Beartooth County Selective Service Classifications and Inductions
The county draft board lists 4-F Arthur Kay Childs 1-C Frank Merle Judge Leo Walsh Jack Ary Gaylord Thompson Amos Elliott John Shuster John Carr 1-A Peter Stauduhar Roy Dunn John Miller Stacy Hall 1-B Millen Price 3-B Warren Crane 3-A Trevor Waldemar Clifford Bay son of Jens Bay Dillon. First 1-B group called for induction from Beaverhead County included Gaylord Thompson Harvey Millsapps Joseph Loomis Amos Elliott Jack Ary Frank Judge and Arthur Childs. Induction exams occurred in Butte with local escort Art Bay distributing cigars and candy. Hugh Redmond enlisted in the Marine Corps from Wisdom. Harvey Dalton, delinquent for address, found in Army since last December. removed from delinquent list. Lt. F. Arthur Hansen arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Arthur Kay Childs
Frank Merle Judge
Leo Bernard Walsh
Jack Ary
Gaylord Charles Thompson
Amos Milton Elliott
John Edward Shuster
John William Carr
Peter Paul Stauduhar
Roy Edward Dunn
John X. Miller
Stacy Green Hall
Millen Coe Price
Warren Emery Crane
Trevor H. Waldemar
Beaverhead County
Gaylord Thompson
Harvey Millsapps
Joseph Loomis
Amos Elliott
Frank Judge
Arthur K. Childs
Butte
Art Bay
Citizens’ Draftee Entertainment Committee
Harvey J. Dalton
County Selective Service Board
Army
California
Republicans to Organize Next Friday
Beaverhead county Republican Central committee will meet next Friday August 21 at the courthouse to elect local officers and state committee representatives. Chairman Sam W. Ditty urges all members to attend as a chairman and secretary for the campaign will be chosen along with a state committeeman and committeewoman to join the state Republican committee in Illings August 24. The state meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Monday the 24th will include a banquet at the Northern hotel. Young Republicans meet Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican County Central Committee
Beaverhead County
Court House
Sam W. Ditty
Republican Central Committee
Illings
Billings
Montana
Dillon May Killed in Mine Cave-In Near Dillon M T
Omar Vetter a 57 year old miner died when a cave in at the Tri State Mineral talc mine near Dillon Montana trapped him beneath more than a half ton of rock. Assistant superintendent J Ambrose witnessed the collapse and helped recover the body. Survived by a widow, four daughters, two sons, three sisters and two brothers. Funeral held in Virginia City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Vetter
Tri-State Mineral Company
Dillon
M. J. Ambrose
Vetter
Ambrose
Mount Holly
Ohio
Montana
Beaverhead County
Elizabeth Vetter
Charles Vetter
Canada
Maise Jo Vetter
Dolores Tucker
Olympia
Wash
Lulu Richard
Virginia City
Harriet Wortman
Harriet Wortman, Ennis
John
Frank
Ollie Baker
Nell McGuire
Ennis
Laura Wilson
McAllister
Bert
Denver
Carl
Everett
Peter Stefanick
Truck overturns on Jackson Wisdom road injures six
Roy Brocious Buster Dodd and Tom Berry from Dillon Albert Kat zenberger from Wisdom Melvin Kal linan from Minnesota and Gordon LaRue from Boulder sustain minor injuries when the Mark Clemon truck driven by Brocious overturns after striking loose gravel. Special Deputy Sheriff Frank Little and John Krause transport the injured to Barrett hospital where they work in the Big Hole Basin hayfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Brocious
Buster Dodd
Tom Berry
Dillon
Albert Katzenberger
Wisdom
Melvin Kallinan
Minnesota
Gordon LaRue
Boulder
Mark Clemon
Brocious
Jackson-Wisdom Road
Frank Little
John Krause
Barrett Hospital
Big Hole Basin
Expenses of candidates listed in county filings
A partial record shows campaign spending by candidates. Repul and de candidates are broken out with amounts for sheriff, county superintendent, coroner, treasurer, commissioner, assessor, and other offices. Several listed individuals had no expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corder Albert S. Baker
Repul
John Troupe
Lian
Margaret Veenty
Don Anson
Raymond Schwartz
John E. Pendergast
J. P. Best
Evelyn Lloyd
Hayes
Tomey Baxter
Paul Stahl, Jr
L. G. Staudenmeyer
George R. Baker
Leonard A. Schulz
Louis Stahl
Leroy M. Gilbert
Alberts. Baker
L. C. Ford
Christine Smith Opp
Frank C McFadden
Jack Porter
Lawrence Peterson
Draftees Depart Monday for Reception Center
Dorothy Ann Boka installed as oracle of the Royal Neighbors Juvenile lodge at the regular meeting. Beaverhead county's selectees for August left Monday night for Salt Lake City to report at Fort Douglas for basic training. Gilbert named corporal in charge. Bryant Fannin had already gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Ann Boka
Royal Neighbors
Lorraine Organc
Mildred Tucker
Shirley McFadden
Christine Zugel
Marjorie Pettit
John Sanner, Jr
Rosie Zugel
Ardeila Sanner
Barbara Christensen
Inner Sentinel
Charles Houlbjerg
Outer Sentinel
Mary Ball
Mark Walters
Beaverhead County
