Discharge notices issued by local Selective Service
A list of names discharged to civilian status appears from army navy and marine corps branches. The notice covers individuals from Dillon Petaluma Anaconda and other locations with reclassifications to 1-C 4F and 1-A statuses and includes enlisted reserve personnel.
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Pfa
Selective Service
Army
James L. Kelly
Dillon
Jack Ary
Walter E. Bauer
Max E. Graham
Petaluna
Calif
Bert E. Hobart
Tekilma
Ore
William F. Hubbard
Myron O. Axe
Thomas E. Judge
Polaris
Joseph L. Piazzola
Dilon
Gilbert A. LeKander
Wayne G. Bureson
Butte
Joseph ~. Puett
San Angelo
Texas
James T. Hall
Livingston
Jack E. Sturm
Wisdom
Walter H. Leach
Ogden
Utah
Dale A. Shafer
Argenta
Marion B. Pyeatt
Eldon K. Stephens
Navy
Desmond P. Gallagher
Anaconda
Donald J. Smith
Logan
Stanley L. Bradley
Armstead
Arlo W
Shining Mountain Folks radio series to air in Butte
The Junior League of Butte partners with KGIR to present a second radio series titled Shining Mountain Folks on the Z-Bar network airing Fridays at 11:15 for thirteen weeks. Helen McGregor will direct with public speaking and dramatic students, covering Montana history from 1850 to 1880s and continuing Treasure State Trails themes.
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KGIR
Junior League of
Butte
Z-Bar
Helena
Bozeman
Kenneth Mulholland
Helen McGregor
Butte High School
Montana
Cap’n Mullan’s Road
Johnny Grant
John Bozeman
Nelson Storey
Texas
Brother van
W. A. van Orsdale
Custer
Iron Horse Trails
Presbyterian Sunday School Board Meeting Planned
The annual meeting of the Presbyterian Sunday school board will be held tomorrow evening at 7 30 at the home of Miss Jean Bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Sunday School Board
Jean Bishop
Wool school set for Monday in Montana
Scores of woolgrowers from all sections of Southwestern Montana are expected to attend a wool school next Monday at the city hall. Dr. J F Wilson of the University of California will speak, with Dr. R T Clark and F A Ralston also on the program. The session runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with lunch at noon.
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Montana
J. H.mikkelson
J. F. Wilson
University of California
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Montana Extension Service
Wilson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Australia
New Zealand
University of Wyoming
R. T. Clark
Montana State College
F. A. Ralston
Royal Arch Masons Hold Annual Meet in Dillon
Royal Arch Masons of south western Montana held their annual district meeting in Dillon with Dillon chapter hosting. A 140-person banquet followed two sessions of degree work performed by visiting and local chapters. Philipsburg was chosen for the next district session.
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Royal Arch Masons
Montana
Dillon
Masonic Hall
Butte Lodge
Anaconda
Royal Arch
Philipsburg
Sterling Miller
Billings
R.A.M
Sidney Carkeet
Butte
Herbert Lange
Herbert Wheat
Harry Andersen
Elmer Petersen
Matt Kay
L D S Relief Society Meeting At Mrs Sweeney Home
Last evening the L D S Relief Society gathered at Mrs Roger Sweeney's home with Mrs T W Sargent leading the discussion.
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L.D.S. Relief Society
Roger Sweeney
T. W. Sargent
Smiths Eagles Break Even With Bobcat Quint
Dillon’s independent Smiths Eagles split a home and away series with the Bobcat Reserves of Bozeman. They lost 51-31 in Bozeman then won 60-42 at Beaverhead County High School. Dart led with 20 points, Deputy 18, Reichel 18 for the Bobcats. officials were Vandegrift and Green.
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Bobcat
Bozeman
Beaverhead County
Eagles
Dillon
Deputy
Dart
Consis
Reichel
Vandegrift
Green
Dillon Students Honored at State University
Mary Anne Luebben of Dillon serves as program chairman for Montana State University annual press club banquet on Thursday night February 21. Bernice Gleed, also of Dillon, is among 22 women named Sigma Chi Sweetheart candidates for 1946. Sigma Cat banquet scheduled March 6 features a ring rat freshman in dramatics.
