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// - *v ■ A < I f A LAUREL OUTLOOK Kf A i Official Paper of Yellowstone County VOLUME 39—NO. 11 LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1947 FIVE CENTS MIDLAND SERIES Laurel Rolls Up Impressive 23-7 Score Wednesday Night Before Huge Crowd Wednesday evening in the second game of the Midland Empire league playoff series Laurel's Farmers Union team rolled up a 23 to 7 vic tory over a Roundup-Klein team. Many Laurel people attended the game, played in Athletic park at Billings. There were nearly 2,000 spectators. The playoffs opened Tuesday with the American Legion team losing to the Billings Merchants, followed by the Laurel and Roundup-Klein event Roundup will play '-mangled peaks, rugged ranges, n valleys, rushing streams, Wednesday, again Thursday, against the Legion. The loser will be eliminated from the series. Laurel's next appear ance will be Friday, against the Merchants. In only two of the nine innings did Laurel fail to score Wednesday night. Jackson Parker and Bob Bums, members of the Farmers Union club, were the evening's ace hitters. The Laurel battery was Hofmann and Peers. Score by innings: R H E 013 404 425—23 20 0 000 010 420— 7 10 6 Laurel Roundup "America the Beautiful," a motion picture of America's wild beauty, snow green broad rivers, lakes, plains of wav ing grain, farms, towns and cities, was shown Tuesday at the w r eekly meeting of the Rotary club in lieu of the customary speaking program. It was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., for the U. S. treas ury department to promote the sale and retention of victory bonds. It was presented here by Ken Peterson, sales promotion, retail, of Standard Oil company, Billings, and Harry Llewellyn, sales promotion, whole sale. The title is the same as the song that during the war became almost a national anthem. The words of the song were written in the sum mer of 1893 by Katherine Lee Bates upon her return from her first trip to the summit of Pike's Peak in Colorado. The lines were inspired by the view of "spacious skies" and "purple mountain majesties." They were first printed in a magazine of July 4, 1895, and were soon after set to music. They have been sung to many tunes, but "Materna" by Samuel A. Ward is at present the tune most often used. The motion picture shown here Tuesday by Peterson and Llewellyn included views of Pike's Peak as well as other western mountain grandeurs, eastern and western sea coasts, timbered areas, wheat fields, mines, steel mills, factories, fishing and sports. The film occupied about 20 min utes. The exhibitors were intro duced by Stuart Johnson. Mrs. Edith Baird, 63, Mrs. Edith Dinwiddie Baird, 63, former Laurel resident and widow of the late Neil Baird, died sud denly Aug. 22 at her home in Wash ington, D. C. Funeral and inter ment were Aug. 25 in Des Moines, Iowa. Information concerning her death was received here this week by Frank Baird, nephew of Neil Baird. Neil Baird was railway station agent here a number of years ago, later was traveling passenger agent for the Northern Pacific in Mil waukee, represented the company in Des Moines and Kansas City and was head of the N. P. travel öffice in Washington when he died in August 1946. Mrs. Baird was a member of a pioneer family of Crown Point. Ind. Surviving are a son, Milford Baird residing at Des Moines; two daugh tens, Mrs. Joan Petty, Des Moines, and Miss Margaret Baird, and a sister, Mrs. Forrest Gormley of Metamora, Ohio. iii CUBE OFFERS NEW WAYS ro AID EUROPE Expect Needs In Coming Win ter To Exceed Disastrous Winter Of 1946-47 Nine new ways in which Americans may help to save European lives threatened by starvation, cold and disease in the coming winter have been announced by CARE, non-prof it, government-approved service through which 70,000,000 pounds of food have already been sent to 15 European countries. This expanded program, supple menting CARE'S regular food, cot ton, woolen and blanket parcel serv ice, was devised in response to au thentic reports that next winter will bring even greater hardships abroad than the disastrous winter of 1946 47, according to Paul Comly French, CARE executive director. ette, infant food and baby food) are directed to meeting one of the chief concerns of most Americans: to save the many thousands of children who will surely die unless real help reaches Europe without delay. Already infant mortality abroad is far above prewar level. In some parts of Poland, reports show, one of every three children born in 1946 died before its first birthday. In Berlin, the prospects are that half of the babies bom will die before they are a year old and of the sur vivors three-quarters will suffer from tuberculosis. The layette package contains ar ticles almost indispensible to the proper care of an infant—milk bot tles, powder, cotton, castile soap, diapers, safety pins, receiving blank ets, kimonos, medications and other vital items. The infant food pack age (birth to six months) provides either a complete or a supplement ary diet and will last from four weeks to three months, depending on health and weight of the child. It consists of 10 pounds milk powd r; 18 ounces cereal; two pounds granulated sugar; two bottles vita mins; soap and can opener. The baby food parcel (six months to a