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xiLntlin.i Historical Society Newspaper Division • THE Volume XXXXII MOUNTAINEER THE MOUNTAINEER, BIG SANDY, MONTANA THURSDAY, FEB. 11, 1954 4ns'eg. : 4 ••••••••,4•••• • t't . 0$11411100:1,4,- • ••••‘• • Howe -International 7 , 00 gallons per minute Triple Combination Putuper New Community Fire Truck Ordered By Big Sandy Fire Department The Big Sandy volunteer fire - department s i gned a contract last week to purchase a new $7000.00 Howe - International triple combination pumper for L:his community. The truck chassis w a s pur- chased from Northern Imple- ment Co. and the fire equipment will be put on at Anderson, In- diana. The fire truck will be de- livered in about five months or sometime in July. The truck w ill be delivered fully equipped with the excep- tion of one and one half inch and two and one half inch hose. It will be equipped with a five hundred gallon per minute pis- ton pump which can be operated while the truck is inoving or standing still. The pump will be equipped with all the necessary panels and controls. The hose body has a capacity of twelve hundred feet of double jacket fire hose and compart- ments for carrying helmets, coats, boots, etc. The truck is equipped with a five hundred gallon water tank with booster reel and hose. Other equipment includes lanterns, a siren, axes, crowbars, nozzles, extinguishers and a suction hose. One twelve foot roof ladder and one twenty-four foot extension ladder, search lights, a pike pole and a tool box are also included. Although no payment w ill have to be made until the truck is delivered here and approved, the fire department has funds enough now to p a y one third down on the truck. It is hoped that after the Firemen's Ball on March 20 considerably more can be paid down. Arrangements have been made to locally finance the bal- ance of t h e payments over a period of years. Firemen them- selves will sign the notes guar- anteeing payment on the bal- ance. The truck will be used f o r both rural and toNv - n protection. REBEKAHS MET ON WEDNESDAY \\ itn seventeen members pre- nt at our February 3 meeting Mrs. Eva Sorenson was initiated into our ranks. We a r e very proud and happy to have this little lady as one of our members and hope she feels t h e same about being one of us. The initiation ceremony was Lcorded as being in honor of Wildey, founder of Odd Fellow- ship in the United States. Routine business w as taken care of and names for Mystery Sisters were drawn. Anyone who hasn't received hers please contact Lela Littlefield. A delicious lunch was served by Gertrude and Frances Rei- chelt and Marian Tyler to the Rebekahs and Odd Fellows. Next meeting will be held on February 17. 1 CIRCLE II MET ON THURSDAY NITE W. S. C. S. Circle II of the Methodist church met at t h e Earl Smith home on Thursday evening, February 4. A large number of members and guests were present to spend a most en- joyable evening. Mrs. Bill Elkins and Mrs. Roy Lear had charge of devotions entitled \The Master Calls Us To Service\. Mrs. Kennedy announced that plans are being made for a pro- gram for t he W 0 1 1 d Day Of Vrayer on March 5. The Box El- der ladies NV il I . join in the ser- vice. Family Night will be held on February 25. Mrs. Mosier, Mrs. Harley Hurd and Mrs. Nelson Allderdice will be hostesses. Plans are well underway for the annual Talent show. T h e date set for this event is Thurs- day, March 11. Pie, donuts and coffee will be served after the program. Each member is asked to bring two pies. They are to be either apple, cherry or lemon and are to be baked in paper pie plates. After t h e business meeting w a s concluded Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Harley Hurd favored the group with a vocal duet ac- companied by Mrs. Ray Giebel at the piano. Mrs. Moores, Hill county lib- rarian, entertained with a most interesting book review of \The Galileans\ written by Frank Slaughter. A delicious lunch was served at the close of the meeting by the hostesses, Mrs. Dale Drew, / Emily Webster and Mrs. Mur- rell Ray. The March meeting will be held at the Ray Giebel home on March 4. MISSIONARY LADIES MET The Church of ,God Mission- ary ladies met at the parsonage on Wednesday, February 3, for their regular meeting. Plans were completed f o r sending a personal shower to Ellen High, missionary to India. Plans were also made for the monthly Sunday evening Mis- sionary service. Some of the ladies worked on material for the \Linen ('hest\ while lunch was being prepared. A birthday cake in honor of Erma Reichelt was semed with ice cream and coffee. The Sunday evening Mission- ary service was conducted with N a n Archibald as chairman. Erma Reichelt, Muriel Silvan and Blanche Bittleston gave very interesting and instructive talks on missionary work in Japan. Africa and India respec- tively. Anyone interested is welcome to attend these meetings. '*40 . 