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LAUREL OUTLOOK
Official Paper of Yellowstone County
VOLUME 40— NO, 39
LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1949
FIVE CENTS
VISITS CLUB HERE
Hunthousen, Anaconda, Urges
Hatching- Something For
Salvation Of World
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If every Kiwanian sold his
business and devoted the rest of
his life to straightening the af
fairs of humanity, he would find
so much that needed tô be done
that he would barely scratch the
surface. "It's time to go to
work, and it's later than we
think."
These and similar thoughts on
responsibility were conveyed to
the Laurel Kiwanis club Wednes
day evening by visiting Gov.
Tony Hunthousen of Anaconda.
The event, a highlight in the
club year, was also ladies' night,
and attracted the attendance dis
trict notables,
governor's address was based
largely on this year's Kiwanis
theme, "Aggressive Citizenship."
In times of stress, he said in
effect, individuals forget differ
ences of politics, religion and
caste and unite their efforts for
The district
protection of America and the
common welfare. The uniform of
the armed forces banished big
otry, intolerance and even color
lines in the last war, a condi
tion of mind and cooperative
ness needed greatly in times of
Let's get off the glass
peace.
egg we've been sitting on," he
urged, "and hatch something for
the salvation of our country and
world.
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For the unveiling of the peace
marker this year at Sweetgrass
—the Montana, southern, half of
the town straddling the line sep
arating the United States and
Canada—the Kiwanis
governor
requested a large attendance of
representatives from all the clubs
in his jurisdiction.
Congratulations were extended
the Laurel club for its promo
tion of a Key club in the high
school, which has sent delegates
to the current international con
vention of Key clubs in Wash
ington, D. C. He also expressed
I gratification on the number of
new T members received by the
Kiwanis club and said the goal
for the state this year is at
least 100, with the creation of
at least four new clubs. He
would be pleased if the district
sent 50 or more delegates to
the international convention at
Atlantic City.
Pres. J. Willard Baldwin pre
sided at the session and opened
the program by introducing Miss
Shirley Collins, daughter of Vice
Pres, and Mrs. Harold Collins,
who played two piano solbs.
Among guests and visitors in
troduced were Mrs. Mary Menel
lo, attending for the first time;
Dick Shot well, a member who is
to play a saxophone at the ap
proaching inter-club meeting in
Billings; Mrs. A1 Schaffer and
Mrs. James Whitson, attending
for the first time; Floyd Bean,
the club's parade organizer, and
Mrs. Bean; O. B. Silvey of Bil
lings; H. Garriety, J. D. Kelly
and C. L. Smith of Anaconda,
whp accompanied the governor;
Merle Fagg, international trus
tee, and Mrs. Fagg of Billings;
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brohaugh
and Harold Thorne, new mem
bers. Fagg, at the request of
Baldwin, presented Kiwanis pins
to Brohaugh and Thome.
.
Children's Education
Parents' Guidance In
Stressed By Speaker
Ray J. Harshfield, speech and
dramatics director at Eastern
Montana College of Education,
Billings, was the principal speak
er at a meeting of the Byam
Parent-Teacher association Fri
day evening at the school. He
spoke on "What Can We as
Parents Do to Further the Edu
cation of Our Children?"
The speaker said the most im
portant things for parents to do
are to stop indulgence; stop in
security; stop indecision, and
stop intellectual laziness.
He urged parents to take an
active part in the education of
their children by furnishing
background and support and to
not leave the task completely in
the hands of the schools.
Richard
Ross Harrison and
Bjorgum of Eastern entertained
with several tumbling acts.
James Hanna, pre-dental student,
performed the cold light experi
ment.
Plans were discussed for the
P. T. A. bingo party next Satur
day evening.
