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J V LAUREL OUTLOOK ÖWO&L SOC -r.i \ OF MONTANT HELENA >V' V 5» ji y ■>' » V o Official Paper of Yellowstone County VOLUME 40— NO. 25 LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1948 FIVE CENTS E Succeeds V. E. Shay As Head Of Corinthian Lodg< stallation Date Not Set -In J. Melvin Williams was elected master of Corinthian lodge No. 72, A. F. and A. M., at the lodge's annual election Monday evening at the Masonic temple. Serving with him during 1949 will be Dewey Hafer, senior warden; Jack Freebury, junior warden, Ray Stevens, treasurer, and J. R. Heebner re-elected sec retary. L. L. Smith and Heebner were re-elected to the board of trus tees. V. E. Shay, who served as master of the lodge in 1948, was named as a new member of the board. Date of the installation has not been decided. ■s Everyone, adult or minor, re gardless of age, who had $600 or more income in 1948, must file a federal income tax on form 1040 or form 1040-A. Final returns for the calendar year must be filed not later than March 15, 1949, but may be filed any time after the ènd of the year, Dec. 31, 1948. Jan. 15, 1949, is also an im portant date for many taxpayers. It does not concern most wage earners whose tax is withheld, but all others who are required by law to file a declaration of estimated tax must pay the final installment of the 1948 estimated tax by Jan. 15, 1949. This date is espically important to farmers or those who receive at least two-thirds of their income from farming operations. While other business and professional men are required to file a declaration of estimated tax by March 15 of the current year, and to pay their es timated tax in quarterly install ments, farmers may postpone fil ing a declaration of estimated tax until not later than Jan. 15, 1949. However, they must then pay the total amount of their estimated. Two birds may be killed with! one stone if the final return on form 1040 is filed and the balance of tax shown to be due is paid on or before Jan. 15, 1949. A final return filed at that (Continued on Page Eight) O.E.S. Chapter Fetes . ' . MrS. Laird S Service _ An entertainment program at the Thursday evening meeting of Zidonian chapter, Order of East ern Star, honored Mrs. Olive! tax. Laird who had served as secre-, tary of the chapter 25 years, Mrs. Ann Hageman, worthy ma o„.i r t? tron, and J. R. Heebner, worthy patron, presided at the meeting • - j ci » iiiduucii chapter choir, in the Masonic temple. Program numbers included songs by the chapter choir. "Beautiful Star" and "Memories,", with Mrs. Dorothy Bundy, pian ist, accompanying. The presen tation of a 25-year pin from the chapter to Mrs. Laird was made by Mrs. Anna Vordahl. Lunch was served at tables decorated in Christmas colors. Hostesses were Mrs. Ruth Stev ens, Mrs. Elsie Johnston. Mrs. Lassara Long, Mrs. Dorothy Eg new. Mrs. Esther Pierce and Mrs. Hattie Clovd The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 16, at thel temple and is to be a party, with Christmas gift exchange. Plnn V 11 I 0 Parfv a X Ulc At the meeting last Wednes day evening of the Women of £ SrSA ZZ SSZ of co t mmiit» t " e re nd ap"T7l ed on arrangements. As the Moose hall was not com pleted, the meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Julia Phillips. Mrs. Alice Fisher, senior regent, presided, and out of town mem bers present were Mrs. Hattie Foust of Bridger and, Mrs. Alma j Claus of Fromberg. 1 Two new members were induct -1 ed into the chapter and another j was balloted on. Dessert lunch ! was served by the hostess com-1 mittee, and the date of the next meeting was announced for Dec. Women Of Moose 16. ! : ■I m : f : V * . "RED" DEAN . . . The Very Rev. Hewlett Johnson, the "Red" dean of Canterbury, is shown with Rev. John Howard Melish, right, rector of the Chnrcb of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn. The Dean is on a lecture tour. HEADS OF TWO BANKS GOING TO CONFERENCE The Yellowstone banks of Lau rel and Columbus will be repre sented at the National Credit conference, sponsored by the American Bankers association and to be held at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago Dec. 13, 14 and 15. B. M. Harris, president, and B. Meyer Harris, vice