The Missoulian from Missoula, Montana • 19

AAlssoullan, Friday, April 13, 1979 4 i by Eeln King Business club selects Fetches woman of the year ,3 i the past five years she has been employed in the Trust department. Prior to her present position she worked for Civil Service in Fort Lewis, Wash. She has been a member of the business chapter since and has served as membership chairman, corresponding secretary and is currently chairman of the education committee. Susan is active in the annual SOS Fair and the First National Montana Bank Marathon. She said she enjoys bowling, skiing, golfing, jogging, softball, and reading.

She was graduated from Hell-gate High School and attended Great Falls Commercial College where she studied business and computer programming. Besides working fulltime, she attend the University of Montana, where she takes business courses. She also attends Bank and Trust Seminars on a continuing basis. The American Business Women's Association has more Susan O'Ncil has been named Woman of the Year of the Hell-gate Canyon Chapter of the American Business Women's Association. Susan is assistant trust officers in operations of the First National Montana Bank of Missoula.

During her eight and a half years at the bank, she has had experience in various departments including Account Reference, Escrow and Commercial Loan departments. For Duplicate bridge The Garden City Duplicate Bridge Club met in the Eagles Lodge, 2200 Stephens April 4. Winners were N. 1. Mrs.

Bill Cregg Mrs. G.M. Hall, 133'-'a; 23. Mrs. W.E.

Reely -R E. Rolfson and Bill Cregg Miller, 130; 45. Zada Emerson A.J. Zajanc and Mr. and Mrs.

I.E. 127. 1. Mrs. L.L.

Berg -Mrs. R. Lowe, 141 1 2. Mrs. V.

Dolum Miss E.A. Donovan. 128. Susan O'Ncil 1,800 chapters throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Each chapter annually selects one of its members for the Woman of the Year award.

Selection is based on the member's achievement in her field of business, education, community activities, and participation in the association. Judges for the award were Virginia Jellison, Evelyn King and Vi Thomson. than 100,000 active members in no matter how repugnant they "It's the fault of you women," he countered. "How can you possibly say that?" I sputtered. "Well, I have noticed that fellow you were talking about never seems to lack for female companionship.

And the women are always clean, well-dressed and attractive. So they are just reinforcing the fact that all he has to BE is a man, no matter how disreputable. If you women would just wise up, and start boycotting those slobs they might clean up their act." Who knows? His idea might work. It might also be more efficient to fine such people for polluting the air or banish them to the islands of the lepers in Michener's book. On discussing the matter of cleanliness with a couple of local school teachers, I was further amazed.

They told me of children coming to school day after week after month, who have apparently never had a drop of water on their hair or bodies, except for the rain. "This isn't ordinary playground dirt but greasy, gray grime that has worked into their skins for ages. Many times I have been tempted to take these little kids home and scrub them fore and aft for a couple of hours in the tub. I really don't know what kind of parents some of them have. Most animals are cleaner than some of these poor little kids." Of course many school teachers supervise the kids hand-washing before lunch.

But teachers are I'posed to be spending their time educating minds and not supervising bath houses. Guess I'll go take my daily dip in the Grizzly pool. This column is beginning to smell. (No remarks, please.) Eagles Nest stirs hornets nest Did you notice the item that a proposed recreational development near Bigfork has run into a snag because of the impact some people feel it may have on a waterfowl refuge? "All this commotion over a few ducks," a friend, who lives near Bigfork, said. "This place is a recreational area, and a lot more people would enjoy the beauty of the lake, river and countryside, if that development goes through." (No, she doesn't own property there.) Without knowing the entire situation, I am inclined to agree.

Although I think of myself as somewhat of an environmentalist, there are times when environmentalists become far to radical in their cry of "Save the birds, and the bees and the cigarette trees and the big rock candy mountains." For example: Remember all the furor caused a few years ago, when the construction of a restaurant began over the lower end of Rattlesnake Creek? In fact, it was stopped midway in building, because some people said it was a defamation of the creek. Well, the restaurant people won the case. The business opened, and since that time, thousands of people have enjoyed the view of the creek through all seasons in a spot where the water used to be obscured by a vacant lot, overgrown with weeds. So c'mon you environmentalists. And also yoa developers.

Can't you possibly ever use just common sense to find a common ground? And then there was one Every small town has its colorful characters. People who are as much a part of the streets and the landscaping a river or a hill. Through the years, Missoula has had many of them. But as the years go by, and the town grows, these folks have gradually disappeared. And somehow, the streets just don't seem the same without them.

The Gibbons family could be seen almost every day on Higgins Avenue for more than a half century. Originally, there were 10 brothers, two sisters and the father and mother. The family always lived together, even when grown. And several of the "boys," always together, with the parents or a sister, were a familiar sight, whether walking about town, or doing odd jobs such as lawn work or shoveling snow. It was a close family, who lived by themselves and took care of themselves.

Now, only one brother, the youngest, Merton Gibbons, 62, is left. He has been living at 413 E. Spruce Apt. 1. but now he has to leave because the building is going to be renovated.

Merton said he wants to find a place somewhere in the downtown area that he could rent for around $100 a month. Me said what he would really like "is a house and somebody who would live with me and keep me company." Merton was 3 years old when the family moved to Missoula from the Bit-terroot. His last brother, Rufus, who was 66, died of a heart attack a few weeks ago. His other brothers were Kermit, Leonard, LaMar, Clint, George and Mel-vin. Merton can't remember the other two.

The two sisters were Abby, the woman who was always seen with them in Missoula, and Violet, who lives in Washington. Abby also died about 4 months ago. Merton is lonely. He needs a home and a friend. He said if anyone is interested, they could drop him a card at his present address.

C'mon Missoula. Someone must have a place for the last of the Gibbons brothers. I have been re-reading Michener's book, Hawaii. Oh, I worked my way through the ponderous novel years ago, but ever since traveling to that paradise in the Pacific, I had determined to read it again. And the writer's tales of the islands are even more fascinating now since I can visualize the places he talks about.

And its been nice, when the chill winds of a Montana spring are blowing, to curl up in the old green chair, and be immediately transported back to the lands of the swaying palms, the warm sands and the silken surf. If my home was there, I would be content to dress in a bathing suit and spend all my time in the sea or combing the beach. Maybe that comes from being born under the sign of Pisces. As before, I was thrilled with the spectacular voyage of the first natives to find the islands and in the second section, repelled again with some of the actions of the missionaries, who descended on that fair land back in the 18th century. Not that they didn't do some good but they also burdened the natives with a lot of problems, such as disease and cumbersome clothes.

Now there may have been some excuse for those stern New England missionaries, to cover their bodies completely, as though still living in a colder clime. And to not go near the water, because they thought it was unhealthful. They were simply ignorant. Apparently they had never heard of the adage "cleanliness is next to Godliness." Thus the super-clean Hawaiians, who loved the sea and the freedom of mere loin cloths and grass skirts, were encouraged to conform to the white man's mode of dress. According to Michener, even though they donned the clothes, they refused to stay out of the surf and to let their bodies deteriorate into the white man's stench an odor they were forced to suffer through especially in crowded churches.

But this is the 20th century. And it has been proven by medical science that water and soap and clean clothes are not infectious. Thus it is a mystery why some people still shy away from the water any water. I was reminded of those passages in Michener's book the other day, when I chanced to encounter a rather arrogant, educated fellow, well-known in Missoula. Actually, his presence was evident on the breeze before I saw him.

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