Ravalli Republic from Hamilton, Montana • 1

Howard Lee Succeeds Stell in Forest Post Howard C. Lee arrived Wednesday from Idaho Springs, to become assistant supervisor of the Bitter Root National forest. Mr. Lee will take over the same duties formerly assumed by Fred Stell. who resigned May 31 and who is now making him home in Arvada, Colo.

Mr. Lee's wife and four children, a boy and three girls ranging age from 5 to 16, will arrive in three or four weeks when Mr. Lee has been successful in obtaining a house for them. The new supervisor is a graduate of the University of California and has been with the forest service for 16 years. He has been employed in general forest work in California, Wyoming, South Dakota and Colorado.

The newcomer is a past exalted ruler of the Idaho Springs Elks lodge and was a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce there. Forest lookouts, guards and other personnel are engaged in the annual guard school this week. Rain of the past week-end lessened fire danger somewhat, but some lookouts will probably be manned early next week. As a fire prevention measure, region No. 1, which includes the Bitter Root districts, was closed Friday to the shooting of fireworks, according to an announcement by Fred M.

Flite, regional fire dispatcher at Missoula. This is in accordance with authority contained in regulations issued by the agriculture department. He asked the public to be careful in the woods or when driving on highways passing through timber. He said flipped cigarettes, undrowned campfires and unwise burning of debris have been known to cause disastrous fires. MORE FOURTH OF JULY ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED Activities of the Fourth of July celebration planned for all the kids of the county will include a hugh parade, antics by two clowns who have been recruited from Hamilton's young adult population, races and games.

Rev. Charles West will be master of ceremonies. In addition to the parade divisions where prizes will be awarded the drum and bugle corps of the Hellgate American Legion post and the 40 et 8 locomotive and cannon will be featured in the parade, which starts at 10:20 a. m. The drum and bugle corps will perform at the high school football field immediately after the parade.

Youth organizations desiring concessions for the celebration are asked to contact Alex Landry for information. George Mangles is in charge of the races and games which will start at 1:30 p. m. A possible baseball game and movie are being considered, George Rummel, publicity chaiman, said. Because of the pets and children who will be participating in the parade, spectators are asked not to explode firecrackers during the parade.

When they do set off firecrackers, they are warned to be careful because they can hurt others as well as themselves. The Hamilton city park will be available for family picnics. Families from all over the county are invited to attend the huge celebration sponsored by Hamilton businessmen. Vital Statistics B.rthsJune 23 Boy to Mr. and Mrs.

William Wilson, Hamilton. June 24 Girl to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stroud, Hamilton; boy to Mr. and Mrs.

L. R. Zito, Corvallis; girl to Dr. and Mrs. J.

Frederick Bell, Hamilton. June 23 Edward James AlMarriage licensesbert, 20, Alberton, and Ida Erlene Marry, 19, Missoula. Edgar Eugene Albert, 20, Alberton, and Shirley Mae Simmons, 18, Missoula. Don J. Porter, 23, and Irene O.

Osborn, 17, both of Stevensville. Mrs. Alexander Albert gave permission for her sons' marriage and R. his D. Osborn gave permission for daughter's marriage.

WELDON SERVICES TUESDAY Funeral services for George WelSpanish war veteran, who don, died Friday, will be conducted in Dowling chapel at 2 p. m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery. Pallbearers will be Spanish selected by the V.F.W.

and veterans who will conduct war graveside sevices. CORVALLIS CUTIES CLUBCorvallis Sandra and Delores Gandara gave a demonstration on leveling flower at a meeting of the Corvallis Cuties 4-H club in the home of Delores Gandara on June 14. Delores also demonstratthreads in material. The ed pulling next meeting will be June 28 at the home of Loretta Hull. HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MONTANA HELENA MONT HELENA EXPONENT REPUBLICAN 82 MINERAL On TROUT VOL.

LVII, No. 124 HAMILTON, MONTANA, MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1951 Five Cents Per Copy WRC SELECTS MEMBERS' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Executive committee of the Women's Relief corps was named at a meeting in the home of Mrs. Ralph Wanderer Friday. Committee members are Hattie Smith, Edna Kyle, Osa Bullock, Alma Braun. Mrs.

Edna Nieson assisted Mrs. Wanderer in entertaining the 26 who were present. Mrs. Myrtle Coloff and Mrs. Carls were visitors.

A beautiful bouquet of peonies, presented by Mrs. L. W. "McCarthy, was used in decoration. Charity Carls talked on the shirt drive for cancer patients.

The Cancer society has requested that some organization establish of making shirts for the patients. They ask the public to donate white or light shirts of any kind which have frayed colors or can't be worn as is anymore. The shirts may be given to Charity Carls at 605 South Eighth street. Gussie Eggers reported that she visited George Weldon, a Spanish War veteran, last week. He was very ill and died Friday morning.

