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\nn * « W8TCr OF A / HEi «s V LAUREL OUTLOOK Official Paper of Yellowstone County FIVE CENTS LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1947 VOLUME 38—NO. 30 RE-ELECTS OFFICERS Enters Fortieth Year Since Founding Of Parent Insti tution At Park City i Tuesday, at the annual meeting of the stockholders and directors of the Yellowstone banks of Laurel and Columbus, all directors and of ficers were re-elected for the ensu ing year. They are B. M. Harris, B. Meyer Harris, John W. Cor win, Max E. Slayton, directors of both banks; G. H. Jacobus and Ray F. Stevens, directors at Laurel and Irvin M. Black, director at Co lumbus. B. M. Harris was elected president of both banks, B. Meyer Harris and John W. Corwin, vice presidents; Ray F. Stevens, cashier, and H. S. Barrow, assistant cashier at Laurel, and Irvin M. Black, cashier, and Ethel M. Black, office manager, at Columbus. At the close of the year the banks showed a capital structure of $270,000 and total assets of over $7,400,000. This is the fortieth anniver sary of the starting of the parent bank in Park City in 1907. B. M. Harrs was cashier at that time and over is the only survivor of the original board of directors. EAGLES OF RED LODGE PLAYING HERE JAN. 21 The Farmers Union independent basketball team will play one of the top flight teams of the Midland Empire Independent league next Tuesday, Jan. 21, according to Manager Nolan of the Laurel club. The game will be played here and is expected to be one of season's stellar attractions. The Eagles, leaders in the league, have Frank Ward and his son and Bob Rae as mainstays. Bathing Robin Leaves For South; Coast Also Experiences Fog, Snow The day before the cold spell ..... .... . of a robin taking a bath in a vrster filled depression on the sidewalk in front of her house and his then flying to the limb of a nearby tree to carefully dry and preen his feathers. Although Laurel often en joys comparatively mild winters, the sight of a robin in mid-winter is classed as rare. What happened later to the out of-season bird is not recorded. lie may have taken passage south, for the mild weather was replaced at the week end with lower tempera ture and some snow. The ther mometer was reported Wednesday as having descended to 4 below Tuesday night. Travelers to the northwest coast reported cold and snow at bpokane, and rain, fog and lower than usual temneratures at Seattle. The same conditions prevailed in coastal areas of Puget Sound, Juan de Fuca Straight and connecting waters, and on Vancouver island. Grass was green and some fowers bloomed, but residents of those areas complained of the cold and snow. January has not been altogether! sunny and warm in C a 1 i f o r n i a, either. Mrs. O. C. Cooper is in re ceipt of a newspaper from Mrs. Edith Egelstron which gives the, ! struck a woman reported the unusual sight Oakland-San Francisco version. The Jan. 6 edition said the preceding Saturday saw the minimum temper ature of 30 above zero with a high of 55 for the day, followed by a chilly high of 45 Sunday. The ' mercury then went down again to 32 . Monday morning and by 7 o'clock at 33, the coldest Jan. 6 since j when a low of 32 was re-1 was 1933, corded. Officers Are Named For Girl Scout Assn.! Officers of the Laurel Girl Scout association were elected at a meet ing Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. H. Lee Hamlett. Mrs. P. A. Johnston was named as chair man; Mrs. Hamlett, vice chairman and Mrs. O. R. Burdett, secretary treasurer About 24 scout leaders and committee members were in at tendance. Present from Billings were Miss Edith Loe, Girl Scout executive di rector, and Mrs. Harr.' Turner, who gave a report of the Girl Scout con vention at Seattle. 'tir >v n V;v f xj •;> . f ■ so* *■"" fr - T -v ^ * *■ : td L&'i V3 : : « f 4 m . > j mm j . - BOY COMPOSER HAILED . . . Georgie Wei, who developed his musical talent in a Japanese concentration camp, is shown playing his own composition, "Victory Day," as bis sister, Madeleine, looks on. Red Cross In Report Recounts Its Seven Years Of Enormous Activity In War Years Period Of 1939-46 How war transformed the American Red Cross into a mighty emissary told in a seven-year report, cover to carry comfort and cheer to Ameri can servicemen the world over is ing the war years, by Chairman Basil O'Connor. While this report covers the most significant period in the organiza tion's history, O'Connor pointed out that Red Cross responsibility in mil itary and veterans services is still large-scale and must so continue for several years. Likewise, he said, the tempo of chapter community services in health, safety and dis aster relief is increasing. Over 36,654,000 persons contribut ed to the American Red Cross in its ncak war vear 1945 bolstering its I 5 J ., ' , ' . , , resources so that never before were .. . . , . „„ , „ . its services extended so far to sc many, the report disclosed. The report, which covers the 1939 4 6 period, shows that when the I j r L« i- • , clouds of war began to mass, services to the militarv were stenned un and continued to ^expand. Service ex penditures ed forces and subsequently for vet erans totaled $365,816,818 for the neriod Total American Red Cross ex f 1939-46 (June 30) . . jgg An aver ' a ' ( ' )f 4,246,000 unpaid , lln tepr workers in 3 750 chanters d tb organization" each of the i 2 138 000 members of the t ^ ajned vo ' lan teer corps alone gave i billion hours of service. In • renort illustrated with a P n T chart"' ether .