The Billings Gazette from Billings, Montana • 65

BUSINESS BRIEFS The Billings Gazette Sunday. August 26, 1979 3-H In new jobs Gary Johnson, a computer Business openings Sherie Smith, who moved from Minneapolis to Billings five years ago and is the 1979 Mrs. Montana title-holder, has opened "Creative World" at 1215 24th St. offering women's self-improvement courses and style show bookings. She is the wife of R.

Melby Smith. science major from Michigan State University, has been added to the computer programming staff at Mountain Time Sharing, a Billings computer service company. He will be specializing in payroll processing and mini-com She won the title of Mrs. Montana at the Billings pageant last year. She is a professional model formerly employed in Minneapolis and Billings.

The first course of six weekly classes in skin and puter applications to accounting. JR. "John" Latta, 1909 12th St. has become the area Con- hair care, figure analysis, groom klin manager for 140 direct sales distributors in Montana and Wyo- I i 1 Jt B. GST a (LTj ing, modeling, posture and poise rmng for the manufacturing com will begin in September, she said.

KOOK Radio's new FM sta JOHNSON pany of chemical products for farm, home and industry use. Latta retired in 1974 as a sales- man with Gulf Oil Chemical and became a Conklin distribu tion, KOOK-FM, went on the air last week and will broadcast 24 hours a day on 102.9. The station has 100,000 watts of power and has an estimated coverage of 65 miles. Dan Miller, general man 4: tor. Glen Nolle will assist the i management at Tegucigal Honduras, under a three-month assigment by the International 'X Executive Service Corporation.

I His wife will accompany him. Nolte is the former owner-man ager of the Rimrock Motor Hotel in Billings. Robert D. Ott, former ac Came photo by William Tuukty ager, said the station's format is Schulke Radio Productions SMITH "matched flow" music with commercial time limited to eight units an hour. According to past ratings, of the 65 stations with Schulke programming, 23 are rated tops and first in 12 markets.

In Lewis town, The Eagles Bowling Lanes will reopen soon with Don Dormandy as manager. He is a native of Fairfield, and retired in 1975 from the navy as a chief petty officer. The lanes are being refinished and the equipment cleaned and repaired. Rustic decor and two antique bars are at The Mercantile, a new supper club in Lewis town, owned by Ron and Jim Balas in the former Antiques building. The dining room seats 50 and the bar about 70 near a living room area with a fireplace, sofas and chairs, where customers may relax and visit.

Both owners are Lewis town natives. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Balas had operated the Snow White Cafe for 32 years. The cafe is now operated by their brother.

Race to completion counting teacher at Bozeman and at Eastprn Montana CnUpae has The race tq complete all 23 stories of Fagg wants the roof on by early the downtown Sheraton Hotel by winter November so crews can work out of the is near the halfway mark with eleven weather, stories completed. Developer Harrison I wm iMiimiiini ffirth mi Financing I and I 21 Equipment Letting ft etWG UaJII LEASING mi VALLEY REALTY Looking for a fair return on your investment? been named instructor of ac- LATTA counting at Rocky Mountain College, according to Dean R.D. Boswell Department of Business Administration and economics. He replaces Lynn Foottit, a part-time instructor who resigned. A certified public accountant, with experience in data processing, Ott graduated at Billings Senior High School, studied at EMC, and holds a masters degree in business from Montana State University.

Cal Winslow, a Billings native, has been named director of development for Billings Deaconess Hospital, in charge of directing public information and conducting on-going fund development, according to Lane Basso, acting executive director. A former Midland National Bank employee, he was manager of business development. Dale Norby, former manager of Billings Logan International Airport, becomes president of Big Sky Airlines on Monday, filling the vacancy made earlier this year by the resignation of Dean Sparkman. Born in Sidney, and a former Navy pilot, Norby was airport manager two years. His Montana background and understanding of air transportation needs of the area were reasons for his selection, said H.V.

Holeman, the airlines board chairman. Norby is a vice president of the Northwest Chapter of American Association of Airport Executives, president of the Montana Airport Managers Association and a director for the International Northwest Aviation Council. Transferred Dave Steingruher, asst. manager at Glasgow for Pacific Hide Fur Depot, has been named manager of the Miles City branch, replacing Bill Knick, who transferred Pocetello, Ida. The company has 31 branches in five states.

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The Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis is the registrar and transfer agent for the 850 campground system. First Bank System, declared a dividend of 51 cents per share, payable Sept. 10, to shareholders as of Aug. 29, equivalent to an annual dividend of 2.04 per share. The system includes 91 member banks and trust companies, data processing, insurance, leasing and mortgage banking subsidiaries.

Northwest Banco rporation declared quarterly dividends of 33 cents per share payable Sept. 1 to stockholders of Aug. 3. The 18th largest bank holding company of the U.S., Banco has 85 affiliate banks and five trust companies in seven states, and bank-related service Learning opportunity Bankers will meet in Fairmont Hot Springs Sept. 15 for a Glacier Chapter meeting of the Bank Administration Institute, according to Heleyn M.

Kaufman of Billings, chapter president. Keynoter Robert F. Burke, president of the First National Montana Bank in Missoula, will speak on current state and national banking issues. Other speakers will be Melvin E. Ballet of Seattle on armored car operations, and Pete Antonioli of Butte on the energy conservation loan program.

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