The Poplar Standard : Voice of the oil city 1962-04-27

              Track Team Places First at Plentywood
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(   Poplar's other  3'h  points were 100-yard dash, and pushed the shot
picked up in a 4th finish by the
The Poplar Indians  after a d1S- relay team composed f)[ prcScott. rnal showing at the Glasgow meet Szymanski. Sauer and Fields, at weekend, responded to a new     Dave  Prescott.  who entered  in high  wuh a  win over six  other' his first meet   ^ vauited to a teams in the meet at Plenty wood i fifth place tie
Wi dnesday. j   !n  the freshmen  meet held  at
The Easter vacation spirit along the same location and time. Abe with the fine weather seemed to Kasto high jumped .S'VV- for a bl ng svnptoms of spnng fever i first place, a remarkable leap for to the track nun of Poplar High., a freshman.
The boys failed to show as well'   On Wednesday the track squad efore. and scored a  total  of1 traveled    to    Plentywood    where iii '� against    Wolf    Point, the team seemed to have come up Gl; gow, Malta and Nashua. | with an   antidote   to combat   the
Tin outstanding performer for worldwide spring fever and they Poplar in this meet had to go to finished first with a total of 50 Bill Fields who again continued to points, the scoring well-balanced outdistance the field with a javelin after you take out the remark-ol 1G7' 11" for a first place. I able total of 19^ points for Bill f elds' five points for the first Fields, who was without a doubt In the javelin was matched by. the outstanding player at the meet. John Szymanski who placed 4th | Fields placed first once again in in the javelin and 3rd in the 880 the javelin with a hurl of 163'. He for a total of ") points. placed second in the 220 and the
for third place. He also ran on the relay team which is comprised of O'Conner, Sauer and Prescott. which took first place.
The points were rounded out by Eddy Sauer who placed second in the 440, Tommy Atkinson who placed second in the mile, John Schindele third in the mile. Dave Prescott who tied for first in the pole vault. Zimmerman who put the shot for a second place, and Abe Kasto who placed third in the 440 and third in the 880.
After such an fine showing at Plentywood, Mike Granbois. track coach for Poplar said, "I am very confident about the rest of the season."
The next meet for the Poplar boys will be tomorrow at the Glen-dive Invitational which will give the boys a chance to become used to the feild where the Divisional meet will be held later on.
Geo. Killenbeck Donates Pitching Machine To Poplar Babe Ruth League
The following article was submitted by Ray Whipkey in appreciation of the work of George Killenbeck on the pitching machine which he made and presented to the Babe Ruth baseball league.
George Killenbeck. Poplar Supply owner, who for many years was a mechanic and machinist, has displayed    his   abilities once
again.
During a conversation last September, over a cup of coffee, he v as asked if he could build a pitching machine and he replied "Just show me what you want, and I'll have it ready for spring practice."
A model macnine was acquired from the Babe Ruth league in G'endive and after George took one look at it. he said "That's quite a rig. I think we can improve on it." And through the eyes of a man who has been around machinery most of his life, the weak points could be eliminated. The job of fitting and assembling was just a matter of a few days from a finished product.
After a few minutes of looking through the materials he had in the shop, he said "This looks like about all I will need." And on the floor lay a couple pieces of %" pipe, a piece of cable, a piec� of gear chain, a couple of sprocket wheels off a combine, a coil spring from an automobile, an electric motor, and other pieces of metal that only George could find. Then the assembling was under way. The pitching arm was improved, a screw from a car jack was installed to vary the speed of the balls in flight, (and the speed variation was one thing the factories have tried to perfect for years and George did it in a matter of minutes).
After the machine was complet-
TED'S REPORT ON HIGHLIGHTS OF AREA SPORTS
By TED  MITCHELL
There was a softball game last night and everybody is full of aches and pains today so there won't be any game tonight. There will be two games Sunday.
Whipkey told me there will be two games every week on the soft- j ball league.
They are having international | Babe Ruth tournament in Sidney I
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Army Worms Reported in County Fields
Army cut worms have been observed in winter wheat fields in Roosevelt county, according to County Extension Agent Don Hunter. He has asked county farmers to check their fields and report any infestations to the extension office in Culbertson.
Most effective control measures are Endrin or Dieldrin sprays.
Whether or not a stand is worth the expense of spraying will depend upon how the wheat came through the winter and whether rainfall comes soon enough. Each operator will use his own judgment in determining whether crop
s all take Warrant Spray'ng' Hunt"
ed. it was set up in Mr. Killen-back's shop, and it being the only man-made machine in eastern Montana or probably the state of Montana, was viewed by many people from Poplar and Surrounding areas.
