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Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1938

Page

7

Montanans Seek Tourist Fund and Irrigation Ditch Screening

Montanans' Inc plans to ask the next legislature to appropriate 25,000 dollars annually from the general fund for statewide tourist advertising via the highway department. Manager William Ferguson says the program will prevent duplications and benefit all Montanans. The group also seeks funds for the fish and game commission to screen irrigation ditches to improve fishing tourism.

Montanans’ Inc State Highway Department William Ferguson Montanans Montana Fish and Game Commission

Edwards Visit Recalled From Idaho Falls

Mr and Mrs J T Edwards of Idaho Falls formerly of Dillon were visitors in the city Monday.

J. T. Edwards Idaho Falls Dillon City

Dillon Elks Charity Ball Set for Saturday

The Dillon Elks announce a charity ball this Saturday with proceeds benefiting a benefit fund. Admission is 25 cents, music by Don's dance band and Drum Corps at Butte, and the event includes local Elks and friends.

Dillon Elks Charity Don Butte Dillon Elks Elks Montana Idaho Kenneth Wheat

Program Offered by Rebekahs Recital and Christmas Pageant

An events note lists performers present for the Rebekahs program including Paddock Claudia Faust Norman Banks Bill Kearns and Dorothy Tyre with songs violin and tap numbers. Santa Claus visits at program end with gifts for each attendee. Refreshments are served by a named committee.

Paddock Claudia Faust Santa Claus Eugene Paddock Norman Banks Bill Kearns Dorothy Tyre Mary Lou Nelson Ardella Sanner Jewel Wolfe Betty Nelson Esther Ann Schmittroth Merle Schmittroth Pal John Sanner, Jr Phyllis Davis Evelyn Davis Billy Bonnifield Peggy Quackenbush Little Lad Robert Wolfe Paul Holloran Ardella Lanner America Santa Frances Banks Addie Morrison Montana Gilbert Minnie Kay Mary Paddock Rhoda Davis Isabel Lenox

Beavers Beat Butte High 31 to 19 in opener

Dillon opened the season with a 31 to 19 win over Butte High at Butte. Johnny Burgess led Dillon with 10 points as the Beavers built a 10-2 lead in the first quarter and widened to 22-4 by the third period while stifling Butte’s veterans. Ernie Good added six points for Dillon.

Cowboys Beavers Ennis Dillon Butte High Bulldogs Butte Purples Dillon Quint Johnny Burgess Ernie Good Cut Bank R. Wedin Tunney Cullen Leeper Doble Rfc J. Wedin Edwards Honkala Zobenica Jackelini Good George Wilcox, Co Burgess, Rf Hubbard Kamps Eceats Bccuatins Smith Aes Teepissneses Roy Wood Montana Ted Rule

Beaverhead Valley Agricultural Conservation Committee Elected

Luther S. Smith was elected chairman with Walter Featherly as vice chairman and Martin Thompson as a member. R. K. Nedrow and J. H. Keenan were chosen alternates and second alternate. Smith will attend the county convention on December 20, with Featherly as alternate.

Luther S. Smith Beaverhead

Weekend Cold Snap Drops to 2 Above Zero

Temperatures fell over the weekend with a Sunday night low of 2 F and several county areas recording subzero readings.

Stores of City Add Yuletide Touch This Season

Local stores offer a wider range of Christmas gift goods than in prior trips and report trade above last year. Dillon’s Christmas street lights glow brightly Monday night, while the Rotary Club plans a community tree on the Oregon Short Line depot lawn and the county decorates the courthouse flag pole with flashing lights. Christmas trees and multicolored lighting appear in several homes.

Dillon Rotary Club Oregon Short Line

Quartet Held On Bad Check Count In Beaverhead County

Butcher fined $60 in Judge Stahl's court after pleading guilty to taking cattle out of Beaverhead county without proper inspection. Sheriff Temple took him into custody. LaCroix pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Judge Stahl and was bound over to district court under $1,000 bond.

Butcher

Girls Group Expands to Seventy Members in Belgrade Area

Catherine Anderson Belgrade Mildred Mead Chico Doris Spoonemore Maudlow Mildred Harrington Chateau and Clara Whitehorn Portage join a girls group now totaling seventy. After initiation the W A A and K K organizations hosted a Christmas party. Prof Robert Clark authored Again Those Lefthanders in the Journal of Education. The Boston periodical circulates nationwide. Pref Sheldon E Davis returns from a Helena meeting of the state board of education and university executive council.

Catherine Anderson Belgrade Mildred Mead Chico Doris Spoonemore Maudlow Mildred Harrington Chateau Clara Whitehorn Portage W.A.A K.K Robert Clark Journal of Education Boston United States Sheldon E. Davis State Board of Education University Executive Council Helena

Ted Renfro Repeats State Flyer Championship

Ted Renfro again wins the state flyer title after initially missing the entry window. Beaverhead shooters include Bill Gleed and E G Free among others as Dillon and nearby cities send a large turnout to the Sheridan club annual event. Past winners list shows Ted Renfro holding titles in 1931 and 1932 with later victors including B M Hayes, O A Schulz, Herman Peterson, and William Gleed.

Bill Gleed E. G. Free Everett Peterson Leslie H. Smith R. M. Barrett Jack Keenan Dillon Butte Hesena Anaconda Sheridan Club Ted Renfro Monte ‘Carlo B. M. Hayes O. A. Schulz Herman Peterson William Gleed Lima

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