president of the banks, plan to attend the meeting. Bankers of the nation be ing called together at the credit conference by Evans Wollen, Jr., president of the American Bank ers association and chairman of the board of the Fletcher Trust company, Indianapolis, Ind., to formulate sound bank credit poli cies that will serve the needs of farming, business and industry during the this current period of uncertainties, cold war and infla tion. National action by banks to combat inflation and direct the use of credit into productive rather than inflationary and non productive use is part of an anti inflation program undertaken a year ago under the leadership of the American Bankers association. The Chicago conference is another step in the program designed to keep banking flexible and to meet conditions which change from I month to month. "The situation ahead is now ! more complex," A. B. A. Presi I dent Wollen said in announcing the National Credit conference, "It cannot be stated simply or time,'understood easily. It is one that (grows steadily worse because of unchanged government fiscal and social policies. the continuing need for foreign relief, the un certainty of foreign affairs, the j cold war and the consequent re araiarae . r \ t program not yet in ^ u . , stride, political interferences j' vl "L, ec °nf>my, and other factors, Th . e National Credit çonfer . '. . stäteä, f° r the purpose of critical analysis and »PPraisäl by the best experts available, of economic i exp f. rt . s aya.ilable, 1 c ,° ndltl0ns ^ 0Ut J d in a '' sections of jthe country. Coming out of the i conference will be a wealth of in j f° rrna tion for the guidance of banks everywhere in terms of prospects for 1949. In announcing | W1C ,» u ' ua " te u ' banks everywhere yn terms of j pr ® spects for ? 949 - Ia announcing the Chicago I c °f. feren ^£, IoCîdly ; B - M ' Bar F s £ æd - The Yellowstone banks pa ? lc,patin e actlve, y dun "* the P a st year m the na t,onal pro £™ n . to discourage the ase of credlt ,n such wa y s to tend to increase demand for scarce crood«; and therehv increase scarce goods and thereby increase the Chicago , .. .. . P r ' ces - At the same time, they have been providing their cus to m ers with the credit necessary to P roauc e & 00 « 18 and food ' and to PVrf 1 Phonal ^ds. This they wl iL^eontmue to d <> The National Credit conference will bring together leading bank lers from every part of the coun tr >'- K is expected to set the ,j one f or cred it policies for Ameri can business and people for the year 1949. ' (Funeral For Strauffh Infant He,d Tuesday Sharron Anne Straugh, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Straugh of Laurel. Rev. H. C. Haemmelmann, pastor of the First Congregational church, of ficiated. Mrs. J. H. Albertus and Mrs. Nell Brown sang, Pallbearers were Lloyd Traver. Edwin H. Berg, Albert and Roh ert Schreiner, Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Laurel funeral home for Interment was in the Laurel cemetery'. Beautiful Snow Is Dangerous To All Who Travel, Warns Patrol Chief; Urges Reduction Of Speed, Use Of Chains, Wider Spacingi Snow covering the city and countryside can be beautiful, but on the highway it can prove dangerous to the driver who fails to adjust his driving habits, Supervisor Charles L. Sheridan of the Montana highway patrol has warned. "The sensible motorist—after light snowfall—will reduce the speed of his vehicle, lengthen the distance between his car and the car ahead, and will start and stop gradually," the official de clared. "But there always seem to be some drivers who lack sufficient responsibility to driving habits and use equipment needed when severe weather and road tions develop. These drivers are the ones who follow other vehi-1 cles too closely on slippery pave ment, neglect to put on tire chains when snow and ice con ditions are really bad, omit fix ing windshield wipers or defrost ers and thereby cause traffic tie-1 ups and smashups. Supervisor Sheridan urged all motorists keep in mind that winter's two greatest threats to safety are reduced visibility and poor traction. Clear vision, he said, requires good-working wind shield wipers, defrosters and ade quate lighting system for night time driving or very dark days