Cleveland in in Beaverhead era headlines and weddings
The Dillon-Beaverhead survey recalls Grover Cleveland’s 1893 inaugural period and local history. Officials listed include sheriff Thomas F. Ton and treasurer J. Metlen as Beaverhead County modernizes while Lillie Hood wed John T. Watkins and Phil D. McGough becomes Dillon police judge. Livestock prices rise as Charles Padley sells cattle to A. F. Mathews and pork to Anaconda Meat. A water system project looms. editorials attack Hawaii annexation and Montana legislature excess.
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Beaverhead
Thomas F. Ton
E. J. Conger
J.C. Metlen
J.T. Murray
R.Z. Thomas
A. J. Noyes
Millie Coffin
Josephus Rich
H. B. Meade
J. Cashmore
W. M. Oliver
W. Mauldin
B. Ver
Frank Showers
Dillon Wei
Edwin Norris
Henry R. Melton
Emmett Callahan
H. J. Burleigh
H. A. Bond
Columbian Association
Ladies’ Columbian Association
Beaverhead County
John . Bishop
N. E. Hummer
Cora Crawford
R. Z. Thomas
F. E. Foote
Wise River
Tate Taylor
Bannack
Thomas H. Rea
Glendale
A .E. Barrett
Horse Prairie
J. W. Scott
Red Rock
A. R Crawford
M. D. Rise
Lillie Hood
John T. Watkins
Examiner Society
Phil D. McGough
Dillon
George Netterfield
Examiner
Net
Terfield
Charles H. Padley
A. F. Mathews
Helena
Anaconda Meat Company
Mr. Padley
Eliel Brothers
E. H. Powers
Idaho and
Sebree Streets
James Selway
Idaho Street
State Department
Congress
Hawaii
Islands
Montana
Methodist Church services and events listed
Pastor Robert N Johnstone leads Sunday school at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am with organist Mrs Helen Tysdal and choir director Mrs Kaye Larsen. Sermon Is Life Worth Living Youth meeting 6 30 pm Choir practice Thursday at Mrs Tysdals home 615 Thomson Ave 7 30 pm All welcome during Lent.
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THE
Methodist
Robert N. Johnstone
Norman L. Ovitt
Helen Tysdal
Kaye Larsen
Tysdal
Thomson Ave
Assembly of God Church Sunday Schedule
The Assembly of God Church lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. morning worship at 11 a.m. Sunday evening service at 8 p.m. and a Wednesday 8 p.m. prayer meeting.
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Assembly OF God Church
Wa. m
Sunday Mass Times Calendar
St Rose Dillon Lima Grant Melrose and Jackson parish schedule lists eight a m or ten thirty a m times Sundays month by month with specific churches and Sunday numbers. The text notes Dillon 8:00 and 10:00 a m Lima 10:30 a m first Sunday Grant 10:30 a m second Sunday Melrose 10:00 a m third Sunday and fifth Sunday when it occurs Jackson 9:30 a m fourth Sunday.
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ST. Rose Catholic
Dillon
Lima
Grant
Melrose
Jackson
St James Episcopal Church Lenten Service Schedule
Rev Arthur Lord rector Brinton Jackson choir director announces services on Wednesday February 25 at 7 30 pm a Lenten service. Sunday schedule includes 8 am holy communion 9 45 am Sunday school and 11 am choral communion with sermon an instructed Eucharist.
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ST. James’ Episcopal Church
Arthur Lord
Brinton Jackson
Frank Eliel Returns to Eliel Brothers Store After Illness
Frank Eliel resumed work at Eliel Brothers department store late last week following a brief illness.
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Frank Eliel
Eliel Brothers Department Store
Aronson's governorship shaped by lawmaker's view
Governor J Hugo Aronson brings 12 years in Montana's legislature to the office, guiding appointments and policy with a lawmaker's mindset. The piece notes his honest, steady approach, praises Albert Kruse and R E Towle as appointees, and discusses bills on private liquor stores and gambling. It also covers the Deer Lodge prison issues and board of education questions, reflecting state governance in 1951.
