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so3IETY • OSS 1 0. an State Historical Soot etY Helena, Montana Aglow Sanders County Ledger Vol. 54 No. 31 Most Widely Circulated Newspaper in Sanders County THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA. Thurs(1,1\ October 8, 1959 County School Students to Get TB Skin Tests School student and adult per- sonnel employee S of School Ois- trict 2 will be offered the Man- toux skin test for tuberculosis the first week in November, ac- cording to Mrs. Harold Shepard, general chairman for this area. Parents will receive slips prior to the date set for the tests on •which they may indicate their approval for their child to have the test. Tests will be given one day and read two or three days later. The test is not an inocula- tion and is not proof of tuber- culosis even if a positive reaction is indicated. A certain percentage will re- act when there is no tuberculosis present. However, when the re- action is positive, the student or adult will be referred to a doctor for an x-ray, according to R. Merrill Ailing, field consultant for the Montana Tuberculosis Assn. Ailing held a training session for representatives from Plains and Thompson Falls in Plains Wednesday. All other schools in the county will also participate in the program. The Thompson Falls Woman's club will coordin- ate the action locally and will as- sist in the program. Others at- tending the meeting from here were Mrs. S. D. Babcock, Mrs. Richard Heater and Mrs. Charles Duffield, registered nurse. Trout Creek and Noxon will also be centers for the administ- ration of the tests and other rural schools will be assigned to one of these centers. Dr. C. E. Rosdahl and Dr. G. S. Frogner of Thompson Falls will give their services here, in Trout Creek and Noxon and Dr. J. M. Isbister in Plains and Dr. G. E. Mathias at Hot Springs. 1960 Ford, Falcon Go on Display Today at Heaters The 1960 line of Ford auto- mobiles, including the much publicized Falcon, Ford's new compact car, go on display this morning at Heater and Heater. Scheduled for display today are a 1960 Ford Galaxy, the Falcon and a 1960 Ford pickup. Heater and Heater will serve free coffee and doughnuts from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. In addition, a vial of \My Sin\ perfume will be presented to each of the first 100 ladies attending the show- ing and balloons will be present ed to boys and girls. Certain to draw a major share of attention at the showing is the Falcon. \It's a completely new car, not a miniaturized ver- sion of the Ford,\ Richard Heat- er said. Depending upon road conditions and driver habits, the Falcon is expected to deliver up to 35 miles per gallon. The 1960 Ford has been com- pletely redesigned and \comfort engineered.\ Jack Stephens' Father Passes Jack Stephens, Linotype oper- ator for the Ledger, 'was called to Lewistown Tuesday by the death of his father, Joe C. Step- hens, 52, who died in his sleep Sunday night of a heart ailment. Mr. Stephens had visited here a number of times with Jack and his family and had become ac- quainted with several people in the town. He is survived by his widow, Pat, a daughter, Mrs. Al (Patty Jo) Paulson, Lusk, Wyo., three grandchildren and several brothers and sisters in addition to Jack. Mr. Stephens operated an in- surance and real estate agency in Lewistown, where he was active in community affairs. He had resided there for more than 25 years. Funeral services were held in Lewistown Wednesday and bur- ial was in a Lewistown cemet- ery. Returns Home Mrs. Art Turk brought her old- er son, Bob, home from Missoula Thursday after his release from Community hospital. Bob had - been confined for a week for medical treatment and diagnosis. He is much better. WINNERS—Richard Heater, left, president of the Thompson Falls Lions club, and Henry Lar- son, chairman of the Contmunity Value Days, present merchandise certificates to the win- ners of the three grand prizes, Mrs. Lyle Haase, Mrs. Orville Branson and Mrs. Glenn Lacy. (Ledger Photo) 24TH FIREMEN'S BALL SCHEDULED SATURDAY the firemen. Of course, we want everyone who possibly can to attend our gala ball. But, if you cannot, we urge your support of the fire department in its single fund-raising event of the year.