Ravalli Republic from Hamilton, Montana • 1

OF MONTANA HttLENA historical socimr HELENA UOMT DAILY ROUT 0 WATER fOK IRRIGATION VOL. LXXI. No. 84 HAMILTON. MONTANA.

WEDNESDAY. APRIL 29. 19S9 Five Cents Per Copy FIVE HAMILTON BOYS CHOSEN FOR BOYS STATE Five Hamilton high school junior boys were selected to attend the annual Boys State at the Western Montana College of Education, Dillon, Aug. 15 to 23, it was announced today by the American Legion. Those selected by A.

L. Cooper, high school superintendent, and a 'i, faculty committee are Dwight Fin- ney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard i Children Playing With Matches Cause Victor Farm Fire Victor Mrs. A 1 1 Bishop, southwest Victor rancher, lost about 23 tons of hay by fire Friday afternoon.

The fire was caused by children playing with matches that were thought to be securely hidden from them. Also lost in the fire were the old part-log barn with its adjoining cow shed and granary, 600 feet of planed pine lumber and several smaller items. The Victor volunteer fire department responded to the call but could do nothing but watch. The fire was located about 125 yards from the Bishop house and an equal distance from the home of Carl "Ted" Larson. I Finney; Richard Grovcr, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Iceland Grover; Harry Leo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee; Garvin Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Everett Peterson, and Roland Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Roland Peterson. The choice of delegates was made on the basis of leadership, character, integrity and Ravalli County Bank FFA Award To L.

Lorentzen Larry Lorentzen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lorentzen, Darby, is the winner of the Ravalli County Bank 1959 Outstanding Future Farmer of America for the Darby FFA chapter. The $25 award check and certificate was presented at the annual FFA banquet April 22. Larry started with a Guernsey heifer purchased from the revolving FFA fund in his freshman year, another in his sophomore year and a Duroc gilt in his junior year.

He now has a Guernsey cow, a Guernsey heifer to calve soon, two other cattle, a sow and eight shoats besides a sprinkling systerru Larry Is 17 and will graduate from Darby high school this spring. He has been outstanding in his projects, school work, cooperation and In his classroom work. He was the FFA reporter this year, treasurer during his junior year and he played center and guard on the football team in 1957 and 1958. He is a member of the club. Larry plans on working for awhile after graduation to earn money to further his agricultural education.

Other Awards Presented Darby Awards were presented to FFA membership at the annual Parent and Son banquet of the Darby FFA April 22. Awards were presented to Jim Lindquist, farm safety; Sterling Wetzsteon, farm mechanics; Larry Lorentzen, dairy farming; Larry Lund, soil and water management, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Arnold received the Honorary Chapter Farmer's Degree. The American Legion, Elks vf -V- A Lodge, Eagles, Lions and Masons I k- are the sponsoring organizations.

i Richard Grover Second A. Polio Clinic To Be Tuesday The second sponsored polio clinic will be held Tuesday with school children receiving immunization at their schools in the morning and adults and pre-school children at the office of the public health nurse in the afternoon and evening. A charge of 75 cents will be made for the inoculations, but the has provided for those who can not pay. Anyone wishing to take advantage of this is requested to call the office of the public health nurse. The nurse's office will be open from 1 to 5 p.

m. and from 7 to 9 for the clinic. Dr. Armon Meis, county health officer, has requested a survey be made of the immunization received by school children. Survey and consent slips will be sent home with all school children of Hamilton for their parents' signature.

All parents are requested to return the slips with the survey portion filled out, and the consent section signed if another shot is desired at this time. A physician will be in attendance at all times during the clinics and members of the Ravalli County Nurses Association will administer the shots. Members of the and Health Council will be on hand to give clerical assistance. The vaccine will be obtained from local druggists at cost and the Public Health Service will' supply all syringes and equipment needed. Church Meeting Set for May 1-6 O'rvallis Missions conference of the Corvallis Community church Harry Lee i ir a i A j.

r-- jfrfA Garvin Peterson Dwight Finney Roland Peterson HHS Track Team To Take Part In Poison Meet The Hamilton high school track team will be among eight western Montana track teams taking part in the first annual Poison Invitational Saturday. The meet will feature six relay events, all of the field events, the low hurdles and 220-yard dash. The relay events will include the 440-yard dash, half mile, mile, two mile, medley and shuttle hurdle relay. Preliminary events will start at 11 a. nu in the 220-yard dash and the hurdle events.

