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Newspaper

Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1939

Page

4

Vesper Service Set at St. James Sunday Evening

A vesper service will be held at St. James Episcopal Church Sunday April 16 at 5 pm. The public is invited. The program includes a processional The Day of Resurrection Tours plus prayers solos and choruses by Jesie May Jewitt and others with the Hallelujah Chorus and other liturgical works.

St. James Episcopal Church St. James Tours Jessie May Jewitt Ashford Lord Mendelssohn Hallelujah Handel Bourgeois Dubois Jesus Christ Worgan

Dillon Club Shooters See Strong Totals At Local Trap Meet

Scores from the telegraphic 25 target event show strong rounds from B W Emerick and W Westergaard while Lima shooters led by Ted Renfro Dan Peterson and George Roe posted high x50 scores. A large turnout is expected next Sunday with teams from Butte Anaconda Lima and Sheridan anticipated to attend the Lima club’s first registered shoot of the season May 7, paired with a ham and bacon event drawing statewide gun clubs.

B. W. Emerick W. Westergard W. Talent R. Smith P. Schwab W. Jones Carl Anderson John Selvidge S. Benson L. Smith Mrs. J. Keenan R. Forrester R. Barrett H. Peterson W. Olson Brundage Wetzel Temple Gordon R. Cornell W. Steele N. Birrer Sheridan Langdorf Don Smith J. Keenan Lima Dillon Club Ted Renfro Dan Peterson George Roe Bill Gleed Ernest Morrison Butte Anaconda Lima Club

Rotary talk highlights Denmark and European travel

A Rotary meeting featured Berg Christensen sharing experiences in Denmark. He noted few American papers there, with one Dillon Examin er arriving to a former Dillon resident. Mr Christensen urged visiting Europe and Denmark. The Rotary board nominees were announced and voting is in two weeks. Rev. J A Meeke chaired. Berg Christensen attended.

America Denmark Dillon Examiner Dillon Europe Mr. Christensen Rotary Board J. A. Meeke Berg Christensen

PTA Education Talks Across County Schedule

In Lima the P T A sponsors an April 13 program with Miss Margaret Holloran county health nurse speaking on cancer control. She also speaks at a Jackson meeting April 18 and in Wisdom April 21.

Lima O. C. Gosman P.T.A Margaret Holloran Holloran Jackson Wisdom

Past Heads of Butte Lodge of Elks Install

Deputy acted as grand exalted ruler for the installation. District Deputy James T. Finlen Jr. and Frank Venable led other chairs. Present Elks included Dr W J Sullivan Leo Carter and many others. A delegation with entertainers followed the meeting at the drum corps headquarters with Venable as master of ceremonies.

Butte Elks James T. Finlen, Jr Joe Roberts Adolphus J. Welch William J. Whelan Frank Venable Pat J. Driscoll Frank L. Riley R. R. Schroeder William J. Nichols W. J. Sullivan Leo Carter L. P. Schmid Carroll Fabian Fred Harvey Denny Shea Charles Kennedy Jack Mitchell Tom Kelly Hiram R. Biiney Joe Biiney M. J. O’connell Anthony Shields Elmer Binder Butte Drum Corps

Diseases Decline Amid Lower Influenza and Measles Cases

Measles and influenza showed declines in the latest state health reports with 198 influenza cases this week versus 406 last week and 166 measles cases versus 250 previously.

State Board of Health

Marriage of Dr Leanora May and E R Weast in Spokane

Word has been received in Dillon of the marriage of Dr Leanora May formerly of this city and E R Weast. The ceremony occurred in Spokane on March 7. Dr Mae was an osteopath in Dillon for several years and active with the Girl Scout troops. They will reside in Spokane where Mr Weast works at an ice cream factory.

Dillon Leanora May E. R. Weast Spokane Mae Mr.Weast

Community clubs and officers elected at local meetings

The American Legion Junior auxiliary elected Mary Beth Smith as chairman and listed officers including Erma Lou Warner organist and Florence Casterline secretary. Other groups met including Camera club at the post office, Better Homes Section One, L D S Relief society, Lutheran Ladies Aid, and American Legion auxiliary at city hall with talks on child welfare and cancer control.

