Awful Calamity in Southern Italy
Rome reports a catastrophic earthquake in Southern Italy and Sicily followed by a tidal wave and fires. Death toll estimates range 60 000 to 70 000 with mass destruction across Messina Reggio and Catania. International aid and naval forces move toward the stricken area as Vatican appeals for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Sicily
Straits of
Messina
Reggio
Catania
Mount Etna
France
Great Britain
Russia
Victor Emmanuel
Helen
Ambassador Griscom
Palmero
Arthur S. Cheney
Connecticut
Josephh. Pierce
Suttons Pleasure Party Opens Week at Opera House
Dick P. Sutton, veteran northwest show manager, brings his Pleasure Party to the Opera House for a week starting Monday January 4. The company features fourteen new comedies and dramas and ten high class specialties with two shows per performance. Vaudeville includes music, dancing, monologues, singing acts, and a trained canine troupe. Prices are 50c reserved and 25c 35c general admission. Opening night Monday January 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick P. Sutton
The
Northwest
Opera House
Normal Entertainment Course Promises Holiday Season Highlights
The Normal Entertainment Course opened with Germain the Wizard to great praise. With holidays paused, larger crowds are expected for remaining shows featuring Sylvester A. Long, Montaville Flowers, James the orator, and the Dunbar concert company. Gale season tickets for the remainder are offered at 2650, with reduced rates for high school and district students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germain
Sylvester A. Long
Long
Terre Haute
Ind
Montaville Flowers
James
Dunbar
A Pretty Wedding at Dell Sets Union for Hoffman and Dowling
John H Hoffman and Miss May Me Dowling wed at Dell on December 28 in the bride's mother’s home. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Father Foley of Dillon. The couple, long tied to Bedrock valley and Sage Creek, received gifts and left for their new home on Sage Creek.
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John H. Hoffman
Mayme Dowling
Dell
Foley
Ot Dillon
Elizabeth Dowling
Dubuque
Iowa
Montana
Bedrock Valley
John Hoffman
Sage Creek Company
Sapre Creek
Joseph M. Dowling
Miss Rose Dowling
Sage Creek
Christmas Eve Nuptials Tie Polaris Pair
John Judge of Polaris and Laura Strombeck of Bristol Ind married at the Lusher home on Christmas Eve. The ceremony was conducted by Dr A B Martin with Frank Madden as best man and Pearl Harlem as bridesmaid. The bride moved from Indiana last year and taught in Polaris. Judge, a prominent ranchman and mining figure in Elk Horn district, is vice president of Park Copper Co. They plan to host friends after January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lusher
John Judge
Polaris
Laura Strombeck
Bristol
Ind
Lusher
A. B. Martin
Presbyterian Church
Frank Madden
Miss Pearl Harlem
Year of change ends with many Dillon events and deaths
January in Dillon records a spate of deaths, openings, and community events. Notables include Ed A Laurence killed, Miss Jennie Porch dead in Missoula, efforts by Beaverhead residents, an early Scenic Theatre opening, and the Beaverhead County Fair organization. Also listed are elections, marriages, robberies, and local club and school activities with multiple deaths, openings, and civic actions across Dillon and nearby areas.
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Dillon
A. Laurence
Fred Baker
Jennie Porch
Missoula
EB. K. Marcoe
Butte
Walter Hetrick
Lima
Buxton
H. F. Best
Wm. Wridgley
Ritz & Becktold
Anaconda
Dillon Brewery
James Mitchell
Bannack
Justice Court
A. Potts
R. L. Riley
Herbert Wheat
Misa Edna Jeneen
Joe LeClair
Hogan’s Alley
Burns
Phillipa
the Normal College
Henry J. Sweet
Mary A. Bray
Con Bray
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead County Fair Association
Joseph K. Toole
Dillon Chinese
Butte High School
Scenic Theatre
Leo & Hay
Dillon K
P’a
Lima Lodge
A. A. McDonald
Fair Association
G. R. Featherly
Otto Goaman
S. S. Carruthers
B. F. White
J. C. Orem
Omaha
Neb
J. W. Cox
Arthur Sullivan
Beaverhead Valley
Kunzman
Eddie
Samoa City
Roy Ayers
David
Carrie Oliver
Will W. Simpson
David T. Hood
County High School
Will Hold Sunday School Institute in Beaverhead County
Sunday School Institute opens Saturday with Rev J A Alford of Butte as instructor general secretary of Montana State Sunday School Association. Sessions cover cradle to adult Sunday School age groups, home visitation, teacher training, and union church services with evening addresses and choir music.
