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Christmas Community SingWill Be Held December 20The third annual Christmas

Community Sing will be heldat 8 p.m.. next Wednesday,Dec. 20, in the Poison highschool gym with Mrs. D. R.Pugh and Mrs. A. J. Meiers,co-chairmen.Performing will be the Good

Shepherd Lutheran juniorand senior choirs directed byMrs. Meiers; the ImmaculateConception Church seniorchoir under Mrs. Pugh's di-rection and the junior choir di-rected by Mrs. Ward Devlin;the First Methodist Church

P( titionsOn BigforkVote OK'dFlathead County Assessor

Grant Campbell has certifiedto county commissioners thepetitions of Bigfork residentsasking for the creation of a$143,000 special improvementdistrict for a sewer system forBigfork.Campbell noted there are

210 freeholders in the areaproposed for the district, andthere were 126 valid signatureson petitions submitted to him.This is exactly 60 per cent ofthe freeholders, the amountnecessary for the establish-ment of a special improvementdistrict.Commissioners set Dec. 28

at 10 a.m. as a time for hear-ing on the district's creationwhen any freeholder may ap-pear and be heard. The Big-fork Chamber of Commercewas the spearheading organiz-ation seeking the district.Edward O'Brien, represent-

ing the Bigfork chamber, said$63,000 of the cost of the pro-ject would be available undera federal grant, with addition-al federal funds available onlong-term low interect ratesmaking it feasible for the dis-trict to underwrite the remain-ing S80,000 cost and pay forit out of operating revenues.Establishment of a sewage

system and treatment plantwould remove one of theborderline pollution hazardson Flathead Lake, O'Briensaid. Bigfork has built up tothe point where present septictanks have just about produc-ed the saturation point thatthe soil fomation can handle."The sewage plant is a must

if BiElork is to expand fur-ther," O'Brien said, "and mostcitizens recognize the neednow."

Mysterious BoomStartles FolksIn Poison AreaArea residents are still won-

dering about the source of aloud boom which was heardthroughout the Poison areaabout 4 p.m. Monday.The explosion was loud

erough to shake buildings,rattle windows and cause per-sons to go outside to see whathad hit their home or officebuilding.Theories range from explod-

ice to dynamite explosions toa sonic boom created by high-flying jet aircraft. The lattertheory seems to be the morepopular although no jet trailswere evident in the mostlyclear skies.

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choir directed by Mrs. WilliamStarling; the Royal NeighborJuveniles directed by Mrs.Louis Pollman.Elmer Robinson will direct

the Christian Church choir andthe Poison high school tripletrio and girls' sextet will bedirected by Richard Schiatter.Mrs. James Duford will pre-sent an organ prelude.The combined choirs will

perform three numbers, "InExcelsis Gloria," "Angels WeHave Heard on High," and"Silent Night."Community sing numbers

will be "Deck the Halls," "Joyto the World," "0 Come All YeFaithful," "Hark the HeraldAngels Sing." There will bea practice session for allgroups on Tuesday, Dec. 19,at 7:30 p.m. at the gym. Par-ticipants at the rehearsal areasked to enter at the bandroom door.

BasketballTourney

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This WeekThe Poison Invitational

Tournament is on the basket-ball agenda for the weekendFour Northwest Class B Con-ference teams will compete —Poison, St. Ignatius, Thomp-son Falls and Ronan.Action gets under way at

7:30 p.m. each night. First con-test will be Ronan vs. Thomp-son Falls. Each team has 3 and2 win-loss records. In the sec-ond game the Pirates squareoff against Mission. Both ofthese teams have identical rec-ords — 1 and 3.Poison's hopes were bolster-

ed this week with the an-nouncement that Tom Farrell,6'1" senior letterman will seeaction at the forward spot forthe first time this season. Far-ell has been sidelined with ahad knee.The man to watch out for on

the young but scrappy Missionsquad is 5'10" Ron Phillips.one of the top guards in theleague.Sideline observers feel that

Poison is starting to come onnow . . . this view expressedafter watching the locals justbarely lose out to Missoula'sLoyola team last Friday, 45-43.

