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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1950
Page
5
About 135 scouts from 13 troops joined events at Toll Mountain and Valley Forge training sessions. Some 90 scouts from 11 troops attended a Campo ree of Vigilante council at Toll Mountain camp. Meanwhile 45 scouts in the council’s National Jamboree troop prepared for a Sunday departure to Valley Forge with a final training at the Lowlands camp.
A lengthy Sunday gathering lists many scout leaders by troop and role including Arnold Jacobsen Albert Barrios Bill Mott Frank Gardner William Booth Patrick Donahue Fred Kemp Henry Stone Earl Watts Ted Potter Kisler Powell Lee Shurtz Frank Laird Gino Faroni Bill Post Einar Eriksen Zack Russell and a large roster of participating boys such as Don Spring Eddy Cornwall Dave Rutherford Gary McCredy Tim Driscoll Tom Burton Albert Olsen Allen McIver James Theofelis Louis Theofelis Tom Barry and numerous others.
A playful shaggy dog story follows a hen and pig strolling Indiana main street past a butcher shop sign. The punchline centers on a 75 cent ham and eggs bargain and a pig’s moral aside about sacrifice. Leopold Godowsky faces a brutal audition from a stunning but untalented young lady. He awkwardly compliments her technique as “amazing” while noting the pieces’ overwhelming difficulty.
Members of Zor Shrine temple of Madison about 440 strong visited Butte en route to Los Angeles for the Imperial Council session. The caravan arrived in two trains with 19 and 21 cars, were greeted by Bagdad temple leaders, and toured local sites by bus before returning to Madison.
Mayor Thomas R. Morgan warned that sweeping debris into streets in the business district must stop or offenders will be prosecuted and fined if convicted. He ordered Chief Bart J. Riley to enforce the sanitation ordinance strictly.
Frank Kline of 416 North Jackson, a School of Forestry graduate, is named assistant ranger in the Targhee National Forest and assigned to the Big Springs district. He is married with one child and has worked summers at the Deer Lodge National Forest for three seasons, and will depart Wednesday to begin his new post.
Silver Bow county's motor vehicle insurance for the coming year is awarded to Montana Insurance agency, via Agent John A. Bender, for 844.72. The policy covers bodily injury, property damage, comprehensive fire theft and collision. General Insurance and General Casualty of Seattle will write the policy. Other bids ranged from 1,188.83 to 1,275.00 and the prior year bid was 1,745.88.
City records show 9,965 driving permits issued to date, with demand described as slow but steady. The tally compares to 9,456 permits issued in 1949, per city treasurer Bernard Holland.
Tokyo police arrested three more Communists on Monday, including a leader who had been underground since last week. The arrests bring to eleven the total jailed since General MacArthur began the purge last week, with Yoichi Takagi charged for distributing anti American propaganda and two others, Kunihiko Gomo and Kreo Aoki, accused of anti occupation literature distribution.
The Air Force will test three jet fighters the McDonnell XF-88 Lockheed XF-90 and North American YF-93A to find a plane capable of 1000 mile penetration into enemy territory for air and ground targets. The F 84E Thunderjet carries a 1000 mile combat radius with external tanks but the search seeks true penetration without wing tanks.
Washington officials attended the funeral for Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg wife of Michigan senator. She died Saturday after a long illness. Services were at Foundary Methodist Church led by Rev Frederick Brown Harris. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery Fort Wayne Indiana beside her mother.
Fred Mass, Deer Lodge forest administrator in charge of timber sales, named chairman of a special committee representing eastern Montana forests to study timber management. The panel will meet in Bozeman on Wednesday and White Sulphur Springs on Thursday and Friday, with members from Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Helena and Custer national forests. T. E. Williams of Butte represents Deer Lodge. Topics include cutting policies, slash disposal, timber conservation and soil erosion, with recommendations to follow.
A. C. Kohlhase, division superintendent for the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific railroad, rested comfortably at St. James hospital Monday night after twisting his back and collapsing while moving a baggage truck. X rays showed no breaks. the incident occurred as Shriner delegates arrived for trains to Los Angeles. Kohlhase lives at 230 South Washington.
Four candidates file for county offices in Silver Bow. Gerald Holland runs for sheriff on the Democratic ticket after seven and a half years as chief deputy treasurer. Rudolph Kline seeks justice of the peace in South Butte. Mull Mulholland seeks reelection as constable of Silver Bow township, and John Panton runs for constable in South Butte. The piece details their backgrounds, families, and campaign slogans.
In Grand Falls Newfoundland on June 12 residents armed with garden hoses watched as a forest fire burned on the opposite bank of the Exploit River, threatening nearby homes and prompting readiness.
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