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Helena
J. Hugo Aronson
Glacier County
Ernest Immel
Hugo Aronson
Aronson
Albert H. Kruse
Garfield County
Str
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Albert Kruse
Kruse
R. E. Towle
House
Senate
Washington, D. C
Casper Wolhowe
Miles City
State Board of Education
State Public Welfare Department
Montana Public Health League
Farmers Union
Deer Lodse
Wallace Ranch
Waren
L. C. Boedecker
Faye Burrell
Hamilton
Ravalli
Sheriffs Association of
Grasshopper Hoppers 4-H meeting notes and calf shipment
The Grasshopper Hoppers 4-H club met at the Dugger home on the K6 ranch. Ivan Remely sold 175 head of steel calves shipped by truck to Idaho Falls stock yards with help from Guy Gray Dillon Leon Skelton and John Erb. Howard Begin and Wayne Gowan arrive from Hamilton for the school year. Howard attends Beaver Head County High and rides from Mill Point with a Dillon group. Wayne will attend Polaris School. Mr and Mrs John Erb, former Grasshopper valley residents, welcome a son as sister grows.
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Polaris
Grasshopper Hoppers 4-H Club
Hubert Dugger
Ivan Remely
Circle S Ranch
Dillon
Guy Gray
Leon Skelton
John Erb
Idaho Falls
Howard Begin
Anna Begin
Wayne Gowan
Hamilton
Howard
Beaverhead County High School
Mill Point
Lohr
Wayne
Grasshopper Valley
First Presbyterian Church Weekly Schedule Highlights
Rev Warren Kunkel presides Sunday services at 9 45 a m and 7 p m with a 11 am church school and 5 30 pm college fellowship. Sermons titled From Whence Our Help and In His Steps. Board meetings and prayer times noted through midweek with women’s association and Westminster fellowship events.
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First Presbyterian Church
Warren Kunkel
Board of Trustees
Board of Deacons
Women's Association
Westminster Fellowship
Last Rites Held At Dillon for Jessie Sperry
Funeral services for Jessie Ann Sperry 65 lifelong Dillon resident were held at the Brundage chapel Tuesday at 10 am with a Christian Science reading by Mary B Kenison. Interment followed in Jones cemetery Centennial valley. Survivors include son Walter Sperry Monida and two daughters Mrs Donovan Swank Berriton Kan and Mrs Kenneth Wilson Lima. A brother Frank T Jones of
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Jessie Ann Sperry
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Brundage Chapel
Mary B Kenison
Jones Cemetery
Centennial Valley
Jim Nye
Clayton Kennedy
Link Miller
Kenneth Wetmore
Clyde Smith
Les Staudenmeyer
LeRoy Sperry
Idaho Falls
Ida
Walter Sperry
Monida
Donovan Swank
Berriton
Kan
Kenneth Wilson
Lima
Frank T Jones
Weekend Visits and Snow Plow Efforts Highlight Polaris
Mr and Mrs Jack Rogan visited the J D Harrison home over the weekend. Tom Clemon from Jackson visited Polaris Monday. A crowd of skiers enjoyed Sunday at the slide as snow fell heavy and packed. Erwin Marchesseau with his cat plowed and reopened the road in fine shape. Laurence Berry of Butte visited the Dewey Marchesseau home and called at Polaris store Saturday evening with his niece Miss Claire Marchesseault.
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Tom Clemon
Jackson
Polaris
Jack Miller
Erwin Marchesseau
Laurence Berry
Butte
Dewey Marchesseau
Miss Claire Marchesseault
Record Year for Road Building Forecast by Bell
Helena Missoula Montana Automo bile association president Bell forecasts a highway construction boom rivaling WPA levels as 1951 spending hits a record 4.261 billion dollars across federal state and local governments. Public highway use rose 600 percent over 1945 in the same six years.
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Bell
Helena
AAA
Washington, D. C
Montana Association
Dillon and Large Family Remembered in Obituary Snippet
A brief obituary fragment notes Dillon and his six grandchildren along with several nieces and nephews.
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Dillon
Thieces
Bays recalled to active duty in Marine Corps Reserve
Pfc. Earl C. Bays son of Mr. and Mrs. David Bays of Dillon has been recalled to active duty with the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He departed for Camp Pendleton, California on February 9. Bays is a World War II veteran with about four years of service including time in the Pacific. his wife Leona and daughter Barbara, 12, reside in Helena.
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Earl C. Bays
David Bays
Burnett Ave
Dillon
United States Marine Corps Reserve
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Pfc
Bays
Leona
Barbara
Helena
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Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland
United States
Benjamin
Dillon Examiner
C.J. Dean
M.D
Dean Clinic
Sandy Boulevard
Portland 14
Ore
GOR
State Examiner
State Superintendent of Banks
Bob Towle
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Woho
Board of Education
Montana State Prison
State Board of Railroad and Public Service Commissioners
John E. Henry
Austin B. Middleton
John E. Erickson
Jessie Sperry
Jack Rogan
J. D. Harrison
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