Cheney to Speak for Graduation at Western Montana College
Truman Cheney to address 72 graduates and friends at Western Montana College summer commencement Friday Aug 17 at 10 am. He discusses building walls as the talk title. Diploma and degree ceremonies will award 54 diplomas and 22 degrees with a tea this afternoon and campus ceremonies Thursday evening.
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Truman Cheney
State Department of Public Instruction
Western Montana College
Montana and
Idaho
Cheney
University of Oregon
Rose Renauld Armour
Missoula
Jean Jesperson Axe
Dillon
Dorothy McElwain Barnaby
Columbia Falls
Richard Deane Bell
Sidney
Avalon Fuller Billquist
Anaconda
Floy Caldwell Borgen
Kalispell
Donald W. Briggeman
Emma _ Oella Conkling
Whitehall
Ila Pichette Deighton
Three Forks
Margaret Claire Dempsey
Butte
Theolyn Yvonne Farley
Jeannie Fifield Fidler
Livingston
Gladys Barker Furman
Drummond
Lois Scalf Gates
Corvallis
Florence Mighell Gray
Cascade
Raymond L. Greenfield
Hilda Gustava Guldseth
Malta
Dorothy Sparling Hamaker
Walier
Dorothy Elaine Held
Clyde Park
Robert E. Howard
Browning
Beth Ilene Johnson
Max J. LaMare
Edith Beam Larsen
Bozeman
Marion E. Malvin
Vernon Center
Minn
Adelaide Lee Mitchell
Lima
Floy Proudfoot Morris
Arline Faley Mosier
Townsend
Barbara Ann Mullen
Mary Hanson Nevin
Lewistown
Myrtle Livermore Oberholtzer
Marion
Roberta Milligan O'Dell
Lois Elaine Paulson
Stevensville
Shirley Ward Pfeiffer
Dupuyer
Pearl Atkinson Phillips
Hobson
Elizabeth Cotter Plum
Leadore
Mary E. Riggins
Addie Darlene Rush
Susie Eva Schmidt
Frazer
Ruth Cecelia Schoonen
Reva Johnson Shea
Eureka
Florence Howes Smith
Dixon
Velma Beasley Stone
Martha Kaye Stroeder
Ann Johnson Strom
Troy
Willena MacTavish
Swanson
Violet Bussey Sweeney
Hilger
Margaret Kay Thompson
Deer Lodge
T. Barry Tierney
Ramsay
John E. Tietema
Havre
Naomi Walker
Conrad
Helen Meyer Weaver
Red Lodge
Chris Wilson
Logan
Margaret Theresa Zinda
Wibaux
Florence Nora Dillon
John K. Dunne
Warm Springs
Mary Hazel Garvey
Salinas
Calif
Hildegarde Lindseth Hammond
Sport Shop Opens New Store in Andrus Building
The Sport Shop moves to the corner store in the Andrus hotel and opens its redecorated shop Monday morning August 13. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Dave Stratford and managed by Ted Van Thiel, the store features four large show windows and expanded lines of guns fishing tackle model airplane equipment and related gear in a bright display. A notable feature is a Beaverhead County elk head mounted in the new location.
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Montana Street
Andrus
Dave Stratford
Ted van Thiel
Beaverhead ‘County
Mrs Farnum B Schuyler dies from fall injuries
Mrs Farnum B Schuyler nee Mary Fern Andrus, a Dillon matron and noted horsewoman, died at Barrett hospital from injuries after her trained horse fell on her on August 2. Born September 6, 1898 in Denver, she and her husband Farnum Schuyler resided in Dillon. Survived by her mother and several relatives, rosary and requiem high mass were held at St Rose Church with interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Farnum B. Schuyler
Mary Fern Andrus
Dillon
Barrett Hospital
Harry E. Andrus
Beaverhead County
Farnum Schuyler
Oliver Hyssop
Ouray
Colo
Harry E. Colfer
New York
Carla
Donna Andrus
Ben Smith
Katherine Jennings
Walsenburg
Elizabeth Busch
Albuquerque
N. M
William Rosenbaum
Dillon Nine Wins Two On Busy Sunday
Dillon's Merchant baseball team won two league games on Sunday traveling away from home. They beat Avon 14 6 and then defeated Helmville 9 3 in a makeup game at Garrison. Deer Lodge also won, keeping pace with Dillon, setting up a potential playoff if both teams win next Sunday.
