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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1957
Page
1
A Washington column notes a spend-tax-elect attitude shaping policy as federal costs rise after initial economy moves. It cites Byrd urging curtailment of agency spending from 144 billion dollars and warns deficit financing could resume if appropriations keep increasing.
A reflective poem on friendship and drinking, praising true fellowship while warning of deception. The speaker salutes good fellows and the toll of aging as youth fades, with lines about honesty, loyalty, and the social ritual of toasting. The piece ends noting a transition from youth to an older era.
Beaverhead county’s 1956 chronologies show births deaths and marriages from official records. The issue offers an incomplete year summary due to pending records and reflects local life and notable events in Beaverhead during 1956 with a nod to national and state events and political atmosphere.
The Martin Ankeny residence at 1201 E Sebree Street earned first prize in the city wide Christmas lighting contest sponsored by the Dillon Jaycees. The display titled The Nativity Scene will be entered in the Jaycee national contest. Second through sixth prizes went to Mickey Anderson Walter Foster Mr and Mrs Dick McCracken Harold C Murray and Mr and Mrs Arthur McLaren with gifts ranging from cash and trade certificates to lamps and thermoses. Donors included Montana Power Company Vigilante Electric Cooperative Coast to Coast King’s Dilmart Dillon Implement Co Gambles and McCracken Brothers. Ankeny noted the family built the scene with the inn background and star plus camels and Wise Men joining the manger scene this year.
The Dillon post office adopted a new mail schedule on Monday with a Twin Bridges mail bus replacing the former Butte service. Incoming mail arrives at 1:30 p.m. and dispatch closes then. the return trip to Twin Bridges leaves at 2:30 p.m. Postmaster Harry Andrus notes uncertainty about the route to Butte, including possible connections via Twin Bridges.
Funeral services for John H. McLaren 60 a World War I veteran and Dillon resident were held at Brundage Chapel with military honors at Mountain View cemetery. His son Dave died in an accident in Butte on Oct 5, and the two funerals were 12 weeks apart.
W W Hawkins longtime First National Bank of Dillon president becomes Chairman of the Board for a year starting today while William R Tait, a Dillon native now in Great Falls, takes over as active head with the title of vice president Hawkins will serve as chairman and consultant during the transition Hawkins a Montana native from Miles City was discharged from the AEF after earning a captain s commission in the 63rd noted in the report Continued on Page 8
C Gosta Miller Jr a Dillon Boy Scout who last spring attained Eagle Scout was elected Lodge Chief of the Order of the Arrow at the annual lodge meeting December 27 Other lodge officers elected were Fritz Calkins vice lodge chief Dave Markwall secretary and Jim Campbell treasurer Miller is a member of Explorer Post No 61 of Dillon The Order of the Arrow promotes Scout camping maintains camping traditions and recognizes outstanding campers.
The Bea verhead Wool Pool annual meeting is set for Thursday January 10 at 10 30 a m in the new Vocational Agricultural building at the high school George McDonald chairman of the board says door prizes will be awarded The program includes wool grading and judging demonstrations an outlook appraisal factors influencing farm flock production and pool business Lunch will be served at noon by FHA members All pool members are urged to attend and others interested are welcome
County Treasurer Martha Greene and her staff issue the new 1957 motor vehicle plates today. Owners must present the 1956 receipt marked valid for registration to avoid a dollar extra. State reverts to plain black plates with white letters and a smaller vertical county number.
November tax collections in Beaverhead totaled $508,698.62 under County Treasurer Martha O. Greene. Total net charges were $746,073.82 with full payments of $294,605.88 and half-payments of $207,611.67 due by May 31, 1957. Delinquency on real property taxes stood at $12,868.17, below 3.5 percent of half-payments. The protested Montana Power tax portion was $6,481.08.
The annual rodeo generated about 25 000 in operations with a poor first day. Gate receipts were low but a Labor Day parade drew a record crowd and restored finances. Secretary treasurer Dan Carpita notes a 1 600 balance after payments to subscribers and expenses including building repairs.
The weather week shows unusually mild, nearly bare ground through the valley with snow in higher valleys and mountains. Livestock feeding has been simple, and a light precipitation total is recorded across the period with an average weekly temperature near the mid-forties.
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