Girls StateReport GivenMiss Mary Jo Pugh, a dele-

gate to the 1961 Girls State,gave a report on the activitiesat Girls State this past sum-mer, and it was greatly en-joyed by the members of theV.F.W. Auxiliary. Miss Pughwas sponsored by the localV.F.W. Auxiliary.Mrs. Blaine Hutchison, presi-

dent of the auxiliary, presidedover the business meeting andthe Identity Tag program wasdiscussed but no action takenuntil a report from the schoolis received.Mrs. Lela Gore announced

that the box of candy, cookies,and prizes is ready to bemailed to the Columbia FallsSoldiers Home.The Department Community

Service Chairman has askedfor a more detailed report onthe auxiliary's communityservice activities.A Christmas party was

planned for the next meeting,December 18, and membersare also to bring candy orcookies for the 'cheer plates'to be given to the older peopleand the shut-ins. This has beenan annual Christmas Projectof the auxiliary for severalyears. Members are also re-minded to bring their Christ-mas exchange gifts, either foryour secret pal or as an ex-change gift.

Tribal Council ElectionSet for December 16The Confederated Salish and Charles W. Radel, James

Kootenai Tribes will have their Kallowatt and Jerome Hewan-korn as candidates in the El-mo-Dayton district and votingwill be done in the LarsonChurch.The city hall is the voting

place for Poison district whereE. W. Morigeau, Roy Courvilleand Basil DuCharme are can-didates.Secretary Sloan said "Any

person qualified to vote whoIn St. Ignatius district can- is unable to cast his vote at thedidates are Alexander Sloan, designated polling place on el-Victor Cordier, David Barnaby ection day, must prior to elec-and Walter McDonald. Votes tion day, request an absenteecan be cast at the Commodity ballot by writing to the Secre-Warehouse. tary of the Tribal Council. AllThe Parish Hall is the poll- ballot requests and return ofing place in the Ronan district such ballots must be by mail.where candidates are Anna One member will be electedWeivoda, Kenneth Burland, from each district for a termPatrick Adams, James Ely, Al- Jf four years. Polling placesfred Senecal, Gene Allard and will be open from 10 a.m. toMichael L. Durgalo. 6 p.m.

tribal council election on Dec.16, according to Secretary Al-vin E. Sloan.In Arlee district the polling

place will be at the BrownSchool Building. Candidatesare Clara Dumontier, DavidPierre, Floyd Nicolai, FredWhitworth, Virginia Colman,and Jess Couture.

met Monday night to take ac-tion a revised insurance pro-gram through the Poison In-surance Agents Assn. The pro-gram will give more insurancecoverage on a 100% replace-ment basis at less cost. It willbe arranged under the PublicInstitutional Property insur-ance program.The board OK'd a Future

Farmers of America request tostage a basketball tournamentat the Poison gym Dec. 29 and30.

The stamp of approval wasput on a proposed adult edu-cation program which will

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COLD BUT MIGHTY PRETTY! — Temperatures in and around the Poison area during the past week plummeted to as lowas -22, but the wintertime beauty compensates for the extra c hill in the air. All in all, the sub-zero temepratures, snowcover, and Christmas lights, decorations and store windows in the Lake City lent a festive atmosphere to the yule season.The atmosphere will continue to prevail as home and businesses sport gay Christmas decorations and lights and SantaClaus plans a special visit to local youngsters at the Elks Club this Saturday from noon on. (Meiers Studio Photo)

Santa'sComing toPoison!

Word has been receivedfrom Santa Claus's head-quarters at the North Polethat the jolly, bewhiskeredold gent is planning a spe-cial pre-Christmas visit toPoison on Saturday, Dec. 16.Sponsored by the Poison

Junior Chamber of Com-merce and by Poison mer-chants, Santa will bringalong some samplings oftreats to give youngstersafter they report to him ontheir behavior during thepast year and their wishesfor the Christmas stocking.He will be at the Poison

Elks Lodge from noon on.

the Salish and Kootenai this crease the annual cut of tim-week received notification ber on the reservation by 100from Washington, D.C., thatthe Tribal Council's overalleconomic development planhad been approved by theArea Redevelopment Adminis-tration.Word of approval arrived

by way of a letter from Sec-retary of Commerce Luther H.Hodges to E. W. Morigeau,

per cent — from the present20 million feet per year to 40million. This will be possibleMorigeau said, because thetimber that will be reappraisedis not on the present depletiontable. The present table wasestablished as a result of low-land timber cruises in the1930s.

chairman of the Tribal Couro The Tribal Council chair-cMorigeau said that between

$75,000 and $100,000 will bemade available as a federalgrant to "re-cruise" or inven-tory timber stands on the Flat-head Reservation.

