Local social notes and travels in Jackson area
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds head to Logan Utah for a clinic. Helen Jardine returns from California to spend vacation with relatives. Dillion guests include Mr. and Mrs. Burl Stevens and Mrs. Krause. Local picnics at Twin Lakes and church farewells mark a busy week as ranchers finish haying and soldiers overseas send letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Logan
Utah
Helen Jardine
California
Burl Stevens
Dillon
Keith Boetticher
Charles Wenger
Bill Jacobs
Frank Little
Tommy
Stevens
Twin
Jackson
Joe Marquez
Colorado
Esta Husted
Charles
Henry Wenger
Craig
Jack Shepherd
Richard
L. M. Holloran
William Welborn
Walter E. Stuermann
Chicago
Stuerman
Coleen
Dempsey Murphy
Lincoln
Fred Nelson
Joe Ferguson
McMillian
Salt Lake
Local residents report travels and arrivals across three states
Al Ryder of Seattle visits Dillon friends and news of induction into the Army. Many residents return from Idaho Colorado Wyoming to work, visit, or plan travel. Mrs. Wills joins her husband in California shipyards, and others journey to San Francisco Salt Lake City Boise and Oregon for vacations work or schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Ryder
Seattle
Mr. Ryder
Harry Christensen
Phillip Malesich
Dillon
California
Milton Stanley
Idaho
Colorado
Wyoming
Skeets’ Cafe
Taylor Bradley
Ethel Mary Forrester
San Francisco
Alan Bradley
Lois Hazelbaker
James Mills
Elkhorn
Archie Wills
Wills
Dorothy Spegar
Louis Schmittroth
Smelterville
Merle
Esther Ann
N. J. Murray
Terry
Mont
Boyd Quick
San Diego
Glen Mussetter
Nebraska
Patt
Irma
Ethel
Tacoma
Wash
John Wagner
Joe Gross
South Dakota
Paul Fidler
Lincoln
Neb
Paul
Frank Fidler
Alfred Cox
Fidler
University of Nebraska
Bud Moore
Glendale
Calif
Moore
LaMarr Hatton
Ashton
Til
Polaris
The
Baptist Church
Belle Long
Katherine Semple
Boise
Ernest Luebben
Semple
Greenville
S. C
Gloria Good
Butte
Oregon
Beaverhead County High School
Margot Luebben
Virginia
Wise River Social Notes Highlight Local Travel Visits
Wise River residents and guests are listed visiting relatives and attending events in nearby towns. Miss Joan Bennett visited Mrs. Ralph Potts in Wise River while Veda Green traveled to Missoula to be with her mother-in-law after surgery. The community also notes trips to Dillon Butte and Minneapolis and medical visits for several locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Bennett
Butte
Ralph Potts
Veda Green
Missoula
Fred Gill
Bob Hansen
W. R. Allen
Dillon
Tom Pendergast
Fred Rankin
Eugene Tuttle
Divide
Verne Stanchfield
Cecil Waters
Manhattan
H. A. Stanchfield
Frank Husted
James Patterson
Bob Stanchfield
Minneapolis
Herman
Ben Mallon
Sharon Stanchfield
Dan Pendergast
Wise River
Elvin Thompson
Maysel Mall
War Department lists missing in action for Bataan forces
The War Department reports all men in the engagement are listed as missing in action pending prisoners of war information exchange with Japan through Geneva. If not listed as POWs, these soldiers remain unaccounted for for a year, then a final status decision is made. Also noted is LaMar Moore, a former Normal college student and bus route worker, who became an Army Air Corps second lieutenant after graduating as a navigator at Kelly Field Texas in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Japan
Bataan
Geneva
Switzerland
LaMar Moore
Normal College
Montanomal
Dillon
Kelly Field
Texas
Army Air Corps
Wheeler Seeks Cadetship Candidates in Montana Exam
Senator Wheeler announces a civil service exam on October 3 1942 at 9:00 a m to select principals and alternates for cadetships at West Point and Annapolis. Applicants must meet age limits and reside in Montana. exams held in multiple cities with forms obtainable from Wheeler in Washington. Those wanting to compete should apply for authorization to appear before the Board of Civil Service Examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. K. Wheeler
