Marine recruit recalls basic Marines training in Camp Mathews
Jack D Miller, a Beaverhead County high school class of 1952 graduate and Armstead native, shares a letter from Camp Mathews California describing Marines drill. He writes of rifle range, bayonet practice, first aid, sanitation, swimming, and weapons training plus a camp show with Smoky Rogers and a dancing horse.
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Jack Miller
Duke Davis
Armstead
Dylon
Beaverhead County
Marine Corps
San
Diego
Calif
Camp Mathews
Duke
Emas Gaycett
Colleen
Ste
Tras Camp
Mace
Smoky Rogers
Wonder Horse King
Gues
Dale
Mrs Rand
Sophia
Jack D Miller
VA cuts total disability GI policy rates and refunds
The Veterans Administration announces reduced annual rates for total disability income under National Service Life insurance riders for WWII and pre Korean veterans. A graduated scale lowers premiums until age 60 and refunds will be issued to those already covered, with letters sent by March. The page also answers a Vocational Rehabilitation act training question for disabled veterans.
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National Service Life Insurance Polices
The
Veterans Administration
Korea
Farm Bureau Elects Officers for Beaverhead County
Beaverhead County Farm Bureau held its annual meeting on December 20 with members from Jackson Glen Dell Grant Armstead and Dillon in attendance Officers for the coming year were elected Dale Metlen was named president and Arthur Christensen vice president The board will appoint a secretary treasurer at its next meeting A county wide get together was planned with Norman Downing named committee chairman Rural telephone service for Dell Lima area was discussed A committee led by Montana Garr Harold Briggs Ralph Stosich and Victor Carrigan was appointed to work on it The county won the state convention cup for highest member attendance in Butte Victor Carrigan reported on the Seattle national convention and a county square dance festival was tentatively scheduled with final arrangements to be made
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Beaverhead County
Farm Bureau
ICOF
Jackson
Glen
Dell
Grant
Armstead
Dillon
Dale Metlen
Arthur Christensen
County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Norman Downing
National American Farm Bureau Federation
Lima
Montana Garr
Harold Briggs
Ralph Stosich
Victor Carrigan
Beaverhead
Butte
Seattle
Armstead Christmas Visitors Share Family Gatherings
Mrs A G Danielson notes a busy Christmas week with kin from Dillon Butte Trail Creek Red Rock and Missoula visiting relatives. Many dinners and greetings mark the holidays including Mr and Mrs Lyle Fournier and extended families, and Jack son and Idaho Falls guests. Life at Armstead centers on family reunions across several households.
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Lyle Fournier
Melvin Fournier
Dillon
Bul Bjorn
Trail Creek
Wayne Halstead
Armstead
Larry
Garry Fournier
Lyle Fournisers
Fielding Mcintosh
Butte
Coy Brown
Ambrose Brown
Given Brown
James
Verte Mae
Kizzie
Roy Stocks
Jackson
Bob Calkins
Dan Peterson
Ted Renfro
W P Scott
Dave
Don
Bud Scott
Junior Renfro
Red Rock
Bud Scotts
Gladys Tucker
Livingston
Annie Stocks
Dallas Mulliner
C. B Rand
Sophia Guyaz
al Barkoske
Darrel Eddie Hallett
Missoula
Jake Zumbrennen
Walter
James Prohosky
Martha Scott
Helena
Clarence Jensen
Carpita
James Gravely
R.C Gravely
Norman
Lima
L. C. Weeks
Bobbie
Jane Gravely
Melrose
Weeks
Howard Scott
Paul Chism
D R Gordon Dennis Robie
Hill
Bill Backus
Bill Mitchell
al Waldemar
Reno Cafe
Herb Campbell
Mike Dorothy Simpson
Idaho Falls
Sherman Koontz
Jesse Brown
Ted Rowe
Blackfoot
Idaho
Elmer Gordon
Dr. Gordon
Paul Harrington
West Glacier
Jack Chism
Paul
Pat Brennen
Bonnie and
Billie
Lynn Freeman
H E. Wombacher
Ike Rife
Medicine Lodge
Raymond
Tommy Koontz
Bob Hildreth
Gene Hildreth
Bill Hildreth
Raymond Hildreth
Pat
Barton Hildreth
W P. Scott
A. G. Danielson
Walter Bastian
Rosalee
Lorraine
Charles
Raymond Stoll
Bloody Dick
Woman Fails to Appear on DWI Charge in Police Court
A woman identified as Willa Gay did not show up for a police court trial on driving while intoxicated charges on December 26. Justice George Baker forfeited a $100 bail. the arrest was made Christmas Day by Dision City police.
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Willa Gay
George Baker
Dision City
Butte Hospital Notes Admit Several From Nearby Counties
Admitted to Butte hospitals from Beaverhead county during the past week are Walter McGuire of Dillon Ann Marie Jensen of Lima Tom Pendergast of Melrose and Mary Jane McIntosh of Armstead.
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Butte
Beaverhead County
Walter McGuire
Dillon
Ann Marie Jensen
Lima
Tom Pendergast
Melrose
Mary Jane McIntosh
Armstead
Local Notes On Birds And Weather In December
Mrs Eldo Stroud reports seeing seven blackbirds in the banana belt. Mrs Danielson picked pansies on December 23 from her rock garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Renfro
Eldo Stroud
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Examiner
Western Motors
South Idaho
Buick Automobiles
GMC
Goodyear
Case Farm Implements
Lucile Nettik
George Nettik
Glendale Street
Bea McCann
Billings
Earl Thompson
Jack R. Bailey
William P. Smith
Samuel B. Grover
William H. Brown
William F. Bourassa
Charles W. Stallings, Jr
John F. Scully
Vance R. Ingram
George M. Bailey
Victor E. Matney
Elmer F. Anderson
Otto Christensen, Jr
Bernard W. James
Alfred Lt. Kamps
Edgar F. Ferris
Robert William Hildreth
John L. McKenna
Donald Alley
Stanford W. Empey
Robert E. Meine
Fred W. Brown
Orville L. Hawks
Garth P. Taylor
Jim Dickson
Boyd H. Koenig
Clarence L. Barney
Marvin A. Dilbeck
Rudolph A. Malesich
H. Cleverly
Franklin Burwell
Ray Richins
Carl Meeds
Carl Paddock
William Elliott
Robert Moffett
Roy Hildreth
Orville ‘Lewis
Butte Hospital
Hazelbaker
Insurance Agency
Dillon, Mont
Randy Donoho
March of Dimes
Wayne County
Detroit
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Randy
Dillon Examiner
Mom and Paul
Geo. M. Gosman
Dillon, Montana
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