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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1957
Page
5
Local churches schedule services and weekly meetings. Lima PTA to host baked ham dinner Feb 16 at the school with adult and child pricing. Various clubs hold Sewing and Pinochle sessions, with dates Feb 1 to Feb 15 and a Feb 8 game at the VFW hall. Gary Brown moves to Fort Ord Calif for military service.
Lima friends extend good luck to Gary. Mrs. Ray Weeks Sr visited Dillon with her son Ray last Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Gleed. Mrs. Jeanne Johnson of Livingston spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Helen Rush. Philip Wetzel from Butte visits his sister in Dillon. Mrs. Darlene Would joined Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Holbrook and daughter Linda in Dillon last Saturday. Other Dillon visitors included Mrs. Marion Merrell. Dr. and Mrs. R. D. Curry and Mrs. Verna Jenkins hosted dinner at the Merrell home. George Franks and son George were in Dillon on business. Mrs. Andrew Hale and grandchildren left for Mountain Home Idaho to visit relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Harper. Mrs. Joe Taylor joined Mr. and Mrs. Roy Conn to Dillon on Monday.
Kappa Zeta Nu hosts The Top Hat Formal dance Friday evening February 8 with Jack Bogut’s orchestra. Dancing runs from 9 to 12. College business office opens in new Room 215 quarters after weekend move. Tryouts for The Mad Woman of Craillot directed by Joe C. Ryburn. Anne Jumper and Gail Gray of Dillon join Art Club.
George McMann aged 72 a longtime county ranch worker died at the Roe ranch in Redrock Sunday morning. An early Beaverhead Post American Legion member and Centennial valley homesteader funeral services were held Wednesday Feb 6 at 2 pm with Beaverhead Post officers officiating burial in Mountain View cemetery Legion plot.
Monday receipts total 685 cattle with cows 50 cents higher. other cattle steady to strong. Feeder and stocker classes show a range from 9.50 to 20.50 for various steers, heifers, calves, and stock cows. Dairy calves bring 8 to 10, fleshy feeder steers at 16.50 to 17.50.
Fourteen tables played in a fourth pinochle party with Mrs George Helming and Hans Rasmussen taking top prizes and Mr and Mrs Jack Sathe and Pete Rasmussen winning specials. Don Anson hosted a dinner party with notable guests and prize winners named.
Livestock market notes from Idaho Falls dated Jan 28 to Jan 30 list price ranges for sheep including light and heavy fat lambs and ewes, hogs with weight-based brackets and tops, and cattle categories from choice grain fed steers to dairy calves. Prices span multiple weight classes and grading terms across the three species.
Salable cattle offerings matched last week with steers and heifers up 25 to 50 cents. Calves and hogs posted gains, with choice steers at 21.25 and light weights to 24 for calves under 300 pounds. The closing line notes a religiously tinged remark about personal favors.
Friday evening dinner at ZeBarths featured Mr. and Mrs. Roy ZeBarth hosting Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Pons and family, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Willey, and Mr. and Mrs. John Schonenberger and family. Pinochle was played with prizes won by Mr. Pons and Mrs. Schonenberger.
Miss Amy Stephens hosted a Friday evening bridge party at her home. Floy Helming won first prize, Phyllis Glassey took second, and Eileen Stephens earned the consolation prize. Refreshments followed in the evening.
Michael Paddock receives medical care as local notes report residents traveling to Livingston Anaconda and Dillon. TB testing for Fishtrap school pupils goes to Anaconda. visits by James Anderson and Don Thompson to relatives. Families from Harrison Anaconda Jerome Scott and others spend weekend with kin and at local ranches.
St James' Guild will meet Thursday February 7 at 2:00 p.m. in the Guild Hall. Hostesses will be Mrs Arnold Benson and Mrs Ben Slanger.
A Dillon Montana report notes prescriptions were accurately and carefully filled at a local pharmacy. No further details on staff or procedures are included.
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