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Page Two OSWEGO By Shirley Mae Bridges Robert Phillips was a business caller in Wolf Point Monday. Those who attended the Basket ball games in Frazer Tuesday from Oswego were: Mrs. Frank Redstone, Mae, Elaine Olson, Mr. and Mrs. L. Dubbe, Mrs. Leonard Rada and son, Ben McClammy, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wetsit and son, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jackson and children. Mrs. Shirley Bridges, Betty, Bob Phillips. Frank Meyers was a business caller in town Tuesday. Lester and Russell Nickels of Nashua were business callers at the VX bar ranch Tuesday. The boys purchased the registered Morgan Stallion "Gyroc” from Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Bridges. Elaine Olson of Wolf Point was a house guest of Mae Redstone Tues day evening. Mrs. R. Scott, Mrs. Lucy Tyner, Mrs. Russell Lowe, Mrs. Harold Frazier, Mrs. August Knapp. Mrs. Dwight Bridges. Mrs. Shirley Bridges. Robert Phillips were shop pers in Wolf Point Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sweeting were business callers in Wolf Point Mon day. Abbey Todd and son of Wiota were business callers in town on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. James Scott add children were callers in town Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Bridges Betty, Robert Phillips were dinner quests of Mr. and Mrs. Deverett Baker in Wolf Point Friday ev ening. Mrs. Russell Lowe. Mrs. Russell Scott, Mrs. Shirley Bridges and daughter Betty were shopping in Wolf Point Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. F. Rada and child ren were shoppers in Wolf Point Saturday. Q. P. McClammy was a business callers tn wolf Point Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. ' Dwight Bridges. Dean and Vivian of Frazer were The HERALD-NEWS OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF ROOSEVELT COUNTY Established in 1913 Continuation of The Wolf Point Herald. The Roosevelt County News, The Fort Peck Leader, The Wolf Point Promoter, The Roosevelt County Independent. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Wolf Point Montana. July 11. 1946, under the Act of March 3. 1879. IMDOHAL (DHOW AL_ JaO^QCIATIQN Member Eastern Montana Press Association Published Every Thursday Morning at Wolf Point. County Seat of Rooeevelt County, Montana HARRY N. DOWNS and MIKE M. VUKELICH Editors and Publiahera G. C. (Kip) HINTON, Aasociate Editor — SUBSCRIPTION RATES — Year 13.09 (In the Counties of Roosevelt, McCone, Daniels, Val ley, Sheridan and Richland). Outalde the above counties, $3.50 per year. PEmrs W* ■ i.^ -^Or'A/ K/'.. 4 w-* J ’ r ®' r— | l i Flatteringly Sheer 45 Gauge l^i GAYMODE* NYLONS > 1.15 ■a^'jLw^ Beautifully sheer nylons to wear in your busy holiday whirl or to give as g>ft>- b ull fashioned in hues to blend with every costume. Sizes B^-10J4’* •«< s r.r oa. ,n Dainty Gift Box! ^Irx^^ANDKEREHiEFs 98c Exquisitely made from fine cotton lawn, beautifully embroidered with white or floral motifs. Lovely gift? MEN’S HANDKERCHIEFS Huge, 17"* 17" man-sized handkerchiefs Cl/A in soft, fine cotton. He’ll like the smart 7 printed borders, bright colors! ea. CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Coming to the Liberty Theatre December 25-26-27 Red Skelton in “MERTON OF THE MOVIES.” Matinee 2:30 p. m. Christmas Day. visiting Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Bridges and Betty Sunday. Mrs. Harold Frazier started to work Friday at the Red Owl Store in Wolf Point during the Christmas rush. Ben McClammy was a business caller in Glasgow Saturday. MRS FRANK PETERSON ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE Mrs. Frank Peterson entertained at bridge last Friday evening. Four tables were in play. The hostess served refreshments late in the ev ening. * 1 " THE HERALD-NEWS — Wolf Point, Roosevelt County, Montana BROCKTON Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kuehnle were in from north community Monday. The Harlem Legionnaires played the Brockton Imps here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nygard, Louie Loen and Mr. and Mrs. Bert John son motored to Williston Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bert JohnSbn and Del Ray left by train to Kindred, North Dakota to visit her folks a week. The Warriors played Bainville here Tuesday evening. Warriors winning both games. The B team score was 23-30 and Ist team 30-32. Ted Johnson and Verncn left for Kalispell Thursday to visit their brothers a few days. Mrs. Sam Nygard and James and Mrs. Julius Johnsen were busi ness callers in Poplar Thursday. Vital Jaumotte left for Belt, Mont Friday where Mrs. Vital Jaumotte Is visiting her folks. Mr. and Mrs. John Dehner at tended the Harlem Legionaire game here Monday. Mrs. Julie Jaumotte of Culbert son is here visiting at the Arvid Dahlberg heme a few days. The Warriors lost their first ^ame here Friday against Poplar. It being, any ones game until the last few minutes. The score ending 28- 34. The Warriors B team won 28- 36. Large crowd attended the game. Those who attended the Brock ton-Poplar game from north com munity were Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cormack, Mina Lauridsen, Mr. and Mrs. John Dehner, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Qualley and Tilford Vraa. Mr. and Mrs. Delton Blanton re turned from Crosby, North Dakota where they visited her folks. Mr. and Mrs. Orrie Vraa returned from their honeymoon Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. George Shanks were Wolf Point shoppers Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Gunder Vraa of North community motored to Pop lar Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Johnson wore Williston shoppers Saturday. Funeral services for Lewis Bur shla were held at Poplar