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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
8
Deer Lodge April 16 reports describe the Woman's Club starting a beautifying project for the city building. Members plan interior and exterior improvements with flower seeds and shrubs, to be done during the summer when meetings pause.
Deer Lodge April 16. All areas perfected for a big benefit dance under Amerie Teegion auspices at the Gay pavilion Friday evening. Powell post No. 10.004 rating committee has worked for two weeks. Entertainment will be the chief feature for what promises to be a rare affair this season with a number of local and neighboring region performers expected. Movies will start at 0:30 and continue until the next hours, with gatherings to follow.
Miss Dorothy Talbot of Butte will entertain with a piano concert Friday evening April 17 on KUOM at the university. She has studied under Mrs Alan Mace Pherson and Prof. Adle with a program including Grainger arrangements Marathon by Bach and Mozart Concerto. KUOM is a 250 watt station broadcasting on a wavelength of FAG meters.
Beaverhead county high school will hold scholastic and track events in Dillon on Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25. Six representatives from each team are expected, with strong arithmetic and writing programs in county schools. The main track meet will take place Saturday afternoon at the field east of town amid recent improvements.
Montana Masquers present Polly From Paradise, a new spring play by George M Cronyn at the State University in Missoula on April 29. Music by Joseph Dunham features a large cast including Hilen Ramsey Moore Wilmington Virgil Wilson Billings Robert Harper Nan Walsh Dan Harrington Chester Waton Harold Hepner and more.
The speech, urged by Chancellor Brandon before the legislature, outlined first year costs at twelve thousand dollars and nine thousand dollars thereafter. He praised Representatives Charles Murphy of Anaconda and Senator J Walker of Silver Bow for backing the course, and the league gave him a unanimous vote of thanks.
The sloe-eyed Lat in beauty Mimi Palmeri, famed for the William Fox production It Is the Law, gains sudden fame in motion pictures. A long show reduces to a single performance starting March 1 as she headlines the Margaret theater.
At a Hamilton Sportsmen's club meeting April 16 officers and trustees were named on the executive board. The club voted to continue the usual predatory animal hunt this season and announced a special deer hunt season in the West Fork country from Sept 20 to Oct 20. Separately, Hamilton notes report thefts, a store break in, and passings plus various local travels and meetings across Victor and nearby towns.
Funeral services for the late Thomas Cowan, an old-time resident, were held at the C. A. chapel yesterday afternoon. The Rev. John G. Spencer officiated with an accompanist. Pallbearers named include Dave MacIn tyre, Charles Tewin, J Irvine, Angus McLeod, Tom Frazier, and Kelly. Interment followed at the cemetery.
In Anaconda the Salvation Army drive reports $100 collected in the residential district with additional donations from several city organizations. A noon Montana hotel meeting divided the district into subs units for canvassing with named volunteers slated for Park, Third street, and Commercial routes. Teaching staff also contributed generously to the drive. — London notes include unpaid air raid sufferer funds and a British motor vehicle count.
Anaconda Kiwanis club approves funding to hire the Municipal band for opening day of Mines league baseball 1925. Meeting also covers anniversary observance, city beautification plans, and a campaign to place Anaconda first in a state cleanest city effort. Net funds from the auto show help tourist park and local promotions.
Mrs. F. B. Adams shared successful perennial plant experiences with the Smelter City Garden club and Kiwanis, noting many failures due to poor plant choice for specific yards. She urged judging each location before purchasing, warning that large sums are wasted on unsuitable plants.
The article discusses plant hardiness in Anaconda with smoke and irrigation effects, listing suitable trees and shrubs such as poplar mountain ash crab apple box elder laurel willow balm of gilead white ash maple and horse chestnut. It notes poplar grows fast but roots can disrupt paths and mentions decorative and fruiting plants plus perennials and climbers suited to the climate. A brief note cites Congress and a new railway for Ecuador.
More than 100 members of the Christian Endeavor society from Anaconda Butte and Deer Lodge will meet in this city for a district convention at the Presbyterian church. A varied program includes inter church quartet performances violin and vocal solos reading and a shadow play with a toastmaster Archie McPhail to provide entertainment.
Several auto dealers plan to occupy vacant sections of the Copper City building after more than a year’s vacancy. Torgerson Bros will operate a Chevrolet display room on the Commercial avenue corner, now renovated. Nels Pearson will display Studebaker cars in the adjacent section, with Copper City Market owned by Willian mentioned.
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