Red Cross Chapter Presents 43 Awards To
Laurel Women For Their Service Records
Yellowstone county chapter of
the American Red Cross pre
sented 43 service awards to Lau
rel women at a tea and ceremony
here Thursday afternoon at the
Methodist church as recognition
for their volunteer labors in the
Red Cross in years past,
ceiving pins for 10 years of con
Re
tinuous service were Mrs. O. K.
Chapman, Mrs. L. A. Conrad,
Mrs. C. W. Laird, Mrs. B. L.
Price,; Mrs. I. N. Smith and Mrs.
Nels Vordahl.
Mrs. Smith was in charge of
the program at which the awards
were made to local women who
had given 500 or more wartime
hours to the Red Cross or who
had worked for it continuously
during five years. A motion
picture film, "It Can Be You,"
was shown.
Prefatory to the awards, Mrs.
J. C. Davis, county chapter staff
aid chairman, analyzed work re
ports and computed the number
of hours credited to each volun
teer.
Mrs. Jean Kabrich, executive
secretary, and Mrs. Kenneth F.
Roahen, chairman of volunteer
services, spoke on Red Cross ac
tivities.
Mrs. Roahen requested
that she be contacted in Billings
by Laurel ladies who, though
not at the tea Thursday, believe
themselves eligible for awards.
Laurel women who were vol
unteer chairmen during the war
served tea at lace-covered tables
adorned with silver candelabra
holding green tapers, bowls of
yellow and white snapdragons
and St. Patrick favors.
In addition to Mrs. Kabrich,
Mrs. Roahen and Mrs. Davis,
those attending from Billings
were Mrs. H. E. Wirch, women's
Mining Director Encourages Further
Development Of Talc, Graphite, Asbestos
Butte, March 23..—While the
lure of metal mining has over
shadowed mining of such less
glamorous non-metallic minerals
as talc, graphite, vermiculite
and asbestos, it is hoped publi
cation of information will aid in
their development in Montana.
The non-metallics have yielded
about one hundred million dol
lars in Montana, compared to
four billion dollars from copper,
gold, silver, lead, zinc and man
ganese, yet non-metallics enjoy
a place of vital importance to
industries, Dr. Francis A.
Thomson, president of Montana
School of Mines and director of
the Montana bureau of mines
and geology, points out in an
nouncing the issue of the latest
bureau publication. Memoir No.
27, by Dr. Eugene S. Perry, pro
fessor of geology, is devoted to
talc, graphite, vermiculite and as
bestos.
Talc has been mined in Mon
tana on a commercial scale for
six years at properties 11 miles
southeast of Dillon and 20 miles
south of Ennis. Talc is used
in the manufacture of some
paints, paper, roofing, rubber,
toilet powders, ceramic products,
and in foundry facings,
form of talc known as "lava"
talc is used as an insulator and
spacer in vacuum tubes and
electrical instruments. It has
been reported that there is no
substitute for this material for
One
this use and the Montana pro
duct has proved superior to im
ported material.
About 2,200 tons of crystal
line graphite concentrates have
been shipped from the Dillon
area. This graphite, Dr. Perry
says, is equal in quality to that
imported from Ceylon. The Dil
lon deposits lie near the head of
Timber and Van Camp gulches
high in the Ruby Mountains.
Modern milling equipment has
been installed, including a flota
tion plant, which has increased
the potential yield. Dump ma
terial can also be treated in this
plant. About 150 tons of graph
ite concentrate, with a value of
$120 to $200 a ton, f. o. b. Dil
lon, have been produced.
Vermiculite, discovered near
Libby in 1915 and developed by
E. N. Alley, has yielded well
over a million dollars in ma
terial mined. This particular
type of micaceous mineral re
ceived its name from its peculiar
property of expanding to
times its original volume and
opening into wormlike forms,
from the Latin, vermiculare, to
breed worms. It is used in heat,
cold, and sound insulation, in
blocks, bricks, wall board, plas
ter; for packing; lubricants,
rubber goods, paper, ink and
paint. The deposits near Libby
are the largest yet worked with
a reserve for years ahead. The
(division campaign chairman; Mrs.
