Glen News Highlights Home Demonstration Week and Local Events
The Glen community promotes National Home Demonstration Week with displays and meetings on homemaking and health. Reports note hospital capacity issues, local craft lessons, Easter activities, and a cancer benefit dance. Readers are invited to join clubs and attend upcoming sales and events featuring local families and businesses.
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Beaverhead
C. W. Frame
Butte
Melrose
Albert Streb
Lara Penwell
Buhrer School
Ralph Craddock
Charlene
Ralph Jr
Garrison Home
William Bryan
Iris
Frankie
Margaret
Janey Bryan
Helena
Ash Roberts
Marian Lea Roberts
WMCE
Dillon
Vaughn-Ragsdale
Susan Hand
Bernard
Annette Garrison
Stout family showcased talents and community notices abroad
Dillon residents reported warm roads to Elkhorn Springs and a busy social weekend. Charley Stout entertained at Club Royal and is invited to Diamond Bar Inn for a rope act. Children and visitors joined local drives, visits sprawled across homes, schools, and ranches with town news of travel, bowling, and livestock arrivals.
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Dillon Examiner
Elkhorn Springs
Charley Stout
Donna Lee
Adele Given
Dillon
Charley
Club Royal
Diamond Bar Inn
Stout
Circle S Ranch
John Judge
Remley
Tash
Dewey Marchesseaul Ranch
Dwight Harrison
J. D. Harrison
American Cancer Society
Mervyn Haab
Anaconda
Ruthlee Kiefert
Miss Kiefert
Norman Nelsons
Ted Hazelbaker
Carl Knoll
Judge
Jack Rogan
Laurence Berry
Tony Schuetz
Earl Tash
Helena
Betty Jane
Transfer of Cpl Leroy Owen to Georgia base
Cpl Leroy Owen has been transferred from the base at Topeka Kansas to Hunters Air Force base in Savannah Georgia. He will continue regular training with the Strategic Air Force command.
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Georgia
Leroy Owen
Topeka
Kansas
Hunters Air Force Base
Savannah
Owen
Strategic Air Force Command
GOP Political School Slated In Butte May 6
National Republican school of politics tours Montana with six sessions from May 5 in Missoula to May 10 in Glendive. Leaders Gladys Knowles George Gosman Fred Robinson urge party workers to engage voters door to door and in homes and businesses.
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Helena
National Republican School of Politics
Montana
Missoula
Butte
Bozeman
Billings
Miles City
Glendive
Gladys H. Knowles
Fred Robinson
George M Gosman
Dillon
Bernard Lamb
Washington, D. C
Republican National Committee
Leona Rush
Maryland State Republican Committee
Philip J. Calabrese
Philadelphia
Republican Executive Committee
Philadelphia County
Mary Spargo
National Committee
Montana Republican Central Committee
Fred Sanborn
Great Falls
Montana Federation of Women's Republican Clubs
Mineral
Lake
Sanders
Ravalli
Silver Bow
Granite
Deer Lodge
Powell
Beaverhead
Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
Gallatin
Park
Sweetgrass
Broadwater
Madison
Meagher
Wheatland
Yellowstone
Carbon
Big Horn
Musselshell
Stillwater
Custer
Prairie
Powder River
Rosebud
Treasures
Dawson
Richland
Roosevelt
Wibaux
Fallon
iMcCone
School of Politics
Aged Woman Dies After Slashing Wrist with Razor
Mrs. Jennie Croghan, 80, of Missoula, died at Barrett hospital after being found with a self inflicted wrist wound at a Dillon trailer camp. The coroner said the note indicated illness as the cause. no inquest. Her son in law Ted Goff alerted authorities and arranged care for her before transport. Interment plans followed services in Missoula.
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Jennie Croghan
Missoula
Barrett Hospital
Raymond Schwartz
Goff
Metcalf Files Nominating Petition for Congress Seat
Associate Justice Lee Metcalf of the Montana Supreme Court filed his nominating petition for the Democratic nomination to Congress from Montana's First District. A World War I veteran and former Ravalli County legislator, Metcalf aims to replace Mansfield after declaring his candidacy following the February vacancy announcement.
