Chronological Review of Beaverhead 1938 Events
Beaverhead county notes include election filings and county officials’ campaigns, graduation and school events, road and bridge issues, fires, crime trials, and community activities from June through October. Notable items cover primary results, high school commencements, military and fraternal meetings, and local infrastructure updates.
Burgeoning Snow Sets Beaverhead Scene as City Hears Bonds
November entry reports Burton Bachenlor 19 and Terry O'Hara 23 pleading guilty to ear theft. Snow blankets Beaverhead for a second time this season as bids are sought on a high school bond issue and city council weighs a municipal park project. John Lee Hoban is sentenced to two years for forgery. Melvyn Weenink 43 dies in a fatal incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Dillon
WPA
Ace Ross
Temple
Bernard Williams
Beaverhead River
Big Hole Basin
Ted Renfro
Montana
Missoula
Dillon Gun Club
Timothy J. Sullivan
Butteman
Big Hole River
Leslie H. Smith
Garry Johnson
Glen Bridge
Ralph McFadden
Dillon Rotary Club
Florida
Wisconsin
C. J. Horren
American Legion
William Keppler
Jack Gilbert
Dillon Country Club
C. E. Blinn
H. L. Hatton
Feeley
George Kennedy
Harvard University
Rotary
Campbell
Hennéberry
Rife
Stahl
Orr
Jones
O’connell
Thorkelson
Congress
Diana Rebekah Lodge
W. B. Willey
D.A.R
Board of Trustees
R.A.M
Big Hole Battleground
Hattie Noyes
Wisdom
Beaverhead County
Betty Ann Polleys
F. X. Lechner
Leonard Thompson
Devon
Moht
First Lutheran Church
Susan Wolfe
Guardian
Dillon Aicraft Juveniles
Ray Allant
Montana State Normal College
Herbert P. Kakuske
Elizabeth Roe
Beaverhead Sportsmen's Association
Game Commission
Naw Elk Herd
James R. Jackson
Dillmont Park
George Johnson
Philip Bogden
Prin
Conrad Orr
Dillon Public Schools
Paul Anderson
Minnesota
H. M. Miller
Elks Drum and Bugle Corps
Henry Hignight
Roscoe Cornell
Helen Shaffner
Dillon Rainbow Girls
Lester Opp
Montana State College
Dillon B. & P. W
Ruth Reardon
Irvine & Cottom
Northwest
Presbyterian Church
Paris E. Wells
Rural Electrification Administration
Beaverhead Valley
Lower
Big Hole
P.T.A
L. M. Holloran
Jack Miles
Gleed Ranch
Lima
Doris McAdam
Epworth League
W. G. Bannister
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rotary Club
St. James Ghild Hall
Harlan Harrison
Beavers
Butte Reds
Elmo Winn
Harry Graves
Bannack Street
Bob Barrett
Tige Talent
Russell Smith
Paul Schwab
Albert Baker
Boy Scout Committee
Parent Teachers Association
Rainbow Girls
Marguerite Clair
Normal College
Clarence Peterson
Dell
Beaverhead High
Whitehall
George M. Gosman
Rotary Club of Legion
Los Angeles
Dillon Parent Teachers Association
Lillian Stone
Beaver
June Patrick
Fay Kirkpatrick
Frank A. Hazelbaker
William Rae
Havre
Dillon Club
Beaverhead Mining Association Committee
State Bureau of Mines
Butte
Clarence Vance
Dell Cowboy
Monida
Republican County Central Committee
Sam Ditty
CCC
Birch Creek
Legion National Convention
Beaverhead Post
Butte High Reds
Joseph B. Poindexter
Hawaii
J. Thorkelson
Bernard Garrison
Robert Branch
Illinois
Dillon Girl Scout Council
Kidd
Dillon Business and Professional Women’s Club
Mercury
Michael A. Henneberry
Mike Rebich
Art Halls
New
Joe Metlen
Archie Henneberry
Paul H. Temple
Albert S. Baker
Bertie Mathews
Norman Giles
Leonard Schulz
Margaret Sweeney
Irving Orr
James E. Phillips
F. C. McFadden
Johnson
William J. Heuston
Joseph W. Potts
Wise River
Ward Wright
Board of Commissioners
Heuston
John Como
Anaconda
Hamilton
Red Cross
F. D. Willis
Harold Martin
Paul Temple
Harry G. Farrell
T. E. Gilbert
Henry G. Rodgers
James E. Kelly
S. T. Schreiber
Boise
Chamber of Commerce
Heaston
William J. Heaston, Jr
William Heaston, Jr
Mary Heaston
Martha Heaston
William Heaston
Mary L. Innes
William J. Heaston
H. F. Trautman
Ethel Mar Forrester
Burton Bachellor
Terry O'Hara
Forrest Heber
James Martin
John Carr
William J. Heaston, Sr
Anna Christensen
Union Pacific
Eleanore Thompson
W. M. Stone
Sylvester P. Meade
Dillon Lodge
Montana Flyer
Sheridan
Herman Peterson
William Coey
Ben Kuhl
Cahill-Mooney Company of
Northern Plumbing and Heating Company of
Denver
Western Plumbing and Electric Company of
W. N. Bichler
Gilmore & Pittsburg Railroad
Ennis
Beaverhead High Beavers
Miles City
Bert Megquier
R.A.M. Ellis
Butte Treble Clef Club
Lutheran Church
Dillon Business and
Armstead
McGuire
J. C. Ferguson
Burton Bachenlor
John Lee Hoban
Melvyn Weenink
Beaverhead leaders shown in 1938 livestock figures and local events
