Authority on Communism to Lecture at Dillon Dec 11 12
Dr Karlis Leyasmeyer European educator editor and writer will lecture at Western Montana College in Dillon on December 11 and 12. He will speak Thursday afternoon in the new college auditorium and Thursday evening in the old auditorium with a public general assembly for students. Leyasmeyer, Latvian native and former Sauksme editor, arrived in the United States in 1949 and has lectured widely in colleges and civic groups. He once traveled to Russia in 1917 and claims to have strong behind the scenes connections behind the Iron Curtain.
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Dillon
Beaverhead County
Karlis Leyasmeyer
Apears
Western Montana College
Washington, DC
Congressional Record
Congress
Leyasmevyer
Russia
Reds
Communist Party
American Legion Auxiliary Annual Christmas Party Held Monday
Dillon American Legion auxiliary unit held its annual Christmas party at Mrs Lee McCracken's home. Members brought gifts for Fort Harrison veterans hospital gift shop and wrapped them for mailing to families. Mrs Luther Smith reported on letters from armed forces and thanks for the auxiliary's thoughtfulness.
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Dillon Amencar Legion Auxiliary
Lee McCracken
Tom E Luebben
Bruce Risley
Roy Forrester
William Wellborn
Loren Davis
Dick McCracken
W W Hawkins
Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital
ACP Deadline Set at December 31
The county PMA office reminds farmers that December 31 is the final date to complete soil and water conservation practices under the 1952 agricultural conservation program. Only approved practices finished by the deadline are eligible for ACP assistance. About half of out-of-pocket costs are typically covered. 150 county farmers and ranchers signed worksheets last spring, listing intended practices, with approvals given for those most needed to reduce soil loss and improve productivity.
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County Production and Marketing Administration
PMA
Feed Dealers Set New Closing Hour
Three Dillon feed and farm supply businesses announced a new 5 p.m. closing time starting Monday December 15 to align with employees eight hour days six days a week. Dillon Feed and Seed Williams Feed and Machinery Rogers Farm Store and Feed Mill will maintain the same service with emergency after hours.
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Dillon Feed and
Dillon Feed and Seed Company
Williams Feed and Machinery
Rogers Farm Store
Hartwig dies at 38 after short illness
William J. Hartwig of Dillon died Friday at Barrett hospital after pneumonia complications. Funeral services were held Monday at Brundage chapel with Rev Arthur Lord officiating. Interment followed at Mountain View cemetery with Elks rites. he was a member of Dillon lodge 1554 BPOE. He was born November 24 1914 at Helena and educated at Beaverhead County High School and Montana State University. He operated motion picture equipment. Hartwig theater founder W B Hartwig survives him along with his mother Mrs Norman Wynes brother Tom Hartwig sister Mrs Paul Chemerau and several cousins throughout Montana and California.
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William J. Hartwig
Dillon
Barrett Hospital
Brundage Chapel
Arthur Lord
St James Episcopal Church
Hartwig
Mountain View Cemetery
The
Elks
Dillon Lodge Io
Bpo E
Joe Roe
Bud Campbell
Paul Schwab
Waldron Boger
Emer Anderson
Hiram Rodgers
Helena
Beaverhead County
Monta A State University
Hartwig Theater
W B Hartwig
Norman Wynes
Tom Hartwig
Seatte
Paul Chemerau
Missoula
Great Falls
Seattle
Long Beach
Calif
Winners Named in Three Day Festival Give Away
The three day holiday festival prizes were awarded by Warren Stone secretary of the chamber of commerce after the event. Merchants funded the prizes from tickets customers wrote names on. Recipients included Lorraine Grimes Freda Westergard Lee Joy Audrey Larsen Aileen Warick Zita Robison Jim Womack Mrs Carl Mast Lowell Nelson K E Morey Rose Williamson Ernest Nettik Grace Logan Mrs Pat Brown on Thursday. Friday winners included Florence Hughes Helen McQuiston Helen Plant Mrs John Jackson Billy Elliott Oliver Meeds Mrs George F Dart Jim Pilgrim John Conover Mrs H R Deutsch Mrs Joe Metally. Saturday winners were Jim Johnson (2) Lois Crouch (2) Lorraine Grimes Ruby Theriault K Moretto Dick Nelson Emma Knox J Fidler Vi Turner Ann M Johnson Pearl Shipler Gerald Jones. Some winners came from Dillon area towns Twin Bridges Armstead Glen and others.
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Chamber of Commerce
Warren Stone
Dillon
Lorraine Grimes
Freda Westergard
Lee Joy
Audrey Larsen
Aileen Warick
Zita Robison
Jim Womack
Carl Mast
Lowell Nelson
K. E. Morey
Rose Williamson
Ernest Nettik
Grace Logan
Pat Brown
Florence Hughes
Helen McQuiston
Helen Plant
John Jackson
Billy Elliott
Oliver Meeds
George F Dart
Jim Pilgrim
John Conover
H. R. Deutsch
Joe Metally
Jim Johnson
Lois Crouch
Ruby Theriault
K Moretto
Dick Nelson
Emma Knox
J. Fidler
Vi Turner
Ann M Johnson
Pearl Shipler
Gerald Jones
Twin Bridges
Armstead
Glen
Volunteers Sought for 1953 March of Dimes Polio Drive
Beaverhead county campaign director Taylor Bradley urged volunteers for the 1953 polio drive. He cited 1952’s record polio cases and high care costs, calling for signups to match the rising incidence and support the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis led efforts through March of Dimes contributions.
