Miles City Plans Water Day Celebration to Boost Conservation
Custer County prepares for a two day Water Day event in Miles City on June 17 and 18 with Governor Roy Ayers and state water conservation leaders expected. Roy Milligan chairs committees drafting fundraising and volunteer plans. last year drew 1 081 registrants and seven dozen counties hope to send larger delegations. Local figures from W C Ingham to Steve Doyle organize finance and promotion while southeastern Montana counties are invited to cooperate. A fresh name for the celebration is sought beyond Mardi Gras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Roy Milligan
Commercial Club
Roy Ayers
State Water Conservation Board
Rockwood Brown
Billings
W. C. Ingham
Sam Kele
Pete Lucas
Jack Lindenberg
John Hager
Vern Stangland
Jim Frisbie
Bill
Co. T., Swanson
B. H. Grant
Tom Hanrahan
George Kinney
Kenneth Rudolph
Joe Elzea
Jim Nugent
Jim Regan
Steve Doyle
Jacobsen
Elzea
Southeastern Montana Counties Association
Milligan
State Law Limits Slash Burning in Timber Areas
Residents in timbered regions face a May 1 to September 30 ban on burning slashings or waste forest material without written permission. Permits are free from the state forester, a federal forest ranger, or a sheriff, provided burning poses no serious fire hazard. Fire danger periods require evening burning and ready firefighting tools.
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R. T. Ferguson
Lewis and Clark National Forest
WPA aids in sewer projects at Harlowton
WPA assisted two sewer extension projects in Harlowton from Oct 15, 1935, to last March. The 5,000-foot 8 inch line with 15 manholes cost 9,071 total with WPA share 5,978 and sponsors 3,083. The 9,800-foot 8 inch line with 26 manholes cost 24,733 total with WPA share 18,446 and sponsors 6,287.
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Harlowton
Resigns State Post by Freda McCaig
Freda McCaig resigns after four years as a clerk in the vital statistics division of the state board of health. She leaves for a position with a New York firm and has served in the health board offices for 44 years.
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Freda McCailg
Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
Miss McCaig
New York
Health Board
Butte Council Grants Break to Tall Men
Butte Alderman Joe Duffy reports complaints from tall men about hat brims brushing low awnings. Council refers issue to Assistant Chief Jack Duggan to notify businesses to raise reflectively to seven and one half feet as per ordinance.
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Atlanta
Butte
Joe Duffy
Jack Duggan
Food specialist outlines five keys to successful community meals
Miss Bessie E. McClelland of Montana State College explains that well planned community meals foster good will and civic spirit. She lists five characteristics: balanced menu, timely service, cooperative leadership, affordable cost, and thorough advance planning.
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Bessie E. McClelland
Montana State College
Fort Shaw Library Donates Hope Hathaway to Great Falls
The Fort Shaw neighborhood club donated first edition Hope Hathaway by Frances Parker illustrated by Charles M. Russell to the Great Falls public library. Louise M. Fernald, librarian, announced the addition as part of the Russell collection expansion. other works needed include Uphill Climb and Flashlights From Mountain and Plain among several titles.
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Hope Hathaway
Frances Parker
Neighborhood Club of
Fort Shaw
Great Falls
Charles M. Russell
Louise M. Fernald
Francis Parker
Russell
Bradford J. Clark
Neighborhood Club
Clark
Fernald
Bower
Little, Brown
State FFA convention awards 23 Degree recipients at Montana State
The ninth annual Montana FFA convention at Montana State College drew 300 plus delegates and featured 23 State Farmer degree recipients. Dan Mizner of Deer Lodge led the state association for the coming year, with officers named from Dillon, Choteau, Billings, and other towns. New chapters were granted to Power Culbertson Laurel Fort Benton Hingham and Montana State College.
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Montana
Montana Association of Future Farmers of America
Montana State College
Lex Murray
Is Haas
Calif
National F.P.A
F.A
Dan Mizner
Deer Lodge
Montana Association
Art Christensen
Dillon
Rudolph Hruska
Wis
Gerald Barber
Denton
Arnold Neiswender
Chateau
Paul Holzer
Stanford
Harley O’donnell
Billings
Sentinel
A. W. Johnson
William Davidson
Miles City
Lloyd Schmitt
Big Timber
Alvin Meyer
Choteau
Arthur Christensen
Royal Milling Co
Great Falls
Chester
Belt
Montana Flour Mills
Great Western Sugarco
Laurel
Conrad
Kalispell
Bozeman
Culbertson
Elmer Zanto
Highwood
Missoula
Lewistown
Hingham
Myron Huntsman
Jim Biddison
Harold Skaggs
Donald Flare
Roy Lewis
Belgrade
Montana State College lists 172 degree candidates for June
W H McCall registrar says 172 students at Montana State College seek bachelor of science or advanced degrees. Commencement set for June 1. The list names candidates by major, including agricultural economics, electrical and mechanical engineering, agronomy, architecture, chemical and civil engineering, and numerous other disciplines with many Bozeman and regional names.
