Ravalli Republic from Hamilton, Montana • 1

-lISTOmCAL SOCIETY op Montana MR TINA HlSTr-I'ICAL SOCIETY HELENA MONT DAILY Aw7 A FrpnnrTn nAlRn Five Cents Per Copy HAMILTON. MONTANA. MONDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1960 9 a I -k, v.

'1 Weather lain IM Jm Severe With Valley Drivers on Ravalli county roads apparently were very fortunate and no accidents were reported on the county as a result of the glare ice highway conditions Sunday night. In general, Ravalli county was much luckier than other western Si A RAVALLI COUNTY DELEGATES to Montana Girls' State and Montana Boys' State this past summer were guests of honor at a coffee hour at the Hamilton American Legion hall Dec. 5. Seated, left to right, Gay Lackman, Hamilton; Bonnie Clements, Stevensville; Glenda Anderson, Victor; Phyllis (Roberts, Stevensville; Dorothy Van Blaricom and Patricia Brien, Hamilton. Standing: Tom Lund, Darby; Tony Rasmussen, Hamilton; Dave Hagen, Stevensville; Don Thorson, Corvallis; Melvon Ank-eny, Victor; Bob Scott, Hamilton; Steve Sullivan, Stevensville; Bob Williams, Butch Fullerton and Ron Kramis, Hamilton.

ozvaiiis Meats Darby For Bittes Boot Tourney Crown; Broncs Roil Over Stevi For Consolation Crown Stevensville The Corvallis Blue Devils demonstrated some of the "potential" they've been attributed this season and walked all over Darby 62 of the Bitter Root Invitational basketball tournament here Saturday night. shonnlncv iluve I a mmmmj USE CHRISTMAS SEALS VOL. LXXH. No. 247 Three Mile Club Names Winners In Flower Show Stevensville "Still Life Splendor" was the theme for the third annual winter show sponsored by the Three Mile Garden iclub with approximately 175 guests attending Hamilton, Corvallis, Victor, Florer.e, Missoula and Stevensville.

Mrs. Dayton Lockridge and Mrs. Carl Baldwin tied for the purple sweepstakes award for receiving the largest number of blue ribbons. Mrs. Lockridge also received a green award lor having the best arrangement in the show in the adult division featuring a design for a mantle.

Pamela Baldwin received the green award in the junior division with a nativity scene. Adult Division-Featuring a madonna 1 Mrs. Baldwin, 2 Mrs. Grover Stuart, 3 Mrs. O.

Enebo; 'copper container 1 Mrs. P. N. Mc'Kinley, 3 Mrs. Wilbur Robinson, Victor; strawflowers 1 Mrs.

Enebo, 2 Mrs. Joe Sutherland, Corvallis, 3 Mrs, Wilbur Cook. Title of a song 1 Mrs. Robinson, 2 Mrs. Russell Martin, Mrs.

Stuart, honorable mention-Christmas table 1 Mrs. Enebo, 3, Mrs. Alex Doig; mantle 1 Mrs. Lockridge, 2 Mrs. Robinson, 3 Mrs.

Enebo; not native to Montana 1 Mrs. Baldwin, 2 Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Ed O'Hare, award of merit; Christmas tree artificial 1 Mrs. Earl Martin, 2 Mrs.

Baldwin, 3 Mrs. James Gordon; plaque 3 Mrs. O'Hare; wreath 1 Mrs. Paul McFadgen, 2 Mrs. Earl Buck, Mrs.

Robinson, honorable mention; Mrs. Sawhill, award of merit; Swag Mrs. Morris all white 2, Mrs. Robinson; small design 3 Mrs. Doig.

Antique-l Mrs. Robinson, 2 Mrs. Baldwin, 3 Mrs. O'Hare; candles 1 Mrs. Robert Irvine, 3 Mrs.

Strange; wall hanging 1 Mrs. Baldwin, 2 Mrs. Russell Martin, 3 Mrs. Gordon; baskets 1 Mrs. Cook, 3 Mrs.

Enebo; sea shell 1 Mrs. Lockridge, 2 Mrs. Enebo, 3 Mrs. Cook; blajck and white 1 Mrs. Lockridge, 2, Mrs.

