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. Royal. Theatre Weekly Program FRIDAY' and SATURDAY November 5 and 6 v r IfSllE , CRAIÔ *r .^'>ajackoakie a IN : v AS il V »i si: Two Shows—7 and 9 P. M. -5^0*3 . \ *■ - J» < B " Conduct Turkey Shoot _ SUNDAY and MONDAY November 7 and 8 c. : : 0 \ LAKE FREEMAN 7 Billy yXTY _ i OeWOlFE HATCHER & 'Isn't if r \ Sunday Shows 2:30, 4:40, 6:50 and 9 P. M. TUESDAY and Wednesday November 9 and 10 co* b l . r * «0Î jf i / fW. TOO «-ÊU 4 ÂTTV gt t* Löve J A I Two Shows—7 and 9 P. M. i'S. Rod and Gun Club To The Laurel Rod and Gun club has announced a turkey shoot for Nov. 14 at its club house in Riverside park, affair will begin at 10 a. m. Bingo games, pitch and trap shooting will be additional fea tures of entertainment. The i;iinMiiMnhiiii>iihiiniiiitMiiiiiiiii)iii,iNi l iHi r 5 S 1 1 f» m i ii.,, Ç m % : L" ■; I !■ Order Your Turkey Early For Thanksgiving Local turkeys are scarce, so that many will have to be shipped in. That will make the total supply un certain and undoubtedly Mill result in shortages before Thanksgiving. If you give us your order now we can buy accordingly and will be able to deliver. Phone us your order. £ j McCORMICK'S FOOD MART % î £ Laurel's Popular Place To Trade DAILY DELIVERIES II PHONES 76 and 77 Political Picture Is Discussed By Federated Club "Politics on Parade" was the program topic under discussion when the Laurel Federated club met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. D. A. Nottingham. Mrs. Leonard Ferrin was cohostess for the evening. Mrs. J. Melvin Williams was in charge of the program and gave a talk on the privilege of vot ing. She then introduced Mrs. Harold Williams and Mrs. Philip Nolan, who gave summaries of the Republican and Democratic platforms. Sample ballots were then passed to members and each candidate and his qualifications for office discussed by the group. Mrs. Herman Miller and Mrs. Charles Egnew gave reports on the state Parent-Teacher conven-1 tion in Billings which they at tended as representatives of the club. Art Smith was reelected Mrs. member, and Mrs. Paul Beyer, Mrs. Floyd Bean and Mrs. Hugh} Sweeney were elected as members. Mrs. George McCormick, pro-1 gram chairman, announced that the next program would be a Thanksgiving party to be held 15 at the home of Mrs. j Mrs. Mayo Law and Mrs. J. G. MacDonald will be cohostesses and the gram will be in charge of Mrs. | Alex Robertus and Mrs. L. K. Parke. - Thûmo Of TTnifv OluVi 1 Iltrlllc LJIlliy LlUU iVTppfinO' Àf Sfprrpft meeting m oiciicii Home, Rock (wardens Mrs. Nell Brown gave an in teresting paper on Rock Gardens at the Oct. 28 meeting of the Unity Garden club at the home of Mrs. R. H. Sterrett. Luncheon ! at 1:30 was served in the rooms ; decorated in keeping with the Halloween season. The president, j Mrs. Emily Richardson, presided j at the business meeting, with 1 members answering roll call by j naming rock garden plants. The 1949 year book was dis- ; cussed. The^ birthday song was for Marie Vannice and the | Mrs. C. E. j The next meeting will be Nov. 11 at the home of Alta Mace, j 'Roll call: Armistice Memories, Mrs. R. O. Steele, state president ! of the Montana Federation of Garden clubs, will be a guest. a new Nov. Grace Pelowitz. renz sung session closed with sjnging" Old | Fashioned Garden. f Story was a guest. Isotopes in Idustry Industry is using isotopes In ■ many ways—to find new sources of ! oil, to check leaks in high pressure ! pipes carrying dangerous gases, to j detect flaws in heavy castings for chemical analysis. ! _ ; , ; 2 j l iiihiNMnhiiii>iHhiNi,inhiHMtiMMMiiiiiiv T . J K ■ H || || H B j B i 9 E | W j : J j | j j [ [ - pf: A S f y V i - i m K V . | j j DAILY DOUBLE . . . This pair of unrelated "twins" is the reason that ( some of the good people of Van Dyke, Mich., go about muttering in con 1 fusion. They are Marie Kohler (left) and Charleen Rogocki, both six years old, and they're as alike as two peas in the proverbial pod. ; Strange as it may seem, Marie and Charleen are not related to each I other except in the duplication of physical characteristics. __ After 50 Years of Railroading-, 15 Of Which Were Here, Mary Barrett Plans Trip East Miss Mary Elizabeth