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Montana State College
W. H. McCall
John Christian Bower
Ridgefield
Wash
Willard W. Cochrane
Los Angeles
Calif
Harold G. Halcrow
Bowesmont
N. C
Lawrence B. Lyall
Bozeman
Leon ©. Michaelsen
Logan
Roy E. Huffman
Highwood
Verlin W. Hurd
Big Sandy
Lester
Hurlburt
Glasgow
Dan T. O'Neill
Havre
Bert F. Badham
Beattle
Williams
Cowley
Conrad
Lambert J. Hruska
Lewistown
John T. Nash
George O. Tubb
Arthur B. Ward
Kenneth W. Harman
Dutton
Donald J. Luebbe
Sun River
John 8
McFarlane
Robert W. Palmer
Great Falls
Kenneth E. Wilson
Kremlin
Charles L. Anceney
John N. Cummings
Livingston
Big Timber
William H. Otten
Harlow P. Pease
Butte
Kendall P. Pickens
Huntley
Wayne I
Earl W. Geyer
Herman F. Uhirich
Oscar J. Ballas
Missoula
Harold W. Bixby
Polson
Benjamin R. Brumfield
E. Boen Covey
Warm Springs
Sherman R. Westgard
Stephen F. Willey
Dillon
Bill. A. Allen
Harlan
Bixby
Lawrence A. Bogar
Vida
Robert H. Bruce
Helena
George E. Danielson
Philipsburg
James T. Hall
Charles P. Harman
Chalmers H. Thornber
Hamilton
Eureka
Marvin W
Washoe
Cut Bank
Tarmo Waara
Wickes
Walter H. Glazier
Opheim
Charles W. Bowers
Winnett
Paul T. Burdett
Brigham
Utah
William C. Fitch
Billings
Earl V. Hutton
Jeffers
Robert T. McKee
Richard C. Purdum
Byron N. Saunders
William F. Stebbins
Bruce P. Wiley
Whitehall
Bernard&. Carlson
East Helena
David Cochran
Stevensville
Jack H. Gee
Anaconda
Paul H. Harrer
Belgrade
Glenn Maris
Tony
Olivera
Chino
David P. Vaughan
Mary P. Bell
Joliet
Margaret E. Gordon
Helen E. Huck
Kalispell
Doris A. Hylton
Jennie B. Lauster
Sidney
Margaret Breamans
Mary Ellen Wiggenhorn
Luelle B. Alexander
Marion E. Bagley
Glendive
Ellen L. Bird
Glen &. Breneman
Loretta V. Cowden
Agnes L. Crest
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
Shirley F. Dakin
Virginia F. Dougherty
Walter
Isabel E. Ford
Dorothy M. Haverfield
Mary R. Keithly
Alice M. Kibler
Jordan
Ruth E. Kittams
Lois E. Kuhn
Marian L. Moline
Brockway
Marerye Roeseler
Stanford
Marie M. Simkins
Mark Vanderark
Manhattan
Jean M. van Sice
Agnes B. Wiggenhorn
Applied Science
Berneice E. Brush
McCone City
Milton F. Chaumet
Kermit M. Daniels
Three Forks
Hazel Ie Eathorns
Gordon M. Grimes
Mary L. Green
Peter H. Matsheck
Kendrick J.taylor
Big Fork
Roy ©. Brenden
Henry J. Hugos
Charles F. Jelinek
Miles City
Angelo Martello
Milton Voelker
Howard EK
Welch
Clifford EF. Crane
Willard A. Schenck
Worden
Glenn G. Watters
Somers
Francis J. Corbin
Albert R. Feldman
Terry
Richard P. Nelson
Medford
Ore
Clifford C. Norris
Allan L. Oliver
Robert V. Willett
Walter Alan Tschirgi
Lismas Ferry Closed Permanently Near Fort Peck
The Lismas ferry across the Missouri river near Fort Peck is closed permanently to traffic due to backwater from the Fort Peck Dam. Motorists must detour via Malta or Wolf Point as water in the reservoir rises and threatens nearby areas this summer.
