Local Dillon Holiday Travel and Community Activities
Dillon residents and families are noted in holiday travel plans and gatherings. Families including the Williams Brund and Innes clans head to Hawaii and Billings, with others visiting San Diego Pasadena and Seattle. Community caroling, snow dangers, college student visits, and county office closures mark a busy holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Williams
Hiram Brundage
San Francisco
Hawaii
Evans Innes
Lorenzo Cushing
Joe Innes
Billings
Cushing
Jack Deputy
San Diego
Calif
Christmas Parties Reported From Dillon Area Posts
Christmas parties were held last weekend in Dillon area events. Vigilante Electric Cooperative hosted a Saturday party at Lyon's Den, with other gatherings including the Old Fashioned Dancing Club at St James Guild Hall and the Legion and Auxiliary at the Legion clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigilante Electric Cooperative
Lyon's den
Dillon
Old Fashioned Dancing Club
St. James Guild Hall
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion
Kiwanis Club
Andrus Hotel
Jayceens
Jayceen
City frees meters for Christmas shoppers in Dillon
Police Chief Leo Williams announced that parking in Dillon’s business section will be free through the day after Christmas. Meter regulations will resume Thursday morning December 26 at 9 a.m. City officials suspended meter use as a holiday convenience for shoppers.
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Leo Williams
Dillon
Funeral of Former Rancher Held in Bozeman
James E. Noble 62 a Beaverhead county rancher died at Norris home after illness. Born May 29 1895 in Stockton Missouri he came to Montana at 16 and drove stage from Gallatin Gateway to Gallatin Canyon. He married Bessie MacWilliams in Bozeman in 1917 and settled near Dillon later ranching on the Madison river. Survivors include son Lloyd Norris daughters Mrs George Dringie Norris and Mrs Ray Masters and Mrs Edna Harrison Dillon sister Mrs J Kenneth Marr Warrensburg Missouri and six grandchildren.
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James E. Noble
Beaverhead
Bozeman
Red Bluff
Mr. Nobile
Norris
Stockton
Mr. Noble
Montana
Gallatin Gateway
Gallatin Canyon
Bessie MacWilliams
Dillon
Julius Elledge
Madison River
Noble
Lloyd Noble
George Dringie
Ray Masters
Edna Harrison
J. Kenneth Marr
Warrensburg
Nurs es Cap Presented Miss Audrey Remely
Audrey Remely daughter of Mr and Mrs Ivan Remely of Polaris was among 27 Montana State College nursing freshmen awarded caps in ceremonies at three MSC affiliated hospitals Dr Anna Peral Sherrick head of the MSC school of nursing said Remely was among five honored at Butte Community Memorial Hospital Other hospitals included Deaconess at Billings and Montana Deaconess at Great Falls
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Audrey Remely
Ivan Remely
Polaris
Montana State College
Anna Peral Sherrick
MSC
Miss Remely
Butte Community Memorial Hospital
Billings
Montana Deaconness
Great Falls
Dillon Residents Visit Plan Winter in Arizona
The article notes Mr and Mrs James Mansfield of Grant and Mr and Mrs W D Sandy of Twin Bridges visiting Dillon Monday. The Messrs plan to depart the following Saturday for Mesa Arizona to spend the winter.
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Dillon
Cones House
James, Mansfield
Grant
W. D. Sandy
Twin Bridges
Mesa
Arizona
Worship Services and Circles Mentioned in Local Church Notices
Wm. J. Holland leads Sunday School at 9 45 with Morning Worship at 11 00 and a sermon titled Reality In Religion featuring a solo by Elizabeth McFadden The Ellen May Circle meets at Miss Jean Bishop's home Thursday at 7 30 Assembly of God Church led by Pastor Roger V Dane offers Sunday School 10 00 morning worship 11 00 and evangelistic service 7 30 with a Wednesday service listed.
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Wm. J. Holland
Elizabeth McFadden
Ellen May
Jean Bishop
Assembly OF God Church
Roger V. Dane
Church Activities Schedule in Jackson
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints lists Sunday services at 10:00 a.m. for Sunday school and 11:00 a.m. for Sunday school in Jackson while a sacrament meeting occurs at 7:00 p.m. The Tuesday Relief Society meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday events include Primary at 4:00 p.m. and Mutual at 7:30 p.m.
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Church OF Latter Day Saints
Jackson
Sacrament Meeting
Relief Society
Mutual
St Rose Church Sunday Mass Times and Schedule
Fr Bernard J Sullivan pastor at St Rose Catholic Church lists weekly masses on Sundays at 8 a.m. and monthly services in Dillon Lima Grant Melrose and Jackson on the specified Sundays at 4 p.m. for each location. The schedule covers four Sundays with varying parish locations and times.
