19 Feb 1932
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Newspaper
Wolf Point Herald
Location
Wolf Point, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1932
Page
1
Western sub district of the northeast basketball district opened with eight teams: Dodson Hinsdale Saco Glasgow Nashua Frazer Poplar Wolf Point. Dodson was held home by scarlet fever. large early games featured Wolf Point 91 Nashua 10 and Poplar 91 Saco 12.
Olga Nix was granted a divorce from Roy Nix in Plentywood district court. Roy Nix, serving a life sentence for murder in an Arkansas penitentiary, had escaped in 1925 and drifted through Montana, later married in the Home Steal territory. He faced holdup charges at Wolf Point and a pool hall theft in Brockton, with ties to a stash of stolen goods in Poplar. Olga Nix was awarded custody of their two year old daughter.
The J. C. Penney store was burglarized Wednesday night with about $60 in cash taken from the cash drawer. Entry was gained by removing the front grate and entering through the basement. No suspects are known, and the thief appeared to know the money’s location.
The family extends heartfelt thanks for kindness sympathy and floral tributes after the death of their beloved son and brother Grant Mitchell. They name William Knorr Charles Renz Mary Singleton the Degree of Honor Royal Neighbors the Catholic church choir and Fathers Louis Seethaler Benedict Seethaler and others who offered support.
Lent’s 40 day frame evolved over centuries with wide regional variation. Early writers note differing fast lengths and foods, from no meat to eating fish or birds, and Holy Week extremes of zero meals. By Gregory the Great Rome kept six weeks, aiming for 40 fasting days, while Milan held to older patterns.
John C. Dahl of Froid, a regional pioneer and prominent community member, died Saturday night from influenza complications at age 62. Funeral services were held at Profit at 2:00 p m Wednesday with Deright Lohn Henry Lowe and A M Foor in attendance.
The county extension service secured recreation specialist Miss Ella Gardner to lead a training session for 4-H and home demonstration leaders at Culbertton on March 16. Invitations went to two delegates from each Federated Women's club Farmers Union Parent Teachers association and similar groups. Gardner will teach songs and games for community recreation periods.
A Sunday evening program at 7 45 features selections by the high school band under Mr Simon and instrumental music by local youth. A paper by Mrs John Listerud Norman Nedrud and Mrs Pipal will be read, with junior choir and other performances. No admission charge, invitation to all. Rev C R A Tolletton invites the community to commemorate George Washington's birthday.
Washington observed a film by Scott Leavitt illustrating Indian sign language. The half hour presentation, with a dictionary, was shown to ethnologists, lawmakers and public officials in the House caucus room. It records language used by plains tribes and will be archived for scientists and education purposes.
A Washington Bicentennial program will be held at Longview school district 8 in McCone county on Saturday Feb 20 at 8 00 pm. Featuring eulogies recitations and songs by students including Florence Olson Ella Olson Lucille Richards Jeanette Richards and Wilma Olson with harp solos by Lawrence Olson and Eddie Olson and a reading Washingtons Home by Florence Savageau. The program closes with Star Spangled Banner sung by the audience and remarks by Mrs Ola Harmon the teacher.
County agent Werden advocates planting alfalfa in rows three to four feet apart to boost forage yields and reduce crop failure risk. Expert M A Bell notes best dry land yields from 42 to 46 inch rows, with 2 to 3 pounds of seed per acre for even stands. Row alfalfa is not new to northeastern Montana and may soon become general, relying on low seed costs, simple planting, and easy cultivation.
The Wolf Point girls basketball team won first place at Nashua on Saturday in the second annual tournament. Brockton beat Frazer 20 to 6 in the morning, Nashua fell to Wolf Point 18 to 11 in the afternoon, then Nashua defeated Frazer 30 to 5, Wolf Point beat Brockton 26 to 11. Bernice Bravin of Wolf Point was named best free thrower with 12 makes in 20 attempts.
Cornelius Fink suffered a bad dose of coal gas Monday evening while stoking a furnace at the Sherman. With the main damper closed he barely escaped the furnace room and reached fresh air. He assists around the hotel but was not familiar with the furnace.
Hollywood comic Robert Woolsey headlines at the Liberty Theatre Sunday Monday and Tuesday in Radio Pictures Everyone Says Everything Rosie a sweeping farce scored by Al Bossberg The practical joke by Bossberg during filming caused the Woolseys to endure a staged water prank with a flood of taps and a 28 course water dinner illustrating their onstage friendship and career triumphs
Bozeman. The finish of a lamp is defined by thickness color and distribution of fat. Poor finish yields thin dark fibrous cuts while high finish gives firm tender light pink meat. Barley and oats fed lambs affect flavor and fat. barley fat is softer and meat milder while oats produce firmer fat.
Margaret and Une Randall from Wolf Point along with two other university women qualified as leaders for Girl Scout troops. The training course is led by Olza Carlson, continuing this week for the southern branch of the University of Idaho.
A Washington bicentennial program features Rev W G Johnson leading invocation and pledge, songs including America and Star Spangled Banner, recitations Our Lincoln and Good Enough, performances by Mount Vernon Masons and a male quartet, with birthdays and anecdotes from Washington's life. Students like Billy Young and Douglas Young participate alongside Mount Vernon bells and school groups.
George Littlefield, owner of the Coliseum dance hall, donated the mic of the hall for a free dance Friday night to aid visiting students during the district basketball tournament. Wolf Point students arranged free music and welcomed a lively conclusion to their student weekend.
Totals show the Wolves holding a 209 total in the pre tournament record, reflecting prior performance and scoring pace ahead of the upcoming events. Team leaders and key contributors are cited within the context of this early season tally.
Obituary notes the death of T L Blackmon ten days ago at Warm Springs where he resided as an inmate of the asylum for years. A respected eastern Montana stock inspector, he lived in Wolf Point and Deer Lodge and left a Texas family including nine children. Funeral held under Masonic auspices.
McCone County land sale details to be aired on KGCX next Tuesday evening February 23 between six and seven. Speaker H. EB Pratt will present with likely additional participants. Residents interested urged to tune in at that hour.
Senator Wheeler's bill to excuse homesteaders from residence during 1929 1980 and 1931 has passed the senate. It allows entrymen to complete residence terms for final proof when absent to earn money for dependents.
The Onancook Va News reports Mrs. Sarah Allen is seriously sick at her Bayly's Neck home. Her sons request that people refrain from visiting the house until her condition improves and they will announce when she gets better.
A large meeting of McCone and Roosevelt county Farmers Union members discussed forming an oil company with a bulk station and pumps at Wolf Point. A stockholders meeting is set for Saturday February 27 in Wolf Point to elect a board of directors and officers. The station likely near the Farmers Union elevator at the Great Northern crossing. More than HH Farmers Union oil stations operate in Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota and Montana.
A call goes out for local groups to form a McCone County Child Welfare Council to protect health, education, and well being of children. The plan aims to lower infant mortality and assist handicapped children, citing successes in Richland and Valley counties and inviting representatives to meet on Saturday February 27 in the county court room.
Bozeman Montana February 15 1932 Sam Sloan extension agronomist at Montana State College and secretary of the emergency seed committee warns farmers statewide to plan for seed supplies for Spring wheat He cites only about 1 25 million bushels of wheat in Montana elevators on January 1 far short of the 3 5 million acres to be sown He urges locating seed stocks through county agents bankers and elevators and preparing a state seed list to distribute.
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