with falling snow. Adequate traction, he added, requires change their safety really condi REBEKAH LODGE HEAD Po , tn , e , Ke ' bekah Christmas party, to feature the meeting Dec. -0 when Mrs. Louise \anNice will have charge ®.,, tne canaie-ngnting service. Gifts are to be brought by rnem-, > Se £ d t0 1 ' es ' de . nts of the old tolks home at Helena. Dur-| mg the business session a class j ° A Ca * eS R ri h°* dav ^meetin ^ was Mrs AHcê ' Ha treman Diele r n iff I Lunch was send bv Mrs Alina o If . Mrs Mina Me sS and airs, rosette bimpson. Mrs. Doris Armstrong was chosen noble grand of the Ever green Rebekah lodge at the an nual election of officers Monday evening at the Odd Fellows hall, Her staff will consist of Mrs. Margaret Leis, vice grand; Mrs. Lola Cooper, secretary, reelected; Mrs. Dorothy Gomon, financial secretary, and Mrs. Edna Colson, treasurer. Plans were completed for the Rebekah bazaar and merchants' lunch, and the Theta Rho bake sale to be held Saturday at the hall. Mrs. Betty Staley was ap-, pointed general chairman of ar_ | rangements, and her assistants are to be Mrs. Margaret j Smith, ; Mrs. Lucy Gemmill and Mrs. ! Vera Motzko. Also discussed was 1 Anderson Dairy In New Home; Daylight To Add More Space Anderson's dairv, operated by Q, n t on l. Anderson and former ly located in a portion of the Schessler Day Light store) move this week to its own building, recently greeted on lots slightly east of the store. The transfer was made w j t hout interruption of the dairy>s servjce The Day Light store is re ^ ^ own use the gpace formerly occupied by the dairy. A new addition on the east side of the store will be ready for occupancy by the mid dle of the month as a section of the firm's cold storage plant. The addition is of concrete blocks and is heavily insulated. New refrigerating equipment will keep the interior temperature consid erably below freezing. Theta Rho Club Sets Theta Rho Girls met Friday evening at the Odd Fellows hall and planned their Christmas party, which will be Dec. 17 at the hall. Several members of the Rebekah lodge were present, Also discussed by the club was a bake sale to be held in con nection with the Rebekah bazaar Saturday. Several members vol unteered to take charge of the booths. Date Of Yule Party Officers are to be elected and a class initiated at the next meeting. Lunch was served by Harriet and Charlotte Decker and Jessie Boylan. | brakes—brakes that led—and good anti-skid chains that can reduce braking distance 40 to 50 per cent on passenger cars and 60 to 70 per cent for I trucks on snow or ice. I | | are equal iz I The Laurel Kiwanis club was honored Wednesday evening at j clubs, lieutenant j been a Kiwanian 25 years, ! ducted a club assembly in which j he gave some instructions to of i ficers-elect and the membership at large. Guests at the meeting were that'Walter (Hardy, who ably j club in presenting its recent (home talent play, "Fun For You." ■ Other guests were AI Schaeffer, John Craig, Dick Shot well, Eugene Spielde and Dick Duncan. The last two were representatives of the Kiwanis sponsored Key club of the Laurel school. Pres. W. A. McCormick nounced that the meeting next week will be ladies' night, for which a card party is being ar its dinner meeting with an of j ficial visit from Clyde Auble of ! Glendive, lieutenant governor of division D, comprising seven Durng the evening the governor, who has con Neville,' Don Scheidecker, Menello and Herman assisted the Ted an ranged. He also said there has been considerable discussion among the members on what to do w r hen it is discovered there are children ... of destitution are discovered. The president said he hoped the pub-1 lie would respond promptly and generously. Another subject under discus sion among t b e members, he said, wag a proposa ] to spen d some of the club . s money derived frori lthe gum ball dispensing ma cbines located in Laurel stores, for food for Christmas. itribution would be made amonprlthat ne€ ^ y Emilies." Als0 announced was the recent . °u • an L independent basketball club in the community, {which Dr. McCormick will coach! sponsoring Board of Trade t ba t taking care of such unfor tunates probably will become a year-round club project. jj e expressed the hope that