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Officiai Paper of Yellowstone County
VOLUME 40— NO. 51
LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1949
FIVE CENTS
PURI! CITY LEIS
Laurel Firm Gets Wiring—
Total Of $80,156 Award
ed For New Building
Park City, June 15.—Contracts
totaling $80,156.61 for construc
tion of a new schoool gymnas
ium building, containing also two
class rooms, were awarded by
the trustees of school district 5
Tuesday evening. The new build
ing will be located in the north
east corner of the school block
containing the district's combi
nation grade and high school
building and Harmony hall.
Low bidders to whom the sev
eral contracts were awarded
Frates Construction com
Ander
$6,989; Empire
were
pany, general, $62,287 ;
Heating & Cooling Co., heating,
$8,205.61, and Laird Radio-Elec
tric, Laurel, wiring, $2,675.
The architect's plans call for
a fireproof brick and reinforced
concrete building, 90 by 104 feet,
of one story. There will not be
a basement, though it will be
necessary to make a three or
four-foot excavation near the
south end to give head-room
clearance for facilities that are
to be inistalled there under tier
ed seats of the gymnasium space.
The plans provide for inclu
of two class rooms in the
sion
northeast and northwest corners,
for first-graders. Separating them
the north side will be their
street entrance. The remainder
of the space betwen the two
class rooms will be occupied by
a stage facing the main room,
for use when the gymnasium be
comes a theater temporarily.
The building will have its own
water system and sewer lines.
The water supply will come
from a well, with pressure pro
vided by a pump and tank com
bination to supply toilets, lava
tories and the
lines. The space under the tiers
of seats at the south end will
contain showers and dressing
on
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was sold about two weeks ago ;
to the Yellowstone banks of Lau- j
rel and Columbus at par and
with premium.
building's fire
rooms.
A bond issue of $100,000 au
thorized at an election by tax
paying residents of the district,
Jones Of Casper
Takes Over Local
Plumbing'
Eddie S. Jones, formerly a res
ident of Casper, Wyo., assumed
charge last week of the Laurel
Plumbing & Heating Co.,
West Main street, which he re
cently purchased from F. E. Dy
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er.
Jones has had extensive exper
in the plumbing business
lence
and for the past 12 years was
engaged in the work at Casper.
He is married and has two chil
dren.
Dyer, an auctioneer, expects to
undivided attention to that
give
work in future.
Two Here To Go
To Girls State
Laurel delegates to Girls' State
—Lauretta Tubman and Donna
Sheets—will join the other 174
Montana representatives and re
side for a w'eek on the campus
of Rocky Mountain college at
Billings, beginning Friday. Dele
gates will be housed in the sev
eral residence halls of the col
lege and will have full use of
the college gymnasium, library,
tennis court and athletic fields,
according to plans made by Mrs.
G. E. Chambers of Cut Bank,
Girl State director, and Dr. Wil
liam D. Copeland, college presi
dent. Nurses and doctors will
be available at all times.
This is the second Girls' State
sponsored by the Montana de
partment of the American Le
gion . Auxiliary'. The organiza
tion has arranged a complete
political activity program from
filing of candidates for city of
fices to election of a Girls'
State governor and her address
before a legislative assembly.
An opportunity to participate
in the operation of a democra
tic form of government will be
the high school juniors,
Montana's potential
given
who
homemakers, business and pro
fessional women.
Various speakers will address
The program sched
are
the group,
ule includes athletic events, so
cial gatherings and the publica
tion of a daily newspaper.
Ninety Children Register First Day
For Recreation Program Of Summer
Wilmont Wyckoff, city recrea
tion director, reports that the
summer recreation program start
ed Monday with 90 children reg
istering in the park,
taken between 2 and 3 p. m. re
vealed there were 132 children
A count
using the park facilities and par
ticipating in the recreation pro
gram.
