Classifications listed by local selective service board
The notice lists 1-A 1-C 2-B 3-A 4-H 4-F 3-B 2-C and 33-C classifications for numerous individuals. It notes Warren Suthard formerly in England with the Civilian Technical Corps now in the U S Army Air Force and both Mrs. H L Flint of Monida reporting two sons serving, one overseas. The item ends with a note about continued coverage on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Suthard
England
Technical Corps
U. S.army Air Force
Examiner
Dillon
H. L. Flint
Monida
U. S. Army
United States
Beaverhead Sportsmen’s Association
Jack Keenan
William Lloyd
Richard Evans
John Troupe
Butte Sportsmen
Doolittle Creek
Movie Projector To Be Purchased With Scrap Money
A Dillon training schools committee decided to spend about 700 of scrap sale proceeds on school improvements this winter. A moving picture projector will be bought with part of the funds, with the school board contributing 150 and 230 from the scrap fund. Caps and capes for the band and orchestra and library upgrades for the primary building are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Training Schools
T. Lee McCracken
O. T. Vandegrift
W. J. Romers
Ottilie Brauer
Esther Derling
Mabel Hawkinson
Anne Feley
William Hazlett
Danny Mooney
Robert Jones
Annual Father and Son Banquet and County Awards
Beaverhead county earned the E pennant for first place in the state scrap drive and will present it to Beaverhead grade school students for their efforts. Bagley school pupils helped by hauling scrap metal to the depot. The board tentatively agreed to sod the fairgrounds softball diamond and football field with water seed and gasoline supplied by the county. The meeting approved stock pavilion use for a Feb 15 bull sale and signed a five year lease for Wisdom airport land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
E” Pennant
Beaverhead County
George M. Gosman
Beaverhead
Bagley
Fairgrounds
Dillon Softball Association
Ed Buck
D. L. Johnson
Harold Snow
Ben Davis
Roscoe Cornell
Wisdom
Rotary program features House Bill 47 tax discussion
Dillon Rotary club heard Judy Best outline House Bill 47 the Montana bank tax measure. He explained the origins and use of the classified tax law and noted the proposal would lower the tax rate on bank capital while leaving individual money and credit taxation unchanged at seven percent of face values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Rotary Club
Judy Best
Montana
Best
Normal Bulldogs Fall To Carroll College Saints In Two Games
Carroll College Saints defeated the Normal College Bulldogs in a two game series on the local court. In Friday’s game the Bulldogs played with six players. Carroll led 40-24 at halftime. Saturday’s game again saw Carroll pull away after a close start, with the Saints leading at intermission 24-16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll College Saints
Normal College Bulldogs
Bulldogs
Conger
U. S. Army
Rott
Quint
Saints
Hilltoppers
Carroll
Plans for annual Boy Scout Father and Son banquet
Plans are completed for the annual Father and Son banquet to be held tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock at the L.DS church. The program, arranged by George Nightingale and Rev. Calvin Logan, includes pledges, songs, installation of Troops 14 and 29, a benediction, and remarks by Earl Genzberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Father & Son
L.ds. Churcch
George Nightingale
Calvin Logan
America
Ralph McFadden
Logan
Lambert Eliel
Fred Bridenstine
Mr. McFadden
Herbert West
Butte
Howard Lyon
Vera Cooke Hazel
Earl Genzberger
Rev. Logan
Hewitt Martinell
Joe White
Dillon Rotary Club
American Legion
William Hillstead
T. W. Sargent
Frank Tyrois
Dillon
First Presbyterian Church
McArthur
Nightingale
Boy Scouts of America
Beaverhead Men Leave for Salt Lake Induction Trip
Beaverhead county’s February selectees boarded the south bound train to Fort Douglas Utah for induction. The group includes Elijah Patterson James Richmond Willis Brothers George Albrecht George Hallas and others. Bob Warner named acting corporal. Bowring Conger proceeded to Fort Douglas for further processing. Marler and Smith accepted for Navy and departed for Farragut Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local
