Graduation Honors For 16 Wolf Point Seniors
The class of 1929 at Wolf Point high school received diplomas during Monday evening exercises. Valerie Alrick gave the valedictory and Norman Nedrud delivered the salutatory. Prof. N C Abbott, billings normal school faculty member and former Havre superintendent, spoke on Whither Modern Youth asserting optimism for youth and the value of education. Abbott praised Montana citizens and Wolf Point’s schools. The program featured band numbers and glee club performances as diplomas were awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf Point High School
Margaret Alrick
Norman Nedrud
N. C. Abbott
State Normal School
Billings
Havre Public Schools
Abbott
Montana
Gront
Wolf Point
Frank H. Livingston
Nedrud
Alvick
C. A. Jackson
McCabe
Boys’ Glee Club
Yes Girls
Magpies Threaten Southside Game Birds
D. L. Fugelsbo of the Southside reports magpies destroying nests of game and song birds near Wolf Point. He urges hunters to kill magpies or destroy nests and eyes to curb the pest. The Rod and Gun club lists magpies on the blacklist for on sight shooting as pheasants and quail efforts expand on the Southside. A rain-affected golf and Legion tournament fill the rest of the item with local club notes and upcoming matches at Scobey and Sidney.
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D. L. Fugelsbo
Southside
Wolf Point
Rod and Gun Club
Fagelsbo
Montana-Dakota Co's Plant Burns in Williston Fire
A severe fire struck the Montana-Dakota power plant in Williston during a thunderstorm last Friday night. Lightning damaged the building and gutted the structure, destroying at least six transformers and heavily damaging the switchboard. Fire crews responded quickly, aided by two water streams, with manager Mr. Kleinsorge attributing the blaze to a lightning strike near the plant.
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Williston
Kleinsorge
Forged $15 Check Yields Prison Term for Pueblo Man
Steve Gresh of Pueblo Colo received a one year sentence at Deer Lodge after forging a $15 check on May 30. Attorney E L Walton represented him. Gresh was arraigned before Judge Jordan on Sheriff Andersons complaint and held on $1500 bond, which he could not post. He will be taken to Deer Lodge Saturday by Undersheriff Charles Council. The check bore the name Ford Stelzer and was made out to Henry Stelzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Gresh
Pueblo
Colo
Deer Lodge
E. L. Walton
Charles Council
Gresh
Ford Stelzer
Frazer
Henry Stelzer
Jordan
Anderson
Last Rites for Hank Cusker
Funeral services for Hank J. Cusker were held at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. B. A. Walker officiating. The church overflowed as friends from across Montana attended, honoring a man linked to the region since the 1880s. Burial followed at Greenwood cemetery, with pallbearers named from the community and local outfits. The obituary notes Cusker died around seven o'clock on June 4 after long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hank J. Cusker
Presbyterian Church
Montana
A. Walker
June Rains Arrive Early and Continue
The welcome rains began in late May and persist through June with daily or near daily showers. A dozen soaking rains drenched fields and sod to a foot or more, while strong winds accompanied Sunday’s downpour. Weather remains unsettled with more moisture expected, and electrical storms caused a temporary power outage that delayed The Herald. Farmers welcome the rain as wheat prices recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Office
Anti-Saloon Leader Attacks Wet Press at Assembly
Pittsburgh reports Rev. Dr. FP Scott McBride general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League assailed the wet press as a menace to prohibition and called Hearst prohibition substitute plan insincere. He questioned Hearst's interest and the source of 25000 prize money while urging the church to reject any substitute to prohibition. The assembly expressed disapproval of tobacco advertising on radio newspapers magazines and billboards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
United Presbyterian General Assembly
J Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
McBride
AnthSaloon
Assembly
Griffiths Drums of Love to Play at Liberty Theatre
D W Griffiths new United Artists film Drums of Love screens next Thursday and Friday at Liberty Theatre. Based on Francesca da Rimini, the independently produced drama features Mary Philbin in her Griffith debut with Don Alvarado and William Austin. Lionel Barrymore, Eugenie Besserer, Charles Hill Mailes head a cast of over a thousand, hailed as Griffiths finest since The Birth of a Nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Theatre