Much of the recreation is de
signed to encourage unorganized
activities, by making eqiupment
and guidance available for activ
ities that are performed by in
dividuals or small
Ex
groups.
amples are painting and weav
There is a great variety
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of activities in which interested
persons can participate. Every
child who takes part in the pro
gram will find several things
that are of particular interest
to him.
On the level of organized
sports there are such things as
volley ball, baseball, tennis and
others. There are two classes
of baseball teams forming now,
one is the midget league, the
other the junior league. Arch
ery and tennis are being delay
ed until instructors are found.
Jean Harper and Hazel Leach
aie assisting with the organized
GIRL SCOUTS, JUNIORS
ANTICIPATE CAMP FUN
The present week is the final
roundup week for Girl Scouts
who will be going to camp at
Columbus, Mrs. J. Melvin Wil
liams said Wednesday.
Harry Turner of Billings, train
ed camp director, conducted a
Mrs.
pre-camp training program here
Monday for all counsellors who
expect to assist with the work.
New songs were taught, handi
craft was displayed and regular
camp schedules were outlined.
Mrs. Turner gave a short re
view of the necessity of Girl
Scout camps and stated that
"every' girl who joins a Girl
Scout troop has high hopes for
the adventure and fun Girl Scout
; n g- u -jjj hold for her. Among
ber mos t cherished hopes is her
expectation to go camping, and
the climax of her experience is
Scouts
Giri
were
in camp,
among the first camping groups
to establish standards, and now
their standards serve as guides
for other groups. Rigid health
examinations are required for
both the campers and the coun
selors, and the staff receives
special training.
The Laurel-Co lumbus Girl
Wil
Another training
Scout camp is attempting to
meet the standards, Mrs.
Hams said,
course for all counselors will be
given Saturday, the day before
the regular camp opens.
A registered nurse will be on
duty throughout the camping
period. The waterfront supervis
or meets the requirements set
by Girl Scout standards, and
Mrs. Williams added, the propor
tion of adults to campers is
kept in mind: one adult to four
Brownies and one adult to six
Girl Scouts.
Thirty-six Brownies and Girl
Scouts will leave Sunday morn
ing from the Commercial club
building on Main street at 9:30.
Parents will furnish the girls'
transportation and a truck to
haul bed rolls and luggage will
be provided by Greening Chevro
let company.
Counselors to go from Laurel
are Miss Vera Anderson, handi
crafts, and her assistant, Mrs.
Marion Crawford; Mrs. D. J.
Hoppe!, music and folk dancing;
Mrs. Karl George, waterfront
dancing; Mrs. Prank Hartley,
Miss Lois Crawford and Miss
Anna Dolyneak, assistant coun
selors.
Patrol Sets Dates
For Driver Exams
The drivers' examination sec
tion of the Montana highway pa
trol has announced examination
dates for Yellowstone county ap
plicants for the summer months.
Examiners will be at the city
hall council chambers in Billings
on the days designated, from 9
a. m. to 5 p. m., as follows:
July' 23 and 25 to 30.
August 22 to 27 and 29 to
September 22 and 24 and 26
to 30.
The dates arc inclusive and in
chide all dates between Sunday's
and holiday's.
81.
[ activities of the younger chil
j dren.
Wyckoff said the schedule of
baseball games will be announc
ed soon. Other schedules of
group-participation events will
follow as they are established.
The present schedule calls for
a special night each Thursday.
The event for Thursday this
week will be a mixed volley ball
game, followed by a wiener
roast.
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The program will be in opera
tion from 9 a. m. to 12 noon,
2 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 8:30 p. m.
until Aug. 13.
STATE GARDEN CLUBS
RE-ELECT MRS. STEELE
Mrs. R. 0. Steele
of Laurel
was re-elected president of the
Montana Federation of Garden
clubs at the federation's annua)
convention in Great Falls last
week. The convention opened
Wednesday with a reception at
the Hotel Rainbow. In connec
tion with the convention was an
accredited flower show school
under the direction of Mrs. Lor
enzo True of Spokane. Gov. John
Bonner was guest speaker at the
Thursday noon luncheon of the
group. Among other speakers
at the sessions were Ralph C.
