Ravalli Republic from Hamilton, Montana • 1

STOICAL SOCIETY HELENA LloKArw unim niOIUKIUU. iUUtTr helena, Montana 59601 STATE CONVENTION IN GT. FALLS i Eagles, AiiKiSiary 'Score' at Session ml flu 0mm ite VOL. LXX1X. No.

133 Hamilton. July 10. 1967 Five Cents Per Cop The Bitter Root Eagles Aerie as it usually does dominated ritualistic and awards competition at the annual Montana State Eagles convention at Great Falls during the weekend. Aerie and Auxiliary ritual learns won first place in their respective divisions and the local lodge also claimed the state youth guidance and activities award lor th? fourth straight year. In addition, the local lodge was successful in its bid to hold the 1968 Eagles state bowling tournament in Hamilton.

The Aerio ritual team consisted of Ed Dye, president; George Raymond, junior past president; John Mitchell, vice president; Clarence Tutcher, chaplain; Bill Ottinger, conductor. Raymond received the all-star award for winning first place in the junior past president's role and Tutcher was second among chap CORONER'S JURY DECIDES fni.i i -fi i kkckigss ten iurn mm Fire Activity Lacking! Indices Glimb June 18 Fatality Near Stevi A six-mun coroner's jury ruled Saturday that a 22-year-1 car. Jin nes L. (iallant of Stcvensville, said ail three No "fire activity was reported on the Bitter Root National Forest during the weekend, dispatcher Mick DeZell said Monday. The forest has gone eight days with out a fire, he said, although burning indices have climbed sharply in the past week.

All 17 lookouts are now mancd on the forest and daily aerial patrols are being flown. DeZell said forest weather forecasts call for hot and drv weather all week, with possible young men had linen drinking a bit." Gallant stressed however, (iouzalcs was not intoxicated at the time of the collision. Gonzales, on advice from his attorney, Joseph Goldman of Missoula, declined to testify at the hearing. Members of the jury were Ernie Buker, Waiter Maki, Hen old Stcvensville man, Frank Gonzales, was driving negligently in the June 18 auto accident that claimed the life -of a passenger in Ills car, Edward Lee O'Dcll, 22, also of Stcvensville. The mishap occuired at the Stevensille junction with S.

93. O'Dell suffered fatal injuries when the Gonzales car was struck nearly broadside by an oncoming auto. Tlw roroner'a jury ruled Gonzulc "recklessly turiii'ri left in front of an oncoming par" Jiint prior to the impart. Following the verdict county attorney tarry rcrtwon said tin would file cliargm within few day. Testimony heard at the inquest included a statement from I dghway patrolman John Dris-toll that the Gonzales outo was going, south turning toward the Ftevensville cutoff, road when Auxiliary Receives Trophy Beverly Galloway, president of the Bitter Root Eagles Auxiliary, received Ibis handsome trophy Saturday night for winning the Class ritualistic event at the state Eagles convention in Great Falls.

Former Hamilton Eagle Leo LaTray of Anaconda (right) made the presentation. lains competing in the event. Past State and Northwest president Malcom Sizer of Hamilton installed new state officers for the coming year, a ritual he has conducted for the past ten years at Montana Eagles conventions. Sizer also served on the welcoming committee for grand officers. Mr.

and Mrs. Sizer will leave in late July for the National Eaqles convention that starts July 27 at Kan-sas City, Mo. Sizer has a major appointment to serve at the session and Mrs. Sizer is the slate auxiliary delegate. Chad Smilh of Helena was installed 1967-68 presi- ry Dietz, Sabe Pfau, George lightning activity seen by Wed-Dickerson and Robert Street.

inesday. SATURDAY TRAGEDY Fall from Ledge ills Ballon Man A hiking trip in the uper highway and the Woodside cut-Sweathouse Creek areu west of off road in Corvallis. A car Victor turned into tragedy for driven by Peter Hammer of 1 YJiY. I 1 ft -1 a Dillon family when Raymond Troy collided with a dump Varner dent of the state Aerie. truck driven by Glenn 1 iV of Corvallis.

The Hammer, car sustained about $150 damage and the truck only minor damage. Dris-coll ticketed Hammer for failure to stop at the Intersection. The oilier mishap Involved a car driven by Muriel Tolman of Hamilton which was driving west on Victor's Main Street fc 4. i J. Nye, 32, plunged to his death Saturday.

