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Kla rORICAL SOCIETY OF MONTANA HELENA Christmas Community Sing Will Be Held December 20 The third annual Christmas Community Sing will be held at 8 p.m.. next Wednesday, Dec. 20, in the Poison high school gym with Mrs. D. R. Pugh and Mrs. A. J. Meiers, co-chairmen. Performing will be the Good Shepherd Lutheran junior and senior choirs directed by Mrs. Meiers; the Immaculate Conception Church senior choir under Mrs. Pugh's di- rection and the junior choir di- rected by Mrs. Ward Devlin; the First Methodist Church P( titions On Bigfork Vote OK'd Flathead County Assessor Grant Campbell has certified to county commissioners the petitions of Bigfork residents asking for the creation of a $143,000 special improvement district for a sewer system for Bigfork. Campbell noted there are 210 freeholders in the area proposed for the district, and there were 126 valid signatures on petitions submitted to him. This is exactly 60 per cent of the freeholders, the amount necessary for the establish- ment of a special improvement district. Commissioners set Dec. 28 at 10 a.m. as a time for hear- ing on the district's creation when any freeholder may ap- pear and be heard. The Big- fork Chamber of Commerce was 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 under a federal grant, with addition- al federal funds available on long-term low interect rates making it feasible for the dis- trict to underwrite the remain- ing S80,000 cost and pay for it out of operating revenues. Establishment of a sewage system and treatment plant would remove one of the borderline pollution hazards on Flathead Lake, O'Brien said. Bigfork has built up to the point where present septic tanks have just about produc- ed the saturation point that the soil fomation can handle. "The sewage plant is a must if BiElork is to expand fur- ther," O'Brien said, "and most citizens recognize the need now." Mysterious Boom Startles Folks In Poison Area Area residents are still won- dering about the source of a loud boom which was heard throughout the Poison area about 4 p.m. Monday. The explosion was loud erough to shake buildings, rattle windows and cause per- sons to go outside to see what had hit their home or office building. Theories range from explod- ice to dynamite explosions to a sonic boom created by high- flying jet aircraft. The latter theory seems to be the more popular although no jet trails were evident in the mostly clear skies. Dec. 9 10 11 12 33 21 29 22 25 16 23 8 12 9 10 -13 8 -6 Precipitation — .12. choir directed by Mrs. William Starling; the Royal Neighbor Juveniles directed by Mrs. Louis Pollman. Elmer Robinson will direct the Christian Church choir and the Poison high school triple trio and girls' sextet will be directed by Richard Schiatter. Mrs. James Duford will pre- sent an organ prelude. The combined choirs will perform three numbers, "In Excelsis Gloria," "Angels We Have Heard on High," and "Silent Night." Community sing numbers will be "Deck the Halls," "Joy to the World," "0 Come All Ye Faithful," "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." There will be a practice session for all groups on Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the gym. Par- ticipants at the rehearsal are asked to enter at the band room door. Basketball Tourney ta, This Week The Poison Invitational Tournament is on the basket- ball agenda for the weekend Four 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 and 2 win-loss records. In the sec- ond game the Pirates square off against Mission. Both of these 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 see action at the forward spot for the first time this season. Far- ell has been sidelined with a had knee. The man to watch out for on the young but scrappy Mission squad is 5'10" Ron Phillips. one of the top guards in the league. Sideline observers feel that Poison is starting to come on now . . . this view expressed after watching the locals just barely lose out to Missoula's Loyola team last Friday, 45-43. Girls State Report Given Miss Mary Jo Pugh, a dele- gate to the 1961 Girls State, gave a report on the activities at Girls State this past sum- mer, and it was greatly en- joyed by the members of the V.F.W. Auxiliary. Miss Pugh was sponsored by the local V.F.W. Auxiliary. Mrs. Blaine Hutchison, presi- dent of the auxiliary, presided over the business meeting and the Identity Tag program was discussed but no action taken until a report from the school is received. Mrs. Lela Gore announced that the box of candy, cookies, and prizes is ready to be mailed to the Columbia Falls Soldiers Home. The Department Community Service Chairman has asked for a more detailed report on the auxiliary's community service activities. A Christmas party was planned for the next meeting, December 18, and members are also to bring candy or cookies for the 'cheer plates' to be given to the older people and the shut-ins. This has been an annual Christmas Project of the auxiliary for several years. Members are also re- minded to bring their Christ- mas exchange gifts, either for your secret pal or as an ex- change gift. Tribal Council