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K 1 * O. «•as*» O /s,' ~y  O V LAUREL OUTLOOK < s / ( s /; y y < A ; ¥* ; Official Paper of Yellowstone County I FIVE CENTS LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1947 VOLUME 38—NO. 39 RESULTS IN DEATH OF 5-YEAR OLD BDY Frickel Child's Mother Sus tains Fractured Pelvis— Three Others Are Hurt A 5-year old Laurel boy, Harley Dale Frickel, died at a hospital fol lowing a two-car accident about 10:30 Sunday night south of the First avenue railroad underpass, and his mother, Mrs. Herman Frickel sustained a fractured pelvis and severe head injuries. They were passengers in a taxicab driven by Harold McManus, who was some what injured but was not hospital ized. Occupants of the other car, Mr. and Mrs. Larvel Goehring of Laurel, received scalp wounds. Vic tims of the crash were given emerg ency treatment by a Laurel physi cian before being taken to a Bill ings hospital. According to accounts of the ac cident, the taxicab had gone south through the underpass, after turning into First avenue, and was turning east into the road leading to the shops and roundhouse when the accident occurred. The Goehring from the south. car was coming Both cars were badly wrecked. Funeral services for the boy, Harley Dale Frickel, who was 5 last Äug. 4, will be conducted Thurs day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the German Congregational church in South Laurel and interment will be in the Laurel cemetery. An investigation of the accident was conducted by Harold Price, deputy sheriff, and the county at torney's office is also conducting an investigation. Mr. and Mrs. Goehring were re leased Tuesday from the hospital. TUESDAY, A6ED 83 J xr- oo Mrs. Etta Brainard Kinmore, 83 of Tracy. Minn died Tuesday at tho home of her son-in-law am daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R H. Ster She had been spending the winter in Laurel. Another daughter, Mrs. A. J. Jorgensen of St. Paul, : had been here several weeks, called | bv her mother's illness. | Mrs. Kinmore was bom Nov. 23 . 1863, in Harvard, Ill., a daughter nnd Mrti Asel Brainard With of Mr. and Mre. Asel Brainard. vvitn dTSm «d ZZ lartStteä ' Mother Of Mrs. R. H. Sterrett Had Spent Winter Here— Take Remains East rett. Nov T'1894 to R R Kinmom Mr Kinmore died Julv 18 1935 at - ""lîèsîdès the°Cv<f jauEhters'"^* e ' . . , , s ' j ," Kmmore.s survived by a grandson cot2 Ä*kSTT-on' HaS R IcTnmL died in 1931 ' t£ hodv was taken Wednesday t^ qet^mmn ftineral home fn %înm«. S t 0 TLv accomnS w Mr. ^terrntt a^d'Mrs jSmèn by Mrs. Sterrett and Mrs. Jorgen on Ninetieth Birthday Of Mrs. E. Loomis Is Celebrated At Party Cantrell Mr. and Mrs. Leonard were hosts at a of Mr Ä >ir , ., at v Tnomi. nf Bil grandmother Mrs E. Loomis of R.1 mgs. e\ " ? Loomis is as active as a woman m half her years and was the life of * .. v i , n i m , f Monta -la^rom " m ich ignn in 1900 H ° died shortly afterward and she left to raise her family a.one. daughters tO her er d«scendants 0n hiclad S3 Ward, all of Billings, Mr. and Mrs. Cantrell and sons, Jimmy and Mrs. Dean Gow'en has as guests, this week her sister, Miss Bernice and Miss Phyllis Beau-'shell j Johnny. LaMotte, mont, both of Billings. COUNCIL ADJUSTS PHI Of ELECTION OFFICIALS The city council at a meeting Tuesday evening raised the pay of election judges and clerks by fix ing the rate at 65 cents per hour of service, been paid a flat rate fee The raise contained in ordinance No. 394, pro visionally passed and approved and Heretofore they had which will come up for final ap proval at the first meeting in April. It will become effective immediately. City engineer Eyre reported the purchase of a tire for the patrol car. February was presented and read. A letter from R. Willey regarding playground equipment was referred to the park committee. A permit was granted Herman N. Michael to move a frame house from Durland avenue to Yellowstone The city clerk's report for A permit was renewed for avenue. John J. Holmes to move a wooden building from south of'the Yellow stone to lots 1 to 9, block 31, Allard subdivision. The sanitary condition of a prop erty in the Allard subdivision was ordered. The city engineer was in structed to check on city lots in the east end and make a report at the next meeting of the council. A request to move in a wooden school building, to be placed at the rear of a building on Main street, was denied. The city is conducting work at Riverside park for enlargement of the dance hall, removal of certain partitions and equipping a rest room. At the cemetery north of town the city has poured concrete for a pumping station. DEAD AT PARK CITY Park City, March 9.