Ramsay woman earns degree after 33 year dream
Evelyn Gustafson Witt 54, a Ramsay native and Western Montana College coed, earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. She returned to college with VA aid after a 31 year teaching hiatus, aided by former classmates Ed Cebull and Blanche McManus, and plans to resume teaching in Butte or nearby. Her family and dorm mates celebrated her milestone with a final message that it is never too late to learn.
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Evelyn Gustafson Witt
Western Montana College
Western
State Normal College
Butte
Reuben
Normal College
Ed Cebull
Blanche McManus
Dillon College
WMC
Hannah Gustafson
Butte High School
Cebull and
McManus
Cholera Epidemic Reaches Calcutta Amid Mass Refugee Influx
Cholera steps up in Calcutta as about 100 000 East Pakistanis arrive in three days. Health officials report 3 220 confirmed deaths this week from border camps, with unofficial figures higher. At a refugee camp near Scotta International Airport 20 dead and 80 hospitalized as inoculation campaigns continue.
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Calcutta
India
Calcuttta
West Bengal
India-East Pakistan
Scotta International Airport
Manoranjan_ Roychoudhury
Butte VFW to protest delays at state convention
Butte Post 1448 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars plans a protest at the Montana VFW state convention in Billings over delays in processing direct housing loan applications and the VA's payment dates for GI Bill benefits. The group will push resolutions calling for loan processing reform and earlier education benefit payments, with nine past commanders traveling to Billings and local leaders named to convention committees.
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Butte
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Billings
Veterans Administration
Ray Tuszynski
Grand Advocate General
Montana
Tuszynski
Department Americanism
James Coyne
Department
Bernard F. Sullivan
Jursnick elected by DAV at Montana convention
Anton Jursnick of Butte was elected Department Commander at the Montana Disabled American Veterans convention. Raymond R. Husel of Great Falls was Senior Vice Commander, Millard H. Ginnings of Missoula Junior Vice Commander, and John Sloan of Helena treasurer. Women’s auxiliary chose Mabel Dare as commander and Eva Lou Knorr as senior vice commander. The group selected Butte as next year's convention site.
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Miles City
Anton Jursnick
Butte
Montana
The
Disabled American Veterans
Raymond R. Husel
Great Falls
Millard H. Ginnings
Missoula
John Sloan
Helena
Women’s Auxiliary
Mabel Dare
Eva Lou Knorr
Maurine Jursnick
Ruth Redding
Billings
Rose Dyer
Livingston
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Ramsay
Charles Stauffer
Dillon
Cadillac
Mark OF
Cadillac Motor Car Division
Choice
Butte Vfw
William M. Daley
Lewis Averett
Melvin Best
Edmund Leonard
William Chinn
Howard Neier
John Dowdall
Jean Coyne
Irene Fenton
Edythe Skewes
Lillian Smith
Betty Sullivan
Abbie Spencer
Mary Riley
Betty Daley
Lorraine Tuszynski
Wilhelmina Leonard
Genevieve Gray
Jursnick
DAV
Free University
Butte Free University
Reservoir
Main and
Granite
Uptown Butte
Rug
Trey
Averflon
Kord Holder
Hennessy
Apple-Air
Rose Nite-Lite
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