Enebo, 3 Mrs. Cook. Buffet artificial fruit and flowers 3 Mrs. Robinson; Japanese --1 Mrs. O'Hare, 3 Mrs.

Strange; Christmas id.eas 1 Mrs. Earl Buck, 2 Mrs. Lockridge, 3 Mrs. Sutherland; crescent design 1 Mrs. Stuart, 2 Mrs.

McKinley, 3 Mrs. Enebo. In the junior division blue ribbons went to Pamela Baldwin, Linda Bratton, John McKinley, Peg Ransier, Susan Wallace, Frances Sullivan. Red ribbons went to Marie Gordon, P. Baldwin, Susan Evans, Marcia Stish, S.

Wallace, J. McKinley and Linda Bratton. Yellow ribbons: Carolyn Smola, Ly-netle Bugli, F. Sullivan, Jerry Gordon, S. Evans, M.

Stish. Awards of merit or honorable mention: S. Evans, Kathy Dayton, Debbie Dayton, P. Baldwin, S. Wallace, Cathy Ellison and M.

Stish. Judges of the show were 0. B. Howell, Mrs. Lyle Lewis and Mrs.

J. M. Nelson, all of Missoula. Mrs. Morris Strange was general chairman; Mrs.

P. McFadgen, educational; Mrs. C. Baldwin and Mrs. J.

Gordon were in (charge of the junior division; Mrs. Ed O'Hare, club president, was hostess. Mrs. Earl Buck was chairman of the tea; Mrs. P.

McKinley, sale of arrangements; Mrs. G. Stuart and Mrs. W. Cook kept the gueSt book and the door prize winner was Mrs.

Jack Gardiner. Music Program At PTA Meet Tonight The Junior high school girls under the direction of Mrs. Leonard Sargent will sing Christmas carols at the Hamilton Parent-Teacher Assojciation meeting tonight, Monday, at 8 p. m. in the seventh grade room of the Jefferson school.

Suggestions for improved legislation relative to educational Institutions and administration in Montana will be the subject of the business meeting to be conducted by Dr. Robert Smith, president. "Our schools can only be as good as the interest that parents take in them." Dr. Smith pointed out. He urtred that all parents of school tehildren attend the meeting.

IflTAl Statutes Vi- Birth Dec. 16 Girl, 7 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ganthner, Corvallis. Montana areas.

Dropping temperatures finally eratures finally caught up with Sunday's day-long drizzle about 8 or 9 p. m. From that time until around midnight highways and streets were treacherous with ice. It started thawing again early Monday morning. One law enforcement officer, pleased at the situation but skeptical about drivers' habits, commented that drivers will probably wait until the highways are clear and dry to have their accidents.

Just north of the Ravalli county boundary, however, there was a series of minor accidents Sunday evening. A pocket of cold air apparently developed on the low, flat stretch of U. S. 93 about four miles north of Florence. The highway on both sides of that area was wet but not frozen.

The sudden change in driving surface apparently caught drivers by surprise. Howard Steele, who pulled on.e car back to Hamilton (believed to be owned by "Gib" Nichols, Stevensville), said two other minor accidents occurred while he was there. There were no injuries. Power Failure Darby patrons of the Montana Power Co. electrical service were without power for a three-hour period starting about p.

m. Sunday, says manager Ted Babiak, but the disturbance was not en tirely a fault of the weather. Mr. Babiak said that electric line insulators in the area had been used as rifle targets and the rain (caused the lines to arc over. He said the area is not accessible by roads and repairmen had to walk to the trouble spot, causing the delay.

