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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1925
Page
22
News from Ringling and surrounding townships details visits by J P Con an, F P Carroll, and many others. Local weddings, milestones, travels to Butte and Helena, a deer hunt gift, club meetings, dances, and a large Valentine party mark a lively period in Ringling and Martinsdale communities.
Clarence Her elm went to Butte on Monday. Visitors include Mrs. Olaf Engen and Clara Gaustad in Harlowton last Friday and Saturday. Many locals hosted dinners at the M. T. Grande home Sunday. The Hereim family attended a marriage in Butte on Wednesday.
One of the year's prettiest gatherings was hosted by Mrs I H Wilcomb at her country home on Valentine’s Day. Springlike decor with pussywillows and hyacinths filled the rooms. A 1:30 luncheon followed by a musical contest centered on a five-table hearts game with guests including Mrs Evelyn Clark and others listed.
Sheridan notes a visit by Mr and Mrs Hollis Halloway and child from Townsend to Mrs R W Rossiter. Arcelia chapter O HK 8 met with James Shannon of Twin Bridges as a guest. a midnight banquet was served. Girls Intermediate League hosted by Audrey Shafer with Winslow and Ruth Shafer assisting. Eleanore Dyer won extemporaneous speaking at Sheridan High School and will compete in Livingston for the Southern district tournament. Lowell Shafer finished second. Supervisor Derrick of Madison National Forest Reserve left for Helena for several weeks.
Final rites completed for Jake Borden and his mother Debe Shranger at Whitehall cemetery as community mourns. James Douglass buried at Jefferson Island with broad public attendance. Fire department pallbearers and coroner announce no inquest is needed.
Whitehall reports Scarlet fever appears checked in its first appearance with cases limited to Nat Chamberlin residence on the Whitetail. An infant daughter recovers from a light attack and a 12 year old boy fell ill at school on Friday, a still lighter case.
Whitehall observers will close on Monday in observance of Washington's birthday. A civic committee interviewed firms to confirm the holiday. No municipal program. schools held a Friday observance in the gym for students.
Whitehall suffers key setback as star forward Frank Rafferty dies in a Tuesday tragedy at Jefferson Island. Observers say his loss undermined the team's offense and leadership, costing them a state tournament rise and dropping from near top to fourth after Friday's defeat to Manhattan.
The Liberal Culture club of Whitehall entertained their husbands with a radio concert at Robert Tait home. A six-tube super heterodyne brought in many stations as programs aired. Refreshments served by the ladies, crowd pleased, event called an unparalleled success.
Mrs. Harry Redfield of Helena, longtime Whitehall resident, called at the George TD King home en route to Twin Bridges. Kenneth Powell of Missoula arrived in Whitehall Wednesday night for a short visit at the Harry Youne home, with Mesdames Will and Fred Tebay.
A roundup of social visits meetings and honors in Whitehall and nearby towns. Events include Eastern Star hostess duties and a large crowd at a lodge meeting, district basketball tournament travel by the Lowry team, visits by Mrs Selina Riggs and Mrs Pearl Manning, civil war veteran Mahlon Smith ill at home, new coach purchase, church ladies aid activities at Renova, Whitehall Woman's Club meeting planned with cultural program, and various visits by residents and dignitaries accompanying school Washington Lincoln day exercises.
P C Comeau longtime Jefferson county commissioner dies at Murray hospital in Butte after an unexpected illness. Survived by wife and two children, he had served on the board since his election four years ago. C O Hansen named to fill vacancy. The report lists local reactions and a string of Boulder events and notices from the week including marriages, travel, and business updates.
Annapolis Feb 21 Rear Admiral Henry B Wilson will retire as superintendent of the United States Naval Academy and from active service in the navy at 9 am Monday He will be succeeded by Rear Admiral Louis M Nulton who will immediately assume his duties as head of the naval training institution.
Washington February 21 The senate without debate passes the house bill awarding the distinguished service medal to the army world flyers and advancing them on the army promotion list in a notable military recognition.
BASIN BUREAU BASIN February 21 Sheriff Mountjoy raided Joe Colombo and Frank Keyes establishments Thursday afternoon, confiscating liquor. Both men were arrested and jailed in Bolder County Jail.
The late P C Comeau was laid to rest at Basin cemetery in a Masonic lodge and Order of Eastern Star ceremony. Calvin Hawkins presided, Rev E C Smith of Boulder officiated, and a quartet offered musical tributes. Honorary pallbearers included Sheriff John W Mountjoy and others. active pallbearers were Swan Anderson, John Becker, George Beck, and others.