„tstând « H fact inc ] ude . « thg blood donor pr0Kram for the army and navy< 6,663,121 Amer- 1 icans cont ributed 13,326,000 pints of j blood Mo ' re than 570 ,000,000 was loaned j, , Arnpr j eari R e d Cross at camns i __ _ I ^ nospitais i s ' v °T, en ™ four years from 194 " : non community | , . . . "' ;' n tbc P aalzatlons e P : p . „ j " ed Cross camp and hospital service P. ro & ram during the war years, wun j C,V A C u- in I Owning no s ips 0 1 '.... " 1 °". ly . what commencaI aad T T ll,ta f y s . h,ppl . ng sp f C ® ^' A o m f e % C n a ft n 4cn Red : sent d U0 > 4t,ü 10113 01 su PP'ies over-, •——— P's Fv fep p* ■■■ [ 1 . i l Äjr W M M M | V y U ■■.. «f j pw PmA mÈMÆm K g I g » > ■ f i M FIRST PAIR OF SHOES . . . Wer fel, aged six, of the orphanage of Am Himmel, Vienna, shows his un bounded joy at the new shoes given him by the American Red Cross. Without the Red Cress help Aus trian children would have faced a bitter wir. ter. seas between 1939 and 1946, dis tributing the supplies to military personnel through its services to the armed forces, to prisoners of war through the International Red Cross committee, and to civilians through overseas emergency relief activities. In the seven-year period, service men and their families were assisted ... « . , . feed,n & programs; furnishing drug, food, medical and educational sup .. ' , ... . _ plies, and reorganization of com * » , ... ° mumty health and welfare services . J ... Attend f nce at club facilitie s, in ... . , , . ^ ' eluding leave clubs, canteens, re~ ,, b ' , ,_ _, creatlon centers, snack bars and rest homes totaled more than 52,000, 000 in a sl n K ,e ™ onth dun *he in 17,980,230 cases by American Red Cross home service departments. Forty-two million communications for servicemen, veterans and their families have been handled by tho Red Cross since Pearl Harbor. The number of persons assisted through American Red Cross over seas emergency relief activities totaled 75,053,320. Overseas relief includes distribution of Red Cross I chapter-produced garments; milk . peak .operation of clubs with the Am ®rican military throuhgout the world. . * n e ^ uca ^ ona ^» health and gen eral welfare activities for the period, the American Red Cross doubled J . unior Red Cross enrollment (in a sin ^ e y ear an( * a half ending June Junior Red Cross provided t0 "7 8 'I ( children overseas for three spe . n . t ? . 5,7 ^ 8,6 . 32 .J n eda ; catm S the nation in first aid, water sa ^ e ty an ^ accident prevention; " >•«",050 men and women >n nursing, and made, through its public health nurses, 5,155,464 visits - WomPTI Of \îrtO« 5 P A TP . , . . Invited 10 LlVinfifSlOn ® . , u 0rder of ^business for the Laurel c hapt «r. of )' oman of th ® Moose at ? meeting Tuesday evening at the L. L. club included the reading of a nurn b er of reports from the grand: reg ent's office in Washington, D. C., on tke new rules.and regulations use in the organizations. Also read was a letter from the Livingston chapter extending an mutation to member s to attend a conference of college of Regents which will be in Livingston Sunday. | Plans were made at the Tuesday [meeting to obsen-e the twenty-third j anniversarj' of the Laurel chapter a ' a P arty * be ba ' b Mrs. Alice Fisher, senior regent, 1 presided at the meet,n » and a lunch j was served afterward by hostesses, j Mrs. Elaine Gallagher and Mrs. Clara Getz. Garden Club Names Committees For Year - Roll call was answered by describ ing an attractive shrub of this lo -1 cality when the Laurel Garden club met Thursday at Mrs. J. R. Heebner's home. Mrs. L. R. Shay, president, was in charge of the meeting. Rou tine of business included the reading of the club's by-laws and the nam ing of various committees to sene j during the year. j A paper was presented by Mr?, O. C. Cooper, giving the origin of j New Year resolutions. ! Announcement was made that the ; next meeting, on Jan. 23, will be 1 at the home of Mrs. C. H. Barney, I Locomotives Lose Tuesday To Visiting Class A Team By Score Of 49-41 The Miles City Cow Boys evened the score with the Locomotives for an early season defeat by downing them Tuesday night 49 to 41. The | home team drew within 5 points of the fast-moving Cow Boys in the final quarter, but a couple of fast baskets by Maguire and Lucas salt ed the game away for Miles City. Sorg and Kimberley were the high , scorers for Laurel with 16 and 14 points, respectively, j