There was a brief interruption of electric power on the golf course road east of Hamilton late Sunday night due to the heavy wind and rain, Mr. Babiak said. Stevi Band To Play Corvallis, Victor Concerts Wednesday Stevensville The 60-piece Yellowjaicket high school band, under the direction of Mel Gaudin, will present a concert at the Vict or high school at 10 a. m. and at the Corvallis high school at 1:45 p.

m. Wednesday. Cliff Trexler, music director at the Victor school, will present a trumpet solo, "Conversation, ac companied by the band at the Victor performance and Warren Wager, Corvallis director, will pre sent a piano solo, "Etude for Boogie," with band accompaniment at the Corvallis concert. The Yellowjacketeers, composed of 15 musile students, a German Band of five and a Dixieland band of five students appeared recently on the KMSO television program, "Youth on the High Road." A vocal duet by Vivian and Virginia Done-gon was accompanied by the band. Dave Hagen, active in the Stevensville high school Future Farmers of Ameritca was guest speaker, telling of his experience as a member of the National F.

F. A. band and attendance as delegate to the F. F. A.

convention held at Kansas City, Mo. in the summer of 1959. Phil Bratton is the F. F. A.

chapter advisor. Toboggan Mishap Puts Kramis Off Bronc Lineup Ron Kramis, first string forward on the Hamilton Broncs Varsity, was injured in a toboggan accident in the Moose Ridge vicinity of Lost Horse Creek Sunday and will be out of the Hamilton lineup for several weeks. He fell off the toboggan and a one-inch stick pierced the buttock muscle two or three Inches deep. PRATER FOR TODAY Prom Th Tpimw Boom When they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this Ichild. (Luke 2:17.) PRAYER: We rejoice, God, that Thou art our friend.

Help us as we spread the good news of Thy love. Use us so that everyone may know about Thee and Thy love for them. For Jesus' sake. Amen. 1 tgcytgsaRgg3gcg 1 Father Oi Hamilton Man Taken By Death Fred Fogel, 92, a retired rancher from Missoula, died Saturday morning at a Missoula rest home.

Among the survivors is Clarence Fogal, Hamilton. Mr. Fogel was born Sept. 11, 1868 in Leningrad, Russia. He moved to the Missoula area in 1929 from Laurel.

Survivors other than the Hamilton man are the widow, Anna Fogel, Missoula; two daughters, Mrs. Frieda Schram and Mrs. Catherine Christianson, Missoula; a son, Robert Fogel, California; 17 grandchildren and 43 great grandchildren. Funeral services are pending at the Squire-Simmons-Carr mortuary. All Turkey Winners Present For First Call; Big Crowd For the second straight week only six names were drawn from the big drum containing thousands of tickets to get six turkey winners.

Despite-a basketball tourney at Stevensville involving four valley high school teams, one of the biggest crowds in years jammed Hamilton's Main Street as the lucky names were tealled. Winners were Mrs. H. L. Soren-son; Vickie Severns, 10-year old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Rex Severns, who won a bird last year; Carl W. Saunders and Charles Squires, all of Hamilton; Card Lockwood and Willard Hall, Corvallis. Seven turkeys with accompanying sacks of potatoes, gifts of the Strnisha Brothers, will be given away on both Thursday and Friday nights of this week. Drawings will be at 9:15 p.

m. Harry 0. Bennett, 72. Taken By Death Stevensville Harry O. Bennett, 72, died Saturday night at Daly hospital in Hamilton where he had been a patient for nearly a week.

He had been employed in farm work in the Stevensville area for several summers. He was bom Dec. 13, 1888 at Racetralck and was a World War I veteran. There are no known relatives. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Whitesitt mortuary.

Alice Joanne Crooks Engaged To Reed Nelson Stevensville The engagement cf Alice Joanne Crooks, daughter of Mrs. Woodrow Daniels and Sam Crooks, to Reed Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Nelson, has been announced by Mrs. Daniels.

The bride-elotet is a junior at Stevensville high school. Mr. Nel son attended high school here and is presently employed at the Stewart Bennett ranch. The wedding is planned for June 18. Women's Bowling Leagues Take Holiday This Week Hamilton women's bowling leagues will not be in action this week as the fairer sex will be taking the week off for the Christmas holiday.

League play will resume Dec. 27 at 7 p. m. Veother fi i i it s. it top -rr Hamilton Max.

Min. Free. Friday 13 0 tr. Saturday Sunday Monday 26 12 tr. 40 21 .00 34 One Year Ago In Hamilton Dec.