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Lee Metcalf
Montana Supreme Court
Congress
Montana
Judge Metcalf
Supreme Court
Ravalli County
Metcalf
Mansfield
U. S.senate
Secretary of State
Duncan for District Judge in Montana Fifth Judicial District
Philip C. Duncan a Jefferson County state senator and Whitehall lawyer filed for district judge of Montana’s Fifth Judicial District covering Madison Jefferson and Beaverhead counties. Born in Virginia City he practiced law since 1929 and has chaired key state legislative committees.
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Philip C. Duncan
Jefferson County
Whitehall
Montana
Madison
Jefferson
Beaverhead
Senator Duncan
Virginia City
Stanford University
Supreme Court of Montana
Federal Courts of
Appropriations Committee
House
Finance and Claims
Judiciary
Senate
Duncan
Montana Bar Association
Mining District Bar Association
American Bar Association
Committee of Uniform Laws
Kathryn Delotrum
Monty
Jane
Irene
David
Monty Duncan
William S. Duncan
Pony
Barbara Conklin Recovering After Truck Crash
Barbara Conklin daughter of Mrs. Earl Conklin of Argenta and a county high school student was injured last Sunday when the pickup she drove to Dillon lost control on the Argenta cutoff near the Berg Christensen ranch. She was taken to Barrett hospital by witness Erwin Christensen and was resting comfortably. State highway patrolman Royal Archer investigated and could not determine the cause of the wreck.
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Barbara Conklin
Earl Conklin
Argenta
Dillon
Berg Christensen Ranch
Barrett Hospital
Erwin Christensen
Royal Archer
Risley Confirms Lima Dam Holds Normal Water Level
Bruce Risley secretary of the Water Users Irrigation Company says the Lima dam and reservoir are at normal spring levels. He notes the reservoir can hold about ten more feet before full capacity and the dam remains in perfect condition. Water release is controlled, with danger of high Beaverhead River levels tied to mountain snowmelt and feeder creeks.
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Lima
Bruce Risley
Water Users Irrigation Company
Beaverhead
Centennial Valley
Ecton Seek Re-Election to U S Senate
Montana Senator Zales N. Ecton announced his bid for re election to the U S Senate. A Gallatin county farmer and Bozeman native he is the first Montana senator in 40 years on the Senate Appropriations Committee. He pledged to curb spending and promote a clear foreign policy while promising to campaign across Montana.
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United States
Zales N. Ecton
Manhattan
U. S. Senate
Zales Ecton
United States Senate
Montana
Gallatin County
Bozeman
Montana State College
University of Chicago
Vera Harris
Eeton
Zales Jr
Eloise
George Mae
Seattle
Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Senate Republican Committee On Committees
Ecton
America
Edon
Native of Dillon Among Victims In Naval Blast
Bozeman, April 25 AP Sea man Ray Dale Kerr 21 of Bozeman was killed in a gun turret explosion aboard the cruiser St. Paul on Monday. He was a native of Dillon per his mother Lena Faye Pogliano Kerr, attended Bozeman schools and enlisted July 19 1948. Survivors include a brother Fred an uncle Fred Baker of Bozeman and father Ray L Kerr Miles City. No other relatives are known in the community.
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Bozeman
Ray Dale Kerr
Bozemanite
St. Paul
Dillon
Lena Faye Pogliano
Kerr
Navy
Fred
Fred. Baker
Ray L.kerr
Miles City
Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights Local Topics and Election
Grant Armstead Farm Bureau held a regular meeting on Friday April 25 with about 45 attendees from across the county and Dillon. Dr Sheldon E Davis spoke on raceism imperialism and related issues while Henry Mikelson presented a film on hoof and mouth disease. Edward Swetish discussed civil defense and Lambert Ebel warned against a Progressive party petition. The group reconvened for a potluck lunch and a short dance following a routine annual election of officers.
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Grant-Armstead Farm Bureau
Grant
Dillon
Margaret Bryan
Glen
Alex Christie
Sheldon E. Davis
Henry Mikelson
Mikelson
Edward Swetish
Lambert Ebel
Progressive Party
Montana
Eliel
Duke Davis
Our Little Old Home Town Benefit Raises Cancer Drive Funds
A high school auditorium production titled Our Little Old Home Town by the Little Theatre Group and others drew a large audience last Thursday night and enriched the cancer drive fund by nearly $200. Mrs. J. H. Gilbert, county commander, thanks the cast and all donors and workers for their contributions.
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Old Home
Little Theatre
J. H. Gilbert
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