Uncle Ed Sez Varied Views on War and Politics
Uncle Ed columns discuss bomb sights released to Britain, Argentine loan talks, questions about C J O Lewis, Avila Camacho reforms, Bill Robinson at age sixty, liquor storage limits, Roosevelt death rumor, HMS cap initials, a Community Chest slogan, Italian vintages, inventors congress gadgets, chow chow in Walla Walla, painter mishaps, and a PTA quip with a cost plus government job remark. The column notes British aid and wartime procurement developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.J
Lewis
Charley McCarthy
Avila Camacho
Bill Robinson
Federal Liquor Control Board
Roosevelt
Chicago
Martin
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
HMS
Quincy
Massachusetts
Congress
Los Angeles
Walla Walla
Europe
P.T.A
British Purchasing Commission
New York
Great Britain
Elks Hold Memorial Services for Dillon Lodge Members
Memorial services were conducted for 36 departed members of Dillon Elks Lodge No. 1554 at the Elks Home last Sunday evening. County Attorney Leonard Schulz called for teaching Americanism as a foundation of the order. Initiation ceremonies for a Gen John J Pershing class are planned this month with a first regular December session slated for next Tuesday.
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Dillon Elks’ Lodge No
Elks
Dillon
Leonard Schulz
The
Elks’ Order
Dillon Elks Lodge
Frank O’keefe
Beav erhead 4 H clubs plan calf feeding projects
Beaverhead and Rocky Mountain 4 H clubs purchase calves for the year’s feeding projects. Rocky Mountain group will feed eight head and Beaverhead about two dozen. Members select calves from local ranches and range stock to finish on Beaverhead county feed. Last year six Beaverhead calves earned three prime, two choice and one good at the Great Falls state fair, with eight calves overall chosen as prime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Rocky Mountain Club
Grasshopper Valley
Beaverhead Club
Dillon
Agnes Cassidy
Polaris
Ralph Harrison
John Shaffner
Harry Tash
Jim
Kathryn
Dave Hartwig
Clemon Brothers
Great Falls
Funeral Services For Lima Infant Held Monday
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon for Donald Gottsch infant son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Gottsch of Lima. The baby died last Thursday at Murray hospital in Butte. Interment followed at Lima cemetery with Pastor Belle Long leading services. Survived by parents three grandparents William Fleming of Dell Henry and Mrs Fleming of Oklahoma.
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Donald Gottsch
Cecil Gottsch
Lima
Murray Hospital
Butte
Lima Methodist Church
Belle Long
Baptist Church of
Dillon
Lima Cemetery
William Fleming
Dell
Henry Gottsch
Oklahoma
Albert Cutting
Doris
Gertrude Feming
Auxiliary presents Abe Lincoln in Illinois at the Roxy
The American Legion Auxiliary presents the Raymond Massey led film Abe Lincoln in Illinois at the Roxy Theatre on December 17 18 and 19 with special matinees Tuesday and Wednesday No advance ticket prices noted The show is an adaptation of the Robert Sherwood Broadway hit play
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Auxiliary
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Raymond Massey
American Legion Auxiliary
Roxy Theatre
Robert Sherwood
Claud Swartz Taken To Butte For Medical Aid
Claud Swartz was taken to Butte on Friday for medical attention seeking treatment and care from local doctors.
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Claud Swartz
Butte
Local couples wed as new Home Harmony club formed
A new Home Harmony club organized at Mrs. Ed Reynolds home 21 North Dakota street with ten charter members. Officers include Mrs. Donald Tash president and Mrs. Stanley Davidson vice president. Separately, Lida Shaffner and Morris Homme from Dillon were married at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. J A Meeke officiating. Carl Shafer and Louise Hand of Argenta wed at the Lutheran parsonage with Rev. Leonard Pommaos Teading the ceremony.
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Ed Reynolds
North Dakota Street
Home Harmony Club
Gladysotte
Donald Tash
Stanley Davidson
George Willis
C. F. Shaver
E. P. Stroeder
Orin Pilon
Joe Vazanko
George Miller
Lida Shaffner
Willard Shaffner
Dillon
Morris Homme
J. A. Meeke
Martin Homme
Outlook
Carl Shafer
Louise Hand
Argenta
Leonards Pommaos
John Hand
John. Shafer
Farmers Union Meets Friday Migrants topic leads winter meetings
Beaverhead county Farmers' Union met last Friday evening at Lavon hall. Thelma Kalsta and Caroline Poole led the discussion on Migrants. Music games and refreshments followed. Plans include a winter meeting series starting this evening at Nelson schoolhouse with John Albers leading a Social Security for the American Farmer discussion.