anyone with surplus or outgrown children's clothing to donate will details. The club would like to have a card index of such in formation so that it may refer cards and find who suitable c i„ t hing when in the community who are unable to attend school because of lack of suitable clothes. He stated immediately contact some mem ber of the Kiwanis club, or the president himself, and give in formation on quantity, sizes, ad dress, phone number and other cases The is to buy two sets of uniforms (and equipment and to pay entry (fees in tournaments. Arrange iments are already under way 'bring clubs here from North Da kota and Wyoming to play the Laurel club. The president then gave financial report on the recent home talent show, which was, gr Rusself Harlan 6 iSS^the nusseii narian introduce« tne visiting lieutenant governor Au t v • # - », .. torv of b the f oSStio°n f the dis' ■ 1 or fffn i «H on '. tne d L nC L?r C - * ald Kiwanis began, in 1915 m Detroit when two met at the lunch hour. Since then it has P™' v ' n to 188,016 mamb.r. .n 2,865 club. ble. men in the United States and posses sions and in Canada. He described the governing set-up, which resembles other service clubs, and disclosed that of the 24 Kiwanis districts the /Montana district is the only one confned to one state. He praised the Laurel club for j its extraordinary record in its infant years (it is somethng like two years old) and predicted it would become recognized as an outstanding club of the district, Although J. Willard Baldwin is the new president-elect, Auble told the members to remember that the club is theirs and to give it and their leader their united support. When he outlined the duties of committees and chairmen he paid particular attention to the com mittees on program, attendance, projects, and also citizenship. President McCormick reported that the Tiny Tot popularity con test, held in connection with the "Fun For You" show, grossed $206.16 and netted $103.08 for (Continued on Page Eight) Post Office To Be Open Saturday To Assist Old Santa To accommodate patrons and speed the delivery of Christmas packages and other - mail, the Laurel post office announced this week that it will be open for business the next two Saturday afternoons, Dec. 11 and 18. The office ordinarily closes at noon Saturdays. The fourth Saturday of the month will be Christmas day. on West Main street, to follow a dinner at 6:30. The session will be the club's official Pres. Oliver Wold has called a meeting of the Laurel Commer cial club for Thursday evening, Dec. 16, at the Odd Fellows hall annual meeting for nomination of offi There probably will be a discussion on proposed new by-1 laws, carried over from the last:and meeting for final decision in De- j Hugh Sweeney, secretary, said this week that a large attendance | is desired and that an advance cers. cember. sale of dinner tickets will be be gun Friday or Saturday of this week. ! NEED FOR YOUTH PROGRAM IS TOLD man's club at its meeting Mon , ». „ . », day afternoon. Dr W A Me Cormick discussed the local need for a youth program covering period of years. The club session was at the home of Mrs. O. Brohaugh. The speaker stressed the need for a city park with playground, equipment or a recreation center, with a full-time paid director He observed that "the question fore most in the mind of every par-1 ent is, What will the future hold Speaking before the Laurel Wo . | te " C l er , . • , The most important age of grooming is from 1 to 18 years of age. There isn t a period in that span that doesn't need the careful guidance of a parent." Dr. McCormick stated that ("this youth program, is not a I one-man job. Schools, churches and every organization are needed to work hand in hand to estab can be built in 24 hours, be w „uia m length of time can be torn down '" the same length of time The speaker recommended a sustained effort of three to five years to establish an adequate, for youth? The most important phase of a child's life is his homo .environment; too much of the dis hasicipline of a child is left to the .. , a youth program—-not one program for Laurel youth, to help them to^ "take their places in the world." to Mentioning sports, he said that although baseball clubs satisfy, ma n.v boys, there should be something more for girls, who a like tennis, ping pong, volley ball ; and other sports. Many would r ° S J! h ;, p " lounger girls would 'like to sew clothes for| ... ... . , . as another pro jLt that would at tract manv vounir neonU anH would keep them occup ed f 0 d r Laeks _*• . . , . 