The finals in all field events will be held in the morning. Teams taking part will be Columbia Falls, Thompson Falls, Whitefish, Ronan, St. Ignatius, Loyola, Poison and Hamilton. Hamilton track coach Larry McLatchy said 23 members of the team wlil go to the meet. Ore T.

Boding Services Held Funerai services for Ore T. Boding, 58, who died last Sunday, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Dowling Funeral Home under the direction of the Hamilton Elks Lodge, Frank Cash, exalted ruler. Interment was in Riverview cemetery. Pallbearers were Hugh Hennessy, Harley Rasmussen, Jim Thompson, Victor Lagerquist, Bob Weber and Fritz Zoske. Mr.

Boding was hospitalized for five weeks in a Missoula hospital prior to succumbing to cancer. He was born in Ashland, April 19, 1901, and moved with his parents to the Bitter Root while he was very young. He attended school in Corvallis and Hamilton. He married Eva Thompson, Feb. 9, 1927, at Hamilton and moved to Kalispell in 1946.

In 1950 they moved to Alaska, returning to Kalispell in 1956. Since then he has worked occasionally in Alaska. He was a charter member of the Hamilton Elks Lodge, a past member of the Moose and former Eagle member. vf 1 i ffCifii-trti Vita )M will -be held May 1-6 with three guest speakers scheduled to ar pear. The Rev.

Josef Herschko-witz of the American Mission and the Rev. Anton Netland, missionary to Japan under the Evangelical Alliance Mission, Rev. Herechkowltz 17th Annual Corvallis Track Meet Saturday Corvallis Ten schools will take part in the 17th annual Corvallis Invitational Track and Field Meet at Adams Field Saturday. Preliminaries will start at 10 a. with the finals starting at 1:30 p.

rru. Every high school in the valley will be among the contestants, with the exception of the Hamilton track team which will take part in the Poison Invitational tournament the same day. The Corvallis Sportsmen's club, sponsors of the meet, will present medals to the first five places in each event as well as a trophy to the winning team and gold plated track shoe to the high point man. Teams entering the meet will include Darby, Corvallis, Victor, Florence, Frenchtown, Alberton, St. Regis, Superior, Drummond, Granite county, Powell county, and Salmon, Idaho.

Officials will include Claude Potter, Missoula, official starter, and Tom O'Neil, Missoula, chief judge. Records in the annual event have been long standing in many K. J. McDonald of the Ravalli County Bank presented the Star Chapter Achievement award and the $25 check to Larry Lorentzen. Speakers were Jerry Arnold, state secretary, and Harley Lo-rance, school superintendent.

Guests were school board mem--bers, several local advisors and officers, the chapter sweetheart and Rev. and Mrs. Benjamin Joachim. The meal was prepared and served by the FHA members and advisor. Alva Cole, 44.

Dies Wednesday Victor Alva Cole, 44, valley native, died in a Missoula hospital about 11 a. m. Wednesday, shortly after being admitted. Mr. Cole underwent surgery In Daly hospital, Hamilton, April 4, was released April 9 and re-entered about three days later.

Since then his condition had been listed as serious. He was transferred to Missoula after his condition became worse. Death was attributed to in-flamation from! blood clot on the brain. Mr. Cole was born here Aug.

14, 1915, and had always lived here. He was a biological technician at Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, where he had been employed for 14 years. He was a veteran of a year and a half of navy service during World War II. Survivors include the widow, Nina; daughter, Cecelia Louella, Victor; sons, Robert Lee, Victor, and James Stevens, Hamilton; sisters, Mrs. Virginia Parker, Hamilton; Mrs.