\ Committees in charge of vari- ous phases of the evert are: Time and place, Bill Davis and Ernest Brauer. tickets Leonard ea in fire fighting. Lovhaug, Gerald Green and Ger- Although an advance ticket aid Eldripige; music, Lloyd John - sale for the ball has been con_ son and Earl Tennant, and food, ducted for the past two weeks, Richard Heater. the firemen will conduct their main ticket sale drive Saturday all -day. A fire truck will be park- ed on Main street to call atten- tion to the drive and also serve as a reminder to local residents to purchase tickets. \We urge every resident of Enrollment trends for schools Thompson Falls to purchase a in Sanders county generally ticket for the ball,\ Charles Ap- show a decline for this current plegate, fire chief, said this school year compared to last week. \Even though you may not Year, County Supt. Orin P. Kend- be able to attend the ball, your , all reported this week. financial support is needed and Enrollments in Thompson will be greatly appreciated by Falls, Plains and Lonepine have Thompson Falls Fire Dept. will stage its 24th annual Fire- men's ball Saturday night in the Vet's Club hall. Music for the gala event will be supplied by the Dick Davis trio. The ball is the annual fund raising event of the firemen. Proceeds are used to purchase new equipment and supplies us - Church Confab Opens Monday Enrollment Trends Down in County increased while the decreases have occurred at Heron, Trout Creek, Paradise, Dixon. Noxon and Hot Springs. Enrollment totals by schools as reported to Kendall's office: Delegates from six cities of School the Western Montana conference Plains of Congregational churches will Thompson Falls 365 155 arrive Monday for the annual Heron 42 meeting and the Rev. Olah Trout Creek 91 Moore reminded all community Paradise 39 residents to remember and at- Dixon 107 tend services and meetings of Noxon 128 the group. 'Come whenever you Camas Prairie 30 can, each meeting offers speak- Lonepine 53 ers and devotions, and each of Hot Springs 166 you is more than welcome.,\ she said. Information on the times of the meetings can be found in last week's Ledger or may be obtained by calling Mrs. Harold Shepard. The LEDGER — an El. HS 234 99 40 64 77 Most of the decreases in schools in western Sanders county are the result of fewer workers being employed on the Noxon Rapids dam. Ideal PLAINS GRANGE HOSTS STATE CONVENTION The 21st annual convention of I the Montana State Grange will get underway this afternoon at 1:30 p. m. in the Grange hall at Plains. The convention will con- tinue through Saturday. Following this afternoon's business session, a mixer will be held tonight under the direction of the state lecturer, Mrs. Eunice Fox of Hot Springs. The State Grange will conduct memorial services and confer the fifth and sixth degrees Fri- day evening. The annual ban- quet will be held Friday even- ing also. The organization's annual elec- tion of officers will be held Sat- urday morning. To be elected are all state officers of the grange except two members of the executive committees, whose terms do not expire. Winton Weydemeyer, master of the state grange, will preside at all business sessions. The Plains Grange is host for the convention and many mem- bers are opening their homes to visiting delegates to aid in hous- ing the large number of dele- gift! gates from throughout western Montana expcted to attend. State officers in addition to Weydemeyer and Mrs. Fox are: Jack Inman, Victor, overseer; Ole Billquist, Anaconda, stew- ard; Roger Thompson, Kalispell, assistant steward; Mrs. Helen Cook, Lonepine, chaplain; Hollis Young, Kalispell, treasurer; Orin P. Kendall, Thompson Falls, sec- retary; Ben Jakes, Moiese, gate keeper; Mrs. Helen Harper, Whitehall, ceres; Mrs. Lorene McFadgen, Stevensville, pom- ona; Mrs. Alicia Fagerland, Whitefish, flora, and Mrs. Norma Thompson, Kalispell, lady assist- ant steward. Members of the executive committee are: George Hanley, Whitefish, Lawrence McFadgen, Stevensville, Floyd Johnson, Kal- ispell, Weydemeyer, Inman and Kendall. Delegates will attend the con- vention from grange