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Newspaper
The Montana Standard Post
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1961
Page
5
In Montana unemployment remains high led by declines in mining and transportation. More than 15 000 jobseekers across 22 offices as of June 1 up 4 500 from last year and 7 000 above May ten year average.
A long hospital notes segment lists admitted and dismissed patients with street addresses and cities such as Anaconda Dillon Helena and Dillon. The entry closes with a note: The official name of the World Bank is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Montana's fair weather continues with above normal temperatures this presummer week. Dry air aloft clears skies as highs reach 85 to 95 across the state with lows around 41 to 60. The five day forecast shows little precipitation and temperatures above normal in both east and west divisions through next Wednesday.
Montana public instruction superintendent Harriet Miller told fifth annual AFL-CIO convention delegates that politicians should not inject politics into school affairs. She noted rising enrollments require more teachers and classrooms and urged adequate funds from the next Legislature.
Richard J. Barney and Erwin H. Breuer were appointed to the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station staff. They will serve at the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory in Missoula Dan Reed W. Bailey announced. Barney, from Flathead National Forest and Montana State University, will help develop and test a national fire danger rating system. Breuer, a former GE Idaho Falls assistant electronic engineer, will join the fire physics and engineering unit at the lab.
Charles McDonagh 32 is charged with first degree assault for allegedly shooting his brother Owen 19 in a Rosebud County home. The incident happened during lunch. Owen, hit in the thighs, is recovering in Miles City Hospital. McDonagh was arrested along the Yellowstone River Bank and is jailed awaiting a June 23 arraignment.
L. V. Brown of Spokane Washington was elected president of the Timber Products Manufacturers Association at the western group's annual meeting in Glacier National Park. Also chosen were Vice President Allen R. Avey of Kettle Falls and Secretary George J. Tichy of Spokane. The Old Timbers Club added new members with 40 or more years in the timber industry including J Harold Sampson Spokane Harry G Preston and D C Duncan Columbia Falls Otto H Wagner Twisp G A Miller J H Hawkins Kalispell and E C Sawyer Peshastin.
HELENA AP Father’s Day in Montana Sunday carries the 1961 theme Juvenile Integrity Starts in the Home. Gov Donald G Nutter proclaimed Friday that fathers have built democracy through teaching and devotion to liberty and regard the home as the moulder of tomorrow’s citizens and the foundation of future family life.
Clinton Zuern, 14, of Tracy Montana, died on a dairy farm near Coeur d Alene when the tractor he was driving plunged over a 60 foot embankment into a near dry creek. He was visiting his sister Mrs Robert Bolser on the farm and was the son of Mr and Mrs Gottlieb Zuern.
Poplar High School District 9 will receive a federal loan of 2629 dollars for textbooks and teachers' salaries. The loan was approved by the office of education for immediate payment. The U S department of agriculture will mark its 100th birthday on May 15, 1962.
Gov. Donald G. Nutter visits Camp Nutter near Helena, meeting officers, touring the post, and dining with aides. He will return June 22 for Governor's Day, while units like the 163rd Armed Cavalry Regiment and 3669th Ordnance Company operate nearby. an injury occurs when Sp4 Mel Barth falls from a tank during field training.
The Seventh Day Adventist church at Dakota and Aluminum Street in Butte holds Sabbath School every Saturday at 2 o clock and worship at 3 15 AM. Matar is the pastor.
A list of area churches with service times, Bible studies, and youth activities. Includes Assembly of God on Florence Ave, Highland Assembly at 730 E. Park, Finnish Gospel Chapel on E. Park, Church in the Valley at 1958 Sampson St, Bible Baptist on Hannibal, First Baptist at Montana and Broadway, and First Southern Baptist at Floral Blvd. Also notes Christ Ambassadors and youth programs, camps, and choir rehearsals.
A dense list of Mass schedules and religious devotions for multiple Catholic parishes. Includes Holy Savior Leatherwood, Immaculate Conception Caledonia, St Ann, Cred Heart Park, St Helena Meaderville, St James Hospital Chapel, St John the Evangelist Majors and Whitman, St Joseph Utah Ave, St Lawrence OToole, St Mary Main, and St Patrick Washington Mercury. Details cover Mass times, novenas, confessions, and holy day devotions.
Texas church led by minister O D Harris invites all ages to Sunday school at 9 45 a m with expanded worship hour for children eight and under Lord s Supper at 10 55 a m and sermon When Light Is Darkness A church board meeting Monday at 8 p m to hear an architect report Youth conference runs Sunday through Saturday at the YMCA camp near Elliston with state Christian Church attendees and ongoing church programs
Christian Science Church at 229 N Montana St announces Sunday service at 11 o clock with nursery care and Sunday School at 1. Testimony meeting is Wednesday at 8 p.m. Reading room at 127 W Broadway open daily 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m and evenings 7 to 9 p.m Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday. This week topic Is the Universe Including Man Evolved by Atomic Force. Church of Christ Meurce of Christ at 31008 Gladstone is listed.
Ken Samuel announces Sunday school for all ages at 11, worship after communion, 1 pm preaching, 7:30 pm evening service. Congregation sings and preaches at 1 pm, midweek youth and adult Bible classes 7 to 7 45 followed by devotional period.
Congregational church notes Nature Sunday with Rev Howard Y Williams and choir. Summer worship at 10 am. Vacation Bible School 9 am daily. Craft exhibit and lunch Friday. Camp registration deadlines in June. Final vote on UCC Constitution shows 91 percent approval by 4 036 Congregational Churches, paving the way for General Synod in Philadelphia.
