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18 Sunday Missouliart, April 28, 1968 i BUSINESS WESTERN MONTANA DEVELOPMENTS Beatrice Foods Has Sales Meeting i 9 I I il 4 i ft Other out-of-state guests were: Joseph Major, retail milk division national sales manager; A. G. Sanna, vice president of Sanna Inc. at Madison, a Beatrice Foods division, and Brown Cannon of Denver, senior vice president. In Montana, Beatrice Foods operates dairy manufacturing plants at Great Falls, Billings and Missoula, and distributes Meadow Gold products all over the state.

Forty-five employes of the Community Meadow Gold Dairies branch of Beatrice Foods with headquarters In Missoula, attended the firm's annual sales and advertising meeting in Great Falls Sunday-Monday. Dr. Royal L. Garff, a Univer-sity of Utah marketing and speech professor and former Montgomery Ward Co. a 1 1 training director, was the banquet speaker.

i I A 'J I 1 i it Office Building Nears Completion Montana Power Post has narrow balconies, and light brown sun shades of vertical, wood strips. The ground and lower level are 79 by 63 feet, and the upper level is 98 by 68 feet. Entrances are located on north, west and south sides. Stairways have been built in the center and at the south end. The upper level contains private offices for nine attorneys, an office manager's office, seven secretarial offices, a library and space for two more attorneys or rent around the outside.

The core section contains a reception area in front of the elevator and stairway in the center. The west portion has a men's rest room, conference room, corridor with filing space, and lounge (coffee bar). The east portion has a women's rest room, another two months. Ceilings have to be placed; electrical fixtures have to be installed; walls and floorshave to be finished, and decoration has to be done. Recently attention has been focused on the upper level, which will be the home of the legal firm.

During the past few days carpenters were busy on door frames and other finish work. Installation of sheet rock on the ground level has begun. Technicians are completing installation of a hydraulic elevator. Basic construction is concrete and frame, with lavish use of glass inside and out, charcoal brown brick veneer on the ground level, and charcoal gray walls of vertical, rough wood strips on the upper level. The second level overhangs the south end substantially; By Orald Alqvist Target for completion of an office-commercial building for the legal firm of Garlington, Lohn Robinson at Ryman and Pine Streets is June 1.

Presently construction is at the 80 per cent mark and has reached the finishing stage, reported William J. Fox of Fox, Ballas Barrow, architects. Work has advanced rapidly during the past several weeks. Exterior of the building is practically complete. Present" ly retaining walls for plants on the two street sides are being built.

Work on the grounds, such as paving, will be done in the near future. Although the project has advanced to the finishing stage, much remains to be done on the interior during the next -f A i i- i iff ft Sherwood Gets New William D. Sherwood of Butte has been promoted by the Montana Power Co. from urban development manager to commercial sales manager, announced W. W.

Talbott, sales vice president. In his new position, he will supervise sales to commercial and small industrial customers; supervise contacts with archi tects, consultants and engineers regarding utility services to new buildings and remodeled structures: work with the state architect on all state construction and with headquarters of firms having multiple outlets in Business Conditions Business conditions in the Ninth Federal Reserve District, which includes a remained at high levels in the early part of 1968, reported a Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis spokesman. The spokesman stated that "The strong upsurge in business activity within the district re flects the rapid increasein aggregate demand that is occurring generally throughout the nation. "In fact, the vigorous rate of activity observed so far this year seems to add a great deal of credibility to the "Consen sus" forecasts made earlier in the year, which predicted a growth in the total output of goods and services of about 7 per cent over 1967. One of the stimulants to this strong growth in business activity, both in the district as well as the nation, has been the high 1 1 of government expendi tures defense in particular.

"A partial indicator of the impace of defense spending on the district economy is the vol ume of prime contracts issued by the defense Department. In the last half of 1967 alone, busi ness firms in the district were awarded prime defense contracts valued at $340 million Kappa Delta Has Sigma Omega Chapter of Kappa Delta Sorority dedicated an attractive new home last Sunday in Bozeman. It was the first house on Greek Way, an area designed for fraternities and soroities at Montana State University. Mrs. Donald H.

Haines of 5 Local Men Buy KGMY Radio Station Matthew Opens Accounting Service Adams Store Prices Prices at the Adams Country Store, a neighborhood grocery business at 2246 Raymond in the Rattlesnake Valley, will be competitive with the big markets, according to Fay and Ruth Adams, who acquired it recently. Previously it was the Coburn Cash Grocery. Plans call for gradual improvement of the building, according to the Adams. The couple figure that they now carry more than 500 grocery items, 150 drug sundries and 100 household needs. They have a cash-no credit policy.