1^ ; nterest j n „ report from Rev . j . ~ . . • . , , . • , L .. «Ä T arship awarded by the Laurel Federated and Woman's clubs. The renort was presented hv Mrs P. A. Johnston in the absLe of Beverlv's mother Mrs rhr!«. tine Gunter ' During the business meeting the members voted to send a cash donation to the Veterans' hos pital near Helena for a gift shop that will be operated this year The next meeting will be a Christmas party at the Johnston home. 1 Members will exchange 50-cent gifts. The courtesy fund will be sent to the Veterans' hos pital for magazine subscriptions. Members Are Told Of W. S. C. S. Work The general meeting of the Woman's Solely of Christian Service Friday at the Methodist church was presided over by Mrs. J. E. Galusha, with Mrs. G. N. Wiggins as devotion leader. Mrs. Edward L. Coombs was jin charge of the afternoon's pro 'Lights Of Christmas Glow After 6 Years Business Section Was Decorated Last Time In '41, Slightly Before Pearl Harbor— Yuletide Shopping Grows In Volume ] For the first time in six years five blocks of Laurel's business j reminding local people and visi tors of the near approach of the Yuletide season and that shopping days are diminishing rapidly, Nature has cooperated with the decorating scheme by giving the landscape a heavy coat of fleecy white snow. The colored lights and trees begin at the intersection of Third 1 avenue with West Main section glow with Christmas lights and evergreen trees. The instal lation was completed this week, street and continue east to Montana avenue is also decorated, There are 300 light globes, red last:and green, and 10 evergreens in j sand-filled tubs in each of the Another 25 lights are used in a loop arching the | First The first block of First avenue. five blocks. avenue intersection with Main street. The last time the lights and trees were seen was the Christ mas season of 1941. The Pearl Harbor attack was Sunday, Dec. 7, of that year. The lights were already in place when the Japs struck the blow that plunged the United States into two-hemis phere war with people who claim-! ed they were superior races and which ended some bloody years later after the world's first a ^?!IV c b< ^ b ? were exploded. When Christmas was over in , 941 the „ phti equipni ent was ro]|ed and ^ one interested in bringing it out, and there was no m * np £ wer or Bur . lug electricity available during u he J j N despite' the cold war, peo , e and buginegg concerns are in interested in the o]d tradi . tiong and forms and go about their affairs much as * they djd bp * 0 p '41 j . Cf" U L l) Il I C TDV fiilTC JÜÜnLUULL IflHJUIü "" rnn 11| n P R F II H C II TC rim 1 U,i ,I,ULI LI1ULI1IU i - Dr. W. A. McCormick, who will (serve as coach, has announced ! that the first practice for dependent called for Sunday afternoon at 2 nasium. tm.wnen organized win become a | member of the Midland Empire league of independents. The Board of Trade is sponsor for the Laurel team. ! Dr. McCormick advised that all I I 1 ; The Christmas trade at the stores began slightly before an in basketball team is o'clock at the high school gym He said the new group will become Dr. McCormick advised that who may be interested in playing j during the coming season should [turn out for the try-outs Sunday at 2. . —--— Delegates ReD01*t * A To A. L. Auxiliary - ^ Mrs ' Kathr y n Royalty was hos tess - at her h . ome to t he Tuesday , evening meeting of the American l^. ion Auxi,iary a " d ,ed in enter ta>mng by Mrs. Helen :Toornbs and Mrs ' I>,rothy Ander ison. ! Reports on the district meet ; > n S held last month in Billings were given by Mrs. Nell Brown, 1 Miss Valma Shay and Mrs. Opal S|"f « Kb. -, ! 