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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1953
Page
1
Mr M E Fullerton asks all interested to bring flower exhibits to the Saturday event on August 15 hosted at home. Needlework and craft displays also planned with safety measures and volunteers aiding Mrs Fullerton and a list of helpers including Mrs Parker Scott and Mrs Gravely.
Beaverhead county markets and shops span a bygone era when standardized scales and used equipment were common. A drought era memory recalls apothecaries and local traders, with everyday tools and trade practices shaping community life.
Rotary hearers in Missoula heard Brnat stress the importance of forests and reforesting. He noted private and public lands, forest reserves, and coordinated efforts with the Forest Service to protect timber and provide shelter for communities. Speakers from Madison and Beaverhead counties outlined regional plans and the role of private lumber firms in forest management.
Sheriff Paul Temple of Beaverhead County attends the Montana Police Protective Association conclave in Kalispell from August 13 to 15 with business sessions and social activities scheduled.
Mrs Don Pace chairs the queen contest committee formed at the August 10 rodeo association meeting. Members include Mrs Joe Wedum Mrs Lee Joy D T Flitton and Don Berger. An August 13 meeting will finalize plans and contestants may be solicited from Beaverhead Madison counties with voluntary prize contributions coordinated by Warren Stone. Pete Logan Pruner has been hired for the 1953 Dillon rodeo.
The Dillon city council adopted a 41, mul 1943 54 budget at a special meeting. No objections were filed. The tax rate was to be raised about 8593. At the Aug 5 regular meeting plans for a local street improvement were shelved. The council rejected a lone bid for a new police car and plans to readvertise. The city filed suit for 68,768 against C E Anderson Plumbing and Heating Co and Continental Casualty for faulty sewer work now unworkable.
Dr Lindley sells his Dillon optometric practice to Dr R J English formerly of Sidney. Dr Lindley moves to Wyoming to run another practice. Mrs Lindley and family remain in Dunn. He is past president and current vice president of the State optometric association and has served Dillon as alderman and Dillon Rotary Club president.
Former Gramatis and English teacher Myrtle Savidge, now a Berkeley resident, visits Dillon this week while in California.
Final plans for the Beaverhead County Youth Fair include a parade at 11 45 A M Saturday with events closing entries Friday Aug 14 at 5 00 P M. Grand showmanship contest is set for Sunday Aug 16 at 1 00 P M in front of the grandstand.
The Beaverhead County Youth Fair will run on standard time for all events due to rural districts not adopting daylight saving. Dillon residents on daylight time are asked to note the change. Rodeo participants ride at their own risk and must have a parent’s consent to enter rodeo events. The full schedule appears in an advertisement elsewhere.
The Madison county fair opens in Twin Bridges Friday August 21 and runs through Sunday August 23. Youth day features 4 H FFA and FHA exhibits judged and an amateur contest with a dress revue in the evening. Youth under 21 from Madison and Jefferson counties compete. Sunday includes a three county celebration for the reopening of state highway No 41 between Dillon and Twin Bridges.
Ray mond Walker alias Richard Clough caused a stir in Dillon's business district seeking workers and ads for a mine while posing as ranch foreman. He used liquor influenced delusions to cash checks at a hotel and saloons, was arrested on a bad check charge, pled guilty, and was sentenced to two years in state prison in Deer Lodge.
Leonard Mashino has been appointed local manager for the Montana Power Company in Dillon Butte Division Frank Lynch announced Mashino a native of Illinois has lived in Montana 42 years He joined Montana Power in 1929 as a construction worker during Morong Dam construction He has worked in hydroelectric plants in Great Falls Rotterdam near Helena Mysticlake and Philipsburg most recently as local manager in Philipsburg He is a Rotary club member and married with a daughter Mrs Robert Miller who resides in Seattle.
Beaverhead county high school football coach Tyvand and three BCHS graduates Doc Romers Dick Denny and Clayton Schulz travel to Lexington Kentucky to attend a coaching school on the University of Kentucky campus August 13 14 and 15. The group joins sessions led by Ray Elliott Biggie Munn and Paul Bryant. Their itinerary includes two major league baseball games one in St Louis between the Browns and Tigers and another in Chicago between the Cubs and Braves.
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