As a convenience to shoppers, they offer coupon books in any multiple of $5. They expanded the store room by removing a partition and reducing the living space; installed two modern refrigeration units; replaced shelving with wall display cases; tiled the floor, and redecorated the interior. Later they plan to remodel the exterior. Mr. and Mrs.

Adams acquired the business from Thomas Co- State Households The number of Montana households is expected to increase to 241,000 by 1975 for a 14 per cent gain from 1965, re-ported Meinhard-Commercial a subsidiary of C.I.T. Financial Corp. However, according to the subsidiary's analysis of recent government projections, Montana's share of the nation's total of households will amount to only .3 of 1 per cent. The analysis brought out that, because of more rapid growth of households in a few states, this will represent a decline from the state's .4 of 1 per cent of the 1965 total, making it one of 18 states expected to have a smaller share of United States households In 1975. Rocky Mountain Employes of the Rocky Mountain Division of the Milwaukee Road at a ceremony in Spokane Tuesday received the President's Safety Trophy for having achieved the best record in prevention of personal injuries dur-tig 1967.

The presentation was made by President Curtiss E. Crippen to W. F. Plattenberger of Dee Lodge, division superintendent, who accepted in behalf of the employes. The division extends between Miles City and Avery, Idaho, and includes the branch to Lewistown and Great Falls G.

J. Barry of Chicago, safety superintendent, reported that Rocky Mountain Division employes won the trophy with a Lloyd Matthew of Turah has established an accounting service at 1222 W. Broadway in the Harr Building. He offers complete bookkeep-ing and accounting for any small business that will include income tax returns and all necessary statements and reports. Through membership in Finders International, he can assist in locating machinery, franchises and investment capital, he added.

Matthew was graduated from St. Ignatius High School in May 1960, and received an associate Miss Joseph to Run Hot Springs Cafe to Be Competitive burn, 83, and the late Mrs. Co-burn, with the help of an eco nomic opportunity loan supplied by the Small Business Administration. Part of the transaction involved providing Coburn with the mobile home in which he and a daughter are residing in Lolo View Manor. The Adams owned and operated the One Stop Corner in Trout Creek, agroceryand service station business, from May 1954 till October 1958.

Next he sold real estate in Missoula for a few years. Subsequently he returned to Helena where he sold farm machinery for about four years. After that he was employed by Quality Grocery there from August 1965 until March 28, 1967 when the business was sold. Then he worked part-time as maintenance man for the Quality Laundromat until last Dec. 23.

The Adams returned to Missoula Dec. 27. They have four grown children and 12 grandchildren. to Gain 14 Per Cent Although the number of households is expected to increase in every state from 1965 to 1975, great variations are expected among the growth rates of the various states, according to a spokesman. He said the over-all trend seems to indicate a pronounced westward and southward shift.

The spokesman stated that the indicated increases in number of households will be 32 per cent in Pacific states, 29 per cent in Mountain states, and 25 per cent in South Atlantic states. He said these projected gains compare with a national increase of 19 per cent as the total of United States households rises from 57.3 million in 1965 to 68.2 million in 1975. Division Gets Award casualty rate of 3.68 per million man-hours worked during the year. The division had no fatali ties and only six reportable in juries in 1967, he said. A rate of 4.48 won the tropy for the Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota Division in 1966.

President Crippen focused at tention on the fact that the electrification department had no reportable injuries during 1967. This achievement, he said, put it at the top of all depart ments. He noted that the long est segment of the road's elec trified a i is the 440 miles between Harlowton and Avery, Idaho, on the Rocky Mountain Division. in 1957 and three years later was named traffic manager for the firms Permanente, cement manufacturing plant. Since 1963 he has been supervi sor of Kaiser Cement general traffic department in Oakland.

Ferre, who is a San Francis co native, will reside in Helena with his wife and six children, pattern of a i movements, and sharply escalating wage rates dominated the year's operation. They advised that traffic improvement toward the close of the year brought consolidated revenues to $261,446,099 for the 12 months. They observed that in 1966, a year of heavy grain movements and generally favorable economic conditions, consolidated net i was $14,772,170 on operating reve nues of $266,681,143. Continuing, they reported that, even in the face of infla tionary pressures, including an increase of about $8.2 million in wage rates and related pay roll costs, and mounting equipment, conference room, same corridor, work room and small storage room adjoining. 1 the need develop, the upper level will be expanded on the south to provide for several more attorneys and secretaries.

i Finance Co. has leased the western portion of the street level and plans to sub-lease the south end of the space. The eastern portion of this level and considerable space in the lower level are available for lease. The lower level also contains storage space, mechanical equipment, utilities and rest rooms. The store room and rest rooms have been roughed in.