Saturday. Funeral services for Mrs. Jake Bighorn were held at Fort Kipp Saturday afternoon. C. J. Samuelson, Harriet and Carol motored to Sidney Saturday. TYPEWRITER RIBBONS — Un derwood and Remington, good quality, non - typefilling and long-lasting ribbons. Also add ing machine ribbons and paper rolls. Herald-News office. Wolf Point. jtf < n>S u ^I^B« ILA / x \ It’s just plain common tenu to take your John Deere \J J \ Farm Equipment to those who service it best. .. your 1 / \ John Deere representative in this community. / \ We ve equipped our shop with the latest precision \ tools to do the work the way it should be done. Our / f\ \ trained mechanics, with factory “know-how”, will \«\ \ K \ give your equipment a thorough going over ... making \ 1 , necessary adjustments, replacing worn-out parts ] 1 with only genuine John Deere Parts, and returning your equipment to you looking and running just like Come in the next time you’re in town and let us es- 1 \ ornate the cost of your reconditioning requirements. A You’ll be surprised at the completeness of the work dSF I /Ulj we do at a mighty economical price. //^HT IBSEN IMPUMENT CO. < Wolf Point, Mont. , 4 BUY ONLY GENUINE JOHN DEERE PARTS - THEY FIT AND WEAR LI KE THE ORIGINALS! SOUTH RIVER Mr. O. B. Horseford, left Sunday on a short business trip to St. Paul. Delegates and members of the Farmers Union Elevator Board re turned Saturday from St Paul. They report attending a very in teresting meeting. The conservation Committee is building a dam for Sylvester Dil lon on the old Blodgett place which Sylvester recently purchased. About forty attended the Farmers Union Meeting Friday night at the Albert Burner home. A voluntary program, had been called for by the chairman and it proved to be in teresting and original. Melvin Byx be is the new member. A pct-luck lunch was served and games and music were enjoyed by all after the business meeting. We were glad to see some town folks out. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bawden vi sited at the Horseford home, Fri day evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Fuglesbo and Mr. and Mrs. Jens Dahl, visited at the Halverson home recently. Lee Rhoads and his grandmo ther, Mrs. Lou Rhoads, are visiting Lee’s sister, Mrs. Clyden, in Illin ois. The Clarence Dillon family visi ted at the Bud Cahill home, Sun day. Charlie Noreen returned Wednes day from a month’s visit near St. Paul. He was called there by the Watches Elgin — Hamilton — Gruen WALTHAM ALSO LADIES’ AND MENS’ 17-JEWEL LANDAU WATCHES as low as $29,75 TAX INC. DRESSER SETS BILLFOLDS OF QUALITY MENS’ AND LADIES’ AGATE JEWELRY TIE CHAINS LOCKETS RINGS EARRINGS ELGIN AMERICAN COMPACTS White Jewelry JIM LARSON, Prop. Wolf Point, Mont. eerious illness of his brother, who passed away, before Charlie arriv ed. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Burner stay ed with Mrs. Herman Burner, north of Wolf Point, while their son, Her man attended a business meeting in St. Paul. Mr. and Mrs. George Good made a business trip to Williston Satur day. Earl Good and Frank, Frederick called at Herman Luenbergers Sun day to buy some livestock. A school meeting was held at E. E. Rhoads home by Sunnyside di rectors, Friday night Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wittenberg returned from Great Falls, last week, where they had gone for med ical consultation. RIVERSIDE Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kuhene were Sunday callers at Bert Richards. Mr. Armand Richard drove to Mlles City Wednesday to get Patsy who was In the hospital there. Edgar Lemieux, Jake Neumiller, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kuehne and family and John Dauglas all help ed little Arlene Olson celebrate her Sth birthday. Jake Neumiller left Wednesday evening for Havre to be with his mother who Is In the hospital there. Mr, and Mrs. Joe Legare of Flax ville and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Le- sare of Wolf Point, visited relatives and friends In the community Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Legare used to live on the present Laur ence Olson farm. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lemieux and Edgar motored to Frazer on busi ness Friday. Clarence and Harry Olson were in Wolf Point Friday. Wilfred Cheeney Is geetting hls house wired for lights which he hopes to have soon. The Bell XS-1, built at Niagra Falls for the U. S. Air Force is ex pected to reach spee'ds of 1500 miles per hour. _ — --■ > r z: 1- sr zr-jy ir -r .. w „ H Wl, : ... Gift Sets of EVENING IN PARIS OLD SPICE SOLON PALMER DAGGETT & RAMSDELL COTY MAX FACTOR CHEN-YU COURTLEY’S MEN SETS SHEAFFER & PARKER PEN efid PENCIL SETS BILLFOLDS by MEEKER CAMERAS ELECTRIC RAZORS OLD SPICE MEN SETS MEN’S LEATHER FITTED CASES, HUXSOL DRUG WAYNE GILLETTE, WOLF POINT A RECORD YEAR OF GROWTH 1947 S ’ 1946 1940 This month marks the end of a year which saw the greatest growth of tele phone facilities ever recorded in this state. After war ended and materials slowly became available we embarked on an expansion program far greater than anything before in our history. In 1946 we began to get some of the equip ment we needed—and this year we were able to get more from our manu facturers. But the job is far from being finished. We want to take care of all those whose orders for new service, or for changes in type of service, have been delayed. >h So, in 1948, we expect to be busier than ever-—installing more and more equip ment to bring you a constantly improv ing service. TNI MOUNTAIN STATU TILIPNONt A THIURAM COMPANY * Thursday, December 18, 1947 Basket Social St. Catherine'* group of the Al tar Society i* sponsoring a BASKET SOCIAL ANO DANCE DEC. 26 AT THE PARISH HALL Admission will be fifty cents per couple snd a box lunch for two. Everyone welcome. Mucic by the Musicairea.