Republicans Laud Lincoln Dinner in Jackson Inn Meeting
More than a hundred attended the Lincoln Day banquet at Diamond Bar Inn in Jackson. Speakers included Bjork McDonald of Butte and Sen. George M. Gosman with others noting old policy contrasts and pledging Republican aims amid tax and spending concerns.
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Diamond Bar Inn
Jackson
Dillon
Jackson Inn
Tom Clemon
Young Republicans Club
Big Hole Basin
Bjork McDonald
Butte
Lincoln
George M. Gosman
State Republican Central Committee
Jack Brenner
Flora Hirschy
Frank H. Hazelbaker
Ken Downing
Beaverhead Wild Hay Exhibit Tops at Bozeman
Beaverhead county native grasses and hay crop photos won a blue ribbon in the Montana Progress contest during the Montana Chamber of Commerce conference in Bozeman last week. Exhibit organizers Homer Turner and J. H. Mikkelson drew attention, with photographs by Bill Browning likely to appear in leading Northwest journals. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Warner and W. M. Stone who called the convention very successful.
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Beaverhead County
Montana
Montana Chamber of Commerce
Bozeman
W. M. Stone
Chamber of Commerce
Homer Turner
Beaverhead
J. H. Mikkelson
Bill Browning
Montana Chamber
Harold M. Warner
Stone
State Speakers To Address Farm Bureau
A county and Riverside Farm Bureau joint meeting is set for February 15 at 8 o’clock in the Odd Fellows hall. Speakers include Clarkson Shain Montana Farm Bureau president Mrs G R Ostergren associated women’s president Bill Davis ATBF Western regional assistant Herman Huisenga state organizer Larry Wilson district No 2 director and Norman Downing district No 1 director. A pot luck lunch follows with entertainment and square dancing led by Jim Johnson and practice for the March county square dance contest.
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County Farm Bureau
Riverside Farm Bureau
Odd Fellows Hall
Clarkson Shain
Montana Farm Bureau
G. R. Ostergren
Associated Women's
Bill Davis
A.T.B.F
Herman Huisenga
Larry Wilson
Norman Downing
Spain
Beaverhead
Farm Bureau
Jim Johnson
Harold Contway to Direct Red Cross Drive Again
Harold Contway district court clerk will again direct the annual Red Cross membership drive in Beaverhead county opening February 28. Co chairs in the city are Mrs J C Wedum and Mrs W W Hawkins. The year’s motto is Answer the Call and emphasizes Red Cross aid locally and in disaster areas.
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Harold (Toke) Contway
Red Cross
Beaverhead County
Contway
J.C. Wedum
W. W. Hawkins
Mil
Town Chorus Rehearses Mozart Requiem and Mendelssohn Elijah
The town college chorus rehearses Mozart Requiem for Easter and Mendelssohn Elijah for a later date. Director Bertram Gable and accompanist Harvey Foster oversee practice, with no new members admitted due to high participation.
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Mozart
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Bertram Gable
WMCE
Harvey Foster
Dillon
Vienna
Annals of Music
Hih School Principal Is Re-Elected
Beaverhead county high school board reelected M. C. Rahl as principal for two years with a salary increase. The district raised the teacher pay scale to match living costs and Montana Education Association guidance. Enrollment rose from 198 to 276 this year, with 300 projected next year, prompting a need for another teacher. A bus route study was proposed for Bannack and Polaris area.
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Beaverhead County
Bannack
Polaris
Local Couple Wed Monday in Butte
A Dillon couple, Sam Freeman and Mrs. Lillian Keenan, were quietly married last Monday in Butte by Judge Timothy E. Downey. They returned to live at the Keenan ranch north of the city. Mrs. Freeman has long been active in rural social work and Beaverhead Sportsmen’s association. she enjoys fishing and hunting. Mr. Freeman is an early rancher and cattleman.
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Dillon
Sam Freeman
Lillian Keenan
Butte
Timothy E. Downey
Keenan
Freeman
Beaverhead Sportsmen’s Association
Mr. Freeman
Former Dillon Boy Makes Valuable Indian Discovery
Dr. Phil C. Orr, anthropologist at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History born in Dillon, reports an ancient Indian cemetery find on a California coast island. Excavations reveal two cemeteries with red skulls and black pelvis bones, sparking scientific speculation. Orr's Beaverhead County work included prehistoric animal finds and a mammoth skeleton unearthed around 1910 that inspired his career.
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Phil C. Orr
Santa Barbara
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead Museum
Miss McFadden Wins DAR Good Citizenship Honor
Carolyn McFadden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McFadden, was named D A R Good Citizenship girl for Beaverhead county high school 1952 by the Beaverhead chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. She joins two other seniors as finalists for the state award and will be judged on citizenship, dependability, leadership, service, and patriotism.