3,011.14 PROGRAM HERE NEXT THURSDAY A dramatic story on conserva- tion of soil, water, wild life and timber land is the subject of one of four films in color which will be featured on a program to be given in .his community on Feb- ruary 18 in the Grand Theatre and sponsored by Grant R. Courtnage and Sons. The other films to be included on this program are two travel- ogs, one on New England and one on Virginia, and a short film on the progres made in farming methods in this country. The film on conservation, en- titled \To Conserve Our Herit- age\ points o u t dramatically the need for conserving our nat- u r al\ resources. Conservation authorities who pre -viewed this film regard it as one of the most powerful films yet r;:leas- ed on the subject. It was pro- duced in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture. The film entitled \The Lure of New England\ shows New England in all seasons of the year and includes such places of historic and scenic interest as Boston, Lexington, Concord, the route of Paul Revere's ride, Bunker Hill, Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed, Cape Cod and the picturesque fishing port af Gloucester. In vivid col- ors there are glimpses of rural Vermont, homes of such writers as Emerson, Longfellow, Wash- ington Irving, the Alcott sis- ters and Daniel Webster; and there are breath -taking views along the coast and inland, among the streams and moun- tains of the New England states. The film entitled \01(1 Vir- ginia\ shows parts of Virginia that played an important role in the early history of America— such places as Jamestow n, where the first colony was es- tablished in 1607; Monticello, where Jefferson built his home; and historic Williamsburg, now restored to a ppear as it did when America declared its in- dependence. The film \Progre . ss for Plen- ty\ points out the great strides made in farming methods and in the tools used for farming. It provides a glimpse of the old and the n e w in machines de- signed for farming. The program is scheduled to start at 2 p.m., it was announ- ced by Grant R. Courtnage and Sons, owners of a local farm im- plement store. They added that the program will also include door prizes and lunch after the program. Tuesday Evening Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Osterman were Tuesday evening visitors at t he Ker Morris and Lou Law- rence homes. Dale Skaalure and Mack Quinn were also callers at the Lou Lawrence home and Joined the above group for cof- fee. Delegations Meet On Road Problems Two meetings have been held at ti'ort Benton the past few HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MON) HE -LE - 1,4 A .:co. 52 Pioneers Defeat Box Elder & Chester District Tournament Feb. 18-19-20 weeks concerning the allocation Services Held For of funds for secondary roads in Choutea . 0 county. Delegations from the Gerald- ine Commercial club and t h e Fort Benton Kiwanis club ap- peared at the County Commiss- ioners meeting held on Monday, January 18. These t w o committees ap- peared in opposition to the allo- cation of the 1954-55 secondary road funds to the Big Sandy dis- trict and requested that avail- able funds be used to start re- construction on the Geraldine road. Fred Arnst of Fort Benton argued that the Fort Benton - Geraldine road is in line for the next allocation of funds. Vernon Lewis of Fort Benton argued that it isn't the state highway's policy to allow exist- ing roads to fall into complete ruin in order to build additional toack Senator Evon Anderson chal- lenged the legality of the agree- ment under which the next al- location was to be spent on the Big Sandy south road. He also argued that the county had failed to keep its agreement to maintain the Geraldine road. He announced his intention of takinp - up this breach of agree- ment with the State Highway Commission and Governor Aron- son. Another meeting was held in Fort Benton last Thursday and was attended by over 150 people including a delegation from Big Sandy. It was reported at the meet- ing that the 1952-53 secondary ' of the I. 0. 0 F. Lodge No. 8 for allocation was used to blacktop; twenty-six years and was also a 6.7 miles southeast of Big Sandy !member of the Painters' Local while 5.2 miles northwest of 1105 and Pioneer Association. Fort Benton was built dur- He had a host of friends who ing 1953-54. will greatly miss him. Geraldine protested the al- Those left to mourn his pass - location of the 1954-55 funds to ing, besides his wife, incluu_ J.—. the Big Sandy south road. They sister, Estella Graham of We._ contended that a higher traffic ren, Illinois, and three nephe coun 4 .. an inadequate graveled l and five neices. road and the isolation of Ger- aldine makes it imperative that the work of blacktopping the Fort Benton -Geraldine road be started this year. Big Sandy's delegation con- tended that Geraldine had more than its share of secondary road money when the present graveled road was built and that other districts were merely catching up on allocation of funds. Geraldine disputed the Big Sandy cost estimates of one million dollars spent in the Ger- aldine district, using figures of $524,000.00 obtained from the state highway department. Fort Benton speakers, Fred Arnst and Vernon Lewis, indi- cated that present road condi- tions and the heavy traffic on the Geraldine -Fort Benton road made it advisable to spend the .next allocation on this section. The commissioners took the entire matter under advisement. T h e commissioners meet again on Monday, February 15. PRAIRIE CITY BOOSTERS MET The Prairie City Boosters met on Friday evening. Business was disposed of as quickly as possible as there were three guest speakers. Alvin Jenkins presented the problem of the need for a new school building in Big Sandy. Leland Cade and Neil Kulbeek spoke on brucellosis control. Mr. and Mrs. Fred O'Neil served a delicious lunch after the meeting. Sunday Guests Mr. and Mrs. Earl King and Lois and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond King and LaRae were Sunday guests at the Fred Littlefield home. • Former Resident Funeral services were held for Joseph Arthur Trudgian at the Stokes Mortuary at Renton, Washington, on Sunday, Febru- ary 7. Rev. Randall officiated during the services. Members of the I. 0. 