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ASC Committees
For 1955 Selected
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation committeemen for
1955 have been chosen by farmers
and ranchers of the county, Chair
man Walter R. Scott, of the ASC
committee announced this week.
Ballots were counted on Dec. 14,
Scott said, by a board of election
judges composed of A. C. Petersen,
Culbertson; Clifford Thomsen, Cul
bertson; Frank Bertino, Culbert
son; Ralph Crisman, Bainville, and
John Miller, Froid.
Committeemen elected are:
District No. I—Chairman, Robert
Peterson, Wolf Point; vice chair
man, Harry Carlson, Wolf Point;
regular member, Idan Camrud,
Wolf Point; first alternate, Marbie
Hanson, Wolf Point; second alter
nate, Dennis Nelson, Wolf Point.
District No. 2—Chairman, Chest
er Erickson. Wolf Point; vice chair
man, Harold Ruhd, Wolf Point;
regular member, Larry Grimsrud,
Wolf Point; first alternate, A. M.
Rensvold, Wolf Point; second al
ternate, Bud Bilyeu, Wolf Point.
Distriot No. 3 — Chairman, Ber
nard Langer, Wolf Point; vice
chairman, John Gribble, Poplar;
regular member, W. M. Rusch, Wolf
Point; first alternate, Edward Bach,
Wolf Point; second alternate, Mil
ton Siljenberg, Wolf Point.
District No. 4—Chairman, How
ard Jensen, Wolf Point; vice chair
man, Martin Sethre, Wolf Point;
regular member, Russell Zimmer
man, Wolf Point; first alternate,
John A. Herting, Wolf Point; sec
ond afternate, Albert Karge, Wolf
Point.
District No. s—Chairman, George
Morse, Poplar; vice chairman,
James Daneilson, Poplar; regular
member, Walter Bridges, Poplar;
first alternate, Carl Biere, Poplar;
second alternate, Clifford Haga
done, Poplar.
District No. 6 —Chairman, John
D. Nesbit, Poplar; vice chairman,
Gerald Zuck, Poplar; regular mem
ber, Norman Jensen, Poplar; first
alternate, Eugene Swank, Poplar;
second alternate, Wm. (Wiedell)
Lien, Flaxville.
District No. 7 —Chairman, Fred
Clark, Poplar; vice chairman, Les
McAnally, Poplar; regular member,
James Helmer. Poplar; first alter
nate, Allen Zimmerman, Poplar;
second alternate, Pete Loegering,
Poplar.
.. -District No. B—Chairman. Gilbert
Wiess, Brockton; vice chairman,
Reimund Hoffman, Brockton; regu
lar member, Alfred Kaschube,
Brockton; first alternate, Frank
Schwarzrock, Flaxville; second al
ternate, Milo Stangeland, Brock
ton.
District No. 9 —Chairman, Marvin
Sundheim, Froid; vice chairman,
Pete Dethman, Brockton; regular
member, Arvid Dahlberg. Brock
ton; first alternate, Orrie Vraa,
Brockton; second alternate, Mer
lind Iverson, Brockton.
District No. 10 —Chairman, George
Waters, Froid; vice chairman. Lief
Sunwall, Homestead; regular mem
ber, Irwing Hoye. Froid; al
ternate, Warran Christofferson,
Froid; second alternate, Duane
Christofferson, Froid.
District No. 11 —Chairman, Gerald
Olsen, Culbertson; vice chairman,
Pete Bertino, Culbertson; regular
member, Ted Wix, Culbertson;
first alternate, Roy Schuetze, Froid;
second alternate, W. R. Casterline,
Culbertson.
District No. 12 —Chairman, Ken
neth Olsen, McCabe; vice chair
man, Frank Nelson, McCabe; regu
lar member, Fred Fryhling, Froid;
first alternate, Charles Bentson,
McCabe; second alternate, Marinus
Lyngaard, Culbertson.
District No. 13 —Chairman, Albert
Granley, Bainville; vice chairman,
Dick Rhode, Bainville; regular
member, Orton Kirkvoid, Bainville;
first alternate, Willard LaCount,
Bainville; second alternate, John
Forbes, Bainville.
Balloting this year in community
elections was twice as large as last
year, Scott said. In electing com
mitteemen for 1953, 373 ballots were
completed by ranchers and farm
ers. This year 641 ballots were re
ceived in connection with the 1955
election.
Community and county commit
teemen will take office Jan. 1, 1955.
