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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1949
Page
2
The author, a Dillon pastor writing as a free lance contributor, explains the MEDITATION column's nonsectarian, nonpartisan stance and editorial role. He notes reader responses, accepts suggestions, and aims for a better town in 1949 while keeping personal life out of the piece.
A veterans administration column explains disability compensation ranges from 13.80 to 138 monthly for service connected injuries with higher totals for dependents and blindness or amputations. It notes a separate pension for total disability and specifics on income limits, eligibility, and future death benefits. a follow up will cover death compensation for widows and children.
Frederic H. Rahr, a New York color consultant and head of the Rahr Color Clinic, urges homeowners to use color to express personal taste on exteriors. He emphasizes letting the roof set the color pace and blending window trim doors and shutters to create a cohesive, distinctive look across houses.
A survey of 386 architects shows modified modern as the future favorite by 121 respondents. Modern, ranch, colonial, contemporary, Cape Cod and modified conventional follow, with caves mentioned by one architect. Currently builders rank Cape Cod first, ranch second, and modified modern third in styles they construct.
Dull files sharpen by soaking 15 to 20 minutes in diluted sulphuric acid or longer for extremely dull tools. Defrost a home freezer by scraping frost with a wooden scraper and never cut power. Remove paint from screens with paint remover then turpentine wipe and coat with spar mixture to prevent corrosion. Flammable roofing is a leading fire cause but less so now due to codes. asphalt shingles reduce risk. Dusty basement concrete may lack cement or have a powdery surface after freezing.
A group of college basketball stars edged the unbeaten Eagles 39 to 31 in a tense Friday night clash at the high school gym. The All Stars included coaches Jim Taylor of Dillon and Chuck Burgess of Deer Lodge plus players Carl Davis Charles Davis Jack Davis Bill McMannis John Patton Milt Clauson and George Aitken. Eagles lineup featured Deputy McGuire Lynch Thompson Howard Wheat Wedum Blomquist Hubbard and Sorenson.
W. J. Cushing has come back from a stay in a Butte hospital where he was treated following a leg amputation.
The notice outlines 20-Payment Life, Endowment at Age 60, Endowment at Age 65, and a 20-Year Endowment plan. It presents these options as retirement or life coverage choices with varying payment schedules and maturity ages.
Brainard and Williams offered a free lunch to patrons on Saturday night as the Maccabees hosted a New Year ball at the opera house drawing a large crowd with music by Dillon’s orchestra and Prof Sullivan. The banquet in the Deacon building fed about 520 guests. The Uncle Tom's Cabin company closed its Dillon engagement after a strong run, and nickel-in-the-slot machines were ordered out, ceasing play at six o'clock. Alf Cashmore aided Graeter Grocery during holidays, while Frank Madden traveled from Polaris for business.
Toward season end in areas near Dillon hunters bagged elk in Blacktail and Gardiner districts. O. T. Vandegrift and son Leo Talent and John Wagner tagged elk in Gardiner. John Gray and Tepion were latest to bring out elk from Blacktail.
Mrs Christine Opp county s ex superintendent of schools reports a vacancy following the Christmas holidays at the Doyle school in the Centennial valley.
A brief note confirms individuals were in the county seat attending to business matters during the latter part of last week.
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