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tn LAUREL OUTLOOK ^ y ** <? s .V $44= Official Paper of Yellowstone County LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1950 VOLUME 43—NO. 21 FIVE CENTS GREAT WESTERN TOP HOST PHI Checks Go Out This Week At Denver For Huge Amount— Everyone Pleased By Crop - Denver, Nov. 15.—The Great Western Sugar company will pay approximately $26,828,000 Nov. 20 to beet growers in Colorado, Ne braska, Wyoming and Montana as initial payment on the 1950 sugar beet crop, according to Frank A. Kemp, president. Forthcoming sugar act payments, arising in con nection with the tax levied on the processor, will increase growers' returns from the initial company payment to at least $34,000,000. The Great Western payment will be the second largest initial pay ment in the history of the com pany. In Colorado the first com pany payment will average $9.63 per ton; in Nebraska and Wheat land, Wyo., $9.45 per ton, and at Billings, Mont., and Lovell, Wyo., each grower will receive a flat initial payment of $9.20 per ton. Sugar act payments will bring the initial payment per ton to an av erage of $12.25 in Colorado, $12.04 in the Nebraska-Wheatland area and $11.77 in the Billings-Lovell district. Checks will be mailed Nov. 191 from 18 sugar factories to some 9,000 growers as first payment on beets delivered through Nov. 4. This represents about 95 per cent of the crop. Although recent snows interrupted the last days of har ! all delivered. Kemp described the 1950 crop as excellent, averaging 14.65 tons per acre for the company's four-state area, which was IVz tons higher than the long-time average. "Everybody is tremendously pleased," Kemp said. "The crop got off to a slow start but was benefited by fine growing weather late into the fall, which also brought about very favorable con ditions for harvest. Improved va rieties of seed developed by the company must also be credited in part for the outstanding result. More than half the crop was me chanically harvested, with some areas harvesting over 80 per cent by machines. Again the beet crop is playing a very important part in the agricultural and industrial life of the west." Pvt. Estelle Gaynor Training 1 In Texas Lackland Air Force Base, Tex., Nov. 15.—Pvt. Estelle F. Gaynor, 18, daughter of G. J. Gaynor of 16 Seventh avenue, Laurel, has re ported to Lackland A. F. B., the "Gateway to the Air Force, t) ■ ■ " | j | ■ ■ ■ ■ 11 L-lf / . n • al I tî^trahüng'center'here 1 for*womem Lackland, situated near San An force' base, center of air force basic , ■ • Xtrfnation Sn t Jl Ê 4 F 's officer candidate school. 1 'Private Gaynor's training will prepare her for entrance into air force technical training and for assignment in specialized work. The course will include a scientific evaluation of her aptitude and in clination for following a particular! vocation and career. SHERROW HEADS CHAPTER Bert Sherrow', Jr., of Billings was named head of the Billings alumni chapter of Sigma Chi social fraternity at a meeting at the | Commercial club, Tuesday evening. He succeeds James Felt, retiring president. Thomas E. Heald is secretary and Dan Marshall McDonald, Jr., treasurer. COUNCIL ORDERS City To Lay Two Blocks Of Four-Inch Line Requested By Property Owners The Laurel city council, meeting! Iues d a y evening of last its first November session, decided week for! that the city should lay two blocks of four-inch cast iron water line on Second Avenue North, extended as has been requested by petitioning property owners. The mayor's ac tion in allowing lots 1 and 2, block 3, West Laurel subdivision to Lena Stouffer for easement for a drain ditch was approved. With Mayor Peter Thomson pre siding, councilmen attending the meeting were Romee, Feuerbacher, Tubman, McManus, Freebury and Paul Wold. Several building permits were granted. One was to Mrs. David Behm for building a 14 by 14-foot addition to a house on lots 9 and 10, block 8, Young's Second sub division, at an approximate cost of $1,000. A permit was issued to David Morgan to move a 22 by 26 frame house from the rear of 306 Dur land avenue to lots 6 and 7, block! 