The Cow Boy-Locomotive game was very fast and rough, with the Laurel team within striking distance all the time. Miles had to play its first string the entire game to hold off the Locomotive attack. In a preliminary game the Bil lings Junior high team defeated the Laurel frosh 36 to 23. Clark was high for Billings with 14 points, while Fritzler led the Laurel fresh men with eight. Laurel (41) Sorg (16) Miles City (49) F Maguire (17) F Kimberley (14) C Lucas (20) Bice (2) Wold (2) Subs, Laurel: Willis, Kiedrowski (4), Speare, Galusha, Roth. Miles City: Swanson (2). Officials: Pearson and Griffin. G Themas (2) G Laird (4) The several articles involved world ine öu\er<ii armies mvoiveu worm peace> rehabilitation of devastated nat i 0 ns, relocation of dislocated per son s, education of youth, cultivation GRAFF SERVES AS _ tarian magazine at a meeting Tues day noon of the Laurel Rotary club. In his role he met three program requirements of the 112 th district: review of the magazine at intervals, discussion of international topics and occasional appearance of local speak ers. Acting as commentator for the January program committee, Fred W. Graff reviewed the current Ro of bettçr understanding between na tl0ns of the earth and the ce menting as far as possible of world-wide a i ms f 0 r harmonious relations. As commentator he included his own v j eW s and criticisms, As have ot hers he pointed to the possibility of recurrence of a Dark Ages period following development of a h ^' h de ^ ree of -^'ization, in wb ich the barbarians take over and reverse the progressive order. The j ast re birth from such a period is recorded in modem history as the Ra„ aiss . nc e, 7 h e sp€a k e r, introduced by Clyde Cromwell, urged a careful, critical reading of the several articles by the membership. The magazine's editors have no lack of material; their task is to select and condense the most valuable contributions. _ n Resignations Enilff Staff RenlaCPmentS P « Several replacements have been made in the teaching staff of the for'Laurel schools because of resigna tions. Miss Pearl Sorsdahl, recent grad uate of the Eastern Montana Norm al school, has succeeded Mrs. Van liouten in the third grade Miss Winona Durst, who arrived from Iowa, has charge of the music de partment of the grade and nigh schools. Coming here from Mis sou la was Miss Ireda Kenner, who had taught at Wallace Ida. Miss Kenner replaces Miss Minnie laugh as instructor of history in the high school. — Rotana Donates To „ _ l r> * * 1 WO Laurel I rojects Miss Grace Stadalman, Mrs. El sie Goodenbour, Miss Bernice Cox were hostesses at a dinner meeting of the Rotana club Monday evening at the commercial club. During the business session, presided over by Mrs. Mona Pewitt, members voted donations to several local projects. Included was $25 toward the purchase of land for the base ball park and $75 for child welfare work. Following the dinner, Mrs. H. T. Winters, a guest speaker, gave a history of the organization of 4-H clubs and described the benefits de rived by members. ■4, f IK -V v| rn: i LEADING ROOKIE ... Del Ennis, Philadelphia outfielder, who was chosen the leading rookie of 1946. He has made a New Year's resolu tion to obtain a batting average of .350 for 1947—and to play the season without an error. Game Wednesday Shows Im proved Laurel Team—Final » , _ . . . Laurel Farmers Union Indepen dents held a lead throughout the en tire game when they played the Pa^k City Independents here . , ... __tion Wednesday night. The final score J was 47 to 39 for Laurel. High scorers for the Farmers Union club were Propp with 10 and Strending with 11 l or Park City, Frank had *"rv^ 0in * S an( * , ^ ln , The score at the end of the first quarter was 16 to 5 in Laurel s fav or. The half found the Farmers Union still leading, -6 to 13, and the third quarter was a repetition, 38 to Score 47 To .49 For F. U. 26. The performance here Wednesday night indicated a much improved Laurel team and displayed a better type of floor play Manager Nolan looked hopefully towards the com ing game with the Red Lodge Eagles. Laurel met the Eagles once before this season and the game j was very close. The return match here, slated for Tuesday, Jan 21, should be a good one to watch. New Unity Officers Take Over New officers were in charge of the meeting of Unity Garden club Thursday at the home of Miss Louise Degarmo. Mrs. H. E. Starkey was cohostess. A paper, "Plain Dirt Gardening," was read by Mrs Fred Schiller. During the meeting a re view was given of last year's pro grams, and activities for the new year were discussed. The next meet ing is to be at Mrs. Ed Somers' home. Highest Price Ever Offered In This District Indicates $ 15.40 For Beets . Denver, Jan. 14.