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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1952
Page
5
The annual Youth fair hosted a lively two day program with many events in the arena and on the track. Readouts list Saturday and Sunday results across boys and girls foot races pony races horse races and novelty contests with numerous names and placements for first second and third.
Walters Garage lists a 1947 Case pickup baler 1949 50 windrower a 12 ft pull type combine a John Deere MC crawler a John Deere side delivery rake and several Case Threshing machines and Oliver drills plus tractor plows including 3 and 5 bottom models from McCormick Deering John Deere and Minneapolis Moline among other items.
Lima residents will view the latest electric kitchen and home appliances at a two day Better Living show sponsored by Montana Power company and Vigilante Electric Cooperative at Ford Hall Lima on Wednesday September 3 and Thursday September 4 starting at 2 p m. Betty Traphagen of Montana Power will lead demonstrations on electric ranges and home freezers with stage cooking and food budgeting tips plus colored sound pictures. Free admission and audience meals will be provided by the sponsors and local dealers will display new models and answer questions.
Jack Briggs tops calf roping as the sole rope artist in the adult division. Stallion race features Hughes and Pierce with no winner noted. Special Becks Bar honors go to Allen Kamps for calf roping.
County extension reports show lambs averaged 56 cents per pound at the Youth Fair sale, with baby beef averaging 40.9 cents per pound. Proceeds benefited the 4-H building fund, raising 1,089.61 to help pay a 2,000 debt on the quonset building. The event saw 32 lambs total 2,129.10 and 40 fat calves 15,015.68 sold to listed buyers including Roscoe Cornell and Roe and Sons.
Bill Cashman, a former Dillon resident, died Sunday in St. Paul Minnesota. Funeral services were held there Wednesday. He is survived by his wife Ethel a son Mike and three daughters Patty Sherrie and Carol.
A Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce retail committee will hold a meeting Friday at 8 pm in the city hall auditorium to discuss shifting from summer hours to fall and winter openings and closings. Mr and Mrs Mayland and daughters Janet Lois and Nancy from Alberquerque New Mexico are visiting Mrs Mayland's parents Mr and Mrs C E Blinn.
Mrs John Ney is a patient at St James Hospital in Butte where she underwent surgery.
Montana Democrats adopted a state platform at Billings aligning with the national party while adding Montana specific planks on farm support wool tariffs and government reorganization. Mrs India Edwards spoke against Republican criticism of the national administration and urged forward change. Chalmer B Landoe was re elected chairman with Mrs Thomas C Colton as vice chair. Mrs Robert Wright and Roberta returned to Dillon after a visit with Mr Wright in Long Beach California Veterans Administration hospital.
The Dillon faculty lists English French and library teachers alongside home economics and industrial arts staff. A modernized library with a new card catalog cabinet supports expanded home economics, vocational training, and a boys homemaking course. Summer study notes include several teachers earning graduate work. School day runs 8:50 to 11:50, 12:50 to 3:50 for high school with grade school dismissal at 3:35.
Silas Dishno of Missoula visits at Mike Proulx Jr’s home in Dillon. Mrs Minnie Proulx, from Leadore, Idaho, is also visiting.
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