Local social notes highlight showers and club events
Mrs. Franklin Cashmore served as guest of honor at a Saturday miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. W. F. Cashmore with Mrs. F. E. Daly and Mrs. J. J. Brown assisting. The American Association of University Women met with Prof. Rush Jordan speaking on democracy. Hollywood Circle delegates attended a Neighbors of Woodcraft district convention in Butte. districts 8 and 24 elected new officers. The Dillon Business and Professional Women's Club Study Club met at Elizabeth Winn's home. A birthday surprise for Harry Tash featured seven pinochle and chinker-chek tables with multiple winners named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Cashmore
W. F. Cashmore
F. E. Daly
J. J. Brown
E. A. Marchesseau
M. E.sheppard
American Association of University Women
Jean Bishop
Rush Jordan
The
Normal College
Florence Hughes
Belva Mae Fredrickson
Hollywood Circle
Dillom
Woodcraft
Butte
Hughes
Dillon Business and Professional Women's Club
Elizabeth Winn
Bertha Thibideau
Nellie Jensen
Harry Tash
Albur Tash
H. L. Tolley
Harold Murray
J. A. Rowett
Elza Smith
Paul Stahl, Sr
Community notices from Dillon and area clubs
Social events include Mrs. Robert Melton and Mrs. Jack Shaffner hosting at Riverside Country Club. Mrs. Carl Hartwig and Mrs. J. W. Kenney to entertain St. Rose guild. Lutheran Ladies Aid meeting postponed. Junior Auxiliary hosted by Mary Beth Smith at Berniece Metlen’s. Busy Bee luncheon at Roselle’s Armstead. L D S Relief Society met at Lena Casper’s. Beaverhead DAR plans May 2 meeting at Mrs. T. E. Suebben’s. paper on Native Plants by Mrs. Luebben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Country Club
Robert Melton
Jack Shaffner
Carl Hartwig
J. W. Kenney
St. Rose Guild
Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
Elizabeth Oliver
Mary Beth Smith
Berniece Metlen
Oasis Fountain
Busy Bee Club
Roselle’s
Armstead
F. M. Carr
L.D.S. Relief Society
Lena Casper
Beaverhead
Daughters of the American Revolution
T. E. Suebben
H. G. Rodgers
W. B. Willey
Luebben
Dillon Daughters of the
Montana Tourists Spent Big Sum in 1938 Says Survey
A state survey directed by Highway Engineer Don A. McKinnon shows 387,094 cars carried 1,239,000 plus visitors into Montana in 1938, with expenditures totaling about 28.49 million dollars. Incoming travelers were down 8 percent from 1937, yet average daily spend rose slightly to 5.75 dollars over four days. Missoula Port of Entry led arrivals with 20,261, West Yellowstone 13,760, and Gardiner 12,224, as Montana eyes a 1940 tourist crop near 40 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Don A. McKinnon
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Gardiner
Montanans, Inc
Miss Lois Crichton Visits Parents in Dillon
Miss Lois Crichton, instructor at the Wisdom schools, spent the weekend with her parents in Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Crichton
Wisdom Schools
Dillon
Nile Club Meeting Set at Clara Plant Home
Nile club will meet next Wednesday May 3 at 2 o'clock at the home of Clara Plant with Mrs L Poindexter as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile Club
Clara Plant
L. Poindexter
Montana 4-H Members to Attend National Club Camp
Four Montana 4-H club members Stanley Howard of Savage Otto Benson Jr of Missoula Miss Mable Cramer of Helena and Miss Lois Huffman of Portage were chosen to attend the National club camp in Washington D C June 14 through 21. Ray E Cameron state club leader at Montana State College announced the selections.
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Bozeman
Montana
Clark named agent and agronomist at Montana Station
Lealand A. Clark is appointed by A H Post to serve as agent for the U S Bureau of Plant Industry and assistant agronomist at the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station in Bozeman. He succeeds Louis P. Reitz and will continue grass breeding and run adaptability nurseries with county extension agent cooperation. Clark is a Utah State College graduate and has pursued graduate work at the University of Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Lealand A. Clark
Bureau of Plant Industry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
A. H. Post
Montana State College
Clark
Louis P. Reitz
Kansas State College
Reitz
Utah State College
University of Nebraska
Holker Named Assistant County Agent Leader in Montana Extension
T. B. Holker, eight years Dawson county extension agent, named assistant county agent leader for the Montana Extension service. He starts May 1 in Bozeman and will work with R. E. Bodley. O. A. Lammers will replace him in Dawson county, with a successor to be named for Garfield and Petroleum counties. Holker will handle contact relations with the Agricultural Adjustment administration, formerly managed by W. H. Lamphere.