Bricker of Great Falls and Mrs.
Dan Mooney of Butte.
In discussing the plans for
the coming year, Mrs. Steele
said that the Blue Star Memorial
route is to be the main project.
Permission to establish this
memorial to veterans of World
war II was obtained from the
state legislature this year. The
work this year will consist of
planning the plots of flowers.
The planting and financing of
the project is being carried out
by the Montana Federation of
Garden clubs, but the planning
is in conjunction with the high
way department and the main
tenance of the plots will be left
to that department. Markers
specified by National Garden
club executives will be erected
at the state boundaries of the
route.
Other projects for the year
include pest control, horticulture,
conservation and junior garden
ers. Mrs. Steele states that ac
cording to the reports she has
received there are about 30 jun
ior garden clubs with a total !
membership of about 600.
In reviewing the convention
Mrs. Steele stated that she felt
it had been very successful and
entertaining. Aside from the
usual business of the meeting
there were many beautiful flow
er displays and fine entertain
ments.
The Unity Garden club of Lau
rel was presented a national
award for its flower show held
last year.
Attending the convention from
Laurel were Mrs. R. O. Steele,
Mrs. E. L. Sommers, Mrs. T. W.
Evert, Mrs. H J. Cook and Mrs.
H. E. Starkey. Mrs. Evert gave
the report of the Laurel Garden
club and Mrs. Starkey that of
the Unity Garden club. Sirs.
,Cook attended the classes in
flower show judging.
Mrs. Burdett Named
To Office In State
Auxiliary Of USWV
Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Burdett
have returned to Laurel after
attending the convention of the
Montana department of United
Spanish War Veterans and Aux
iliary at Lewistown. Mrs. Bur
dett was elected to the office of
assistant conductor of the aux
iliary'. The national commander
in-chief, Charles Barefoot, ad
dressed the assembly on three
occasions.
Mrs. Anna Nugent of Miles
City, national patriotic instruc
tor, and Mrs. Ruby Unger of
San Francisco, formerly of Lau
rel and past department presi
dent of Montana, were also pres
ent at the meeting.
Mrs. Burdett went to Missoula
Sunday to attend the state meet
ing of the Lady Militants. Big
Horn auxiliary No. 9 of Billings
mustered in candidates Monday
afternoon, put on the drill work
of the order that evening, and
assisted in the degree of Chiv
airy' at the Student Union build
ing on the Montana State univer
si tv campus,
dett
Mayme Henderson, formerly of
Red Lodge.
While in Missoula, Mrs. Bur
was the guest of Mrs.
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East and North Areas Need
Rain—Alfalfa Gutting Is
Pushed To Control Pest
Favorable growing weather in
the central and western portions
of the state accounted for a
better than average rate of •
growth of Montana's hay and
spring planted grain crops dur
ing the past week. In much of
the eastern third of the state,
the moisture supply has become
critical and crops and range
grasses are deteriorating rapidly.
Some spring-grown crops will be
abandoned. A shortage of mois- |
ture is also felt throughout most ]
of the northern tier counties,
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Haying has started in many
areas with a lighter than normal
yield expected.
Thinning and blocking of su
gar beets is progressing in all
areas growing this crop. Many
fields are being mechanically
blocked in Ravalli county. Po
tatoes are doing very well.
The first cutting of alfalfa is
being pushed in some south-cen
tral counties as a means for con
trolling alfalfa weevil that is
causing serious damage in some
localities.
Hot weather conditions have
dried ranges considerably in all
of the drought areas. In other
areas ranges are improving. Ad
ditional moisture is needed
the new' grasses to continue their
normal growth.
