Beaverhead County War Year in Dillon Chronicle Highlights
A lengthy digest of Beaverhead County events from January to December detailing Red Cross nursing classes, Boy Scout activities, school sports results, bond sales, draft inductions, club forums, and community efforts during wartime. Notables include Beavers basketball wins and losses, draft numbers, Red Cross drives, Jubilee celebrations, and local civic actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Red Cross
Boy Scout Council
Fred Bridenstine
Dillon
Beavers
Ennis
Ulldogs
University Grizzlies
Montana
Mary Ann Luebben
Eileen Grimes
Order of Rainbow
Eastern Normal
City Hall
Butte High School
Purples
D. L. Johnson
Paul Anderson
Loren Davis
Beaverhead County
Fort Lewis
Wash
4Bulldog
Hamilton High School
Chamber of Commerce
F. M. Poindexter
Legion Meeting
Paul Temple
T. Hague
England
Bulldogs
Butte Mines
Kampus Kadets
Butte
Ted Renfro
Herman Peterson
Otto Schulz
Kansasity
College Athletic Committee
Kansas City
James KE. Phillips
Roy Webster
Joe Bergeson
Loretta Buss
Elkhorn Springs
Great Britain
Legionantics
Marlin K. Farmer
Dennis Joe Harding
Washington
Byron Orr
Dillon Daughters of Ile
Atlantic City
M Club
Normal College
Voovil
Emery Smith
Dillon Ells
WPB
County Museum
D. V. Paddock
Kiwanis Club
A. F. Waldorf
J. C. Wedum
Jud Brundage
County Farm
John Wenger
Francis Tonrey
A. C. Henneberry
Mines Glee Club
St. Rose Catholic Church
Beaverhead
County
Missoula
Fred Fabian
Dale Willey
Charlie
Ruth Deputy
C. L. Boyer
W. E. Talent
Jack Krause
Jack Barrett
Fred Higgins
Montana State Elks Association
E. L. Poindexter
Examiner
L. A. Gregory
Dillmont Park
Charles Henry
Claudia Faust
Wilbur Cafe
John Hartwig
USC Drive
Louis Schmittroth
University of Moscow
Idaho
E. O. Melby
University At
Co. Treas
Bertie Mathews
Royal Neighbors
Jackson
American Legion
Barrett Hospital
Methodist Church
Boy Scouts
T. W. Sargent
What of America
Gleed Bros
Dell
Frank Tyro
Rotary International
Toronto
Canada
Mily
St. James Episcopal
Court House
Troupe
Jay McCarthy
Mary Pickerick
WAAC
Omar Vetter
Talc Mine
Dijon
Roscoe Cornell, Jr
Sam Ditty
Republican Central Committee
Peterson
Navy Relief Fund
Calvin Edstrom
LeRoy Tempel
Wilbur Case
A. Ralston
Francis Pickelick
Anna C. Moser
Normal
Georgia Mathews
American Legion Auxiliary
R. M. Gregg
Frank P. Bulger
Babcock
Thilda Peterson
John Peterson
Walt Jones
Roscoe Cornell
Dillon Country Club
Leonard Thompson
Intermountain Circuit
International Lutheran Churches
Vera Melvyn
Vigilante Electric Cooperative, R.E.A
Twin Bridges
River Road
W. E. Lloyd
William Lloyd
Beaverhead Republican Women’s Club
Panama Lambs
Ram
Dillon Bowling Center
A. T.e Peterson
Price Administration
Anaconda Central
Kitchen Kitties
Peter Stefanick
Raymond Schwartz
Bozeman Hawks
Navy
U. S. Construction Battalion
Henry Johnson
Big Hole Basin
Henry G. Rodgers
T. E. Gilbert
Ralph Tope
Wisdom Youth
U. S. Naval Base
San Diego
George Gosman
Stahl
Lloyd, Sweeney
Elkhorn
Harry Kamber
Bagley
Irwin Clawson
Guild Hall
Leo C. Musburger
Elks
Joseph C. Smith
Floyd Kenison
Lees
AAA
T. E.gilbert
Harold Babcock
Frank Hazelbaker
S. E. Davis
Masons
Bert Megquier
O. A. Bergeson
Ford
Montana State Normal College
Delbert McCoy
Fred Woodside
Walter Shaffner
John F. Shaffner
U. S. Marines
James Jones
Beaverhead American Legion Post
W. E. Stinson
Dillon Lodge No
John Lynch
Beaverhead River
Calvin ,Edstrom
Charles Moquist
Deer Lodge
Dillon Grade
George Metlen
Leo Hughes
Births Listed by Month in 1942
Continued list records numerous births with both parents named and child sex noted. Entries include Mr. and Mrs. Walter Foster, a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Seigfred Johnson, a boy. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Christensen, a boy. and many others across communities, detailing dates, parent names, and newborn gender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter T. Foster
Seigfred E. Johnson
Lee Morris Christensen
Fred Harold Kamps
Alfred Leroy Kamps
George Henry Whittaker
Ernest M.golay
Dick Green Shurtliff
Leonard Theodore Thompson
Alois J. Simon
Franklin G. Anglin
Maurice Milton Tate
Oscar BE. Anderson
Christian Overgaard ‘Hansen
John LeVon Neal
Edgar F. Ferris
Robert Clair Deans
Clarence M. Schmauch
John Weinhandp
Dan W
Carpita
Roger Sweeney
Ernest Nygren
Power and Christmas Hope in a War Era Home
A father explains why a new electric train cannot be bought this year as a child clings to a wind-up toy. He notes electricity powers both trains and war machines, and praises wartime power growth that outstrips Axis nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Jimmy
Santa Claus
America
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Herbert P. Sill
George J. Heikkila
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Dale Kenneth Alley
Evan W. Burrell
William John McFadden
George Childs
Verne Martin Stanchfield
Magnus Gorlo
Magnus
Lloyd Thoma
Harry S. McMannis
Gerald M. Souter
Ralph R. Redfield
David Keefer
Jess Coleman Roberts
Sherman Ivan Koontz
William H. Welborn
Ralph Davis
Frank E. Balbi
Robert F. Rolles
Earl Leslie Willey
Megan L. Hall
Oliver Andrew Meads
Elmo James Sorenson
Lewis Glenn Kington
Howard John Kent
William M. Coconougher
George E. Michelish
Harry Lewis Sawyer
Max Chester Merrill
Howard Clayton Burrill
Frank Rife
Armstead
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Dillon Creamery
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