Board Acts on Insurance,Adult Education ProgramsThe District 23 school board start in January. Courses sug-

gested to date include short-hand, bookkeeping, welding,typing, art, math and English.Ten persons are required fora class. Persons having sug-gestions for additional coursesare asked to notify Supt. S. C.Coy at 246-K. A $5 fee willbe charged in all courses ex-cept welding where the feewill be $10. Cost of books andmaterials are added to this.The board also authorized

the installation of a light out-side the Lincoln building en-trance.Members of the high school

American government class at-tended the board meeting.

man said that cutting will stillbe done on a sustained yieldbasis. He emphasized that themoney for the timber cruisingwill be federal redevelopmentprogram money, not Tribalfunds.Morigeau also said that an

attempt would be made to tryto obtain help in financing aproposed cottage site develop-ment along Skidoo Trail whichleads up the Mission Mountainslopes on the east shore ofFlathead Lake. Morigeau saidtentative plans call for sur-veying and sub-dividing 90cottage sites of 11/2 acres eachon a lease-Tental basis. Hesaid that the land would beopen to the general public for"25-year plus 25-year" ar-rangements through which cot-tage sites could be rented for$100 per year and homes de-veloped on the sites.In his letter to the Tribal

Council, Secretary Hodgescommented, "May I add mywarm congratulations to thoseof Mr. Batt (Area Redevelop-ment Administrator) for yourcompletion of this first steptoward revitalization of your

Federal Redevelopment AdministrationApproves Confederated Tribe's OEDPThe Confederated Tribes of He said that this should in- local economy and toward the

creation of permanent new em-ployment opportunities f o rpeople who want jobs in pri-vate industry.'The initiative, investment

and planning evidenced byyour area are the basic ingre-dients for any successful de-velopment program. Youroverall economic developmentplan will stand you in goodstead regardless of whether ornot any federal participationbecomes involved in individu-al projects. It is a blueprintfor progress."The plan is the first to be

approved for any Indian Res-ervation in the U.S. under theredevelopment program. ALake County DevelopmentCouncil plan is still under con-sideration by the Redevelop-ment Administration.

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Postoffice WillBe Open NextTwo Saturdays

The Poison postoff ice willbe open from 8:30 a.m. to5 p.m. the next two Satur-days for the convenience ofChristmas card and packagemailers — and receivers, ac-cording to Roy Cramer, Poi-son postmaster.The postmaster advised all

persons sending cards to putreturn addresses on enve-lopes if they wish undeliver-ed cards returned. Unsealedcards containing no writingtake 3 cents postage; if theyhave writing or if envelopesare sealed, then 4 centspostage is required.

Rotary's Role and Potential Role in World TodayIs Discussed by Rotary International Past PresidentMembers of Poison high

school's senior class wereguests of Rotarians Tuesdaynoon at the Rotary Club'sluncheon meeting. They heardEverett W. Hill, Past Presidentof Rotary International, talkon "Rotary and the World To-day."

Hill's talk summarized thedevelopment of Rotary Inter-national from its beginningwhen founder Paul Harris firstcalled together a small groupof friends in Room 711 of theUnity Building in Chicago inFebruary 1905 to its presentworld position with clubs in124 countries and a member-ship of about 513,000 persons.He told how Rotary's pro-

gram is unpopular with dicta-tors in tot alitarian countries.Rotary clubs were banished inAxis countries during WorldWar 2; there are no Rotaryclubs behind the Iron Curtain;the Rotary club in Tunis wasterminated and this year In-lonesian Rotary clubs were or-dered dissolved by the Com-mander-in-chief.In Japan during World War

2, Rotary clubs were termin-ated by the War Lords. How-ever, 37 of the clubs continuedto meet under aliases through-

out the war. Rotary was re-established at the end of theWar by General Douglas Mac-Arthur who said that the Ro-tary program "cements inter-national friendship."

