Sheriff Mayor Feud Shapes City Jail Access
Beaverhead County commissioners ruled city police may use limited jail space in the courthouse basement with meals bedding and cleanliness responsibility shared. The decision followed a weeks long dispute between Sheriff Paul Temple and Dillon Mayor E S Townsend, who clashed over housing city prisoners including two women and a man arrested after a Crystal Rooms incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Paul Temple
Dillon
E. S. Townsend
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Townsend
Mayors Dillon
Norman Giles
Bloodmobile Visit Scheduled for Thursday January 14
The American Red Cross bloodmobile visits Dillon on Thursday January 14 from 11 am to 4 pm at the Elks hall. Bea verhead chapter Red Cross oversees with Lorraine Cochrane in charge of nurses aides. Donors are asked to call during business hours or after 5:30 pm for slots and information. Blood will support the national defense program and gamma globulin prep for polio fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Dillon
Dillon Soroptimists
Beaverhead
Red Cross
Elks’ Hall
Lorraine Cochrane
Beaverhead Chamber Plans Active Year and Banquet
The Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce met at the Beaverhead Museum Monday evening January 4 electing Warren M Stone secretary future president and George Anderson and Tom McGovern as president and vice president. Board members include McGovern Risley Lasich Melton with Brundage Tash and Andersen as holdovers. A January kickoff for a yearlong membership drive and the annual banquet were announced with McGovern named banquet chairman and Brundage in charge of entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Dale Tash
Chamber
Andersen
McGovern
Brundage
Tash
March of Dimes Campaign Leaders Named in Beaverhead County
Mrs. Alene Archer announces Beaverhead county 1954 March of Dimes campaign assistants and chairmen for Dillon Jackson Wisdom Armstead Dell Lima Grant Monida Wise River Polaris and related committees. Ted Hazelbaker will head athletic events. The drive started January 2 in Dillon and runs through the month with possible February extensions to meet quotas. Funds support polio patient care and research advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alene Archer
Beaverhead County
Dillon City
Dorothy Tolson
Ruby Thenault
Jackson
Mildred Dansie
Wisdom
Claude Anderson
Armstead
Walter Bastian
Dell
Ken Frazee
Lima
Beth Hungate
Grant
Mae Mulliner
Monida
Leva Parks
Wise River
al Graesser
Wise River Women’s Club
Polaris
Laura Judge
Ted Hazelbaker
Dillon
Reminders Sent in Seal Drive
Beaverhead county Tuberculosis association sends seal reminders to residents after mislaid mail in 1953 Christmas seal sale. John C. Garry, seal sale chairman, says reminders urge continued help and appreciation for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Glen Mill Treats Beaverhead Ore and Ships to Salt Lake
Minerals Engineering of Grand Junction operates a 300 ton mill at Glen treating tungsten ore from the Lost Creek mine on Sugar Loaf mountain and from American Alloy Minerals Brown's lake mine. Concentrates go to the Salt Lake Tungsten refinery owned by Minerals Engineering and Sylvania Electric. Construction began Sept 1, 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerals Engineering Company
Glen
Lost Creek
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Brown's Lake
American Alloy Minerals, Inc
Ray Sullivan
Minerals Engineering
Grand Junction
Colo
Salt Lake Tungsten Company
Salt Lake City
Utah
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc
Blair Burwell
R. N. Roby
Frank Eichelberger
American Alloy Metals
Spokane
Willeys Celebrate Golden Wedding in Dillon
Mr and Mrs Percy Willey longtime Big Hole ranch residents marked their golden wedding anniversary on December 29 They were born in Grant county Wisconsin married in Dillon December 29 1903 and retired to Dillon in 1952 The couple has one son Earl and two grandsons Dick and Margaret Ann Willey The anniversary was shared with family at 425 East Center Street Dillon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Willey
Big Hole Ranch
Grant County
Wisconsin
Dillon
Earl
Margaret Ann Willey
East Center Street
Moore receives five year term for Dillon bank robbery
Delmer V. Moore, 36, pleaded guilty to the December bank holdup in Dillon taking $4565 at gunpoint. Judge Philip A. Duncan sentenced Moore to five years at hard labor in state prison after a brief hearing. Moore’s attorney cited his client’s lack of prior trouble and financial difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmer V. Moore
Dillon
J. C. B. Knight
Anaconda
Philip A Duncan
Moore
First National Bank
Paul Temple
Beaverhead
Knight
Job
Leonard Schulz
Kni
Burphens
Woonths
Sheriff's
W. W. Hawkins
Cor
Abandi
Metals Bank
Trust Pany
Butte
Victor
Ravalli County
Duncan
Sta
Marine Pfc Richardson Plays Enemy in Japan Exercise
Marine Pfc Jimmy W Richardson son of Mr and Mrs Walter Richardson Dillon South Dakota acted as part of the enemy troops during maneuvers on Mt Fujiyama Japan as a member of the first battalion twelfth Marines third Marine Division Richardson helped harass and attack other American forces in a six thousand man field problem with howitzers simulating fire in support of tanks and infantry making day and night raids on frontline positions.
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Jimmy W. Richardson
Walter Richardson
North
Washington Street
Dillon
Mt. Fujiyama
Japan
Fleet Hometown News Center
12Th Marines
Third Marine Division
Pfc
Richardson
Dividend Declared by Vigilante Loan Association
Parke T. Scott announces a five percent dividend for Beaverhead and Madison counties stockholders. The payout reflects a share of a $283,300 federal land bank dividend. it marks the eighth consecutive distribution by the Vigilante group to 64 member associations in four northwest states, totaling $2,236,000. The association will sponsor three Future Farmers of America awards in the southwestern district for FFA work and farm mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parke T. Scott
Armstead
Vigilante National Farm Loan Association
Beaverhead
Madison Counties
Federal Land Bank of
Spokane
Northwest
Scott
Association
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Wool Support Price Set at 52.1 Cents Parity
The Department of Agriculture announces wool support prices at 52.1 percent of parity with a 1988 outlook. As of Oct 31 1953 USDA reports approximately 35 million pounds of 1953 crop wool under support loans and by Nov 1852 price support loans totaled 97.6 million pounds.
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National A of Agriculture
Also Mentioned on This Page
Don Smith
T. W. Sargent
Tom Clemon
Clemon
Temple
Chamber of Commerce
March of Dimes Organization
Glen Mill
Salt Lake
Willeys
Vigilante Loan Association
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