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Tin Sundiy Miiiouliin. Miy 1. 1977 A I WW. r' ii Hefty-McDonald Win Architect Awards The architectural, firm, Hefty and McDonald. 601 S.

3rd St. has received a "first honor award" from the Montana Chapter of American Institute of Architects (AIA) for the renovation and addition to the Lake Co. Courthouse in Poison. The firm was also honored for the design of a Lake County office building In Poison and the renovation of a grocery store for its own architectural office in Missoula. The awards program Is given every two yean by AIA to recognize excellence in architectual designs by Montana firms.

There were 24 entries evaluated this year. The Missoula Community Medical Center, designed by CIA Architects of Billings also won a special mention. 1 1 x- i- A I sen i iff rf "i irtu "-Nr- "bHI-V chitects for renovation of an old grocery store at 601 S. 3rd St. W.

for their own offices. Hefty and McDonald, Architecture and Planning, received an honorable mention from the Montana Chapter of American Institute of Ar- BllSineSS Developments In Western Montana The Missoula firm was awarded First Honor Award for the renovation and addition to the Lake County Courthouse in Poison. It also received an honor award for the Lake County office building. Momont Industrial Park to Be Developed Montana Power Co. is beginning the first phase in development of it's Momont Industrial Park northwest of Missoula.

The 28-acre platted subdivision, which lies opposite the highway entrance to Missoula County Airport, is part of 400 acres owned by Northwestern Resources a Montana Power subsidiary, since 1967. All the land is located between Highway 10 and Interstate 90 southeast of Butler Creek. The first phase of subdivision, being handled by Lam-bros Realty, contains 18 lots ranging from 1.1 to 1.7 acres. It is served by a water and sewage system, natural gas, electricity and street lighting. A rail spur may be added.

The subdivision is designed for commercial and light Industrial firms. Larger tracs may be made available for light industries requiring more space. Tony Veazey will be project manager. Yates Is New Bancorp President Phil A. Yates has been elected president of Bancorpor-ation of Montana, according to Charles W.

Ruble, chairman and chief executive officer of the multi-bank holding company headquartered In Great Falls. Yates began his banking career in 1939 in Havre. In 1955 he joined Citizens Bank of Montana in Havre as vice president and director and became president in 1968. He has served as an officer and a member of Bancorporation's board of directors since 1957. In addition, he Is a director of Eastside Bank of Montana and Trust Corporation of Montana in Rudyard.

He is also a director of Bank of Montana in Helena. Yates is currently serving as president of the Montana Bankers Association. He is active in service and fraternal organizations, including the March of Dimes. Yates and his wife, Margaret, plan to move to Great Falls by mid-year at which time he will assume his new duties. Yate's successor at Citizens Bank of Montana will be Kenneth W.

Mahle, currently president of Miners Bank of Montana In Butte. Burke to Address Realtor Group Jim Burke, president of the Montana Association of Realtors, will address the Missoula County Board of Realtors Monday at the Holiday Inn at noon. He will discuss the changes in law as a result of recent legislation, national real estate trends and in general, pay a grass roots visit to all real estate persons in the Missoula County area. The Montana Association is comprised of sixteen boards, serving all 56 counties in the State. Its membership Includes 1,300 Realtors and Realtor-Associates who subscribe to a strict Code of Ethics as members of the state real estate associations and member boards which belong to the National Association of Realtors.

LaTour Is New Gamers Manager Vaughn LaTour is the new manager of Gamers Shoes, 130 N. Higgins Ave. A Missoula resident seven years, he has been with Gamers nine months and has been in retail sales for the past four years. LaTour, his wife, Karen, and a daughter live at 201 Kensington. FmHa Loans to Be Guaranteed The Farmers Home Administration has begun a program through which it will guarantee rural housing loans made by commercial banks, savings and loan associations, and other private lenders, according to Alan L.

Bendewald, FmHA County Supervisor for Missoula, Mineral, Granite, and Sanders Counties. FmHa, the rural credit agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), will guarantee up to 90 per cent of the principal and Interest of these loans. Guaranteed housing loans will be available to moderate Income borrowers who cannot get housing mortgage credit without a guarantee. Applicants who cannot qualify for guaranteed loans may apply for loans made by FmHA.

At present, the USDA agency will offer loan guarantees only under its single family housing loan program. FmHA will continue to make single family housing loans with its own funds, It will also continue to make, but not guarantee, loans for rural rental housing, farm labor housing, housing site development, and other purposes. Single family housing loans are made in open country, towns of up to 10,000 population, and certain designated towns of between 10,000 and 20,000 population. They finance modest but adequate housing and related facilities, Bendewald explains. Loans may be used to buy, build, Improve, repair or rehabilitate houses and related facilities, and to provide adequate water and waste disposal systems.