American Legion Junior Auxiliary Florence Casterline Mary Beth Smith Erma Lou Warner Mary Tait Marcia Warner Ardella Lanner Margaret Callahan Ann Carroll Rose Ann Callahan Camera Club Better Homes Club Rebecca Connelley Margaret Conlin County Home L.D.S. Relief Society Clara Olson Florence Petengill Vie Nance Lutheran Ladies Aid Society C.lo American Legion Auxiliary City Hall L. R. VanAirsdale Katherine MacGregor VanAirsdale C. J. Hovren Carl Mast Methodist Men’s Club Louis Stahl James Morricon George Elwell Rush Jordan Dillon Business and Professional Women’s Club Totem Cafe Helen Decker Andrus Claudia Faust Margaret Holloran

Normal Summer School Announcements Mailed

Normal college packs summer term with staff on duty and outsider replacements as needed. Pres. Sheldon E. Davis attended Helena meeting of the State Board of Education while Ruth Phelps, a 1936 alumna of the Normal college, performed impersonations and later spoke on the cancer control drive with a closing address by Davis.

Sheldon E. Davis State Board of Education Helena Normal College Ruth Phelps

State Game Warden Announces New Montana Fishing Licenses

State Game Warden James A. Weaver says the new licenses go on sale May 1 through about 420 Montana dealers and 15 out of state vendors. Open season in streams and most lakes starts May 21. river licenses are required after the last day of April. Non resident licenses are $2.50 for 10 days and $5 for the full season, up from prior rates due to legislative action.

James A. Weaver Montana

Concert Friday by mixed chorus and Little Symphony Orchestra

A Friday concert features the mixed chorus performing works including Overture in D Kreuzer and Saint Saens Carnival of Animals, with the Little Symphony Orchestra and a women’s glee club. Notable soloists and numerous local musicians from Dillon Butte Missoula and surrounding towns are listed among the performers.

Gretry Schubert Little Symphony Orchestra Teresa del Riego Schnecker Nadine Kuss Margaret McLeod Kenneth Barry Douglas Wagg Waldteufel the Swan Saint- Saens Mireille Gounod Ruby Rasmussen Medicine Lake Desta Fisher Missoula Leola Spanger Red Lodge Elizabeth Craver Butte Dillon Anthony Bramsman James Veltkamp Manhattan Paul Simons Donald Marx Hamilton Jess Whitney Whitefish Saco Leonard Baird Henry Veltkamp Bob Holloran Edward Cebull Klein Women’s Glee Club Helen Allen Roundup Vivian Annala Joy Bates Ennis Alice Blakely Townsend Irene Breault Fort Benton June Carlson Anaconda Marguerite Cassidy Wibaux Phyllis Claridge Twin Bridges Marian Combs Volborg Mary Conwell Rose Conwell Jeanne Covall Dilion Ann Evans Bozeman Jane Fetterman Mary Foster Deer Lodge Winifred Fredrickson Great Falls Mildred Glover Archer June Gobert Browning Alice Harris Fairfield Emma Lou Johnson Ethel Johnson Power Marydee Killen Helen Knutson Geyser Ada Kolokotrones Three Forks Lois Swenson Farmington Maxine Traver Big Timber Elaine Eschache Froid Marjorie Tubman Bainville Phyllis Utermohle Grey Cliff Jeanette Walloth Ranch Creek Helen Waters Harlowton Audrey Wells Nellie Willson Bearmouth Gladys Wystrach Square Butte

Dillon Girl Entertains At Aurora High School Program

Ruth Deputy, a freshman from Dillon Montana and member of Puppets, the campus dramatic society, performed an original tap dance for Aurora High School guests on April 5. She recently joined Puppets and spent Easter with Euniece Reddick in Downs Kansas.

Ruth Deputy Colorado Woman’s College Dillon Montana Aurora High School H. Y Miss Deputy Euniece Reddick Downs Kansas

Beaverhead County Board Minutes Open April 1939 Sessions

Regular sessions on April 4 and 5 1939 cover petitions for Nyhart Lane graveling a telegraph line approval of bonds and depositories sale of 35 head cattle at 50 each cash bid requirement ad for auction and livestock sale details County Physicians contract and the Examiner Printing bid surety bond filing status inmate and financial reports for county farm high school and district court payroll figures.

