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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1951
Page
5
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J W Sutherland recalls 1882 arrival in Dillon and early ties with James Kirkpatrick and family. He records boots lost on the range, horse trading, ranch transfers, and the growing Kirkpatrick network from Rattlesnake to Boston, plus the 1883 frontier circus, wages, and social scenes in the district.
The excerpt lists items from the Butte Miner dated October 1882, covering early Montana events in the year. It notes a series of notices and brief reports reflecting life in Butte during that period.
Grace Memorial Methodist Church led by Robert N Johnstone holds church school at 10:00 a m with Norman L Ovitt as superintendent Morning service at 11:00 a m with Dorothy Newnes as organist and the choir directed by George Brown Sermon titled The Rewards of Real Religion Women s society meets Thursday at 2 30 p m with Mrs Nellie Nelson Mrs Fidler and Mrs Alice Nelson as hostesses Choir practice Thursday at 7 30 p m Public invited visitors welcome
Rev Arthur W Allen leads morning worship at 11 with Sunday school at 9 45 and a sermon A Picture in a Pasture. Evening service 7 30 features Anchors for Driven Souls. Dedication day April 22 with Rev Oliver Reed billed as Will Rogers of the Pulpit.
Rev Arthur B Ward leads services with Holy Communion at 8:00 a m and morning prayer and sermon at 11 a m. Church school at 9:45 a m. Music by Grace Cashmore at the organ. Vestry meets Tuesday at 8 p m in the Guildhall and junior and senior choir rehearsals on selected days.
Warren Kunkel is the pastor. Sunday services include Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. with a sermon titled Gods Rainbow of Prom ises. Thursday society meets 2 30 p m at Mrs Juergens home 104 N Atlantic. Westminster Fellowship hosts a Bible discussion led by the minister 7 p.m. Choir practice Saturday at 7 30.
St Rose Catholic Church schedules Sunday masses at Lima 10 30 am first Sunday of each month Grant 10 30 am second Sunday Melrose 10 am third and fifth Sundays when applicable Jackson 9 30 am fourth Sunday. Sun day masses also held at St Rose Church at Lima and nearby towns on rotating dates.
B M Alstad is the pastor. Services are held Sundays at 11:00 a m with Sunday school at 9:45 a m Choir practice Thursdays at 8:00 p m W M F meets on the second and fourth Fridays at 8:00 p m Other meetings by appointment A hearty welcome to all.
Lima Community Church holds services on the first and third Sundays at 11 30 a m with Mrs Blackburn and Rev Belle Long presiding. Second, fourth and fifth Sundays have 3 pm services led by Rev Johnstone Rev Alstad and Rev Ward respectively.
A Bozeman Chinaman was shot and killed last Saturday morning. The Avant Courier reports rumors of a Custer County divorce filing over a kiss with the hired girl, and alleged remarks by Judge Conger that the offense was justifiable given the aggrieved wife’s extreme homeliness.
Fluoridation of public water supplies to curb tooth decay and sewer financing will headline the Montana Sewage and Water Works associations annual meetings in Helena. The Placer Hotel hosts the sessions April 19 to 21 with about 150 water and 75 sewage works personnel attending from Montana cities and towns.
J Robert Van Pelt mining engineer and research executive from Columbus Ohio became president of the Montana School of Mines succeeding Dr Francis A Thomson and will assume office around April 1. Montana fishing season opens May 20 through November 15 with a five grayling limit and a 15 inch total limit. Billings natives marked St Patrick day with a rabies outbreak response involving shots and public calls to end killings as residents demanded humane handling and a corral for stray dogs and cats.
Hard drinking Montanans consumed 11.64 million dollars of liquor from July 1, 1950 to February 28, 1951. This exceeds the 9.83 million dollar total for the comparable 1949–50 period, signaling rising alcohol expenditures.
F. J. Cole and Sons of Red Lodge displayed the champion bull at the tenth annual Shorthorn Breeders Association sale held last Friday. The reserve champion came from Park City, shown by John Mohr Jr. at the Billings livestock commission yards.
The Montana Stockgrowers 67th annual convention will run March 24 to 26 in Great Falls. More than 1,200 delegates representing about 4,800 members are expected to attend.
The state milk control board approved four increased milk price schedules and denied one. The denial struck down a request from Billings area dairymen to raise prices from 20 to 25 cents per quart. The approved hikes apply to Glasgow Wolf Point Havre and Scobey areas.