Guaranteed loans will be made only to applicants with moderate income, defined by FmHA as adjusted gross Income of less than $15,600 per year fpr residents of Montan-a, and not eligible for FmHA subsidized rural bousing loans. Low income applicants may be eligible for subsidized rurals housing loans made by FmHA. Loans to be guaranteed are limited to 97 per cent of the market value of homes and sites for the tint $25,000, and 95 per cent of the loan In excess of $25,000. The borrower must have equity from his own resources in the form of cash or land for the down payment, Bendewald notes. The top limit for a guaranteed rural housing loan to a resident of Montana is $33,000.

The maximum repayment period is 33 years. Bendewald also reported that FmHA regulations provide lenders who obtain guarantees for rural housing loans options for selling, assigning, or selling participations in the guaranteed parts of these loans. FmHA regulations require that the lender making a guaranteed rural housing loan be a local lender located in or doing businesss In the area where the house is located. Roseth Retires From Mountain Bell Mina P. Roseth is retiring from Mountain Bell with more than 32 years of service.

A Victor native, Roseth began her career with the telephone company in Missoula as a relief clerk. She also worked as a relief supervisor and later became an operator, the position she now holds. Roseth and her husband, Winton, have two children. 4CX Two Appliance Businesses Move Two businesses have been moved from 440 Adams to 100 North Ave. W.

They are John's Appliance Service, owned by John Parks, and Appliance Service owned by Warren Gore. Parks has been in the business 19 years and is factory authorized for 25 factories in appliance repair. His telephone number is 728-5710. Gore, who specializes in refrigeration, has been in the business 22 years. The company's number is 549-2765.

Don and Rick's Upholstry Moves Don and Rick's Upholstry has moved from 715 Ronan St. to 2125 S. 14th St. in the back. Owners Don and Rick Dull specialize in heavy duty sewing for automobile and boat upholstry.

They started the business two years ago. Don Dull has had 27 years of experience in upholstry and Rick has had 10 yean. Unemployment Declines in April Nearly 5,100 persons left the unemployment payments rolls as a result of the seasonal job expansion of the past six weeks, according to Employment Security Administrator Fred Barrett. This includes a drop of 2,182 in payment totals the last week In April, the largest weekly decline so far this year, Barrett said. The number of payments was down nearly 2,000 from the comparable 1976 week.

After the decline, a total of 11,854 unemployed workers received $893,573 in state and federal benefits under six seperate programs, Barrett reported. More than 8,400 checks totaling $643,302 were charged to the State Trust Fund. Regular federal payments of $88,135 went to 1,082 unemployed federal civilian workers and ex-servicemen. Three temporary federal programs paid out $162,136 to nearly 2,400 others who had no right under regular programs or exhausted their regular program entitlements, Barrett said. Job hiring was spread over a wide array of industries with construction trade and agriculture heading the list, Barrett reported.

Hamilton Locksmith Opens Business HAMILTON Have you locked the housekey inside Vaughn LaTour Anderson Buys Scribe Bookstore Betty Anderson has purchased the Scribe Bookstore from Alan Newell and Gary Williams, who started the business last fall. Anderson has moved the bookstore from 1429 S. Higgins to 929 W. Broadway to run it in conjunction with her shop, The Bird's Nest, which she started two years ago. The bookstore has featured rare, out-of-print and used hardbound books.

Anderson said she has been a collector most of her life. She is also taking items on consignment from the Doll House, which shared space with Scribe and which featured miniature dolls and furniture. Blake Joins Guardian Real Estate ygr 1 111,1 iiuu-" jiiiu mmmm CjlL 'Li David Blake has joined the sales staff of Guardian Real Estate, 2212 Brooks. Blake, his wife Kathi, and son have lived in Missoula for the past seven years. They own and operate "A Razor's Edge" hairstyling for mep and women on Brooks.

He deals in commercial, industrial and residential property. wJ i. the house recently? Or left the car key in the Ignition, then locked the car door? A new business, Bitterroot Lock and Key, is designed to help out in David Blake If Si-; March Construction Up in State Contracts for future construction In Montana during March were up 15 per cent over the same month a year ago, according to the F.W. Dodge Division of McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co. The dollar value of those contracts amounted to $38,031,000 in March 1977 compared to $33,109,000 in 1976.

Residential contracts were up 72 per cent, nonresidential were down 28 per cent and nonbuilding were down 19 per cent. For the year-to-date, total construction contracts increased less than one per cent. Residential contracts were up 40 per cent, nonresidential were down 43 per cent and nonbuilding were down seven per cent. r. such situations.

Michael Alexander moved his mobile lock service to Hamilton from Colorado in January and began repairing, installing and duplicating locks in mid-March. Alex ander carries his complete inventory in a panel truck so he does the job on the spot. Michael Alexander the young businessman lives with his wife, Jean, and two daughters on Cooper Lane in Hamilton. His phone number is 363-5782. Bender checks programing at the new, automated radio station.

i New FM Radio Station Started Missoula has a new FM radio station, KDXT, at 1124 New Falls Grocery to Be Built COLUMBIA FALLS Groundbreaking for a new Columbia Falls grocery store should be under way by the end of April, according to Dale Greene, principal store owner. John Young, Spokane, has been selected as prime contractor for construction of the block building. Subcontracts will be awarded to local firms. The original opening date of July 1 for Glacier Thrift has now been moved back to Aug. 1, said Greene.

