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Newspaper

Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1944

Page

8

Service Men News From Dillon Christmas Messages

Local families welcome returning service members and widens circles with holiday notes from Fort Douglas to Mc Clelland Field. Letters from Pvt Barrett praise comrades and the Dillon citizens committee for morale boosting gifts. Seaman Miller and Sgt Christensen share thanks and memories of home and train service.

David J. Barrett Dillon William V. Sutherland Sacramento Air Technical Service Command McClelland Field Calif Barrett Houston Texas R.M. Barrett Air Corps Louisiana Arthur Christensen Pacific Area Citizens’ Committee

Chronological Beaverhead Events of 1944 Highlight Local War Efforts

A detailed year long sequence tracks Beaverhead County happenings from January to mid summer 1944. Inductees depart for Fort Douglas, community drives raise funds for war bonds and Red Cross, high school sports shine with district and state tournaments, local officials change hands, and flood and fire events test the area amid wartime demands. Named figures include Gertrude Lyon, Sylvester Meade, Lew Brundage, Evelyn Rimel, Bob Stanchfield, and many more in Dillon and surrounding communities.

Fort Douglas C. E. Blinn Vigilante Electric Cooperative Dillon Butte Central Twin Bridges Beaverhead Gertrude Lyon Armstead Groundhog Normal College Butte High Ennis Ray Willey Sylvester P. Meade Leonard A. Schultz Lew D. Brundage Evelyn Rimel Rotary Bob Stanchfield Virginia Tovey Isabel Ross D.A.R Dillon Hide and Fur Co Edwin Whitworth Beaverhead County Betty Harper Spokane Jung Shang-Li Taft Allen Washington Evelyn Rime Ottillie Brauer M.E.A Beaverhead Red Cross Joe White Big Hole Dillon Rotarians Muggs McGrath Missoula Beavers Corvallis Columbia Falls Idaho Utah Red Cross Drive Beaverhead National Forest J. H. Gilbert Alder Southwestern Montana Woolgrowers Rotary Club W. J. Bierrum Fréd Bridenstine Favre Eatoh Fay Erwin Harold C. Murray Dillon Elks Lodge Great Falls Stanford Dillon Rotary Club Fred Woodside T. E. Luebben Wolf Point Beaverhead High School Dale Dart Dillon Quint Chuck Davis American Legion Parke Scott Beaverhead-Madison Farm Loan Group Beaverhead High Cage Clancy Johnson Red Cross Maryland Fred Honeychurch Charles E. Nelson Donald R. Nelson Italy Norman E. Benson First Lutheran Church Wendell Jardine J. Warren Shaw J. C. Shields Butte Harris Opp St. Elmo Knights Templar Emma Knox Woodcraft Lewis D. Smith Future Farmers Chapter Edwin Buck Paul Puyear Jess Roberts B. J.billings Dillon Creamery Harold Murray Dillon Elks Sam Dillon Country Club Chickie Ross Eugene Wents Phillips Iowa Margaret Sweeney State Board of Public Welfare Brooder Ray Gordon Andrew Hofmeister George Nightingale Northwest Water Color Society Olive M. Flachesenhar Mizpah Eastern Star Eugene W. Phillips George B. Schotte Ford Willow Run Bob Gosman Beaverhead High School Student Association Mable Culbertson Dillon Neighbors Eleanor Lortz Dillon Business and Professional Women OPA Dee Smith Dillon Elk Lodge Ryan’s Canyon Norman Giles Republican Women’s Club Chris Carlson Shriners Bagdad Temple Fred Kerr Edwin ‘Anderson ATC John Collins Montana State Normal College Ralph Micken School of Mines Sheldon E. Davis Beaverhead Rodeo Association John Mountjoy Archie C. Henneberry George Gosman Ernestine Stahl Women’s Mountain View Cemetery Thomas E. Gilbert Don E. Anson Blaz R. Lugar Lewis Smith Normal Paul F. Fidler Ray Ferguson Beaverhead River Lima Roy Torkelson Europe Ted Woodward Wisdom Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs Jean Troupe Dillon Rainbow Beaverhead Valley George L. Pope Martin C. Jackson George Clemow Rose Ann Clemow W. W. Hawkins John Wenger Legion Auxiliary John Prohosky Dillon Ellis Kendrick Smith Bernice ‘Sargent John Hartwig Smith-Hughes William Evans Craig Anderson U. S. Navy W. C. Reed Mrs. Dupree Melrose American Red Cross John G. Albers Roy Ford Jackson Albert S. Baker Masonic Fraternal Society Patterson Building Bannack Idaho Streets Paul Steele Normandy Ben H. Davis E. E. Hazel Blaz Lugar Ford Middleton Jesse P. White Herder Dell Jack Coupe Ben Davis Harry Helming Emmett J.“Hill Hollis E. Potter Chicago Dee A. Patton Montana American Legion Auxiliary Helena Angus “Scotty” McKay Self Mansfield Ranch Horse Prairie Thomas MccMullin Blacktail Creek Glen E. Mussetter France Henry Quane Anaconda

Oliver Kurtz Summoned Here Sunday

Surviving him are his wife and six sons with several serving abroad. Oliver E. of Las Vegas Nevada Norman G. of Great Falls Pfc Lester J in Luxembourg Ens James L in Los Angeles Sgt George D with the ATC in India Frank L Ma 2/c in the South Pacific. Six grandchildren two brothers Bruce and James of Los Angeles a sister Mrs John Shaffner of Dillon and three sisters in Pensylvania. All of the sons except Frank are married.

Oliver E Las Vegas Nev Norman G Great Falls Lester J U. S. Army Luxembourg James L Los Angeles George D ATC India Frank L South Pacific Bruce James John Shaffner Dillon Pensylvania Frank

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