Cattle are generally in good,
shape with only a few counties
5n eastern and northern Montana
reporting their cattle condition
as fair. Over 50 per cent of
the livestock is now on summer
There was very little precipi
tation during the week,
some eastern counties the top
soil and subsoil moisture has
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been completely exhausted. The
ranges in this area are at a
standstill and some are begining
to turn brown in spots.
Winter wheat stands in Cho-,
teau county are estimated at
about two-thirds of normal.
Much of the winter wheat has
headed but stands are spotty
Spraying forj;
swing in the
spring grain fields. Wheat in
the spring wheat belt of the
state, except in the di-ier spots,
is progressing satisfactorily but
the growth is not uniform.
in some areas,
weeds is in full
range.
Grasshopper infestations are
heavy in
Big Horn,
Treasure, Pow
Daniels
der River, and Prairie counties.
Spraying with toxaphane is well
under way.
Th* vw vvii^inn. Kiw-anißlo.
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club of Billings was guest of|
the Laure! Kiwanians Wednes
day evening. The new Yellow-;
ï e w Ub * B a n th a e Srtrt dUb |^
vrLnJ^ nrlaw ^ f un
tha eaurui^an. for to
ning. As the two groups hatl
never before held an inter-club
KIWANIANS HAVE
INTERGLUB MEET
meeting, the program was devot
ed to introductions. Each mem
ber introduced himself and gave,
a brief autobiography. It was
found that a large majority of
the members in attendance were
natives of Minnesota and North
Dakota; only four of the men
present were natives of Mon
tana.
The new Yellowstone club chai-,
lenged the Laurel club to a soft
ball game to be played at somei^
time in the near future. The
proceeds will be divided between
the Key clubs sponsored by the
two groups. Willard Balduin
was appointed captain of the
Laurel team and a committee
was appointed to handle the
necessary arrangements.
Though the program was spon
taneous in nature, it was quite
successful.
Pres. Willard Baldwin pre«d
ed at the meeting.
Three Leave For
Naval Training;
Included among the members
of the Billings naval reserve
who left Friday for a training
cruise were Douglas Toombs,
Charles Rosselot and Jinn Morri
son of Laurel.
The twenty-nine crew mem
bers left for Seattle to board a
destroyer-escort and will train
two weeks in San Francisco.
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LEAVES HOSPITAL AFTER FOUR YEARS . . . Raymond Edward
Alderton, in the arms of his father, Raymond C. Alderton, leaves Kan
sa* City's general hospital where he has been a patient for four years,
f° ur months and 15 days of his lifetime of five years. The boy was near
death from a throat infection when he entered the hospital In January,
1945. He was unable to utter a sound until a few weeks ago when
gery was performed on his windpipe and now is learning to talk.
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Burger of Marshalltown,
a to Montana in 1876 in
a, uo iuuamua m iomi 1,1
covered wagon, and married John!
Hagaman at Bearcreek in
He died in 1931.
Survivors include a daughter,
Lester Bessett of Absaro
k ee> the son here, 13 grandchil
( ] r( -n anf j 24 great grandchildren,
Services were conducted at
tbe Absarokee church by Rev. J.
p Howlett and burial was in the
Absarokee Rosebud cemetery.
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Laurel aerie of the Fraternal
; Order of Eagles held a special
forij^gptjng Monday evening this
wee k to honor their visiting state
worthy president, Frank Blair of
Virginia City. In the principal
address of the evening he gave ;
a resume Q f the precepts of the '
or d er and also spoke on Anieri
canism as it applies to Eagle :
members.
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WOMAN SUCCUMBS
;
j Mrs. Maria Hagaman, a Mon
tana pioneer and mother of Roy
j Hagaman of Laurel, died at her!
jj lonie j n Absarokee Saturday at
\ tbe a ge of 82. She came With
> ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
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Mrs.
Listed among accomplishments, !
