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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1928
Page
5
Barbers of Montana push for a statewide licensing law to regulate sanitation and training. The measure, endorsed by the state board of health and the National Medical Association, would license master and journey men and apply to barber schools, funded by barber fees.
Nathaniel Shilkret, New York native and noted arranger, argues cinema scores elevate jazz beyond dance orchestras. His work on Lilac Time introduces modern rhythm to storytelling, with Jeannine I Dream of Lilac Time developed in fifteen moods. He sees future American music expanding in film scoring while foreign influences fade.
Criminologists study Montana crime trends after Austin Middleton, warden, notes the state penitentiary grew from 360 to 508 inmates in four years. Parolees limit net rise. most new convicts are young men. Christmas at the prison features a movie but no services or programs.
In Whitefish, a dog was arrested for disturbing the peace and given a suspended sentence in Justice Statey’s court. The animal, warmed under a radiator in a public drug store, slept as the store closed and later struggled to escape, prompting the historic ruling.
Educators of the state hold a December session in Great Falls as the Montana society for the study of education outlines a program of research on Montana educational conditions. The group aims to analyze conditions with national research to balance funding and quality across units and industries.
Officers named in Dillon Fraternal and Auxiliary lodges include Odd Fellows with George Farrell as noble grand David Meed vice grand James Leach secretary and I Cashmore treasurer Cashmore a charter member and longtime treasurer Also Diana Rebekah elects Gladys Bonnifield noble grand Ida Olsen vice grand Nellie Nelson recording
More than 10 000 Montanans apply for 1929 license plates at Deer Lodge. About 1 200 cars receive exemption plates. The state expects to mail renewals for 126 000 cars licensed in 1928 and to disburse 90 000 dollars to counties after costs.
Ruth Harkness financial secretary Anna Loree treasurer and a long list of lodge officers stand named for a Christmas party on December 28. Mizpah Chapter Eastern Star led by Mrs Effie Roe and officers including Mrs Myrtle Oberem and Mrs Edith Herndon appear in this community notices roster.
The 1930 Oberammergau Passion Play runs May 15 to September 30 with one performance weekly in May June and September and two weekly in July and August. Shows run 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a noon two hour pause in a rebuilt 6000 seat theater. Tickets sold only to visitors staying at least one night with an Oberammergau resident.
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