In Helena the Veterans of Foreign Wars state headquarters says it has no connection to petitions circulating in Butte calling for troop withdrawal from Korea. State Adjutant R. H. Weineke states the VFW never circulated and will not circulate such petitions.
Chairman Archie Simon announced the state board of equalization will undergo a minor departmental overhaul and name a new secretary within weeks. Simon said board member Cal Robinson has been ill in the hospital for several weeks and any reorganization would wait. The three-man board includes Sam Goza.
Expires March 1. Deputy game warden exams set for April 26 with applications due by April 15 to the state fish and game department Helena. Starting salary 2400 rising to 3360. Alfred Anderson says NR council meets March 30 in the senate chambers to discuss artificial rainmaking with R A Dightman and M A Bell. Last meeting was Feb 2 in Billings. Spotted fever appears in Ravalli county, tick carriers Bitterroot area top source. cases have declined since vaccine discovery.
Paul D. Golden, state purchasing agent for two years, has resigned to return to private business in Butte. His letter to the governor notes appreciation for the opportunity and experience. The post will be coordinated under the new state controller to streamline government.
The federal forest highway program in Montana for 1951 is estimated at 1,600,000 dollars. Karl Chamberlin of Missoula district engineer for the bureau of public roads says the plan includes six projects and will be funded entirely by federal money.
Gov. John W. Bonner reports the Veterans Pioneer Memorial building at Helena and the State Home for the Aged at Lewistown are on track to be finished by late fall unless unforeseen developments arise.
The 934th Army Airborne Engineer Group of Billings is ordered to active duty June 1 at Fort Huachuca Arizona, becoming Montana’s first Army Reserve unit activated. The Montana Air National Guard was scheduled to go active April 1 at Gorefield Great Falls.
The 1951 Montana international farm youth exchange delegates have been assigned for summer hosting. Rosalie M. Mueller of Chinook will travel to Germany while John W. Harrer of Helena is assigned to Greece.
The fifth annual Montana Winter Fair in Bozeman grossed 187,378 dollars from six livestock auctions. Aberdeenses topped the day with a 58,905 dollar sale by P. Fender of Dillon for an Aberdeen Angus consigned by W. J. Harder and Sons of Helena. A Hereford bull brought a state price record of 6,000 dollars, bought by Or ecition Brothers of Ritzville, Washington.
The Beaverhead County Commissioners seek bids for surplus machinery on April 3 1951 at 2:00 PM in the Courthouse Commissioners room. Equipment includes a RDG Caterpillar Tractor a TD9 Dozer and a Diamond T Dump Truck all viewable at Jackson and Wisdom yards with cash bids only and bids may be rejected. The sale is final by order of Chairman Harry Helming.
Notice of election in Beaverhead County High School Building District on April 7 1951 to decide whether to levy up to ten thousand dollars for maintaining the county high school paying teachers and staff and buying equipment Polls open 1 to 6 pm Catherine Hawkins secretary March 27 1951 Dillon Montana 38 2¢
Roy Sorrels of Billings was elected president of the Montana Automobile Association at a board meeting in Helena. He succeeds Dee Washburn of Great Falls who has left the automobile business. Harry Hendrickson of Kalispell was named to succeed Sorrels as second vice president.
The Elkhorn Mining Co. shipped the first railroad carload of pitchblend ore containing pitchblend and uraniumite from near Boulder Montana marking a historic milestone in the state’s mining history.
Havre will host the annual graphic arts short course sponsored by Montana State University School of Journalism and the Montana Press Association. The event will be held at the Havre Daily News plant on April 14 and 15 with participation from area journalists and printers.
C G Derrick Jr Montana operation superintendent says the $5,000,000 Silver Bow electric furnace plant at Butte is to be doubled as part of the expansion program moving forward near here.
McWatters & Bartlett Co. of Boise submits a low bid of 94746 dollars for 43 miles of relocated telephone line on the east side of Hungry Horse dam reservoir. The existing line will be flooded by the reservoir.
Lost since June 22 1949 six small oil paintings of Paris street scenes titled Montmartre Montparnasse and other French names from the late Dr F M Poindexter. Reward for return undamaged to Mrs M D Edson Harlowton Montana.
In the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District Beaverhead County Montana W D TOVEY plaintiff vs Carl M Davis attorney for plaintiff Dillon Montana summons for publication issued by court with seal and attorney details listed indicating legal action in Dillon Montana.
Mr and Mrs Jack Paddock were visitors in Dillon on Tuesday, coming from their home near Fish Trap.
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