Beaverhead County Commissioners Meet February 3-6 1941
Regular monthly session of the Beaverhead county board of commissioners ran February 3 to 6 1941. Present were J Warren Shaw Archie Henneberry W B Hartwig and Clerk Albert S Baker. Warrant issues land sales liquor license approvals and custodian appointments were decided with notices to liquor dealers due by February 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Mildred L. Scott
Butte
A. S. Johnson
R. C. Fetty
Wisdom
Henry Peterson
Fred Rabichaw
North Pacific
Legionnaires Map Four Week Busy Program At Canyon Resort
The Legion plans four weeks of events starting with a 7:00 PM chicken dinner and Past Commander button presentation to C A Bechler at Canyon Resort. Nation wide draft registration day is set for Feb 22 urging veterans to list skills for national emergencies. Legion Auxiliary hosts annual auction on March 1 seeking donated items. Regular meeting on March 13 at Metlen hotel with a spring Legion show in preparation led by D V Paddock and R P Jones.
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Legionnaires
Canyon Resort
C. A. Bechler
United States
Legion Auxiliary
Metlen
Legion Show
D. V. Paddock
R. P. Jones
Dillon to Honor Washington for 64th Consecutive Year
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Crystal Kenison 29 wife of Kenneth Kenison of Bannack died Monday at Barrett hospital after a short illness. She was born February 26 1911 in Leadore Idaho and came to Dillon as a child. She is survived by her husband a six year old daughter her father Lee Wentworth sisters Ivy and Ruby Melton and mother in law Mrs Mary B Kenison. The Dillon Chamber of Commerce retail committee again closes stores and offices on February 22 to honor George Washington founder of the nation.
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O’clark
Crystal Kenison
Kenneth Kenison
Bannack
Barrett Hospital
Brundage Chapel
Mountain View Cemetery
Leadore
Idaho
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Lee Wentworth
Ivy
Boise
Ruby Melton
Riverside
Calif
Mary B. Kenison
Richard Deacon
Deacon
George Washington
Dillon Chamber of Commerce
Epidemic of car wrecks on Sunday reported near Twin Bridges
An weekend surge of auto accidents occurred with none causing injuries. Merle Flohrs overturned a 1941 Ford on a bridge near Twin Bridges, while a minor crash happened on the Van Camp bridge when an oil tanker and a Judith Basin county car blocked traffic for about thirty minutes. Several cars reportedly slid off roads from Elkhorn due to excessive speed.
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Merle Flohrs
Dillon
van Camp Bridge
Judith Basin
Elkhorn
Sunday Play Day At Gardiner Draws Winter Sports Fans
Gardiner Montana will host a Sunday play day with free sandwiches and coffee at the Lamar Ranger station. A free ski tow and slalom events are planned as elk deer and mountain sheep gather, with tele scopes set along the 60 mile Yellowstone park highway. Dillon residents plan to caravan to Gardiner for the weekend.
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Gardiner
Yellowstone Park
Montana
Lamar Ranger Station
Yellowstone Park Highway
Dillon
Murphy Tolson Wedding in Grace Methodist Church
Miss Helen Murphy of Circle Mont and Willard G Tolson of Sheridan were married at 8 p m Friday evening in the Grace Methodist church parsonage with Dr J A Meeke presiding. Attendants included George A Bryant of Silver Star. The couple honeymoon in Salt Lake City and points south.
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Helen Murphy
Circle
Mont
Willard G. Tolson
Sheridan
Grace Methodist Church
J. A. Meeke
George A. Bryant
Silver Star
Salt Lake City
Points South
Twin Bridges
Frank Tolson
Robert Tolson
James Tolson
Margaret Tolson
Emmett Marsh
John Tolson
Lawrence Tolson
Virginia City
Pete Becker
Maude Simpson
Marion Simpson
Butte
Frank Vowels
George Bryant
Doris Meacham
Dillon
Dillon Mento Aviation School Departure Noted
Paul Stahl Jr and Tom Newnes along with their mothers and sister left Tuesday for California to enroll in an aviation course. The Elks drum and bugle corps hosted a farewell party for Paul at their regular Monday meeting.