L. G. Hinkley, vice chairman, and
Mrs. C. B. Hurd, Gray Ladies.
NEW CANDIDATES FILE
FOR LAUREL ELECTION
New filings for the city election
of April 4 were made in the past
week, and two that had been
previously made were withdrawn,
according to the office of the
city clerk, Miss Tillie Hohendorf,
New filings are Elizabeth Stor
mont and Gerhard Baus for city
treasurer; Paul Wold for re
election as alderman from the
second ward; John L. Tubman,
re-election from the fourth ward;
George H. McCormick, new can
didate, first ward, and Steve
Romee, new candidate, third
ward,
Withdrawals were by C. C.
Carpenter for alderman from the
first ward and by Herbert Royer
for treasurer.
Candidates to date are:
Mayor—Peter D. Thomson, re
election.
First ward— Fred Feuerbacher,
re-election, and George McCor
mick.
Second ward—Paul Wold and
Jack Freebury, both for re-elec
tion.
Third ward—Steve Romee.
Fourth ward—Ira Rodgers and
John L. Tubman.
Treasurer—Elizabeth
and Gerhard Baus.
Police judge— W. V, D. Chap
man for re-election.
The four wards are to elect
two aldermen each.
Stormont
original plant at Libby has been
expanded and improved to the
point where it now produces
from 350 to 400 tons a day.
Vermiculite deposits have also
been found in Ravalli county, 11
miles from Hamilton, on a trail
off the Skalkaho highway, which
Dr. Perry says shows promise of
being commercial and would seem
to warrant additional develop
ment work. Other deposits have
been located on the Rocky Boy
Indian reservation in Hill county,
and near Pony in Madison coun
ty.
Amphibole asbestos has been
produced on a commercial scale
in Montana from deposits near
Karst dude ranch south of Boze
man in Gallatin county. Serpen
tine asbestos has been located 50
miles south of Ennis in Madi
son county, nine miles southeast
of Cliff Lake. This deposit has
so far proved to be non-commer
cial.
Asbestos production in the
United States is only from one
to two per cent of the world
supply and this country is de
pendent upon imports with Can
ada, South Africa, and Russia
furnishing the greater part. De
pending upon length of fibre
chrysolite asbestos prices range
from 520 to $750 per ton, while
the rmphibol" asbestos prices
lange from $10 to S40.
Mrs. Trewin, Former
Park City Resident,
Dies In California
Arnott and Hugh Boyd were
informed Tuesday that their sis
ter, Mrs. Margaret Boyd Trewin,
60, had died Monday at her
home in San Jose, Calif., after
arrangements
an illness of a few months ofj
Funeral
cancer.
had not been completed when the
information was received here,
but it was expected that inter
ment would be at San Jose be
side Mrs. Trewin's husband, who
died two years ago last Christ
two brothers in Laurel are two
other brothers, Charles Boyd of !
Tacoma, Wash., and James Boyd
of Nampa, Ida., and three sisters,
mas.
Surviving in addition to the
Mrs. Ella Hess of Fresno, Calif.,
and Mrs. Laura Dahl and Mrs.
Lena Courtney of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Trewin was born in Lau
rel in May 1888, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Boyd.
With members of her family she
later lived at Park City several
years and married Melvin H.
Trewin there about 1907.
and her husband, a member of
an early Park City family, moved
to California about 1921.
Jose had since been her home.
She
San
FOR SÜH00L TRUSTEE
Two filings have been made
for school trustees—one by Rus
sell Barr, encumbent, for re
election, and the other by A. E.
Weiber —according to Miss Ro
sella Fritz, clerk of the school
board of district 7. Only one
term, that of Barr, expires this
year.
The election will be Saturday,
April 2, from 2 to 6 p. m. at
the high school gymnasium.
Those qualified to vote are
United States citizens who have
resided the past ye^r in Montana
and in the district the past 30
days.
