Dimes Drive Extended To February 6 For Polio Fight
As the local March of Dimes campaign nears its close the public is urged to push the quota higher to double the previous year’s total of 1732 for a future polio spread. A city dance raised about 175 with Joe Smith’s orchestra. prizes from Stamm Jewelers were awarded. Canvassing is extended to February 6 due to cold weather with many volunteers listed. White cafe collected 25 from free coffee to aid the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Smith
Uave
Bill Gandrud
Francis Tonney
Matt Lasich
Col. Luther Smith
Beaverhead Lumber Co
Standard Lumber Co
Albert Sorenson
Norman Ovitt
Stamm Jewelers
White Cafe
Phillip Lovell
Sam Cardinale
E. J. Donovan
Paul Trichler
John Coppin
Chris Olsen
J. V. McCarthy
A. G. Williams
H. L. Hatton
Wilber Squires
Don Wheat
Monte Melton
Bill Eiseman
William Straugh
Claude Brown
Larry Redmond
Joe Wedum
Dale Lessey
Dale Dart
Clark D’evelyn
William Steele
Jim Burt
W. G. Gilbert, Jr
W. Mitchell
Jack Chism
Charles Schleicher
Ima Carson
Hugh Clark
Hile
Elizabeth McCollum
College
Frances Dorr
Bagley
Ed, Stein
Vigilante Co op elects Blinn president at 11th annual meeting
Vigilante Electric Cooperative held its eleventh annual meeting in St James guild hall with wide member turnout despite blocked roads and sub zero weather. Co op re elected E Blinn as president and renewed several directors including L Carmody new for Whitehall. Washington visitors Harriet Brigham and Charles A Jackson spoke on electric lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. E. Blinn
Tom Clemon
Wisdom and
Jackson
W. D. Sandy
Twin Bridges
Ed Gleed
Lima
Ed Knolte
Silver Star
Mike Massa
Townsend
H. W. Wheat
Dillon
L. Carmody
Whitehall
Washington, D. C
Harriet Brigham
Magic
Charles A. Jackson
Frank Squires
Leonard Smith
T. W. Sargent
Beaverhead
Coast store dealers expect return around February first
Local merchants anticipate restocking by February first as supply chains resume after a brief delay. Dealers across coastal towns report planned deliveries, with inventories set to rebound and prices expected to stabilize in the early February period.
Town Collegians Win Rush Jordan Scholarship Cup
The Rush Jordan Scholarship Cup for Men was awarded for the first time at assembly. Professor Howard Leslie presented the cup to John McMeekin, representing the town men group. The cup goes to the group with the highest two-quarter GPA, with autumn quarter scores listed for Town men and dorms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Jordan
Assembly
Howard Leslie
John McMeekin
Town Men
Normal College
Leslie
Former Dillon Man Victim of Auto Crash
John Bourquin, formerly of Dillon, died in a head on collision near Fort Hall Idaho last Wednesday. He had just attended his father Charles Bourquin’s funeral in Dillon on January 21 and is survived by his mother three brothers and two sisters. The funeral with military rites was held at Grace Memorial Methodist Church with interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bourquin
John Bourquin
Dillon
Fort Hall
Idaho
Edward
Douglas Bourquin
Howard Hunt
Twin Bridges
Pocatello
U.S. Marines
American Legion
Grass Valley
Calif
Lester
Alpena
S. D
Douglas
Miss
Dan Henneberry
This City
Wayne Brown
John Bunch
Western Shows & Rodeo Association Sets Montana Dates 1949
The Western Shows & Rodeo association held its opening session outlining a 1949 Montana schedule. The lineup begins with the Arlee rodeo on May 15 and includes Polson, Darby, Deer Lodge, Augusta, Stevensville, Livingston, Kalispell, Drummond, Columbia Falls, Missoula, Missoula JayCee Stampede, Lewis and Clark events, Hot Springs, Tobacco Plains Eureka, Beaverhead Dillon, Powell County Deer Lodge, and Ravalli County Hamilton fairs with multiple rodeos and horse shows through September 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Montana
Western Shows & Rodeo Association
Arlee
Polson
Darby
Deer Lodge
Higer Augusta
St. Mary’s
Hamilton
Jaspers Rites Held for Peter Gebhardt Jaspers
Funeral services for Peter Gebhardt Jaspers were held Friday morning in the chapel with Rev. J Thompson Baker officiating. Interment was at the cemetery at Mountain View.