Selective Service Board
Stewart B. Watts
Lonnie S. Johnston
John F. Jose
Edwin W. Stein
Harvey C. Nelson
Robert M. Warner
George M. Albrecht
George Irwin Hallas
Elijah F. Patterson
Robert Kuchler, Jr
Adelbert L. Cronin
James A. Richmond
Dean Walter McDowell
Charles L. Miller
Donald J. Smith
Richard John Given
Junior Ray Conger
Harry S. Tash, Jr
Francis D. Marler
Geo. E. Bowring, Jr
Willis A. Brothers
Lewis Clark Ford
Loren Eberline
Francis Marion Merrell
Evan W. Burrell
William A. Kuchler
Paul R. Daub
Ernest Wesley Putnam
Orrion A. Pilon
Allen S. Dansie
Maynard I. Mosely
Beaverhead County
Fort Douglas
Utah
Citizens’ Committee
Bert Wilbur
Dillon
Butte
Elijah Franklin Patterson
James Andrew Richmond
Willis Arch Brothers
Robert Morrison
Warner
George Mayland Albrecht
Adelbert Leo Cronin
Charles Lewis Miller
Harry Singleton Tash
Bob Warner
George Edward Bowring
Navy
Farragut
Idaho
Ration Calendar Details for Canned Goods and Fuel
Canned goods and processed foods enter point rationing at midnight February 20 with War Ration Book Two registrations open Feb 20 to Mar 1. March 1 starts rationing for fruits vegetables juices soups and dried fruits. Sugar coupon 11 expires March 15. Gasoline and tire inspections due Feb 28 for B C T books and March 31 for A book drivers.
Montana celebrates 50 years of state higher education
A historic milestone marks fifty years since the 1893 act created Montana’s state universities. The 1943 observance includes charter signing week at Montana State University, convocations, and legislators’ visit plans. The university system expanded from four to six units by 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Montana State University
Helena
Third Legislative Assembly
State University
Missoula
State College
Bozeman
State Normal College
Dillon
Montana School of Mines
Butte
University of Montana
Legislative Assembly
Eastern Montana State Normal School
Billings
Greater University
Northern Montana College
Havre
Rationed Food Sales Frozen Feb Twenty at Midnight
Office of Price Administration lays out steps for housewives ahead of March point rationing. Beginning Feb 22, families register for War Ration book two allowing 48 points per person for March. Dillon, Lima, and Wisdom host registration sites and pantry census advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Dillon
Bagley School
Lima
Wisdom
OPA
Bull Sale Planned at Fairgrounds Next Monday
Plans announce 24 registered stock bulls to be offered at auction next Monday February 15 at 2:00 PM. Bulls, two years old in 1947, will be displayed at the fairgrounds Saturday and Sunday. Don Warren’s Ranch of Deer Lodge provides the stock. R A Richter Bozeman is sales manager. Howard Raser Bozeman serves as auctioneer and A G Williams Dillon as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairgrounds
R. A. Richter
Bozeman
Richter
Dillon
Don Warren
Deer Lodge
Howard Raser
A. G. Williams
Past Exalted Rulers Night At Dillon Lodge No 1554
Matt Kau will serve as exalted ruler at the past exalted rulers night of Dillon Lodge 1554 BPOE this evening in the I C C F hall. Other past rulers fill chairs Elmo Winn Frank OKeefe Homer Faust Frank Lasich and Ed Johnson. Regular officers hold other chairs. A business session precedes a program by past rulers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Kau
P.E.R
Dillon Lodge
B.P.O.E
I.C.C.F. Hall
Elmo Winn
Frank O'Keefe
Homer Faust
Frank Lasich
Ed Johnson
Plans for Victory garden at city park acreage
City council discussed creating a Victory garden on 16 acres recently purchased for a park. Irrigation water would likely come from the city water system. The Dillon Boy Scouts proposed the project for boys without ranch work. Monthly bills were audited. Mayor Bert Megquier presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Boy Scouts
Bert Megquier
Food for Victory Encouraged by Loan