During the coming year* community
committees will assist the county
committee as required in connec
tion with planning and directing
the programs administered through
county ASC offices. These include
the agricultural conservation pro
gram, price support program, stor
age facility program, acreage al
lotment and marketing quota pro
grams, and the sugar beet program.
The committee chairmen just
elected will convene at the county
SEE
Russell (Slatts) Lowe
at the East End of Hill Street
Backhoe and Dragline Work
Ditches and Basements
Sewer and Water Systems
Fill Gravel and Dirt — Top Soil
Dozing and Leveling
Heavy Duty Wrecker Service
House Moving
ASC office Dec. 28 to choose a coun
ty ASC committee for 1955. The
vice chairman of a community com
mittee may serve as a delegate to
the county convention in the ab
sence of the community chairman.
Chairman E. R. Merriman of the
McCone County ASC committee
also announced new committee
men.
Ballots were counted on Decem
ber 14, Merriman said, by a board
of election judges composed of
Daniel B. Brink, Wolf Point, Mel
vin J. Hilstad, Circle. Harold Ol
son. Wolf Point. E. R. Merriman.
Wolf Point, and Dan Schumacher,
Wolf Point.
Committeemen elected are:
District 1 — Chairman Milo O.
Hilstad, Circle; vice-chairman, El
mer Buell, Circle; regular member,
Andrew Rychkun, Circle; first al
ternate, Theo. Haber. Circle; sec
ond alternate, Elvin Huseby, Circle.
District 2 — Chairman Allen E.
Bond. Brockway; vice-chairman,
Leo B. Larson, Brockway; regular
member. John Logan, Brockway;
first alternate, Edwin Bieber, Wat
kins; second alternate, William C.
Jordan. Brockway.
District 3 — Chairman Lyle Nel
son, Frazer; vice-chairman, Don W.
Fleming. Circle; regular member.
Edgar Beason. Wolf Point; first
alternate, J. Stewart Wright, Wolf
Point; second alternate, F. J. Breit
bach. Circle.
District 4 — Chairman Elmer
Rudolph, Circle; vice-chairman,
Clair Schillinger. Wolf Point; re
gular member. Hugh C. Vaughan,
Circle; first alternate, Orville Ol
son, Circle; second alternate, Bob
Nefzger, Vida.
District 5 — Chairman Rudolph
Puechler, Vida; vice-chairman,
Boyde Nefzger, Vida; regular mem
ber. Melvin Bogar; first alternate.
Clarence J. Laubach, Vida; second
Biternate. Allan Schillinger. Vida.
District 6 — Chairman, Adrien
Long, Wolf Point; vice-chairman,
Clinton M. Flaten, Wolf Point; re
gular member. Elmer J. Pipal, Wolf
Point; first alternate, John Kjel
gaard, Wolf Point; second alter
nate, James A. Slaughter, Wolf
Point.
District 7 — Chairman Albert
Nasner. Wolf Point: vice-chairman.
Lee M. McCrea. Wolf Point; re
gular member, Victor H. Bawden,
Wolf Point: first alternate, Chas.
E. Noren, Wolf Point; second al
ternate, Ray G. Miller, Poplar.
12TH TELEPHONE
EXCHANGE WINS
MRT( APPROVAL
The board of directors of Mid-
Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Cir
cle, approved the area coverage de
sigr\ on the 12th automatic dial ex
change which was engineered and
submitted for approval by Assoc
iated Engineers, Billings.
This exchange will serve the area
south and west of Crane and west
and northwest of Sidney.
Engineering plans for this ex
change have been forwarded to the
REA Telephone Engineering Divi
sion, Washington, D. C., for review
and approval. Field surveying, stak
ing and construction work will
commence in this exchange as soon
as REA approval is received.
Hoak Construction Co., contractor
for Richey, Lambert, Bloomfield,
Lindsay and Fallon exchanges, has
completed work on the Lindsay ex
change. Wire stringing crews are
completing work on the Richey
exchange. Pole setting and framing
crews have completed Lambert ex
change and are now working in the
Bloomfield exchange area.
Schurr & Finlay, contractors for
Circle, Brockway, Brusett, Jordan,
and North McCone exchanges, has
completed setting poles in Circle
and Brockway. They have pole set
ting and framing crews working in
the North McCone exchange area
at the present time.
James Casper Construction Co.,
has completed three of the nine un
attended automatic dial exchange
buildings and has the other six in
various stages of completion.