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Beaverhead
Pardons Board to Rule on Heaston Unconditional Pardon
The Montana Board of Pardons will meet Friday December 20 to consider an unconditional pardon for William J. Heaston Jr 80-year-old Wise River resident. Heaston was sentenced to life in 1939 for the July 24 1938 shooting of Joe W Potts following a confrontation with Potts, a rancher and deputy sheriff, after a history of prior disputes between them.
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Montana Board of Pardons
William J. Heaston
Wise River
Roy E. Ayers
Heaston
Joe W.potts
Potts
William Heaston, Jr
Heuston
Elkhorn ski course opens with two dozen skiers
The Elkhorn Hot Springs ski course opened last weekend with about 24 skiers enjoying three slides in near perfect snow conditions of 16 inches. The lodge will run weekends, with confections by Anker Larson, road plowing by county commissioners, parking near the lodge, and weekly snow reports starting mid December from the U S Weather Bureau. Edwin Buck was elected president of the Dillon Ski Club, with officers Roscoe Cornell and Helen Dahlberg, and a board including Harrison, McCracken, Wheat, Eliel, and Hawkins.
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Elkhorn Hot Springs
Anker Larson
Farley's
U. S. Weather Bureau
Elkhorn
Dillon Ski Club
Edwin Buck
Kenneth Wheat
Roscoe Cornell
Helen Dahlberg
George Harrison
T. Lee McCracken
Lambert Eliel
W. W. Hawkins
Vic Crouch
Rotary Club Analyzed By Speaker Ot Dillon Meeting
Dillon Rotarians met at the Trail cafe with Fred Woodside as chairman. Lambert Eliel delivered the principal address and proposed ten ways to improve the club including skits and revived current events discussions. He urged more meetings with out of town groups and support for city park, playground, and library projects.
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Dillon Rotarians
Trail Cafe
Fred Woodside
Stanley Bradley
Lambert Eliel
Rotary
Dillon Club
Robert E. Albright
Bill Polich Injures Eyes Testing Tube at Station
Bill Polich sustained painful but non serious eye injuries Tuesday after a test tube exploded at the Con oro service station where he works.
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Bill Polich
Conoro
Bill
John T. Orr to Serve as Installing Officer at Butte Masonic Ceremony
John T. Orr grand master of the Grand Lodge of Montana A. F. and A. M. will be the installing officer at joint installation ceremonies at the Monitor lodge Masonic temple on West Yar Street in Butte. December six Blue lodges of Silver Bow county attend. The annual Masonic dinner precedes at 6 15 at the Temple ballroom.
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John T. Orr
Grand Lodge of Montana
Monitor Lodge Masonic Temple
West Yar Street
Butte
Silverbow County
Temple Ballroom
B P W Club Plans Christmas Party
The Dillon Business and Professional Women's club met last week with Helen Andrus in charge. Helen Klebba spoke on How to Mobilize Woman Power. The next meeting is Dec 11 with Evelyn Rimel discussing Alaska trip. The annual Christmas party will be at Claudia Faust's home on Dec 18.
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Dillon Business and Professional Women's Club
Helen Andrus
Helen Klebba
Evelyn Rimel
Alaska
Claudia Faust
Mrs Smith Paddock Named to Rocky Mountain Scout Committee
Mrs Paddock was recently reappointed to the Rocky Mountain Regional committee of Girl Scouts for a second year. The committee includes representatives from Montana Wyoming Idaho Nevada and Utah. She was the first Dillon woman on the committee and has served on the Dillon Girl Scout commission for two years.
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Smith Paddock
Rocky Mountain
Girl Scouts
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
Paddock
Dillon
Dillon Girl Scout Commission
George Metlen Leaves Hospital for Phillips Apartments
George Metlen was moved from Sturray hospital to his Phillips apartments last Friday after a stay since mid August for throat ailment complications. He can sit up and has seen several friends recently.
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Green Cinema
Metlen
Sturray
Phillips Apartments
P T A Charity Ball Promises Lunches Glasses for Dillon Children
The Parent-Teacher association sponsors a charity ball this Saturday evening December 7 to raise funds for hot lunches eye glasses and medical attention for underprivileged Dillon children.
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P.T.A
Parent-Teacher Association
Dillon
Francis Tonrey Solos After Nine Hours Training
Francis Tonrey son of Mr and Mrs Francis Tonrey of Dillon completed his first solo flight after nine hours of flight instruction at Great Falls He works in the advertising department of the Great Falls Leader and is taking civil aviation training course on the side
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Francis Tonrey
Dillon
Great Falls
Francis
CAA
Red Cross Roll Call Campaign Exceeds Quota
The Red Cross roll call drive closed November 30 with a solid increase over last year. Dillon registered 700 memberships versus 519 previously, and about 1,025 dollars has been turned over to Beaverhead chapter treasurer G. D. Combes with an estimated 1,150 more to come from six outlying communities. County quota was 1,000 memberships. last year fell short by 41. Committee chairs thanked workers and contributors for a successful fundraising effort.