Hill said that Rotary shouldnot be defined because defini-tion tends to confine. Rotarymeans many things to manypeople — thoughtfulness andhelpfulness to others, an idealin action, maker of friend-ships, builder of men, serviceabove self.Rotary in ActionCiting typical examples of

how Rotary performs commun-ity service on an internationalscale, the Past President point-ed out five instances:

1. A young doctor in Algeria,responsible for hygenic condi-tions in a settlement of nearly60,000 Moslems, received allnecessary medical supplies andequipment from Rotarians ofLaval, France.

2. The Rotary Club of An-kara. Turkey, sponsored thebuilding of a large recreation-al hall for primary school stu-dents in one of the poorest sub-urbs of Ankara.

3. The project of the RotaryClub of Dnbbo, NSW Aus-tralia, is a 45-acre Victoria

Park in the heart of the town.It will include a Rotary cen-ter costing about $17,000.

4. In Lucknow, India, theRotary Club has adopted anentire nearby village where aphysician member of the clubtreats those who cannot affordmedical care, while other clubactivities have given the vil-lage a rural industry youthcenter, picnic grounds, con-crete roads and girls' juniorhigh school.5. The Rotary Club of Man-

dalay, Burma, provided itslocal library with a thousandvolumes of books sent by Ro-tarians of Welch, Va., a clubwith only 35 members.Rotary Foundation

Hill said, "The most out-standing work of Rotary In-ternational is the RotaryFoundation program . . . thefund has spent from 1947through 1961 . . . $3,706,965with a total number of fellow-ship awards, 1,453.""Each of the 269 Rotary dis-

tricts is allowed a fellowshipevery other year. The appli-cant must be a college gradu-ate with a certain scholasticrating to be considered eligi-ble, and if chosen he can selectany country he wishes to take

a one year graduate course."Commenting on Rotary and

the world situation, Hill said,"Too many people of the worldare looking to their respec-tive governments to cure alltheir ills and problems, finan-cial as well as economic andsocial. We have become men-tally lazy, we refuse to think,and we depend on the publicpress, radio and TV to do ourthinking for us."The pioneers of this coun-

try won and settled the west. . . and they did it withoutgovernment price supports orsubsidy, without union hours,and they took care of them-selves without social securityor unemployment benefits.They built well and developeda free country with no out-side help."The group has power un-

told if properly applied. Ahandful of. fishermen in Pales-tine transformed history. Weall know the story of Christand his apostles. The yeomanof England became an uncon-querable army of Cromwell.This world of the Westernhemisphere was established bythe exploits of men who werenot afraid to face the un-

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Bond Issue IsPIOK'd by VotersOn the second time 'round,

Poison's elementary schoolbond issue of $414,600 wentzooming over the top with a69% turnout of qualified elec-tors and by a better than 7-1margin of approval.A vote breakdown shows

760 yes votes, 106 no votes andone voided ballot. Some 747votes were needed to validate

CandidatesListed forCC PostsA list of candidates for the

three chamber of commerce di-rectorships vacancies was pre-sented to the C of C board ofdirectors meeting in PoisonMonday noon.The general membership will

select from these persons, threedirectors: John Davis of DavisMerc., Charles Young of B&BFood Markets, Chuck John-son of Teepee Westwear, PaulFugleberg of the FlatheadCourier, Mabel Frolin of TheHut, Howard Venetz of Flat-head Electric Service and CarlSeifert of Carl's Union 76 Serv-ice.A fourth director will be

elected for a one-year term bythe new board. Write-in candi-dates may also be voted foron the ballots which will bemailed to members by thechamber secretary.

Poison Takes on'Christmas Look'The City of Poison has taken

on the traditional yule looknow that the downtown busi-ness section decorations havebeen completed.

City. and Light Dept. crewsput in many hours putting uplights and fir trees throughoutthe business sections. Morethan 200 fir trees were donatedby J. J. Thomas, Poison Christ-mas tree yard operator.Mrs. Bernice Elkins gave the

city the huge fir tree whichwas placed in the SecurityState Bank parking lot nearPearce's Style Shoppe. Citycrews put the lights on thetree.Numerous homes in the resi-

dential district are sproutinggay holiday trimmings andthe weatherman is cooperatingby sending in snow and coldweather to add to the "Christ-mas look."

Ex-Publisher'sMother DiesMrs. Robert Bibb, 76, mo-

ther of, former Flathead Cour-ier publisher Bill Rader, diedin the Kalispell hospital Tues-day night. Funeral servicesare pending. Additicnal de-tails will be published in nextweek's paper.