The Catholic ladies hosted a successful Basin masquerade dance with capacity crowds and prizes awarded to George Beck, Mrs. D. E. Loughran, and Misses Marie Paradis and Catherine McCauley of Boulder. Supper followed and dancing ran into Sunday. The Ladies Aid society met at Mrs. H. C. Sayre’s home with devotionals by Rev. E. C. Smith of Boulder. The group sewed and chatted as decorations recalled George Washington’s birthday. Members and guests listed. The T. A. M. club then gathered at Mrs. Clyde Darby’s for sewing and conversation with a luncheon.
Basin residents and visitors are listed with numerous trips to Butte and Boulder, including Dowling, Fischer, Loiselle, Cunningham, Stetson, Rule, Paradis, Kilburn, Doull, Beltramis, Stabler, Bareau, Wallin, and many others. The record notes friends attending a Comeau funeral and various short trips for hospital stays and family matters.
Frank Stewart Mr Lepaine Mr and Mrs Al Perusse and Joe Perusse are listed among Basin social figures. J J Murphy, a business visitor, was in Butte during the week. Frank Stetson, recently recovering at a Helena hospital from a Jib mine injury, returned to Basin on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs E H Todd traveled to Butte Wednesday afternoon. Harry Cohn of the Obelisk mine stopped briefly in Basin Tuesday while en route to Butte.
White Sulphur Springs residents share social news from February including visits and weddings. Mrs. O C Lucas attends her son John Lucas and Miss Mabel Hereim’s upcoming wedding in Butte. Local parties, travels to Los Angeles and Seattle, a Valentine dance, and local incidents are noted along with a still found near Rock Creek and a fleeing occupant.
E C Kurtz and J D Taylor returned from Helena after business. Mrs Edward Barrill of Missoula passed through Hamilton returning from Darby. Mrs John Costello Mrs William Ward and daughter Betty returned to Conner after visiting Hamilton. Dr R R Parker returned from Missoula. F B Tanner former Ravalli county assessor stopped in Hamilton on way to Darby. Mr and Mrs D Flynn returned to Spokane after visiting family. A Klose of Anaconda passed through on return from Bitter Root ranch. Hazel Hicks visiting sister Mrs Gilbert Lord at Sula. Rev Richard Whitehouse went to Thompson Falls to visit western Montana points. Clarence E Hogue former Ravalli sheriff spent days in Missoula.
E J Butchart sold his Willow Creek ranch stock and personal property and will move to Duluth with daughter Helen and son William. Ernest stays in the valley for winter. Olive Kerrns returns to Keller Washington after visiting Mrs F E Lockridge. Walter Mack and children visit Mrs Mack’s parents, Mr and Mrs A N Whitesitt. Holger Toftoy Jr undergoes appendicitis surgery at Hamilton hospital and recovers. Dean Stanley, rural mail carrier, visits Missoula for family time and district basketball tournament.
In Rouen France on February 21 Mme Lucien Deubel former Marguerite Waerloo of New York was acquitted of attempting to murder her third husband M Deubel. The defense argued the shotgun wound to Deubel was accidental. The report closes with a remark about chances favoring bookmakers in racing.
Early morning fire on Helena street gutted the Klein building housing the Dillon Meat company. The blaze started around 3:30 due to a short circuit, destroying stock and fixtures valued at about $5,000 with partial insurance. Adjacent Bond Grocery and Russell's auto paint shop were saved by the fire department. The fire produced flames a hundred feet high as the roof collapsed.
Dillon February 21 Montana State Normal College coach Bruce Hollister took his squad to Sheridan to face the Vigilantes an independent group. The teachers won 15 to 5 on a rough fast contest hindered by a small court. Hollister used reserves most of the game due to a prior engagement with the Silha Cubs of Anaconda.
Deputy State Game Warden T. H. Edmunds arrested W. H. Brown in Kidd area for trapping muskrats in the closed season. Brown pleaded not guilty before Judge Louis Stahl in district court. Trial set for Friday February 27.
Dillon residents and visitors are named as attending the basketball tournament in Butte, including B J Gunderson Phillip Lovell Walter Foster Frank Hunsaker Robert Watt Alderic Tessier Alvin Jones Ivo Birrer Emerson Hughes Miss Alma DeCelles and others. Several locals travel to Sheridan Apex Grant and Los Angeles while Ryburns attend final district games in Butte.
The National Academy of Design plans to boost public interest in art by giving paintings and sketches to public libraries across the United States. The program will use income from Henry W. Ranger's $300000 fund to purchase works for lending and display.
A trough of low pressure extends from Northern British Columbia through the Rockies to northern Texas. Barometers are high in southern Oregon and Idaho. Light rain or snow has fallen in Oregon, Idaho, and western Washington, Wyoming and Montana in the last 12 hours. Temperatures rose slightly in southeastern Washington, northeastern Wyoming, northern Montana and in the provinces. elsewhere little change. Mostly cloudy skies are expected.
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