Redecorating Under Way at Winn's Inc
Winn's Inc continues operations as a new ceiling is installed this week. The front of the store is redecorated while the rear office area is closed off by a canvas partition. A work crew restructures departments into a streamlined salesroom in the main showroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winn’s, Inc
Dillon
White Cafe Adds 25 Dollars to Dimes Can
The White cafe dispensed free coffee on Saturday while the March of Dimes can gained 25 dollars from patrons who donated in place of paying the waitress. Leaders expect this to set a city record as cans line counters and bars until the campaign ends February 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Cafe
Community Concert Announcement by Todd Duncan
Todd Duncan, renowned American baritone famed for Porgy and Bess, closes Dil lon's first Community Concert season with a Thursday eve ning show on February 10 at 8 30 p m in the High School auditorium. He holds an M A from Columbia and taught music at Howard University. He is married with a son who graduated from Dartmouth College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd Duncan
Dillon
Porgy
Porgy and
Bess
George Gershwin
New York
South America
Australia
England
Belgium
Scandinavia
Italy
Columbia University
Howard University
Washington, D. C
United States
Dartmouth College
Rotary program features wildlife slides by Montana farm speaker
Les Barton of Warm Springs Montana, a former Dillon resident, spoke at the Dillon Rotary Club meeting on an artistic slide show tracing the life cycle of game birds hatched on his pame farm. Guests included Marshall Harvey of Cody Wyoming Commissioner Parke T. Scott Charles Price deputy game warden and Rev. Robert N. Johnstone with Dr W I Monger as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Barton
Montana
Pame
Warm Springs
Dillon
Dillon Rotary Club
W. 2
Monger
Marshall Harvey
Cody
Wyo
Parke T. Scott
Charles Price
Robert N. Johnstone
Jewelry Firm Under New Owner in Dillon
Dick Later, who arrived in Dillon last June from Idaho, has purchased Dale Nelson’s interests in Nelson Jewelry on Idaho Street and will run the business as D. & Jewelry. A Crawford College graduate in San Antonio, Later spent two years there and has since partnered with Nelson in the local shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Later
Dillon
Idaho
Dale Nelson
Nelson Jewelry
Idaho Street
The
D. & Jewelry
Crawford Watchmakings College
San Antonio
Texas
Nelson
Annual meeting of St James Parish held in guild hall
Members of St James Episcopal parish gathered Monday evening at the guild hall for the annual business meeting. The Rev. Lewis D. Smith reported on the rector's activities and vestry work. Highlights of 1948 included church beautification and a new organ memorial, with expenditures of 7 578 dollars. New vestry members were Monte Melton Herbert Wheat and Hugh Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Episcopal Parish
Lewis D. Smith
Monte Melton
Herbert Wheat
Hugh Clark
Poem by Bill Chance Gains Praises in Butte
William W. Chance associate professor of English at Montana School of Mines has published his first major work Of Men and Destroyers a book length poem about destroyer construction in Seattle shipyards during World War II. The work praised by critics in the East and by Montanans and university faculties and based on Chance’s first hand wartime experiences features diverse characters and a search for truth and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
William W. Chance
Montana School of Mines
Missouri
Seattle
Mr. Chance
Montana
Square Butte
Geraldine High School
Montana Normal
Dillon
Havre
Bridger
Washington
University of Washington
Beaverhead County
Emy Larson
Soren P. Larson
CCC
Shipfitter
Chance
Lawrence J. Zillman
Clifford Laity
Joseph Harrison
Oxford
H. G. Merriam
University of Montana
Francis A. Thomson
Genevieve Albertson
Montana State Normal College
County Bridge Worker K. Knudsen Dies in Montana Accident
William L. Knudsen 62 native of Green Bay died at Barrett hospital after a Friday work accident on a Big Hole river bridge near Jackson Montana. He was struck by a falling beam during lift, rushed to hospital, survived by widow two sons in Wisdom and San Diego sister and brother. Funeral held at Presbyterian church with interment Fish Creek cemetery.