0. F. lodge al s o con- ducted services. Interment was made in the Washington Memorial Park. J. Arthur Trudgian, 71, pass- ed away quite suddenly on Thursday morning, February 4, at a hospital at Renton. He had been in ill health for some time. Joseph Arthur Trudgian was born near Galena, Illinois, on March 31, 1882. He was married to Lydia Shneider of Pickrell, Nebrask a, on September 26, 1906. They moved to Illinois where they farmed for four years. Following this they took up a homestead southeast of Big Sandy on the place of the pre-. sent Nelson Allderdice ranch and lived there for about eight years. Deciding to go farther west they moved to Tacoma, Wash- ington, in 1922, where they op- erated a restaurant. In 1 9 2 3 they settled at Renton. Two years ago last summer they visited with their many old time friends at Big Sandy and in Montana. Mr. Trudgian was a decorator and a painter until he retired in 1949 when he suffered a severe heart attack. He was a member • i , LADIES AID MET !LAST THURSDAY Sunshine Lutheran W. M. F. met last Thursday in the church parlors with Mrs. Carl Halden, Mrs. Hal Keup and Mrs. Albert Risberg as hostesses. Scripture reading and prayer were g i v en by Pastor Halaas and Mrs. Verlin Hurd led the Bible Study. Her topic was \The New Woman\. This study was divided into four topics, \Show No Partiality\ \Show Mercy\ \Manifest Faith By Works\ and \Love In Deed\. We decided to get a coy of The Cobbler for the League library. The secretary was asked to send a card of thanks to the The Big Sandy Pioneers rolled over a fighting Box Elder quin- tet to take a 52 to 46 basketball win on Thursday, February 4. The Pioneers moved into a first quarter 11 to 10 lead and had moved to a 26 to 17 advan- tage at halftime. Box Elder had brought the score to 34 to 30 with the Pioneers still leading, but were unable to head the Big Sandy team. Pete Madison was the scoring spark plug for the Pioneers with 19 points while Gene Rosette topped all scorers as he swished 20 points for Box Elder. 'In the final period the Pion- eers surged ahead to down the Chester Coyotes 51 to 45 here on Saturday, February 6. The score was tied 7 to 7 at the end of the first period. The Pioneers held a five point lead of 23 to 18 at halftime, but lost it in an exciting third period which ended in a 37 to 37 tie. Pete Madison led the Pioneers with 20 points and Violett was high for the Coyotes with 11 points. The Pioneers journey to Har- lem on Friday, February 12, and then travel to Kremlin on Satur- day, February 13, for their final game before the tournament. February 18 - 19 - 20 are the dates set f o r the District 11 Class \C\ basketball tournament to be played in the Havre Cen- tral gym. Season tickets for the !games are on sale at the local high school. DONATIONS The following voluntary dona- tions have been received the past week for t h e ambulance and t he fire departmerit : Mrs. Ethel Skaalure ;$ 5 Mr. and Mrs. C. Loomis 25 Oscar Landis 10 Raymond Livers 25 Mr. and Mrs. 0. Blockhus 10 McNamara Cattle Co. ... 250 Lawrence family for donating Mountaineer subscriptions to the Havre hospitals. A short Self Denial playlet was presented by several mem- bers. The Aid decided to have sev- eral food sales this coming year instead of a bazaar. The Scobey high school chorus will give a concert at the community hall on Friday even- ing, April 23. A vocal trio consisting of Mrs. Rolf Svennungsen, Mrs. G. L. Tuffley and Mrs. Einar Berg favored us with a couple of sel- ectons. Mrs. Lloyd Marty gave a talk on Christian Nurture. Self Denial envelopes collect- ed netted $30.40. The March meeting w i 11 be heldattheBobBahnmill e r home. Tour Buildings At Sunburst And Browing Last Sunday Mack Quinn, Walter Genereux, B. H. Gull - ick- son, Wm. Conquergood and Hal Matthews, local school board members, and Mr. Miley, Wilson Burley, Swede Hammond a n d M. L. Rickerd, local teachers, made a tour of the new buildings at the Sunburst and Browning schools. They were impressed with the Sunburst building which has a multi -purpose stage opening up on a regulation g y m on o n e side and on an auditorium on the other side. For s m a 1 1 doings the gym is cut off and the stage opens onto the auditorium seat- ing three hundred people. For large gatherings the auditorium is cut off and the stage opens olito the gym seating about fif- tt en hundred people. This set-up is more compact and is smaller than the plans that have been discussed here. The new shop at Browning was toured and notes and infor- mation obtained. Letters requesting informa- tion have been sent to several schools throughout the state having similar building p r o b- lems. They are Geraldin e, Whitehall, Whitefish, Denton, Dutton and Glendive. Schools in each of these towns are now be- ing built or have recently been built. Information has been re- quested concerning the amount of bond issue, size of the build- ings and costs of the buildings. The school board met and in- terviewed three groups of archi- tects and chose the Van Tylegan 'firm. This is not the same ar- chitect whose plans have been around town for several months. Panels of citizens have been set up who will attend any or- ganization meeting and discuss the school building problem. Contact the school if you wish to have them present at a meet- ing of your organization.