—William Al len Hansford, 63, long a resident of | Discovery Of Body Near Home Is Made Sunday—Had Been Resident Since 1890 Park Citv was found dead near his 1 home early 'swiday morning, March 16, the apparent victim of-a heart ; attack which must have occurred : Avhile he was trying to get his car cut of a mudJv ditch % r ° f J an S was born Au- 5 3 ggg* Jn WestfieLI Ind the so^ ofj ^ ' William Allen Hans yj d i^came with hL i f0 ™' Jr ; L n ne canie witn ms, ^ ! 1 1 alk 9 !t > school. In 1901 he via. , th ® , first graduate of the local school. rr nivora u v nt | He attended ^e Lniversity at valpanso, Ind., for three j ears and on S«? 4 - 14 - 1904 > was married to Ma u d Fowjer. Mr. Hansford was an active citi zen in the . earI >' >' s ' l K sc h°ol at Bridger and Belfry, and in ■ "S '&TSS* he rU ownS re and managed for several years. He was acting postmaster during a vacancy ] unti , g a permanent appointment was mad « During his earlier years he was a Promoter of local activities of benefit to the community. In 1914 he built the house in the east part of town where he had lived since, with the except i on of eight years in Billings and Denver. For the past several years he had, been an outstanding local gardener! and flower grower of the community, j He is survived by his widow; his ; father of Topeka, Kans.; two sons,. Joe F. Hansford of Bozeman and W. Allen Hansford of Park City; Sjrth^dbSS ÈS^SSÎters^f nine grandchildren; a h a,f - sister, Mrs. Elwin Willis of \an couvcr> Wash ) and a half-brother, Glen J. Loffer of Eureka, Calif. Funera) 8endceS were held Wed nesdav> March 19 at the funeral home in Billing'S, with burial * n tbe P ar ^ City cemetery. ; Ppl/xwîfy Joins PftSCO In.rclOnllA JOUIS I <1. t ) Firm Of AcCOlintuntS evening at! tv,k> Riliintrc rommpreial elnh when! he Rescue Officers association I the Reserxe Officers association. meets. His subject will be Omaha, Beachhead. He was w'ounded by fire two years ago at the I beachhead. | Locomotives Play This Week In State B Class Tournament ; M «f » I « /?% >3* I V i « it ML "sa m I ~ Tr7 t _ »! , H I i: V Li vk t -, Laurel Locomotives, headed by Coach Anderson, left Wednesday for Glasgow to enter the state tourna ment of B class high schools which opens Thursday. It is the first time for a Laurel team to play in a state j tournament. The first opponent at Glasgow will be the team from Scoby, a consistently sports-minded com munity. Later they placed The picture was taken before the district tournament, which the Locomotives won. second in the southern divisional. Although 12 players are shown, the team had to be limited to 1(1 for the state event. Shown in the picture, top row, left to right are Wayne Willis, Eugene Bice, Coach Anderson, James Kiedrowski, Bervyl Kimberly and Bill Roysdon; middle row, Jack Galusha, Joel Jlolh, Blythe Myers, Bill Speare and Bobby Kämmerzell; front row, Paul Wold, Manager Leo Foley and Bill Sorg. STYLES ARRANGED Federated Club Is Sponsoring Event Using Women's Gar ments From Stores Sponsored by the Laurel Feder ated club, a spring style show will be given Wednesday evening, March the L. L. club, beginning 8 o'clock. The presentation will be under the direction of Mrs Harold Collins and | the display will include a showing 1 of suits, dresses and coats from Laurel stores and style shops. Mod eling will be done by Miss Winifred | McDermott, teacher of Home Eco nomics in the Laurel schools. Music on the program will be 'in charge of Mrs. Michael Harschlip. The hostesses for the event are Mrs. Francis Maves, Mrs. Herman Schesslei % Mrs. George McCormick _ , p - K ' __ ' March Of DiIUCS QG7 I onroL ]\oW Si,30/ ¥ 01 LaUrd, p ; Tnfnl Ta 'sQ Y UOlUlty 1 Old! IS - AddMonal contt | bu „ on , „ l h! 1947 March of Dimes has in the past wee k brought Laurel's total to f"£ 0 "fi record Most of the additional was f rom a benefit dance and a small. amount was by maH. At a mating of the Yellowstone c b ap ter March 12 the county total was P announced as being $9,535.87 at that timef with Billings reported as having given $6,692.60; Broad vie , v> $276.32; Custer, $351.23; Huntley. $139.40; Laurel, $1,292.64; Polytechnic, $47.63; Shepherd, $248. 