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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1944
Page
4
The Lima Council met on Monday April 3 and voted to arrange installation of at least four street lights. They also paid two town liquor licenses of 50 dollars each for The Mint Bar and The Lima Club and then adjourned.
The Featherly Family expresses heartfelt thanks for sympathy and help during their bereavement. They appreciate the floral offerings and kindness from friends, and thank pallbearers, the minister, and the musicians for their roles in the services.
Earl Bays son of Mr and Mrs David Bays was discharged from Barrett hospital Saturday after treatment for an accident gunshot wound to his right hand.
A greasewood fire whipped by a whirlwind roared across the Kearns ranch near Melrose on Sunday. Firefighters from the Melrose Commando Department contained it before haystacks buildings and derricks could be destroyed. Neighbors then aided with extinguishers and vehicles to prevent spread.
Martin C. Jackson traveled to Dillon and Helena to attend the wedding of Melbourne Jackson to the Governor Ford’s daughter. The groom spent part of his childhood in Jackson. Nearby residents noted his progress and sent congratulations. The piece also mentions Hiram C. Lapham seeking eye treatment in Butte, local Easter plans, a cradle roll baptism, and funeral attendance for Warren Shaw.
The Wisdom column extends sympathy to the Shaw family of Dillon on the passing of J Warren Shaw after an operation. It details funeral rites at the Episcopal church and interment at Bristow cemetery, with Wisdom Lodge aiding. Other items include local attendance at a Butte Eastern Star visit, school election results, and community notices from Fishtrap and Wise River.
In Beaverhead County Montana the administratrix Bernice McKinney of Wesley McKinney deceased invites all creditors and claimants to exhibit their claims with vouchers within 10 months after the first publication at J K Kelly Dillon Montana. Dated Dillon Montana March 13 1944.
Two separate notices describe quieting title for Lot 7 in Life's Subdivision Dillon and the estate sale of Wesley McKinney. The first suits to quiet title on beaverhead land with given Lot 7 Block F, and the second announces private sale of extensive parcels in sections 8 9 17 T3S R15W in Beaverhead with mortgage liens and State leasehold, terms 10 percent bid and balance on court confirmation.
Montana State Training School at Boulder seeks middle aged female cook attendants and male attendants. Position calls for experienced staff to support kitchen and care operations. Applications from qualified individuals in Montana are invited.
Dorothy Davis of Dillon is among 92 students named to the winter quarter honor roll at Montana State University in Missoula. Eligibility requires 36 grade points with an index of at least 2 or 30 grade points with an index of at least 2.5.
Three Idaho couples were married here last Friday and Saturday. Masier Busby Helm of St. Anthony and Wilda Moss Heinze of Sugar City wed Emmett Summers of Rigby and Lila Casper of Menan. Sedwick N. Hardman of Pocatello and Enid I. Sage of Shelley also tied the knot.
Judicial District of Montana issues a summons in the case of Tsabelle Snodgrass and James Snodgrass against the defendant. The action seeks a decree of divorce on grounds of desertion and willful neglect of support for over a year. Court seal dated April 5 1944. clerk John Collins attorney for plaintiff Dillon Montana.
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