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Mary Anne Luebben
Dillon
Montana State University
University Press Club
Miss Luebben
Bernice Gleed
Sigma Chi
Signa Cat
Pets
Funeral of Madison Man Held Dillon
Funeral services for Joseph Ostranic, 63, Butte and Madison county mining man, were held at St Rose Catholic church in Dillon. Requiem high mass was said by Rev Father Timothy Clifford and interment followed in Mountain View cemetery. Ostranic born May 9 1882 in Venice Slovenia came to the United States in 1910. He was a miner in Butte and later worked near Virginia City and Twin Bridges. Surviving are brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Andrew Papish Dillon a nephew John Kambrick Twin Bridges a niece Mrs O A Rogan Redondo Beach Calif a niece Mrs William Endrezte Twin Bridges and a sister in law Mrs Margaret Ostronic Anaconda.
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Joseph Ostranic
Butte
Madison County
St. Rose Catholic Church
Dillon
Timothy Clifford
Mountain View Cemetery
Brundage Chapel
Mr. Ostranic
Venice
Slovenia
Yugoslavia
Virginia City
Twin Bridges
Andrew Papish
John Kambrick
O. A. Rogan
Redondo Beach
Calif
William Endrezte
Margaret Ostronic
Anaconda
Miss Jean Bishop Attends Montana Pioneers Board Meeting
Miss Jean Bishop attended the board of trustees meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers in Helena on Saturday, where she serves as a member.
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Jean Bishop
Helena
Board of Trustees, Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
Hofmeister Granted Fellowship at Washington State College
Andrew L. Hofmeister former Beaverhead County high school art instructor now teaching three drawing classes at Washington State College in Pullman. He pursues a master of fine arts degree while continuing his teaching duties.
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Andrew L. Hofmeister
Beaverhead County High School
Washington State College
Pullman
Landscaping Proposed for Highway North of Dillon
The Dillon Chamber of Commerce urged the state highway commission to landscape the new highway section under construction north of Dillon and to add parking on both sides of a new bridge. W. W. Wetzel detailed plans submitted to the commission, which then forwarded them to the Bureau of Public Roads. The group discussed a broader postwar Dillon and Beaverhead county development program titled Dillon Today and Tomorrow.
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Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Dillon Chamber of Commerce
Wayne Myers
Dila
W. W. Wetzel
Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
O. A. Bergeson
Dillon
Beaverhead County
George M. Gosman
Joe White
Lambert Elie
J. W. Rees
H M. Warner
Season Tickets On Sale For Western Class B Tourney
Season tickets for the western divisional Class B basketball tournament go on sale next Monday at noon. Beaverhead County high school host D. L. Johnson announced the event will be at Montana State Normal college gym March 7 to 9 with finals Saturday night. Tickets cost five dollars for all five sessions. Two teams from each of four districts advance to the state tourney where Beavers previously qualified.
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Prin. D. L. Johnson
Beaverhead County High School
Dillon
Montana State Normal College
Montana
Johnson
Beavers
Ennis
Whitehall
Clancy Johnson
Past Heads Exalted Rulers Lead Dillon Elks Meet
The Dillon Elks Lodge past exalted rulers chaired the last regular meeting in the 1.0.C.F. hall initiating three candidates. The following night Dillon officers led by Exalted Ruler David Hier initiated a class at Butte lodge No. 240 with about 20 Dillon Ellis attending. Other past rulers chaired the meeting: William Lloyd Frank O Keefe Homer Faust Matt Kay John T Orr Frank Lasich, while Ed Johnson and Emery Smith were absent due to illness. Butter Lodge officers will conduct the next Dillon lodge initiation February 27.
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Dillon Elks Lodge
C.F
William Lloyd
Frank O’keefe
Homer Faust
Matt Kay
John T. Orr
Frank Lasich
Ed Johnson
Emery Smith
Butterodge
Dilfon Lodge
D A R Good Citizenship Award Given At Assembly
Miriam Morse was named the Daughters of the American Revolution good citizenship girl for 1946 by Beaverhead county high school seniors and faculty at an assembly led by Mrs. Fred Woodside. Margot Luebben and Virginia Tovey were the other finalists. Morse’s activities include National Honor Society, band twirlers, choir, and community service. Previous winners were Jean Stamm and Chickie Ross.
