Beaverhead PMA election results announced for 1952
Luther S. Smith, PMA county committee chairman, announced the results of the annual PMA community committeemen election. Balloting by mail ended December 17 with counts on December 18. Readouts list Dillon, Dell, and Big Hole Jackson communities, naming chairmen, vice chairs, regular members, alternates, and delegates for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Production and Marketing Administration
Luther S. Smith
PMA
Dillon
Smith
Dillon Community
Arthur Bay
Carl Benson
Holgar Carlson
Roy Forrester, Jr
Emmett Blomquist
Agregate
Holger Carlson
Dell
Pasco Bimat
Lima
John Briggs
Ray Martinell
Maurice Wolfe
W. L. Peterson
Amos Hansen
James McKenzie
Big Hole-Jackson
Wendell Jardine
Jackson
Emil Schindler
Duane MedKevitt
Fred Rutledge
Wisdom
Fred Else
Five Peterson Brothers Initiated Into Dillon Elks Lodge
Grand Exalted Ruler Howard R. Davis sends congratulations and best wishes to five Peterson brothers initiated December 19 at Dillon Lodge No. 1554 BPOE. The ceremony featured Frank Venable as speaker and Dan Pendergast as sponsor, with an Elks emblem tie clasp and Dutch lunch after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Penn
E. R. Hilger
Dillon Lodge
East Center St
Dillon
Peterson Brothers
Elks’ Magazine
Howard R. Davis
B.P.O.E
Elks Temple
Peterson
Big Hole Basin
Frank Venable
Butte
Montana Elks Association
Dan Pendergast
Elks
Elvin
Melvin
Ralph Peterson
Bob Peterson
Edwin Hilger
Alfred Peterson
Marriages Decline in County Amid New License Rules
Montana marriage license reforms reduced county permits from 62 in 1951 to 47 this year at Dillon. The banner month was March with 9 licenses. January and December each issued only one. Weds listed include Mattlingy and Manning in Dillon, Christensen and McCullum in Dillon, and Clawson and Howard in Dillon, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Cupid
County
Montana
Dillon
Treasure State
H. E. Contway
Jack G. Mattingly
Leoan Manning
Lima
Otto Christensen
Lola Darlene McCullum
Joe Peters
Marva Hanks
St. Anthony
Idaho
Butte Man Fined $100 on Drunk Driving Charge
Vernon Sanders of Butte pleaded guilty in justice court to drunk driving. Judge Mike Nettik fined him $100 after Sanders pulled off the highway at Dead Man's Curve near Glen during a sub-zero storm and slept in his car. Patrolman Royal Archer and Sir Paul Temple found him and took him to the county jail to thaw out.
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Justice Court
Vernon Sanders
Butte
Mike Nettik
Sanders
Dead Man’s Curve
Glen
Highay
Royal Archer
Sir Paul Temple
Mrs Sally Slavens Observes 103rd Birthday in Clinton
Mrs Sally Slavens of Clinton Missouri marked her 103rd birthday last Friday born December 21 1848 She is the mother of Harry Brown and grandmother to Claude and Bill Brown Hazel Sorenson and Marie Petersen all of Dillon as listed in the town tribute
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Sally Slavens
Clinton, Mo
Harry Brown
City
Slavens
Claude
Bill Brown
Hazel Sorenson
Marie Petersen
Dillon
Benefit Hoop Game Nets Wright $307 for Patrolman Wounded
Proceeds from a benefit basketball game between the Collegians and Western Montana Bulldogs totaled just over 387 dollars with 80 dollars in expenses. The net proceeds of about 307 dollars went to Bob Wright the state highway patrolman wounded in a September gun battle near Butte. Donations and greeting cards were forwarded to Mrs Wright with thanks to sponsors Western Montana College of Education and The Examiner and Tribune for publicity.
