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Miss Shirley Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilson of Laurel, has become a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma social sorority at Colorado State College of Education, in Greeley, Colo., according to Lynn Johnson, publicity correspondent of Tri Sigma. Miss Wilson is a fresh man majoring in elementary educa tion. This year she is secretary of the freshman class. Laurel News Items About 25 young people of the Church of the Nazarene attended a Valentine party given by Mrs. T. J. Mathis Feb. 13. o Several games were played and a box of candy was given to Loretta Edg mond for obtaining the most points during the evening. Everyone re-1 ceived several valentines from the valentine box. CHICK CHAT BY BOARD OF TRADE Some chickens worry about lough worms, and some people worry about tough steaks. You need not worry if your steak comes from the BOARD OF TRADE In addition to counter service we have ^ : d. T'- • I "■y it I DINING ROOM SERVICE: m d •**&£** IS 5 to 10 p. m. Week Days, Beginning at 2 p. m. Sundays. l/yy*'!^ - TOUGHEST WORM I EVER SAwW •— m h i *"°< '•'JÇitfli 7Z ^CAFE-BAR^ n PRIVATE DINING ROOM LAUREL . MONTANA <SAWYER'S> = MR. POTATO GROWER: We have a car of certified blue tag = Bliss Triumph Seed Potatoes due to arrive here about April 15. H By placing- your order now you can save yourself 75 cents per 100. = These potatoes are shipped in from the Red River Valiey. We H Avili guarantee them to be disease free. LETTUCE LEAN Slab Bacon Per pound Per pound 59 « CELERY Per pound Tenderized Hams Half or whole, per lb. 59 « Radishes or Green Onions 17 « 2 bunches LARD for. . 1 . -lb. carton 99 « 1 4 Winesaps or Delicious for APPLES RINSO 3 ,bs. for. Per 39 « box... 3 cans for LARGE Sunsweet Prunes -lb. box 29 « tomato Aoüÿ 39 « ! 2 for GOLD MEDAL APRICOTS FLOUR Solid Pack No. 10 can. -lb. bag 95 « 79 « 10 for Free Delivery on all orders of $4.00 or over. Laurel« Mont. Phone 266 AWYER STORES INC jhe wav school executive coun eil of the Nazarene church enjoyed a covered dish supper Feb. 10, at the parsonage, with the following mem bers present: Rev. James H. Haueter, Mrs. Charles Ward, Mrs. Gerald Scammon, Mrs. Grady Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilson, Mrs. James Bondurant, Loretta Edgmond and | Berta Jean Wilson. At the business meeting following the supper, Mrs. Harold Wilson was elected absentee secretary; Mrs. Thomas Mathis, cradle roll superintendent, and Berta Jean Wilson, publicity chairman. I CARD OF THANKS We hereby wish to express our ....... , . , heartfelt gratitude to loving friends and organizations for the comfort and sympathy they extended to us in the hour of sorrow and bereave ment, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Frank, Jr., and family. Valentine Patriotic i A Valentine lunch and a Valentine exchange featured the-meeting of the Laurel Garden club Thursday afternoon. Mrs. T. W. Evert anti Mrs. R. W. Easton were cohostesses at Mrs. Evert's home, The program included a contest on presidents, won by Mrs. H. T. Winters, and a reading by Mrs. R. IL. Baker, "On the Potomac," which concerned the life of Abraham Lin coin. Theme Occupy Laurel Garden Club Ladies The club's next meeting will be Feb 2 6 with Mrs. Laura Carter at ber home. Mrs. William Gerke will be cohostess* Announces Seal Sale To Assist Cripples More than 20 zations will join in sponsoring j Montana's second annual Easter I seal sale Feb. 28 to March 28, ac 1 cording to George E. Snell of Bil lings, president of the Montana ! chapter of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Outlining plans for the 1948 cam paign, Snell said the Montana chap ter was joining with 44 member state societies in the nation-wide distribution of seals to aid the crip pled and handicapped. "More than 90 per cent of the funds raised in Montana remain in the state," Snell said, "and will be used to increase the aid being given cerebral palsied children and adults. The remainder goes, to the national society for research purposes." Last year's sale of the gaily col ored Easter seals—the first to be held $20,000 into chapter coffers and re sulted in the appointment of Harlan E. Lance of Chicago as executive director of the state chapter and establishment of a treatment and pre-school center for spastics at Eastern Montana Normal school. Montana—brought nearly in The Outlook Says: Lawrence "Shorty" DeFrance has joined the army air corps and is in the ninety-second squadron, station ed at Spokane. He expects to make the army his career. He served two and a half years during the war and saw service in the Russell is lands of the Pacific. He was dis charged as a master sergeant and re-enlisted as a staff sergéant. His wife and children are with him in Spokane. i /* ✓ ; j ■ v if j <■ . : - EVANGELIST . . Allen V. Lee," although unable to walk because of infantile paralysis which struck him during his senior year in seminary, will conduct a evangelistic services here at Our Savior's Lutheran church. ' beginning next Sunday. He is now at the American Lutheran church in Billings. He delivers his sermons while seat ed in a wheel chair. Despite the handicap, he is continuing the work of his choice. The story of his life has been chosen as a feature of the Luther league year book. He was call ed in 1945 to be the official evangelist of the Evangelical Lutheran church. CALENDAR v^oming Events.. Friday, Feb. 20. The circles of the Woman's Socie ty of Christian Service of the Methodist church are scheduled to meet in the afternoon with the