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Miriam Morse
Beaverhead County
Fred Woodside
Margot Luebben
Virginia Tovey
Miss Morse
Altar Guild
United Movement of Church
Beaver
Order of Rainbow
Jean Stamm
Chickie Ross
Teer Morse Named Good Citizenship Girl Award Winner
Senior Teer Morse, daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard M Morse, was named the good citizenship girl for the school year. The announcement highlighted her community service, leadership, and school involvement.
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Beaverhead County High School
Howard M. Morse
Teer
Ranchers Discuss 1946 AAA Program at County Meeting
Beaverhead county ranchers and farmers met February 14 at the courthouse to review the 1946 AAA program. Clarkson Spain outlined conservation practice applications and farm plan completion, while Dale Pettit highlighted drainage needs and the importance of surveying county soil conservation needs for the next five to ten years. G. H. Bingham of the extension service spoke on the coming outlook.
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Beaverhead County
AAA
Clarkson Spain
State Aaa
Dale Pettit
G. H. Bingham
State Extension Service
Funeral of Train Victim Held Here
Funeral services for Lewis Kington 32 former Dillon resident were held Monday afternoon at Brundage funeral home chapel. The Rev L Belle Long of the First Baptist church conducted the rites. Interment was in Mountain View cemetery. Kington fireman on a Union Pacific freight locomotive was fatally injured in a collision of two freight trains in Idaho last Tuesday night and died the next day in a Twin Falls hospital. He was born October 29 1913 in Rexburg Idaho and came to Beaverhead county 16 years ago Fel lowing most of his residence here he worked as an oil truck driver for Farmers Union Trading Company He joined Union Pacific about a year ago the family living in Lima Surviving him are his wife three children Jimmy Albert and Catherine Belle and his parents in Idaho.
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Lewis Kington
Dillon
Brundage Funeral Home
L. Belle Long
First Baptist Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Kington
Union Pacific
Idaho
Twin Falls
James Gravely
R. C. Gravely
Lima
Rexburg
Beaverhead County
Farmers Union Trading Company
Pocatello
Jimmy
Albert
Catherine Belle
Price Coons Claimed by Long Illness Dies at 84
Sterling Price Coons 84 a Beaverhead County resident since 1900 died Thursday at the county hospital after a years long illness. Born December 25 1861 in Crevecour Missouri he moved to Dillon early life and worked on ranches and in town. He lived on West Center Street in recent years with no known relatives. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Brundage funeral home with Rev J Thompson Baker of the Presbyterian church officiating in the cemetery.
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Sterling Price Coons
Beaverhead County
Crevecour
K Z N Sorority Initiates First Pledges of Year
Kappa Zeta Nu of Montana State Normal college announces its first pledges for the academic year. Initiates at a Saturday dinner and ceremony include Janice Fisher Forsyth Betty Ostby Four Buttes Elsie Marcellus Forsyth Helen McPherson Butte Catherine Roberts Charlo Helen Burt Ann Jakovac Alice Knox president Dorothy Simonsen instructed the candidates in their secret vows and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Zeta Nu Sorority
Montana State Normal College
Ralph McFadden
Janice Fisher
Forsyth
Betty Ostby
Four Buttes
Elsie Marcellus
Helen McPherson
Butte
Catherine Roberts
Charlo
Helen Burt
Ann Jakovac
Alice Knox
Dillon
Alice Davis
Dorothy Simonsen
Western cabin tragedy ends in gunfire and death
In Canyon Creek country west of Melrose a woodcutters cabin incident left Joseph Adams wounded after being shot three times. The assailant Elphage J. Bisnaire was found dead in the cabin with his shotg un blast in a remote Dillon area. Adams was hospitalized in Butte while Bisnaire was buried in Dillon. Sheriff Lay ruled the violence a likely isolated breakdown in a wilderness setting.
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Canyon Creek
Melrose
Glendale
Joseph Adams
Elphage J. Bisnaire
Claude Lay
Beaverhead
Besnaire
Adams
Butte
Dillon
Sheriff Lay
Stores to Close on Washington's Birthday Observed
Dillon stores and business houses will close Friday for Washington's Birthday along with county and city offices banks and the state liquor store. Schools remain in session though some programs run during the observance week.