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Dillon
Merchant
Deer Lodge
Avon
Garrison
Helmville
Drummond
Beaverhead
Merchants
Governor John W Bonner Addresses Dillon V J Day Gathering
Several hundred Beaverhead residents gathered on the depot lawn in Dillon to hear Gov. John W. Bonner as the main speaker at the third annual V J Day anniversary observance. A parade led by Lt. John J. Wedum featured National Guard units, CAP cadets, V F W and auxiliary, Boy Scouts, Elks Drum and Bugle corps.
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Beaverhead
Dillon
John W. Bonner
Lloyd Whipple
V.F.W
John J. Wedum
National Guard
Color Guards
C.A.P
Boy Scouts of America
Elks
Elks Drum and Bugle Corps
Harry Jensen
Bonner
Dillon Post
Montana
W. C. Stewart Burwell
BEAVERHEAD COUNTY HIGH HEARS BUS DRIVER BIDS
At a Beaverhead county high school board meeting on Monday evening bids from Leon Green Glen and Floyd Hemenway Armstead were accepted for two new school buses. Green will drive the Melrose bus and Hemenway will transport Armstead students. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints donated 70 seats for the recreation center to be converted into mobile seating units by the industrial arts department. New paint and refreshed furnishings were added to the home economics department study hall library and gym dressing rooms in a maintenance program selected by Mrs. Harry Andrus and Mrs. W. J. Bierrum.
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Beaverhead _ county
Harry Andrus
W. J. Bierrum
Big Hole Residents Meet With Governor
Governor John W. Bonner addressed about fifty people at the Diamond Bar Inn in Jackson discussing Montana road and highway needs. He urged hard surfaced routes through Wisdom and Jackson toward Dillon and supported surveying an improved secondary road through Tashlane from the DL Ranch toward Jackson 11 miles.
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John W. Bonner
Diamond Bar Inn
Jackson
Mike Blinn
Butte
Tom Clemon
Mel McDowell
Virginia Cramer
Big Hole Valley
Flora Hirschy
Bonner
Jackson, Wisdom
Dillon
Montana
Armstead-Salmon
Beaverhead County
Dillon- Twin Bridges
George Shotte
State Highway Commission
Shotte
Big Hole
Frank Hazelbaker
Dillon Ex
Page
Last Charter Elks Member Llewellyn Callaway Dies
Virginia City reports the death of Judge Llewellyn L. Callaway in Helena on Monday, ending the lodge No. 9 Elks as its last charter member. Initiated January 8, 1898, he remained active in local Masons and other orders, including Virginia City Lodge No. 1 AF and AM and the Knights Templar.
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Callaway
Virginia City Elks
Virginia City
Llewellyn L. Callaway
Helena
Yieitie City Lodge of Elks
Judge Callaway
R. B. Vickers
Ira French
French
Los Angeles
Virginia City Lodge
Knights Templar
Virginia
O.E.S
Leon Eliel Speaks on Photogrammetry and Politics
California speaker Leon Eliel addressed the Rotary Club on Photogrammetry and Politics, drawing on global mapmaking experience with oil and iron ore interests. He argued democracy lags in “have-nots” regions, citing Iran and China, and noted Iran’s oil controversy and nationalization pressures. Guests included E W Bond Dillon James Waterhouse and Jack Wilbern. The Dillon club plans to attend August Twin Bridges final meeting and picnic.
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Leon Eliel
California
Rotary Club
Andrus
China
Teheran
Iran
E. W. Bond
Dillon
James Waterhouse
Bureau of Mines
Jack Wilbern
Montana Legion Boys State Opens on W M C E Campus
Five hundred players? The text notes Beaverhead County delegates Tom Orr Gary Carson Ray avis Barclay Schulz Gene Pi on Joseph Renfro Jr John elming will join Montana’s fifth annual American Legion Boys State starting August 19 at Western Montana College of Education Dillon. More than 320 boys from 55 counties will participate in a 10 day campaign to operate their own political affairs Clark and Lewis factions.