The 1938 Montana board of equalization lists Beaverhead as the top county for cattle with 50 367 head and sheep at 157 110 head. Local notes include Lodge and club awards, DeMolay chevalier initiations, a high school press convention, and a ranch hay stack fire near Dillon. Industry outlook discusses 1939 beef supply, price expectations, range feed, and imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFadden
Justice of Peace
George Opp
Matt Kay
Beaverhead County
Francis A. Thomson
School of Mines
H. C
Bert) McNinch
Dillon
Claudia Faust
Sylvester P. Meade
Zelda Stewart Lovell
Lazar G. Hasin
Medicine Lodge
Beaverhead
Elkhorn Springs
Charles Hiesenbotham
Pony Express
James Elmer Selway
Tri-county Stockmen’s Association
Madison
Silver Bow
Edwin Whitworth
Parent Teachers Association
Marcus Rand
Mary Ann Luebben
Henry Meine
Dillon B. & P. W. Club
Lewistown
Elizabeth Winn
Normal College
Assembly of Grand Council
Montana
Harlow Jay Hart
Helena
Gilmore and
Pittsburg
Yeggs
Hartwig Theatre
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of
Butte
Harry ‘J. Andrus
Knights ‘Templar of
Lew L. Callaway
Depot Lawn
A. L. Strand
Montana State College
W. C. Jones
State Highway Commission
Big Hole Road
Irving E. Orr
Knights Templar
Channell A. MacKenzie
L. C. Ford,Jr
Lima
Herbert P. Kakuske
Montana State Normal College
Joe Metlen
Prudence Duncan
Robert Branch
Dilllon
Girl Scout Council
Dillon Legion
Idaho ‘Falls
Charles Henry
Dillon Public Schools
Paul L. Anderson
James N. Campbell
Roscoe Hugenin
PWA
Rotary
Howard A. Johnson
Dillon Elks Lodge
L. Ott Gordon
Legion
Louis Anderson
Alaska
George Metlen
Patricia Gilbert
Blanche McManus
Eureka
Paul ‘Stahl, Sr
Chamber of Commerce
Margaret Sweeney
J. Layland
Coun
W. E. Stinson
Joe C
Beaverhead Valley
Willey
Dillon Elks Drum and Bugle Corps
Anaconda
Bear Dillon Elks
Joe W. Potts
Wise River
William J. Heaston
Temple
Mae Obenland
Rachel Lenore Smith
Florence G. Davis
Dillon Business and Professional Women’s Club
Clauudia Faust
Dillon Elks Crack Drum and Bugle Corps
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Renfro
Brundage
R. Barrett
Frederick J. McGras
Pennsylvania
Beaverhead National Forest
Berry Creek
Jackson
Andrew Ferko
Kirby
Wyo
J. H. Dickey and Son
Marlin K. Farmer
T. E. Downey
Ace Ross
Mining Association of Montana
Carl J. Trauerman
Bill Spehar
James E. Murray
Bozeman
State Board of Equalization
Martha Quackenbush
Noble Grand
Diana Rebekah Lodge
Eastern Star
Beaverhead Future Farmers
Fielding Graves
George Christensen
Southwestern Montana High School Press Association
Pillow Elks Lodge
T. F. McFadden
Paul Anderson
Beaverhead-Madison - Farm Loan Association
Bozeman Group
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Ted Renfro
P.I.T.A
Herman Peterson
Cornell Ranch
Los Angeles
U. S
Helena Fights Over Shrine Temple City Hall Spire
Helena leaders debate replacing the crescent and star topped minaret removed during remodeling. Citizens protested the spire top, and officials consider reclaiming the 20 foot portion to spur employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Also Mentioned on This Page
George C. Farrell
Odd Fellows
H. G. Rodgers
Legion Junior Nine
Herman Lyman
Badger Pass
Alex Remneas
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Milwaukee
M. M. Ulrich
W. J. Cushing
Supreme Court
Beaverhead High School
Wefare Administration
Montana Department of American Legion
Marjorie Decker
Grand Faith
State Assembly
Great Falls
Wyoming State
Forest Service
Elkhorn
Cornell Park
al G. Barnes
Gleed Brothers
T. Lee McCracken
A. W. Nelson
Jack Keenan
Dillon Elks
O. Kay Moe
Bernice Tubman Swanson
Bruce A. Risley
Democratic Central Committee
Dillon-Butte
Tom H. Dubois
Republican Central Committee
Masonic
Billings
John T. Orr
Erand
Ruth J. Nicol
Bernice T. Swanson
Froid Head Normal
Dillon Merchants
Rey
W. E. Talent High
Flock
Beaverhead Forest
Washington, D. C
Mike Swench
Golden Leaf Mill
Ibald and Associates
Dillon Creamery and Pheasant
John Collins
Beaverhead Mining Association
Irvine & Cottom Farm
Bill Gleed
Ted Henfro
Charles Shannon
Democratic County Central Committee
Ruth Ann Dart
Grand Assembly of Rebekahs
Glacier Park
L. Donovan
Curtis Wilson
Montana Education Association
Verna A. Hansen
W.H. Stephan
Beaverhead Red Cross
State Entomology Department
Joseph Bartell
Windham
Mont
Barrett Hospital
James T. Finlen, Jr
Butters
Dillon Ellis Lodge
E. G. Free
Roscoe Cornell, Jr
John Leo Hoban
George L. Shue
Bers
Butte High
J.a.minaughton