Billings Herald (Newspaper) - June 16, 1949, Billings, Montana Graphic Interview Herald Question of the YOU THINK PARENTS SHOULD BE HELD SIBLE FOR THE ACTS Or THEIR MINOR TOM T. mayor of Until we get through making parents Responsible for the acts of their we will never have our juvenile problem The potentially inal element is coming out of homes In which parents don't know where their children children often don't know where their parents The of the home must be re- even if it has to be clone by E. O. Yellowstone county probation officer think the 1949 legislature made a big by falling to pass a defining the responsibility o f parents for the acts of their Parents are always tive after trouble but times that is too There Is en- tirely too much violation of the law by and we have no more serious ity problem DON city freight and passenger Northern Pacific I know why a parent should want to dodge this He takes on many obligations in business which don't have the blood ties for a and don't offer the rewards of adult has had an opportunity to decide what is right and Children should profit by this quired instead of in- their laboratory ments the LARRY S a m p s e 1 Sales parent has the moral to train the and might as well be responsible Parents owe it to their children and to develop good MONTANA PRICE 5-CENTS Vol. 35 The Most Interesting Weekly Newspaper in Montana 1949 TO WELCOME GIBL Carl Sunmark of department president of the American who will give the address of welcome at the first sembly of the Montana State which starts at Rocky Mountain college I I WHO Lite League The reorganized Billings ern Wild league held its first meeting In the Commercial club Tuesday night and outlined an active program for the coming Lewis re- cently appointed president of the league was in charge of the up cover and feed facilities game birds and Future plans include projected field trips to the Yellowtail dam berg fish hatchery and the state game farm near A membership drive is now un- derway for new members for the local conservation Monthly meetings will be held with special emphasis placed on a varied gram of and VACATION SPECIAL Ann librarian at Billings Memorial announced Wednesday vacationers may borrow ten books for the ation of their State Opens Friday at Rocky Mt. The second State sored by the Montana American Legion auxiliary will open Friday morning at Rocky Mountain college with 176 tana high school juniors pating in the operation of our democratic form of government for one A complete political activity program has ed from filing of candidates for city offices to election of a State governor and other state In addition to the political an ambitious schedule of athletic social sightseeing trips and the tion of a daily newspaper has been The delegates will be housed in Alden and Tyler residents halls on the college Purpose of State is to de- through knowledge and pride In America's voice of the form of government and to emphasize importance of each true American's participation in that type of government if it is The week's program starts Friday with a address by Mrs. Carl ment auxiliary and Mrs. Howard Great national committee woman for the Dr. W. D. president of Rocky Mountain college will address the delegates with as his The political training program Includes the filing of candidates after a series of ward City elections and county mary balloting will be held County officials will be chosen and the state primary will also be held Hugh chief justice of the tana supreme court will administer the oaths of office next Tuesday to election State governor will give her ad- dress at that On Sunday the morning will be devoted to church services while later in the day a picnic at din and a tour of the Custer will be Monday Miss Louise Replogle of gus county attorney will speak on in Tuesday on Page 8) E. M. Birely Gets Public Safety Job STATE Mrs. G. E. Chambers of Cut director of the tana who was In The city council Tuesday night confirmed Mayor T. T Howe's appointment of M. Birely as commissioner of public a new created by the council last Birely retired from the police commission to take the Job and was replaced on the com- mission by P. J. As commissioner of public job will be secure and maintain the highest ciency in the police He will serve as assistant to the mayor and with authority to examine the police department and make recommendations on Its The council opened bids and awarded contracts for special Im- provement district 469 and 470 and light district 47. Barry nna in won 469 and 470 on low bids of charge of the successful and Other bidders on state last year and found were Plynn and Holland 12 self with a permanent 163; Blacktop Construction ary and John and bid on Yellowstone Electric won the for installation of mental street lights in district 47 Lions from Canada and Iow of Other tana are in Billings this week at- were and tending the twenty-third annual Billings Electric Supply convention of 37, Lions In- Empire which opened a Carroll day afternoon will close The council accepted of two of the gates and their wives from 96 Angelo who clubs in Montana and served the department for 20 years are estimated here for asked that his name be placed on the four-day Dr. Charles D. the reserved E. D. Weal re- Dean of Billings is governor of signed to return .to school district 37-A, Mayor Rowe called to meeting complaints he has received con- hedges which constitute 37- traffic hazards about the city The Louis L. Schmaltz of mayor read the ordinance govern district 37-C; Charles ing trees and kin of district 37-D, and other things which obstruct vision Dr. Ray E. Nelson of afc intersections and endanger teau is district The ordinance provides for a The official opening of the con- and removal of some of hazards will be he LIORS HI Bl MHOS A will be at a. in. day in the Pox The light of the opening will be the flag presentation ceremony by close to one hundred Billings Boy and Girl scouts under the tion of Roy During the Tn afternoon session an address will be given by Walter C. A joint meeting of the first vice- development committee of president of Lions lings Commercial club and thp AT Urt Dr. J. s. formerly of Rocky Mountain has club and the been appointed acting president of the guests will be treated aska trade committee of the Great Iowa Wesleyan P on Page 4) Spoke Self The Graphic Interview in last week's Billings Herald by George Pfaff on the Midland Empire baseball league was misinterpreted by some to be statement from the can Legion post of Mr. Pfaff says that he was speaking as an individual and not for the American Legion when he gave his statement to The Herald's inquiring rapher and that he is sorry that his Legion committee title was used with the TO CONFERENCE M. E. business manager of Eastern Montana College of left the city day night to attend a conference of secretarial teachers at tana State Dr. John assistant professor of education at Columbia University will be in charge of the til Wie tj Palls chamber of commerce will be held In on June 29 in- for the meeting ex- tended the Great Palls group by H. L. secretary of the Com- Local interest in trade between Montana firms and Alaska was aroused at the state Chamber of Commerce meeting last year when Alaskan trade potentials were ex- Since then three Billings f rms have been participating In the north demand for stateside freighted over the Alaskan other local firms are studying the of tills new More than a year ago Great Halls in earnest to develop trade with Several Great Palls firms have been shipping larly Into the north country over the Alaskan by air and by are mutual advantages for many business firms In our state in promoting increased trade re amno GREET WESTERN Billings delegation met Queen of the West Zana of Augusta tana to on her arrival at the airport Monday left to arc Dr. Phil Queen of the ment West committee Miss Carol Billings hostess E. E. of Rood f of the Commercial Miss Roy president of the Billings Saddle and t Iot thc two committees Walter C. executive secretary of the Dude Ranchers Miss Zumwalt and Miss Fraser here this two committees left Tuesday for by Harry Secretary uok today
