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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1942
Page
4
A humor column riffing on Mussolini, radio comics, and a shifting home life age with jokes about vitamins and everyday troubles. It notes a future of parental limits, bicycle bargaining, and absurd wartime pranks while musing on cosmic headlines and a looming election.
A series of compact minute man meetings in seven county communities will present defense needs in voluntary service labor money and sacrifice. Jan 20 21 22 the sessions run on a strict schedule with speakers limited to 15 minutes each. Organizers include Bernard Williams W W Hawkins and others. meetings cover civilian defense and bond buying.
Heavy flows from an unusually wet season raise threat of ice jams along the Beaverhead River if cold weather persists. Ice blocks and flood dangers mirror 1937 events with low-lying farms and ranches along the river at risk. Highway 91 faced closure as crews cleared ice across the roadway.
Back to school after holidays hundreds of students return as weather disrupts travel in rural districts. Normal College Bulldogs host Ricks College Rexburg Idaho tonight and tomorrow in a rematch after two early-season losses. Saturday they face the School of Mines to begin the Montana conference schedule, with a busy month ahead against Montana University, Dillon Poly and Eastern Normal.
Conforming to Attorney John W. Bonner's opinion, the county commissioners revised their order to levy the $2 tax on all taxpayers regardless of age or sex. Auto plate sales dropped from a year ago with 171 car licenses and 71 truck plates issued so far versus 243 cars and 84 trucks previously.
The funeral of Mrs. Serene M. Larsen, a respected Dillon matron, was held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Lutheran church with Rev. Leonard Thompson officiating. She died Friday evening January 2 at her Dillon home, aged 87. Surviving are her husband, three children, a niece, several nephews and a sister in Denmark. The service featured several musical numbers and the Lutheran Ladies Aid donated a $10 memory gift to Missions. An honor scroll will be placed in the church in her memory.
Army doctors will re-examine draftees after local screening before induction. Beaverhead County men will take tests in Butte this month with 22 in the 1-A group awaiting immediate induction. Among those classified 1-A are Burgess Spehar Pendleton Nelson Selway Couture Curren O'Brien Zumbren nan Crane.
Relatives in Dillon report the death of Mrs. Ahlquist of Garfield Utah. She died Monday morning January 5 after a lingering illness. Born and raised in Montana she was a sister of the late Mrs. Joe Gelhaus of this city.
Eugene W Bond vice chairman of the Beaverhead County preparedness advisory committee spoke at the Rotary dinner detailing the Civilian Defense plan headed in Montana by the Governor. Governor Ford named W W Hawkins Eugene W Bond and Mrs Earl Opp to lead a county committee coordinating Air-raid warnings law and order and fire protection with co chairs Bechler Willey Temple Patrick and Vandegrift organizing units county wide.
County treasurer reports first two days of auto and truck plate sales surpass last year as applicants seek low numbers. Marjorie Hamer and Margaret Greco won No. 1 plates, while Mayor Bert Megquier took 13 a. Many residents turned in used plates amid expected government vehicle restrictions. Dealers expect demand to drop until final regulations are set.
Sheriff Paul Temple urges car and truck owners to record tire makes patterns and serial numbers to aid identification and recovery in the wake of tire rationing. Authorities expect rising thefts and stress keeping these records for law enforcement use.
President Roosevelt announced February 16 as the draft registration day for men aged 20 to 44 not yet registered and subject to military service. Registration runs from 7 am to 9 pm with employers urged to grant time off for workers. The proclamation excludes men aged 45 to 64 under a new federal law.
Civilian organizations across Montana counties will be inventoried by WPA clerical workers for the Montana Preparedness and Advisory Commission to aid volunteer participation in Civilian Defense. The effort, led by Tom D. Caverly, includes civic clubs, professional associations, and welfare groups, while excluding purely social clubs unless tied to education or defense services. A statewide directory of groups engaged in community service will be prepared and shared with authorized Civilian Defense agencies.
Don C. Gilbert son of Mr and Mrs W G Gilbert of Dillon will win his wings and be commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps at Luke Field Phoenix Ariz in class 42 A graduation next Friday Jan 9 He completed basic training at Moffett Field Calif Oct 29 and moved to Luke Field for 10 weeks of advanced flying training He is a Beaverhead County High School and University of Montana BA graduate Sigma Chi member His next assignment not announced locally.
Montana wool featured as a strategic war material at the Montana Wool Growers convention in Missoula January 15 and 16. Speakers include Percy Sheldon of the Boston Wool Trade, discussing wool price effects of a federal ceiling and the war impact on Montana sheep prices.
Reports from co chairmen of Defense Council units show ground work laid as meetings at the courthouse last Friday progress. The alarm plan uses a whistle on a steam boiler while other methods stand ready. a detailed map of telephones was prepared. ranchers organized into forest fire units. Dillon divided into eleven zones with wardens in charge.
Our friends report Jack McLaren passed the Navy acceptance exam in Salt Lake City on December 22 and goes to the San Diego Naval Training Station. His brother David was rejected after a broken-arm injury. John T. Orr Jr. of Dillon and Gilbert E. Dodgson of Wise River were accepted at Salt Lake City. Beaverhead youths John F. Jenkins Lima Douglas R. Selway and Andrew Pickerick Dillon enlisted. Jack Temple and John Cheek, with Sheriff Temple or involved, went to Butte for Navy enlistment. Quackenbush returns to the Navy after holidays. William Joseph Taylor passed Marine exams and is at San Diego. Lauren H. Andrus of Dillon assigned to CASC 1908 and Camp Cooke California after a Fort Lewis reception.
Twelve men from Dillon Lima Armstead Wisdom and Camas Nelson were sworn in as federal officers to administer tire rationing in Beaverhead County. The group met Sunday to take oaths and receive regulations while local dealers attended an instruction session on plan implementation.
Beavers lose to Deer Lodge 39-22 on Friday then beat Hamilton 31-23 on Saturday. Conger scores 17 for Beavers while Reinbold leads Hamilton. Next Friday the Beavers travel to Anaconda to face the Saints.
A fire in Lima caused significant damage to Clyde Medium property early New Year’s Eve. The blaze started from an overheated flue and spread before being found, threatening The Mint cocktail lounge, bar, and Mecham apartment. Firefighters contained it. losses run about $2,000, with renovations recently completed and a grand opening planned.
Mrs S A Williamson is a patient at Barrett Hospital. No further details are provided about her condition or admission date.
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