Salt Lake City
Fort Douglas
James A. Nicholson
Harry G. Christensen
George W. Reichle
George D. Kurtz
William J. Foley
Nicholas L. Helterline
Emery L. Koontz
Charles A. Green
Lawrence H. Johnson
Warren H. Thiel
Eastern Stars and Masons Attend State Session
Dillon residents Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Squires Dr. and Mrs. R. D. Curry Mr. and Mrs. John Orr Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Luebben and Warren Shaw of Wisdom join the Grand Lodge of Montana and Grand Assembly of the Eastern Star in Helena for annual state sessions. John T. Orr, past grand master, is an honored guest today and tomorrow, August 19–20, with the Eastern Star session set for August 21–22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Squires
R. D. Curry
John Orr
T. E. Luebben
Dillon
Warren Shaw
Wisdom
Grand Lodge of the
Masonic Lodge
Grand Assembly of the Eastern Star
Helena
John T. Orr
Grand Lodge of Montana
Eastern Star
Beaverhead Forest See Small Fires Across County
Officials report light fire losses in Beaverhead National Forest so far this year though conditions remain serious. June and July saw multiple small blazes in Horse Prairie Lima district Wise River Axe Canyon Storm Park Centennial Blacktail and near Dillon Country Club. Most fires traced to lightning and private lands accounted for eight of the incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead National Forest
Horse Prairie
Lima
Wise River
Axe Canyon
Storm Park
Centennial
Blacktail
Dillon Country Club
Roscoe Cornell Appointed to Beaverhead Draft Board
Roscoe Cornell Jr., Dillon rancher and former city mayor, has been named a member of Beaverhead selective service board by state headquarters. He attended his first session yesterday. His late father Craig Cornell was a Beaverhead pioneer and his ranch lies on the outskirts of Dillon near the area where the city was founded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Cornell, Jr
Dillon
Beaverhead
Missing Man Sought by Montana Idaho Officers
Robert Jones of Gibbonsville Idaho remains missing after a note on his cabin door said he would return from fishing. A cross state search by Beaverhead Sheriff Paul H. Temple Lemhi Sheriff and others follows reports he vanished July 4 after last being seen by Mrs J Helming of Wisdom. Jones spent summers in the Big Hole basin and ran a marine claim in Idaho in colder months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Montana
Lemhi County
Idaho
Robert Jones
Gibbonsville
Jones
J. Helming
Wisdom
Paul H. Temple
Beaverhead
Robert Wright
Douglas Morrison
Big Hole
Scrap Dealers Set Minimum Price of Iron
The Scrap Dealer's Advisory committee proposed Montana minimum scrap iron prices to the State Salvage committee. Floyd Kenison, Beaverhead county USDA War Board chairman, urged continuation and growth of the scrap drive to meet a 32,500 ton state quota for July to December 1942. He noted past furnace shutdowns due to scrap shortages and credited USDA War Boards for mobilizing farm scrap to industrial centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
State Salvage Committee
Floyd Kenison
Beaverhead County
Usda War Board
Montana
Kenison
Usda War Boards
Page
Temple Holds Deserter From Camp Lewis
Robert F. Wheeler, who deserted from Camp Lewis after moving from Camp Dix, was detained by Sheriff Paul Temple when he failed to show a registration card at the county court house. He confessed AWOL status and is jailed for Army officers to retrieve for trial. Also, Mrs. Roy Blackburn, wanted in Twin Falls for forgery, was arrested in Alder and turned over to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Wheeler
Camp Lewis
Wash
Paul Temple
Temple
Wheeler
Army
A.W.O.L
Camp Dix
N. J
Dillon
Roy Blackburn
Twin Falls
Idaho
Alder
Butte Man Is Speaker At Rotary Meet
Eugene Savage of Butte addressed the Dillon Rotary Club on America's war effort. as state defender study opened, he warned that the war will be long and hard and require self denial, sacrifice, sweat and blood from all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Savage
Butte
Dillon Rotary Club
America
Savage
Silver Bow
OCD
Montana
China
India
Egypt
South Seas
Russia
United States
Japan
England
Germany
Navy Relief Games Set for Dillon Weekend Charity Series
Dillon prepares for Navy Relief games as the Salmon Elks visit to face the Peterson Ranchers in a two game series. All proceeds go to Navy Relief and players pay admission. In last weekend’s Salmon series the Ranchers lost 8-6 and 21-16 while 1,000 plus spectators attended the Saturday game. Rancher Bill Monger broke his left leg in Sunday action. The Salmon Elks host the Ranchers at 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Salmon Elks
Peterson Ranchers
Funas
Navy Relief
Salmon
Bill Monger
Lassies
Rotary
Fire Department
Eeks
Winn’s
First Woman Volunteer in County Joins WAAC
