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The Flathead Courier, Published on the Shores of Beautiful Flathead, America's Finest Lake, Feb. 16, 1950

Montana picnic in Mesa, Arizona

A record number of 1,040 were registered at the seventh annual Montana Picnic on Feb. 5 in Rendezvous Park in Mesa, Ariz.

The county most highly represented was Fergus with a registered attendance of 102; Gallatin was runner-up with 84. Mrs. A.R. Mitton of Kalispell was awarded the door prize with others for such things as being the shortest woman present or the fattest man.

Officers of the association for 1950 were Harold M. Olson, formerly of Glasgow; Harry Reef, vice-president, formerly of Bozeman; Lucille Sigler, secretary, Bozeman; Mrs. C.E. Hill, corresponding secretary, Kalispell; and Mrs. George Harris, treasurer, Polson.

Among the registrars were Mr. and Mrs. Scott Fries, Mr. and Mrs. F. Brown, and Miss Juanita Yob, Polson; and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hill and Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Wohlwind, Kalispell.

Vinge trial set for February 21

Judge Besancon asked arraignment be continued a week for the purpose of gathering more material in the cases of Harold W. Vinge and Alvin J. Vinge, suspects in the burglary of Boettcher Hardware.

The court fixed the same bail as had been set in Justice Court for $6,000 for each man. Both of the defendants refused the services of a court-appointed lawyer. Trial is set for 10 a.m. Feb. 21.

Business training offered students at high school

Students graduating from Polson High School with business training are qualified for general secretarial work, said Neil Devlin, typing and shorthand teacher, in an interview recently.

The school teaches mainly courses in typing, shorthand and accounting, but some students obtain a little training in adding machine work and mimeographing.

Because of the many students taking typing it’s impossible to teach transcription since the machines are in almost constant use. There are four beginners classes and two advanced classes or about 110 students in all.

License sales slow

Car and driver’s license sales have not picked up as they might have been expected to with the clearing of some of the snow, and Feb. 15 so close at hand.

Sales so far are in the 800s for trucks, 1,600s for cars, and more than 3,600 for driver’s licenses.