Pew Construction Co. has the general contract; Karr Electric, the electrical eon-tract, and Taylor Sheet Metal Roofing, the mechanical. Approval of the transfer by the Federal Communications Commission became' effective' April 18. Negotiations had been pending since late last-October. Harold Enckson of Billings is president of Christian Enter-prises Inc.

It still owns KURL at Billings, KGLE at Glendive and KGVW at Belgrade, the original station. The quintet of local business ana professional men oandett together to promote good music and community service. Arrangements have been made to retain the Texaco Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts and to join the American Broadcasting Co. news network for world and national news coverage on the half-hour. The station will continue to broadcast Hellgate High School sports, special UnK versity of Montana musical pro-' grams and other community events.

"K-eeping G-ood M-usic for Y-ou" will be the motto of Mission Broadcasters according to West. It broadcasts on 1450 kilocycles. West was associated with KGVW at Belgrade from September 1959 till January 1961. Last Nov. 1 he became manager of KGMY preparatory to the change in ownership.

Interested ia; STOCKS stock An open end mutual fund phasizing common stocks. Ob jectives: long-term capital ao preciation possibifcfoMMIB bit income 4' CMMCJPTCWJ'BWKlfTWtWiil NORM BALKO Missoula and Mineral Countfet Phona 549-3924 WVtRSiriED i I i I IN- i. Montana, and will continue to direct the utility's urban devel opment program. Prior to coming to Butte, Sherwood was manager of the Havre District of Montana Power for four years. Earlier he was Bozeman division sales manager from 1960 to 1962.

A native of Livingston, he is an Air Force veteran of World War II, has bachelor and master degrees in electrical engi-n i from Montana State University at Bozeman, taught science and mathematics in Augusta two years and joined Montana Power in 1952. at High Level a 15 per cent increase above the corresponding i one year earlier. "This high level of defense spending is, in turn, reflected in employment growth in the manufacturing sector of the district Over the past 12 months period (ending February) the trend line growth rate for employ ment in manufacturing was in excess of 5 per cent; and a dis aggregation of the manufacturing data shows that the techni cally-oriented industries (i those most likely to receive de fense contracts) have given the main impetus to the over-all rate of growth. 'Ninth District farmers are planning a slight decrease in 1968 crop acreages, according to the March 1 U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture planting in tentions report.

"Significant acreage c-tions in all district states are expected in spring wheat, corn and soy beans. An important increase in durum wheat is expected, however, and smaller gains are likely in oats, barley and flax acreages. In all, district farmers are planning to put 53.1 million acres into crops, down 4 per cent from the 1967 total." New Home at MSU Missoula, province president, participated in the ceremony by giving a short history of the chapter. She noted that a group of women founded a local sorority in 1919 and the local became affiliated with national Kappa Delta Oct. 23, 1924.

be modern and up-to-date as is exemplified by the new building at 606 W. Broadway opened in December 1965. Hope was expressed by him that patrons of the Brooks Street unit will shift to the Broadway store under management of Joseph C. Frazer. and strikes and threats of 6trikes in the railroad industry.

They said that monetary problems both international and domestic contributed to the uncertainties of an economy already less than vigorous. For the Milwaukee, which normally derives more than 10 per cent of its gross operating revenues from grain car loadings alone, adverse market conditions and other factors resulting in a decline of more than 22 per cent in that traffic confronted the company with an obstacle difficult to surmount, they commented. Characterized as encouraging is the upward trend of traffic during the early weeks of 1963. Mission Broadcasters a new firm, has purchased the facilities of KGMY Radio at 105 Arlington St. from Christian Enter-Prises Inc.

of Billings. Officers and directors of Mis-si Broadcasters are: The Rev. Carl E. Perry, president and general manager; Paul Berger, vice president; Arvid Christianson, secretary; Thomas L. Plaggemeyer, treasurer, and Larry Larson.

Denny West has been employed as station manager. Briton Expects Another Rush On Gold Stocks LONDON (AP) A leading British commentator reported Saturday signs of a new rush for gold, and predicted that the price will rise. Patrick Sergeant, financial editor of the London Daily Mail, said international bankers were worried by rumors of a major deficit in the U.S. balance of payments in the first quarter of this year. inese rumors, he said, suggested that the deficit may be worse than the $1.8 billion in the last quarter of 1967.