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Western Montana College of Education
Dillon
Montana High School
State of the American Legion
Tom Orr
Gary Carson
Ray,avis
Barclay Schulz
Gene Pion
Joseph Renfro, Jr
John Elming
Beaverend County
Boys’ State
W.M.C.E
Ontana
Eadership
Oath of America
Montana Amercan Legion Boys’ State
Western Montana Allege of Education
Clark
Lewis
Beaverhead Rodeo Reports Set Ticket Prices and Events
Beaverhead Rodeo association executive board heard reports on queen contest tickets parade and dances. Ticket prices for 1951 were set with children free under three and 3 through 12 at fifty cents. Adult bleacher seats cost 1.75 while grandstand 2.00 and box 2.50. Tickets include tax. Contestants for Rodeo Queen include Joan Clark Kay MacPherson Sue Peterson and Myrna McCarthy. Three dances are planned with events at each. The Labor Day parade offers electric clock trophies for top floats and prizes across eight cities. Boys State program guided by Robert Gregg and Eugene Savage features elections and a trip to Virginia City with Miss Montana 1951 Pat McGinty among others. Activities run through Aug 28 with numerous speakers and fire arms demonstration.
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Beaverhead Rodeo Association
Joan Clark
Kay MacPherson
Sue Peterson
Myrna McCarthy
Chamber of Commerce
Jim Johnson
Montana Street
Union Pacific
City Hall
Bannack
Longhorn City
Alder
Bow and Arrow
Granite
Hashknife
Last Chance
Powder River
Robert Gregg
Dillon
Eugene W. Savage
Butte
American Legion
Savage
T. Lee McCracken
Herb Kibler
Helena
Montana
Pat McGinty
Great Falls
Virginia City
Frontier
Pioneer
W. G. Banister
FBI
Beaverhead Calves Win Prizes at Fair
Jack and Jim Giles of Dillon represented Riverside 4-H Rustlers entering Aberdeen Angus calves at the Northern Montana State Fair in Great Falls last week. Jim earned a blue ribbon in the choice class while Jack won a red ribbon in the light class and the top price in his calf sale.
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Jack
Jim Giles
Dillon
Riverside
Montana
Great Falls
Jim
Patricia Gilbert Sets Off on Europe Tour with Group
Miss Patricia Gilbert arrived from Buffalo to visit her parents and plans to depart Thursday for New York City to fly to London. She will tour England France Austria and Switzerland with a Student Travel Service group visiting friends during the month. She is a draftsman at the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory in Buffalo.
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Patricia Gilbert
Buffalo
N. Y
Leroy Gilbert
New York City
London
Europe
England
France
Austria
Switzerland
Miss Gilbert
Cornell Aéronautical Laboratory
Inquest Held on Death of Wreck Victim
A six man coroner's jury returned a verdict that Andrew W Kalafathc Jr of Butte died when his automobile left the highway 504 feet from impact. Witnesses and officers testified at the courthouse before jurors E W Johnson George Dart W M Stone Jr Rev Robert N Johnstone Ben Hart and foreman George Harrison. Continued on page 5.
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Andrew W. Kalafathc, Jr
Butte
E. W. Johnson
George Dart
W. M. Stone, Jr
Robert N. Johnstone
Ben Hart
George Harrison
Beaverhead county native A R Featherly dies at 58
Albert R. Featherly a Dillon resident and longtime public servant died at his home from a heart attack. Born April 6 1893 he worked at Montana Auto Supply and later ran Featherly Repair Shop. He served on Dillon City Council helped advance the city park project and was a street patrol expert. Survived by wife Sarah five brothers and sisters in Dillon Santa Ana Seattle Omak and Helens Washington and Oregon. fifteen nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements announced later this week at Brundage Funeral Home.
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Albert R. Featherly
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Mr. Featherly
George R. Featherly
Sarah Hastings
Montana Auto Supply Company
Fred Woodside
Featherly
New City Park
Walter Featherly
Cecil Featherly
Santa Ana
Calif
William Featherly
Omak
Wash
Fred Featherly
Helens
Brundage Fu Home
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Western
Sport Shop
Andrus Bldg
Andrus Hotel
S.P. Meade
John Bonner
Lyon’s den
Nual
Joe Smith
Phane
Stone
Artist Church
Jensen
Leon Green
Floyd Hemenway
H.S
A. W. Kalafatic
A. Featherly
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