Melrose Community News Recaps Visits and Local Trade
Melrose residents and families are noted traveling between Dillon, Butte, Spokane, and Missoula. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. George Cox, Mrs. George Huber, and many Melrose shoppers. Cattle buyers from California and Dillon, hog shipments, and ore transport from Jackrabbit mine highlight local commerce. The Hoosier Engineering crew advances utility line work as influenza illnesses thin attendance at a Rebekah card party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cox
Dillon
Frank Fidler
Melrose
George Huber
Butte
Claude
St. James Hospital
John Orr
John, Jr
Hubers
Wise River
Ifred Fidler
Dilloff
Alfred
Beaverhead
Melrose Rebekahs
Hazel LaMarche
Marguerite LaMarche
Katharin Harvey
Lloyd Wilhelm
Elwyn Dunstan
Louis Hoffman
Walker
James LaMarche
Norman Grant
Hampden Norris
Charles Rosetti
Feeley
Kenneth Hull
Karen Hull
Claude Odgson
Willard Olson
Jack Orr
Barbara MacCauley
Leslie Trueman
Pete Wilhelm
Aline Stone
Eugene Molleur
Dean MacLaughlin
Laura Lee Maclaughlin
Hazel
Arguerite LaMarche
Gus Wagner
Union Pacific Water Service
Idaho Falls
Marvin MacCauley
Spokane
Keith MacCauley
Mr. MacCauley
James A. LaMarche
Twin Bridges
Dilias Dodgson
Virginia Wilhelm
Missoula
Tom Craigt
Jackrabbit
Camp Creek
East Helena
Jack
Pat Smith
Donal Smith
Sam H. Friend
Mabel Wilhelm
Gertrude Wilhelm
R. V. Wilhelm
Alfred Bayles
Joseph Maher
Laura Lee
Cocanaugher Ranch
Carol Cocanaugher
Charles Cocanaugher
Ring
Bill Connor
Sheridan
Ora E. Connor
Leonard Lively
Frank Gordon
John Grant
Darlene Reid
Myrle Wilhelm
Dr Sheldon E Davis Speaks To Dillon Rotary
Dillon Rotary club met Monday with Dr R D Curry as chairman. Dr Sheldon E Davis opened the program by reviewing 1940 events and forecast the 1940s would be more realistic than the insecure 1930s and their headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Farm Laborer Dies at Lima Ranch
Leon Harry Hunt, 63, died Monday afternoon at the Maggie Halligan ranch near Lima where he had worked. A Beaverhead County rancher for 25 years, he came from New Hampshire in 1914. Funeral plans are pending as relatives remain unlocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Harry Hunt
Maggie Halligan
Lima
Beaverhead County
New Hampshire
First Presbyterian Church Services at Wells Parish
The parish in Wells D C announces Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 00 with a sermon titled The Divine Drama Baptisms and member receptions are planned and the Junior choir meets Thursday at 4 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
D.C
Wisdom News Short Notices From The Basin
Wisdom residents recount New Year travels and illnesses. Melvin McDowell recovers from pneumonia after hospital care while Mrs Eunice Francis’s Spokane trip continues. A serious car crash near Pump Station is noted with calls for safety at Divide. Social events include a Jackson visit, a Shaw party, and a plan for six more All Star club card nights at the Temple. Rodger and Joe Ritschel marry in Salt Lake City and plan to live in Granger Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Francis
JoAnn
Wisdom
Spokane
Billy
Francis
Eunice. McKevitt
Melvin
Butte
Frank McDowell
Divide
Big Hole
Melvin McDowell
Gerald Zebarth
Donald
Roy Zebarth
Jackson
Ray Willey
Dale
Montana State Normal College
Bobcats
Bozeman
Dillon
Clayton Huntley
Joe
Joanne Shaw
Shaw
Don E. Anson
Douglas Morrison
Francis Hixson
June
Hixson
Dell Lloyd
Gene
Roy Oliver
Evelyn LeCorne
Peggy Ann
Walter Stewart
Carroll Ranch
Big Hole Basin
Billie” Rodgers
Dell
Joe Ritschel
Salt Lake City
Beaverhead County
Montana State College
Miss Rodgers
Normal College
F.F.A
Granger
Wash
All- Star Club
Temple
Pearl Barr
Warren Shaw
J. Warren Shaw
Heinie Williams
June Willey
James Scofield
June Pendleton
Beaverhead County High School
Ralph Huntley
Lois Crichton
Bob Lee
Gladys Wystrach
Bristow
Square Butte
Charles Willey
Asan Willey
St. James Hospital
Ed Glassey
Jack Hurley
Don Francis
Hamilton
William Rasmussen
Registrants receive new draft questionnaires in Beaverhead county