17, 1959 41 27 Dec. 18, 1959 39 24 Dec. 19, 1359 45 19 CorraUis Friday 16 2 Saturday 24 10 Sunday 40 16 Monday 32 tr. 'I" 26 in the championship game on a scoring spree to down 74-49 and win the consolation Bites Held For Mrs. Mary Shilt Corvallis Funeral services for Mrs.

Mary M. Shilt, 61, who died Saturday at Daly hospital in Hamilton, were held Monday afternoon at the Dowling chapel, Hamilton, with Rev. Lee Shrock officiating. Interment was in the Corvallis cemetery. Pallbearers were Vance Bay, Jack Pendergraft, Osfcar Lued-ecke, Delwin Jenkins Vern Jenkins, and John Skalsky.

The family moved to Corvallis about six years ago from Billings. Mrs. Shilt was born May 6, 1899 at Princeton, Mo. She is survived by her widower, Walter J. Shilt, Corvallis; a daughter, Helen Shilt, Corvallis; a son, Kenneth Shilt, Corvallis; her mother, Mrs.

E. Branam, Princeton, three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Hammond, Omaho, Mrs. Margaret Sherman, Fairfield, and Mrs. Audrey Alley, Davenport, Iowa; two brothers, Oscar Branam, Newton, and Don Branam, Billings.

Breach 01 Contract Suit Filed In Court Tom Stanford filed a breach of contract suit against Mellott Motor Co. Friday, charging that the defendant "has not delivered" a truck bought by the plaintiff. Stanford alledges that he gave $884 and two vehicles in trade when entering into a contract July 7, 1959 for the purchase of a 1960 model truck. He asks $650 for one of the vehicles which since has been sold and the title returned on the other vehicle involved in the trade. TB Skin Tests Being Processed At Corvallis Corvallis The tuberculosis skin tests of Corvallis school children and school personnel were read Wednesday by Dr.

Donald Majclean, assisted by Mrs. Edwin Buck, records chairman, Mrs. Jack Pendergraft and Mrs. Luther Stanley, records, Mrs. Henry Pahl and Mrs.

Richard Randolph, helpers. The results are being processed and positive Actors will be notified by mail, Mrs. Ethel Fierce, chairman, said. son 10, Pauly 6, Jim Hull, Filcher and Hefner 2, Griffin Stevensville Hagen 16, Fillmore 15, Wade 5, Daniels and Bowen 3. VITAL Statistics Marriage License- Dec.

17 Charles E. Pendleton, 25, Helena, and Betty L. Frazier, 21, Butte. Howard R. Johnson, 35, and Eileen Lannen, 42, both of Minot, N.

Dak. Ml Rites Wednesday For Jake Neidi Funeral services for Jack M. Neidt, 90, an early-day Big Hole rancher, will be Wednesday at 2 p. m. in the Masonic temple in Wisdom.

Rites of the Masonic lodge will be conducted. Interment will be in the Wisdom cemetery. Neidt died Saturday at a local rest home where he had been a patient only a few days. He had lived in the Bitter Root for the past 16 years, since his retirement with a daughter, Mrs. Walter Stewart.

He was born Sept. '4, 1870 at Murray, Iowa. He moved to Wisdom from Iowa in 1901 and ranched there until his retirement. Survivors other than Mrs. Stewart are daughters Mrs.

Rosa Cle-mow, Wisdom, Mrs. Ruby Henrii, Jackson Hole, two sons, Jack Neidt Wisdom, and John Neidt, Ronan; 22 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. His wife died about 18 years ago. Donations Sought To Make Christmas Happier For Boys Montana residents are again being asked this year to help make Christmas a brighter time for boys at the Montana State Industrial School at Miles City by Casper Wolhdwe, director. Contributions to the Boy's Christmas Fund are used to buy personalized and useful gifts for the boys who otherwise will receive no remembrance at Christmas.

Christmas Eve parties are held in eaich of the six cottages and the boys open their packages at that time. Present enrollment at the institution is 215 boys, ranging in age from 10 to 20 years. The fund makes it possible for each boy to receive at least one gift. The school's address is Box 210, Miles City, Montana. Falcons Lose Loop Game At Frenchtown Florence The Florence-Carlton Falcns lost a District 14 Class contest at Frenchtown 64-44 Saturday night.

