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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1953
Page
15
The First Lutheran Church announces a candlelight service on Christmas Eve at 11 pm and a Christmas Day festival service at 11 am followed by morning worship on Dec 27. A birth is reported at Barrett Hospital Dec 15 for Harold Reed and family. Hospital admissions for the week ending Dec 23 include several local residents.
A call to women to claim family photography rights, arguing fathers are not inherently better camera operators. The piece urges mothers to document daily moments, notes simple camera settings, and promises satisfying results compared to men.
Funeral services for Joe Barrow a long time Dillon resident who died Saturday December 19 at Barrett hospital were held Tuesday December 23 from the Brundage chapel with Rev Arthur J Lord of St James Episcopal church officiating at last rites. Interment was at Twin Bridges cemetery. Pallbearers were Frank P Madden Joe Mulkey Emmett Carroll George Harrison Pat Flynn and Charles Black. Death followed an illness of about two months. Formerly a resident of Idaho he moved to Montana and became known as an old time fiddler and in demand at dances and other entertainment. Survivors include sisters Mrs Marie Carlson of Twin Bridges Mrs Florence Allen Spokane Wash and Mrs Henry Benson Salmon Idaho numerous nephews and nieces.
Rev. Timothy Clifford outlines Confession times on Wednesday and Thursday before Christmas Eve midnight mass. Christmas Day services include High Mass at midnight and several morning masses. Parish choir directed by Paul Bramman lists sopranos altos tenors and basses with Charlotte Ballard at organ.
The Dillon sheriff pursues a bank robbery suspect who fled straight along a main highway challenging the expected side road escape plan. The piece notes the public’s craving for crime coverage and the link between recent bank robberies in Butte and Dillon, fueled by newspapers and radio reports.
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