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Chronology of Events During 1955 Wide Variety of Activities
A compact year in Beaverhead highlighted by polio immunization planning, new motor vehicle registration, bids for a garbage truck, and Dan Carpita becoming Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce president. Key notes include winter ski events, new talc mill near Barretts, a walking blood bank, Rotary, Ag Day honors, US 91 route discussions, and a 750 gallon fire truck arrival. The year advances through June with electoral turnout, Western College activities, parking meters, and dam project progress in Clark Canyon.
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Dan _ Carpita
Beaverhead
Chamber of Commerce
Dilton Ski Club
Tri-State Minerals
Barrett
Beaverhead Laboratory
Sheldon E. Davis
Rotarians
James G. Barrett
163Rd
Armored Cavalry Regiment
Western College
Ricks
Idaho
Rocky Mountain
Billings
Western
Dillon
Beaverhead Wool Pool
Bill Mitchell
Robert McArthur
C. Gosta Miller
H. F. Wilkins
Montana
I. ‘W. Vinsell
Clark Canyon Water Supply Company
Clark Canyon Dam
Clark Canyon
East Beadh
Rotary
Fred Emmett
Butte
Dillon Club
M. Loren
Richards
R.N
Barrett Hospital
Beaverhead Farm Bureau
Bernard Harkness
Dell
Roy ZeBarth
Jackson
Western Bulldogs
Orediggers of Mines
Jean Lalonde
Anaconda
College Alumni Association
Advance Western” Committee
Fairgrounds
Nation
Eisenhower
J. Hugo Aronson
Paul Cannon
George M. Gosman
Gosman
Aronson
John Prohosky
Armstead
Harold Petersen
Sheep Creek Basin
Otto Lohr