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March of Dimes
Taylor Bradley
Beaverhead County
National Foundation For Infantile Parayisis
Donald J. ‘Smith
National Foundation
Bradley
State
Bill Tash Sails Overseas for Navy Duty
Bill Tash son of Mr and Mrs Harry Tash sailed Dec 3 from Seattle for duty with Patrol Squad ron VP 772 U S Navy, according to word to his parents. He recently returned to his naval air base after a furlough with his parents who then accompanied him to Seattle and spent Thanksgiving day.
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Bill Tash
Harry Tash
Seattle
VP 772
U.S. Navy
Young Tash
Naval Air Base
Toys Arrive for Twin Bridges Kids as Christmas Aid
Mike Jasmann a Western Montana College student offers to transport used toys to Twin Bridges for the children. Betty and Allan Sorenson brought dolls doll clothes a doll carriage and a toy truck to the Examiner office for pickup before Christmas to be forwarded to Twin Bridges for needy kids.
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Mike Jasmann
Western Montana College
Twin Bridges
Betty Sorenson
Allan Sorenson
Dillon
Jasmann
Examiner Office
Sorenson
Bulldogs Roll Past Montana Mines in Butte Exhibition
Western Montana college Bulldogs surged from a 23 22 halftime deficit to a 57 37 victory over Montana Mines at Butte in a non conference practice basketball game. Wayne Anderson and the McGuire brothers each scored 11 for Western while Jim Kerr led the Mines with 10 points.
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Bulldogs
Western Montana College
Montana Mines
Butte
Ralph Olsen
Miners
Montana
Bill Straugh
Ricks Col
Western
Wayne Anderson
McGuire Brothers
Bob
Dan Connors
Jim Corr
Floyd Vandegrift
Frank Kibbee
Bib Nisson
Grant Grayson
Joe McDonald
Roger Shaw
Jim Kerr
Dredigger
Dan Baker
Mines
Bietelich
Regean
Melrose
Johnson
Ross
Jones
Wegren
Mathis
Matthews
Mitton
Last Rites Held For Nellie Sheser Beaverhead Native
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Sheser of Beaverhead county were conducted at St. James Episcopal Church Dillon with Rev. Arthur Lord presiding. Burial followed in Mountain View cemetery. pallbearers included Ike Rife Roy Stocker Ralph I. Smith Ernest Luebben Fielding Graves and Ross Nay. She died December 2 after six weeks of hospital care at Butter, aged 78, born August 12 1874 in Bannack. she married John H. Sheser in 1891 and lived on a Trail Creek ranch before moving to Dillon in 1943. Survivors include brothers James F. Blair and Frank P. Blair of Grant and several nieces and nephews.
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Nellie Sheser
St. James Episcopal Church
Dillon
Arthur Lord
Mountain View Cemetery
Ike Rife
Roy Stocker
Ralph I. Smith
Ernest Luebben
Fielding Graves
Ross Nay
Sheser
Beaverhead County
Bannack
W. G. Blair
John H. Sheser
Sheaverhead
Trail Creek
J. E. Selway
Mr. Sheser
James F. Blair
Highway Worker Fractures in 225 Foot River Plunge
Francis Leffler of Dewey was hospitalized with a compound leg fracture broken ribs and other injuries after his Chevrolet pickup skidded on a slick road and plunged 225 feet from the Big Hole river embankment. Rescue crews ferried him to a Butte hospital where he was being treated.
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Francis Leffler
Dewey
Butte
Divide
Leffler
Big Hole
Fisellite
eSee
Stores in Dillon Extend Hours for Christmas Shopping
Dillon retail stores will stay open until 9 p.m. Saturday December 7 and again on Friday December 19 and Monday December 21 to accommodate late shoppers. The extended hours come from the local chamber of commerce retail committee to ease holiday shopping.
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Dillon Retail Stores
Will
Chamber. of Commerce
Sacred Concert by Western college students
A sacred concert by the Western college chorus and a voice and piano recital by students of Professors Brinton Jackson and Ralph McFadden is planned for Sunday. The chorus will be una cappella under the direction of Professor Jackson.
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Voice
Pian
Brinton Jackson
Ralph McFadden
Western. Com
Prof. Jackson
Found Guilty Gets Two Years In State Prison
A district court jury found Joe Stanisich guilty of passing no account checks. Judge John Collins sentenced Stanisich to two years in state prison. The Stanisich case was the only criminal action on the current jury calendar.
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Joe Stanisich
John Collins
Stanisich
State
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