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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1952
Page
1
Beaverhead County records reveal 95 births in 1952 with 52 girls and 43 boys. The only twins born that year were girls to Mr and Mrs Charles. A long list details births by date and local parents, noting many families arriving from outside Beaverhead.
Mike Morgan of Butte, father of Mrs. Wallace Reynolds of Melrose, died Sunday in a Butte hospital. Funeral services were held at White Funeral Home in Butte with Edward Mittchell officiating. interment was in Mountain View cemetery. A Chicago native, he had lived in Butte over 40 years and was a member of the VFW and Butte Miners' Union. Surviving are his widow Esther two daughters Mrs William T. Roberts of Butte and Mrs Carl Magill in Ohio and 17 grandchildren.
The Dillon Council expresses gratitude to all who supported the recent fundraising drive for Girl Scouts in 1953. They report $918.95 contributed and note some homes and businesses were not contacted due to solicitor illness. contact 332 or mail checks to secretary treasurer Mrs. Ray Nelson.
Marriage licenses issued in 1952 in Dillon show a rise from 1951 but remain well below pre blood test era records. Clerk Teke Conway notes Montana law requires a blood test only three places offer it, Yet couples may marry regardless of test results. Names of couples licensed in 1952 include Shaffner Anderson Lodiges Mason Mason Jensen Calhan Kidd Else Wellborn Callaway Meyer Matin Rain Monaghan Davis Smith Stanley Smith Dingley Young Stalnaker and Simonson with Dillon as the primary locale.
Sheriff Paul Temple and the county force reported a quiet Christmas period with no major incidents. Dillon city police echoed the sentiment noting only one traffic case with bail forfeiture as the sole disruption during the holiday week.
Beaverhead county residents carried on through 1952 with events noted by the Dillon Examiner. Highlights include March of Dimes volunteer drives, PMA election results with Carl Benson as county chairman, wage actions at a local mine, golden and silver wedding anniversaries, night skiing at Elkhorn pass, fluoridation of Dillon water, and local civic achievements such as Don Wheat as chamber president and boys and girls state selections.
A reflective verse greets the coming year with praise for the childlike New Year. The speaker questions the rapid passage of time and rejects resolutions in favor of wishing to keep the freshness and beauty of the moment.
County authorities certify sixty two deaths in Beaverhead in 1952, down from eighty three in 1951 and fifty one in 1950, with five out-of-county burials and three December deaths not yet recorded. The list names seventy seven individuals with ages and dates, including residents and those died elsewhere but services held locally, noting a total of sixty seven for the year.
Funeral services set for Friday at 2 pm at Duggan's Merrill Mortuary Butte for Clifford Crosby 53 who died Monday morning at Barrett hospital after a brief illness. Crosby a Turner Kansas native lived near Dillon two years and worked as a ranch hand in Beaverhead County. Survivors include son Francis Crosby Butte and sister Mrs Fred Ketner Deerfield Missouri.
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