Frenchtown held leads of 12-7 at the quarter, 32-20 at halftime and 46-34 after three periods. The lineups: Florence Hill 19, Timbrook 8, Holmes 7, Sharbono 6, Martin and Mays Frenchtown Cyr 19, Greenfield 18, Christian- son 16, Rose 3, Murray and Nor-, mand 2. At The Hospital I Admitted Dec. 17 Mary Ellen, daughter of Navarro, Mrs. Virgil Dec.

19 Mrs. Thomas Smith, Hamilton. Released Dec. 16 Mrs. Harold Hayes and son, Glen Hackney, L.

R. MeucheL Mrs. Charles Stanton, Hamilton; Mrs. Fred Odlin, Stevensville. Dec.

17 Mrs. Toi Logan, Victor; Mrs. Lois Guhrt, Mrs. Robert Rail and son, Darby; Mrs. Allan Goddard and son, Missoula.

Dec. 18 Edwin Lewis, Stevensville; Mrs. Lee Payne, Victor. Dec. 19 Mrs.

Norman Ganthner and son, Corvallis; Gerald Brown, Deer Lodge; Mrs. Athur Unger, Hamilton. The Hamilton Broncs went the Stevensville Yellowjackets ,..5., Corvallis speed, height, good marksmanship and general hustle was evident against the traditional rivals from Darby. The Blue Devils commanded a 19-7 lead by the first quarter mark, spread this to 34-10 by half-time and led 48-21 going jnto the final period. The lineups: Corvallis Jim Hull Mkkens 11, Engler Jack Hull 10, Griffin 8, Filcher 6, Olson 3, Stevens 2, Hefner Darby Ber-gren 8, McKinney 7, Lowman 3, Zilla, Savochka, Conner and Hob-litt 2.

Hamilton Broncs, in the consolation finals, wished they could have played their second tourney game Friday night instead of Saturday. The Broncs hit almost 50 per cent of their shots from the field, more than twice as accurate as the night before against Darby. Hamilton led Stevensville 12-8 at the quarter, 31-23 at halftime and then really poured on the steam to lead 54-35 at the end of the third period. Hamilton hit 70.1 per cent of its free throw attempts against the Yellowjajckets. Captain Jack Tid-ball put in the best individual scoring performance of the tourney against Stevensville, sinking 31 points on 14 field goals and three free throws.

The lineups: Hamilton Tid-ball 31, Dowling 17, Kramis 13, Marvin 8, Applebury Stevensville Hagen 23, Daniels 9, Owen 8, Fillmore 7, Wade 2. First Round Games In the first round games Friday night, Darby surprised Hamilton 51-45 and Corvallis roiled over host Stevensville 68-42 both Class teams teaching their big Class brothers how to play basketball. Hamilton's Broncs apparently were wondering how they'd play Corvallis Saturday night while on the floor with the effective Darby Tigers Friday. The Broncs held slim leads throughout the game until the final quarter. The Broncs then bounced back to a 43-41 lead, Darby matched that and added another field goal and Doug Fullerton sank one for the Broncs to tie the game at 45-all.

That was Hamilton's last but Darby went on to sink one field goal and four consecutive free throws. Hamilton had led 12-8 at the quarter, 22-20 at halftime and 32-31 going into the final period. The lineups: Darby Bergren 21, McKinney 10, Zilla 7, Hoblitt 6, Lowman, Conner, Savochka, and Zilla 2, Greenup; Hamilton Tid-ball 13, Applebury 11, Blahnik 10, Kramis 4, Dowling 3, Fullerton and Sherwin 2. The Corvallis Blue Devils hit 44 per cent of their field goal attempts In forking Stevensville into the consolation round. The Blue Devils maintained good rebound ing position and effectively broke the Stevensville zone defense.

Corvallis led 15-6 at the quarter, 33-19 at halftime and 49-35 going into the final period. The lineups: Corvallis Engler 1 22, Mickens 13, Jrjck Hull and 01-.