Morgen & Oswood Construction
Co., has completed the footings and
walls of the headquarters office
building at Circle.
This past year has been full of
activity for the directors, members
and employees of Mid-Rivers Tele
phone Cooperative. Four contrac
tors are working for the company
at this time. Ten building^ are be
ing constructed. Approximately 2,-
000 miles of rural lines are in the
process of being constructed. Crews
from the telephone company have
been wiring homes for the installa
tion of the phones. The office and
right-of-way personnel have ob
tained over 3,000 easements from
landowners to permit rural lines
being constructed along private
property. Approximately 2,000
miles of lines have been surveyed
and staked.
During this busy year, time has
been found by the directors, en
gineers and employees to prepare
plans for two additional exchanges
in addition to the 10 now under
contract for construction.
The year has been enjoyed by
everyone. It has brought the dream
of modern dial telephone service
for rural homes closer to reality.
The cooperation received has been
appreciated by all directors and
employees. The directors and em
ployes take this opportunity to
wish each of the members and
friends a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.
MURPHY NO. 51
STEPOUT NOW
FLOWING OIL
Oil news this week has been
over-shadowed by the holiday
spirit and there is very little new
to report.
In the East Poplar field the
Murphy No. 51 is reported flow
ing at the rate of approximate
ly 150 barrels of oil per day.
This well is a step-out on the ex
treme eastern edge of the field.
Located SW NE 27-29N-51E it is
flowing from perforation be
tween 5783 and 5793. It was first
acidized with 500 gallons and
later with an additional 2000 gal
lons. They are still testing and
due to some mechanical and tech
nical difficulties they have not
completed a conclusive test.
The Murphy No. 52 is making
hole rapidly after being spudded
in last week and as of Tuesday
was drilling at 4355 feet.
Nearing completion either suc
cessful or otherwise are two im
portant and interesting wildcats in
eastern Roosevelt county near
Bainville. The Deep Rock No. 1
LePage was last reported coring
past 9020 in Mission Canqon, the
original objective, with no reports
so far on results of tests in this
formation.
South of Bainville the Phillips
Petroleum & George R. Brown
No. 1 Harmon are past 11,555
and heading for a look at the Or
dovician, which formation is pro
ductive 18 miles south in Sun
& Phillips No. 2 Dynneson near
Sidney. The Harmon had some
good oil shows in the Mission
Canyon which were cased off
for later testing.
In the East Poplar Field the
Empire State Oil Co. is nearing
completion on its No. 1 Rehder this
week, with testing to be completed
this week.
In Daniels county hopes are still
high for the Richland No. 1 Modic,
which is drilling past 6266. Ob
jective of the test is the Silurian
structure at 8700 which should be
reached shortly after the first of
the year. Previous tests in the
county have all been dry. but the
Whitetail area has long been con
sidered by some to have a major
oil pool. Truth of that belief will
soon be discovered.
In McCone county the Amerada
No. 1 Rock Creek continues to be
unpromising. A recent drill stem
test from 8196 to 8256 produced
only gas cut salt water with a
slight trace of oil. They are still
drilling ahead.
TAX (OLLECTIONS
FOR TWO MONTHS
EX(EEDS RECORD
Roosevelt County tax collection
for October and November at clos
ing of tax books was $738,664.25
or $92,189.24 over the amount col
lected a year ago. same period, as
reported by W. C., county Trea
surer.
Of this amount, current real
estate and personal property tax
es amounted to $725,748.97 as
against $627,513.95 collected dur
ing October and November, 1953
or a difference of $98,235.02 gain
for the year of 1954.
Collection of delinquent taxes
for the year of 1953 amounted to
$18,961.06 whereas in 1954 $12,915.28
was collected. $6,045.78 less than a
year ago in October and Novem
ber.
Out of the November collections
of taxes and other revenue, the
county funds received amount to
$202,327.60 which is distributed ac
cording to levies established.
The various school districts with
in county, general school and ac
credited high school as well as all
State funds. Citics and towns in
cluding Special Improvement dist
ricts received the amount of $541,-
667.74.
Out of this amount the State
Treasurer received $52,979.89 as the
Suite’s share of taxes collected by
State levies and other revenue.
The incorporated towns and cities
within Roosevelt County received
the sum of $105,457.57 which in
cluded special improvement dist
rict Uixes.