Blair cited the order's support i
of libera | legislation for the peo
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ple> age pen
s ions civil rights workmen's
j compensation laws, 'and the pre
sent effort to establish stabilized
i employment
The new officers for the 1949
50 term presided at the meeting.
They are Eddie Burke, worthy
' president: O. V. Pewitt. past
'worthy president; J. R. Galla
pher, worthy vice president; J.
Speare, worthy Chaplain; Jun
I ior Fink, worthy conductor; G.
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Hnk >' worthy treasurer;' Chester
' Scott, Merritt Williams and Alex
th
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close *i with the serving
of refreshments by a committee
1 head by Jeff Leis.
Degree, Magna Cum
Lande, At Yanktoni'
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Robert Strobel, son of Rev.
Theodore C. Strobel of Portland,.
1-6 -' and formely of Laurel, re-1
Reived a bachelor of arts degree,
magna cum laude, at the sixty
stventb annual commencement
<xerc ^ 868 Yankton college,
^ ankton, S. D.
In ad ^ K>l ? i t0 a i^ ad ""l'ivli "the
S 0 ? ^c^emk
scnooi or meoiogy
which is awarded each year
u ' the student who has
obtained the highest grades dur
school year.
He majored in psychology U I"'
his undergraduate academic
e and will continue his
mg
course
theology training.
I« Planning* Picnic
IS rtanning ru.liu.
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Laurel firemen will be enter-1
tained by the fireman's auxiliary ,
at a picnic, June 30 at the North !
Flremer ,. g Auxiliary
park, at 6:30 in the evening.
In case of rain, the meeting j
the firemen's club
will be at
room in the city hall.
i noon l unc heon meeting Tuesday.
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"He briefly reviewed the state's
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constlt utional provision prohibit
ling 1 gambling and recent legisla
tion,. According to Sande, the
present difficulty arises from the
fact that the law governing the
licensing of slot machines is so
worded as to be open to various
interpretations, and until the
supreme court renders an opinion
It Will be impossible to determine
how the law shall be enforced.
At present some counties are al
lowing the operation of slot ma
chines under certain conditions
wb ^e °tl' ers are n °L a situation
resu ' ts * n confusion.
Speaking of the enforcement in
Yellowstone county, he said that
he had conformed to orders of
the attorney general. Sande then
discussed the economic and moral
aspects of gambling.
l n the discussion period that
followed his address the mem
hers in attendance asked ques
tions and expressed thgir own
v ' ews - The genera! attitude as
indicated by the discussion was
»against legalized gambling. The
members complimented Sande on
his stand and the means he is
ATTORNEY AS SPEAKER
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! for Montana, when he addressed
the Laurel Rotary club at its
Charles B. Sande, Yellowstone
j county attorney, spoke on a con
troversial subject gambling laws
, ..
«sing to enforce the law;.
Gu ^ U a * tJ e wen
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Hr. C. Copeland, Billings, and
Dr - E - w - Fu,ler ' Beatrice, Neb.
I Chester Scott was program com
I mitteeman. Vice Pres, Wayne
Hagem an presided.
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AUenQ F lUlCral VJI
Mrs Batt'S Brother
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At Worden Monday
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Mr ' *" d M ~ J " ob Batt a " d
daughter, Laura Mae, attended
funeral services in Worden Mon
day for Carl Frederick Propp,
«. M„. Bau, *
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survived by his widow, two sons,
the sister Mrs. Batt, and eight
bro i tbers - ^ John . Meer ^ ffl
c,ated at the services and a
mixed quartet sang Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere," "Ivory'
Palaces" and "Does Jesus Care?"!
G J" e b X w."'5 re J°Ai ex Ii S , b.'|
ander > u w i l ' iam Karst and|
George H. Oblander. Burial was
in Pleasantview cemetery at
Ballantine.
Members of the American Le
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LeglOll Auxiliary
'* ion Auxiliary gathered at the
Legion club house at Riverside
, . .
park last Tuesday for a pot
l uc k supper and social evening,
'pj le meeting marked the close
of the organization's activities
until the first of September,
w j, en regular meetings will ' be
resum ed.