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Paul Stahl, Jr
Tom Newnes
Rose Newnes
Dorothy
California
Paul
Tom
The
Elks’ Drum and Bugle Corps
Juvenile Ropers Feature Rotary Club Meeting
LeRoy Good Hugo Jung of Billings and Percy Newton of Missoula attended the Rotary club annual meeting Monday evening. Frank Tyre staged rope spinning by Mr and Mrs Carl Strong and sons Donny and Gerry. James Hartley performed as a one man band. Joe Wedum urged attendance at the Denver Rotary International convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Good
Hugo Jung
Billings
Percy. Newton
Missoula
Rotary Club
Frank Tyre
Carl Strong
Donny
Gerry
James Hartley
Joe Wedum
Butte
Good Deed Painful to Frank Tyro
Frank Tyro offered help to a stalled truck driver on a dark highway. While inspecting the gear area the driver suddenly yanked the lever, injuring Tyro whose finger was caught. He required medical treatment in Whitehall. Tyro previously injured that same index finger operating a power saw.
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Tyro
Whitehall
Farmers Attend Paddock Tyro Event With Entertainers
More than 400 farmers from rural Dillon area visited Monday’s program sponsored by Paddock & Tyro and International Harvester. The 2 to 4:30 pm event featured films on farming evolution and machinery, plus performances by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Strong and sons Gerry and Donny, and musician James Hartley.
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Dillon
Paddock & Tyro
International Harvester Company
Belgian Congo
Africa
Carl Strong
Gerry
Donny
James Hartley
Twin Bridges Wins Last Game Here
In the final home game of the season Beaverhead County High fell 34 32 to Twin Bridges on Thursday evening. The visiting team led 7-6 after the first quar ter and the rivals stayed within six points most of the game as the Beavers led 13-7 early in the second quarter. The recap ends at halftime with no final score noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County High
Twin Bridges
Beavers
Last Rites Monday For Mrs Lynn
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 PM for Mrs Katherine Poindexter Lynn 83 who died Friday at the home of Division Allen 225 South Idaho. Born in Little Falls Minnesota she settled in Bannack with her mother and was an early county superintendent. Survived by son J M Poindexter of Oakland and daughter Edith M Poindexter of Seattle.
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Katherine Poindexter Lynn
Divsnngs
Allen
South Idaho
Episcopal Church
W. G. Lewis
Little Falls
Minn
Bannack
St. Louis
Fort Benton
Dillon
Poindexter
Frank Lynn
J. M. Poindexter
Oakland
Calif
Edith M. Poindexter
Seattle
John Flanders
Sturgis
Mich
Forty hereford breeders enter Futurity in Dillon show
Thirty four Hereford breeders from across Montana have paid the ten dollar entry and will attend the Hereford Futurity in Dillon next fall. New entrants include Wilbur Storey Bozeman I Thayer Stevens Harlowton and E C Leap Kolin. Beaverhead show master Bernard Williams says the event will attract more exhibitors than any Montana show to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Montana
Dillon
Wilbur Storey
Bozeman
I. Thayer Stevens
Harlowton
E. C. Leap
Kolin
Mont
Bernard Williams
Brother of A. E. Stamm Dies at Chicago Thursday
Frank Stamm former Dillon resident and Sears Roebuck & Co executive died of a heart attack in Chicago last Thursday. He was vice-president of personnel and previously worked on the Gilmore & Pittsburg railroad during its construction. Survivors include his brother Albert Stamm, his wife two sons and a daughter.
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Frank Stamm
Albert Stamm
Dillon
Chicago
Stamm
Sears Roebuck & Co
Gilmore & Pittsburg
Butte
England
Albert
DeMolays Elect Officers in Beaverhead Chapter
Beaverhead chapter of the Order of DeMolay elected and installed officers at a regular meeting in the Masnaic hall Wednesday evening. A A Schroeder chaired as installing officer. new officers include John Orr Jr master councilor, Frank Kurtz senior deacon, Clifford Renz junior deacon, Tom Welborn senior steward, Joe Bergeson junior steward, Ray Conger chaplain, George Bowring marshal, Matthew Orr standard bearer, Dave Curry sentinel, Allen Tait orator, and Osborne Cardinale preceptor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Order of DeMolay
Masnaic Hall
A. A. Schroeder
DeMolay Advisory Board
John Orr, Jr
Frank Kurtz
Clifford Renz
Tom‘ Welborn
Joe Bergeson
Ray Conger
George Bowring
Matthew Orr
Dave Curry
Sentinel
Allen Tait
Osborne Cardinale
Bulldogs defeat School of Mines 42 to 28 for sixth straight win
Normal college Bulldogs edge School of Mines 42 28 in a rough game that saw 49 personal fouls and three players from each team fouled out. Dave Aitken led with 17 points while G Aitken and Johnny Burgess added 11 and 8. Cul beterson topped the visitors with six.