Election Set for December 16 The 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 voting will be done in the Larson Church. The city hall is the voting place for Poison district where E. W. Morigeau, Roy Courville and Basil DuCharme are can- didates. Secretary Sloan said "Any person qualified to vote who In St. Ignatius district can- is unable to cast his vote at the didates 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 absentee can be cast at the Commodity ballot by writing to the Secre- Warehouse. tary of the Tribal Council. All The Parish Hall is the poll- ballot requests and return of ing place in the Ronan district such ballots must be by mail. where candidates are Anna One member will be elected Weivoda, Kenneth Burland, from each district for a term Patrick Adams, James Ely, Al- Jf four years. Polling places fred Senecal, Gene Allard and will be open from 10 a.m. to Michael 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 Brown School Building. Candidates are Clara Dumontier, David Pierre, Floyd Nicolai, Fred Whitworth, 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 insurance coverage on a 100% replace- ment basis at less cost. It will be arranged under the Public Institutional Property insur- ance program. The board OK'd a Future Farmers of America request to stage a basketball tournament at the Poison gym Dec. 29 and 30. The stamp of approval was put on a proposed adult edu- cation program which will LAKE LEVEL — 2889.74 FEET Volume 52. Number 38. •.• STACE HI STORIG4L 8002. HELEN4 MONT - EX • Cfficial Nimspaper of Lake County and the City of Poison, Montana .!'411rsqvitp14!tfttitirk ••• ...--..--•••••• • , - • • 4 : 7 " 11,0g 4 COLD BUT MIGHTY PRETTY! — Temperatures in and around the Poison area during the past week plummeted to as low as -22, but the wintertime beauty compensates for the extra c hill in the air. All in all, the sub-zero temepratures, snow cover, 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 Santa Claus plans a special visit to local youngsters at the Elks Club this Saturday from noon on. (Meiers Studio Photo) Santa's Coming to Poison! Word has been received from Santa Claus's head- quarters at the North Pole that the jolly, bewhiskered old gent is planning a spe- cial pre-Christmas visit to Poison on Saturday, Dec. 16. Sponsored by the Poison Junior Chamber of Com- merce and by Poison mer- chants, Santa will bring along some samplings of treats to give youngsters after they report to him on their behavior during the past year and their wishes for 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 100 from Washington, D.C., that the Tribal Council's overall economic development plan had been approved by the Area 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 present 20 million feet per year to 40 million. This will be possible Morigeau said, because the timber that will be reappraised is not on the present depletion table. The present table was established as a result of low- land timber cruises in the 1930s. chairman of the Tribal Couro The Tribal Council chair- c Morigeau said that between $75,000 and $100,000 will be made available as a federal grant to "re -cruise" or inven- tory timber stands on the Flat- head Reservation. Board Acts on Insurance, Adult Education Programs The 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 for a class. Persons having sug- gestions for additional courses are asked to notify Supt. S. C. Coy at 246-K. A $5 fee will be charged in all courses ex- cept welding where the fee will be $10. Cost of books and materials 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 still be done on a sustained yield basis. He emphasized that the money for the timber cruising will be federal redevelopment program money, not Tribal funds. Morigeau also said that an attempt would be made to try to obtain help in financing a proposed cottage site develop- ment along Skidoo Trail which leads up the Mission Mountain slopes on the east shore of Flathead Lake. Morigeau said tentative plans call for sur- veying and sub -dividing 90 cottage sites of 1 1 / 2 acres each on a lease-Tental basis. He said that the land would be open 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 Hodges commented, "May I add my warm congratulations to those of Mr. Batt (Area Redevelop- ment Administrator) for your completion of this first step toward revitalization of your Federal Redevelopment Administration Approves Confederated Tribe's OEDP The Confederated Tribes of He said that this should in- local economy and toward the creation of permanent new em- ployment opportunities f o r people who want jobs in pri- vate industry. 'The initiative, investment and planning evidenced by your area are the basic ingre- dients for any successful de- velopment program. Your overall economic development plan will stand you in good stead regardless of whether or not any federal participation becomes involved in individu- al projects. It is a blueprint for progress." The plan is the first to be approved for any Indian Res- ervation in the U.S. under the redevelopment program. A Lake County Development Council plan is still under con- sideration by the Redevelop- ment Administration. 