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Dillon
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Beaverhead Legion Post Holds Meet
A busy Beaverhead post American Legion meeting Thursday night dealt with important business led by Com. B A Risley. HR 515 military training bill was read and will be studied before the March 14 vote in a nationwide Legion post poll. The group deferred two outside-referred issues including Warm Springs hospital buildings and a veterans resolution.
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Beaverhead Post
American Legion
Com. B. A. Risley
Legion
State Hospital
Warm Springs
George M. Gosman
Red Cross Plans Are Formulated
Joe White the Beaverhead county Red Cross roll call chairman lists assistants for the March drive to raise a 1946 county quota of 3050. Harold Contway will chair rural drive. Mrs Frank Tyre leads Dillon business district drive. Claudia Faust heads the Dillon telephone drive for March 17. D W Paddock supervises the clean up drive. Montana Power will host headquarters with H H Bates as treasurer.
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Joe White
Beaverhead
Red Cross
Harold Contway
Dillon
Frank Tyre
Claudia Faust
D. W. Paddock
Montana Power Company
H. H. Bates
County Red Cross
District Official Of Eagles Guest At Regular Meet
Charles E. Raper of Alder Gulch aerie and district director of the Fraternal Order of Eagles spoke at the Dillon aerie meeting in the 1.0.C.F. hall Monday night. The session outlined plans for the anniversary initiation on Saturday night March 2 at the city hall auditorium. Worthy Pres. F. C. Kirby noted a class of 30 candidates and urged more. State president S. J. Kelly will attend with the Bozeman ladies drill team.
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Charles E. Raper
Alder Gulch
Senior Girls of High School to Be Guests Party
Senior girls from the high school are invited to a party hosted by the American Association of University Women and Normal college residence hall women. Principal speaker Dorothy Anne Davis of Dillon recently returned from overseas Red Cross service with the 82nd Airborne in England France and Germany. The program also features the women's quartet and pianist Genevieve Cole.
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Beaverhead County
American Association of University Women and Normal College
Dorothy Anne Davis
Dillon
Red Cross
England
France
Germany
82Nd Airborne Division
Genevieve Cole
Eight Beaverhead Students Named to Honor Society
Eight Beaverhead county high school students were named to the National Honor Society at a Thursday morning assembly. inductees include seniors Mary Jakovac Stewart Burwell, juniors Mary Long Carol Guidici Frances Helming Ford Knight and sophomores Donna Carrigan Barbara Boyer. Principal D L Johnson announced the names as Bob Wolf presided and induction was conducted by Gerry Gillies Virginia Tovey Margot Luebben Miriam Morse. Mrs Myrtle Pewe sponsors the society and home ec girls hosted a luncheon after the ceremony.
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Beaverhead County
Mary Jakovac
Stewart Burwell
Mary Long
Carol Guidici
Frances Helming
Ford Knight
Donna Carrigan
Brabara Boyer
Prin. D. L. Johnson
Bob Wolf
Society
Gerry Gillies
Virginia Tovey
Margot Luebben
Miriam
Funeral of Mary Flynn Held Here Thursday Morning
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Flynn 81 pioneer matron of Beaverhead County were held Thursday morning at St Rose Catholic church. Requiem high mass was said by Rev Father Timothy Clifford with a Rosary the night before at Brundage funeral home chapel. Interment followed at Mountain View cemetery with pallbearers Francis Tonrey W W Hawkins Leslie Staudenmeyer George Roe Frank Madden and J E Kelly.
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Mary Flynn
Beaverhead County
St. Rose Catholic Church
Father Timothy Clifford
Brundage Funeral Home
Mountain View Cemetery
Francis Tonrey
W. W. Hawkins
Leslie Staudenmeyer
Orge Roe
Frank Madden
J.E. Kelly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph L. Puett
Henry F. Meine
Arthur A. Larsen
Dennis E. Noone
Arthur M. Runer
Kenneth C. Ries
Bernard J. Harkness
Archie C. Seybold
Smith’s Eagles
State University
Madison
Galen
Heads Elks Lodge
D.A.R
Assembly
PRICE
K.Z.N
Beaverhead Legion
O. C. Lamport
Morse
Myrtle Pewe
Home Ec
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