Barrettt, who served here 15 years as clerk in the office of .the North |ern Pacific roundhouse before re pro-[tiring last Aug. 25 after corn pleting 50 years of railroading, was the subject of a feature story appearing recently in newspaper in Butte, where now lives. The paper said she bad always found railroad men good people to work with and t the fe]lowg unofficia]ly dub . bed her "The Sweetheart of the Northern Pacific." She is- -saw 69. She was born April 13, 1879, at Frederick, Md., the former home of Barbara Frietchie, who gained fame during the Civil war by displaying the Union flag and de fying southern soldiers to shoot her, and of Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star Spangled Banner." I She began her railroad career ! July 18, 1898, in Butte at the age of 19. She was employed by the Montana Union, which oper ated between Logan and Garri of the Northern Pacific. After {working as stenographer for Wil Ham Gemmell, agent for the line, at the present site in Butte of the Northern Pacific-Union Pa cific depot she went to work in a she son and afterward became part Kiwanians Discuss Election Aspects . .. hide, by electing a majority in congress of the same political faith &s the president. (Continued from Page One) This statement brought out a discussion on placing responsibil ity in government and avoiding -the loopholes of administration ; putting the blame on the legis 1 lative branch and vice versa. A point of agreement was that the country faces a difficult road ahead and that it will be neces sary for Americans to "put their shoulders to the wheel," as two ■ or three expressed it, while the ; country threads its way in future. One bawled out the parties, as serting that party lines should i never be placed before duty or i country. I Guests at the meeting were Hill, John Orndorff Forrest and Eugene Spildie, the last two members of the high 'school Key club. Pres. W. A. McCormick an nounced that a training program i for new officers would be con 1 ducted Nov. 28 and 29 at the ! Placer hotel in Helena. He also j announced an important meeting jof the Commercial club that is ! to be held Thursday evening of I this week at the study hall in 'the high school, beginning at 7:30. In M'ashington's Time j Macaroni was so popular in j George W-ashington's time that the i name became a byword for any j thing good or excellent (as in the I old song, "Yankee Doodle" , . . ! stuck a feather in his hat and call I ed it "macaroni". , -•*o , oi** , ***o , oi** , **** , *4l» , ***o , *l*o , »l*»*»*l» , **l* , *ga BEAUTIFUL Potted Plants and Cut Flowers We deliver Funeral De signs to Billings and surrounding towns and cities. Daisy's Flower Shop Phone 454 620 Second Avenue Laurel the roundhouse office a year and a half. From Billings she came to Laurel to occupv a similar position and was here 15 years before retiring As a .girl of 16 Miss Barrett first went to Butte in the sum mer of 1895, from Bessemer, Mich. The chief topic at the time was the famous Butte ex plosion which had nearly wiped out the fire department and killed more than 50 people. She lives alone. Her nephew, Frank Devine who was with her here, is in the second year of a law course at Gonzaga univer sity, Spokane. His parents died when he was a child and he has since made his home with his aunt. Miss Barrett said she intends spending the present winter in Butte. years. Butte city ticket office. William Merriman was assistant general freight and passenger agent at the time, freight office was transferred to Helena, Miss Barrett remained with N. P. headquarters in Butte until transferring 17 years ago to Billings where she worked in the When the She plans a trip next summer to visit New York City and her old home in Maryland, which she has not seen in 40 Final Rites For Mrs. H. R. Barney Are Held Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Rose Irene Barney , wife of Hiram Richard Barney, were held Satur day at Smith's chapel in Billings. Rev. A. C. Caton, pastor of the First Methodist church of Bil lings, officiated. Mrs. Barney died Tuesday in a Billings hospi tal of a paralytic strok. She had been a resident of the Billings area for 30 years. Survivors are the widower, a son, four