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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1947
Page
11
A United States Senate committee hearing on the Missouri Valley Authority will be held at the Dillon courthouse on Saturday Sept. 27. Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce urges county and city groups to appoint delegates to speak on the petting bill and share views with Sens Morse Thomas Taylor Murray and Langer and a panel of experts.
A MVA official will chair the meeting, with plans to lead discussions and oversee proceedings. Attendess are expected to follow the agenda and ensure orderly conduct throughout the session.
Mr and Mrs Harold Blinn and family from Denver Colorado are visiting the Jennings Mayland home and Mr and Mrs CE Blinn remains nearby.
Residents of Beaverhead County may nominate candidates aged 15 to 23 at the Rodeo Office on Montana Street. Nominations close Friday at 5 p.m. with the queen chosen by popular applause Saturday at 7 30 p m on the depot lawn. Winners ride the queen float in the parade sponsored by Watson Motor Company. Edwin R Buck will preside.
Beaverhead county commissioners impose a 25.00 annual license tax per slot machine under Chapter 142. They call for bids on three trucks and a scraper, select Montana Auto Sales and Westmont Tractor for the awards, and schedule a public sale of a steel bridge with September 3, 1947 as the date.
Ruth Ann Brown, 11, Armstead 4-H member, won county dress review but is ineligible for the state contest at Bozeman September 15 to 18 due to age. Rosalie Bastian of Dell was chosen from blue ribbon winners to represent the county. other blue ribbons went to Alberta Simpson Armstead Suzanne Dansie Jackson Viola Jensen and Kathleen Gordon Armstead.
Saturday events include prize contests and a coin extraction game using only the mouth from a flour sack mixed with 50 cent pieces. Start time is 1 30 P M on August 30 at the depot lawn with local police blocking the highway. Committee chair Don Wheat leads Bob Dodd Fred Bridenstine Bruce Waters Willis Haskell Floyd Miller Charles Burgess and Howard Rundle.
Mrs. Ike Rife, a county club leader, will attend the conference in Bozeman along with Miss Bastian and Miss Ott.
Mrs Earl Conklin and her children spent Tuesday in town as visitors from Argenta.
Dillon’s annual two day rodeo announces prize money boosts with $750 for best all around cowboy and $125 each for new feature events. Notables from Tex Smith to Dan Poore sign up, with 15,000 anticipated in crowd and bleachers expanded to seat 500 more.
The Bowling Association will hold two meetings this week at City Hall. Tonight the ladies meet to elect officers and plan leagues for the year, followed by the men’s session tomorrow night with the same agenda.
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