D. W. Griffith
United Artists
Francesca da Rimini
Griffith
Mary Philbin
Don Alvarado
William Austin
Alvarado
Dolores del Rio
Carmen
Austin
Lionel Barrymore
Gloria Swanson
Sadie Thompson
Tully
Marshall
Mr. Griffith
America
Eugenie Wbesserer
Charles Hill Mailes
Rosemary Cooper
Joyce Cod
Equity Elevator annual meeting at Sherman Hotel
Harry Stebbing secretary of Equity Elevator Company announces the annual meeting will be held at the Sherman hotel at one o'clock on Friday June 21. Important business will be discussed and every stockholder should be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Stebbing
Equity Elevator Company
The
Equity
Sherman Hotel
Correction in Ketetrup Fachner wedding guest list
The notice corrects a name in the Ketetrup Fachner wedding. Arthur Mann should replace Charles Mann as one of the attendants in the published roster. The correction preserves the same event and attendee role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mann
Arthur Mann
County Board Divides Roosevelt County Into Three Districts
The Roosevelt County board split the county into three commissioner districts by drawing two straight lines with a small jog. District 1, in the southeast, includes Rainville Culbertson McCale and Brookton and covers about 23 townships. District 2 lies north of No 1 and contains 18 1/2 townships with Froid as the only railroad town. District 3 in the west includes Wolf Point and Poplar, roughly 23 townships. A stock barn project for the county fair at CutBank was awarded to BE B Keplinger of Bainville for 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt County
Township 30
Valley County
LoWiship
Missouri River
Rainville
Culbertson
McCale
Brookton
Wolf Point
Poplar
Cutbesis
BE. B. Keplinger
Bainville
School bands camping at Wolf Creek grounds
Band leader Simon reports fair morning then a gale at Wolf Creek camping site. In three hours, 15 tents up and 43 boys ready for a feed. After dinner they played baseball and fished, then two o'clock hand practice followed by a Munge in Wolf Creek and games in the afternoon ending with six o'clock mess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon
Wolf Creek
Advance-Rumley District Meeting Held in Sherman Palm Room
A district meeting of the Advance-Rumley thresher company was held in the Sherman palm room Wednesday afternoon. J McCutchen led the session with about fifteen attendees including H Ditmarson. BF D Tuttle and McCutchen spoke, slides were shown, and a follow up meeting is planned to discuss combines with date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advance-Rumley Thresher Company
Sherman Palm Room
J. McCutchen
H. (. Ditmarson
BF. D. Tuttle
McCutchen
Ditmarson
Former Wolf Point merchant visits in Altadena ties
H Hanson former Wolf Point merchant now in Altadena California spent Thursday and Friday in Wolf Point talking old times with friends. He was impressed by the citys prosperity and growth. Hanson is in business with John Hinkle another former Wolf Pointer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Hanson
Wolf Point
Ole Hanson
Altadena
Pasadena
Calif
Mr. Hanson
John Hinkle
Wolf Pointer
Memorial Address by H. N. Marron at Poplar
H N Marron spoke at Poplar on Memorial Day delivering the Memorial address. He traveled on No 2 in the morning from the state K of C convention and Mrs Marron brought him home after the program. He urged that soldiers fought for principles higher than material gain and that grave decoration alone means little without upholding those ideals. The address was well received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Marron
Poplar
K. of
Indians Stop Highway Work at Fort Peck Bridge Site
A confrontation halted Federal highway work by Lalande Construction on the Wolf Point bridge over the Missouri. Sheriff Anderson arrested a band of Indians and one woman after they blocked machines. Work paused for two days while officials and an attorney discussed the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Peak Reservation
Lalande Construction Company
Wolf Point
Misouri
Anderson
Wm. Powers
Chas. Eggers
Eric Moum
Eggers
Helena
House
Popper
Fort Peck Reservation
Pop
Pastime Billiard Parlor Opens on Main Street
The Pastime Billiard Parlor opens last Saturday evening in the old Harley Miller building on Main Street. Proprietors FL Workine, G Bratuning, and John Dudley, all from Scobey, announce plans for relocation of Mr Brattuning’s family. The parlor features a new floor and fresh furniture.
