Noted Gun Expert Ed McGivern Dies at 83
Ed McGivern, world famous pistol expert who died last Thursday in a Great Falls hospital at age 83, once lived in Dillon. He later ran an outdoor advertising business in Lewistown before retiring to Great Falls. McGivern shot exhibitions at local baseball games and county fairs, authored Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting and Police Training, and set world records. He taught firearms use to hundreds of law enforcement officers across Montana and nearby states.
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Lewistown
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Billy the Kid
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Ballistics Expert Testifies in Court Over Wadcutter Cartridge
The man was called into court to testify as a ballistics expert. In 1930 he designed a wadcutter cartridge used by shooting winners nationwide. By 1955 he estimated firing over two million rounds of ammunition.
Western College seniors named to Who's Who list
Six Western Montana College seniors, Lynn Curley, Bob De Marois, Lois O'Keefe, Ray Scott, Lyonald Thompson, and Dorothy Kneeland, were chosen for Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Selection emphasizes scholastic achievement, leadership, service, and promise of future impact.
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Western Montana college names 22 football awardees
The 1957 football awards at Western Montana College honored 22 athletes at the Fall Quarter assembly. Outstanding gridiron players named by Athletic Director Bill Straugh included team captain Bob DeMarois and players from Dillon Anaconda Elliston Roundup Butte Livingston Twin Bridges Wolf Point Harlowton among others.
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Western Montana College
James Short
Bill Straugh
Bob DeMarois
Anaconda
Bill Jackson
Elliston
Allen Crum
Bob Singleton
Ron Kenison
Jim Miller
Dillon
Glen Harper
Bob Butorovich
Lou Pochervina
Butte
Jack Dunlap
Phil Robinson
Livingston
Matt Telin
Twin Bridges
Lloyd Shuman
Wolf Point
Bernie Bissell
Bert Russ Fisk
Larry Varland
Mike Murphy
Harlowton
Jim Bar
Local Names Appear in Frenchtown Sports Scene
The article lists individuals including Ber and Nick Barber, Ronan, Pete Scott, Plains, and Larry Anderson in relation to Frenchtown activities.
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Ronan
Pete Scott
Plains
Larry Anderson
Frenchtown
Freseman Receives AAUW Scholarship at Western Montana
Joyce Freseman, a Western Montana College junior, won a $100 AAUW scholarship from the Dillon Chapter for high academics and campus leadership. Daughter of Mrs. Laura B. Freseman of Butte, she aims for a teaching degree. The awards panel includes Mrs. Greenwood and Mrs. Emerick with Mrs. Penwell as local chapter president.
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Joyce Freseman
Western Montana College
Dillon
American Association of University Women
Miss Freseman
Laura B. Freseman
West
Granite Street
Butte
Western
AAUW
Winifred Greenwood
D. I. Emerick
Lara Penwell
Beaverhead County
Dorothy Gelhaus
Post Office Nears Christmas Peak at Dillon
Dillon postal officials report seasonal mail volume near peak for the week. Postmaster Harry Andrus says if demand warrants the office may stay open Saturday afternoon. past trends show mailings tapering by December 21 and, with a sharp drop, the Dillon post office will close at noon. The office did stay open last Saturday afternoon.
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