A wheel chair, which will be available for shutin patients soon, has been ordered. A rummage sale which will be held in the near future was discussed. MRS. H. WHITESITT HURT IN ACCIDENT Stevensville Mrs.

Harold Whitesitt. who left here last week for El Dorado Springs, to visit her parents, was hospitalized when her car went out of control and rolled over just 200 miles from her destination. Mrs. Whitesitt suffered a severe shock and will have to remain in the hospital for several days, relatives here have been advised. The accident occurred near St.

Joseph, Mo. All occupants of the car were taken to the hospital there but only Mrs. Whitesitt remained for treatment. No one in the party received serious injuries. The car was said to have gone out of control when it hit soft mud I washed onto the highway by a recent rain.

The car was reported badly damaged. Mrs. Whitesitt and children, Harold Dean and Peggy Jo, were on their way to visit Mr. and Mrs. J.

M. Fain at El Dorado Springs. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Allen Morrison, whose destination was Kansas City, Mo.

They were also in the accident at St. Joseph. Mrs. Lee Porter had accompanied them as far as Omaha, Neb. KEITH BODING ENGAGED TO KALISPELL GIRL Seaman Keith Boding, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Ore T. Boding of Kalispell and former residents of Hamilton, is engaged to Daisy Mae Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas of Kalispell.

Miss Thomas is a 1950 graduate of Flathead high school and is employed by a newspaper at Kalispell. Seaman Boding is a 1946 graduate of Hamilton high school. Before enlisting in the navy last August he attended Montana State university. He recently completed his navy training at the Sonar school in San Diego. WELL- CHILD, MENTAL CLINICS, TO BE HELD A well-child clinic will be held in the county nurse's office Tuesday from 10 to 11:30 a.

m. Dr. Hebert Hayward and Miss Aagot Hoyendahl will be in charge. The Victor well-child clinic will be held at the J. E.

Babbitt home at the same hours Thursday. Dr. Armon Meis and Miss Hoyendahl will be in chage. The monthly mental hygiene clinic will be held in the Lincoln annex Friday. Dr.

Gladys V. Holmes and her assistants from the clinic at Missoula will be in charge. INSPECTS FERTILIZER PLOTS- Dr. J. A.

Asleson, Bozeman, ronomy and soil specialist at Montana State College, arrived Monday to harvest his fertilizer plots on the Henry Oppegaard and Mario Feronato ranches. He is testing the yield from land treated with various kinds of fertilizers. Alsike is planted on the Oppegaard plots and red clover on the Feronato ranch. At the picnic July 4th 3 give a thought to the event that made this holiday 175th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence NOW- FREEDOM NEEDS YOU! A holiday picnic affords evidence of the high standard of living enjoyed by Americans. Remember Valley Forge was no picnic.

Freedom's price is high. Let's all help fight for freedom against its enemies from without and within. LOCAL RESERVISTS IN CUSTER ANNIVERSARY George Hieronymus and Charles Platt, reservists who are training with the National Guard in Helena, were selected as part of a group of 40 who represented the National guard as an honor guard at ceremonies observing the I seventy-fifth anniversary of Custer's last stand at Crow Agency Sunday and Monday. The actual memorial service was held Monday at Custer national cemetery. Lt.

Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, commander of the Sixth army at San Francisco, was main speaker. The men were home Friday night and left Saturday for Billings. They will return to Helena to complete their training by June 30.

SUMMERDALE HD CLUB NAMES PROJECT LEADERS Corvallis Project leaders for meetings of the Summerdale Home Demonstration club were assigned at the second meeting of the club at the home of Mrs. Everett Curdy June 21. Leaders for the meetings on time management are Mrs. George Dean and Mrs. Curdy.

Leaders for meetings on color in the home are L. Richardson and Mrs. Guy Hall. Crafts were selected for summer projects. Mrs.

Dean will instruct in copper foil and pine needle basketry work, and Mrs. Burton Hanson will instruct in aluminum etching. The next meeting will be July 24 at the home of Mrs. Everett Flint. RAINBOW GIRLS ATTEND MEETING AT GREAT FALLS Shyrle Jones, Shirlee Evans, Phyllis Smaus, Jeanne Hollingsworth, and Mrs.

'Earl Malone left Sunday to attend Rainbow Grand ssembly end in Great Falls. The sessions Tuesday. Miss Hollingsworth was appointed a member of the state executive board last month. Mrs. Malone is the mother advisor; Shyrle Jones, worthy advisor; Shirlee Evans, associate advisor; Phyllis Smaus, charity, of Assembly No.

2 here. Lorraine Hinton, Victor, grand hope, was also expected to attend the sessions. LEAVES HOSPITAL- Max. Min. Pre.