27, East Yellowstone subdivision, | costing approximately $5,000. | H. L. Moon was given a permit j to build a five by six-foot frame addition to a house on lot 18, block 11, Laurel Heights at a cost of $50. Clarence Adams received a per mit to move a 10 by 18 frame ga-1 rage from lots 1 and 2, block 2,' Park subdivision, to lots 13 14 and McCormick, cost of $125. A permit was issued to Oscar Anderson to build an 18 by 21 frame garage on lots 13 and 14, block 7, Nutting subdivision, at a cost of $350. Approved was an application for a permit by W. D. Killebrew to build a four by eight-foot storm porch on a house on lots 3 and 4, block 15, Yellowstone subdivision, at a cost of $20. A permit was granted Manley K. Gerke to build a 12 by 24 frame garage on lots 17 and 18, block 6, Laurel Heights, at a cost of $100. Monthly reports of city officers and departments were presented, read and filed. WHITSON TELLS Of I KIWANIS APPLE SALE "Sell the idea, not the apple," said James Whitson when he brief-) ed members last Wednesday on the apple sale campaign the Laurel Kiwanis club has undertaken in order to raise money for its crip pled children's fund. Realizing a the Kiwanians hope to raise a con siderable sum of money to use jin the support of such worthwhile (work as that being carried on by the cerebral palsy center at East- 1 ern Montana College of Education, which is already scheduled to re- : ceive a portion of the money rais- ! good profit on each box of apples, ed. The apple sale campaign in Lau rel is headed by chairman James Whitson. Other members of the sales campaign are Alvin Shaf fer, William Barnett, and Dr. Har ry H. McLane. Working in co operation with the Billings Kiwan is club, which extends the Laurel club an invitation to join with them and make a drive in Laurel j t p. î ^ fng canvassed''^Hie'connn it tee at tended the br'iefimr session riven BmlUgs Kiwanianf "m^this Though the funds raised by the two i,.u„ 1 1 „ Hirentlv their r n r e sp^i^e trSsSries thïv are co- ! operating closely on the campaign and will support some of the same projects. I The campaign is scheduled toi terminate Nov. 22, the day before Thanksgiving. Any person pur-j chasing apples before Nov. 18, is given a choice of two dates, Nov. 18, or Dec. 16, on which to ac- ; cept delivery'. Although cash will be accepted at the time the order is placed, it is not necessary to pay for the apples until they are delivered. The slogan for the drive is "Buy Kiwanis apples—you The Kiwanis club received a! new member when Charles Lowell Bullis w r as introduced. Several other men are now completing ar rangements to take membership in will feel good all ways. the club. g| \ E S * é ■ \ ■ L\. i # jfllO.. * j 0* 4-1 n % AS fe. If pw ■ J . -V totov , „V"" *■ aft |E 8 ■ gj 8 " EXPANDING WITH THE COMMUNITY, the Laurel public library is about to begin another period of good service. The south facade of the building was not changed during the process of enlargement and con tinues its familiar appearance. The addition was at the back, towards the north, and extends nearly the full length of the building, giving much needed room and light. . The bottom picture is an interior view of a part of the addition, showing some of the shelves, read ta bles and a section of a large north window, i|u $ \ . ifwm sii ■U ■ :Y ■j w A I ■ A ' mu mm % pH gY • Æ A** y. ■ Ml* ai 3 4»« A " FRY 10 PRESIDE HI Pres. Joseph W. Fry of Laurel will preside this week in Great Falls at the eleventh annual con ventioi. of the Montana Motor Transport association, Thursday through Saturday. More than 300 delegates and their wives are ex pected to attend. Fry, a member of the firm of Bice Truck Lines, petroleum transporting concern, was elected MMTA president year ago. To headline the convention speakers will be Leland James of Portland, Ore., president of Con solidated Freightways who was re cently elected president of the a • rp V- • i. American Trucking association when the national body met in New York other national s P ea ^ rs , ta a PP ear oathe are Fred B. Lautzenhiser of Inter national Harvester company, Chi cago, and John Springer of the| Western Highway institute, San Francisco. Kandal1 Swanberg, Great Falls, attorney will be master of cere monies at the association's annual banquet Saturday night. The ban quet and program will be followed] by a dance. Great Falls men in) charge of arrangements for the convention are Krank I. and F. L. Stellingwerf, while Harry Broadwell of Billings is gen eral convention chairman. The state transport auxiliary! will liieet in conjunction with the MMTA meeting, with Mrs. Frank J. O'Boyle in charge of the ar rangements. ROD, GUN MB SUTES .