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ST. Rose Catholic Church
Bernard J. Sullivan
Dillon
A.m. Lima
Grant
Melrose
Jackson
Christian Science Sunday Services and Reading Room
The Christian Science Society at 2 South Washington Street invites participation in Sunday School at 9 45 a m and Sunday Service at 11 a m The healing power taught by Christ Jesus will be emphasized Readings Room hours are Fridays 2 to 4 p m First Wednesday monthly testimonial meeting at 8 o clock
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Christian Science Society
South Washington St
Christ Jesus
Schulz Finishes Army Training at Fort Knox
Army Private Barclay D. Schulz son of Mr and Mrs Leonard A Schulz Dillon Montana completed six months of active military training at Fort Knox under the Reserve Forces Act program He received armor training after basic at Fort Ord California The 23 year old graduate of Beaverhead County High School class of 1953 and Montana State University class of 1956 is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity
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Fort Knox, Ky
AHTNC
Barclay D. Schulz
Leonard A. Schulz
South Dakota St
Dillon
Mont
Fort Knox, Y
Schulz
Fort Ord
Calif
Beaverhead Unty High School
Montana State University
Alpha ‘Kappa Psi Fraternity
Savings Bond Sales in Beaverhead County Rise
Beaverhead County reports November savings bond sales totaling 19 562, part of a 1957 year total of 187 103. State November sales reached 1 708 215, with 20 709 158 for January–November. County chair W Hawkins notes gifts for Christmas and promotes free gift folders at banks.
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U. S. Treasury
Aliens Ordered to Report Montana Addresses in January
James M. Sweet of the Immigration and Naturalization Service urged all aliens in Montana to file the required address reports during January 1958. In 1957, 5 611 aliens submitted reports. penalties for violations include fines up to 200 dollars, 30 days in jail, or deportation.
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James M. Sweet
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Montana
Immigration Service
Mc.Sweet
United States
Immigration Service Office
Helena
Admissions And Dismissals At Barrett Hospital Week End
Admissions and dismissals at Barrett hospital for the week ending Wednesday afternoon list: admitted Harry Underwood Nerita Quilici Mrs Pauline Spehar Dillon John Casey Bannack and others. Dismissals include George Smith transfer to Veterans Hospital Ft Harrison and several Dillon residents plus Lima Wise River and Idaho names. Two births: Vernon Sylvester Wise River a son and Ted Taft Dillon a daughter.
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the Barrett Hospital
Harry_Underwood
Nerita Quilici
Pauline Spehar
Dillon
John
Casey
Bannack
George Smith
Veterans Hospital
Ft. Harrison
Merl Lyda
Hobart Sneed
Christine. Anderson
George Stepan
Joseph Ross
Pete Whiteford
Albert. Schulz
Rena Parks
George
Child Study Club Distributes Toys This Christmas
The Mon tana Power Company building showcased a decorated Christmas tree with donated toys for area needy children. Dillon's Child Study sponsored the project and inmates at Deer Lodge State Prison renovated additional gifts to add to the collection.
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Montana Power Company
Dillon’s
Deer Lodge
Meteor Seen Across Dillon and Western Montana
Reports from Dillon residents describe a bright meteor flashing Sunday night across the sky, with wide visibility in Western Montana. Lee Hoerning, a local oil distributor, saw a bright object arching across before daylight Sunday morning, visible for three or four seconds as it rose above clouds and faded behind a high cloud bank in the western horizon with a slight light streamer and no flare.
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Dillon
Montana
Lee Hoerning
Home by New Year’s Expected
Relatives report Mrs. Paul Garr of Dell has been released from Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota but remains under medical supervision. They expect the Garrs to return home by New Year’s once further recovery permits.
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Paul Garr
Dell
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
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Jack Shields
Juneau
Alaska
Warren Monger
Shields
Wenger
John McCollum
University of Washington At
Seattle
Dllon
Lenore McCollum
Gladys Forrester
Western Montana College
P. J. Lovell
California
Jack
Cincent Air Force Base
Yuma
Ariz
Aronson
Francis Polutniik
Montana Highway Patrol
Santa Claus
Nurses Cap
First Presbyterian Church
Pitney- Bowes
National Cash Register
Stanley C. Allyn
NCR
FT. Knox
Barrett Hospital
Child Study Club
George M. Gosman
Dilion
Robert’s Market
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