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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1933
Page
7
Registrar Harry N. Stuber announced four graduates for Eastern Montana Normal school mid winter class. Olive Cray Huntley Sara Ann Warner Edith Pehl Shipley and Edith Horton Weller all of Billings will receive diplomas at Fox Theater Friday morning. They will be guests of honor at the Christmas luncheon and at the faculty senior dinner during the week.
The Altar society at Holy Cross church held a shower and bridge for St Anna children's home in Helena, donations of baby clothing and a silver offering. County commissioners, in a special session, appointed Leslie Smith D Filson and W H Vaonekolt to the high school board, merged voting precincts, and deferred the hospital superintendent contract.
Billings December 21. A long list of quirky wedding gifts greeted Mr and Mrs A C Tompkins at their 45th anniversary celebration in Billings Episcopal church. The couple still lives at 21 North Thirtieth Street with two sons Ben and Will. Mr Tompkins, a livestock dealer, has been ill with influenza. The story recounts the original wedding and lists gifts including a plush photo album a brass teddy kettle a toothpick holder and other silver items.
Havre city officials seek a 5250 grant from the state Public Works Administration to repair and improve the water works and to construct a sanitary sewer. A council resolution authorizes Mayor Spooner and City Clerk William H. White to apply. Five graveling projects, four petitioned by property owners and one on Tenth Avenue, will create about 25 jobs for two days at roughly 3 dollars per hour.
A $1 million bankruptcy petition was filed by Mortimer Centennial Rosenfeld listed as an unemployed executive. He is president of Graber Manufacturing and says unpaid for over a year forced the bankruptcy. Assets total $1,119,529 with liabilities of $1,225,57.
Local notes from Toston list visits by Everett Loffrin and family to Billings and by many residents to Kelena Townsend and Selena. The Toston independent basketball team lost a return game to Three Forks at Three Forks. Tom Williams shipped three carloads of cattle to Spokane while Art Fahlgrin and W J Hooker made regional trips.
Miley City December meeting of the Commercial club discussed promoter Hugh L. Kirby's plan for the Montana Wyoming railroad known as the North and South road. He cited potential federal funds of up to 50 million and a required cash raise around 30 million, with stock and alternate payments proposed to reduce cash needs to about 2 million. The plan includes a Canadian route to Radford near Seavey and yard facilities, plus talks with the Canadian government. No action was taken.
Souvenir hunters beat a wrecking crew facing the old Southern hotel in St. Louis. Workmen found a room opened to reveal a trunk murder from 1855. Englishman Walter Maxwell killed his friend C Arthur Preller, stuffed the body in a trunk, fled to Australia and was later captured and hanged.
After 26 days of lawmaking legislators plan home for Christmas with families. Speaker Dellwo expects the session to end between January 10 and 20. Measures discussed include relief for the destitute and border-state concerns. Several members report illness and travel plans as the house tightens procedures and pressures for votes.
A disrupted Montana assembly halted debate as winds cut power to the chamber. Lawmakers agreed to reconvene at 9 am after a night of failed attempts to push bills, while separate reports noted a long survey voyage by Charlon A. Madbereh and Anno binds hergit. Lindbergh’s aviation imprint reached a museum president who announced a ship transfer to the institution.
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