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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1942
Page
8
In the Dillon Bowling Center Commercial league Bond's posted the high score for the week with 2704 pins. Bill Ross led last night with 236 and 579, while H. Brundage top scoring on Monday with 209 and 526. Schedule lists Dec 7 to 11 with daily matches and pairings.
The LDS church displays a Sunday program with an officers and teachers meeting at 9 40 a m Sunday school at 10:00 a m sacrament gem led by Joe Hillstead talks by Joe White and Bob Hillstead class work and closing exercises at 11 25 a m.
The Examiner Printing Co offers top quality job work with precise typesetting and reliable turnaround. Clients rely on their experienced staff and modern equipment for banners posters and business cards.
Local boards are instructed by Maj. Gen. Hershey to implement the teen age draft act. Defer farm workers in war essential agriculture, issue questionnaires to 18 and 19 year olds, defer high school students in the late year if requested, and defer men past 45 unless they consent to induction.
The Office of Price Administration outlines coffee and gas rationing rules. Purchases require back-of-card identifications, tire inspections schedule for A and B cards, and early 1943 deadlines. New automobile and bicycle quotas, plus forthcoming Book No 2 issuance, are announced as 1943 rationing expands. Henderson cites saved costs from price controls and projected future savings.
Dorothy Davis daughter of Dr and Mrs S E Davis Mary Ann Luebben daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Luebben and Dorothy Ann Gosman daughter of Mr and Mrs George Gosman all students at the University of Missouri spent the weekend at their parents homes.
Rotary club notes a Monday talk by Albert Sorenson on war strategy and gas rationing. Sorenson argues decisive battles in Germany now prevent a later homefront fight, cites high octane aviation fuel needs, and warns against highway fatalities.
Draftees will travel by train to Butte for medical exams then return to Dillon for a week of furlough and a Saturday farewell in Fort Douglas Utah. The Saturday program led by Paul Anderson includes color ceremonies, pledges, invocations, speeches by Leonard Schulz and local officials, musical numbers, and a luncheon. Community committee members urge donations to support the events.
The Commerce Department notes continued post office hours and urges timely mailing to ease year end rush. Postmasters like Harry J. Andrus emphasize early parcel sending as staff shortages strain daily service for civilians and troops alike.
Coach William Straugh announced the Normal college Bulldogs will face the 7th Ferry Command of Great Falls in their season opener on December 16. The squad, with no lettermen from last year, includes Bill McMannis Jack Mattingly Harry Hansen and others as tryouts for a 15 game schedule with Montana Small College Conference teams and potential games against Montana State University and Montana State College.
Coffee rationing began last Sunday November 29 with a daily limit of about one cup per person. The article notes Americans receive one pound of coffee for five weeks for those age 15 and older who held sugar ration books. It contrasts shortages abroad in Germany Italy Greece Poland and Yugoslavia and mentions France prior to occupation.
Selective Service headquarters ordered distribution of questionnaires to 18 and 19 year olds to be inducted. If birthdays fall on Sunday or holiday, registration shifts to the next day. Local offices will operate 9 AM to 5 PM. President Roosevelt told War and Navy Secretaries to protect irreplaceable government workers from enlistment, and to extend this protection to Arsenal and Navy yard staff. The plan aims for uniform deferments prioritizing war production needs and tighter local board coordination with employers.
Mrs Bert Williams and her daughter Dolores traveled to Butte on a Monday to handle routine matters. They were seen at local offices and returned home the same day.
L J Todhunter regional salvage manager for the WPB announced plans to collect and ship thousands of pounds of waste kitchen fats from sparse mountain communities to renderers. The program lets housewives dealers and lockers participate for glycerine use in explosives, with amended prices allowing five to seven cents per pound plus transport costs.
The 1943 plan calls for 3,253,000 acres of wheat, down from 3,336,000 in 1942, with underplanting urged for less vital crops to meet war needs. Food requirements for armed forces and lend-lease will consume large shares of production, while officials in Denver discuss Western states goals with Secretary Wickard present.
Norman Banks led the Junior Rifle Club shoot at the high school range last night with 93 of 100. Other scores include James Selway 80, Tom Nelson 92, Sylvester Meade 75, D Ambrose 90, D Allen 83, John Bowring 89, Earl Bays 87.
The Beaverhead FFA holds its annual father and son banquet in the high school public speaking room this evening. Attendees include FFA members, fathers, ten faculty members, and city business leaders. Program features opening ceremony, greetings from Allen Harrison, talks on FFA in wartime and schools, and main address on agriculture in the war effort.
Mary Dawn Warner, a teacher at East Helena, spent the weekend at her parents Mr and Mrs H M Warner home.
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