Renfro named to U S Team for trap shooting honor
Ted Renfro of Dell and Dillon Gun club member earns a place on the All American trap shooting team selected by Jimmy Robinson of Vandalia Ohio. In Beaverhead County 149 couples wed this year a new record surpassing last year. Idaho residents supplied half of the couples with many from Idaho and 73 from the neighboring state.
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Dillon Gun Club
Ted Renfro
Dell
Jimmy Robinson
Vandalia
Ohio
Fred Rifeshaw
Beaverhead County
Idaho
Graduates Teaching Across All Montana Counties
Statistics from the Montana State Normal College show 1 041 graduates teaching in Montana schools this term, with 958 diplomas earned since 1921. Counties with 25 or more graduates include Beaverhead Carbon Cascade Deer Lodge Fergus Gallatin Lewis and Clark Madison Missoula Park Ravalli Silver Bow and Yellowstone. The alumni include 13 current and 16 elected county superintendents.
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Montana
Beaverhead
Carbon
Cascade
Deer Lodge
Fergus
Gallatin
Lewis and Clark
Madison
Missoula
Park
Ravalli
Silver Bow
Yellowstone
Stu
Year in Beaverhead County Highlights and Events
A Beaverhead County year review compiles the examiner files listing numerous outstanding events, marriages, births, and deaths. The retrospective notes a challenging year with fewer complaints and relative prosperity versus other regions, summarizing improvements across the county.
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Beaverhead County
Montana
Improve
Divide Man Kills Wife Then Self
In Divide Montana a man Joe Guidoni, 47, killed his wife Elizabeth, 45, with a .32 caliber pistol then shot himself at Progress Inn near the highway. His daughter Josephine, 12, found them after her brother Maide Guidoni called for help. The brother said the couple had quarreled frequently in the past year.
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Divide
Dillon
Butte
Joe Guidoni
Elizabeth
Progress Inn
Josephine
Maide Guidoni
Sheriff’s Office
Guidoni
Beaverhead county reports 77 births in 1932
Clerk and Recorder Albert Baker records 77 births in Beaverhead county for 1932 with 39 girls and 38 boys. July, August, and October show the most activity with 10 births each. March has 2 and January and June only 3. The list includes names of parents and newborns such as Frankie Louise Rowse and Olive Barbara Swift.
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Beaverhead County
Albert
Baker
Dillon Choral Club to Perform at Baptist Church
The Dillon Choral Club directed by Mrs G Gilbert will give a program at the Baptist church next Sunday evening January 1 at 7 30. The event features several selections and promises a community musical evening.
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Baptist Church
Dillon Choral Club
Melbourne Jackson Earns Eagle Scout Honor in Dillon
Melbourne Jackson became the third Dillon Boy Scout to attain Eagle Scout at a court of honor in the high school gym. Wilbur Gilbert Jr and Fielding Graves attended. Earle N. Genzberger of Butte gave the address on scouting civic value.
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Melbourne Jackson
Dillon
Eagle Scout
Wilbur Gilbert, Jr
Fielding Graves
Earle N. Genzberger
Butte
Charles Henry
Training School
W. W.wahl
Court of Honor
L. A. Gregory
City Churches Unite for Holiday Sunday School and Services
Local churches join in a citywide Christmas observance with special Sunday School programs and festive services. Leaders invite families to attend, highlighting community outreach and seasonal spirit across multiple congregations.
Christmas Observance Spirit Flows Through Dillon Churches
In Dillon and Beaverhead County on Christmas Day 1932 the community celebrated the world's greatest anniversary with services across all churches. Sunday school programs and services were held by Latter Day Saints Presbyterian Methodist Episcopal Baptist Lutheran and St Rose Catholic churches with pageants readings and skits. Midnight mass was observed at St Rose and Holy Communion at St James Episcopal.
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Dillon
Beaverhead
Latter Day Saints
Presbyterian
Episcopal
St. Rose Catholic Church
St. James Episcopal Church
Community Seal Sale Nets 117.05 in Dillon
The Dillon Christmas seal sale raised 117.05 announced by Mrs. W. W. Hawkins, campaign chairwoman. She praised public response and helpers, with schools in other county communities conducting drives under Miss Gladys Garr. Booths operated in banks during the final week from Thanksgiving to Christmas Day.