The distribution of these tax
funds even with the larger
amount collected during the cur
rent period, with a cut-off date
j running to Dec. 6 allowing for
I late maif, the Deputy and clerks
were able to make the monthly
report to County Commissioners
at their regular meeting, also
. establishing a precedent.
I The Great Northern Railway
| heads the list of larger taxpayers
, with November payment of $121,-
, 562.33 followed by Montana-Dakota
: Utilities. Murphy Corporation. Mt.
I States Tel. & Tel. Co.. Schnitzler
! Corporation and some of the larg
er farm operators.
On Christmas Morn
While American children look
’ for their presents in their stock-*
j ings—real or symbolized. the
children of Norway seek them in
hiding places “all through the
house.” In Italy they seek them
in ‘‘Urns of Fate,” and in Franco
l in wooden shoes placed by tho
fireside.
THE HERALD-NEWS, Wolf Point, Roosevelt County, Montana
FARMERSUNION
HEAD SPEAKS
REGIONAL MEET
Farmers Union Grain Terminal
Association, largest regional grain
marketing cooperative in the na
tion, wound up its Seventeenth An
nual Meeting in St. Paul, December
15, pledged to an all-out cam
paign to save America’s family
farms.
This action came after an ap
peal by M. W. Thatcher, General
Manager of the huge cooperative
for the grain farmers of the North
west to lead the fight for creation
of a sound farm program which
would be acceptable to consumers
and farmers alike.
A record crowd of more than
5,000 was on hand for the GTA
convention, biggest farm gathering
in the nation. The three-day ses
sion—December 13 to 15 —was in
the St. Paul Municipal Auditorium.
First step in the vital family
farm campaign, Thatcher said,
should be to provide the general
public with complete information
as to "how and why” farm income
has dropped 18 percent in the last
four years.
The veteran GTA leader pro
program aimed at reversing the
program aimed at rtversing the
farm policies of the Eisenhower
Administration. The proposal won
unanimous preliminary approval of
the convention, and now will be
presented to the local co-op ele
vator associations and line ele
vators which own GTA. Thatcher
declared he hoped to have the huge
information effort, which will use
radio, television and the printed
word, underway in a few months.
The resolution approved by the
convention urged an expanded
peace-time farm program which
would safeguard the income of
all American agriculture. The re
solution also condemned the flex
ible supports 1954 Farm Act and
urged its repeal.
In planning farm legislation,
Thatcher said, the whole of agri
culture must be dealt with, not
simply a part. The "present 9Q
percent support concept” for a
few commodities, he said, is not
adequate to meet the peace-time
need of 1955 and beyond. He warn
ed the gathering that “just re
storing 90 percent supports on a
temporary basis for a few crops,
while leaving other farm pro
ducts at the mercy of a free mar
ket would be a dangerous booby
trap, liable to wreck the whole
support program, if left to the
use of the present administration,
which seems intent on making
price supports look bad. “There
must be a broad effort to provide
a peace-time price pattern fair to
consumers and favorable to the
famfly-type of farm operation,”
Thaicher concluded. A
The record turn-out of farmer!
front throughout Minnesota, the
Dakotas and Montana heard many
nationally - recognized authorities
on farming and farm legislation
during the three-day session.
Senator Hubert Humphrey (D-
Minn.) told the more than 5.000
which attended the Tuesday night,
December 14, banquet that, “Amer
ica’s farm policies need to be re
examined and clarified ... to offer
America’s farmers an opportunity
of achieving economic equality
with other segments of our citi
zens.”
Dr. Louis H. Bean, noted econo
mic and political analyst, indicated
to the convention that, by 1956,
President Eisenhower will have no
political coat-tails left for Repub
lican candidates to ride into of
fice on.
Wayne Darrow, editor of the
Washington Farmletter, was in ac
cord with the resolutions adopted
by the convention. He told the
stockholders and delegates, “You
must get off the present narrow
base of protection for storable
products—and extend income pro
tection to livestock, dairy and poul
try products and, as soon as sound
methods can be developed, to other
perfishables. You must conctenj
trate on farm income rather than
prices," he said, “but nothing less
than 90 percent of parity will do,
because history shows that agri
culture doesn’t thrive and the
country suffers when farm income
falls below 90 percent of parity.
In his annual report to the
stockholders. General Manager
Thatcher announced that net earn
ings for the 1953-54 fiscal year
totaled $2,564,865. He also report
ed that GTA maintained its an
nual volume of more than 100
million bushels, or approximately
one-fourth of all the grain sold
through the Minneapolis and Du
luth markets.