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Harley Miller
Main Street
FL W
Workine
G. Bratuning
John Dudley
Scobey
Death toll reaches Wentworth in Sioux City hotel legacy
Emil Wistrom learns of his father's death in South Dakota and travels to Alcester. Marshall returns from Sioux City where his sister's husband Sewall F Wentworth died after a long illness at 77. Wentworth, a New Hampshire native who moved west in 1886, spent years in hotels and since 1925 with Security National bank of Sioux City.
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Emil Wistrom
South Dakota
Alcester
Sioux City
Marshall
Jlows
Sewall F
Worth
Wentworth
New Hampshire
Security National Bank of
Pastor Alfred Hendrickson Dies In Minot At 63
Reverend Alfred James Hendrickson longtime pastor of St. John's Lutheran Carpio and previously Glasgow and Wolf Point died May 6 in a Minot hospital from pancreatic cancer. Funeral held in Carpio with burial at Valley City. He married Karen Skorpen who was teaching here. Community tribute planned in Carpio. In other news, Northwestern Montana American Legion district held convention with officers elected including Dr. C. D. Fulkerson and Frank Nugent, a caravan to Havre planned for state convention, and a large Coliseum dance closed the gathering.
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New
Alfred Hendrickson
Minot
Hendrickson
Carpio
N. Oak
Wolf Point
Glasgow
First
Mise Karen Skorpen
N. Dak
Valley City
C.D. Fulkerson
Poplar
Frank Nugent
Culbertson
Legson
Scott Hart
Loulaville
Olendive
Havre
Lamport
Callahan
Veterans
Horn
Han
Sherman Hotel
Denavet
Sherman
T. N. Marron
Sivnanee
Elty
C. Lamport
P. Callahan
State Veterans’ Bureau
Sam Grossman
Astrict
C.D. Pulkerson
Ted Winters
Frank Catlin
BE. E.carey
H. A. Morley
Frosh Women Defeat Sophomores in Inter-Class Game
Missoula reports the frosh women routed the sophomores 25 to 9 in the first game of the State University women's inter-class baseball tournament. Margaret Randall captained the frosh, with four home runs by the freshmen and key fielding plays halting the sophomores’ errors.
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Missoula
State University
Margaret
Tina Randall
J. BR. Randall
Wolf Point
Frost
Margaret Randall
Una Randall
Lucille Sorenson
Frosh
Angeral
John C Garden Takes Agency for Nash Line
John C Garden secures Nash Motor Company agency to sell the Nash line in the territory. District rep Cripps arranged the deal. Garden expects models to ship soon and aims to boost popularity locally. War Point students Dillon normal rejoin summer break, including Kay Lang Tillie Opheim Martha Opheim Norma Littlefield and Blanche Pipal. Adelaide Wigtil stays in Dillon for summer school.
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John
Garden
Nash Motor Company
Nash
Cripps
Nash Company
War Point
Dillon Normal
Kay Lang
Tillie and
Martha Opheim
Norma Littlefield
Blanche Pipal
Adelaide Wigtil
Dillon
Roosevelt County Exhibit At Richland County Fair
Roosevelt County plans a county collective exhibit of grains grasses and vegetables at the Richland County Fair this year in competition with other counties. County Agent Warden will supervise assembling and display. Exhibits to be shown in a booth at the fair then returned to Culvertsen for September 26 28 display. Farmers urged to prepare early for county inclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt County
Richland County
Board of Commissioners
Richland County Fair
Ine Roosevelt Eens
Tovamuchay
Roosevelt
Sidney
A. W. Warden
Rains in McCone Bring Aid to Farmers
Rains on Sunday May 26 boosted the drought stricken region. The weather had been hot and dry for a week, draining soil moisture. The rainfall arrived when most needed and gave farmers hope for a bumper crop in the Brockway Herald area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mccone
Brockway Herald
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Ab Elise Ete
Bystrom
Marron
Montana-Dakota Co’s
Hank Cusker
C. C. Heinze
Livingston
Genevieve Montgomery
Winifred Trail
Shipman
Walker
S. T. Cogswell
Steve Marmon
John Bawden
Nickwall
J. B. Randall
Jim Terry
Mr. Webb
N Bar II
Mr. Cusker
Greenwood Cemetery
Equity Annual Meeting
Shermen
Dist
Rumley
South Dak
Legionnaires
Delogates
American Legion
Scobey, Plentywood
John C. Garden
Nash Line
Roosevelt CO
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