year) holds eight pounds milk powder; 18 ounces cereal; one pound sugar; 30 cans strained baby foods; two bottles vitamins; soap and can opener. This package will last from 30 days to 80 days. All three of these parcels may be ordered from CARE, 50 Broad Street, New York at $10 each. Delivery is guarant eed in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and Rumania. For the first time since its in ception, CARE is now offering pack ages containing a single item. One is the 25-pound parcel of flour, avail able at $4, and the 10-pound pack age of lard, also $4. These may be sent to all countries served by CARE except Eire and Finland, where they are not major needs, according to the respective governments. "We have taken this action in re sponse to mounting requests of peo ple all over this country who want to help millions of European families now confronted with a life-or-death battle for bread," Mr. French said. The flour will enable recipients in countries served by CARE to prepare in their own homes the bread that has all but vanished from the war devastated lands, and the lard will fill an equally desperate need for fats. The other packages now offered by CARE are keyed to definite needs in Eire and Great Britain. They certain foods so severely scarce in both countries that most of the people have not tasted them for years. This is particularly true of fruit juices, and each of the special parcels designed for Eire and Britain includes two 18-ounce cans of this vital product. Other supplies of equal importance are included. Or ders are now being taken for these packages at $10 each. The remaining two of CARE'S nine steps in its expansion program may well be the answer to the dreams of countless housewives overseas, for one of these packages will bring to them fresh linens such as sheets and pillow «feses and, other household necessities, and the other, 2 % lbs. of knitting wool and needles with which they will be able to produce gloves, scarves, sweaters and other garments for protection against the winter's cold. They may be sent to friends, relatives and designated groups in all countres served by CARE (except Eire) at $10 each, -—— Mrs. Merle Hudson and children, Judy and Lynn of Nibbe, spent sev era! days with Mrs. Hudson's sister, Mrs. C. L. Starbard and family, V ■ • I f m m H ; : i i: 4 Li ilm ! Î* I m f r ? I EARTH SHIFTING THREATENS TOWN . . . Two hardy members of the opposite sex, residents of Welch, W. Va., brave a stroll on the buckled streets of the town after sections of the little city started to sag alarmingly because of a mysterious shifting of the earth. Huge cracks appeared in several large buildings, and inhabitants were fearful that their homes would be destroyed. COMMERCIAL CLUB PLANS CENSUS REBE made on the contemplated moving ef a drainage-irrigation ditch on I the site of the proposed baseball j diamond but that the County En- j gmeer s office has indicated that ; it will be done at county expense. ; He noted that an additional $500 The Laurel Commercial club at its regular meeting last Thursday saw a discussion of the planned airport, baseball diamond and contemplated highway improvements during the session and plans were formulated to take an extensive census of Lau rel during the coming year. J. W. Baldwin in reporting for the airport committee said that a great , , encountered in acquiring the land that has been contemplated as the site of the proposed Laurel airport. The Civil Airport Board in Wash ington, D. C., states that regulations do not permit government partici pation in the plan unless the city has clear, unencumbered title to the land. Due to the leased condition of the land in mind, it has been impossible at this time to make arrangements whereby clear title to the land could be obtained. He continued that the committee intends to continue with its efforts and plans but delays are to be expected. John Laird, president of the club, reported that no progress has been deal of difficulty has been necessary pur chasing of the land. With regard to the proposed dia mond, Fred W. Graff said that at present $3,000 has been spent for the land and $4,000 for the lighting fixtures but at this time poles for the equipment have yet to be ob tained. In the road committee report pre sented by B. L. Price, it was note! that the federal government con templates building a $4,000,000 su per-highway of four lanes and tha> at present the plans include L. S. highways No. 10 and No. 91 but that in all probability the east-west highway will be constructed from Billings to Butte some distance north of Laurel although no definite plans have been announced. Construction is expected to commence within the next three years. It was also re ported that nothing new has been leamed about the construction of a read between Billings and Laure " h * cb w ° uld * ast 20 year ?' .. A motion by B. L. Price that the pres,d ! nt app ? int , a committee of ^ ree ^ organize plans for and tak • ? om P* ete census of the Laurel vicin 1 y . was sec ® n ^ed hy B. M. Harris a, ? d ^ approved by the group. Oliver " old ^quested that the committee be lnstra ®ted to include a trace UUu' tb ® occupation and of ^me m tb ® clt y . ' . ' ,if ach i en '. , °. rec ® nt, y pur ' c ;' a . , tbe Carlisle jewelry store, was introau c® < * by Laird as a ne > mem