Mr. Killenbeck donated his time, efforts, and all the material for this machine for the Poplar Babe Ruth baseball program.
Emmit Anderson. Jim Woods and Ray Whipkey and all 42 boys Pabe Ruth boys wish to thank George Killenbeck for his contribution to the Babe Ruth program.
our hats off to Mr. George Killen-befk who has donated his time. ef$)rts and materials for the youth of'Poplar. It is men like Mr. Killenbeck who is interested in the well-being of our youth of today, to be better citizens for tomorrow Again we say. Thanks. George, thanks a million.
N-S HIGHWAY DIRECTORS MEET
IN POPLAR
Saturday. April 14. the Mako-shika North-South Highway Association held a directors meeting at the Legion Hall in Poplar. Dr. Thomas I. Malmend. Poplar, called the meeting to order.
It was reported at this meeting the organization has been incorporated. Membership cards were given directors for sale and distribution in respective areas. Directors receiving the cards at the meeting were Malmend, A. Wing Lacey, Glendive; Victor R. Strom-mer and Verner King, South Poplar; Cliff Knudson and Keith Bur-rowes. Poplar; Robert E. Hardy and Harold W. Rubin. Flaxville..
A report was given on the recent meeting in Sidney with the county Commissioners of Roosevelt and Richland counties, and on the meeting with the Montana Highway Commission in Helena.
Burrowes. secretary of the group, reported that a discussion was held on the various financing measures for the construction of the Missouri river bridge.
fOUR ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL WEEK AT MSC
Each year Poplar High School sends four students to high school week which is held on the campus of Montana State College at Boze-man. The students are selected from the junior and senior classes and are selected on their scholastic average.
The purpose of high school week is many fold, but the main reason is to afford the students a taste of college life.
Students selected this year are Linda Nelson and Karen Moe. seniors, and Kathy Schindele and Donna Mason, juniors. Dick Patterson will accompany the girls to Boze-man.
Possible Tragedy Averted When Major Explosives Fail
CD, Welfare Officers Hear Clyde Bear
Clyde Bear, representative of the Welfare department with the office of Emergency Planning from Region 8 located in Everett, Wn. met with Welfare officials and county and city Civil Defene officers. Wednesday in the Elks building in Glasgow. This meeting took in counties all over Eastern Montana and as far west as Havre.
Bear explained the necessities of the Welfare organization in time of any type of disaster. It would be necsesary to ask for volunteers or to recruit assistance from individuals to help the local welfare workers. He explained how to go about setting up various groups in the welfare program to handle sucn things as: emergency feeding (ask assistance of restaurant cooks or school lunch attendants!; emergency lodging (ask assistance of persons having some education in this field, such as a hotel owner); emergency clothing (ask assistance of someone that knows all about clothes, such as a dry goods dealer!; registration of survivors and inquiry (as to where people can unite with their families or if they are still alive) (ask assistanece of Post. Office department and hospital staffs) ; Social Service to take care of needs of the people other than those things mentioned before.
Those individuals representing Roosevelt county were Alfred Ol-1 son. (county welfare agent, replacing retired. John Kemn): Mrs. Rhoda Grosse, City Civil Defense director of Wolf Point: Frank Del-ger. Under Sheriff: Chief of police  Alex Damm.  Culbertson:  and
The Poplar Standard
Voice of The Oil City*
VOL. 52�NO. 25
Poplar, Roosevelt County, Montana, Friday, April 27, 1962
FEDERAL FUNDS FOR BROCKTON SCHOOL COMING
Brockton School District No. 55 will   receive   payment   of   $18,785 ] federal provision for aid to school districts   under   Public Law 874. �JMwn as the "federal impact law.'' Word of the certification of pay- j ment was   received    Tuesday by The Searchlight  from  the offices I of Montana Senators Lee Metcaif and Mike Mansfield.
This is the initial payment for the 1961-62 school year, according to Brockton superintendent of schools, Vernon E n s r u d. The amount applies to operations of both the elementary and high school. About 211 of the school's enrollment arc Indians.
Bob Trinder, director.
assistant County CD
Poplar OES Observes Easter, Mothers Day
Easter and Mother's Day were celebrated nt the reeulnr meeting of Aurora Chanter No. 47. Order of the Eastern Star on Friday evening. April 20.
Donations were made to the American Cancer Society, the Masonic Home and to Eastern Star Training Awards for Religious Leadership.