Kavalll CViunty nlierlff-cor-oner Dale Dye ssilri the man died of head and Internal Injuries in lite Hcciilental fall and that no further Investigation is plunncd. Nye. his wife Norma and two-year-old son Raymond had hiked into the area Saturday morning. Dye quoted Mrs. Nye as saying her hubnnd had IT-' I The auxiliary won first in the Class ritualistic contest at the convention.

The auxiliary won the traveling trophy for having the smallest delinquency list for keeps this year, having tak-5n the honors for three years in succession Third place in the membership roundup a minor award. Tho i Hamilton women took first in membership quota award also. 1 (Continued on page the mishap occurred. Drlscoll and the driver of the northbound, John Pearce of Hamilton, stated the Gonzales car was in the east lane of traffic when the collision occurred. Pearce told the jury he noted the Gonzales auto traveling at a slow rate of 8ecd just before it renched the junction.

Pearce wild he kxiked Uiho right briefly to make nun no traffic was aiming onto the highway fitm the cutoff road. "When I loukwl bark to the highway, this other car, had tuumt'd in front of nie," he said, pparce ftlnmnutl on his brakes and veered to Hie riant just Im. lore Impart, he statcnl. but was unable to avoid the collision. A third pu-kM-nurr in the Dist.

Budgets On File Here SSrilS mx' 10 RETIRED MAN Ora P. Little Dies Here, Ilites Pending Both fet slipKfl out from under the man and Nye fell about 30 feel onto jagged lock near Ihe creek. His body then rolled into the stream and was carried aUmt 30 yards down-stream. Nye attempted to render aid Imt determined her hu.diand had succumbed. Tlie woman took the Lucille Granger of Chinook was elected now state president and project of the year for Iho auxiliaries was wiled as Yellowstone Boy's Ranch.

Miloj City will be convention site in 1968. Orino Stapies is stato in-sido guard. She gave vocal selections lor Ihe inilalla- iii 'fa ehilil ami hiked alnit lhiw Funeral riles are endinc at miles down Ihe Forest Service the Howling Mortuary (or Ora rmll to catn The 'p. IJtth. 05.

retired Il.unUi'ii Insly wa iiineril several man who was found 'lead in hi hour Infer by tvmir party. hom late Suml.iy morning. I Asftktimr in iiio rceovi'rv ef-! ikuiih un. i.nnh.n.wi i I Cinei Cnoittpiin wai choir Preliminary Inidu'cls for ft hool districts in Ihe couniy ai rvn' chi file wlUi ciHinly siipt of hcImmiU Mircaivl ln k- I man of Iht Hioh Sky Gifts tort were officer Dye. hull MIMiifllclcd eiumliol utuiml.

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Ik II I'. hor llieinen oml VH tt .1 It. LM GhiHit I lmmtUm 111(11 ir. uirsniw mini tirtmm, k.lll aMHMf I lau I itltt a will office was loraeil in Ihe stale re iwirt meet at Iter July Piini oii ami lien ll kell. On I Aerie Wins Ritual Contest L'J Dywol llufiullon ii reivcd honors Solurduy on Ivhulf ol lu klulo cliuiup lonsh I Eagles riliij Injm ol ih ti Link's con von lion in Cral Falls.

Making Ihe'prcswntalion wift hliiie vic rtrPi'l'nl Ho ly Hru.ku (ri'jhl) ol Helena. 21 to aikfit final UkIki fo piic liiUMric-t. i pert. Thtra was alto SI 23.50 alvtn lo Iht Jimmy Duranli Children'! fund. Ray Thrall kill hadd Iht drivt lor IJIlk bom 4mn.

11. Imrj. In ItMrkMrll City, um. lie bad been IImiuIIIini rei tlenl for mImhiI Ihe miI 3.1 )rr. He wnrked al Ihe Itneky MnMNlniN lhfiralitry fur rtrml )mr and ImiI breH rmkiyrl a a itierkanir at Iwm knal farage rwr In kU rrlirrnirNt.

Ijll, ma a itictntitv tif si iiie (HiimHiiittii n'liiill-ijuir i if 1 leAin from Hamilton nUmi 25 -fl mgtK KMfHit arr Ihe mkr. xtn Itiduird, Mtmij. Perform in Parade Mfttilicr of the ItovulU Cuun ty Sliehfl INxm went in Drum nwnl SufMl.iy. wh-re iIm' fm imil in i lie (inmi.il Dnnn- ItHUfl Itmleu ImIikU. Tltiimn.

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