60j and Huntley Project, $487.45. Among officers elected was Mrs. Pa ] mer 0 f Laurel who was continued as c h a irman of the women's division 0 f t j, e county chapter. : # 'I f ÿl|J iWl « M ^*1» 'Wp |1gr » . Ha™ JÊÊÊk' HK !: W \ _jL |} m' iLÎ* ^ ^ .»1*. t X 1 I ^ ' -Æfm Examining a sheet of 100 Easter seals at a recent meeting in Billings are left to ri * ht: w - T J°nes of Salt Lake City representing the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults, George E. Snell and Mearl L. Fagg of Billings, members of the state sponsoring committee, and L. W. Hester of Chicago, also representing the national society. The money raised through the sale of the seals will be used to increase the aid to Montana's more than 700 cehebral palsied children. MEETING IS HELD Laurel Lodge Is Host At Ses sion Attended By Grand Master W. C. Daws The mid-term district meeting of I O O F was held at the L LI J b ' M(mday eveninfr> March ' 10, • *" with Laurel Lodge No. 87, as host. The lodge was especially honored by the presence of the grand master, w c Daws of Bozeman, and his . . . . ^spiring and informative address. Visitors included members fro«n Hardin, Billings, Bozeman and Jol i e t, with a total of 56 signing the roster - . , The regular meeting of the Laure l°dge was opened with Nob.e Cram! Harold VanNice presiding and the, district meeting was conducted by i President Leland Seright of Joliet. Vice President George Mason of Billings and Secretary-Treasurer La Verne Fairbanks of Billings. T he next district meeting is sched u,ed for October, to be held at Red , Lodge. _ _ . Flllieral Of MrS. Frank t FriH'lV Conducted I r.day Rev. Herbert Haemmelmann, pastor of the German Congregation |al church, conducted funeral services at the church Friday afternoon for Mrs. Elizabeth Frank, who died Tuesday. The church choir and members of the ladies' aid sang three hymns. Pallbearers were Henry Fox, George Frank, Henry Gratwold, Philip Klein, George Schreiner and Philip Staley. Burial was in the Laurel cemetery. Mrs. Frank is survived by her widower, Philip Frank, a daughter, six sons and eight grandchildren. SUCCUMBS SONDAT Wife Of Retired Railroad Man Is Taken After Illness Of Several Weeks Mrs. Catherine Cusick, 65, a resi dent of Laurel for 36 years, died at her h " me ^nday aftor an illness of several weeks. She had been in the Vincent hospital in Hillings from March 4 to Sunday and had intend ed to return to the hospital Monday. j Cusick was the wife of Wal iter W. Cusick, switch foreman in | the Laurel vards of the Northern : | Pacific railway until his retirement : a short time ago. J i She was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, Jan. 1, 1882, a daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hughes. Shi | camc to the United States in 1891 , j r | M f |2. The family stopped for ; short time at Plattsburg. N Y an d then moved to St I'au' M* in n ' h ofî>ro CO ming to Billings in 1 j ' " sh married to ^ Mr I Cussick *in Billinas Anri! *4 19(W ' V .. , there until 19(7')' when' LJ famil '. „ W vod to Laurel where . h . * residoci since except for she had resided since except iot two years in Duluth and Detroit, Sh. h mh lb, the: three daughters, Mrs. Jack Weichert n ( \tr« RHrW Z ï". W. Cusick, attending Montana State college a- Bozeman; two asters, Mrs. AI Diets of Denver and Mrs. E. W^ Banner of Longview Wash.; two brothers, strick Hughes of Duluth and Joseph Hughes of De trojt; two brothers and a sister in Ireland, and three grandchildren, Rosary was recited at the Cusick residence Wednesday *«nmg. Re-1 i quiem mass day at 10 a. m. at bX. Anthony s ^ athaIlc - , v ' J ' at , er Shevlm of Wolf I omt, former pastor "f the church. Active pallbearers will be I im oran ', 1 >' Wad ; A^ M^Œafso^ H ni are ,.'