Social events mark Dillon gatherings and visits
Master Leonard Schultz celebrated his ninth birthday with a surprise party last Thursday as nine friends joined games then enjoyed a large white cake with nine candles. Mrs. John Collins hosted a 32 guest dinner with a musical program followed by bridge. The Westminister guild meets tomorrow at Mrs. Collins home with plans to drop refreshments during the war. Theta dance postponed due to Junior Prom on April 19. St Rose guild to meet tomorrow at Mrs. Birrer’s ranch near Point of Rocks. Methodist Aid society meets at the church parlor with hosts. Various society figures return from travels in Idaho California and San Francisco visiting Dillon. Hats and new sailors arrive at Miss Addie Baldwin’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Schultz
Westminister Guild
John Collins
Nash
Sutherland
Frank Birrer
St. Rose Guild
Point of Rocks
Ladies of Dillon
Methodist Aid Society
Mesdames Grant Haines
Betsy Haines
Roberts and
Schuler
DIES IN BUTTE FRANCIS THOMAS SANDERS RECORD
Francis Thomas Sanders died this morning at Murray hospital in Butte after failing to entain with Beaverhead county’s last contingent. He was one of six brothers four living. His brother Elias died in France after earning the British medal for bravery. Two others are wounded and home. Older brother William serves with American forces in France. Father George Sanders in Butte and mother in Cornwall England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Thomas Sanders
Beaverhead
Murray Hospital
Butte
Elias Sanders
France
William
George Sanderg
Cornwald
England
Navy recruiting success and local health notes in Dillon
John Walters former Beaverhead Lumber bookkeeper and new navy recruit passed a quartermaster exam in San Diego. Dr Walters praises the service and city. Carter Edinger improves after knee operation at Curtis Hospital following a school game injury. Earl Smith returns from Rochester Mayo Hospital where Mrs Smith recovers, not yet returning to Dillon. Steve Base advertises plowing and hauling services. Edmund Moss and Myrtle Burwell wed at the courthouse. Mrs James Judge begins a large residence on South Washington, contractor Rogers overseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walters
Beaverhead Lumber Company
Navy
Quartermaster Department
Earl Smith
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Hospital
Mrs. Smith
Dillon
Steve Base
Dillon Wool Yard
Court House
Phillips Edmund Moss
Myrtle Burwell
Roberts
Idaho
James Judge
Foster
South Washington Street
Rogers
Local rumors and a new Montana corporation filed
The town hears wild stories about a government speaker being a spy but officials dismiss the tale as German propaganda. Articles of corporation were filed in Helena for the Big Hole Herding Association of Armstead with 102000 capital, listing Milt Nay D E Metlen and Dale Metlen as stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Uncle Sam
Helena
Big Hole Herding Association of Armstead
Milt Nay
D. E.metlen
Dale Metlen
Wedum Family Guests and Local Injury Report
Visiting at Wedum home in Glasgow are Mr. and Mrs. J W Wedum and Miss Lillian Wedum of Alexandria Minnesota. J W Wedum is a prominent Glasgow businessman. Mrs J H Gilbert and infant son left for St Paul with Mr Gilbert accompanying to Butte. John Penuer gast suffers a broken ankle from a falling iron pipe at Jackson last week while working.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wedum
J. W. Wedum
Glasgow
Lillian Wedum
Alexandria, Minn
A. J. Wedum
East
J. H. Gilbert
St. Paul
Mr. Gilbert
Butte
John Penuergast
Jackson
R. M. Cosgrove
Unusual Hat Opportunity At Brack Hat Shop
Brack Hat Shop advertises quick clearance prices for summer stock with hats priced at 4.50 5.50 and 7.50 as George M Melton the livestock commission man returns from Colorado. Local social notes mention the Cosgrove family welcoming a son and Polaris visitors John Judge W S Tash and family and J P Purdy visiting Dillon along with May Smith visiting from Missoula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Judge
Tash
J. P. Purdy
Polaris
Dillon
Commissioners Proceedings From A Rural County for Sale and Ranch Listings
A compilation of for sale notices and public works entries from a county commission record. Items include sale ads for tractors kerosene burners and seed wheat, a 4 000 acre sheep ranch listing near Phillips Wisconsin, and a 720 acre Big Hole Montana stock ranch with equipment. Also shown are numerous road and bridge labor entries and expenditures for district projects and poor farm operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
J. R. Farr
Price County
Wisconsin
Big
Jackson
Mont
C. T. Magnus
Dillon
Montana
Phillips Block
J. T. Clay
Frank Wilson
H. H. Bates
Theo. Nelson
Helena
R. W. Boone
Joseph Butala
H. McKnight
W. B. Chapman
F. A. Scott
Dell Hotel
James Elmore
Madison County
Edward Kramer
David A. Meeds
FOTN
H. H. Banks
Work Poor Fm
John Surline
Poor Fm
D. D. MelKnight
Ceee Eee
John Banks
Continental Oil Co
Patterson
Theodore Nelson
J. EB. Shaw
Man and Wife Seek Work and Housing in Dillon
Classifieds note a couple seeking work with ranch experience and no children, contact M. J. Simons at Dixie Rooms. A $50 reward is offered for information leading to arrests for shooting or damaging Union Electric property. A Rhode Island Red hens sale lists 1 per dozen at Owen Farms, Lee R. Light, Dillon. Plus notices urge protecting a soldier’s cabin near Dillon and announce a Presbyterian Missionary meeting at Miss J. Bishop’s home on Idaho Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Simons
Dixie Rooms
Union Electric Company
Rhode Island
Owen Farms
Lee R. Light
Idaho St
Dillon
Presbyterian Missionary Ciety
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goodwin T. Paul
Clubs and Societies
Society Personals
J. T. Ross
Mountain Home
Fred Bennett
Margaret Roe
California
Fern Andrus
San Francisco
Gilbert Wheat
Virginia City
Gage Pattern
Will Metzel
Alder
Albert Metzel
H. H. Swain
Addie Baldwin
George M. Melton
Livestock Commission
Denver
Colorado
Miss May Smith
Missoula
Harry Smith
Choice Marquis
A. R. Smith
C. H. Kiesling
Camas Prairie
Dillon Stockyards
W. A. Lovell
Dell, Mont
Dillon, Mont
Cook Sheep Company
Liberty Bonds
Ford
F. O. B. Dillon
Beaverhead Motors Co
Dillon, Montana
Examiner
Ward
Beaverhead County
Atoll
Hart Schaffner Marx
Who
Eliel Brothers
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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