United States Civil Service Commission
United States Military Academy
West Point
New York
United States Naval Academy
Annapodeon
Annapolis
Montana
Billings
Bozeman
Butte
Glasgow
Glendive
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Local service men and families recall training and farewells
A Dillon area update details service members training at Sheppard Field Texas and Fort Francis Warren Cheyenne. Eldon Noble and Bruce Gilbert receive postings while other Gilberts and seven more men are noted as entering or already in the Armed Forces. Relatives and local committees praise support activities, cremating with hospital visits and letters from the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon R. Noble
Sam Ditty
Dillon
Sheppard Field
Texas
Chinook
Robert Bruce Gilbert
W. G. Gilbert
Quartermaster Corps Training School
Fort Francis Warren
Cheyenne
Fort Douglas
Utah
Gilberts
Don
Air Corps Ferrying Command
Bruce
Fort Warren
Wilbur G. Gilbert Jr
Electric workers power wartime output and daily life
War communiques echo the electric company’s round the clock vigilance against natural and wartime demands. Experienced management backed by American savings delivers the nation’s best electric service, keeping lines hot to support production and daily comforts at just a dime a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Your Electric Company
County Agent Resigns for Private Position
The county agent resigns to take a private post after promoting 4-H club programs with 15 youths involved in baby beef projects. He helped organize livestock shows and the Hereford Bull show and Futurity, and advised on home-grown grain pellets and soil analysis. He aided Beaverhead wool pool and AAA programs, previously assisting Irvine in seed potato trials in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
West
State College
Beaverhead Wool Pool
Williams
AAA
Irvine & Cottom
Irvine
County Board Cuts 1942 Tax Levy and Funds
The county board reduced several levies for 1942 including emergency relief from 4.29 to 2.75 mills and general from 11.00 to 21.75 total county levy. High school districts see adjustments in interest and sinking funds and special levies while trust and agency funds list detailed millages for each district. A state welfare letter commends the county on a strong poor fund balance and prudent budgeting with no changes proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair and Poor Fund
Dillon
Lima
Trust and Agency
Greater University
Dist
Sete
BOO Eseeag
Qorgsteen
Prince Library
State Department of Public Welfare
Board of Commissioners
Family heads to Salt Lake City to make a home
Mr. and Mrs. Neal and their three children are moving to Salt Lake City to establish residence and begin a new life in Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Neal
Salt Lake City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miriam Morse
Dan Little
William Suthard
Eugene
Ore
Suthard
Weldon Rasmussen
Ruby
Concordia School For Ministers
Alice Melton
Thompson Falls
Betty Hall
Mildred Henningsen
William Casper
Carl Mast
Hartwig
Reichle
Kitchen
S. Com
Ger
Jack
WISE
Sally Ann Bakery
Senator Wheeler
William Jack
Sally Ann
Arthur Bay
Citizens’ Committee
Walter Foster
Frank Madden
Earl Snodgrass
U.S.N
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
Navy
Hawaii
Snodgrass
Bluejacket
Mary Judge
James
Philippines
Red Cross
Nichols Field
Roy Hansen
Manila
Hansen
Judge
Beaverhead
Normal
Washington State
Pullman
United States
Earl Opp
Francis Ferko
Air Force Advanced Flying School
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Air Corps Replacement Center
Ellington Field
Young Ferko
Air Force
Ferko
Montana State University
American Chemical Society
Sigma Nu Fraternity
M.A Sharp
America
Montana Power Company
the White Cafe
the Electric & Variety Shop
Roma
Cts I Maas
Soda
Roma Wing Company, Inc
Fresno, California
First National Bank
Isd
Northwen Bencorporstes
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