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Carolyn McFadden
Ralph McFadden
Beaverhead
Daughters of the American Revolution
Beaverhead County
Noreen Hubbard
Bernadine Rebich
D.A.R
McFad
Den
Ranch Worker Joe Talmate Dies After Illness
Joe Talmate 70 a native of Mexico died Thursday at the county hospital after a long illness. He had lived in Beaverhead county 35 years and no relative could be located. Graveside services were held Friday morning at Mountain View cemetery where he was interred.
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Joe Talmate
Mexico
Beaverhead County
Mountain View Cemetery
Scheduled Family Council Meeting Postponed
An open Family Council meeting set for Thursday evening February 14 in Dillon has been postponed due to illness. Miss Amy Wold, Family Life specialist from Montana State College, was scheduled to conduct the meeting.
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Dillon
Amy Wold
Montana State College
McLaren Returns to Army Base After Furlough
Clyde McLaren has returned to Camp Leonard Wood Missouri after a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs J H McLaren He served with the 234th Aviation Battalion of Engineers and expects a transfer to Texas as he resumes duties at the base
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Army Base
Pic
Clyde McLaren
Camp Leonard Wood
J. H. McLaren
McLaren
234Th Aviation Battalion
Enginners
Missouri
Texas
Dillon Elks Plan Large Initiation in Butte
Dillon Lodge No. 1554 with a delegation will initiate 90 candidates into Butte Lodge No. 240 next Saturday night. Eddie Hilger reports the event with drum and bugle corps support and a stag dinner at the Butte home followed by a banquet for attending ladies and Elis members.
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Dillon Lodge
B.P.O.E
Butte
Butte Lodge No
Eddie Hilger
Dillon
Drum and Bugle Corps
Butte Ladies of
Elis
Founders Day P T A Program Monday
The February P T A meeting will be held Monday February 18 at 8 in the primary building auditorium. Mrs Floyd Packer and Mrs Hans Andersen lead the Founders Day program to be presented. Refreshments will be served by the fourth grade mothers.
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P.-T.a
Floyd Packer
Hans Andersen
Harpist Mildred Dilling To Headline Dillon Concert
Mildred Dilling, noted harpist and Harpo Marx's teacher, stars in Dillon's Community Concert series at the high school auditorium. A native of Indiana, she studied in Paris, toured Europe and the British Isles, and later performed with leading U.S. symphonies. Her BBC televised recital made history. Wednesday February 20 at 6 15 p m admission by concert membership ticket only.
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Dillon
Mildred Dilling
Harpo Marx
Hoosier
Miss Dilling
Paris
British Isles
America
BBC
Ireland
Land of the Harp
Melrose School Destroyed by Fire Sunday Evening
A Melrose three room schoolhouse was gutted by a Sunday night fire of unknown origin. Dillon and Butte fire units aided to contain the blaze and prevent spread to nearby buildings. Insurance covers the structure but losses for equipment and supplies approach $10,000.
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Dillon
Melrose
Butte
al Simon
Clemon
Red Cross
Forest Service
John Thierault
Soil Conservation District Supervisors Meet
Beaverhead Soil Conservation district held its monthly meeting at the Telephone building office. The annual report to cooperators was reviewed and will be mailed to ranchers. Four assistance applications were approved, including one for irrigation system reorganization. A one year work plan directs technicians to expand efforts where conservation is most urgent. Present were Art Christensen, Rudy Polish, Emmett Blomquist, and Lee Martinell.
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Beaverhead
Art Christensen
Rudy Polish
Emmett Blomquist
Lee Martinell
Cal Kellogg Embarks on Months-Long West Coast Trip
Cal Kellogg departed last Friday for a journey through Oregon and California aiming to spend several months away from home. He plans to visit multiple cities and return later this year.
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Cal Kellogg
Oregon
California
Western Drops Heartbreaker To Yellowjackets
Western Bulldogs led 26 20 after the first quarter and 46 37 at halftime but the Eastern Montana Yellowjackets surged back to win in a close finish. Ole Howard scored 26 for Western and Jim Carr added 23. free throws were near even.
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Bulldogs
Eastern Montana
Straugh
Ole Howard
Jim Carr
Jet Plane Thrills Beaverhead Valley Watchers
Beaverhead valley residents witnessed a jet plane high in a clear windless sky last Sunday noon. The vapor trail stretched from horizon to horizon for over 20 minutes as observers reported the plane headed northeast and too high to be seen with the naked eye.