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Red Cross
Dillon
G. D. Combes
Beaverhead
Eaverhead
Lee Light
Ed Buck
Roll Call
W. H. Stephan
Margaret Sweeney
Kent Family Visits Dillon From Blacktail Country
Mr and Mrs Howard Kent and their daughter from the upper Blacktail country spent the week end in Dillon visiting relatives and friends.
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Howard Kent
Blacktail Country
Dillon
Beaverhead Eyes $100 Prize With Seal Campaign Push
Beaverhead county tuberculosis seal drive seeks to rise from third to first or second in per capita sales to win a $100 state prize. Funds support testing and X rays. booths open Saturday in Dillon post office lobby and two banks. December 10 pencils sold for a nickel.
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Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Dillon
Liberty County
Jefferson County
James Hurley Dies After Short Illness
James Hurley, 77, died Tuesday evening at the county farm. A Beaverhead county resident for about 20 years, he was born in Ireland. Funeral services will be held Thursday. No known relatives are listed.
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James Hurley
Beaverhead County
Ireland
Hunters Urged to Submit Big Game Information Cards
J. W. Carney, chief deputy game warden, appeals to Montana hunters to turn in information cards attached to big game tags. Cards report kill details, range conditions, and other data, and must be submitted whether or not a hunt was successful to aid the game department in compiling big game data.
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J. W. Carney
Montana
Commission
Carney
State historian completes volume of western poetry
John B. Ritch, state historical librarian, has finished a poetry volume titled Horsefeathers. The collection features western verse and includes illustrations by Charles M. Russell and other contemporary western artists.
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John B. Ritch
Ritch
Charles M. Russell
Henry Fitter Visits Town from Lima Saturday
Henry Fitter traveled from Lima to town this Saturday, spending time in local venues and meeting residents. He drew attention from locals and posed for photos during his stay.
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Henry Fitter
Lima
Montana Class A grid plan split into two six or seven team leagues
Havre High football coach Charles Nagel proposes dividing Montana Class A teams into two conferences with Western and Eastern lineups led by Whitefish Kalispell Butte Central Dillon Bozeman Livingston and Havre Lewistown Roundup Miles City Glendive Glasgow as possible members If adopted the conference winners would play for the Class A title with potential cross overs to the Class AA runner up Professor Walter T Scott of Montana Mines chairs the football committee and studies proceed for board of control review
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Montana
Montana High School Association Board of Control
Walter T. Scott
Montana Mines
MHSA
Charles Nagel
Havre High School
Nagel
Whitefish
Kalispell
Butte Central
Dillon
Bozeman
Livingston
Havre
Lewistown
Roundup
Miles City
Glendive
Glasgow
Harlowton
Hardin
Scott
Board of Control
D L Johnson Addresses the Kiwanis Club
Beaverhead county high school Smith Hughes instructor D L Johnson spoke to the Kiwanis club last Thursday on Beaverhead FFA members and the 4 H club achievements. George Stewart was named American Farmer at the national FFA convention in Kansas City. New members Archie Green Al Beck and Lloyd Hill joined.
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D. L. Johnson
Beaverhead County
Smith-Hughes
Kiwanis Club
Johnson
Beaverhead
Future Farmers of America
George Stewart
F.F.A
Kansas City
Roscoe Cornell
Don Wheat
Mary Castles
Archie Green
al Beck
Lloyd Hill
Bascomb Sagar
Bozeman
Bernard Williams
M. K. Farmer
Tax Receipts Indicate Beaverhead County In Good Shape
Early reports from Beaverhead County treasurer show delinquent taxes will not rise from prior years. More than half of taxpayers paid second half before May, signaling strong finances and low borrowing. Last Friday brought a late rush as residents raced to beat penalties.
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Beaverhead County
Missoula Couple Esther Judge and Phil Enderlin Wed
Esther Judge former Dillon resident and Phil Enderlin were married in a ceremony in Butte attended by Mr and Mrs Emerson Elderkin. The couple spent their honeymoon in Spokane and have returned to Missoula where both work for the Montana Power Co.
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Esther Judge
Dillon
Phil Cophen
Butte
Emerson Elderkin
Spokane
Missoula
Montana Power Co
Ary Judge
Bert Orr, Jr
Dilton
State University At
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Jeff Cox
J. A. Meeker
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W. J. Heaston
J. W. Potts
Chile
Rotary Club
B.P.W. Club
Mrs. Smith Paddock
Scout
Sport Solons
Gus Jones
Phil Enderlin
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