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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1946
Page
4
The March of Dimes drives from January 14 to 31 invite Americans to donate dimes or dollars to fund infantile paralysis cures. The appeal highlights past generous responses and urges public support regardless of race or creed to brighten the lives of youngsters and adults in need.
An official from the Department of Commerce cites a study noting small business as a persistent and hardy American institution. The text highlights thousands of independent retailers who served during wartime shortages and supported local schools and institutions through community involvement.
The military releases millions of articles for civilian sale through normal outlets with ceiling prices set by the OPA. The OPA clarifies it does not handle sales, only price ceilings, and advises contacting the nearest Reconstruction Finance Corporation office for more information.
About 4 000 new extension ladders declared surplus by the Signal Corps are offered to civilians. The ladders are described as 27 foot extension models with two 15 foot sections, metal shackles and pulleys, side rails, Sitka spruce or Douglas fir rungs, hickory or white ash supports, and a weight of about 25 pounds per foot.
Weather permitting the Lima streets will be repaired and resurfaced stretching at least twelve blocks. H C McNinch & Son won the bid after Lima council approved the contract that includes gravel and sand spreading patrols for three months and ditch cleaning with a culvert on Third Street. Work aims to finish by April 1 and improves a problem stretch near Lowder and Norman corners.
Community notes detail New Year dinners and visits across Medicine Lodge Dillon and nearby towns. Postwar updates include Joe Michelish’s honorable discharge from the armed forces and arrivals of a baby boy to Cpl. William Wall in Spokane. Frequent travels to Butte Salt Lake City and Alameda mark the week with health, trips, and family gatherings.
The Helena Agency of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation announces a new special service section in Washington and 31 regional offices to assist federal agencies, state and local governments, veterans, and small businesses in surplus property purchases. The unit prioritizes federal agencies, then governments, veterans, and small business, and will expedite inquiries, provide information, and arrange inter agency sales without closing deals.
Miss Irene Coleman and Dale Case of Dillon married in Virginia City with Justice of the Peace Robert Gohn officiating last Wednesday.
The district OPA in Helena outlines replacement sugar ration books and stamps for War Book Four holders, noting 10 sugar coupons and spare stamps. public eating establishments must post ceiling prices for 40 items. It marks Montana’s fourth anniversary of war price and rationing boards, urges continued inflation control, and sets deadlines for red tokens and replacement procedures for service members and the public.
In the Fifth Judicial District of Montana Beaverhead County the administrator F C McFadden of the estate of Joe Janecki deceased requests creditors and all claimants exhibit their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication. Claims should be sent to Gilbert Gilbert at South Idaho Street Dillon Montana. First publication in The Dillon Examiner January 9 1945.
J Thompson Baker delivers morning worship at 11:00 with a sermon titled The Eleventh Commandment. Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. focuses on The Ten Commandments and the adult class has been revived with open invitation to all interested. Westmin ster Fellowship gathers at 7:00 p.m. for further fellowship.
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