All four members of the co-op’s
Board of Directors up for election
this year were re-elected unani
mously for terms of three years
each. They are Ole L. Olson of
Buxton. North Dakota; Ole S. Gun
derson of Power, Montana; Ervin
Schumacher of Drayton, North Da
kota and George Mann of Windom,
Minnesota.
Civil Service Lists
Positions Open
In Rural Telephony
The United States Civil Service
Compfission has announced a new
examination for the following posi
tions in rural telephony: Electronic
engineer (wire communications),
$4,205 to $7,040 a year; telephone
specialist. $4,205 a year; and field
representative (telephone opera
tions and loans), 44.205 to $5,940 a
year. n
Most of the positions are in the
REA of the USDA'located through
out the country.
No written test is required. Ap
plicants must have had appropriate
experience or a combination of edu
cation and experience. Appropriate
education alone may be qualifying
for the electronic engineer posi
tions paying $4,205 a year.
Further information and applica
tion forms may be obtained at many
post offices throughout the coun
try, or from the U. S. Civil Service
Commission. Washington 25. D. C.
Applications will be accepted by
the board of US Civil Service Ex
aminers. US Department of Agri
culture. Washington 25, D.C., until
further notice.
• About seven-eighth of an iceberg
remains under water
Daughter Arrives in City 17
Years After Mother’s Departure.
Whether nine days In Wolf Point
is enough to make a major decision
on whether to remain here and be
come a citizen or return to her
mother, father, brother, and sister
in Norway is debatable, but in the
opinion of 15-year-old Ann Oster
hus, nine days is sufficient.
Although handicapped by an in
ability to speak the English lang
uage, the young girl traveled the
entire distance from Norway to
Wolf Point alone and enjoyed it.
Indicative of Viking blood, her
only conunent on the eight-day trip
aboard the Stavanger-Fjord from
Stavanger to New York city was
that she wished the trip had lasted
longer since it was so enjoyable.
Her arrival in Wolf Point com
pletes a cycle and replaces on the
population list of the area a young
woman who left for a vacation trip
to Norway and never returned. That
young woman was today’s young
woman’s mother, Alphild Simensen,
who accompanied by her mother.
Mrs. T. S. Simensen, and three
brothers, Gerald, Kastor and Don
ald, had traveled to Norway in
1937.
About a year after arriving in
Norway, Alphild joined in marriage
with Johanes Osterhus, and after
another year, a child was born to
them whom they named Ann.
During that time, war clouds were
breaking over Europe and the visi
tors from America were forced to
remain in Norway for many years
to come.
To Alphild, this did not necessi
tate a change in plans since she al
ready had chosen to remain in Nor
way with her fisherman husband.
To Mrs. Simensen and the three
boys, however, a decided change in
plans was necessary and it was not
until 1946 that they were allowed
to return from Norway to the Wolf
Point community.
Ann left her parents, brother and
sister, in Reilstad, Finnoy, an island
village just a two-hour boat ride
from Stavanger, where she boarded
the steamship for America.
She arrived in Wolf Point on
Wednesday, Dec. 8, and has already
professed a very favorable opinion
of Wolf Point. She wants to stay
here and attend the Wolf Point high
school but will first attend a coun
try school while she learns the
English language.
At present she is staying with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T.
S. Simensen who reside five miles
from Wolf Point via on ice-covered
river or 14 miles via the bridge in
McCone county.
Wolf Point welcomes her!
1955 SUPPORTS
ON FEED (ROPS
IS ANNOUNCED
Price support for 1955 crop oats,
barley and rye will be at levels
reflecting 70% of parity, Leo S.
Kolstad. State Agricultural Stabil
ization and Conservation admin
istrative officer, said this week.
The national average support
prices (compared with national av
erages for 1954 which reflected
85 percent of parity) will be: Oats,
61 cents (75 cents) per bushel for
Grade No. 3 or better; barley, 94
($1.15) per bushel for Grade No.
2 or better, and rye, sl.lß ($1.43)
Ser bushel for Grade No. 2 or bet
»r or No. 3 on test weight only.