■ •••>. . - Laurel Rod and Gun club's an -al turkey shoot and fall party KÄ STÄ,»*«* Klverside park. The fall turkey shoot, always a short time before Thanksgiving, has been staged by the club for several years and in- j variably draws a large attendance. Included in the entertainment : will be trap shooting, card shoot-■ mg, games and a duck nng Lunch wddl coffee willbe served. Fun fori the entire families is scheduled. ; , ^ ' ' ~ Z - i Pistol PctC S lim j TA , , r) rv i ÜGStrOyGO By FirG - that C. L. Rhodes' night club, a few miles east of Columbus at 1 Rapids, had been totally destroyed * by fire early in the morning. It was but recently completed and was located on the north side of U. S. highway 10 near the former site of tbe Rapids school. It was known as Pistol Pete's Inn. : : m i & ! ) | ! Î ; a; j Above is the first unit of the L aure l public library, which at the ' tlme and f ° r , qulte a while later was cramped for space and reading nia t er i a l. Both conditions were in tirne corrected. The old unit is the southwest corner of the much enlarged library shown elsewhere on this paire. The first addition ! extended it almost to the city hall and relieved some of the internal j is Mrs Carrie Erb , who has been librarian since the begin ninsr in 1917 For many years her j remarkable memory was her best j card index system. Now it is a little difficult to remember up to 7,000 titles, During the timq the library was ! p/°Th Ä as Mrs. Erb's successor. Open house has been declared for next Friday night from 7:30 to 9 Tiny Unit Lacked Space, Books When M rs. Erb Became Librarian 'There wasn't a book or maga zine in the place the day they gave me the key (July 2, 1917) and told me *° un I° c k," Mrs. Carrie Erb said as she recounted her experiences as librarjan at the Laurel public "»'• - =*» tent a number of books as dm, Ruben Coy, and by the end of the; day we had a total of 137 books.") From this be&inninff in the small buiidin that constitutes the west wi f the nt library there has g under the conscientiousi care of Mrs . Erb and the library boardj tbe new p i an t 0 f vastly fi oor space which houses more than 7,000 books. The growth of the library building has taken place in the form of two additions, one completed in February 1937 ,\ and the other just now opening, When the library first opened, and for many vears* after, Mrs. Erb's unfailing memory provided the only reference a borrower needed to find all the books in the library on any given subject, but the in crease in the library's size during recent years has made necessary the addition of the Dewey decimal system of cataloging. I î A f ■ * H' \ 0,0<rr » ® A * Mrs. Erb's place in the library \ has perhaps been best expressed by the child who, one Halloweenj night, drew a profile of the librar-j ian on a library window and under | 11 "Carrie lives here." Jî£ Ï! ÄS Ä p , ace sh( . holds In the minds of most Laurel residents, that Mrs. Erb retires from the position of 1'branan. She has held her post continuously, with the exception of eightmonths, since the time the •'brary first opened A member of the llb rary board has stated that :,t . 18 most unusuaI ioTa > person to & lve . so many years ser\ lce ln the same capæ.ty. Coming here in 1908, when "the, roundhouse was almost com pleted," Mrs. Erb has, in more, than one sense, watched Laurel! grow. She relates that one spring evening several years ago she planned to close the library a little early and attend the commence ment exercises at the high school, but a barefooted little boy came in and sat down to read and stayed until closing time. The boy is now the proprietor of a business in Laurel. I Enlarged Library To Open Fri.,7:30P.M. I After Being Closed Several Months While Im provements Were Made, Center Of Reading ; and Information Is Ready For Greater Service tion and dedication services. The library has been closed since March ! 14 while an addition on the north side of the building was being com-1 pleted. The scheduled program opening ceremonies includes an ad - 1 Members of the library board and the librarian extend an in vitation to the public to inspect the enlarged Laurel Public li brary when it is reopened at 7:30 p. in., Friday. An address by Mayor Peter Thomson is scheduled during the evening ceremony. No books will be loaned out until Saturday as it is the wish of the board that the complete stock remain in tact for inspection during the evening. Laurel public library will open Friday evening for public inspec Th ree Churches Continue Custom Of Having Common Thanksgiving Three Laurel churches will pur sue a custom next week of holding! union Thanksgiving services, which J began at the end of the last war since been repeated from year to year. The procedure is essentially the same each time, the variety consisting of shifts in details. As formerly the scene will be the large Congregational church on Durland avenue, the capacity of which has been taxed at times, Following the custom of the par ticipating churches, that of ro-1 tating the speakers, Rev. H. C. Haemmelmann, pastor of the Con gregational church, will occupy his own pulpit, something that LUTHER LEAGUES MEET HERE AT END Of WEEK I i j ! j ! Rev. C. O. Anderson, pastor of,^. Our Savior's Lutheran church, has ! announced that the Young Peoples ! Luther League of the Billings cir-l cuit of the Lutheran church will j have an annual meeting at Big Timber, Nov. 17 