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Institute On
Beaverhead County
J. 4. Alford
Butte
Montana State Sunday School Association
Schoel
J. A. Alford
Dillon
Important meeting for tomorrow on sugar beet proposal
A mass meeting for Beaverhead farmers is set for next Thursday at 2 PM in the Dillon courthouse. George R. Featherly and others report from an Idaho beet field tour with details on growing beets locally, the Utah Idaho Sugar Company proposal, supervision, labor, and pay for beets with shipments to Blackfoot.
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Beaverhead Farmera
Court House
Dillon
George R. Featherly
Idaho
Ftielda
Utah-Idaho Sugar = company
Blackfoot
Golden Rule Prize Winners Draw At Store
The Golden Rule store held its annual prize drawing with numbers 4548 winning first prize a fur lined overcoat by G R Featherly. Third prize 2238 awarded to Misa Killen Steiner a fine bread. Fourth prize 793 to Miss Killen Steiner a beautiful picture. Second prize 662 and fifth prize 4881 were unreported as of now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Featherly
Mre
Celina Campeanu
Misa Killen Steiner
Beef and Turkey Shoot at Dilion Fair Grounds
A big beef and turkey shoot will be held on New Year's Day at the Dilion Fair Grounds. Outsiders are cordially invited. Shots target a four inch bull's eye at one hundred yards off hand. Telescope sights are barred. Warm accommodations. Shooting begins at 12 o'clock sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dilion
Fair Grounds
New Dillon Depot Opens With Grand New Year Reception
Preparations complete for the Oregon Short Line depot opening in Dillon on New Year’s night. The building will be accepted tomorrow and a public reception runs from 8 to 9 with dancing to follow until 1. Soup and a church supper support the event, with proceeds aiding the Catholic church society.
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Dillon
Republic
Catholic Church
Church Society
Oregon Short Line
Church Indies
H. L. McCaleb
Joe, Wikidal
T. D. Olmated
Charter Requested for Dillon Central Heating Plant
Menara W. W. Wilson and K. Marcoe of Dillon Plumbing and Heating completed plans for a central heating plant in Dillon. They seek a franchise to serve the district between Montana and Pacific, Helena and Sebree streets. Projected building 50 by 80 feet costs about 35000 dollars featuring four 110 horsepower boilers and a 10 inch steam main. Plant to run nine months yearly once franchise granted and location yet to be decided within the franchise area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menara
W. W. Wilson
K. 3. Marcoe
Dillon Plumbing and Heating Company
Dillon
Montana
Pacific Etreete
Helena
Sebree Etreete
Messia
Wilson
Marcee
Schubert Symphony Club to Perform at M. E. Church
Negotiations underway for a Madison event two weeks hence featuring the Schubert Symphony Club and Lady Quartette of Chicago. The well known company, in its 20th year, promises their best program yet and is expected to draw a large audience at the Methodist church on Friday evening January 8, 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schubert Symphony Club
Lady Quartette
Chicago
Firat
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sutton
Dillon and Vicinity
Examiner
W. B. Stanchfield
Big Hole Basin
Henry T. Cahill
J. B. Callen
J. F. Wiksdal
Don Rathbone
Plains
Chas. A. Smith
Clifford Knapp
Walter Wellman
Normal College
Edwin L. Norris
Nathan L. Drake
Bip Hole Basin
Manse Society of Presbyterian Church
Fef. M. Poindexter
State Board of Medical Examiners
Ivy Hungate
A. J. Downing
New Depot
Montana Agricultural College
M. J. Martinnell
Deli
John Halligan
Huber Broa
Argenta-Dillon Mining Company
Misa Ida M. Jackson
Thos, Pendergaat
Jackson
John F. O'Leary
Emery Pulver
Karl Riedelnberger
John Keenan
Ireland
Misa Lenora Pierce
Denver
Harriet Crow
Thos. KB. Clapp
Bedrock
Anna Laura Wilson
Leo
H. Truax
Sarah K. Fox
Wm. Lovell
Hogland
White House
Washington, D. C
Walter Powers
Los Angeles
Weltha K. McIntosh
Salt Lake City
L. Hall
Spring Lake Beach
N. J
James Sparrow
Jessie D. Woods
Woodmen
John Thompson
Beaverhead Brewery
Misa Mante Hill
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Will
M. E. Church
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