Nyhart Selway Park Lawrenson Fred Crouse Forest Service Horse Prairie Big Hollow Bloody Dick Creek W. H. Stephan E. G. Free George L. Routledge Examiner Printing Company

Appraisal Begun On State Property Insurance Plan

An appraisal of all state property is begun under State Fire Marshal Arthur Parsons as part of the new state insurance commission plan to insure state owned property. The appraisal is to be completed December 2 with contracts for insurance awarded. It is the first complete appraisal since 1926.

Arthur Parsons New State Insurance Commission

Court Term Opens Here May 8 With County List

Court term begins May 8 in Dillon and surrounding towns. The docket includes Mallon Wise River Mansker Mechalus Armstead Miller Minnick Neidt Olander Piccone Reichle Peterson Poole Pierce Stevens Waldemar Woodard Wombacker and many others. Also listed are Dillon residents E O Baum Christiansen Davis Deutsch Deputy Elden Eudasley Flynn Foster Gills Goble Gowen Halter Harkness Koneke Mauls McCollum McLaughlin Mittelmeier Morrison Nelson Nettick Orr Redmond Sargent Severen ski Selvidge Simons Smythe Stamm Sullivan Swetich Tonrey Waugh Willard Woodside.

Mallon Wise River Charles E. Mansker Lima Steve Mechalus Armstead John W. Miller Monida George A. Minnick Wisdom W. J. Neidt Jackson Fred Olander Dell Dan Piccone Reichle William L. Peterson Mack L. Poole G. L. Pierce Guy Stevens Grant L. F. Waldemar Polaris Leslie .Woodard Fishtrap Ted Woodard H. E. Wombacker Dillon E. O. Baum James H. Christiansen William Davis Ralph E. Davis Henry R. Deutsch Jack Deputy W. A. Elden Fred Eudasley P. J. Flynn J. M. Foster Darrel B. Gills O. E. Goble Hugh Smythe Walter Stamm John Sullivan Mike Swetich Francis Tonrey W. D. Waugh J. L. Willard J. Fred Woodside

Dillon Man Dies at Home After Illness

Dillon resident dies Friday at his home after a long illness. A veteran of the Spanish American War, he had retired from farming and lived in Dillon after returning from Milwaukee two years ago. Survived by his widow and son Bryden Hanson of San Leandro California, he was a member of local Masonic bodies and Beaverhead American Legion post. Funeral services were held Monday at St James Episcopal Church with lodge and legion in charge at the grave.

Milwaukee Dillon Dillon Lodge Kilbourne Masonic Lodge Bryden Hanson San Leandro Calif St. James Episcopal Church W. H. Mitchell Beaverhead American Legion

Mrs Emerson Hughes Visits Dillon From Horse Prairie

Mrs Emerson Hughes of Horse Prairie was a Dillon visitor this week.

Emerson Hughes Horse Prairie Dillon

Zone meeting sports group set here

Be­averhead, Madison, and surrounding communities plan a district sports meeting announced by W L Snyder of Butte. Delegates from Butte Sheridan Anaconda Philipsburg and Twin Bridges will attend. Discussions include deer staggers seasons and an open elk season in Wise River, plus a proposed government fish hatchery site near Lima donated by E C Franks.

W. L. Snyder Butte Anaconda Sheridan Philipsburg Twin Bridges Pete Westergard Beaverhead Beaverhead Association State Fish and Game Commission State Commission Price Wise River E. C. Franks Lima M. E. Buck Rocky Mountain Sportsmen’s Association of Bill Sweet Sweet J. H. Keenan

Sullivan Couple Visited Schroeders in Butte

Mr and Mrs William Sullivan of Butte were weekend guests at the home of Mrs Sullivan s parents Mr and Mrs A A Schroeder.

William Sullivan Butte

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Rotary Butte Lodge OF Elks Charles Meyer Peoras Bowting Carl Davis Helen Kennedy Grace Maurice Sullivan John Wedum Billy George Patricia Smyth Frank Kurtz Kathleen Buck John ‘Curnutt Jean [Burch Alice Davis Eileen Grimes Mildred Henningsen Marguerite Johnson Avis Underwood Seeneeesee Chinatown Anna May Wong Akim Tamiroff J. Carroll Naish Silver ON THE William Boyd Harry Carey Cassidy Jack Benny Joan Bennett Martha Raye Bob Hope Dr. May Clubs Fisher Chevrolet General Motors Montana Auto Supply Company Beaverhead County Luella Meine Westwood Apts First National Bank Ofco Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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