organiza- tions in Deer Lodge, Flathead, Jefferson, Lake, Lincoln, Powell, Ravalli, Silver Bow and Sanders counties. Mrs. R. Wright Named School Lunch Instructor Mrs. Russell Wright, director of the school lunch program of Thompson Falls schools will be a hostess and one of five instruct- ors at a school lunch workshop at Missoula County High school Saturday, Oct. 17. She will teach the class in student help for school lunch rooms. Other in- structors will be Mrs. Frieda Handley, Clinton; Mrs. George Petaja, Bonner; Mrs. Clara Johnson, Deer Lodge and Mrs. Dorothy Lockwood, Ronan. Counties sending representa- tives to the wotkop include Sanders, Lake, Mineral Ravalli, Missoula and Granite. Last summer, Mrs. Wright won a signal honor when she was selected as one of 60 school lunch workers in Montana to at- tend a week long workshop at Montana State college in Boze- man where they received in- structions enabling them to in- struct other lunch room workers this fall. Mrs. Wright was elected by all other workers in the state from the more than 600 attending. Polio Fund Need Voiced to Club Mrs. Charles Waterman kept the Woman's club hilariously en- tertained Thursday evening with her script recordings taken from - My Fair Lady.\ Plains club members were guests for the evening. Attend- ing were Mesdames Rodney Kruger, Alex Morrison, Ted Mickus, Emerson Richardson; G. Amundson and F. S. Burdick. Mrs. Kruger spoke of the need for polio funds in Sanders coun- ty and pointed out the fact that all Woman's club members in Sanders county are automatic- ally members of the National Foundation for Polio. She hopes for full support from Thompson Falls in the drive in January. Mrs. Harold Jensen stated the Women's bowling leagues had already voted to support the pol- io drive by contributing at the lanes as they did last year. Mrs. II. R. Shepard has re- quested that individuals and or- ganizations having suggestions for the polio drive to give them to Mrs. Richard Heater. Local guests for the evening were Mesdames John Newell, John Britt, Jack Truckner, C. W. Real, Frank Gummer, and Dorothy Hunton. Mrs. Jensen and Mrs. Arden Davis were hostesses for the ev- ening. Rainbows Shown How to Ballot Mrs. R. II. Cornett demon- strated the proper way to ballot at the Thompson Falls Rainbow girls meeting Monday evening. Other business before the as- sembly included a discussion on having officers of the Plains as- sembly as guests of the meeting here Oct. 19. A lunch committee for the meeting was appointed and a return trip to the Plains assemb- ly discuused. STORICAL OF 1V1014TAAA E LEN A The Weather - Date Max. Min Sept. 30 51 30 Oct. 1 57 26 Oct. 2 59 31 Oct. 3 69 40 Oct. 4 69 37 Oct. 5 53 40 Oct. 6 55 41 .11 Lions Distribute 219 Turkeys Hams, Chickens A total of 219 turkeys, hams and chickens were distributed by the Thompson Falls Lions club last weekend to winners of various games and competitions in connection with its annual turkey shoot. Of the total. 128 turkeys were distributed, 66 hams and 25 chickens. Lester Wills won the $100 mer- chandise certificate at the draw- ing held Sunday afternoon at the shoot. Although attendance at this year's shoot was down somewhat from recent years, shooting com- petition maintained high stand- ards, particularly at the trap range. One top rifle marksman com- peting in the shoot Sunday was Charles Narveson of Somers, in- structor for the VFW .22 junior rifle team at Kalispell. Narve- son's teams have held three na- tional championships for Mon- tana. He has been instructing the rifle team at Kalispell since 1940. Narveson praised the Lions' turkey shoot highly, stating it was the best run event of its kind in western Montana. List Value Days Prize Winners Mrs. Glenn Lacy of Thompson Falls, Mrs. Orville Branson of Belknap and Mrs. Lyle Haase of Whitepine won the three grand prizes of $24 in merchan- dise each at the annual Com- munity Value Days drawing held Saturday night in the Vet's Club hall in conjunction with the Lions club games night. A large crowd attended the event, the seventh annual draw- ing sponsored by Thompson Falls merchants. Winners of individual prizes were: Mrs. Delores Hill. quart of shampoo, Ray's Barber