Miss Mary Pickolick becomes Dillon’s first enlistee in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. sworn in at Butte induction center after notification of acceptance. She will report to Des Moines Iowa for indoctrination training and travel orders. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Ringer of Dillon and a former county high school and Butte Business College student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
Mary Pickolick
Butte
Des Moines
Iowa
Miss Pickelick
C. C. Ringer
Butte Business College
City
President Melby to speak at Dillon alumni meeting
Dr. E. O. Melby president of the State university at Missoula will address Dillon alumni on Friday September 11. The time and place will be announced later by a local committee of graduates. The meeting aims to organize a local alumni association and is open to all graduates of the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Melby
State University
Missoula
Dillon
The
FE. A. Atkinson
State University Alumni Association
Local Groups Seek Students for State Normal College Campaign
Dillon Chamber of Commerce and Montana State Normal College alumni groups have launched a campaign to attract students. A campaign of advertising already started in Montana daily papers. A committee from Beaverhead alumni and faculty alumni met with Chamber of Commerce to discuss plans. Edith Hickey Anna Moser and Mary Baker Emerick attended. Outgoing summer quarter students were contacted by an alumni committee active in boosting attendance. Home-bound students were urged to contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Chamber of Commerce
Normal College Alumni Association
Montana State Normal College
Beaverhead
Chamber of Commerce
Edith Hickey
Anna Moser
Mary Baker Emerick
Fifty four called August 31 by Beaverhead draft board
Beaverhead county selective service announced 54 registrants to be inducted Monday August 31. The list includes 32 Dillon residents and others from Lima Bannack Jackson Wisdom River and Dell among towns. Several names appear with home towns and states of residence for the local contingent. The draft date and participation details are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Selective Service Board
Joseph Phillip Stefanic
Joseph Edward Woods
Sidney Roland Crannell
Erik Hansen
William Franklin Hubbard
Howard Melvin Rosenau
Carl Edward Phillips
Hans Lawrence Ostergardt
Phillip Coleman Johnson
Martin William Powers
Donald Dean Alley
Dillon
Glenn Allen Shafer
Argenta
Lewis James Upright
Lima
Leonard Geary Calvert
James William Woody
Jackson
William John Sloan
Daniel Joseph Collins
Bannack
Gus Wenger
Fred Donald Smith
Howard L. O'Kelly
Wisdom
Clayton Walter Swagerty
Dell
John Claude Blue
William Wallace Campbell
Wise River
Richard H. Rock
Board Sets BCHS Opening Date for September 8
Beaverhead County High School will open for registration on September 8 following a school board meeting held Monday August 17. Classes begin the day after registration, with Saturday classes discontinued and ranch work excused for eligible students. grade school students return September 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County High School
Ser
Beaverhead County Commissioners Approve Cattle Guards
Beaverhead county Montana commissioners hold a regular session on Aug 3 1942 and Aug 4 1942 with all members present. Hartwig reports favorably on a petition by Stanley W Sisterson et al to install cattle guards and gates at NE and SE corners of Section 29 Township 5S Range 9W MPM. The petition is granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Hartwig
Stanley W. Sisterson
Township 5
Range 9
M.P.M
Prominent Local Couple Observe Silver Wedding
Mr and Mrs Francis J Tonney celebrate their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with an open house at their West Park street home. They married August 22 1917. Son Francis Jr serves in the US air service. both are well known in Dillon with Mr Tonney recently employed at Eliels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Tonney
Tonrey
West Park Street
Dillon
Eliel’s
Francis, Jr
U.S. Air Service
Union Pacific Buildings Receive New Paint Coats
All Union Pacific structures in the Dillon yards except the coal chute are being repainted under the direction of Dillon contractor A. J. Simons. The project covers the freight warehouse depot and section house in Union Pacific colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union, Pacific
Dillon Yards
A. J. Simons
Dillon
Union Pacific
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Clifford Bay
Jens Bay of Dillon
San Diego
Warren G. Temple
A.F.T.D
Love Field
Dallas
Texas
Jack L. Temple
St. Mary’s College
Calif
Hugh McAllister Redmond
U. S. Marine Corps
F. Arthur Hansen
Dillon May
Talc Mine
Masons
Roscoe Cornell
U.S.D.A
Rotary Meet
NAVY
SS Fl
Miss Pickolick
WAAC
Meeting of State University
State Normal College
BCHS
U. P
Fairgrounds
Salmon Elks Club
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