Friday 39 Sunday 46 .12 Saturday FeE 44 Monday 40 HAMILTON NINE DRUBS DEER LODGE. 1 14 TO 3 Weather A team of older boys participating in Hamilton recreational baseball program defeated a Deer Lodge team 14 to 3 in a game there on Sunday. Hamilton made 12 hits as against five for the Deer Lodge nine. Thirteen boys were taken on the trip by A. P.

Collins and John Cornish. Howard Cornish and Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Welch also attended the game. The Hamilton battery was made up of Welch and J.

Poppie. Deer Lodge used three pitchers, McGillis, Nelson and Harrison with Murphy behind the plate. Mr. Collins reports that the boys played "heads-up" ball and gave a good account of themselves despite the short time that they have been playing together On Tuesday, at 5:30 p. m.

they will meet a Missoula team here at the city ball park and on July 8, they will play with Deer Lodge here. As soon as some of the younger boys have become more adept and familar with the game, arrangements will be made to pair them in games with boys of similar age groups from other towns. Mr. Collins wishes to announce that boys who didn't turn out for the baseball program because of Bible school can still do so. The program is open to all boys and all any boy who wishes to participate has to do is contact John Cornish, the program director, at the city ball park during the day.

GOLF CLUB MEMBERS WORK ON CLUB HOUSE Open golf play for men at the Hamilton golf course was well attended Sunday. Low score was held by George Lagerquist with a 35; second low, Bruce Blahnik with a 44. Lunch was served at noon and the men worked on the clubhouse in the afternoon. Women's day was Thursday. Play started at 3 p.

m. Fried chicken potluck supper was served at 6 p. m. for the families. About 40 attended.

The men worked on the clubhouse afterward. Personals Stevensville- Mrs. C. A. Lawson was released from a Missoula hospital late last week.

Veltikold returned Mrs. E. H. Veltikold returned Friday from a six-week visit in Wisconsin and other states. She part of the time with Mr.

Veltikold, who is employed by the Montana Water Conservation board at Roundup. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roeder, aconda, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

John Cole, old-time friends. Mrs. Roeder was former nurse here for the late Dr. Browning and also a nurse at the Hamilton Montana Business May Set New Record Missoula Business in Montana "seems well on the way to setting new records in 1951," according to an article in the June issue of Montana Business, published by the bureau of business and economic research at Montana State University. Nonagricultural employment has been substantially higher than during the first four months of 1950, and the consumption of electric power is also above 1950, due largely to an increase in the output of zine, lead and copper.

The rise in dollar volume of general store sales during the first three months of 1951 more than offset higher prices, indicating that consumers were purchasing more goods than a year ago. In April, however, sales fell below the 1950 level. Bank debits on the other hand, have been higher each month 1 than in 1950. Of the major minerals produced in Montana, only gold has an average daily output lower than for the first four months of 1950. Construction activity in the state, as measured by employment has been well above 1950.

The average number of workers for the fist four months of 1951 was 30.8 per cent above the same period in 1950. A large part of the increase was due to accelerated work on government dam projects. There are indications, however, that total construction activity may decline somewhat during the remainder of the year. Personal income is higher in Montana in 1951 than in 1950 as evidenced by higher average weekly earnings of wage and salary workers and by an increase in cash receipts from farm marketings. Increases in average weekly earnings were a result of increases in hourly wage rates as well as in number of hours worked.

Cash receipts from farm marketings were 41.1 per cent higher from January to March in 1951 than in 1950. Increases in the cost of living, however, have tended to wipe out much, or in some cases all, of these gains. Retail food prices in Montana declined slightly in May, falling below the indexes for February, March and April, but averaging 13.3 per cent above May a year ago. At the Hospital AdmittedJune 22 Lowell D. Huddleston, Victor.

June 23 Mrs. M. W. Carlson, Hamilton, Mrs. Claudia Harper, Darby.

June 24 Mrs. Howard Lemley, Hamilton, Oscar Safford, Shoup, Idaho, Jesse W. Finsely, Hamilton. ReleasedJune 22-Mrs. Dale Gingerich and son, Forney, diaho.

June 23 Mrs. Pearl Butterfield, Hamilton. June 24 Mrs. Larry Hill, Hamilton, Mrs. Max Hansen and son, Missoula.

FISHING FILM AT LIONSA fishing film, "Fishin for Fun" will be shown at the regular Tuesday noon meeting of the Lions club at the chamber of commerce 1 hall. Forty-two percent of last year's motor vehicle accidents involving injuries happened in the dark. My Neighbors LEAVES HOSPITAL- Florence J. Schreckendgust was released from a Missoula hospital late last week. Education lies at the very root of all our institutions.

Shall the people be educated is a question not of mere policy, but it is a question of life and death, upon which the existence of our present form of government depends. James Buchanan. By BILL PAULSON Banana "If we don't stop this inflation, the only thing we'll leave our children will be kind thoughts?".