Paratrooper Pvt Albert Swetish Stationed in Japan
Pvt Albert Swetish, 20, Dillon Montana, joined the 11th Airborne Division and serves with the 457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion in northern Japan. Inducted April 1945 at Fort Douglas Utah, he trained at Fort Bragg and Fort Benning earning silver wings in March 1946. His mother Mrs Amanda Swetish resides in Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Army
Japan
Albert Swetish
Dillon, Mont
11Th Air Horne
457Th Parachute Field Artillery
Swetish
Fort Douglas
Utah
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Fort Benning
457Th
Amanda Swetish
Dillon
Veterans VA questions answer common concerns
A weekly column explains veteran loan guaranty effects under amended law, education and training statistics, property purchases with non veterans, unemployment and subsistence rules, disability compensation, and life insurance premium payments. VA offices provide Form 887 and contact points in Butte Rooms 211 211A 212 NE Corner Main and Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
N. E. Cor. Main and
Park Sts
Butte
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Alaska
G. I. Ill
Iife
Earest VA
Attendance at Montana Normal College Summer Term Reaches 200
Total summer school attendance at the Montana State Normal College this year was 200, up from 123 last summer. Prospective attendance for the regular year 1946 47 is favorable, with a notable rise in freshmen from high schools. Tentative class schedules for the first and second semesters were posted this week to help summer students plan for the fall term starting September 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Normal College
Brush Fire Near George E. Baker Home
The Dillon volunteer fire department was called yesterday afternoon to extinguish a brush fire near the George E. Baker home on South Washington Street. The blaze was dangerous due to high reeds but was brought under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Eorge E. Baker
South
Washington Street
Conol
Commencement Set at State Normal Fr
Chancellor George A Selke will speak at Montana State Normal college commencement Friday at 2 30 pm signaling end of summer session. Pres Davis will confer diplomas and honor graduates as Rush Jordan offers greeting. The program includes solos, violin, invocations, and a graduating list of 14 names with six degree recipients and eight diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Selke
University of Montana
Montana State Normal College
Normal College
Sheldon E. Davis
Rush Jordan
Ralph McFadden
Omer Idso
Methodist Church
George Bowring
Ruth Taylor
Ruthlee Kiefert
William Boetticher
Melrose
Averil Hunsinger
Wheelersburg
Ohio
Charles A. Ivie
Billings
Theodore Owen Lavine
Newberg
Oregon
Lula Charlene Moss
Miles City
Edward William Wolverton,Jr
Somers
Genevieve May Cole
Clyde Park
Hilda L. Cunningham
Simms
Clyde
Plans for V-1 day observance discussed by American Legion
The American Legion will hold a special meeting Thursday at 8 o clock in the Andrus hotel quarters called by Commander B A Risley to discuss plans for an August 14 V-1 day observance. The meeting will decide whether the event becomes a community observance an open house or a veterans sponsorship program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion
Andrus Hotel
B. A. Risley
Paul Temple enters race for sheriff
Paul H. Temple former Beaverhead sheriff filed for the office on the independent ticket after gathering enough signatures. He faces Sheriff Claude Lay in the general election, after losing the Republican nomination by six votes in Bea verhead's tight primary race. Temple has lived in the county over 30 years and worked in ranching from 1915 to 1926, with wartime service in World War I and World War II. His family also served in World War II, including sons Jack and Warren Temple and Mrs. Temple at Kaiser shipyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aul H. Temple
Beaverhead
Claude Lay
Temple
Navy Seabees
Jack Temple
Pacific
Sgt
Warren Temple
Army Air Corps
West Africa
Kaiser Shipyards
Byron Greany Attends Business in Dillon This Weekend
Deer Lodge resident Byron Greany spent the weekend in Dillon handling various business matters. He was seen visiting local offices and meeting with residents during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Greany