following members as hostesses at their homes: Circle I—Mrs. E. R. Bradford. Circle II—Mrs. M. L. Purchase. Circle IV—Mrs. Paul Wilson. Circle V—Mrs. R. H. Sterrett. Manufacturing Fir Plywood Fir plywood is manufactured only from prime logs of giant, old growth, Douglas firs usually from three to eight feet in diameter. The cross-grain construction of plywood makes it splitproof so nails may be driven near the edge without danger of splitting. Called "not presses," giant machines set the waterproof glues of exterior plywood in about five minutes. The resultant bond is stronger than the wood itself. First Corn Brooms First corn brooms made in this country were produced by Levi Dickinson, Wethersfield, Conn., in 1797. Benjamin Franklin is given the credit for having developed broom corn. There is record of broom corn being produced in Italy some 360 years ago. New Interior Finish A finish for interior surfaces that will withstand marking by water, heat, alcohol, acids and grease seems a possibility, says the U. S. department of agriculture, as a re sult of recent research which has developed from sugar a new product known as allyl sucrose. Thunderbird of Arizona Because the Indian life of cen turies has left such an impregnable stamp on Arizona's Valley of the Sun around Phoenix, its citizens have adopted the thunderbird from Indian lore of bygone days to serve as the symbol of the valley's mod ern spirit. Not Convinced % - f 3» » •>;; \ * V'm Ex-state department official Carl Aldo Marzani says he will continue to fight his conviction on charges of concealing Communist party membership from federal loyalty investigators. Conviction of Marzani for a one to three year prison sentence, has been upheld unanimously by U. S. court of appeals. Sea Power Extraction of electric energy from the contrasting temperatures at the top and bottom of the sea is the aim of a project to be built soon in French West Africa. The sea-powered development is expected to aid in industrializing a territory rich in natural resources. Idea for the project is based on the principle of thermal energy of the ocean discovered before the war by a French scientist. Calendar From Here Delights Woman Who Lives In Scotland John Tubman, proprietor of Tub man's Fond Mart, received an un usual and interesting letter this week from a woman residing in Scotland who found one of Tubman's calendars enclosed in a parcel. Writ ing from Albert Lodge, she said: "Mrs. C. L. Calloway very kindly enclosed your calendar in one of her boxes of goodies and wç are all so delighted with it. I felt that a i wee word of appreciation was onlv due you. It is most unusual and struts ahead of anything we have over here. pockets are a novelty and I must say you certainly make budgeting a pleasure! I usual ly spend as I go, and hope for the best, but from now on I am going to turn over a new leaf in more ways than one, and budget ! ! "The hints, etc., were read with | interest and we decided on the spot to have a Tubman lawn this year. I The colored view is really supberb, 1 and altogether your calendar is a »delight. The •• Sherrow Buys Property Occupied By Davis Co. B. A. Sherrow, proprietor of the Sherrow service station at Main street and Second avenue, announced this week that he had purchased the I property occupied by Davis Transfer & Storage Co. on the south side o f Main street from James Kucera of j Bridger who had owned it the past three years. The deal was made j Feb. 1. Sherrow said he expects to make I extensive improvements, involving i remodeling. He owns a concrete block warehouse adjoining the prop- j erty on the east. The Southern Montana Turkey Growers associa tion, which had the property under lease, is storing its equipment until a new location is found. Turned Down Prize In 1930 Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel prize for literature. He previously had declined the Pulitzer prize. colors. This Easter . . . 1 i SI 0 I « PENNEfS 1AVE AT i fr Agio's the Time for. TOWNCLAD* SUITS! Id 47.50 s Biggest suit selection in years! Sharkskins, tick weaves, stripes in styles that'll make them look YOU over this Easter! ALL WOOL WORST EDS! Get yours now! Easter's almost here!, •a«», u. s. p.t. on.. i I U MARATHON* HATS 5.90 > £ The' finishing touch for Easter! Fine fur felts in pastel and darker shades. 1 \ !r ■ 1 1% • i 53 ^ MEN'S TOWNCRAFT WESTERN BELTS MEN'S TOWNCRAFT GABERDINE SHIRTS * 2 * to * I mi Large Western Buckle, Clever Designs New Synthetic Fiber Terylene is the name given to a new synthetic fiber developed in England, which resembles silk, can I be washed without special precau- , tions, is resistant to heat and light, I and can be woven or knitted. It is | made from terephthalic acid and | | ! ethylene glycol. Dark and Bloody Ground The name Kentucky signifies "the dark and bloody ground," or the conflicts between the warlike In dians. Kentucky now is called the Blue Grass State. I f r I :■ 11 o J \sS i I >' i ■■ y' 100% Wool Gabardine Men's Sport Slacks 16.75 What's spring without new slacks! Here's a 100% wool gabardine that adds up to 100% in style and wear! Popular spring 5 Saga of Friendship . . Webster-Ashburton treaty, in 1842 by Secretary of State '? an .' e ^ Webster and Lord Ashburton, " ntl sh ambassador to Washington, settled the boundary between Can aaa an ^ tbe United States. Terms °f ^e treaty have remained in violate since then, and the border has remained unfortified. Legend of the Compass According to legend, the first piv oted compass was developed and constructed in 1302 by a man known as Flavio Giova of Malfl.