Barr, candidate for re-election,
is an employee at the Laurel re
finery of Farmers Union Central
I
1
Exchange, Inc. Weiber operates
the Gas Co-Op service station on
East Main street.
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ROTARIANS SEE WATCH
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The story of the land of Lilli- (
put, where little things make a I
big difference, was told by mo-1
tion pictures Tuesday noon at
the weekly luncheon meeting of
the Laurel Rotary club. It was
exhibited by Harold Isachsen,
program committeeman, and was
entitled "What Makes a Fine
Watch Fine?" Portrayed was a'
step by step tour of the plant of
Hamilton Watch company, Lan
caster, Pa.
Included in the shots were
some ancient timepieces, among
which was the company's first
watch sold. Others were of
models that never got beyond the
experimental stage. Three points
were stressed as of prime im
portance in watch manufactory
as in other businesses; (1) care-j
fully selected, trained and pains
taking personnel; (2) never-ceas
ing investigation in science, with
accompanying development of
tools, methods and materials, and
(3) sustained cultivation of cus
tomer-confidence.
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sac sen a cone usion o e j
Many of the intricate machines
producing minute and accurate i
parts were interesting to the Ro
tarians.
:
pic ure o o recen deve op-j
men s in " ic a omic energy ^ j
use o eep expermien a t lme_ ,
pieces in amos pe ect time. |
r ® s- , ner " ^ , annoU1 ?. ,
• . f. e S ianin 8 0 the meeting,
at e c u was nearly 100 per |
cent complete in its contnbu
io ns o e ary International
cundation fund, an objective to.
e completed before April 1. .
e ter from the convention
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- w ill be held May 1, 2 and |
.
tô make^earlv res^Ïtiim^'An"
her from InSnZi A "'
minded thT menTera of ^
m ij -j 6 mel ] 1 . bers . the
W ° r tT d % CC ! nVe , nt ' 0n in t P, et JT
in 1950. Each club is entitled to
send two voting delegates.
C. W. Laird was commended
by Sec R. B. Packard for hav
mg 1 make-up attendances to
his credit while he was recently j
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reported as having attended No. |
in Chi ca g-o l a st week.
The president announced that
the number for the Montana dis
trict will be changed from 112 1
1
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Rill!n<rc invitori Dio i . . i
Billinas imited the Laurel club
to attend an inter-city meeting
May 30 in Billings at the North- j
ern hotel. Among the speakers |
will be the chairman of interna- J
tional service from New Zealand.
Ladies of Rotarians are also in
vited.
to 167 after July.
The secretary took a bow for
having become a grandfather
for the first time.
Dr. William D. Copeland from
department ^oT the* American
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Ml «e Gallagher from Hillings
and A1 B J ornson from St - Paul -
Police Warns Dogs
Must Have Licenses
James G. Bare, Laurel chief j
of police, declared in a published
statement Wednesday that own
ers of dogs should immediately
secure licenses for their pets as
required by city ordinance.
Dogs not licensed will be pick
ed up and impounded after April
1, the chief declared.
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Reproduced above is the rare
Carnegie hero medal, awarded
recently at Pittsburgm, Pa., to
John R. Kelly of Laurel for
rescuing a little girl, and saving
her life, from a. burning building
in June,
heroism under great odds was
made after careful investigation
0 £ f acts an( j circumstances 1
an( j carried with it certain i
rewards in cash, including pay-1
ment on a hospital bill incurred
by Kelly as a result of injuries I
sus t a i ne d in the rescue. 1
obverse side bears the
The award for
1947.
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COMING FISCAL YEAR
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Laurel volunteer firemen elect
ed officers for the department
itself and for the associated
piremen's Relief association at
annual meetings of the two
a ™ ual ^^^Wednesdav evening
JJ«* Jg at the city hall.
' ' q Scott was electe«!
Chester G Scott ^ art e "
Hartley fire chief '
'
Anderson assistant
fire chief? and E. H. Neville.