and 18. Registra tion will be Friday evening from 7 to 8 o'clock. Morning and after noon sessions, with an election of officers, will be held Saturday. The closing session Saturday evening will begin with a banquet. Members from Roundup, Har lowton, Hardin, Shepherd, Laurel, Absarokee, Bozeman, Big Timber, Billings and Livingston will be ) I I j i present. SUIE HUGH OF I P, E, 0, MAKES VISIT ; ! j Mrs. Iva Lea Orr, state organizer | of the P. E. O., was a guest of 1 honor Thursday evening when ' Chapter B entertained at a din ner meeting at the home of Mrs. Bertha Gehrett. Mrs. Ina Graff, Mrs. Edith Sherrow and Mrs. Gwen Nottingham were co-host esses. Table decorations were yel-j low candles and white chrysanthe | mums and places were mark^ for i ÏÏT il'ÂÏ SÏ ; lings, were guests. j Mrs. Conrad, accompanied by | Sharon Foote sang "Little Lad-j die and God s Dream I Mrs. Orr, who made her official visit to the chapter, received a gift and a corsage. Mrs. Helen Crom- ; well presided at the meeting. ^ GXt IVlGGting 1 Of ry rp a rp r p„ n pl ni<SPll«ï«inn 1 ailGi LUSCUSSlOIl . : The Laurel I. T. A. unit will, have its next meeting Nov 29 at ; 8 p. m. in the high school cudi-j ton uni, according to Mrs. Alvin Shaffer, publicity chairman. Le sides a special music program andj refreshments, the evening will fea turc a panel discussion. ^e years theme for I . 1. A. (Continued on Page Ten) dress by Mayor Peter Thomson, who will dedicate the new section, all of .which was constructed with j funds from the estate of the late ' Ruth Nutting. A bronze plaque has been ordered and will, on arrival, be placed in the new addition to I commemorate Miss Nutting's gen erosity. A similar plaque, marking the many years of service by Mrs. Carrie Erb, retired librarian, will be placed in the original unit of the library. The original library was opened July 2, 1917, after funds were raised through public subscription to purchase the office building of Dr. C. A. Marcus, and the property was presented to the city. From this small unit, which opened with no books or magazines in stock, has grown to the present plant. An addition to the building was con ofjstructed in 1937 to meet the need (Continued on Page Ten) 'happens but once in three years, The service will begin at 8 p. m. next Wednesday, Nov. 22, Thanks giving eve, the Congregational, the Methodist, and the Church of the Nazarene. People of other churches and faiths may attend at will. A col lection will be taken and given to some worthy cause appearing to be common ground for the three participating bodies. Members of the Laurel Rotary club were outnumbered by their guests when the Billings Rotary club made a "return engagement" at an inter-city meeting held here Tuesday. Frank G. Connelly pre sided over the meeting at which , the Blllin « s S r oup provided the P r °g TaTT ' The first of two speakers, A. f. Peterson, referred back to the founding of the Laurel club and read from newspaper clippings that reported the event. Listed as first officers of the club were John Cor win, president; B. A. Sherrow, vice president; Fred W. Graff, secre tary-treasurer, and Tom Rigney, sergeant-at-arms. Of the list of charter members who formed the club nearly 15 years ago, only a few are now on the role. Citing the achievements of Rotary, Peterson pointed out the gain of personal and community friendship as a sufficient return for member ship in the organization, but stated that there were many other profits to be had. "Why worry," was the topic chosen by Dr. W. D. Copeland, sec ond speaker on the program. "I don't mean to belittle the serious ness of the present situation," he said in a preview of an address. that he plans to deliver before an assembly of educators when they met in Atlantic City next January. In essence, Copeland pointed out the difference between worry and constructive thinking, and named confusion as the greatest cause of worry "One reason we worry so how 'Æl nations which result from the mis use of misunderstanding of words. which he illustrated with some hu morons stones, and a great cause of worry, according to Copeland. Other sources of worry that he cited were confusing size with im portance, speed with progress authority with intelligence, and SI "J' a T m'sconceptions. t " S1 ? r to ^' 0n 7 tha " t ink, he said as he stressed th j dilIer . ence between thinking and worrying. In the processes or ^ m , ing or \ e 13 forced to face a prob em and grapple with it, wh^e worry largely ignores mam issues, ointing out that by doing each day s work to the best of his abil ity man is released from worry concerning the past or the future, Copeland re-emphasized the need for constructse thinking and the futility of worry. (Continued on Page Ten)