Recesses Till Fall
At a brief business session,
Mrs. Esther Sterrett, retirinig
president, turned the meeting
? er J° ^ , n€W ® fficers - h «f ded
by Mlss Valma Shay, president.
Final reports were given, on the,
rehabilitation program and Mrs.
Nancy Vaught, chairman, report
ed on the success of the poppy
sale.
There was a goood attendance
of members. Mrs. Gus Carlson
Jwas a guest at the meeting.
YELLOWSTONE
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TO STUDY SOIL
I Conservation Tours
By Several, Including
Jaunts To Canada
Slated
Bozeman, June 15.—To show
j farmers and ranchers how soil
j can be conserved, more than 25
soil conservation districts will
! have held field tours this sum
l mer with one of them an aerial
tour and two others extending
across the border into Canada,
according to J. C. Taylor, as
sociate conservationist at Mon
tana State college.
The tours are a part of the
educational program of the
boards of supervisors and coun
ty agents in the soil conserva
tions districts. Programs for
each tour are arranged by the
supervisors and the county
agents. Representatives of the
soil conservation service, the
Montana extension service and
other organizations will take
part. Each tour is designed so
farmers and ranchers wall have
the opportunity to see what pro
per conservation practices have
accomplished.
Mineral county held the first
of several tours in May. Seven
are scheduled for June,
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lue first aerial conservation
tour w j)i be held in Fergus coun
ty, July 1.
Glacier, Pondera and Toole
counties will have a joint tour
July 11 and 12. Those attending
this tour will cross the border,
observing conservation practices
en route. They will also inspect
the experimental work of the
Canadian experiment station at
Lethbridge. McCone and Rich
land counties will follow this
group and make a stop to in
spect the work of the north Mon
tana branch station at Havre,
Other counties which have held
or will hold tours this summer
are Gallatin, Yellowstone, Cas
cade, Choteau, Madison, Jeffer
son, Sanders, Blaine, Dawson,
Hill, Lake, Missoula, Musselshell,
Golden Valley, Ravalli, Roosevelt,
Rosebud and Sheridan.
POLIGHNNOUNGEO BY
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The Commercial club commit
*" har tbe arrange
ments for the Laurel booth at
the Midland-Empire fair
met Tuesday evening. Dr D A.
Nottingham, president of the
Commercial club, reported a good
attendance at the meeting and
T a Cooper f' on evi I
denced by the representatives of
^ e . ^ rden f lubs and womens
clubs 18 n , lost . encouraging.
R w f. s dec,d f d at the meetmg
^ u f P re ™ un ? 8 Raided fort
exhibits at the booth would be
the property of the persons pro
ducing them. Hageman's eleva
ton has been selected as a collec
Uon P° lnt {or exhibits and all
** djlfver «h.i, «UbMs th«,.
The decorations for the booth
were discussed but no final de
cl81on " as "»ched.
Reassigned To States
From Far East Area
i Tokyo, June 18.—One of 27 air
1 men recently reassigned from
Far East air forces headquarters
to the United States after com
pleting three years of service
in Japan is Tech. Sgt. David E.
Milligan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tennis F. Milligan, 618 Juniper
avenue, Laurel.
Sergeant Milligan, who has
served as chief clerk in the unit
personnel office since coming to
FEAF, served in Pacific areas
during the war. He holds the
Asiatic-Pacific Theater ribbon
with three battle stars.
T. Sgt. Milligan Is
Sewing Machine Co.
In New Location
Mrs. Doris Adams, proprietor
of the Laurel Sewing Machine
|& supply Co., has completed
moving the business to a
location, 5 First avenue.
former location
Main street,
new
The
was 313 West
Included in the transfer
the concern's stock of
machines and
was
sewing
accessories, to
gether with the repair shop
equipment and tools.