!-, J H - ;!° rdan ' J ''^ I ; ric0 » i 0 !, ver WoW George De ryckero, Oren I rice, K. M. Kucera. W. !. Wiechert, °. M. Wold, T.L. Wilkins, • ( ;i '»way, I rank i arker, J. L. Tubman and A. E. Miller of Billings, j Those arriving'for the funeral, in ; addition to family members who. j)™* p ^, ev j" us y ar ^ a, j d Portland, Ore., Patrick j Hughes of Duluth and Joseph Hugnos, of, Detroit., Mi.-h.^ ^ (h tl -' Mosor 0|,cninK <)ffice pd here thft ' past n vears except f or t j me w ith the armed forces, has announced that he has acquired the blic accoU nting business of Ar p . ]d wh |j has j 0 j ned an ac . ' /-. it counting nrm in mm» v,n,>. He has been with Hageman & CANDIDATES FILE LAUREL ELECTION Voters To Select Complete Corps Of Officers, Pass On Swimming Pool Bonds Six candidates have filed nomin ating petitions at the office of Miss Tillie Hohendorf, city clerk, for the municipal election of April 7. The petitions are for the re-election of Peter D. Thomson as mayor; Philip Noel as treasurer; J. H. Suddith as police judge; Fred Feuerbacher as alderman, first ward; J. J. Parker as alderman, third ward, and Ira Rodgers as alderman, fourth ward. All elective city officials and two aldermen from each of the four wards are to be elected. A special election will be held April 7 to again vote on a proposed bond issue of $25,000 for a muni cipally constructed and operated swimming pool. The proposal was previously approved by the qualified taxpaying electors of the city, but the action was found to be invalid because of an existing Montana statute. The situation was remedied by new legislation enacted by the 1947 legislature, which permits cit ies to vote bond issues for swimming pools. Polling places for both the reg ular and special elections will be: First ward, Carrie E. Erb's resi dence; second ward, city hall; third ward, gymnasium building, and fourth ward, Harry T. White's resi dence. j LEGISLATOR SPEAKS ON . tivM Voiin«-,mnno ' ' 1 , •' .... . ,, : «J^lub W»th O. K. Chapman £ ce pr< ab „ZJ T he ' f J ,, Moore the speaker was introduc ' What the Montana legislature did during its recent, thirtieth, session was briefly reviewed here Tuesday noon by Fred C. Krieg of Billings, one of the six members of the house . Wold himself t former a t ® Iormer | ™ mb f r . of the house Krieg was ' ice chairman of the education com 1 .../ * *' 1 ' . ,. . Th f ? tNV " Prmcipa problems con front "'R the thirtieth session were 1 fu . nds . for 'derating state-owned in I st, tutions and funrf s for running the ' state government, the speaker said, ' T , his was a t«ugh situation because j °L ^ increased costs. All the state * services need more mon ey. . institutions were given more, i perplexing question was | to »Sn S funds Th( . $5 000 j M , 0 surpIus ac . cumulated during the war has been I '«» >"-p— „ eontro) board continues to show & pro fjt from its monopoly, est i mated a t $4.400,00, and the in creased fees from sale of drivers' licenses wil | he i p swe n t h e grand .total of state income, rp^ e j ef rj s ] a t ure succeeded in bal ancing the budget, Krieg stated, but Di'l not give everybody everything '^Fx'r education there is a provision ments and repairs at state institu tions. New revenues for the coming term will be about $6,400,000 for differ ent purposes, the speaker estimated, while the total budget calls for about $21,600,000. The new cigarette tax is expected to produce $2,000,000 and a two-mill levy for the state's use was authorized. The Montana by which schoo , boards can raise more nionev for teachers' salaries, indudin>r the existing district lex-y 0 f jq m j|) s which was nearly boosted to 15> an 8 . mi „ COU ntv lew for schooIs and other provisions.' In come for high schools was raised. The people are to vote on a bond ) evv for the university was in r . r( . ased . Appropriated was $150. 000 for tbo Normal school building were uniform standards and equali zation of operating costs. - Jolley, an oil trucking concern, for several years. He expects to open a permanent office April 1 on West Main.