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Bozeman
Dawson County
T. B. Holker
Montana Extension Service
J.C. Taylor
Holker
R. E. Bodley
O. A. Lammers
Garfield
Petroleum Counties
Lammers
Extension Service
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
W. H. Lamphere
Extension Econo
Egg Grading Schools Attract Attention In Montana
Montana state agriculture hosts egg grading schools drawing producers and merchants alike. Chief B F Thrailkill notes strong producer interest and urges merchant attendance to learn new grading standards before enforcement begins after the courses wrap up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Department of Agriculture
B. F. Thrailkill
State Dairy and Poultry Division
Thrailkill
Department of Agriculture
Murray Seeks Federal Aid for Occupational Disease Victims
Sen. James E. Murray announced he will push for federal grants-in-aid to states to aid persons affected with occupational diseases. He plans to tie this to the national health bill, arguing states cannot handle diseases like silicosis through workers compensation laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
James E. Murray
Senator Murray
L. K. Adams Returns From Arizona Winter Trip
L. K. Adams has come back from Arizona after spending the winter there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. K. Adams
Arizona
Railways and truck firms seek new rates in Montana
Four railroads and two trucking firms ask the Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission for rate changes including a minimum 22 cents per 100 pounds. A hearing on the requests is set for May 2 in Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Helena
Measles Tops Montana Disease List With 235 Cases
Measles led all communicable diseases in Montana last week with 235 new cases reported to the state board of health. Chicken pox followed at 78 cases while influenza, near epidemic levels for weeks, dropped to 41 new illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Board of Health
State Treasurer Reports Montana Unemployment Fund Total
State Treasurer Ray N. Shan reports Montana unemployment compensation fund in the U S Treasury totals 5 463 277 dollars. Montana workers will draw benefits when the law becomes operative July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray N. Shannon
Montana
U. S. Treasury
Montana workers urged to register for job insurance benefits
The unemployment compensation commission urges all Montana workers to register with the state employment service so they may become eligible for benefits when the state job insurance law takes effect July 1, per Barclay Craighead, board chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Unemployment Compensation Commission
State
Barclay Craighead
Jim Harris Sentenced for Forging Check
Jim Harris was sent to the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge for five years for forging a check. The case stemmed from an incident that led to his conviction and immediate sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Harris
Deer Lodge
Helena bookkeeper relieved amid prison guest lodging issue
A Helena bookkeeper is relieved of duties at the Grey Stone hostelry where state guests stayed. A convict sent a $125 check. Harris endorsed it without the receiver’s knowledge and cashed it. He then sent the money to the county jailer to deliver to a local attorney as an appeal fee for the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Grey Stone
Harris
Supreme Court
Baumgartner Reappointed to Montana Game Commission
Gov. Roy E. Ayers reappointed A. C. Baumgartner to the state fish and game commission for a four year term ending April 15, 1943. Baumgartner operates a sporting goods store in Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Ayers
A. C
Andy
Baumgartner
State Fish and Game Commission
Great Falls
Montana AG rules on conflicting driver license suspension sections
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn rules two Montana statutes on license suspensions do not conflict. The discretionary suspension by patrol, justice of the peace, or district judge on driving regulation violations contrasts with a mandatory suspension for drunken driving or narcotic addiction when financial responsibility cannot be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
H. J. Freebourn
Highway Patrol Board
Justice of the Peace
Three NYC youths held on disturbance charge after train incident
Three New York City youths among twenty bound for a CCC camp at Baker Idaho were removed from a southbound train last night. They allegedly broke a window and damaged the car they were assigned to. The men identified themselves as James Brand Frank Buckley and Michael Brienza.
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New York City
CCC
Baker
Idaho
James Brand
Frank Buckley
Michael Brienza
Special Bull Trout Season Opens on Flathead River
The Montana state fish and game commissions allow a May 10 to May 30 season on the Flathead River section from the Big Fork ferry to the south fork junction to reduce cannibalistic bull trout using spoon hooks and wooden minnows. A Western Wildlife League petitioned for the season receiving 1,151 signatures, presented by Kalispell sportsman Gus Thompson to commission members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flathead
State Fish and Game Commissions
Big Fork Ferry
South Fork Junction
Fish and Game Commission
Montana
Western Wildlife League of
Kalispell
Gus Thompson
Kalispell Sportsman
Flathead River
Coal Shutdown Put 1600 Jobs at Risk in Montana
A proposed nationwide shutdown of the soft coal industry could lay off about 1,600 workers in Montana, says Joe Hunter of Billings, state president of the United Mine Workers of America. Labor strife in the East has prompted a May shutdown order for soft coal nationwide. Mrs Hayes Baxter left Friday for Rochester Minnesota for Mayo Clinic treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Joe Hunter
Billings
United Mine Workers of America
East
Hunter
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