All land for the city block development has been purchased, except for one corner. Title search is expected to be complete soon and it, too, will be bought. The structure is planned for approximately 18,000 square feet and will be directly across Highway 40 from Western Building Center. Greene said hiring to fill positions at the store would not begin until mid-July. Estimate is 20 to 25 new jobs will be created.

Plans are for the $300,000 building to occupy one-third of the block with two-thirds for parking. Columbia Falls City Council has already given Greene permission to pave the existing alley for parking, with the agreement that he will pay if the asphalt has to be torn up for water or sewer line repair. A corporation has been formed for the store with Greene as president. Other officers are Doug Kohlbeck and Bob Markus owners of Markus Thrift, Whitefish. Greene was raised in Columbia Falls.

He is a 1964 CFHS graduate and has been in the grocery business for the last 13 years, having worked at the Columbia Falls BAB in the past. The last eight years Greene has been working in Alaska. He and his wife, Marsha, have two children. Business Page Deadline The regular deadline for all news and photographs for the business and agriculture pages is Wednesday at p.m. Material received after that time will be held until the next week.

For information, call the business editor, 542-0311. Local Cleaners Featured in Magazine The Fairway Cleaners has had its uniform rental division featured in the April issue of The American Dry cleaner. The article highlights Missoula's Fairway Cleaners' Apparelmaster division and details the growth and management of this Missoula operation. The American Drycleaner has a circulation of 30,000 throughout the world. The Fairway Cleaners has locations in the Fairway Shopping Center and at 401 Orange Street.

The services offered include professional dry cleaning, uniform lease and sales, alterations, leather cleaning and laundry. Jar- i hV Cedar. The station, owned by Rex Jensen, is fully automated with a preprogramed format produced in Dallas, Tex. Jen-l sen said it features "adult contemporary rock" music, in- eluding some from the top 40, "oldies" and some album I cuts which "are good but never made it to the top." The 38,000 watt station covers an area from Columbia Falls to the Idaho border to Butte, Jensen said, with its an- tenna on Big Sky Mountain. It is broadcast between 6 a.m.

I and 1 a.m. now but will expand to 24 hours next month. 1 Commercials are locally produced, and occupy eight min- utes per hour during breaks four times during the hour, and a short news broadcast is planned at five minutes after the half hour. Jensen said the station gets four new tapes of six hours of new music a week and has a library of 100 hours of mu-! I sic, so the schedule is not repeated at the same time every day. The "big hits" are played every few hours, however, he said.

The programming is aimed at the age bracket between I 18 and 40 years, he said, and "we stay away from teeny bopper, hard acid rock and classical music, games, con- tests, live broadcasts and sports events. We want you to hear the same kind of music in the evening as you heard in the morning." Jensen favors the automatic set-up, because "when a 1 2 DJ has had a bad night, he'll come to work in the morning and play down songs; If he's had a good night, he'll play happy songs, or each will play his one favorite all day long." Broadcasting was scheduled to begin last fall, but equipment delivery and the bad weather in the east de- layed the start, he said. He plans to employ 10 persons. He and his brother, Jack, who is sales manager, ran an AM country music station in Anaconda for seven years, then owned an AM-FM station In Boise, Idaho, for 4ft yean, at which they used the automated concept on the I FM station. Rex Jensen has been in radio 14 years, getting I his start working part-time in Dillon while attending col- lege.

Jack Jensen has been in radio 13 years. --KDXT is not affiliated with any other station, Jensen "'said. kr- -i. it'- fit? 1 Bancorp Reports High Annual Gain Total assets of Bancorporation of Montana reached an all-time high of 1215,700,000 on March 31, 1977. a gain of 9.8 per cent over the $196,400,000 on March 31, 1976, according to an announcement made on behalf of the board of directors by Charles W.

Rubie, president and chief executive officer of the multi-bank holding company headquartered in Great Falls. Loans, net of income collected-unearned and reserves for possible loan losses, on March 31, 1977, were an increase of 19.5 per cent over the $96,500,000 on March 31, 1976. Consolidation deposits of the affiliated banks rose to $189,100,000 on March 31, 1977, an increase of 9 per cent over the $173,500,000 on March 31, 1976. Included were demand deposits of $61,100,000 compared to $60,000,000 on March 31, 1976, and time deposits of $128,000,000 compared to in 1976. The directors declared a quarterly dividend of 31 cents per share, payable May 20, 1977, to shareholders of record on May 6, 1977.

On an annual basis, the dividend would be $114 per share. Greenhouse Grows Lee and Donna Mentzer have added a 30x100 garden and plant supplies, nursery stock and foot greenhouse and salesroom to Mentzers' bedding plants. The business was started about Greenhouse on Mullan Road. They also have a year ago with only bedding plants available, added a line of tropical house plants, hanging (Staff Photo) plants, roses, trees and shrubs, terrariunis,.