In announcing the 1955 levels,
Department of Agriculture officials
pointed out that they are intended
to promote a more desirable rela
tionship between the production
of feed grains and the over-all
utilization of feed. Production of
these grains in 1954 was substan
tially higher than in 1953 and there
will be no restriction on the pro
duction in 1955. Indications are
that a much larger quantity of feed
grains will be placed under price
support this year but the lower
supports announced for 1955 are
expected to encourage better ad
justment and freer flow of the
grain in to feed uses.
Price support levels for these
grains have varied widely in past
years. The highest which have been
in effect were 85 percent of par
ity in both 1953 and 1954. Before
that, during the approximately 15
years when supports have been
used for this group, supports have
at times been as low as 44 per
cent of parity for barley, 35 per
cent for oats, and 38 percent for
rye.
Eligibility requirements and op
eration provisions for 1955 are
substantially the same as those
for 1954-crops, with a modifica
tion in barley that raises the min
imum requirement from Grade No.
5 to Grade No. 4. Support will be
carried out through Commodity
Credit Corporation farm storage
loans, warehouse loans, and pur
chase agreements. These will be
available through Agricultural Sta
bilization and conservation county
offices from time of harvest of
1955-crops through January, 1956.
Loans will mature on April 30,
1956.
Eighty-five Guests
Honor Marilou Kurtz
With Shower Friday
Eighty-five guests honored Miss
Marilou Kurtz with a wedding
shower held Friday evening. De
cember 17. in the parish hall of
the Catholic church and she was
presented many lovely gifts.
Serving as hostesses were Mrs.
Sy Dwyer, Mrs. Herbert Loendorf.
Mrs. P. R- Dougherty, Mrs. Ed
Cody, Miss Lucy Lenz, Mrs. J. C.
McLachlan. Mrs. George Loendorf.
Mrs. Ben Battani, Mrs. Hazel Neut
gens, Mrs. Joe Doornck. Mrs. Tom
Kelly. Jr.. Mrs. Lou Green, Mrs.
Frank Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Vai Ko
neeny. Mrs. Margaret DeWane and 1
Mrs. Al Loendorf.
Those present enjoyed a deli
cious lunch served by the hostess
es. Miss Kurtz plans |o wed
Robert Birkland on New Year's
Eve.
FRONTIER AIRLINES
reports
Weekly Departures and Arrivals
Name and Address Destination
Mr. W. M. Eder, Poplar Billings
Mr. R. Achen, Billings Billings
Miss E. H. Hansen, Scobey Billings
Mr. H. Werner, Billings x. Billings
Mr. D. L. Kincannon, Scobey Billings
Mr. E. Milum, Billings — _ . ... Billings
Mr. R. B. Kuebler, Wolf Point _ Billings
Mr. M. A. Guinan, Scobey Casper, Wyo.
Mr. W. Church. Seattle. Wash. - Seattle, Wash.
Miss Pat Koob, Wolf Point Glendive
Mr. H. Pierce, Wolf Point Glendive
Mr. B. F. Hawk, Wolf Point Billings
Mr. Joe Vercellino, Wolf Point Miles City
Mr. Bob Barrett, Wolf Point Grand Junction, Colo.
Mr. R. Morgan, Denver, Colo .Denver, Colo.
Mr. J. Eckloff, Glendive _..Glendive
Mrs. J. Filkowski, Opheim Dickinson, N. D.
Miss J. Filkowski, Opheim Dickinson, N. D.
Mr. J. McDonough, Poplar Billings
Miss C. Howard, Poplar Billings
Mrs. M. Peterson, Poplar. : Portland, Ore.
Mr. L. Dokken, Wolf Point Billings
Passengers boarded Frontier Airlines between Dec. 14 and Dec. 20.
LOUIS PETERSON
FUNERAL HELD
IN CULBERTSON
Funeral services were held at 2
o’clock Saturday, December 18, at
the Culbertson Armory for Louis
Peterson, 91, a resident of Culbert
son since 1912. Mr. Peterson passed
away in bis sleep Thursday, De
cember 15 at his home.
Rev. C. T. Wheaton of the Meth
odist Church read the services
likening them to a commencement
in that Mr. Peterson had complet
ed a long life of service to his
family, his church and his com
munity and was ready to begin a
new life.
Mr. Lawrence Simonson sang
“My God and I” accompanied by
Miss Gayle Carlisle and inter
ment was in the Culbertson Ceme
tery with the following acting as
pallbearers: Axel Waldhausen,
Leonard Iverson, Edgar Bowers,
R. C. Machgan, Leonard Moen and
John Simpson.