DINNER PARTYMrs. Pearl Englund enter-

tained with dinner and an ev-ening of Pinochle Saturdayfor: Mr. and Mrs. HarryRoss, Mr. and Mrs. HarrySmith, Mr. and Mrs. LeeRoss, Mr. and Mrs. FlorinHamman, Gene Hamman, Mrs.Winifred 7Testfall, Mrs. MaudMcLean, l. and Mrs. Gray-don Christian and daughtersCandi and Connie.Mrs. Mary Anne Colgrove

of Missoula is a guest at theJoe Matelich home for sever-al days.

the election and 867 Were ob-tained. The first school bondvote in November drew onlya 39% turnout and a 3-1 mar-gin of approval.

If all goes according to plan,Poison youngsters will have anew elementary building readyfor occupancy at the start ofthe 1963-64 school year. It willbe located near the cherrywarehouse and will have 12classrooms plus a multi-pur-pose room with hot lunch fa-cilities, stage and showers,teachers' work room and officespace. The amount of the bondissue will also cover landscap-ing and equipping, accordingto architects' estimates.Official canvassing of the

election returns will be doneat a special school board meet-ing tonight (Dec. 14) at 8 p.m.

HighwayProblemsDiscussedA sign promotion program

aimed at keeping tourists onHighway 93 was discussed atlength Tuesday night at a spe-cial meeting called by the WestShore 93 Assn. Representativesof west shore communities at-tended. From Poison the dele-gation of Ole Belland, MarionBailey, Frona Bollan, HowardVenetz, Roger Davis and JerrySagmiller.The group authorized West

Shore 93 president Jim Fryeof Lakeside and a committeeto contact business peoplealong the route to ask forfunds which would financebuilding of two to four addi-tional signs.The signs would be located

near the Bigfork "Y" atSomers, one near Poison, onenear the Missoula turnoff, anda fourth location yet to bepicked.

Funeral SetFor Today forMrs. BlummerFuneral services will be held

for Mrs. Joseph (Ina) Blum-mer at 2 p.m. today (Thursday)at the Retz Chapel. Officiatingwill be the Rev. Donald KDale, pastor of the Church ofGod in Poison. Burial will beat Lakeview Cemetery.Mrs. Blummer died at her

home in Poison Sunday nightafter a lengthy illness. Shehad lived in the Poison areafor about 12 years. She wasborn Feb. 4, 1887, in West Vir-ginia. She married JosephBlummer in Billings Feb. 7,1912.Surviving are the husband;

a son, Paul E. of Houston, Tex-as; a daughter, Pauline Bos-ckis of Poison; four sisters,Mrs. Lettie Sandage of Poi-son, Mrs. Mary Ann McBrideof Missoula, Mrs. Sou Sykesof Ewing, Mo. and Ethel Stottsof Atlanta, Mo.; two brothers,W. P. Knotts of Philadelphiaand Louis Knotts of Atlanta,Mo.; and nine grandchildren.

Meeting SetThe Tribal Council will

meet Monday, Dec. 18, at theagency headquarters at Dixon,according to an announcementby Alvin Sloan, Tribal Secre-tary.

Engineers to ConductCivil Defense Meet HereMechanics of the nationwide

community fallout shelter sur-vey and marking program willbe outlined for governmentand civic leaders of the sevenwestern counties Tuesday, Dec.19, at 1 p.m. at the Grill Cafein Poison.The Corps of Engineers will

be accompanied by MajorRobert A. Keyes, Director ofthe State Civil Defense Office,Ira Minnihan of Region 8 0.C.D., Department of Defense, andMorrison-Maierle and Associa-tes, architect-engineer firm ofHelena, who are helping toconduct the survey in thiscounty.Representatives of local

governments, Chiefs of Civil

Defense Services for com-munity leaders throughout thecounty are invited to attendthis meeting, according to Mrs.R. H. Wiedman, Lake CountyC. D. Director

Local government officialsand local people will be re-sponsible for the developmentof plans for the use of the i-dentified shelters. Speakerswill outline duties and techni-ques of securing permissionfrom owners of the structuresto mark, stock and use as prb-lic shelters; and the responsi-bilities of local people in assis-ting in the stocking of shelterswith supplies and equipmentprovided by the Federal Gov-ernment.

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