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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1953
Page
6
The text recalls Thomas Alva Edison as an underachieving boy punished harshly at school. At fourteen in 1861 he left home to sell newspapers on trains and built a chemistry lab in a mail car. An explosion led to ear injuries and further labeling him a delinquent, yet he later invented the phonograph and the electric lamp.
A reflective pass notes Abraham Lincoln as unremarkable in early life with limited schooling and modest jobs. It traces his rise from local jobs and law practice to politics, culminating in the presidency and assassination, and ends with a claim that his legacy endures despite mixed contemporary views.
The piece argues George Washington as one of North America’s wealthiest men over his era and a planter who owned enslaved people. It links his wealth and military role to the broader question of wealth and leadership, noting his two-term presidency and shifting views of prestige. It contrasts colonial service under Britain with founding the United States and asserts wealth or military skill need not hinder presidencies.
Rev Arthur Lord rector Brinton Jackson choir director conducts 8am holy communion 9 45am Sunday school 11am morning prayer and sermon at St James Episcopal Church listings.
Mrs Frank Eliel has returned from a trip to California. She was away several weeks and stopped in San Francisco and Los Angeles before coming home.
The soil conservation service works on drainage preparatory work to reclaim swamp land in the valley. Rudolph Polish and Marshall Watson push the project with a boring machine to gauge water flow and gravel depth for ditching. The service offers free guidance to ranchers and plans culvert lowering under the railroad and highway to improve drainage between the tracks and old county road.
Mr and Mrs Henry Wombacher of Armstead were in Dillon on Monday for business.
Montana Education Association officials say rapid turnover in teaching positions costs taxpayers thousands annually. They note high turnover is worst in small districts where salaries lag behind qualifications and living costs. Retaining teachers with salary adjustments benefits students and taxpayers in the long run.
Robert Banks son of Mr and Mrs Charles Banks of 29 S Washington Street has completed a several year hitch in the navy and has returned home to Dillon.
Helena Montana national Democratic chairman Stephen Mitchell will address a Democratic dinner and meeting in Helena on February 23 and confer with state and county leaders. Mrs Earl J Nyhatt of Twin Bridges was a Dillon visitor Friday.
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