Alzada Manley, Butte; brothers, William R. and Clifford, Plains; grandson, Steven James, Hamilton, and several nieces and nephews. Another brother, May-nard, Fremont, died early this month. are the Theme of the conference is "A Renewed Vision of the Multitudes Without vision" for "Where there is no VISION, the peolpe perish." Miss Hutchins' work has been in San Sebastian, Guatemala. her stay here she will live at the manse with the Rev.

and Mrs. Jerry Meyer. Mr. Netland is originally from Norway and is now a coworker of Myron Hegge in Japan. He will be housed with Mr.

and Mrs. Lloyd Stevens, brother-in-law and sister of Hegge. Mr. Herschkowitz has been a speaker here before and is no stranger to the valley. He is a native of Vienna, Austria, and in seeking escape from Nazi persecu-(Continued on Page 4) Mrs.

Samuel Funeral Services Held Funeral services for Mrs. Martha G. Sarduel, 95, who died Sunday, were held Wednesday morning in the Dowling Funeral Home, Rev. James Hastings officiating. Burial was in Riverview cemetery.

Pallbearers were Sam Morton, Luther Hill, Tim Carpenter, Harry Boozer, Al Soehren and James Morgan. Large Response To Corvallis Clinic Corvillis Response to the polio clinic held in conjunction with the well-child clinic in the Community house Friday was overwhelming with 120 receiving shots, Mrs. Ethel Fierce, Corvallis Grange health chairman, said. The polio clinics are sponsored by several Corvallis organizations and representatives assisting at the clinic Friday morning were Mr. Fierce, Mrs.

Willard Rasmus-sen, Mrs. Alvin Thorson, Mrs. Dave Munger, Mrs. Maud Buckridge, Mrs. J.

E. Babcock and Mrs. E. E. Scott.

Mrs Fierce expressed appreciation to the" well-child clinic staff of nurses and doctors who have assisted with the polio clinics. Many adults, some of them men coming directly from their work in the fields, were amnog the 120 receiving shots. About two-thirds of the group obtained their fourth or booster shots. Some of the grade school children "have not started the series and are reminded they should attend the next clinic on Thursday, May 21, so they can get the first two shots before the clinics are stopped. The third shot of the series is given seven months after the second.

Basketry To Feature Work Shop Thursday Mrs. Wilbur Vallance will lead off the third handicraft work shop Thursday night at 7 o'clock in the courthouse annex with a film on reed weaving and wrought iron projects. She will then demonstrate the steps in basket weaving and all present will be able to make their own baskets. Those who saw Mrs. Vallance's students at the MIA Little Festival know how skilled she is in teaching this art.

Everyone is urged not to miss this chance to learn basketry from one who knows her subject so well. 8 and 40 Salon Elects Oliicers Stevensville Officers were nominated and elected at the April rrfeting of the 8 and 40 Ravalli Salon.No. 455, held in the home of Mrs. W. Glenn Kirschcr April 23.

Ila Wanderer, Hamilton, was elected Chapeau; Ruth Rummel, Hamilton, first vice president; Minnie Kelly, Stevensville, second vice president; Veta Holloron, Corvallis, retiring Chapeau, was elected historian; Edith B. Kirscher, Stevensville, chaplain; Florence Billings, Hamilton, secretary-treasurer, and Ethel Fierce, Corvallis, child welfare chairman. The group voted to purchase a punch bowl and cups for use by the club and to be loaned to American Legion auxiliaries of the valley. Use of the bowl can be secured by contacting the 8 and 40 at Hany-illon. The main project of the 8 and 40 salons Departmental de Montana is the non-denominational National Jewish Hospital for tubercular children, Denver, Colo.

The Ravalli salon sent 20 bibs and the partners sent three birthday gifts to patients at the hospital for April. A salad course preceded the meeting. ftt The Hospital Admitted-April 28 Paul Edward Moody, Darby; Mrs. Floyd Schallenberger, Hamilton; Howard Ray, Stevens-ville. April 29 Dorcas C.

St. Clair, Hamilton. Released April 28 Elie U. Applebury, Hamilton; Effie Blair, Victor. April 29 Mrs.