Deer Lodge
Dillon
Antelope and Moose Seasons Open in Two Montana Counties
Beaverhead and Madison counties announce limited seasons for antelope and moose. From Oct 27 to Nov 10, up to 100 antelope may be taken, with antelope permit applications due Aug 15 to 31. Moose permits allow 20 mature bulls in Big Hole Wise River and 10 in Bloody Dick Creek, subject to official notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Madison
State Fish and Game Commission
Madison Counties
Big Hole- Wise River
Bloody Dick Creek
Whitworth Elected Beaverhead Republican Chairman
S. E. Whitworth, noted Beaverhead stockman, was elected chairman of the Beaverhead county Republican central committee at a Monday night meeting in the courthouse. O. A. Bergeson became state committeeman, while Mrs. Fred L. Hirschy of Jackson was named state committeewoman. F. C. McFadden was re elected secretary and treasurer duties were combined. Precinct committeemen and committeewomen will fill upcoming vacancies. About 25 members attended, with outlying precinct reps present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Whitworth
Beaverhead
Beaverhead County
Republican Central Committee
O. A. Bergeson
Fred L. Hirschy
Jackson
F. C. McFadden
Fhoae
Atomic bomb topic at Dillon Rotary dinner meeting
Dillon Rotary members discussed the atom bomb problem at their regular dinner meeting led by Albert Erickson and Robert Gregg. The talk covered Hiroshima usage, current U S experiments, secrecy, and prospects for control through an international commission and the Baruch and Russian plans. Visitors included State Rep Don Anson and C B Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Rotarians
Albert Erickson
Robert Gregg
Hiroshima
United States
America
Gregg
Security Council
Atomic Control Commission
Rush Jordan
Dillon Rotary
Fred Bridenstine
Don Anson
Wisdom
C. B. Justice
Los Angeles
Beaverhead County Board Meets In Regular Session
The Beaverhead county board of commissioners met Monday in regular session with Chairman Martin C. Jackson and commissioners Paul Stahl Jr and Archie Henneberry, plus Clerk C W Buckingham, in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Dorothy Ann Peterson Visits Dillon Family
Miss Dorothy Ann Peterson of Medicine Lodge visits Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thiel in Dillon to see their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Ann. Peterson
of Medicine Lodge
Jack Thiel
Dillon
Budgets Filed for Beaverhead County Schools
Preliminary budgets filed with County Superintendent Christine Opp show millage increases in several districts Bannack Dewey Gibbons and Millpoint requiring voter approval. Other districts like Riverside Lima elementary Bristow Wisdom Bowen West Fox Armstead Polaris Dell Jackson Blacktail East Fox Monida face varied increases while several districts reduce budgets and some avoid levies entirely. The Dillon and Lima high school levy falls from 14.05 to 12.97 mills with three mills directed to an interest and sinking fund annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Co. Supt
Christine Opp
Bannack
Dewey
Gibbons
Millpoint
Riverside
Lima Elementary
Bristow
Wisdom
Bowen
West Fox
Armstead
Polaris
Dell
Jackson
Blacktail
East Fox
Monida
Dillon
Nelson
Argenta
Grant
Birch Creek
Wise River
Nicholia
Drummey and
Doyle
Melrose
Reichle
Red Rock
Kirk
Bloody Dick
Lakeview
Lima
Beaverhead 4 H Members Attend Five Day Camp
Over 30 Beaverhead county 4 H clubs members head to Camp Lowlands near Butte for five days with club workers from Madison and Jefferson counties. Dorothy Embleton and Henry Mikkelson accompany the group. Dillon attendees include Shirley Peterson and others. Melrose Armstead Wise River Jackson members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Tom Orr
Dorothy
Irene
Helen Rebich
Billy Tash
Melrose
Margaret Bighorn
Goldie Wertz
Jerry Reynolds
Jean
Pat Streb
Helen
Mary Fassler
Armstead
Barbara
Martha Scott
Wise River
James
Neva
Edna Kgnose
Richard Caprara
Jackson
Janet Dooling
Maisie Wenger
Refrigerator Fire at J. H. Gilbert Home Causes Local Damage
Dense smoke fills the J. H. Gilbert home on South Pacific street when an electric refrigerator catches fire Friday night. The pantry walls are charred while the blaze is contained to the appliance and smoke. Neighbors rush to assist before the fire department arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Gilbert