The Beaverhead county selective service board dispatched a new quota of questionnaires for draft numbers 131 to 224. The first 62 mailed Monday and 31 more sent Tuesday include numerous Dillon and Armstead residents such as Hiram W. Rodgers, Arthur F. Kamps, Raymond S. Megquier, and John Mike Koltay. Local residents and surrounding communities are named amid updates on jury duty and a Robbery case aftermath in Wisdom and Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Johan Anderson
Edwin R. Hilger
John T. Holden
Alex Benan Ball
John C. Olson
Albert A. Martindale
George M. Adams
Ralph B. Duffner
Louis E. Thompson
Charfes C.’ Sekulich
Carl A. Swanson
John Murphey
Vincent J. Heavey
Donald B. Kingery
Roy E. Grosz
Cyril T. Davis
Eryin H
John Kelly
Dell
Ralph S. Potts
Wise River
Theodore May
Divide
Walter B. Goose
Hiram
C. Lapham
Jackson
Joseph E. Summons
Reichle
Joseph J. Michelish
Lima
Fred A. Hansen
Armstead
Kenneth D. Clark
Elden R. Bybee
Frank A. Weisberger
Morgan L. Hall
Grant
Louis K. Higgins
Verne C. Burke
Max R. Baldwin
John Mike Koltay
Wisdom
Henry R. Dial
Albert Bartkasky
Lawrence C. Peterson
James D. Harrison
Garfield Pomeroy
F. ‘H. Gillam
Dillon
License Plates On Sale Jan 2 At County Office
One hundred thirty seven of the new blue on white background 1941 license plates were sold on opening day at the office of County Treasurer Bertie Mathews. Through four years opening day sales declined from 151 in 1938. by Wednesday evening 259 car licenses and 104 truck plates were purchased. Sales rise near deadline before Feb 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie Mathews
Wise River News Highlights Local Recitation and Visitors
Lorrayne Dodgson, five, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Dodgson, entertained listeners on KGIR Butte with a Christmas recitation The Night After Christmas The feature drew compliments from local families and neighbors. The column lists numerous visits from Wise River residents to Dillon Lima and surrounding towns during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorrayne Dodgson
Frank Dodgson
Wise River
KGIR
Butte
Dodgson
Frank .Dodgson
Lorrayne
Beh Mason
Harold Clift
Ben Mallon
Clift
Vera Mallon
Dan Pendergast
Danny
Tommy
Great Falls
Verne Stanchfield
Paul Paddock
Norma Paddock
Katherine Keenan
Dillon
Husted Ranch
Tom Pendergast
Wallace Christenson
Fishtrap
Winsel of
Ernest McKenzie
Divide
Harold Martin
Frank Husted
Fielding Gray and Son
Gray
Pendergast
J. W. Patterson
Jim LaMarche
Melrose
California
Verne
Stanchfield
Leonard Leeke
James McBride
Lima
Leslie Jones
Fred Patterson
Anaconda
J. S. Patterson
Walter Jones
Carl White
Byron Jennings
Sally Ann Bakery Expands to Meet Growing Demands
The bakery plans a new bread label with a red white and blue scheme for items to be wrapped in cellophane. The label aims to reflect the local quality and appeal to local consumers as production scales up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Ann Bakery
Latter Day Saint Sunday Meeting Schedule
Elder officers and teachers meeting at 9 40 a m Sunday school at 10 a m Sacrament Gem by Donna Tolley talks by Bob Hillstead and Jay Casper classes at 10 45 a m closing exercises at 11 25 a m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Smith
Donna Tolley
Bob Hillstead
Jay Casper
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Melrose Marguerite LA Marche
Sheldon Davis
Rotary
First Presbyterian Church
Interstate Building & Loan Association
Montana
Federal Home Loan Bank
State OF
I. R. M. Barrett
R. M. Barrett
W. V. Grimes
Dillah
Roscoe Cornell
J. W. Rees
Selective Service Board
William Pederson
Warren W. Lowery
Edward L. Larsen
William D. Boetticher
David John Beattie
Gilbert Hilde
Glenn T.wyatt
Harry Calvin McBride
Donald C. Marx
Henry W. Dunkin
Alfred Joseph Ryder
Richard S. Tuttle
George C. Koukol
Leroy H. Cowins
Marcus H. Staudaher
Burnice G. Farrell
James W. Montgomery
Charles Lee
Gil Joseph Dangelo
Nels John Keiden
Loren S. Miller
Ross A. Harkness
Amos M. Elliott
Earl C. Knutson
Monida
John Chilton Miller
Charles Gosta Miller
Chester P. Brady
Charles Robert Lee
Francis Bezek
Hugh S. Wenger
Sherman G. Klimper
WISE
Ralph Tope
Harve Stanchfield
Bob
J. W
Patterson
Pendergast Ranch
Maysel Mallon
Lowell Mallon
Rheatha
Robert Elwood
Lois
Duane
Studebaker
America
Tatas
End
Indiana
C.I.T
Wiant Motor Co
Dillon, Mont
John Krause
Jackson, Mont
Welborn & Son
N. Wash
Hugh J. Scully
Aladdin
S. Mont
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