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William L. Knudsen
Barrett Hospital
Big Hole
Jorgensen
Jackson
Green Bay
Wis
Knudsen
Montana
Wisdom
William Knudsen, Jr
Lawrence C. Knudsen
San Diego
Calif
Pete Knudsen
Florida
Kate Hopkins
Butte
Dagmar Bee- Shingler
Pontiac
Mich
Laura Knudsen
Flora Graff
Alameda
Presbyterian Church
Thompson Baker
Fish Creek
Twin Bridges
County ACA Members to Attend State Meeting in Great Falls
Beaverhead county ACA leaders announce state PMA conference in Great Falls from February 7 to 9 at the Civic Center. L. S. Smith and colleagues will represent Beaverhead with national and local PMA figures as speakers, following previous state gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PMA
Great Falls
Beaverhead County
ACA
Montana
L. S. Smith
Mark Clemon
Floyd Kenison
Kathryne Cochrane
W. B. Vance
Texas
Glenn R. Harris
Commodity Credit Corporation
Robert L. Green
USDA
Missouri
John W. Bonner
Washington, D. C
Bozeman
Billings
Lewistown
Rainbow Hotel
Body of War Hero Is En Route Home
The body of Pfc. Wallace W. Wellington, son of Mrs. Isabelle Wellington, killed in the African invasion May 6, 1943, is being returned for burial. Wellington, educated in Dillon schools, enlisted in the army in 1940 and was well known locally. His mother has been informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Wallace W. Wellington
Isabelle Wellington
Dillon
Farmers Union Dinner Meeting Held At Bond Local Hall
Members of the Bond local of the Farmers Union gathered Friday for a dinner at the LO of F hall followed by a business session and card games. Hosts were the losing team from the membership drive, and the evening was described as pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
Farmers’ Union
Lo.0.f
Junior Ski Tourney Set for Feb 5 and 6 at Elkhorn
The Northern Rocky Mountain junior championship ski meet will be held at Elkhorn Hot Springs resort on February 5 and 6. Sponsored by the Montana Junior Chamber of Commerce, the event invites skiers from across Montana, with medals for top three in each class and Clarence Waters of Anaconda to set the course.
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Rocky Mountain
Elkhorn Hot Springs
Montana Junior Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Clarence Waters
Anaconda
Beaverhead Mining Man Thomas A Underwood Death
Thomas A Underwood 70 of Beaverhead county died at Barrett hospital after two weeks illness following years of poor health. Born Bannack September 16 1878 he lived here as a miner and rancher. Survived by son Wilbur brother Harry Underwood and sister Alma Thompson and many nieces and nephews. Body at Brundage funeral home pending rites.
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Thomas’. A. Underwood
Beaverhead County
Barrett Hospital
Bannack
Wilbur
Harry Underwood
Alma Thompson
Brundage Funeral Home
Institutional Program Plan of Merchants
Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce retail committee met at city hall with Fred Bridenstine named chairman. They outlined an institutional program for Feb 16 week with school talks store window displays and public meetings. Closing days for holidays were set and store hours discussed 9 am to 5 30 pm with a further meeting planned Feb 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Montana Power to Hold Public Meeting in Dillon
Under Beav erhead Chamber of Commerce auspices a public meeting is planned Monday at 8 in Beaverhead County High School auditorium. Montana Power officials will present statistics on providing adequate electric power to local patrons. T. W. Sargent invites all interested in power service to attend. A film titled Stream lined Montana will be shown to Rotary Club members.
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Beaverhead
Dillon Rotary Club
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Dimes Drive
C. E. Blinn
Town Collegians
Rush Jordan Scholarship Cup
George Gosman
Jack Brenner
State Normal College
Gosman
Finance and Claims Committee
Senate
Brenner
Appropriations
House
Particuan
Finance and Claims
Wildlife Pictures
ST. James Parish
Beaverhead County High School
Bernadine ‘Rebich
John Peterson
Ra Andimon
Mary Be ‘Smit
Aig
Rose Zugel
White
Dolores Martin
Bonnie Ann
Jakovac
Kathryn
Whitworth
Kay
Giudici
Frances
Lugar
Betty Lou
Bridenstine
Janet
Harriet
Davis Sam Drapes Aihateiesetees
Dennis
Daniel
French
Nora Joan Cee Cece
Lane
Marjorie Stat Po
Ryan
Enison
Renette
Bill Chance
State
Farmers Union
Montana Jaycees
Thomas A. Underwood
Plan of Merchants
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