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Collegians
Western Montana Bulldogs
Lloyd Whipple
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bob Wright
Butte
Highway Patrol
V.F.W
Lima
Wright
Harry Jensen
Western ‘Montana College of Education
Western
Bulldogs
The
Examiner and Tribune
Harvey Sorenson
Carl Davis
Morgan Hall
Clifford Bay
Bruce Watters
Beavers to Compete In Deer Lodge Meet
Dillon high school Beavers travel to Deer Lodge Friday to enter the district basketball tournament among southwestern Montana B squad teams. Coach Bill Straugh’s Western Montana Bulldogs resume action Jan 5 versus Great Falls Air Base on the home floor. The Beavers split two conference games, losing to Red Lodge 55 44 and defeating Big Timber 32 41.
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Dillon High School Beavers
Deer Lodge
Montana
Bill Straugh
Western Montana College Bulldogs
Great Falls
Beavers
Red Lodge
Big Timber
Save Your 1951 License Plates in Montana for 1952
Montana motorists will not receive new license plates for 1952 and must keep their 1951 plates. Windshield stickers will replace plates, selling January 2 at county treasurers. Out-of-state and new vehicles get 1951 plates plus 1952 stickers. stickers are yellow and black in state map outline.
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Montana
Quiet Beaverhead County Year Yields Few Headlines
A year end roundup notes events in Beaverhead County including the Mace family selling Beaverhead Livestock Co to Rock Island Oil Refining Co, funeral services for J H Gilbert, Carolyn White’s Santa Ana arrival, Herman Peterson’s 30 cent cattle price high, Richard Burns elected Beaverhead Chamber president, Dusty Miller missing in Korea, first local auto wreck victim in months at a service station, and the Beaverhead wool pool sale.
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Mace Family
Beaverhead Livestock Co
Rock Island Oil Refining Co
H. Gilbert
Carolyn White
Santa Ana
Calif
Herman Peterson
Richard Burns
Beaverhead
Births in Beaverhead county dip slightly from 1950
Beaverhead county registered 108 births this year, 61 girls and 47 boys, down from 112 in 1950 when boys outnumbered girls 57 to 55. March, August and September posted the highest birth counts, with variable gender splits.
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Beaverhead County
O E S Installation Thursday Night
Mizpah chapter No. 13 of the Order of Eastern Star will hold a special meeting Thursday at 8 o clock in the Masonic temple to install Phoebe Petersen as worthy matron and W J Bierrum as worthy patron.
Former Dillon Man Dies in Pittsburg Pa
Relatives here were notified of the death last Saturday in Pittsburg Pa of Payor John Walling 64 a well known former Dillon resident. He worked as an auto mechanic in Dillon and retired before moving to Pennsylvania where he had lived for years. A native of Germany he is survived by two sisters Mrs Elizabeth Moore and Mrs Clayton Howell who reside here. Remains are being forwarded to Dillon for services and interment.
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Pittsburg
John Walling
Dillon
Pennsylvania
Germany
Elizabeth Moore
Clayton Howell
Beav erhead County Sees Increased Deaths From Last Year
Beaverhead County reports 83 deaths in the past 12 months, up 36 from 1950. Monthly totals list August 12, October 9, with several months showing 2, 6, or 7 deaths. Affected individuals include Albert Lawrence 53 and Veronica Hartwig 90 among others.
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Beaverhead County
Albert Lawerence
Santa Arrives by Red Truck for Dillon Holiday Gift Passes
In Dillon last Saturday Santa Claus arrived in a bright red Davis Motors truck at the depot platform to hand out more than 500 gift sacks. The event drew hundreds of children with helpers from the chamber of commerce and Soroptimist club who prepared the sweets nuts and fruit at a forest service warehouse earlier in the week.
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Dillon
Santa Claus
Davis Motors
Chamber of Commerce
Santa
Elfreda Woodside
Ann Wight
Bertie Mathews
Vera Melvyn
Soroptimist Club
Dick Burns
Herb Wheat
John Thierault
L. L. Lindley
W. M. Stone
Forest Service
Representatives Invited to Beaver Lodge Meeting
A Beaver Lodge interest meeting is set for Thursday at 8 p m in the high school public speaking room. Dillon organizations and interested persons are urged to attend as Beaverhead County High School principal M C Rahl notes the recreation center’s operation will be discussed and cooperation is needed to keep the center open under adult supervision amid many teenage activities scheduled in the next two months.
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Beaver Lodge
Dillon
M. C. Rahl
Beaverhead County
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