Mrs. Minnie Nelson gave a reading entitled "That Ressurection Morn" r.nd eight third to sixth grad? eirls dressed in colorful Easter costumes, gave in song and drill the "Easter Parade" accompanied by Mrs. ReNell Walter at the Diano. They were directed bv Mrs. Shirley N�lson. Worthy Matron, and Mrs. Walter.
In the banauet room, eieht first
on July 7-9 at which Poplar will be entered There will be four teams from Canada down for this tournament.
The Little League will be going under Mike Granbois. We have about three baseball diamonds lined up now. I would like all of
Rockin' Angels Meeting Sunday
The Poplar Rock and Roll club will hold a regular meeting in the American Legion Park Sunday, April 29 at 4:30. Anyone 12 years of age and older are welcomed to join at this meeting. All members are to be present.
The last meeting held, a new vice president was elected, Donald Lapke. Other officers are Robert McAnally, president;  Katie Shan-
Rockin* Angels to Make Portable Dance Floor
The Poplar Rock and Roll club' and seront1 *rade and Preschool age is asking adult carpenters for as- eir1s did thp "bunny hop dress9d sistance in constructing a portable ,n tne traditional bunny costume; wooden dance floor that will be and 1dirfctIed by Llnda Nelson and used for Summer Record Hops out- Caro' Ault
doors. If anyaone has a few hours The lunch table was decorated a day in which to help in this pro- with a Bible, Cross and Easter ject. please call either 3727 or 3665 Lil.es. The hostesses for the eve-and leave your phone number and nine were Mrs. Alma Ness. Mrs what day you can help. All volun- | Nellie Macdonald. and Mrs. Ida teers are welcome and will be Rowe. Mrs. Marjorie Voorhees appreciated. I helped with the lunch for the chil-
Robert Trinder is advisor of the '� dren. Rock and Roll club, the Rockin' i    The next meeting on May 4 will Angels. be the election of officers.
FIELDS BREAKS JAVELIN RECORD -
MUSICIANS TO ATTEND STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL I
Musicians from the Ppj>lar Hig*> School music department are bus- ' ily preparing music for the All- j State Music Festival to fce held I May 4 and I at the University of Montana in Missoula. Approximately 1500 students from all over the state will participate in the two-day festival.
On Friday and Saturday solo and ensemble competition begins with four Poplar entries competing for the coveted superior rating. Among ' the Poplar entries are the Brass j quartet. Trombone trio, trombone solo, and flute solo.
Also on the schedule are re- : hearsals of the All-State band, a 150 member organization, and the 600 voice All-State chorus.
Students making the annual trip are Tana Allred. Marvin Erickson. Mike Sage. Robert Moilanen. Jim ! Skinner, Barbara Clark. Rena | Evenson. Karen Moe, Yvonne Hoff. D'et Lawson. Linda Nelson. Kathleen Schindele and Joan Hagen.
Accompanying the students will be Mrs. Donna Jean Harstad and Gayle I. Craig, instructors of the music department.
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VERY FEW BLASTING CANS IGNITE
Possible tragedy, when vandals rr* I attempted to explode about r.5 j pounds of Petron blasting powder j at the former Bridge Nite Club i site Tuesday morning, was averted because only about five pounds of | the explosive went off.
The explosion, seven miles east i of town  near the   Bridge  park, ' shook windows   in   Wolf Point and awakened    many    residents about 3 a.m.   It completely  de-
Examining blasting powder left after an explosion at the former Bridge Nite Club site east of *Wolf Point are, I to r, Gerald Dodd, Sheriff E. G. Shuman, Roy Sansaver    and    Bill    Sansaver.
About five pounds of the explosives went off, destroying the front section of a small building, formerly part of the club. A total of 80 pounds of explosives was  left.
Bond Election On City Lagoon This Saturday
Electors of Poplar will vote on the  long  talked about new  lagoon for the city Saturday. The : Chamber of  Commerce  has endorsed the lagoon project and if the $40.000 bond issue passes, the Public   Health   Department    has approved the site of 25 acres located  just west of   the    dump I ground and south of the railroad i tracks.
