Beaverhead Events Highlight 1948 Year
A chronology of Beaverhead County happenings from January to April 1948 lists police and court actions, community events, charity drives, school and sports notes, and local business openings. Highlights include fire at Home Craft bakery, DAR regent election, Community Concert drives, elk permits, and road work on Big Hole basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Luebben
John K. Krause
Dan Mooney
Dillon
Dillon Aerie of
Eagles
Rattlesnake
Chet Hale
Butte High School
Virgil Blue
Rotary
Bond
O. T. Vandegrift
Walter V. Grimes
March of Dimes
Phillip J. Lovell
Kiwanis Club
Montana Auto Sales Company
S. H. Mitchell
Armory
Davis Motors
John O. Peterson
Herman Peterson
Beaverhead
Elkhorn Hot Springs
Chamber of Commerce
Helena
Carol Gaudici
Rainbow Order
Ellis
Clarice McBride
Omaha
Neb
County March of Dimes
Frank Merrell
Bausch & Lamb
Lambert Eliel
Tom Davis
Donald Laden
Barbara Hayes
North Atlantic Street
Paul Griffith
Beavers
Elks
Lima
Office of Lima High School
Rosemary Lane
T. Lee McCracken
Flemington
Bert Chapman
Boise
Idaho
Tanya Johnson
Lois Crawford
Ralph Clagg
Slough
E. W. Slack
Los Angeles
Fred Nelson
Bill Steele
Barretts
Wimpole Street
Red Cross
Dillon Club
Ram Dev
India
H. C. Palmer
Beaverhead Museum Group
Freedom Train
Butte
D. V. Hagenbarth
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Pipe Organ Lodge
Hugh Simmons
Lloyd Whipple
V.F.W
Mina Perkins
Salmon
Court Room
Big Hole Highway
City
Tash Brothers
Elmo Winn
Roscoe Cornell
John Anderson
Big Hole Basin Road
C. W. Buckingham
Battle Creek
Mich
Examiner Printing Company
LaRue Cantrell
Ross Nay
Grasshopper Ranch
C. A. Bechler
Linwood
Calif
William Nelson
Jackson
Montana
Baptist Church
Tom Savage
Lona Hanson
Stech
Wyoming
Fairgrounds
Johnny Reynolds
Melrose
Henry Hignight
Lewistown
James Poe
Harold W. Brown
Lyman H. Bennett
Frank F. Tucker
W. H. Stephan
Anaconda
A. C. Bayers
T. W. Sargent
Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce
Walter Daggett
Dillon Ministerial Association
Ivan Ledbetter
Louis Stahl
Dillon Gun Club
Eagle Hall
L. Thompson
Pfc
Harry Spehar
Renocafe
Armstead
Bill Nelson
Bozeman
Bulldogs
Jv’s
Pocatello
Butte Fresh
American Legion Auxiliary
Champion
H. B. Davis
Sheldon E. Davis
Bitterroot
Dorothy May Brundage
St. James’ Church
Gov. Warren
Dell Lloyd
County Young Republican
Big Hole
Walter F. Shaffner
Frances Giudici
Pfo
Roy E. Peayton
Palomino
Joe G. White
A. A
Mizpah
O.E.S
Mothers’ Club
Dewey
Giles
Helming
Contway
Victors
Ricks
Federation of Women’ ‘S Clubs
R. E. Foster
Bonnie Ann Martin
Johns
Peterson
Bernadine ‘Rebich
Joanne Smith
Sandra Stubban
Dolores White
C. McGahan
American Legion
Clarence Axe
Wm. T. Anderson
Ruth Porter
O. A. Bergeson
Oklahoma Reclamation
J. A. Williams
Missouri
Francis Yeend Heard
Blacktail
FFA
Kansas City
James M. Hunter
Miles City
James M. Nye
Portland
Stanley Smith
Bedrock
Joseph F. Gelhaus
Spokane
Theodore Miller
Beaverhead County Chronology of Local Events
Beaverhead County records a year full of fire losses, deaths, elections, and community milestones. Notable items include fires at Edgar Ferris ranch and Ledebur home, multiple deaths, civic group activities, Beavers and 4-H events, and widespread county notes from Dillon to Armstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Ferris
Herman Peterson
Monger
Beaverhead High School
Rebekah
Dillon Rotary Club
Frank Rise
Wilkins & Co
American Legion
Elkhorn
Dillon
Legion Post
Mountain View Cemetery
Beaverhead Sportsmen Club
Jackson
Albert Erickson
Tribune
Hamilton
Midland Empire fair board elects new officers in Billings
Reelection of officers last week at a reorganizational meeting of the Midland Empire fair board. Rockwood Brown is president with Ora Kemp first vice president Var Mee second vice president Emm Vaughan and Ray Latham as directors and H L Fitton as secretary manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Midland Empire Fair Board
Rockwood Brown
Ora Kemp
Var Mee
Emm ‘Aughan
Ray Latham
H. L. Fitton
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. M. Murfin
John F. Wyatt
Carthage
Tenn
Vigilante Electric Cooperative
REA
Presi
Sie
van Orsdel
Loverhead
Madison Minin
Fay Waldemar
Ted Renfro
Dar
Evelyn Thompson
Bill Treglown
Rotary Meet
Lambert Eliel, Jr
Robert Grees
Boys State
Beaverhead County Sheepmen
Hartwig Theatre
C. L. Boyer
Normal College
Dillon Elks
George Harrison
Dillon Rodeo Association
Hampshire
Tom J. Davis
Republican Central Committee
Glen Decker
H. H. Hendren
Harry Truman
Dee A. Patton
Fort Harrison
Leo A. Williams
Rochester
Minn
Harold Warner
Ledebur
Argenta
E. H. Gransberry
Eagles Lodge
Dillon Ellis
Dean Chaffin
City Hall
Dillon Girl Scouts
South Pacific Street
Agatha Lovell Long
Vacaville
Idaho Falls
Deer Lodge
Husky
Lima V.F.W. Post
Clarence Wall
Chehalis
Nash
Otto Sassman
Lena Halladay
Alhambra
John Price
Westminster Fellowship
Flathead Lake
New Baptist Church
Lloyd Dougherty
Billy Steck
Rotarians
Kiwanis
Cornell and
Scott
Elks Drum Corps
Great Falls
William Logan
Beaverhead Mining Association
S. P. Meade
Harold Watter Brown
J. E. Selway
Grant
Mary Innes
Clark D’evelyn
Beaverhead Red Cross
Louis Schmittroth
New York City
Robert Hoy
Robert Cardinale
Benny Davis
U. S. Navy
Robert L. Davis
Washington, D. C
Pfe
Kenneth Wellborn
George S. Hall
J. Ford McBain
W. E. Monger
Robert Finch
Frank Hazelbaker
Dan Stachen
Clinton
Ind
ABC
Baptist
Owen Hays
George M. Gosman
Ralph McFadden
Billy
St. Clyde Casterline
Dillon Eagles
Beaverhead Sportsmen
Elkslade
Bulldog
W. J. Bierrum
Dillon Masons
Walter Wing
Alice Bell Salmon
Cancer Fund
Wisdom
Chicago
University of Wyoming
Vernon Herndon
Palmer House
Herndon
Jim Davidson
University At
Strasser’s
Washington
First National Bank
Nortisen
Ivy
Bedloe’s Island
New York
New Jersey
Little MR. Big
James Madison
United States
Kaiser
Kaiser-Frazer
Atlantic St
Seattle
Ronson