10 CENTS • Thursday. Dec. 14, 1961 Postoffice Will Be Open Next Two Saturdays The Poison postoff ice will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. the next two Satur- days for the convenience of Christmas card and package mailers — and receivers, ac- cording to Roy Cramer, Poi- son postmaster. The postmaster advised all persons sending cards to put return addresses on enve- lopes if they wish undeliver- ed cards returned. Unsealed cards containing no writing take 3 cents postage; if they have writing or if envelopes are sealed, then 4 cents postage is required. Rotary's Role and Potential Role in World Today Is Discussed by Rotary International Past President Members of Poison high school's senior class were guests of Rotarians Tuesday noon at the Rotary Club's luncheon meeting. They heard Everett W. Hill, Past President of Rotary International, talk on "Rotary and the World To- day." Hill's talk summarized the development of Rotary Inter- national from its beginning when founder Paul Harris first called together a small group of friends in Room 711 of the Unity Building in Chicago in February 1905 to its present world position with clubs in 124 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 in Axis countries during World War 2; there are no Rotary clubs behind the Iron Curtain; the Rotary club in Tunis was terminated 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 continued to meet under aliases through- out the war. Rotary was re- established at the end of the War by General Douglas Mac- Arthur who said that the Ro- tary program "cements inter- national friendship." Hill said that Rotary should not be defined because defini- tion tends to confine. Rotary means many things to many people — thoughtfulness and helpfulness to others, an ideal in action, maker of friend- ships, builder of men, service above self. Rotary in Action Citing typical examples of how Rotary performs commun- ity service on an international scale, the Past President point- ed out five instances: 1. A young doctor in Algeria, responsible for hygenic condi- tions in a settlement of nearly 60,000 Moslems, received all necessary medical supplies and equipment from Rotarians of Laval, France. 2. The Rotary Club of An- kara. Turkey, sponsored the building 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 Rotary Club 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, the Rotary Club has adopted an entire nearby village where a physician member of the club treats those who cannot afford medical care, while other club activities have given the vil- lage a rural industry youth center, picnic grounds, con- crete roads and girls' junior high school. 5. The Rotary Club of Man- dalay, Burma, provided its local library with a thousand volumes of books sent by Ro- tarians of Welch, Va., a club with only 35 members. Rotary Foundation Hill said, "The most out- standing work of Rotary In- ternational is the Rotary Foundation program . . . the fund has spent from 1947 through 1961 . . . $3,706,965 with a total number of fellow- ship awards, 1,453." "Each of the 269 Rotary dis- tricts is allowed a fellowship every other year. The appli- cant must be a college gradu- ate with a certain scholastic rating to be considered eligi- ble, and if chosen he can select any country he wishes to take a one year graduate course." Commenting on Rotary and the world situation, Hill said, "Too many people of the world are looking to their respec- tive governments to cure all their ills and problems, finan- cial as well as economic and social. We have become men- tally lazy, we refuse to think, and we depend on the public press, radio and TV to do our thinking for us. "The pioneers of this coun- try won and settled the west . . . and they did it without government price supports or subsidy, without union hours, and they took care of them- selves without social security or unemployment benefits. They built well and developed a free country with no out- side help. "The group has power un- told if properly applied. A handful of. fishermen in Pales- tine transformed history. We all know the story of Christ and his apostles. The yeoman of England became an uncon- querable army of Cromwell. This world of the Western hemisphere was established by the exploits of men who were not afraid to face the un- (Continued on Page 4) Bond Issue Is PI OK'd by Voters On the second time 'round, Poison's elementary school bond issue of $414,600 went zooming over the top with a 69% turnout of qualified elec- tors and by a better than 7-1 margin of approval. A vote breakdown shows 760 yes votes, 106 no votes and one voided ballot. Some 747 votes were needed to validate Candidates Listed for CC Posts A list of candidates for the three chamber of commerce di- rectorships vacancies was pre- sented to the C of C board of directors meeting in Poison Monday noon. The general membership will select from these persons, three directors: John Davis of Davis Merc., Charles Young of B&B Food Markets, Chuck John- son of Teepee Westwear, Paul Fugleberg of the Flathead Courier, Mabel Frolin of The Hut, Howard Venetz of Flat- head Electric