Covenant Mission Church at 1027 S Main lists services: 9 45 am Sunday school 11 am morning worship with Charles Swanson in charge 7 30 pm evening sermon The prodigal's Story with Gala tians Receiving Truth. Weekday services Tuesday 10 am choir practice Thursday 8 pm Bible study prayer Hi League Friday 7 3 pm meeting Public invited
Episcopal St John Church at 4 West Broadway lists Rev John S Fargher as rector and Rev Carl Lemm-Marugg as assistant. Miss Violet Laity is organist and secretary, Miss Inez Haskins church school director, Mrs F Hanly Burton director of Christian education. Sunday services include Holy Communion at 8 am and Choral Eucharist with sermon. Weekday Holy Communion at 10 am on Wednesday and Friday with prayers for the sick and Holy Unction at 10:9.
The Butte West Ward led by Bishop Arel R Sessions lists Sunday services with times for priesthood, Sunday school, sacrament, and Relief Society plus meetings for Mutual Improvement Association and Primary. Genealogy helps offered at home by appointment. The Butte East Ward led by Bishop W Ted Porter provides Sunday services and similar programs with a genealogy workshop on Thursday.
Gold Hill Lutheran Church lists worship at 10 a.m. with sermon A Challenging Question and Sunday school at 11, film Joseph The Young Man on Monday, council sub committee at 7 p.m. and midweek service at 8 p.m. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church notes 10 a.m. service and Sunday school with The Immeasurable Value of One Soul, Vacation Bible School 9-11:30 a.m. daily, ASCW 8 p.m. Tuesday, closing VBS service Friday 10:30 a.m. St Mark Lutheran lists Holy Communion at 9 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Sunday school with nurseries, youth and adult classes, Walther League meets Thursday 7:15 p.m.
The Dial a Thought message line at 2 2378 operates as a service sponsored by the Butte Council of United Church Women offering reflective, brief thoughts for callers seeking a moment of solace.
A succession of notices lists services, Sunday schools, choirs, and youth activities across Aldersgate Unity St Paul Mountain View Mount Bethel and Trinity churches. The items include sermon topics Super Man Our Fathers God, summer Sunday schools continuing, choir rehearsals, and upcoming conferences and camps with specific dates and leaders.
Ronald Meyers named pastor at First Church of the Nazarene located at the corner of Florence and Marcia on the Englewood car line. George Agar serves as superintendent.
A local notices section lists weekly and Sunday services for multiple faith groups. Baha is group hosts fireside inquiries Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at 2107 Pine Ave. Jehovah’s Witnesses publish discourse and study times. Pentecostal, Church of God, Salvation Army, Bethel, Unity Truth Center, and Full Gospel Church schedules with service and class times across various addresses.
Morning worship at 1 o clock with church school for nursery to primary aged children. Rev Harlow leads sermon "Teaching Religion in the Home." Vacation church school runs 9:30 to noon Monday through Friday through June for ages 4 to 6th grade. session meets Tuesday at 7:30. Church of the Big Hole led by Rev Hervey W Macterran.
Jackson holds service at 9 a.m. Wisdom offers an 11 a.m. Wise River Divide has a 2 p.m. session with alternating locations. Melrose conducts a 7:30 p.m. service.
Rev Robert D Katz pastor announces worship at Bible Presbyterian Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ Sunday school 10 a m and morning service 11 a m with subject The Believer s Replausibility in the Light of the Fall of Babylon and related ecumenical themes Evening evangelistic service at 7 30 p m Peter s Teaching and Warning Against False Preachers Daily Vacation Bible School begins June 1923 9 to noon enroll children and attend regularly Your cooperation is asked
The Serbian Orthodox Holy Trinity Church in Idaho lists Sunday services at 10 a.m. with Rev. Pavie Poznanov officiating and evening vespers at 7 p.m. Weekly activities include Circle of Serbian Sisters on the second Thursday, congregation meetings on the fourth Monday, Mothers Club on the fourth Tuesday, choir practice on Tuesday, Serbian school Saturdays 10 to 12, and Sunday school at 10 a.m.
In Missoula the 73rd annual Montana Bar Association convention opened with 400 attendees including 250 lawyers. Arthur F. Lamey and Frank E. Homan spoke on Friday while Stanley M. Doyle welcomed delegates. Activities included a reception for Doyle, a Montana State University School of Law Board of Visitors meeting, and a tour of the Forest Service lab. The event wraps with a no host continental breakfast Sunday.
The Lehman Ranch Inc of Ennis has filed articles of incorporation with Secretary of State Frank Murray. Authorized capital is listed at 100000. A Britannica entry notes about 2598960 possible five card hands from a 52 card deck.
U S District Judge W D Murray continued the case of Frank Knight Jr aged 37 for a hearing on revocation of probation to 11 a.m. Monday for imposition of sentence. Knight pleaded guilty to the petition alleging an attempt to pass a forged check at the Park Bar in Anaconda on June 2. Knight earlier pled guilty in May 1960 to passing forged checks connected to a burglary of a federal credit union in Butte. He is married with one child and is stepfather to six who live with their mother in Grants New Mexico. He has served several prison terms for forgery. Judge Murray noted the expected last appearance of Jack Bookey as assistant U S district attorney, who will resign to join the Seattle SEC office.
Yellowstone National Park welcomed 60,136 visitors in the first ten days of June surpassing 1960 figures and marking the heaviest start since 1957. Park Superintendent Lemuel A. Garrison cited an average daily entry of about 6,000 and noted the 1957 peak of over 1,500,000 visitors remains the high mark.
Indonesian public works officials Sujoto Hardjodirono and Soejadji Kamarwan, guests of the Montana Highway Department, share views on American rivers and movies, note Indonesia’s neutralist stance, and plan a Boise road observation trip after visiting Helena.
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