Keith Burrowes. Poplar City At-1
SWIMMING POOL MEETING SUNDAY
Poplar to help out to get the new
diamond on the west end of town, j ley, secretary; Barbara Hunt, trea-I want everybody interested in | surer, and Janet Youngman, report-hard ball for a team here to con-1 er.
tact me. �-
At the game last night the score f?p/*nrft fjnn Toniaht was 25-25   between   the Murphy ' lieivru   rtU/J   M Iffllyrll
team and the City team so there I A record hop will be held Fri-was no winner or loser. Yours I day, April 27 at 8 p.m. in the grade truly, "the blind umpire" did the I school multipurpose room. The calling of plays. Remember, it's i dance is being sponsored by the not rather you win or lose, it's | sophomore class of the Poplar high the way you play the game. More i school. All teenagers are invited to next week. I attend.
H.S. Athletes Hear D. Patch Tuesday
Tuesday night, the Poplar Lions showed a film of the 1961 World
Club, with the cooperation of the Legion Club, honored the athletes of the high school at a banquet in
the Legion Hall.
Dom Patch, Glendive, a native Montanan. was guest speaker for the occasion. He spoke to the boys on six points of their duties to themselves, athletics, school and community. After his talk, Patch
Series highlights.
The Brass quartet of the high school, under the direction of Gayle Craig, played a selection for the program. Duane Adams, newly elected president of the Lions club, was master of ceremonies for the evening.
Mrs. Dana McGowan was in charge of serving the baquet, attended by nearly 60 boys and men.
Special Easter Music At Hospital Sundau
Special  Easter music  was  pre- I   A meeting of   Poplar   citizens sented at the Ponlar Community i will  be  held  Sunday  at 4:00  in hospital Sunday by the Nazarene the Legion Hall to discuss the possibilities  of  a   community   swimming pool.
Lou Street said this week that it is the hope of the pool commit-The quartet, representing all the tee to build the pool through don-churches  of the    community.    is I ations  of  labor  and  money.  All composed  of  Joe   Douglas,   bass; | interested persons are urged to at-
church group and a men's quartet. The Nazarene group presents music at the hospital twice a month.
a.m.
I molished the front section of a '  small building, formerly part of the  night club.
The blast was rieard by members I of the Sansaver family, who farm | just north of the explosion area, i but they did not know then what j caused the noise. Mark Blanken-\ ship, passing the area about 7:15 | Tuesday morning, noticed the damaged building and notified Sher-I iff E. G. Shuman. The building is ' owned by Glenn Quick of Wolf I Point.
Gerald Dodd, experienced in handling explosives, was called in to aid in removing 40 two--pound cans of powder which failed to ignite. Dodd said he believed only about five pounds had gone off. If the rest had exploded, he said, debris would probably have broken highline | wires running just east of the : building and hit those responsible for the explosion.
The powder was touched off with wires leading to a car. about 150 yards away. The cans were of the type that screw together and evidently a loose joii.t caused most to keep from igniting. Dodd said.
Wires used to touch off the explosion were still lying on the ground when sheriff's officers investigated. Two empty beer bottles found in the area, one inside the untouched portion of the building, still had foam in them to indicate they were probably left when the powder cans were placed. Shuman said. One bottle yielded usable finger prints.
Shuman said he already had several good leads and felt the explosion mystery would be cleared soon. He indicated it might be connected with Saturday night's robbery of a Miller's beer truck belonging to Cliff Mawhinney. Eleven cases of beer were taken. Four cases of regular size bottles were later found under a bridge north of Wolf Point and seven cases of small bottles, like those found at the explosion scene, were still missing.
Roy Sansaver stated his wife saw two cars in the explosion area late Monday night. No reports of Polling places will open for Sat- I stolen powder have been turned urday's election at noon and remain I in. Shuman said, but it might have open until 8 p.m. Precinct 18 elec- j come from seismograph powder tors will vote at the Poplar Armory shacks northwest of Wolf Point. Building and Precinct 19 electors Locks on two shacks have been will vote at the Poplar grade broken, he said, but losses have school. not yet been determined.
torney. stated this week due to the way the present sewage is handled, the State Public Health Department has power to stop all construction of public and private buildings within the city until such time that the city has a sewage treatment plant which complies with state regulations.
Burrowes said. "To clarify any mis-understanding that might exist in town, it should be noted state law requires only a majority vote of the qualified electors voting on the question, and not a percentage of qualified electors as required in most bond elections."
Joe Hamilton, tenor; Rueben Fea therearring. tenor, and John Hill, second tenor.
tend the meeting.
SCOUTS RECEIVE AWARDS, MAKE TRAY FAVORS
Thursday, April 9, the Meadow Lark Girl Scouts met. They received their ties, sashes. Brownie wings, numbers, and insignias. The girls made tray favors for the hospital for Easter. Refreshments were furnished by Donna McFarland.