Shop; Viola Moles, gallon of floor wax. Turk Cabinet Shop; Bill Lux, two steak dinners, Melt's Snack Bar; Miss Marlene McPherson, grease and wash job, Motors Garage; Melvin by, salt and pepper shakers, Surplus Store: Mrs. Kat- herine Guenther, Sunbeam elec- tric clock, Lee's Cash Store; Ver- non Vavrick, 15 gallons of gaso- line. Heater and Heater; Mrs. Billy Watters, case of beer. Huff's Lounge; Mrs. Louise lien- syel, floor mat. Bud and Dave's Husky Service; Louis Dufresne. Revere ware sauce pan, Stobie Shopping Center; Mrs. Eva Per- ry, $5 in dry cleaning. Rich's Cleaners; Mrs. 0. R. Hill. Web- ster's Collegiate dictionary, Sanders County hedger. Mrs. Roland Matthews, two gallons of antifreeze. Gill - Adams, Inc.; .Francis Larson. electric heating pad, Thompson Falls Drug Co.: Mrs. Laura Gray, potted plant, Brock's Fountain and Variety; F. A. Guenther. hardwood Butch -R -Block. Pyatt Lumber Co.; Art Turk, polyethy- lene hamper. Gambles; Mrs. Or- ville Branson, five silver dollars. Gertrude J. Mahoney; Mrs. Alice Barrett. Presto minute timer. Falls Electric; Gerald Eldridge. $5 book of tickets, Rex Theater; Karan Wright, Little Mother doll. Larsons and Greens, Inc.; Mrs. William Lux, lubrication and oil change, Falls Standard Service; Russell Wright, two steak dinners, Norm's Cate. Ed Larson, three quarts of Kemtone and one pint of en- amel, Preston Plumbing and Heating; Mrs. Warren Craddick. pillow, Peoples Store; Mrs. Sus- an Thayer. $5 bill, First State Bank; Paul Hill, front wheel bal- ancing, Saint's Service. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Macho Sr. have announced the birth of a granddaughter to their son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Bert Macho of Portland, Ore. The little girl is the first child of the couple and has been nam- ed Cindy Jean. She was born Monday morning and weighed 8 lbs. 4 OM Single Copy loc pr 7 , 3 1 HAWKS TOP MISSION, ' WILDCATS NEXT FOE Thompson Falls grid fans will get their second opportunity Sat- urday afternoon to see the surg- ing Blue Hawks in conference action when they take on the Columbia Falls Wildcats at Ains- worth field at 2 p.m. Following their 19 to 0 vic- tory over Mission at St. Ignatius Friday night, the Hawks will rate as slight favorites against the Wildcats, who will be seeking their first Northwest division w in . \Columbia Falls will be tough,\ Coach W. M. iBuclo l'rueninger warned his high flying Hawks this week. \The Wildcats are de- veloping fast and they'd like not- hing better than to pull an upset over Thompson Falls.\ The students of Mission High school were forced to change some of their weekend plans aft- er the Hawks ran roughshod ov- er the tough Bulldogs. A huge poster seen at the game urged students to attend Mission's vic- tory dance after the game. The Hawks didn't stick around to see if the dance was cancelled, but one thing for sure, it wasn't the \Victory\ ball Mission stu- dents had planned earlier in the week. I'otentially, one of the top two or three teams in a strong lea- gue, the Hawks finally found the confidence they had been seek- ing in three previous games as they completely dominated play against Mission, conquerers the week before of Ronan 6-0. The Hawks' first touchdown came in the second quarter as hula -hipped Ernest Schmoyer snaked his way 35 yards around end and through the Bulldog secondary. Harvey Brauer's con- version was good for the extra point. Perhaps the most spectacular play of the game came early in the third period when Ronnie Sands hauled in an aerial from Schmoyer and scooted the re- mainder of 60 yards for the sec- ond Hawk td. The conversion at- tempt failed. Thompson Falls added an in- surance touchdown later in the third period when big Jeff Wollaston plunged across from the two -yard line to conclude a sustained drive. The conversion attempt failed again. Defensively Wollaston stood out in the second while Everett McKenzie and Dave Eplin plug- ged the middle of the line like the Aug. 17 earthquake chocked chocked the flow of the Madison river. However. Prueninger was reluctant to single out any in- dividuals for their play. It was a team victory—and all of the boys played outstand- ing football,\ the sparse haired mentor declared. Prueninger cleared the bench in the final quarter in an effort to hold down the score against the Bulldogs. One setback for the Hawks was an injured leg suffered by Brauer. The leg is reponding to treatment and he is expected back in the lineup soon, although it appears doubtful that he will see action against Columbia Falls. David Holt was out with an in- jured back and Urele Campbell did not see action because of a bad hand. Other boys playing against Mission in addition to those men- tioned above were: Arden Davis, Roger Curran. David McKenzie, Mark Clark, Dick Knabe, Mickey Clark, Gary Pritzkau, George La- Friniere. Mike Marich, Wally Page, Jim Crabtree, Bill Guld- seth, Gary Hanson. Steve Jung- blom, Bob LaFriniere, Mike Mah- oney, John Long and Mike Rog- ers. St. Ignatius 0 0 0 0— 0 T Falls 0 7 12 0-19 TROUT CREEK TO STAGE TURKEY SHOOT SUNDAY Residents of Trout Creek will stage their first annual com- munity turkey shoot Sunday starting at 10 a.m. Actually, the turkey shoot's event' will get underway Satur- day night with games to be play- ed in the Trout Creek gym start- ing at 8 p.m. Prizes will be tur- keys, hams and chickens. Games will be played all day Sunday also at the gym. The turkey shoots grounds wil be located at the old railroad trestle west of Trout ('reek. E. Edgar Taylor, chairman of the event, said the road leading from Highway WA at Trout Creek will be well marked by signs. Competition in the turkey shoot will be offered in bull guns, rifles, open sights and scopes, and trap shooting. The shoot will also have a running deer target and the popular fill the circle contest for persons who want to compete for a tur- key or ham who do not care to shoot. Lunch will be served at the grounds. Trout Creek boosters plan to make the turkey shoot an annual affair. NO BIG GAME ANIMAL WORTH RISKING A LIFE No piece of game is worth,risk- ing human life. Sportsmen going afield during the fall hunting seasons are reminded by the Montana Fish and Game De- partment that hunting safety re- quires use of good judgement as well as ability to handle fire- arms. Bob . Donlin, - water and hunt- ing safety supervisor of the de- partment. reported that seven persons have been injured by gun accidents while afield just since the opening of bird sea- sons. With big game hunting un- der way now in several areas of the state and with the general opening scheduled for Oct. 18, more hunters are destined to either be injured or killed if ex- treme caution with firearms is not used, Donlin warned. Although the department's sponsored hunter safety pro- gram has trained thousands of youngsters throughout the state in the careful use and handling of guns. adults as well as young people who are familiar with firearms often become very care- less while afield. \Despite the best oeieaching, in the excitement of the hunt, some persons will shoot impul-) sively at anything that moves and many unfortunate accidents occur when hunters are under emotional stress when pursuing Shooters should restrain their impulses while out for wildlife game.\ Donlin stated. Important as training in safe gun handling may be, in the fin- al analysis the problem is emo- tional control both in youngsters and adults. The snap shooting hunters must learn to put on the brake, and that one second wait to make sure may mean the dif- ference between safety and tra- gedy. After a mistake shooting, it is too late to wish that a bullet could be called back. , In summing up common sense and precautions in hunting, Don- lin called attention to the all-im- portant ''Ten Commandments of Safety\ - (1) treat every gun with the respect due a loaded gun (2) carry only empty guns, taken -down or with the action open, into your car, camp and home (3) always be sure that the barrel and action are clear of obstructions (4) always carry your gun so that you can control the direction of the muzzle (5) be sure of yOur target before you pull the trigger (6) never point a gun at anything you do not want to shoot, (8) never climb a tree or a fence with a loaded gun (9) never shoot at a flat, hard surface or the surface of water and (10) do not mix gun- powder with alcohol.