daughters, including one seven days old. two stepsons, her mother, two brothers, three sis ters, and three step-grandchild ren. Pallbearers were Charles Dan ford, Eugene Y'ost, Ward McKel vie, Emil Teyler, Lou Carney and Ralph McKelvie. Burial was in the Billings Mountview cemetery. Theta Rho Hostess To Clubs, Rebekahs Halloween decorations of black cats, witches, corn stalks and pumpkins formed the background for the Theta Rho Girls club party Friday evening at the Odd Fellows hall. Invited were the Guiding Star club of Billings and Theta Rhns of Joliet. The girls entered through a "Spook's Pas sage," coming into the main hall for the entertainment features. M'inners at the games were awarded prizes. Among the guests from Bil lings were Mrs. Irene Lindsey, advisory officer of the Guiding Stars, Mrs. C. D. Croman of the Zelda Rebekahs and Mrs. Ardis Dixon, past president of the Re bekah assembly. Laurel guests were Mrs. Effie Gerard, Mrs. Hazel Harden and Mrs. Louise Van Nice. Theta Rho Girls in charge of arrangements were Virginia Har lan, Donna Riddle, Amelia Staley and Harriet Decker. Refresh ments were served. "Rescuing" Wild Life Babies Every summer thousands of young birds and animals apparent ly lost from their parents are il legally picked up by thoughtless, well meaning people who believe they are doing a kindness. Almost always, the Iowa state conserva tion commission points out, mother is nearby, unable to protect her young from her greatest fear man. If the young are left alone the mother and the youngsters soon get together. In cases where the mother is killed by accident, hu man care for the young is justifi able and humane. the ; £ * Ready-to-Wear - Harvest WOLD'S [•Vu Popularly Priced FAILLE 7 SUIT-DRESSES m 3g c - Smoothly tailored to look just right anywhere . . . handsome basic suits specially priced for your budget. Whether you prefer classic or dressmaker ■ : x I styles, you're sure to find exactly what you want, here. î Silky. Sizes 12 to 20. MOLD'S v s, I & SWEATERS î ■ ; . I o " ; î I M Attractive, holiday spirited i . / * 100 per cent wool. All white cardigans by Nan Dorsey. Sizes 82 to 40. Also teen-ager, - 1 I : * mm s * 3.98 J & at. i $ i: â Women's All Wool Sweaters Black and wine, starting in price at. * 5.95 ii Suit Sweaters These also for ladies are 100% wool, at.. * 2.25 WOLD'S GIRL DRESSES A New Lot. . . *■ < & in broadcloth, percale, of plain colors, prints and plaids. Sizes 3 to 61 and 7 to 14, starting at <1^ * 2.25 \ MOLD'S Thanksgiving Linen . /> { /. Â 9 ms ms ,:V jig? g > we Sx: Æ M :: Sm Wi ■V / ■■■) j ; i % u J < ■ ; V4.V i .1 »J m H so IM ■%r. i « \ \ Lunch cloths with Napkins, starting at $4.95. All Lunch Cloths, from $2.98. linen hemstitched Napkins, ecru, 16J by 16Ä and 17 by 17, each 89c. MOLD'S O. M. WOLD CO LAUREL'S OWN STORE SINCE 1909 | Commander Naegele To Speak At Legion I District 11 Meeting I The far-reaching services the American Legion offers to war veterans in Montana and the na tion will be outlined by Com mander Eugene F. Naegele of Helena at the fall meeting of district 11 in Billings Sunday, j^ ov 7. Naegele will be the principal, speaker at the meeting at which' Mike Dimich of Red Lodge, dis-; trict commander, will preside and 1 at which Legionnaires from Lau rel will be present. {-*«■"»; ÄÄV ena and Eugene W Savage of Butte, Boys' State director. Other de at Spray In Time Insects in corn cribs do tremen <ious damage. The place to start j n getting such insects under con trol is at the empty corn crib A thorough job of house-cleaning bins and spraying them with DDT, be fore newly-harvested grain is put in th ™. wi » get rid of holdover in chance to esca _ e damaee chance to escape damage. testation and give new grain a good Home-Canned Foods Well-stocked shelves of home canned foods are a form of house hold insurance. They help reduce the amount of money spent for food and add variety to daily meals. They also contribute to genera] health by supplying foods needed all the year round. Food-Freezing Tip Freezing does not destroy spoil age organisms. It does slow down organisms; is important for frozen foods to be used at the right stage of thawing before spoilage can set up. the action of these therefore, it