Stanley Perez, cases, the oldest being a high jump record of 6' 1" by Steve Much-more, Drummond, in 1940. Leon Conner, Victor, set records in the 100-yard, 220-yard and 440-yard dashes in 1949, which still remain on the record books. He set the mark for the 100-yard dash at 220, 22:3, and the 440 at 52.1. Other records are: Pole vault, Gary Thomas, Poison, 12' 1956; 120-yard high hurdles, Graham, Poison, 15:6, 1952; shot put, Rollie Humble, Hamilton, 51' 91', 1957; 139 Students Take Part In Annual Concert Corvallis In the presentation of the annual school concert, 139 students took part as members of the choruses and the band Thursday night. Among those taking part were Linda Lockwood, Linda Hefner, Clayetta Warner, Sheryl Munson, Darlene Talbot, John Bailey, Connie RobertsI Jeri Black, Ann Johnson, Steve Brown, Jeff Hoppe, Cheri Warner, Myrna Stevens, Wayne Gander, Steven Richards, Barbara Pile, Jack Eddy, Dallas Day, Ronnie White, Steve Johnston, Kathy York, Linda Adamson, Peggy Sager, Betty Johnston and Julie Johnston.

Automobile bicycle collisions during 1958 injured 59,300 persons. VITAL Statistics Births April 28 Boy, 7 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wagner, Victor. April 29 Boy, 7 1 to Mr.

and Mrs. George Else, Hamilton. MISS AMERICA CONTEST An invitation for girls of Ravalli county to enter the 1959 Miss America contest has been made by the Missoula Soroptimist club and the Poison Business and Professional Women's club. Any girl interested in entering may contact the Central Answering Service in Missoula for more information. discus, Gene Piatt, Hamilton, 146' 1951; mile run, Rex Nichols, Stevensville, 4:45.6, 1942; 180-yard low hurdles, Barber, Ronan, 20:2, 1954; broad jump, Gary Spannuth, Hamilton 21' IV, 1958; 880-yard run, Hartman, Whitefish, 2:03.1, 1958; javelin, Rollie Humble, Hamilton, 177' 3 1957; half mile relay, Whitefish, 1:38.4, 1958.

Work Day Planned For Florence Picnic Area Stevensville The first work day for the Florence Community Picnic Area will be Sunday at 1 p. m. Girl Scouts and 4-H groups of the Ste-vensville-Florence have offered their assistance and all interested persons are asked to bring rake, shovel and hammer to the area located at the end of Ruffatto lane. An effort is being made to complete camp facilites and accommodations so that the annual Florence school picnic, for students and parents, may be held at this area in late May, officials said. YOU'RE INVITED To See the Films "NEVER ALONE" AND "TIME AND TWO WOMEN" APRIL 29 8 p.

m. HHS GYM Your questions will be answered by a local physician following the showing. Sponsored by the AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Dr. Larson Elected To MTA Board of Directors Dr. Carl L.

Larson, director of the Rocky Mountain Laboratory, was elected to the Montana Tuberculosis Assoiation Board of Diretors at MTA's 42nd annual meeting in Missoula. He will serve with two women and six other men, elected to four-year terms on the MTA board. They will serve on the MTA board until 1963. Bill Wilson Joins Market And Auction Associations The Hamilton Livestock Auction Company under, the owner-operation of Bill Wilson became a member of both the Montana Livestock Markets Association and the National Association of Livestock Auction Markets, Kansas City, last week at the annual convention of the former Association in Bozeman. With Wilson's affiliation with the Montana Livestock Markets Association, Montana's meimben-ship is unique in being 100.

No other state hosting livestock auction markets can iboast perfect membership as Montana now can. Robert ElleTd, president of the Montana Livestock Market Association and Robin Mac Nab, executive secretary, were here Wednesday for Wilson's weekly sale. Both are from Bozeman. Weather REPORTS PRAYER FOR TODAY From The Upper Boom Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? (I Corinthians 15:12. PRAYER: Our Father, whose highest gift is life, we thank Thee that it is within Thy divine will to give us eternal life.

Help us to seek daily this precious gift that by deeds of love and faith we may someday enter our eternal home; through Christ our Lord. Amen. Hamilton Max. Min. Tuesday 61 Wednesday 47 One Year Ago in Hamilton April 29, 1958 57 26 Corvallis Tuesday 62 Wednesday 47 SHRINE CLUB MEETING Pictures of Norway will be shown by Ing Nordheim at the April meeting of the Bitter Root Shrine club in the Corvallis Masonic temple Thursday at 7 p.

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