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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1929
Page
1
Montana State Normal College announces President 8 E Davis will take a one year sabbatical starting September 1. Acting head during the absence will be Vice President Lee R Light. Davis intends to study U S schools during the year.
Ronard Eliel, longtime Dillon school board member, was re elected as trustee at last Saturday’s training school vote. Only nineteen ballots were cast due to absence of a contest, with Eliel as the sole ticket candidate. He has chaired the board for twenty years and will serve three more years.
Five Dillon educators attend the Inland Empire Education association's thirty first annual session in Spokane this week. The team includes A. T. Peterson of Beaverhead county high school and Charles Henry and Mira Booth of the training school, with Robert Glark and Margaret Huntington of the Normal College.
The first children’s theatre performance is set for Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Normal College auditorium. Miss Mary K. Sands directs two plays with college play production students assisting movements. The event is sponsored by the local Parent-Teachers association and features a cast of college students and training school pupils in The Pig Prince by Louise Ayres Garrett.
Forty-two Beaverhead County High School students made the third quarter honor roll. Nineteen earned 90 or above in four subjects and twenty-eight reached 90 or above in three subjects. The list names include Cora Anderson and others in the first group and Virginia Backus and peers in the second group.
William H. Jones Dillon resident and former Madison County rancher died at home Saturday after a lengthy illness. He served as Madison County Commissioner and was well known in the community.
Beaverhead county advances on a state and federal highway project from Dillon to Daly's Spur with crews clearing trees and grading near Van Camp’s bridge. A gas shovel and equipment arrived at Barrett’s station as bids and contracts for the 12 mile route are to be opened in Helena on April 26.
Beaverhead Inter-Class Track Meet opens season with four classes competing tomorrow and Friday at 4 pm. If weather delays occur, events will be postponed. The fair dates Sept 18–20 are fixed to start a week earlier, with harness racing dropped and running races emphasized."}
Montana State Normal College and Eastern Montana Normal School of Billings debated last night on whether a substitute for trial by jury should be adopted. No decision was given as to which side won. The Billings team included Vendila Nystrom and Margaret Nelson with coach Miss Dewey.
A fire near the Lovell Livestock Co. ranch south of Dillon destroyed two storage structures after spreading from a bonfire, with about 1500 dollars in losses. The fifth annual one school track meet and educational contests will be held in Dillon Friday and Saturday May 3 and 4, with all county grade schools invited except Dillon, and the high school aiding in staging.
First reports on the new five cent gas tax began arriving as of yesterday. J. H. Stewart, chairman of the state Board of Equalization, said the initial return came from L. H. Truax of Lima, owner of a Lima garage, showing $100 paid on 5,000 gallons of gasoline.
Ninety nine qualified electors cast ballots in Dillon last week with Mayor Roscoe Cornell Police Magistrate L P Phillips and City Treasurer F P Bulger reelected unanimously. Total votes 296 for three officers plus one stray alderman vote. Ward results list tiny margins and city cost of election about 350 dollars or roughly 3 50 per vote.
Mrs. Margaret Irving of Dillon receives a large bronze medal from King George of England this week in memory of her husband, Joseph Anderson Irving, a former Dillon man killed in World War I serving with Canadian forces. The medal bears the fallen soldier’s name and the inscription He died for freedom and honor. A message signed George R. I. reads I join with my grateful people in sending you this memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War.
Mrs. Lee Dennis Jr., once a Dillon resident, died in Great Falls last Friday after a long illness. She and her husband lived in Dillon three years ago when he worked at the Dillon telephone exchange. Her father in law is Lee Dennis Sr., chairman of the state railway commission.
The Beaverhead Alumni Association met last night to approve a dance as the annual entertainment for the graduating class. Ambrose Henneberry was elected president, Burness Farrell vice president, Albert Baker treasurer, and Mrs Walter V Grimes secretary. A five member committee will organize the event, and guests must be accompanied by an alumni member.
Beaverhead county high school weekly publication tied for third place in Class C of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association fifth annual contest. Seventeen other world schools shared the honor. The Kyote Billings high won Class B and The Fergus Lewistown, Gallatin High News Bozeman, The Centralite Butte Central also placed in various classes.
Beaverhead De Molay will present Charley's Aunt at the Hartwig theatre next Wednesday evening April 17. The cast includes Ivan Shaw Tim Blair Ashley Roberts Herbert Berry Rey Hansen Bernard Underwood Floyd Hull Judge William Clark Harold Price and more as they deliver Broadway style comedy with fast wisecracks and uproarious situations. Tickets are sold by chapter members and exchanged for reserved seats at Hughes and McCaleb's.
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