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Dillon
W. W. Hawkins
Beaverhead County Schools Open Tuesday After Holidays
Beaverhead County will resume classes Tuesday after the Christmas break. Most schools in the county, including Beaverhead County High School and Montana State Normal College, observe the holiday with many students at home while a few schools reopen Monday. The Normal College winter quarter starts with regular classes on Tuesday.
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Beaverhead County
Dillon
Seventy Eight Deaths in Beaverhead County in 1932
Beaverhead County recorded 78 deaths in 1932, up 12 from 1931 and nearly equal to births. Violence caused two murders and another death is listed as probably a murder victim. Accidents included drownings, a car wreck, suffocation, and several unknown causes. February was deadliest with 11 deaths. months varied otherwise, and a complete county list names the deceased.
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Andrew Ziegler
Lsted
Holiday Dances At City Hall Draw Large Crowds
The first two of a four part holiday dance series were staged at the city hall auditorium on Christmas Eve and Monday night with large crowds attending both events. Dillon volunteer fire department aided by volunteers organized the program.
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City Hall
Four New Officers in Beaverhead County to Take Seats
Behind the Beaverhead county courthouse desk next week four new officers will appear as six others begin new terms. The county courthouse marks a shift in personnel with fresh faces joining the force and experienced officers starting renewed terms.
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Helena
Beaverhead County
Red Cross Roll Call Ends With Improved Local Support
Beaverhead county reports the annual Red Cross drive closed with better local contributions, sending $20 more than last year while the post total fell $38 short of 2023. The national organization received 60 cents per subscription, regardless of amount. Chairman BE. W. Bond noted strong help from county volunteers.
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Red Cross
BE. W. Bond
Bond Guild
Beaverhead County
Post
Bond
Beaverhead High Beavers Open Season With 1 Win 2 Losses
Beaverhead county high school's basketball squad opened the 1933 season by playing three games, winning one. They lost 30 29 to Livingston in a hard fought game, won 28 21 at Three Forks, and fell 29 15 to Helena Capital. Coach Breeden played for the Golden Bobcats in Bozeman Monday night as alumni beat MSU 57 44.
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Brick Breeden
Three Forks
Beaver
Breeden
Golden Bobcats
Montana State College
Bozeman
Former Registrar at College Dies in Missouri Home
Dillon residents were shocked by the death of Mrs. L. B. Coler formerly Louise Freeman of this city at her Marysville Missouri home Sunday evening after a short pneumonia illness. She lived in Dillon about five years and served as registrar at the college, forming close ties with students. She resigned last March to move to Missouri where she married Mr. Coler. She leaves a husband her parents and two brothers all of Missouri.
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Dillon
L. B. Coler
Louise Freeman
Marysville
Missouri
Coler
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Examiner
Little Community
Here
Jac. F. Rowse
Frankie Louise
Kenneth R. Swift
Olive Barbara
James F. Morrison
James David
John A. Waldemar
Alver Cole
John Alvin Ward
Marjorie Ann
Edward L. Cornish
Dorothy Jane
George Edward Lane
Leonard F. Waldemar
Merle R. Liggett
Lester Emerson
B. J. Metlen
George Melton
Dillon Rotary Club
Hanson Cafe
Earl Vance
Great Falls
Harry J. Andrus
Lee Martinell
Grim Reaper
George W. French
Ezra Thompson
Charles Herbert Wheat
Augusta Rose
Mary A. French
Hubert Dalmore
Fred Clarke
George W. Murray
Martha Richardson
Lucy V. Fullerton
John Robush
Nick Spehar
Y. Kumamoto
Frank Gauthier
D. D. Dickson
James Wisner
Albert Hansen
Charles Wesley McLaughlin
Legion
The
Dillon Volunteer Fire de
Beavers
Beaverhead County High School
Ning
the Beavers
Livingston
Capitol City
Butte Central
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