South Pacific Street
Sam Wilkinson
Herman Peterson
Don Campbell
Gilbert
Pipe Organ Lodge
Barrett Hospital
Alice MacDonald Named Teacher at West Fox School
Mrs Alice MacDonald of Anaconda accepts a teaching post at West Fox School. Co Supt. Christine Opp announced the appointment. A graduate of Eastern Normal School at Billings she has attended Normal College here this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice MacDonald
Anaconda
West Fox
Co. Supt. of
Christine Opp
Eastern Normal School
Billings
Normal College
Madison county rancher William Coconougher dies at 19
William Marion Coconougher, 19, died Monday at his ranch home in Madison county near Zeigler Springs after 35 years in Montana. Born February 6, 1867 in Springfield Kentucky he moved to Montana in 1888 and worked as a teamster and at an ore reduction works in Butte for 22 years. He married Effie Thompson in 1908 and since 1910 operated the Madison county ranch, survived by wife two sons and daughters in Reichle Twin Bridges a son-in-law and daughter Orrie Nyhart of Twin Bridges five grandchildren and two brothers and two sisters in Texas Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 pm at the Community church in Twin Bridges with Rev Omer Idso officiating Interment in Twin Bridges cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Marion Coconougher
Big Hole
Zeigler Springs
Springfield
Montana
Butte
Effie Thompson
Madison County
Charles Coconougher
Reichle
William Coconougher
Twin Bridges
Orrie Nyhart
Texas
Omer Idso
Dillon Methodist Church
Forger receives year term in district court
Mack Benham, a transient ranch hand, was sentenced to one year in state prison by Judge Lyman H. Bennett after pleading guilty to forgery. He allegedly forged the Pahnish Livestock Co. signature on a check cashed at a W Jackson establishment and was taken to state prison yesterday by Sheriff Claude Lay. Florence Tackitt was arrested on a disorderly charge and given the option to leave town or serve 50 days after arraignment before Police Judge George E. Baker. Four Dillon youths, part of a larger set implicated in crimes, were arraigned and released temporarily to report weekly for four weeks, with court action to follow. they are barred from street appearances and visiting saloons or rooming houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Benham
Lyman H. Bennett
Benham
Pahnish Livestock Company
W Jackson
John Krause
Claude Lay
Florence Tackitt
Dan Mooney
George E. Baker
Dillon
Sheriff’s Office
William H. Connor 76 dies. longtime Beaverhead ranch hand
William H. Connor, 76, a Beaverhead County ranch hand and former operator of a Big Sheep Creek ranch, died yesterday at the county farm where he had resided since December. He was born in Brooklyn on October 4, 1869 and moved to the area in 1920. Surviving are a son in Hawaii, a daughter in California, and two half sisters in Lima. Funeral plans are pending with Lima burial in the Lima cemetery.
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William H. Connor
Beaverhead
Beaverhead County
Brooklyn
Big Sheep Creek
Lima
William
Hawaiian Islands
Annie
California
Mary Hungate
Pete Peterson
Walters Returns From Five Weeks Vacation and Attends Elks Meet
John W. Walters, exalted ruler of the Dillon lodge, completed a five weeks vacation visiting eastern cities and points of interest. He attended the national Elks convention in New York City last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Walters
Dillon Lodge
National Elks
New York City
Dillon Rodeo Plans Gaining Speed for Annual Show
Dillon rodeo plans advance with top performers signaling entry. Manager Claude Lay says letters pour in from national riders as H R Petersons bucking horses return and Howard Essex with trained Brahma bull attract daily crowds. Free street parade setup nears completion under Jay McCarthy with record $450 in prizes and 15 parade sections. Final entries close Saturday night Aug 31 at 8 o'clock, just before the two day event opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Mgr
Claude Lay
Lay
H. R. Peterson
Howard Essex
Buffalo
Jay McCarthy
McCarthy
Dean Packer Named Manager of Pipe Organ Lodge
