Montana Institute of Arts festival awards banquet
The 20th annual MIA festival dinner drew 250 attendees at the Finlen Hotel, the largest yet. Poore served as toastmaster and Joscelyn presided. Herbert Jacobson was named president. Major awards: Jaculyn Cory won two first prizes for prose, Alice Schumacher led nonfiction, with other winners in short stories and non fiction from Great Falls Bozeman and Livingston.
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Montana Institute of Arts
Finlen
Jeane Rhodes
Robert A. Poore
Butte
Archie Joscelyn
Missoula
Herbert Jacobson
Helena
Firemen busy on minor calls and poetry award winners
Firemen responded to a false alarm from a Dewey and Wynne box at 11 55 p m and to three small fires Saturday. A transformer fire at 1704 Hobson was followed by Montana Power Co repairs. A pile of rubble burned at Montana Livestock Auction Inc and a mattress fire in a shed caused little damage behind a vacant Nevada street home.
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Dewey and Wynne
Hobson
Montana Power Co
Montana Livestock Auction Inc
Nevada
Olsen Praises Postal Service At Montana Convention
Congressman Arnold Olsen told the Montana Letter Carrier Association that the U S Postal Department is the government’s best service and urged ongoing modernization. He cited a $1 billion five year funding need and argued for a business like budget to enhance efficiency and service while opposing privatization.
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Olsen
Montana
Postal Dept
Arnold Olsen
Montana Letter Carrier Association
U.S. Postal Department
Association
Anaconda
Prioity
The
Treasury
Department
Allan B. Kline a Former Farm Bureau Leader Dies
Allan B. Kline, 73, ex president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, died Friday while visiting relatives in Vinton Iowa. He farmed Benton County Iowa and led the bureau from 1947 until 1954, noted as an articulate scholarly figure who expanded the group’s international outlook.
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Western Springs
Ill
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Vinton
Iowa
Kline
Benton County
Farm Bureau
Marshall of Helena Named Montana VFW Commander
GREAT FALLS AP Walter Marshall of Helena was chosen Saturday as the new commander of the Montana Veterans of Foreign Wars at the annual convention. He succeeds Art Gregory of Forsyth. George Paul of Fort Benton was elected senior vice commander and John Dowdall of Anaconda junior vice commander.
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Great Falls
Walter Marshall
Helena
Montana Veterans of Foreign Wars
Marshall
Art Gregory
Forsyth
George Paul
Fort Benton
John Dowdall
Anaconda
Lost Colony re-enactment returns to Manteo this summer
A 100 member cast performs Paul Green's The Lost Colony in Manteo North Carolina. The summer series runs from June 21 to August with performances on a coastal stage and local support from regional arts groups.
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Paul Green
America
Manteo
N.C
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Mospitat
Scotchgard
Kroehler
H.p. Briggs & Stratton
Hennessy
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