—With an ex pectancy of "$15.40 for '47" as the basic ton price for sugar beets, Hillin ß s and Love11 factory district f armers will approach crop "sign U p.. mee tings with the highest g Uarant eed prices for sugar beets in the history 0 f this region, accord ing t0 Frank A Kemp> pres ident of tbe Great Western Sugar company. Fu „ aßreem ent on the company's contract has been voted by the Mountain state s Beet Growers Mar ketinfr association of Colorado, the Nebraska Non-Stock Cooperative g eet Growers association, the Moun ta j n gi a teg Beet Growers Marketing, as80ciation c f Montana, the Big )j orn Basin Beet Growers associa tioni and the Wheatland Beet Grow ers association of Wyoming. Growers will be guaranteed a minimum price, with payments arising from processing taxes, will total $14.50 per ton of beets of rational average sugar content of per cent, the highest price ever offered in the beet sugar in dustry, Kemp said. This guaran teed minimum is $1 higher than the support price for the 1946 crop, Payment of the company price will be made in full at the time of de livery. The sugar content of beets in the Billings-Lovell districts for the past 15 years has averaged 17.23 per cent, considerably higher than the national average. At the aver age content of this district, the minimum beet price will be $15.40 per ton. Growers will receive payments in addition to the guaranteed mini mum, if the net selling price for sugar exceeds $7.25 per 100 pounds, ... our Choices Are Given Rela tives For Final Disposi tion Of Remains Letters of inquiry to the next of kin of personnel who are buried overseas, to determine desired final disposition of the remains, are be ing mailed to residents concerned in Montana from the Utah genera! depot at Ogden. The depot has been designated as one of 15 distribution centers in the United States for repatriation. of World war II dead. It will serve the states of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Nevada and eastern Oregon. Since 1866 the quartermaster corps has been responsible for the burial of American war dead. Following action last May by congress and President Harry S. Truman, the of fice of the quartermaster general has once again embarked on this important mission. Mr. Truman inaugurated the pro gram, to be executed by the Ameri can graves registration service, in a recent message to the quarter master Kenera , of the arrny> Maj Gen. 7 . b. Larkin. In his message Mr. Truman said: "In deep and everlasting apprecia of the heroic efforts of those ....... . . who, in keeping their country free, made the supreme sacrifice in World war II( the entire nation ha s been dedicated to disposing of the mortal rema j ns c f those honored dead in a manner consistant with the wishes Q f their next of kin." 7 be president's message will be j nc ] u< j e d as part of a brochure the 0 ffj ce D f the quartermaster general wi „ send to next of kin at the time an official request is made for the relatives wishes regarding final burial. It is the intention of the quarter master corps to carry out all feas ible wishes of the next of kin, and it has formulated four options from which relatives concerned may se lect: (1) The next of kin may have the remains buried in a permanent U. S. military cemetery overseas; (2) to to United States for burial in a private cemetery; (3) to have the remains returned to this country for burial in a national cemetery, or (4) to have the remains interred in a pri vate cemetery in a foreign country, the homeland of the deceased or of the next of kin. Until the remains are returned to the place designated by relatives, the American graves registration service will recognize no intermediary in (Continued on Page Twelve) which return is obtainable, Kemp said, if sugar prices are increased less than 5 per cent above currently prevailing levels. In view of world sugar conditions, grower returns above the minimum may be in the picture, if the view of many sugar economists materializes, the execu tive said. Grower-processor contracts, to be issued in the near future, will be based on a contract between the company and Commodity Credit corporation in accordance with the announcement of the department of agriculture last October. L. J. Van Houten, president of the Montana association, said, "after reviewing the contract offer ed by the Great Western Sugar | company for 1947, I feel that this is by far the best contract ever offered to beet growers in the Bil lings factory district. I think the growers in this territory should plan wholeheartedly for maximum sugar beet production in 1947. Mr. Kemp agreed that the con tract is "by long odds the best ever offered by the company and better than was required of the company by the government. With prices for some agricultural commodities on the decline, it is significant to note that sugar beets i are the only crop for which the guaranteed price for receiving beets in order to keep pace with the expansion of mechani cal harvesting. M is higher for 1947 than in 1936. In view of the increased beet crop prospect, the company will extend mechanical facilities for receiving the crop and give consideration to changes in and lengthening of hours