Dean Packer former Hollywood nightclub supervisor is named manager of Pipe Organ Lodge near Dillon Montana by owner W K Malicote. Packer will supervise most lodge departments as Hammond organ installation is planned soon. Packer has long experience in food and night club business and recently moved from Idaho Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Packer
Hollywood
Dillon
W. K. Malicote
Malicote
Highway 91
Montana
Packer
Idaho Falls
Quincy Visitors Headed Home From Shrine Convention
Mr and Mrs Earl Otto and Mr and Mrs T Jude and daughter of Quincy Illinois spent Friday at the home of Mrs Minnie Sassman in Dillon. They were en route to their home from San Francisco where they attended the national Shrine convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Otto
Mr and Mrs J C Fuller Weekend in Great Falls
Mr and Mrs J C Fuller spent the week end in Great Falls, with no additional details provided on activities or duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Fuller
Great Falls
Fiend at Work Poisoner Strikes Dogs in City
Dillon residents report three dogs poisoned Monday night. Pets of Dave Stratford and Garry Johnson were harmed along with another. Owners urged to vigilantly watch pets as danger may spread citywide if pattern continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Dave Stratford
Garry Johnson
Three Car Wrecks Reported to Officers Near Wisdom and Dillon
Over the weekend three separate wrecks were reported with one injury needing hospital care. Carolyn Northerner, 17, of Santa Barbara, was treated for bruises after a vehicle with six others overturned on Wisdom Divide highway north of Wisdom. Carl V. Gowen, 28, and two men and two women escaped injury after Gowen lost control due to possible mechanical or road issues. A separate crash north of Dillon injured no one, while a south of Dillon accident four miles away left a Washington driver unhurt after a double rollover and quick repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Northerner
Santa Barbara
Calif
Barrett Hospital
Wisdom-Divide Highway
Wisdom
Carl V. Gowen
William B. Gleed
Dillon
Washington
Saltake
Marriage Permits Issued by Clerk During the Week
The county Clerk of the Court Norman Giles issued marriage licenses this past week. Readouts include couples from Blackfoot Idaho Henry Bevins and Earline Williams Pocatello. Francis Collins and Hilda Ripley Hammond. multiple pairs from Idaho Falls Pocatello Dillon and Santa Monica Calif. through August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Giles
John P. Walters
Betty Darlene Wright
Blackfoot
Ida
Sam Knight
Marjorie May Fidler
Henry D. Bevins
Earline Williams
Pocatello
Francis Collins
Hilda Ripley
Hammond
Idaho
DeAlton W. Hartman
Louise Lindsay
Merle Leonard Priest
Virginia Russell Treat
Idaho Falls
John F. Drescher
Santa Monica
Calif
Lois Gilbert
Dillon
William Wilson
Myrtle Lingenquist
McCannon
Francis D. Mooney
Esther Ann Schmittroth
Everett R. Goodwill
Seattle
Wanda Fairchild
Portland
Cash Family Visit in Idaho Reveals Kin Ties
Mr and Mrs Edward Cash of Nampa Idaho spent last Friday with Edwards brother Paul O Cash as a brief family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cash
Nampa
Idaho
Paul O. Cash
Snipe Hunting Quite A Sport At Wise River
Wise River correspondent notes the Big Hole country offers a hunter’s paradise with elk deer bear moose and ducks, but snipes are open year round. The piece explains snipes flourish in dark rainy nights and mentions hunter Ed Lam as part of the Wise River scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise River
Big Hole
Ed Lam
Eagles Delegates Report Successful Kalispell Convention
Dillon aerie delegates Al Ward and Melvin Westad report a successful Fraternal Order of Eagles convention in Kalispell. F C Kirby presided at the Dillon meeting, one candidate was initiated, and plans were discussed for a future candidate class initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eagles
Kalispell
Dillon Pene
al Ward
Melvin Westad
Dillon Aerie
Kalispell Aerie
F. C. Kirby
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Paul Temple
Intelope
MOOSE
Monaa’ State Normal College
Llege
Myrtle Savidge
William Up 1
Paul Holloran
Ever Kingston
Myron Axe
Craig Anderson
Ul Holloran
George Adam
Jon Axe
Adrian Anhalt
Fish and Game Commission
Rotary
Beaverhead 4-H
William M. Coconougher
WM. Connor
Dillon Rodeo
Pipe Organ
Eagle State
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