Louis Peterson was the son of
pioneer parents who entered Min
nesota by covered wagon and were
later driven back into Wisconsin
by the Indians during one the
uprisings. It was during this flight
eastward on March 14. 1863, that
Louis was born at Osceola, Wis.
His mother died shortly thereafter
so that the place of her burial is
unknown to the family.
While a young man Louis drove
a horse streetcar in Marshall,
Texas, and then attended Valpar
aiso University, Ind., where he re
ceived his business training. After
some years of grain buying and
owning and operating four grain
elevators in North Dakota, he took
over the management of the Cul
bertson Farmers Elevator in 1912
which he operated for 30 years. He
was primarily interested in farm
ing, retaining ownership of farms
at Atwater, Minn.; Williston, N.
D.; and at Culbertson.
Louis Peterson and Valmina
Kornelia Skjeggerud were mar
ried July 14, 1893 at Twin Valley,
Minn., and to this union three
children were born, Millard, now
at Missoula, Alton at Colorado
Springs, Colo., and Constance, Mrs.
Reuel Schnelle, of Starbuck, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Peterson celebrated
their 61st wedding anniversary this
last July.
Mr. Peterson was a lifelong
member of the Methodist Church
and a member of the Masonic Fra
ternity for 63 years. He is sur
vived by his widow, Valmina K.
Peterson, his daughter and two
sons.
Hospital Notes
Admitted: Mrs. Roy Track, Mrs.
Harry Toavs, Wanda Girard. Mrs.
Louis Green, Mrs. James Marshall.
Shirley Sugden. Mrs. Agnes Twitch
ell, Billie Albert. Mrs. Donald Jen
sen, Yvonne York. E. L. Vine, Mrs.
Hubert Loendorf, Mary Jean Low
ry, Edward, Gass. E. R. Bye. Debra
Nelson, Eve Denise Dereschuk. and
Ramona Marquardt.
Admitted and Dismissed: Mrs.
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WOLF POINT, MONT.
Located at Intersection of
Highways 13 and 2
Chambers, Keith Johnson, William
Strauser, Mrs. Herman Shumway,
Mrs. Elsie Wilberg, Mrs. C. H. Fow
ler, and James Wolff.
Dismissed: Mrs. Thomas Mean
and son, Douglas Miller, Orville
Sassen. Pat Naughter, Albert Eg
gum, Mrs. Wilmer Reddig and son,
Mrs. Roy Track and son, Mrs.
Harry Toavs and son, and Billie
Albers.
Births: Son to Mr. and Mrs. Wil
mer Reddig, Lustre, Dec. 13; son
to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Track, Wolf
Point, Dec. 14; son to Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Toavs, Lustre, Dec. 15; son
to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Green, Wolf
Point, Dec. 16; daughter to Mr. and
Mrs. James Marshall, Wolf Point,
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1954
Dec. 12; and daughter to Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Jensen. Wolt Point,
Dec. 20.
INFORMATION ON
ORGANIZING 4-H
(LUBS OFFERED
Parents of children of 4-H club
age, prospective 4-H members and
others interested in 4-H club work
should call at or write the County
Extension Office during the next
two months if interested in organ
izing a 4-H club in their neighbor
hood or community, according to
Robert A. Roush, Associate County
Agent. During the fall or winter
months is believed the best time
to organize a new club.
Although the deadline for or
ganization and enrollment is June
1, waiting until spring to organize
makes it difficult to carry a com
plete years program.
Most of the 1954 clubs have re
organized for 1955. Two new clubs
have organized in the Wolf Point
area and one at Bainville. They
are the “Macon 4-H Club” under
the leadership of Dr. J. C. Moses,
the “Jolly Homemakers” led by
Mrs. Dan O’Connor and Mrs. Roy
Sansaver, and thd’ “Lads & Lassies”
led by Mrs. Charles Owens and
Mrs. Jerry Portra. A new 4-H club
is also planned in the Ft. Kipp
community.
Members of the County Exten
ssion staff will be glad to explain
the 4-H program and assist with
organization of more new clubs
in Roosevelt County.
TWO COUPLES ISSUED
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Edgar Lemon Sexton, Jr., of
Denver, Colorado, 23, to Jan
Wright, also of Denver, 20, on De
cember 13.
Gerald Edward Folkers of Pop
lar, 36, to Elenora Poitras of Bel
court, N. D., 28.
Chinese is spoken by more peo
ple than any other language.
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