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Beaverhead Valley
Beaverhead Educator Mayme F Allen Dies in Collision
Mrs Mayme French Allen veteran Beaverhead teacher dies from head injuries after her car crashes head on with a mail truck five miles south of Melrose Madison county snow and ice reduced visibility Karst truck driver James Tourikis slightly injured local officials and witnesses reported Requiem high mass set for St Rose Church with rosary at Brundage chapel the day before.
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Mayme F. Allen
Beaverhead
Mayme French Allen
Melrose
Divide
Silver Bow
Madison County
Dillon
Butte
James Tourikis
Royal S. Archer
al Boehme
Raymond Schwartz
Walter Brundage
Charles Raper
H. M. Brundage
W. P. Malloy
Howard
Forsyth
Charles G. French
Beavers Split Brace of Games Last Weekend
The Beavers fell to Anaconda Central 49 32 after a 13 6 first quarter and 23 20 halftime. Dillon rebounded by defeating Whitehall 62 44 led by Kenison 21 and Bill Allen 15. Dillon made 16 of 26 free throws while Whitehall hit 14 of 27. Beavers host Sheridan Friday with B teams playing first.
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Beavers
Anaconda Central
Dillon
Whitehall
Jeffersonians
Kenison
Anaconda
Allen
Saints
Bill Allen
J. Kenison
Whitewall
Sheridan
Optometrists Meet in Helena on School Vision Concerns
Dr. L L Lindley leads Montana optometrists at a two day MOA session in Helena ending Feb 10 at the Plaza hotel. The group discussed school child visual problems, school screening surveys, a visual survey instrument demonstration, and a panel on reading and vision.
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Montana
Placer Hotel
Helena
Montana Optometrig Association
M. E. Peterson
State Department of Public Instruction
Catherine Nutterville
Great Falls
Casterline Leaves Dillon After Brother R J Casterline Dies
C M Casterline, a Dillon express agent, departed Tuesday night for Salt Lake City after learning his brother R J Casterline died that morning from a heart attack. The deceased was a traveling auditor for the Union Pacific railroad and had visited Dillon previously.
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C. M. Casterline
Dillon Express
Salt Lake City
R. J. Casterline
Union Pacific Railroad
Dillon
Butte Civic Center Debated at Dillon Rotary Meeting
Dillon Rotary heard Dick Shaw, newly named manager of the Butte civic center, outline plans to make the center Western Montana’s hub for sports, conventions and shows. He described an ice arena with two 256 ton machines, a college court, a 50 by 90 foot stage, seating for 4500 plus boxing crowds, plus an art room and museum space.
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Dillon Rotary Club
Dick Shaw
Civic Center
Butte
Montana
Shaw
Bill Straugh
Vandegrift
Mithun
Dillon
Iiness
Baby Daughter Succumbs to Brief Illness in Dillon
Susan Annette McLaren two month old daughter of Mr and Mrs David A McLaren died Friday at Barrett hospital after a sudden illness. Survived by three brothers grandparents and great grandparents from Dillon and Baker Ore. Funeral services held Monday at Brundage chapel with Rev E W Goodrick officiating. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Susan Annette
David A McLaren
The
Barrett Hospital
David A
Michael Rowan
John Lee
J. H. McLaren
Alice Butler
Ada McLaren
Dillon
Nellie McColland
Baker, Ore
Motorist Fined 100 After Sunday Highway Crash
Wylie Kriewitz of the James Barrett ranch on Horse Prairie pleaded guilty to reckless driving in justice court and was fined 100 by Judge Mike Nettik. He and his wife were hospitalized for shock and minor injuries after a 1952 Buick failed to negotiate a curve and crashed into a bank near Barrett's station, investigated by Sheriff Paul Temple.
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Wylie Kriewitz
James Barrett Ranch
Horse Prairie
Justice Court
Mike Nettik
Pin Tourney Nets Polio Fund $14
Louis Schmittroth of Lou-Esta Lanes reports a head pin tournament last week raised $14 for the local polio fund. First prize went to Louis Schmittroth with 434, Roscoe Cornell 424, and Henry Hignight 422.
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Louis Schmittroth
Lou-Esta Lanes
Mr. Schmittroth
Roscoe Cornell
Henry Hignight
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Harold Contway
Hih
Miss McFadden
DAR Award
Courtesy the Beaver
Harpist
Dillion Elks
Melrose School
Soil Conservation District
Western
Western Montana College of Education
Seattle
Matthew F. Allen
Frank Sullivan
St. Paul, Minn
Gertrude French
St. Rose Parish
St. Rose Catholic Church
Brundage Chapel
L. L. Lindley
Salt Lake
Rotary
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