Floyd Kenison chairman of Bea verhead county NSDA War board announces farmers with capacity to produce essential crops may obtain funds from a newly appointed loan representative. The borrower is personally liable for the loan, repaid from crop proceeds, but if production used sound practices yet fails to balance the investment, he bears no further responsibility. If best efforts are made and debt liquidated, the country benefits. if not, the patriot’s hardship is limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Kenison
Beaverhead County
Nsda War Board
War Board
Kenison
Department of Agriculture
Pin Teams End First Half Season
Montana Power keglers lead the second round of the Commercial league with three wins this week. Bond's posted the top three game series 2695 while Dave Williams led individuals with 217 in a game and 557 in three games. Montana Power and Cash Market won in tie-offs last Sunday as Power team won two of three in the playoff, 2618 pins. First half prizes include Hiram Brundage 250 single game, Floyd Vandegrift 636 three game series, Bond's 893 high team single game, and Metlen Hotel 2444 high team three games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Power Keglers
Bond’s
Dave Williams
Montana Power
Cash Market
Powers
Hiram Brundage
Floyd Vandegrift
Bond
Metlen Hotel
Nurses Survey in Beaverhead County Details War Effort
Eighteen registered nurses were contacted in Beaverhead County by Paul V. McNutt for the War Manpower survey. Six work full time, four part time, eight not at nursing. note that all women are being urged to serve. Names and addresses of surveyed nurses are listed with current assignments in Dillon Barrett Hospital Wisdom Dell Armstead Lima Nye Wise River Polaris and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Fannie Fairbank
Beaverhead
Magdalena Woolman
Louise Buhrer
Mary L. Stevens
Annette L. Johnson
Frances L. Campbell
Barrett Hospital
H. A. Stanchfield
Dillon
Helen M. Smith
Wisdom
Ethel C. Martinell
Dell
Jessie I. Routledge
E.’ Murray
Draft Evader Inducted Into the Army
U S Marshall Paul Erler of Butte announced that draft evasion charges against Harvey Carl Nelson of Dillon will be released on condition he enlist. Nelson, who failed to report for induction last summer, was found on a Polaris ranch, broke his leg when his horse fell, and later agreed to enter the Army and was inducted Monday. Miss Ethe Jean Curnutt joined Western Life Insurance in Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Paul Erler
Butte
Harvey Carl Nelson
Dillon
Nelson
U. S. Army
F.B.L
Polaris
Beavers Schedule Two Home Games This Week
Beaverhead County High School Beavers set three games this week with two at home and one away. This evening they face Twin Bridges at the high school gym, then host Whitehall Friday, and travel to Twin Bridges Saturday for a rematch. Ennis beat the Beavers in a two game series last Thursday and Friday, including a 27 22 Friday loss at Normal College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County High School
Beavers
Twin Bridges
Whitehall
Ennis
Normal College
Women Bowlers Donate Winnings to Train Service
Mrs. Lois Hazelbaker announced that buddy treats to service men on the morning train are still being given and will continue for an indefinite period. A recent contribution to the community train service funds came from the Merlee Beauty bowling team, who donated their winnings as first prize in the first round of the women’s bowling league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Hazelbaker
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Albert J. Poe
Lonnie E. Couch
Howard Lee Nelson
Roy ‘Ceci Johnson
Joseph W. Me Ninch
Boyd H. Koenig
George J. Nettik
Robert Wendell Koontz
John Ward Sinclair
John B. Jardine
Monald Berry
George Stefanatz
George L. Thompson
Darrel D. Weaver
John Lott
Jack Doyle
Gwyn A. Brown
Roy ZeBarth
Pennant
Helena Saints
Boy Scouts
Salt Lake
Robert Warner
Council Meet
USDA
Montana Power and Cash Market
Army
Ethe Jean Curnutt
The
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