Sarah Phelps, reporter
Fred Clark Heads School Trustees
The Board of Trustees of Poplar School District No. 9 held their reorganizational meeting Saturday. Fred Clark was elected chairman to replace Howard Kel-sey.
Kenneth Sage was reappointed clerk of the board.
Agency Schedules Land Lease Sale
Delger, Rodger File for Offices
Frank Delger and Clifford A. Rodger added their names to candidate lists in the Roosevelt coun-
lis J. Nordwick (D). sheriff; Arnold Herting (R). county commissioner; 'Ted Schwinden <D>, state representative; 'James Patch (R), ty clerk and recorder's office this justice of the peace; 'Garnet Mont-
Sealed bids will be rereived until 9:30 a.m.. May 24 and opened thp|at the F-rt Peck Indian Agency, Poplar, for the leasing of seven tracts of Tribal Land comprising 482.62 acres and 45 tracts of individually-owned trust or restricted Indian lands, comprising 8.543.85 acres located in Roosevelt. Valley and Sheridan counties, Montana and Divide and Williams counties. North Dakota, for oil and gas mining purposes.
The sale will be conducted under regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior, as to Tribal Lands and Individually-Owned land. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to disapprove any lease submitted on an accepted bid. The Tribal Tracts of land are being offered subject to the acceptance of the
week.
Delger filed for the Republican nomination as candidate for county treasurer and Rodger filed on the Democratic ticket for the public administrator post. Both are from Wolf Point.
gomery (D), public administrator; 'Lyman Clayton (R), coroner; Lor-an Casey (R), state representative; *E. G. Shuman (R), sheriff and Donald Anderson <R), county commissioner. *R. E. Coffey (D), county com-
� Pictured above is Bill Fields, . Poplar, displaying the form he
used last week at Circle to break -the   javelin   throw    record   of
Shumway of Wolf Point. Fields
threw the javelin 18V W. The old record was 168' B%". He must beat the old record again at the divisional track meet before it counts as a standing record.
List of candidates for the coun-' missioner; Lloyd Montgomery <D), ty has now swelled to 27, as filing county commissioner; Howard Mc-deadline approaches. Filing will, Kinney (D). sheriff; Robert E. Wil-close at 5 p.m. Thursday. | kins (D), sheriff; 'George Shanks
Other candidates filed thus far((D), county commissioner; Fred are Howard Helmer (R), state; Clark (R), county commissioner; representative; 'Peter Hauck (D), *T. S. Dwyer (D), treasurer; 'Alice justice of the peace, Rhoda Grosse I Fossen (R), Superintendent of (D), county attorney; W. C. Wal- schools; 'Nels Lund (R), justice of ler (D), assessor and Keith L. Bur- the peace and 'Eleanor Schmelt-
rowes  (R), county attorney. *W. C. Hanson (R), assessor; El-
zer (R), clerk and recorder. �Incumbents.
Legion Club Dance For Benefit of Babe Ruth League
The Poplar American Legion club is sponsoring a dance Saturday night. April 28 beginning at 9:00 in the Legion Hall. The Populaires will furnish the music.
Proceeds from the dance will be used for uniforms for the Babe Ruth baseball league, and will help send the two teams to games away from home, according to Dick McAnally, American Legion member.
Everyone is welcome to attend the dance and help support one of the summer acctivities of the Poplar Youth.
duly authorized tribal representatives and the allotted tracts are being offered subject to acceptance by the individual Indian owners. A separate lease will be drawn of the applicable forms for each tract of land.
Leases will be sold to the bidder who offers the highest money bonus on a tract basis. Each bid must be accompanied by a deposit of at least 25 per cent of the bonus bid. All deposits are to be made by certified check, cashier's check, or a postal money order, made payable to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sight drafts will not be accepted Other conditions of the bidding may be obtained at the Branch of Realty office at the Fort Peck Agency in Poplar.
All successful bidders will be required  to   prepare  their  own leases and obtain the signatures of all   Indian   lessors of  alloted lands. Leases will be drawn on the standard Government forms which should be obtained from the   superintendent   No   adjustment will be made of the bonus or annual   rental   because of a difference that may be found in the acreage stated in the advertisements. All bids should be addressed to the Superintendent. Fort Peck Indian Agency, Poplar, Mont., in a plain   envelope  marked:   Bid  for Oil and Gas Mining lease. Not to be  opened  until 9:30  am.   MST. May 24. 1962
Additional information may be had by contacting the Branch of Realty Office at the Fort Peck Agency, Poplar, Mont.