Gold closed on the London free market Friday at $38.65 an ounce, a gain of 30 cents over the previous day and the highest reached since the market reopened April 1. Turnover was estimated at up to 10 tons, twice the daily norm. The pound sterling sagged to $2.3965, the lowest since March 14. FAIR PLANNED KINSHASA (AP) Government sources say an international commercial fair is planned for June 1969 in the Congo capital. degree in accounting from Oregon Technical Institute at Klamath Falls in June 1963.

From September 1963 till September 1965 he was in the U.S. Army Finance Corps at Ft. Lewis, Wash. He was employed by Anaconda Forest Products Co. from October 1965 till last August.

He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Matthew of East Missou la. He and his wife, the former Betty Roberts, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. K.

E. Roberts, 700 DeFoe have two children Jeff, 4, and Audrey, 2V2. ated in conjunction with the restaurant. Miss Joseph worked in the office of the Florence Laundry Dry Cleaning Co. from about 1960 till 1965.

She also worked part-time at the Airport Cafe Lounge from 1958 to 1962 and part-time at the Pizza Oven during 1964-65. From May 1965 till April 1967 she was employed in Hamilton at Joseph's House of Pizza as manager of the cafe. On returning to Missoula she resumed work at the Florence Laundry last November until mid-April. Colleges Inspected designed to prevent creation and spreading of infectious and contagious diseases. She is i to inspect beauty shops at least twice a year but generally makes the rounds three times.

She also has to examine all licenses, and file charges with the proper county attorney against any operator, manager or school appearing to be violating states laws. Miss Bower pointed out that it is unlawful to practice cosmetology in any place other than a licensed establishment. She said violators found guilty are subject to punishment by fine or imprisonment or both. Ferre Named to Kaiser Cement Post Brooks Street Safeway Store Closes A. E.

Ferre has been transferred by Kaiser Cement Gypsum Corp. from Oakland, to Helena as Rocky Mountain Division traffic manager. He succeeds Harvey H. Lowthian Jr. who was moved to Northern California Division traffic manager.

Ferre joined Kaiser Cement Operation of the Lolo Hot Springs Restaurant was taken over Saturday by Miss Monica J. Joseph of 3122 S. 7th W. under a lease arrangement with the owners. The cafe opened about two years ago this spring.

Plans call for offering complete meals as well as short orders, according to Miss Joseph. A smorgasbord will be served Sundays, starting on Mother's Day, May 12, which will be the grand opening. This will feature Lebanese as well as American dishes. A souvenir shop will be oper 50 Beauty Shops, 2 Fifty licensed beauty salons and two beauty colleges in Missoula County inspected during April 16-25 met the required standards, reported Miss Vera Bower of Butte, inspector of the State Examining Board of Cosmetology. Miss Bower explained that the cosmetology board, subject to approval of the State Board of Health, is charged with prescribing such sanitary rules as it may deem necessary, with particular reference to precautions AID FROM CANADA OTTAWA (AP) Canada will provide $11.3 million in aid toward a major Volta River electrical transmission system in the West African nations of Ghana, Togo and Dahomey, aid officials announced.

The bulk of the money will be in long-term, interest-free construction loans. OUR 80th YEAR ilUEPHEY FAVR INVESTMENT BANKERS Established 1883 dealers tn iBTestmcBt Quality STOCKS EONSS MUTUAL FUNDS MISSOULA OFFICE Hammond Arcade Bldg. Phone Milwaukee Notes Uneven Economic Year The Safeway Store at 901 Brooks St. was closed Saturday because the building had become antiquated, according to a Butte official of the corporation. The spokesman explained that the structure no longer meets the standards that Safeway expects its stores to provide.

He said the firm wants its stores to material and supply prices, consolidated operating expenses for 1967 were held to $210,060,080, compared with $211,023,816 in 1966. The railroad company alone realized net income of $2,733,925 in 1967 on operating revenues of $256,386,737, according to their report. In 1966, they said, the railroad had net income of $12,141,513 on revenus of $262,279,976. They spoke of other adverse factors that affected the national economy and inevitably were reflected in railroad industry earnings. These included work stoppages in the automobile and rubber industries, the extended strike in the copper industry, fj Jj An upturn in car loadings during closing months of 1967 enabled the Milwaukee Road and subsidiaries to produce net income of $5,066,542 for the full year, stated top executives in the annual report.

This favorable development, in combination with events of earlier months, had the effect of marking 1967 as a year of contrasts and economic cross currents, for the Milwaukee, ac-cording to Leo T. Crowley, board chairman, and Curtiss E. Crippen, president. Much of the railroad industry, they said, experienced the same unevenness. Although some significant bright spots were evident, three unfavorable factors lagging production, shifts in the usual Phom thk proftstooal from Wlftfanwricff LAURENCE E.

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