Chronological review of Beaverhead deaths 1939
A county year in review shows 69 deaths in Beaverhead, down from 72. January had 10 fatalities, with 12 by violence including two homicides and two personal crisis reports amid a murder last year. Names and ages listed for several individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grim Reaper
Beaverhead
Mary
Joseph LeClair
George Watson
Joseph Johnson
Emily M. Taylor
Lloyd Francis Williams
Christine Odell
Edward Gerdal
Joseph Fergeson
David Joseph Wilson
Betty White
Beaverhead year in review marks a busy period
Beaverhead residents mark New Year greetings while the year unfolds with new county officers, school changes, sports results, and civic events. Highlights include Monday observances, a new state health supervisor, school consolidations, high school games, club installations, and local civic activities through January.
Cupid Does Rushing Business During 1939
The Clerk of the Court Norman Giles reports 118 marriage licenses issued in the past year, down from 121 last year but up from 110 in 1937. April and August led with 15 licenses each. November had 12, February had 3. Idaho couples accounted for a large share. January entries include A W Stenberg and Ellen Caldwell of Butte and several Idaho pairs. Continued on page 4.
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Norman Giles
Cupid
Idaho
A. W. Stenberg
Ellen Caldwell
Butte
Jesse Duncan
Eleanor Norton
Pocatello
Bert Kamps
Jennie Foster
Lima
George Henry O'Connell
Opal Gertrude Hughes
Wisdom
Ward H. Pound
Isla Benedict
Idaho Falls
Thomas E. Larson
Spencer
Myrtle Babcock
Leadville
Colo
Anthony Stefanatz
Oil
Teacher Granted Leave of Absence for Winter and Spring Quarters
Arnold Clair, instructor in violin and public school music at the Normal college, receives leave to pursue graduate work at the University of Minnesota. He holds a Juilliard diploma and an M A from Iowa. Ralph McFadden and Grace Redburn will direct his classes. Mrs. Marguerite Birch Clair resigns to teach elsewhere.
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Arnold Clair
Normal College
University of Minnesota
Mr. Clair
Juilliard School of Music
New York City
University of Iowa
Clair
Ralph McFadden
Grace Redburn
New England Conservatory of Music
University of Washington
Redburn
Marguerite Birch Clair
New Year's Eve Plans Completed in Beaverhead County
Residents arrange several community watch parties as Dillon volunteer fire department sponsors a New Year’s Eve frolic at city hall starting 11 p.m. Elks lodge hosts a private party for members and their ladies in their new home. Dances and home gatherings extend across the county with many communities hosting celebrations into 1940.
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Beaverhead County
Dillon Volunteer Fire Department
City Hall
Dillon Elks Lodge
Elks
Paul» Temple
Iti
Obituary Notices: Saunders Wahling Arbuckle Lotzien Davidson Irion
February entries list Edgar Saunders 82 Lillian Wahling 75 Lillian Arbuckle 69 with gunshot wound in chest homicide Archie Arbuckle 75 gunshot wound in mouth death by own action Frank Lotzien 83 Thomas Davidson 90 and Loran Ray Irion 20 in a highway accident.
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Edgar Saunders
Lillian Wahling
Lillian Arbuckle
Archie M. Arbuckle
Frank Lotzien
Thomas Davidson
Loran Ray Irion
Obituary Roll Call Dates and Ages
A sequence lists names and ages: David Francis Beaulieu 67 on March 4, Isaac Marble 84, Flo May Joy 48 on the 14th, and John E Shuster 62 on the 22nd. The note records these as memorial entries with dates and ages.
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David Francis Beaulieu
Isaac Marble
Flo May Joy
John E. Shuster
Seventy three Births in Beaverhead County Past Year
Beaverhead county birth rate fell from 1938. 73 children born this year vs 94 last year. Boys 37 and girls 36, includes one pair of twins. Peak births in June with 10 and January with nine. Notable births include Thom as Stephan Kambich and Francis Robert Kambich twin boys. Cora May McMannis. Patricia Ellen Coleman. Donna Marie Nelson.
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Beaverhead County
Francis Lawrence Kambich
Thomas Stephan
Francis Robert
Harry Simon McMannis
Cora May
James Francis Coleman
Patricia Ellen
Garood Christian Nelson
Donna Marie
Beaverhead Livestock Prices Rise as Beaverhead County Sees 1938 Boom
Beaverhead stockmen report livestock prices higher than the 1938 level after a year of strong demand. European conflict spurred early fall price gains for lambs and cattle, boosting optimism for the coming year. Dillon Mason Matt Kau installed as thrice illlustrious master of Zabud council in Butte.
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Matt
Kau
Dillon Mason
Zabud Council
Royal
Butte
Ava
Sont Geder
Dillon
Sidney Eet
Butté
Chris’ Beem
Beaverhead
Glad Yuletide Season Celebrated in Beaverhead
Beaverhead residents marked Christmas with church services across Dillon. Midnight masses at St Rose and St James. Grace Methodist held Sunday service. The First Lutheran and Presbyterian churches hosted programs. LDS Sunday school also held activities amid a cold spell that canceled some trips. Visitors noted abundant trees and festive lighting across homes.
