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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1957
Page
7
Campers at Van Houtin Lake and Twin Lakes return home or travel to Butte and Helena for visits. Mr and Mrs Stocks plan to bring county trucks from Milwaukee with Raymond Johnson. several teens attend a Diamond Bar Inn dance. Move to Harlowton and local haying progress noted with good weather and guests at lakeside camps.
Sunday residents toured the Big Hole ranches and Battle Ground before returning to Dillon. George Stelzner, a well known Jackson figure, was killed accidentally on a Potts ranch last week. Fire destroyed a Polson farm home, likely from wiring. Funeral attendance noted for Mrs. Anna Petersen in Dillon. Various visits and social exchanges occurred among local families including the Laphams, Frieda Wenger, and the Petersons.
Mrs. Fred Nelson hosted guests the Murrey Bolens at Rock Island Lake on Friday. Roy Ford and Toni Jane dined with Harvey Johnsons Friday. Nora Johnson leaves for Eureka California to work as a nurse. Frieda Wenger and Minnie Pendergast visited from Dillon and repaired a cabin after dining at the 40 Bar. Vigils at the Sugar ranch hosted Erma Ferguson and Birls with Maxine Conklin of California. The Jardine family saw the circus in Dillon. Carl Matter went to Barrett hospital for treatment and was brought home Sunday. Murrey Bolin and family left after a week of fishing near Jackson. Bill Nelson and Bill Harrison contrasted The Ten Commandments at Butte. Harrisons shopped in Dillon Friday and Saturday. George Harrison visited the Blaz Sugar Ranch Saturday.
Luchion Gardner 77 of Beaverhead County died Friday after a long illness. Born April 24, 1880 in Ohio he lived in Colorado before settling here in 1916. He was a longtime ranch worker and, with wife Susan Morton, celebrated 50 years of marriage on Feb. 1 1955. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery.
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