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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1941
Page
5
Weather Bureau reports high 40 degrees today, compared with 77 last year and 90 the record for this date since 1880. Low is 4 degrees with 41 as last year’s low and 34 in 1920. Precipitation for the 4 hours to 6:30 pm is 22, month-to-date total 06, month deficit 01.
Carroll College marked its 31st commencement by awarding degrees to 13 seniors. Edmond G. Toomey, Helena attorney, urged graduates to promote democracy and personal civic effort, while Rev. Daniel Harrington delivered the baccalaureate sermon at St. Helena Cathedral.
A large crowd attended the baccalaureate service for Helena High School’s largest graduating class. Rev. C. E. Whittier delivered the keynote on “Mr Habitual Mind” as music and prayers accompanied the event in the high school auditorium.
The final classes in Selling Tourism Information Service run by the Helena High School vocational education department meet Wednesday and Thursday this week, and next Tuesday. Wednesday covers Fish and Game with speakers Himer Phillips Bob Conney and Clyde Gummow. Thursday and Tuesday feature Scott P. Hart giving Montana travel logues. Attendance has been good and the sessions are at 9 20 o clock in Helena’s Ingh School Little Theater.
Readable items show residents like Jack Lovelace James Butler and Geraldine visiting Placer and Harvey hotels with registrations by Lexon of Sidney and Safford Havre. Other lines note tobacco seed prices and Marine observers James Roosevelt and Gerald Thomas returning home after duties. A car crash on Main street and iron ore steel plans in Braail appear amid varied clippings.
Bank clearings in Helena for May totaled 13,826,302 dollars, up from 13,424,766 dollars in May 1940. Year to date from January 1 to May 31 show 69,812,237 dollars this year versus 60,968,775 dollars last year.
Official announcement states entries for the Ford Good Drivers contest must be postmarked by midnight tonight. The event, held July 1, features written tests and road skills. Ninety eight university scholarships totaling 28,000 dollars will be awarded to national winners by Edger Ford, league president. both boys and girls may compete.
Hawthorne School will graduate 30 boys and 22 girls in eighth grade tonight at 8. A talk by Montana Supreme Court Chief Justice Howard A Johnson will accompany exhibits of murals painted by students. The program includes the senior band, community singing, mural explanations, student recitations, and displays of historical panels and paintings.
Mrs Buck Davis, recently elected president of the Helena Junior Women's Club, announced committee chairmen for the coming year and said an executive board meeting will outline plans for autumn. Committees include Social chaired by Mrs Archie Bray and Mrs Mildred O Anderson membership chaired by Mrs John Strong and Mrs Elmer Ward civic affairs chaired by Mrs Don Allen and Mrs Robert Leslie program chaired by Mrs Jay Lyndes and Mrs Earl W Martell. The club, organized last June, ends the year with a buffet dinner dance on Saturday June 14 at the Montene club rathtskellar. Mr and Mrs husband escorts invited.
Helena High School, with the U S Department of Education, announces free training in defense vocations. Programs cover welding, sheet metal, machine shop, radio operation, aircraft mechanics, and pattern making. Applications are open at state employment offices for students, including those with prior training or aptitudes. Local employment service reports high demand for trained defense workers. Classes start June 4. the focal office seeks interested local prospects.
Colorado Association of county treasurers will meet June 16 and 27 in Colorado Springs for its 17th annual convention the first outside Denver. QO W Ward of El Paso County presides with tax policy to top discussions and Gov Ralph L Care among speakers. Police arrest Bill Bennett after a motorcycle collision charging him with driving without license plates. Green beans noted as a vitamin source.
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