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j' when the department adjourn
^ Relief association was
convened, Clarence"!?. Allex was
elected president of the latter;
'John B. Brohaugh, secretary,
and Rynold F'rank, treasurer.
Harlan R. Russell, Raliegh East
Ion, Jr., Donald Scheidecker, Jo -1
seph A. Larson and R. Kenneth j
w elected to the board '
Walton " ere eiectea io me noaru i
of trustees. I
Officers of the two organiza- ,
tions will serve during the com- j
inir fiscal vear
h 1
V.F.W. and Ladies
H°ld Sessions After
St Patrick
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^ gj, Patrick day potluck sup
P er ^ th® Veterans of Foreign
Wars and auxiliary was served
Thursday at the parish hall.
Shamrocks and other decorationss
|. en d white were used on
the tables.
Separate business meetings
were held by each group fol
The auxiliary session, presid
ed over by Mrs. Clara Getz, of
ficers elected for the year were
Mrs. Mary Moser, president; Mrs.
lowing the supper.
Betty Deaton, senior vice presi-1
dent; Mrs. Cecelia Easton, jun-1
ior vice president; Mrs. Gertrude
Burdette, treasurer; Mrs. Julia
Phillips, chaplain; Mrs. Clariss
Herbert, conductress, and Mrs.
Viola Harlan, senior trustee.
! portrait of Andrew Carnegie,
capitalist, manufacturer, philan
thropist and author who came
to the United States as a poor
boy and created a vast fortune
in steel, of which he gave away
benefactions of various
He also built the Peace Palace
at The Hague, Holland, a home I
for the international bureau of j
the American republics in Wash
ington, D. C. later known as the '
Pan-American Union. At the !
close of 1912 his philanthropic
gifts exceeded those of any other
a total exceeding $300,000,000 in
kinds.
American, his gifts for that
year alone amounting to $130,
000,000. His writings include
"Triumphant Democracy," "The
Gospel of Wealth" and "The Life
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Around the portrait are the
I words - "Carnegie Hero Fund. Es
tablished April 15th 1904."
! On the reverse side at the
i ed ^ e are the words, "Greater
Love Hath No Man Than This.
That a Man Lay His Life for
Hia Friends." In the center:
"Awarded to John Raltz Kelly,
Who Rescued Diana I. Siegfried
i ^ rom Burning, Laurel, Mont.,
dun e 11, 1947."
The story of the rescue has
previously been told in the Lau
rel Outlook.
Kelly was notified earlier in
* he year that the award had
1 b®« 1 ma,,e - 71,6 medal ltse lf,
: reproduced a bove at iipproximBte
actual size, w-as received
J Tuesday of last week.
^eHy is a railroad employee
j ? nd *. ves on t ^ le Trace Tracts
' lrKmediateI >' west o{ Laurel,
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ot. Patrick 11101116,
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Zidonian Order of
Thursday evening at the Masonic
Supper.S^^lfÄnT
A program using a St. Patrick
day theme was presented during
the evening. Numbers included
piano selections of Irish tunes
played by Mrs. Winona Denny;
"Mother Machree" and "The
Kerry Dance" sung by Mrs.
Helen Kastelitz of Joliet, and
Irish Lullaby by the chapter's
choral group comprising Mrs.
Denny, Mrs. Maude Gerke, Mrs.
Mildred Woodard, Miss Marjorie
Roberts, Mrs. Edrie Hilgert,
Mrs. Almeda Paisley, Mrs. Elsie
Johnston, with Miss Winifred
Wilson, accompanist. Hostesses
were Mrs. Austa Freebury, Mrs.
Ruth Bailey, Mrs. Evelyn Max
son and Mrs. Edith Price.
Plans were made for an East
er meeting of the chapter Thurs
day, April 7, at the temple.
