Billings Herald (Newspaper) - October 20, 1949, Billings, Montana society X Graphic Interview Herald Question of the you think rent control should be discontinued in Robert H. Martin Baffle City PRICE 5-CENTS The Most Interesting Weekly Newspaper in Montana OCT. IMS kal Blind com- home tion has two It. I know of several places uv the Is enough under rent con- I of rent where the rent Is extremely Can a man who takes home a month pay He Neither can a landlord show a profit at Some places need an ward adjustment but should rent control be entirely it would be tough on C. A. Olds dard con- trol should not be Kent is high en- ough way it is and it would be much higher if controls were of con- would drive some people rent out in the E. F. Modern Home home rental is always con- from two viewpoints a reasonable of the renter's capacity be paid for rent while the lord should get a fair on his In my business I seen ranges and washers decline about 15 per cent from last year's and I'm quite sure that rentals will ize without controls as our ers construct more George Modern Home the rent controls should be dis- as it would tend to stimulate the building of rental are very scarce and that kind building should be encouraged. Then the law of supply and demand take The fact that for the past several weeks few bidders have taken advantage of the Billings Improvement district band sues has baffled Mayor T. T. city council and other city They point out that such investments are on par with municipal general obligation bonds which find a ready When no bidders respond to advertised notices of public bond the mayor and city clerk ar- range to sell such issues to private The city's maximum interest rate on im- provement district bonds is four per cent. Income from cipal bonds is exempt from federal Local Air Reserve Unit Gets Encouragement A number of the members of the 943th volunteer reserve ing of Billings were given some encouragement as their status when Col. Elmer H. officer in charge of air reserve training in this area met with them at the Naval armory last Realizing that limited air force funds has caused volunteer ing squadrons to be the of the air reserve com- Colonel Stambaugh told the members to continue their in- terest as a better day may be In sight for Lt. Col. Wayne of commander of the volunteer reserve training tana was also present for the meeting and gave what agement he could also assuring the that he hoped better days were ahead for volunteer air re- serve Capt. ground training officer for the Portland composite reserve who flew the officers here for meeting was also what optimistic for the of the Lt. Col. Robert com- manding officer of the local ron urges all members to be ent for the meeting of the unit to be held at the Legion Club Oct. 25 at 8 More details as to the future of the local unit will be available this Colonel Less than 'a ago the local air reserve unit had close to one hundred A GREAT Rose D. 74, who devotes all of her spare time making hooked rues donated one of her latest rugs as a contribution to the Billings Community chest fund at the off Monday The was auctioned off to the workers present with Ted of the Carter Oil refinery making the bid of A story about Mrs. and her hooked is printed In this of The She is shown with John chairman of the present Community chest drive just before her rug was auctioned off. Colorful Hooked Rugs are a Hobby Elderly Billings Woman Cold Weather Peps Up Chest Drive Although winter weather arrived on the second day of the Billings Community Chest the second report luncheon noon showed the drive to be almost with a total of reported by the The report quota for was set at 60 per the or On Wednesday noon the men's division had reported in a total of while the women's di- vision's total was The total in the special gifts fund stood at The report quota for the Friday noon third report luncheon Is set at 70 per cent of the Milton captain of men's 30 received a Chest from John campaign manager Monday night for exceeding his His quota was set at 1840 while he turned in 1363 for his Con captain of an- other team was awarded an for surpassing his quote A great interest is reported Jn the workers this A total of 250 were out for kick-off meeting Monday night while las attended the second report Wednesday noon when the er was quota scheduled for Friday noon next Monday night and and Friday noons of next The drive end October 28, elderly who hooked rugs and then takes snap shot pictures of them so she can remember her has been busily engaged in this hobby in Billings for a number of She is Hose D. 74, of the Monday night she contributed one of her rugs to the Billings Community Chest drive which was auctioned off at kick-off meeting of workers with Ted super- intendent of the Carter Oil re- making the highest bid of Mrs. Paulley uses as many scraps as she can in making her Most of them are made from wool but she says that rugs made from discarded silk garments are as near something for nothing that she can. She cuts the silk on the bias narrow enough to look She uses as the base for her rugs and is now her rugs with scraps that are given her by a local stery Not an Mrs. Paulley calls on friends to assist her in outlining the designs on the She does many of her outlines but when it comes to the ones she likes copies she calls for some ance from her Some of her famous picture hooked rugs are Arizona and a Mrs. better known to everyone as started making hooked rugs in 1934. She has taught many people the art on Page 10) LOW TEMPERATURE SEASONS FIRST HEAVY 8HQW Billings and rewired worst early smuon Tuesday morning nine es of wet snow Some of the snow melted rapidly but colder weather caused slick ments during the night and early morning Trees and shrubs which had not lost their leaves suffered damage as the heavy snow snapped Frigid temperatures followed Hie snow with the low of iis degrees being registered early Wednesday The cold was still with Billings on No part of Montana escaped the storm with Billings being in the The heavy snow also dis- electric and telephone ice Officers are Named For Boy Scout District election of officers of the Black Otter Boy Scouts of America was held at the an- dinner meeting of the group Tuesday night in the Commercial Hiram district and c. Don dis- were reelected Joe Keith was named district vice chairman to Dr. Raymond K Renamed as district members at large were Glenn A. N. Dr. Dan Curt J. E. Ermal Arch- Dr. A. G. Richard H. W. L. M. Leonard Ernest and H. New members at large are Elmer Jake V. C. An- derson and Larry Committee appointed by we're L. M. organization health and and WATER COLORS OF BILLINGS ARTIST ATTRACT ATTENTION The exhibition of 26 vivid wa- ter colors by James M. Haughey in a showing recently at the lery By The Sea at is reported to have attracted considerable attention and proved a aid to the students ot the County Art center at De- Included in ex- hibit were five local Oregon The artist's showings were used to demonstrate to art students the principles of design and composition along with lectures to stress the appreciation of art and a Billings received his art training before taking up the of He spends his vacation time painting in Oregon and last summer spent several weeks at Cape Cod with his GETS HIGH MASONIC AWARD George G. Osten of Billings was awarded the highest honor in Scottish Rite the third at Washington D He was one of the 364 members of the order in the United States to receive this high RADIO are a few of the members of Headquarters Third one of the Billings national guard units working with their radio This unit has charge of the wire and other communications for the third It also has a pioneer and ammunition platoon and a battalion headquarters It is composed almost entirely of specialists good The unit now needs a number of recruits who will all have op- for Sgt Don Corp. Charles Lester Pfc. Dean John IN COLLEGE PLAY CAST Pat of Billings is a member of the cast of the which will be pre- sented by the Masquer group at Montana State university at