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Lismas Ferry
Fort Peck
Lismas
Missouri River
Montana
Malta
Wolf Point
Prison Warden Plans Varied Release Attire For Inmates
At Deer Lodge the Big House will supply departing prisoners with varied clothing options replacing the previous baggy dark suits and tan square toe shoes. State Purchaser I S McQuitty arranged for Fligel man s of Helena to provide go away clothes with patterns and style choices. Edward the Confessor, a king, preferred abbey life and calm rule, devoted to Westminster Abbey’s consecration in his final year.
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Theodore B. Berpelyar
Deer Lodge
I. S. McQuitty
Flgelman’s of
Helena
Edward the Confessor
Land
Westminster Abbey
Fireflies Light Up West Indies Readable Small Print
In a West Indies scene the glow of fireflies is described as bright enough to read fine print, highlighting unusual luminescence in tropical nights and the visual impact on observers.
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West Indies
Mask maker Josef Brown gains New York attention for Durante mask
Josef Brown, son of Mr and Mrs Otto Brown of Butte, has gained notice in New York for mask making and dancing. He crafted Jimmy Durante’s plaster snozzle and weighs four ounces using moulage. He has created masks for Ted Shawn, Patricia Bowman, Ruth St Denis and others, with features in the New York Sun and New York World Telegram.
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Otto’ Brown
Galena Street
Butte
Josef
Jimmy Durante
New York
Ted Shawn
Patricia Bowman
Ruth St. Denis
Paul Haakon
Catherine Littlefield
Durante
America
New York Sun
George Ross
New York World Telegram
Broadway
Pension Fund Shortfall Reported As Pensions Rise
The state faces a $300000 shortfall for the year due to more aged persons granted pensions and small increases. Welfare administrator I. M. Brandford says checks were mailed this month to 12 145 recipients and funds will be moved from other accounts to maintain payments.
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I. M. Brandford
Rehearing Denied in Havre Gambling Case
Havre residents Cleve Aldahl and E J Ober were found guilty of running a gambling game and were fined 200 dollars each after the state supreme court denied their pleas for a rehearing, upholding the district court verdict.
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Cleve Aldahl
E. J. Ober
Havre
State Supreme Court
Short Wave Radio Links Patrol Cars to Police Nets
Three cars of the state highway patrol in the Butte district are equipped with short wave radio receivers tuned to the Butte police radio. Supervisor Lou Boedecker said more patrol cars will be equipped as Great Falls Helena Billings and other cities install police radio facilities so short wave reports reach patrolmen statewide.
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State
Butte
Lou Boedecker
Great Falls
Helena
Billings
New Forest Telephone Line Aids Fire Protection
Emergency relief labor is used to construct a new telephone line in the Lewis and Clark National Forest. Poles cut and creosoted by Belt Creek corps during last winter are installed to connect Willow Creek station and other ranger stations. The line aims to provide reliable emergency service for fires and other incidents in the region.
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Belt Creek
Onion
Willow Creek
R. T. Ferguson
Lewis and Clark National Forest
Heavy Rains Benefit Flathead Valley Cherry Planting
Heavy rains soak the Flathead valley in May, providing ideal moisture for orchardists. Farmers report moisture conditions are among the best in years as hundreds of tea cherry trees are planted on small tracts around Polson and along the east shore of Flathead Lake. The cool, wet weather helps roots establish quickly.
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Flathead Valley
Polson
Flathead Lake
Belgium Tops Imports of Passenger Cars and Trucks
Belgium leads as importer and port of entry for vehicles destined to interior Europe, while the 1937 average salary in American industries reached $1,277, up $207 from 1932.
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Belgium
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Custer
WPA
S. C. Huseth
Central Avenue Jeweler and Optometrist Great
Falls
W. E. Willis
South 39Th Street
Butte Council
Frank Cooney
Bitter Root Valley
Cooney
Bitter Root
Ney John P. 000
MSC
Schenley
QUART
Cope
Jos
Finch & Co, Inc
Seers Ree
Nestal Hs
Josef Brown
Durant’s “Snozzle
Nation
New Forest
Pia
Ceresan
Gaur
F.D.B. Helena
Peerless Montana
State Nursery & Seed Co
Western Life Insurance Company
R. B. Richardson
Ygles Vor
Anus
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