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Normal
College Bulldogs
School of Mines
Dave Aitken
George Aitken
Johnny Burgess
Cul‘bertson
G. Aitken
Collegians
Alan Bradley
Bulldogs
Mines
Fun Fiesta Planned by Dillon PTA for Week End
The Dillon Parent-Teacher Association organizes a Fun Fiesta for Friday and Saturday evenings to raise funds for a children's park and playground. Contests, side-shows, booths, boxing, songs, and dances feature, with Smitty's Rhythm Rascals on the dance floor. Includes novelty events like nose contests and husband revealing games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Parent-Teacher Association
Next Tay
Dillon
Smitty
Ira Kennedy Services Held Here
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:00 p m at the Brun dage chapel for Ira C. Kennedy with interment at Mountain View cemetery. The Rev J A Meeke presided. Kennedy, a Centennial valley rancher, died after a motorcycle accident in Oakland California. He was born October 19 1883 in Cambridge Ohio and came to this country at about 19. He taught school and later worked at P & O ranch before running a Centennial valley sheep operation with cousin Clayton Kennedy. He is survived by two brothers John Anaconda and Edward B Cambridge Ohio a sister Mrs Kirby Stottlemire Massidon Ohio and several nephews and nieces.
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Ira C. Kennedy
Brundage Chapel
Mountain View Cemetery
J. A. Meeke
Grace Methodist Church
Kennedy
Centennial Valley
Oakland
Calif
Beaverhead County
California
Hawaiian Islands
Mr. Kennedy
Cambridge
Ohio
Big Hole, Basin
Clayton Kennedy
Beaverhead May Market Plans Eight Carloads Of Potatoes
A. W. McDonald announces Beaverhead county surplus potatoes quota at eight car loads for state welfare departments. First carload ships tonight with more to follow. Surplus marketing committee includes Arnold Benson, Matt Platt, Matt Polish. Prices: 85 cents per cwt for No 1 potatoes in new sacks, grower covers inspection and grading. 55 cents per cwt for commercial grade with inspection costs borne by growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. McDonald
State Departments of Public Welfare
Beaverhead County
Arnold Benson
Matt Platt
Matt Polish
Two CCC Youths Plead Guilty in Destruction Case
Stanley Drahl of Newark New Jersey and Frank Tracey of Albany New York pleaded guilty before Judge Louis Stahl to malicious destruction at the Birch Creek CCC camp. Each was sentenced to 15 days in the county jail after being caught breaking into and ransacking a trunk owned by a CCC enrollee on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Drahl
Newark
N. J
Frank Tracey
Albany
N. Y
Louis Stahl
Birch Creek
CCC
Dillon
Legion offers ten dollar prize for revue title
Beaverhead Post executive committee plans a two day revival at the high school auditorium on April 4 and 5. A streamlined version of the 1918 AEF revues will be produced under Dr. M. K. Farmer and assistants. A public contest will award ten dollars for the winning title with rules to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Beaverhead Post
A.E.F
France
M. K. Farmer
Legion
Dillon
Beaverdam County Forensic Team Heads to Three Forks
Beaverdah county high school debate teams travel to Three Forks on Thursday to face the Three Forks high school in two interscholastic debates. One afternoon engagement precedes the school assembly, and a second will be held at a civic club meeting in the evening. Coach Don Sutton will be joined by Evelyn Gregg J W Mc Cracken Dorothy Davis Louis Schmittroth and George Bowring. Earlier Monday both teams met Butte high in non decision debates with one session in the public speaking room at 2 00 p m and another at the Baptist Men's club meeting at 8 00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Three Forks
Don Sutton
Evelyn Gregg
J. W. McCracken
Dorothy Davis
Louis Schmittroth
George Bowring
Butte High School
Baptist Men’s Club
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Uncle ED Sez
Ed Stoltz
America
Duchess of Windsor
Mussolini
Axis
Lord Halifax
Denver
San Francisco
Stephen Foster
Victor Herbert
ASCAP
Steurday
Germany
London
Kansas City
Phreologist
Corrigan
Marshall
Texas
Washington
Paul Chamrau
B Hospital
R. Deacon
Dillon Mento Aviation School
Frank Tyro
Northern
Mrs. Lynn
A. E. Stamm
P.T.A
Ira Kennedy
Centennial Rancher
First Legion
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