1Members brought articles for t£ he a u Veterans hos P ltal at Fort Hamson, where, Christa,^ ' ÏÏÂ* without c . hristmas shopping funds are given the opportunity of selecting f" d sending {rifts to their fam 1 .. , , , d,scassed . f " r T the £ÎL? P r ^ g '° n P ° st and auxiliar >'- Wlth a gift exchange program to be held at the Legion club house Dec. 21. ___ gram and discussed the work of the church in sponsoring schools the She told by the and community houses in large mining centers, of the recreational and other de partments maintained church in those communities. Reports of different local de partments of the Woman's So ciety of Christian Service includ ed that of Mr. Oliver Mayhugh, who told of the success of the annual bazaar, after which Mrs. Galusha expressed thanks to all who had contributed toward it in various ways. Thanksgiving and has since gain ed steadily in volume. The of ferings of merchandise are more extensive than for several years, and in view again are a number of items of metal that were not seen two or three years ago. Storekeepers say they think there will be an adequate supply of gift merchandise for this Christmas, oners school NEEDS HOC REVIEWED A clinic of school plants will be conducted next summer in Bozeman by experts with national reputations, as a means for in forming authorities of what ex perience and science have found best to recommend for future school plant construction, Supt. Fred W. Graff of the Laurel tern disclosed in an address Tues day at a meeting of the Rotary club. Like the old domed court houses and state capitols of former generations, the once pre vailing ideas about the building sys 0 * schools are being replaced by j a *yP e °f architecture that bet ( * er mee * s the needs of pupils and faculties. Reference to the clinic was made by the superintendent while he was discussing local needs for facilities and the existing struc tures in district 7. As in his dis course some weeks ago before the Kiwanis club he declared that good teachers make good schools regardless of the type of build ings, but adequate and proper housing is a great aid to pupils and teachers. He said he hoped the club would support the pro jgram for expanding local facili ties that may be adopted by the school board. In answer to possible critics who might ask, Why was not something done earlier to fore «tall a school space shortage now? the speaker said in effect that succesive boards had done as well as they could with what hey had C J^v) 'tarabt (wealth, bonding privileges and constitutional limitations. solved them of inaptitude for increases of teachers' salaries. With federal grants the district built a high school, two other structures and improved mother by which '\LrâTra^ved more its He ab or neg ligenee, pointing to the high rate of taxation that has prevailed many years, improvements that were made with federal aid during the depression, and recent (than its money's worth I matching funds. j Despite this, there has not been an adequate building program in 'the past 20 years, he declared, at itributed in part to the limitations 'imposed bv the war, (shortages that have since pre vailed, and inflated costs. This is a)so nationa , in e ^ jn ,. dicated in a magazine article by a »bool superintendent in popu '°us Massachusetts, he ? aoted at . intervals ' . is Laurels increased population unus . ual i *?. a nation * hat . is _ passing all previous levels. The pinch for space and housing is felt everywhere. The problem here is found in virtually all communities, east and west, „ A " > " E " ith . been progressive changes in the ( past two decades in methods and objectives of education. Today, !*^"1 the trend is for wider scope and increased activities, with a conse> ^ eat "® ed f " r ! ar ^ er rooms - A ' J .' , 00 iti |nir rititn is recom for ... beginning grades, auxiliary ft.vit.es attache d or available. in material from which Neither sur room The space for older grades is not so large, though still larger than formerlv. In connection with changes in methods and objectives, the (schoolman also noted revolutions in equipment. Fixed desks becoming passe, succeeded those that old type once cost about $4; tbe new ones are from $20 to $25. Another very evident change is towards one-story structures, out moding the old two and three story buildings, North school, once the district's high school. Although mending that the North school be used until the future makes other provisions, Graff (Continued on Page Eight are by moveable. The are such as the recom was