er of tbe organization. , T . . ~ ~ 1MÎSS F TltZ Is NtHHGu AS Q„L A „| /^ii 1C ödlOOl UlGTKj oGCrUtcirV - To become effective Sept. 16, the board of school district No. 7 has appointed Miss Rosella Fritz as full/ time school clerk and administrative secretary. Her office will be at the high school, Miss Fritz is a graduate of Lau rel high school, was a deputy for a time in the office of the Yellow stone county clerk and recorder and of late has been employed in the office of the Billings Motor con - pany. She is a past national presi dent of Rotana clubs, an organiza tion of business women. KIWflNIflUIS TOLD WOOL BISTORY, PROCESSING An ancient industry, the produc tion of wool for clothing, was de scribed by William C. Hartpence of Billings, manager in this area for Merrion & Wilkins, dealers, who spoke Wednesday evening at the weekly dinner meeting of the Ki wanis club. Dr. W. A. McCormick, vice presi dent, presided at the session in the absence of President W. A. Ziegler, who arrived before the close of the meeting. Harold P. Cartee of the Home bakery w r as introduced as a new member. It was announced that the meeting a week hence will be ladies' night, with wives of mem bers attending as guests. Willard Baldwin, program chair man, introduced the speaker. Halfpence's address began with re counting the great care exercised by sheep owners of the Mediterranean district of Europe several centuries ago to produce choice wool. They covered the sheep with skins, care fully tended them and housed them in ventilated and disinfected build ings. The sheep were slaughtered w hen two years old, the pelts be ing considered most nearly perfect at that age The an i mals were val . ua bl e property. In Spain a fi ne -wool breed was established that became known as t he Spanish merino, a name still prominent in the industry. Other j varieties were bred in France, Eng j i an< i an( j elsewhere. Cotton and silk | became competitors, especially region of the Mediterranean' but j wool for clothing has remained in its important position, in the Although sheep were introduced in America at an earlv period, the first being in 1493, the industry did no t catch on until about 1800. Prior to that wool fabrics and clothing were imported largely from Eng land, and not until after 1800 was j there a concerted effort to increase the number of sheep and the pound J age of wool, i Australia, where the speaker spent his childhood and youth, is one of the world's most important sheep countries. In America the construction of I trans-continental railroads moved the sheep industry from eastern to west ern states. But, curiously, the sheep l population of Montana has declined I about half since the beginning of World war II. The reason: increas ed costs. Several factors enter into grading the wool, such as the amount of dirt and grease, length of the fibers, and their diameter. Arriving at the pro censor's plant, the clips are again classified, this time by sorters who take each tied and entire clip and segregate its different parts into subdivisions, The scouring consists passing the wool through baths to remove the dirt and natural od - _ Later the wool is combed to straighten the fibers and remove ad bering woody material. It is then converted into strands of yarn if lt: * s to h® used as a fabric. Wool is hair and consists of three Parts: the outer covering of minute 5 ® 3 *®?; tb ® second layer, which de termines length and texture and vvb,cb readily takes coloring matter; and the third part known as the core - It stretched slowly in warm water its ,en &th may be increased as much ? s ,P? r cent . but it will return to ts original length when the stress s removed. Some of the fine woo! only .002 of an inch in diameter, " 00 * is a heat insulator, keeping (Continued on Page Ten) of gently i severali is very elastic. When BEAN HARVEST IS Yellowstone Is Also Cutting Third Crop Of Alfalfa— Potato Harvest Starts Temperature for the remainder of the current week and Sunday are ex , pected to average normal in Mon tana, according to the weekly weath , . . j m j I er and crop report issued Tuesday ... , . by state and federal agencies at Helena. Sunday is expected to be Rain of less than one-tenth cooler. inch from scattered thunder showers is predicted for Saturday. Sugar beets, corn, beans and po tatoes thrived during tne past week and most fields promise heavy yields. The com is now in the miik or early dough stages. Dry land corn nas rc.-ponded well to recent fains and warm temperatures. Cutting and piling early planted beans has started in Yellowstone and Garb' 1 » counti"«. Digging of early potatoes has starten, but harv est of this crop will no* become gen eral until about Sept, 29. Cutting and stackin*-; second crop alfalfa is nearing ccmp'otion, and virtually all wild hay is row in the stack Haivest of third crop alfalfa will start next week in Yellowstone county, followed by other third crop districts. Although soils are dry in central and south-central counties,' farmers are preparing seed beds for winter wheat and seeding has started in several places. Fall seeding will •be general in all areas about Sept. 10 . CELEBRATE PASTOR'S 25 YEARS OF SERVICE Park City. Sept. 3.