Service and Carl Seifert of Carl's Union 76 Serv- ice. A fourth director will be elected for a one-year term by the new board. Write-in candi- dates may also be voted for on the ballots which will be mailed to members by the chamber secretary. Poison Takes on 'Christmas Look' The City of Poison has taken on the traditional yule look now that the downtown busi- ness section decorations have been completed. City. and Light Dept. crews put in many hours putting up lights and fir trees throughout the business sections. More than 200 fir trees were donated by J. J. Thomas, Poison Christ- mas tree yard operator. Mrs. Bernice Elkins gave the city the huge fir tree which was placed in the Security State Bank parking lot near Pearce's Style Shoppe. City crews put the lights on the tree. Numerous homes in the resi- dential district are sprouting gay holiday trimmings and the weatherman is cooperating by sending in snow and cold weather to add to the "Christ- mas look." Ex -Publisher's Mother Dies Mrs. Robert Bibb, 76, mo- ther of, former Flathead Cour- ier publisher Bill Rader, died in the Kalispell hospital Tues- day night. Funeral services are pending. Additicnal de- tails will be published in next week's paper. DINNER PARTY Mrs. Pearl Englund enter- tained with dinner and an ev- ening of Pinochle Saturday for: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Florin Hamman, Gene Hamman, Mrs. Winifred 7Testfall, Mrs. Maud McLean, l. and Mrs. Gray- don Christian and daughters Candi and Connie. Mrs. Mary Anne Colgrove of Missoula is a guest at the Joe Matelich home for sever- al days. the election and 867 Were ob- tained. The first school bond vote in November drew only a 39% turnout and a 3-1 mar- gin of approval. If all goes according to plan, Poison youngsters will have a new elementary building ready for occupancy at the start of the 1963-64 school year. It will be located near the cherry warehouse and will have 12 classrooms plus a multi -pur- pose room with hot lunch fa- cilities, stage and showers, teachers' work room and office space. The amount of the bond issue will also cover landscap- ing and equipping, according to architects' estimates. Official canvassing of the election returns will be done at a special school board meet- ing tonight (Dec. 14) at 8 p.m. Highway Problems Discussed A sign promotion program aimed at keeping tourists on Highway 93 was discussed at length Tuesday night at a spe- cial meeting called by the West Shore 93 Assn. Representatives of west shore communities at- tended. From Poison the dele- gation of Ole Belland, Marion Bailey, Frona Bollan, Howard Venetz, Roger Davis and Jerry Sagmiller. The group authorized West Shore 93 president Jim Frye of Lakeside and a committee to contact business people along the route to ask for funds which would finance building of two to four addi- tional signs. The signs would be located near the Bigfork "Y" at Somers, one near Poison, one near the Missoula turnoff, and a fourth location yet to be picked. Funeral Set For Today for Mrs. Blummer Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Joseph (Ina) Blum- mer at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) at the Retz Chapel. Officiating will be the Rev. Donald K Dale, pastor of the Church of God in Poison. Burial will be at Lakeview Cemetery. Mrs. Blummer died at her home in Poison Sunday night after a lengthy illness. She had lived in the Poison area for about 12 years. She was born Feb. 4, 1887, in West Vir- ginia. She married Joseph Blummer 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 McBride of Missoula, Mrs. Sou Sykes of Ewing, Mo. and Ethel Stotts of Atlanta, Mo.; two brothers, W. P. Knotts of Philadelphia and Louis Knotts of Atlanta, Mo.; and nine grandchildren. Meeting Set The Tribal Council will meet Monday, Dec. 18, at the agency headquarters at Dixon, according to an announcement by Alvin Sloan, Tribal Secre- tary. Engineers to Conduct Civil Defense Meet Here Mechanics of the nationwide community fallout shelter sur- vey and marking program will be outlined for government and civic leaders of the seven western counties Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 1 p.m. at the Grill Cafe in Poison. The Corps of Engineers will be accompanied by Major Robert A. Keyes, Director of the State Civil Defense Office, Ira Minnihan of Region 8 0.C. D., Department of Defense, and Morrison-Maierle and Associa- tes, architect -engineer firm of Helena, who are helping to conduct the survey in this county. Representatives of local governments, Chiefs of Civil Defense Services for com- munity leaders throughout the county are invited to attend this meeting, according to Mrs. R. H. Wiedman, Lake County C. D. Director Local government officials and local people will be re- sponsible for the development of plans for the use of the i- dentified shelters. Speakers will outline duties and techni- ques of securing permission from owners of the structures to mark, stock and use as prb- lic shelters; and the responsi- bilities of local people in assis- ting in the stocking of shelters with supplies and equipment provided by the Federal Gov- ernment. - zdeimaamempr..-...