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Beaverhead
All Dillon
St. Rose’s Catholic
St. James Episcopal
Grace Methodist Church
Lutheran Church
Hell
Presbyterian Unday School
L.D.S. Church
Beaverhead Valley
Here
Melrose
Beaverhead High Gym Set for Opening Night Basketball
Beaverhead county high schools unveil a new gym described as among Montana's finest. The Beavers host Pocatello in the first of a two game series with the second match scheduled for Saturday. The facility features a modern floor, new bleachers, and a balcony for the band under Le Gregory with Leone Cashmore drum majors guiding the Elks corps.
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Beaverhead County High Schools
Montana
Beavers
Pocatello
Idaho
le Gregory
Leone Cashmore
Elks
Hehe Greeves
Babcock
Tardy Winter Catches Up With a Vengeance
Paul L. Simons of Dillon and Mary Blake of Lewistown head the autumn quarter honor roll at Montana State Normal College with three grade points per credit on 16 credits. The list also names ten percent of students with top ratios, noting the shift to a stricter standard. Eleven more names would have appeared under the former rule.
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Paul L. Simons
Dillon
Mary Blake
Lewistown
Montana State Normal College
Viola Sullivan
Charlo
Phyllis Wohlgenant
Miles City
Leona Durocher
Malta
Doris Larson Kitts
Beth Marie Harwood
Fairfield
Charlotte Dresen
Windham
Ruby MacLean
Butte
Clarine Moore
Lolo
Gem Eldo Cox
Shelby
Florence McBain
William Tower
Lima
Alice Cameron
Big Timber
Shirley Erickson
Plentywood
Harriet Freedle
Bozeman
Ward R. Smith
Whitefish
Rose Conwell
Red Lodge
Donald Kingery
Morese
Elizabeth Kingston
Walier
Vera Strandberg
Missoula
Marguerite Cassidy
Wi Baux
Alberta Gould
Livingston
William M. Johnston
Great Falls
Irene Kuester
Ovando
Eugene Riordan
The
Normal College
First Big Winter Blast Hits Beaverhead County
Old Man Winter arrived late but delivered a sharp cold snap with a 12 below zero low on Christmas Eve and 17 above the next day. Temperatures fluctuated to 12 below again Monday night, then 27 above yesterday as roads were affected and little new snow fell. Residents anticipated no livestock losses and prepared for the cold wave amid Montana weather quirks.
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Beaverhead
Pie Hole
Montana
Beaverhead Sportsmen’s Group Reports Record Year
The Beaverhead Sportsmen’s association reviews a year of achievements in hunting and fishing. They planted hundreds of thousands of trout in Beaverhead streams and lakes, with many fish provided by the Butte Anglers club. The state fish and game department offered fish screens on two large irrigation canals as part of ongoing efforts to foster good will with ranchers.
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Beaverhead
Beaverhea
Butte Anglers Club
Loch Leven
State Fish and Game Department
New Beaverhead County High School Opens January 2
Beaverhead County High School will open in its new building on January 2 as classes resume after Christmas vacation. Students finish the last day in the temporary Normal College quarters, while carloads of new air interior and furniture arrive to outfit the imposing block square structure costing over $300,000.
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Beaverhead
Frank Kambich
Luella Stickney
Dillon
Archie Henneberry
Leonard Schulz
Margaret Sweeney
Irving Orr
J. D. Brundage
Martha Quackenbush
Diana Rebekah Lodge
G.B. Joe Metlen
Elizabeth Shotwell
Eastern Star
W. B. Bretherton
Jesse Finsley
Big Hole Basin
Missoula
Tom Hain
Idaho Falls
Barretts
Bea
Beaverhead County High School
Normal College
Beaverhead County School Opens After $300,000 Build
County gains a large new high school in Dillon with construction largely complete this year. The Beaverhead county high school, costing over $300,000, stands as Dillon’s largest project and awaits its first occupancy as students prepare to move in. The Rural Electrification Act is noted in the continuation on page 4.
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Dillon
Beaverhead County High School
Wise River Man Acquitted by Jury in Liquor Case
Howard Bergen of Wise River was tried in Justice Court last Wednesday on a charge of selling liquor after designated hours. The jury found him not guilty after testimony from local residents. Bergen was arrested earlier this month and released on $500 bond.
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Howard Bergen
Wise River
Justice Court
State Am
George Opp
Wise
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Vers
Sheridan
Sheldon E. Davis
Rotary
Ounty
Bertie Mathews
Arnold Benson
John Albers
C. E. Blinn
REA
Central
St. James Parish
Marie Coppin
Oracle of
Girl Scout Council
Mary Lyle Innes
P.T.A
W. G. Gilbert
Montana Wool Growers Association
Howard Morse
Dale A
Carl H. Rumbaugh
Geraldine Hecox
Three Forks
Beaverhead High
St. Peters
Joe Johnson
Carroll
Musicale
Dillon High
Dan Henneberry
Anaconda Typographical Union
Montana Wild Life Federation
Republican Women’s Club
W. L. Sonnenstuhl
Airways
Bucks ‘Club
WPA
Senator Wheeler
Elinor Johnson
Dillon Rainbow Girls
Normal
Eastern Normal
Darrell D. Weaver
Forest Service
Municipal Rink
Illiam Tower
Mathews Re
Dilon
Butte Masonic Council
Paul Simons
Beaverhead Association
County High School
New High School
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