope and benefits of the Kenny Institute not only in the United States but throughout the world. Although every attempt will he made to contact prospective con tributors in the solicitations to be gin near the end of this week, the contributors may speed the work, if they wish, by clipping and using the form printed herewith: Recent Birthdays Of Members With Party the last two months, so honored was presented with a small decorated cake topped with a pink and green candle, the gift of Mrs. Effie Gerard, noble grand of the Rebekah lodge, At the regular meeting of the Rebekahs Monday evening at the L. L. club a pre-Thanksgiving ob servance was featured with a spec ial candlelight service. Following the lodge meeting there was a party for members whose birthdays occurred during Each person 1 The committee on refreshments comprised Mrs. Louise VanNice, Mrs. G. N. Wiggins and Mrs. Kate Rodgers. • Mrs. M. J. Wilcox will entertain at home Saturday for members of her sewing club. End Of Victory Loan Is In Sight For Laurel Over-All Total Is 95 Per Cent, Though E Quota Lags At 82—Week May Finish Job—District Has 75 Per Cent, County 90 At the close of business Tuesday, per cent of quota, against a state 95 Laurel's over-all figures were per cent of completion in the Vic tory loan drive. Of its $113,295 quota, $107,894.75 had been paid in, leaving only $5,400.25 to raise. But although this applied to the over-all figure, the E bond quota included in the grand total was at 82 per cent. Laurel's E quota is $51,045, of which $41,719.25 has been paid. The balance to raise for E bonds, is $9,325.75. Members of the war finance committee were confident that Laurel will have achieved all its goals in another week. About a month will have elapsed since the opening of the Victory loan on Oct. 29. Laurel Rural is also rapidly ap proaching its goal, night figures revealed, in $26,201.75 quota, cent. Its balance to raise is $1, 773.25. Duck creek's outstanding per formance is being continued, was reported Tuesday as more than j doubling its quota of $4,995 by | paying $11,469, or 229 per cent. B. M. Harris, chairman of dis trict No. 7, said Tuesday that the district picked up 7.3 per cent of its Victory loan quota Monday. Sales cleared through Helena were $113,000, leaving $382,000 to go. "This brings the district up to 75 the Tuesday It had paid j or 93.7 per, it (|||(jjy|||j FUNERAL | Laurel Woman Dies Sunday At IS SEI FOR FRIDAY Hospital—Resident Of Laurel Since 1913 Kath Funeral services for Mrs. erine Hartung, 72, wife of Henry j Hartung will be held at the Ger man Congregational church at 2 p. m. Friday. Rev. Theodore C. Strobel, pastor will officiate. Mrs. Hartung died at a Billings hospital Sunday. She was • born June 26, 1873 at Diddle, Russia, a daughter of Henry Hepzel, and was, married in Russia on Jan, 17, 1893, | to George Miller. They came to ; Lincoln, Neb., in 1912 and to Lau - 1 Mr. Miller rel the following year, died at Laurel on March 10, 1940. On Nov. 6 . 1942 she was married to Henry Hartung of Laurel. Be sides her widower she is survived by six sons, Jacob Miller and Henry Miller of Tacoma, Wash.; George Miller and Herman Miller of Lau rel; Alex Miller of Billings and I Pvt. Fred Miller of Fort Ord, Calif.; 32 grandchildren, six great-grand children and nine step children, Mrs. C. H. Frank and Mrs. Joe Bourne of Laurel, Carl Hartung, Henry ! Hartung of Bremerton, Wash., ! Adam Hartung of Tacoma, Mrs. I Eva Snyder, Alex Hartung and I Tony Hartung of Billings. Burial will be in the Laurel i cemetery. 1 I 1 Mrs. D. H. McCauley was guest | speaker at the meeting Federated Club Has Mrs. McCauley For Program Speaker of the Laurel Federated club Monday eve ning at Mrs. J. G. Mace's home. Mrs. McCauley was presented by the program chairman, Mrs. Harold Williams, and spoke on "Gracious Hospitality," giving points on the entertainment of guests. She also described her work with the USO canteen in Billings. Mrs. Mace was assisted in enter taining by Mrs. John Brohaugh. A club guest was Mrs. Charles Dunn. The project prize offered for the evening was won by Mrs. Leonard Ferrin. During a short business session the club voted to contribute to the Shodair Crippled Children's hos pital at Helena and to the Sister Kenny Foundation drive. Mrs. Jack Mayes, president, will represent the club at the meeting for the pro posed municipal swimming pool. The next club meeting will be held with Mrs. Harold Williams and the program chairman will be Mrs. Harold Collins. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Hudson and sens, Lynn and Cloyd of Nibbe, were guests Friday of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Starbard. average of 80.1 per cent." Sweet Grass county turned in 18.1 per cent of quota Monday to lead the group that day. Treasure coun ty was second with 10, and Carbon was third with 9.2. Treasure, Still water and Sweet Grass are "over." Park lacks less than 10 points and Carbon lacks 21.9 points. Gallatin, Yellowstone and Rosebud are run ning in a bunch with less than 3 points between them. The figures for Monday showed Treasure 183.2 per cent; Stillwater, 137.3; Sweet Grass, 102.3; Park, 90.7; Big Horn, 78.8; Carbon, 78.1; Gallatin, 03.3; Yellowstone, 60.9, and Rosebud, 60.8. FLASH! Yellowstone county was reported Wednesday morning as having paid $1,134,600.75 of its $1,365,000 quota. This puts the county within 90 per cent of completion. The city of Billings was reported as being with in $ 100,000 of its quota. PARLEY ON POOL Representatives Of Organiza tions To Meet At City Hall To Discuss Proposal A general meeting of representa tives of civic and fraternal bodies has been called for Friday evening at the city hall to discuss the vived proposal to construct a muni cipal swimming pool. The hour of the meeting has been set for 7:30. Announcement was made last w'eek by leaders in the movement that such a meeting would be held "in the near future," but the date and place had not been selected. Giving the movement impetus are committees from the American re Lepion and the Laure] dty council> w ho have invited representatives from all other organizations to at tend the coming conference, A proposal to construct a swim ming pool was launched here sev era | years ago. Several meetings were held and a portion of the necessary fund was pledged. How ever, conditions were not favorable a t the time and the proposal postponed. was G000ALLS, PARK CITY, CELEBRATE FIFTIETH Park City, Nov. Mrs. Charles Goodall were honored on their fiftieth w'edding anniver sary, Saturday, Nov. 17, by holding open house in the afternoon and evening which was arranged by rel atives and friends. 21 .—Mr. and Rev. A. M. Bachanz of the Luth eran church conducted a fitting ser vice for the occasion in the after noon. Many gifts and congratula tions were received by Mr. and Mrs. Goodall. Their daughter Mrs. Reese and two Bernice daughters Shirley and Janet of Billings and their son Mark were present. Another son, Harold of Butte, was unable to be j present, ! Mr. and Mrs. Goodall were mar ried Nov. 17, 1895, at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. E, P. Searles, who lived on their home stead between Laurel and Park City, the late Rev. Joseph F'ope performing the ceremony. Goodall was from Butte, coming to this vicinity in 1889, and Mrs. Good all came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Searles, with the Ripon North western colony from Wisconsin in 1882, when she was four years old. Mrs. Goodall is the only survivor of the colony. After finishing her schooling she met Mr. Gopdall and they were married later and have lived many years in the place where they now reside. Mr.