LARGE ACREAGE IS
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7,
Nearly 8,800 Acres Bring
Double Appraised Value
W hen Offered At Auction
Yellowstone county sold
ly 8,800 acres of land for al
m °st .$35,000 at a public auction
sale Wednesday morning at the
f r °nt door of the courthouse in
Billings.
near
The sale was part of
general policy for returning
a
tax title
property to private
I ownership as rapidly as the de
! mand w arrants. Twenty-three
i parcel swere sold of which 22
were tax title and one was real,
at an average of $3.9« per
The land is four to 1« miles
north of Huntley, Worden and
Pompeys Pillar in non-irrigated
territory and stretches some 18
or 20 miles east and west.
region in which the par
cels are located is traversed by
1
acre.
The
whole
a number of creek channels
ning south and southeast to the
Yellowstone river.
Title to the land was taken
by the county
run
some years ago
because of failure of the
to pay taxes.
When offered) for sale Wednes
day, reappraised values
listed at from $1.50 to $2
acre, depending on the quality
of soil and other factors. The
average received was approxi
mately twice the. amount of the
owners
were
it:
appraisal.
Fourteen buyers attended the
sale.
SPRING STYLES ARE
EXHIBITED II SNOW
Spring fashions from stores of
O. M. Wold company, Simmons,
Buffalo Style Shop, J. C. Pen
ney company and Vaughn-Rags
dale were displayed at the Odd
Fellows hall Sunday afternoon
when the Laurel Federated club
held its annual style show and
tea for the public. Showings
were at 2 and 5 with tea being
served from 3:30 till 4.
Heading the tea committee was
Mrs. Neil Baker, who had Mrs.
Grace Pelowitz, Mrs. C. G. Scott
and Mrs. F. E. Mayes as co
workers. Mrs. Harold Collins was
chairman of the style show and
her assistants were Mrs. Harold
Williams, Mrs. Charles Shelton.
Mrs. Russell Barr and Mrs.
Charles Egnew. Mrs. Harold
Price and Mrs. Paul Beyer were
in charge of business arrange
s . « . e
fashion commentator and made
her announcements over a loud
speaker system loaned by the
laurel Electric company Music
for the show was furnished by
Mrs. Egnew, and during the tea
two vocal duets, "The World is
Waiting for the Sunrise" and
"Neapolitan Nights," were sung
by Mrs. J. G. MacDonald and
Mrs. W. A. McCormick, accom
panied by Mr. MacDonald. Pre
siding at the tea table were
Mrs. D. A. Nottingham, Mrs.
George McCormick, Mrs. J. Mel
vin Williams and Mrs. Marshall
Huntington
Those who modeled for the
show included Mrs. Frank Alfers,
Mrs. Gordon Allan, Mrs. Leonard
Ferrin, Mrs. Rynold Frank, Mrs.
F. E. Mayes, Mrs. Philip Nolan,
Mrs. Harold Price, Mrs. Alex Ro
bertus, Mrs. Herman Schessler,
^ rs< Charles Shelton, Mrs.
A d °l ph Strand, Mrs. Floyd Bean,
?* 1SS i U< * y . Huntington, Miss
Lenna Femn, Miss Bonnie Barr,
Miss Shirley Collins, Miss Kay
Williams, Miss Joan Egnew, Miss
Barbara Williams, Diane Mac
Donald, Rosemary Miller, Carol
Shelton, Jack Pelowitz, Susan
Williams and Sherry Porter.
Announce Dates For
Annual Boys' State
Montana's third annual Boys'
State, part of the citizenship
training program of the Ameri
can Legion, will be held at the
Western Montana College of
Education, Dillon, Aug. 14 to 23,
Herb Kibler, state adjutant of
the Legion, has announced.
Pamphlets and sponsorship ap
plication blanks for the 1949
Boys' State have been distribut
ed throughout the state to high
schools, service and civic clubs,
and fraternal and patriotic or
ganizations. Boys attending will
be sponsored by such organiza
tions again this year.