—Members and guests of St. Paul's Lutheran church celebrated the twenty-fifth anniver sary of the ordination of the church's pastor, Rev. A. M. Bachanz, last Wednesday -evening, Aug. 27, at 8 o'clock. Rev. Paul M. Freiburger, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, ) Billings, delivered the anniversary J A social hour followed the special j service, for which refreshments were i served by the ladies of the congre- 1 gation. Rev. Bachanz was the cipient of two purses, one from the j church and the other from the Mont sermon. ana pastorial Guests were Rev. and Mrs. Leege, and Rev. H. E. Vomhoff of Roundup, Rev. and Mrs. Paul Freiburger of Billings, Rev. and Mrs. Gierke of Hardin and Rev. and Mrs. O. Misch j of Bozeman. I Announce Benefit To , I Provide Junior Ball Players With Suits For the purpose of raising money with which to purchase baseball uniforms for the Laurel American Legion junior baseball teams, a i benefit dance has been announced for Saturday evening, Sept. 13, at Riverside park. Junior baseball is one of the Legion's major sport projects, in tended to aid in physical develop ment of the rising generation as well as providing pleasure. rp, . ,. . ,. A , . The sponsors of the benefit dance j say good music will be provided forj the affair. j ! ' |p U H H Hf ■ ■ K K H § f ! > éi H ■ in» ■ / m ■■ % x GENIUS AT WORK ... At age of four, Raymond Schiff played chess; while in high school be wrote an essay on the future of atomic energy; today he is work ing with scientists on nuclear ex periments in Pittsburgh. He ranks as one of nation's youngest nu clear physicists. CITY SCHOOLS OFEN TOTAL ENROLLMENT i Upswing In Figures Noted For J Junior High, North Schools— Faculty Members Listed Although some departments of Laurel public schools have enroll . f .. , ... ments at the beginning of the new vear th a t approximate the figures of last year, there are others that exceed the previous enrollments, Supt. Fred W. Graff stated this week after examining and compar ing first-day statistics. Junior high school and the North school show the greatest increases, schools opened Tuesday of this week.. High school enrollment is 246, which is comparable to last year. Junior high school shows a consid Laurel erable increase, especially in the seventh grade, and has a total of 143. In the grade buildings the North school has an extra heavy enroll- . ment of 350, about 30 more than last year, which has necessitated an additional teacher. South and East school enrollments are on a level with last year, 129 and 67 respectively. Faculty members of the high school are J. G. MacDonald, prin cipal, Latin and social sciences; Mrs. Mildred Baylock, English; Miss Ilene Avery, English and Spanish; Miss Helen Kamerzell, commercial; Miss Minnie Paugh, history; Mrs. Gene vieve McGarry, science and mathe matics; Miss Winifred McDermott, home economics; James Morrison, manual arts and agriculture; Wil liam Baker, science and mathema tics; Arthur Smith, mechanics and Glenn Anderson, director of athle tics. Junior high school—L. C. Foote, principal, mathematics and physical education; Miss Mabel Haynes, Eng lish and music; Miss Myrtle Ford, . social science and home art, and Miss Marilyn Laughlin, elementary science and physical education. North school—H. Lee Hamlett, principal and fifth and sixth grades; Miss Vera Anderson, fifth and sixth; Miss Elizabeth Cook, fifth and sixth; Miss Myrtle Lundstrom, fourth ; Mrs. Helen Toomes, third and fourth; Miss Pearl Sordahl, third; Miss Alice Matthews, second; re-(Miss Ella Rothwell, first, and Miss Mildred Norayer, first, South school—Miss Lida Martin, sixth; Badovinatz, fourth and fifth; Levina Thomson, third and fourth; Miss Deloris Riker, second. and Miss Mary Michel, first. East schol—Miss Rosalie Wright and Miss Catherine McConnen, first and second. Mrs. Winona Durst Denny will (have charge Of music as super intendant and John Billings will di rect instrumental music. Waage Returns To U.S. From Visit To Norway His trip to Norway over, Hilmar Waage appears to have been glad to return to America, a recent letter to Nels Vordahl seems to indicate. He wrote as his ship was nearing New York harbor, a week after leaving Bergen. The passage was overcast and at times rough, but the water was becoming smoother and the air warmer as the S. S. Stav angerfjord neared the coast America Some of the passen g ers were temporary casualties, but Waage was "a KM) per cent sailor. "Last night was Captain's dinner, There of 99 he wrote. trimmings, and the ladies' dresses were elegant—a show in wearing ap j parel. The festivities continued until i the wee hours of the morning. j "It will be good to get our feet on American soil again and to re turn to our three meals a day. I surely missed our meat while in Norway. It was served only in 12 days, so it was fish until we came aboard the ship. Next it will be hot cakes and sausage, and won't that be good! "Most of the passengers are con cerned about their customs inspec tions, and I guess many of them have bought heavily of things to take home. We will not have much difficulty as we did not have room in our baggage to carry things." Mr. and Mrs. Waage and their daughter will visit several states in America before returning to their home here. I once Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wold were fishing in the vicinity of Martinsdale during the recent Sunday and Labor day holiday.