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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1937
Page
3
Big Hole cattle moved toward market with 200 head sold by the Huntley brothers to a Wisconsin buyer and 200 head purchased by Boss Emerick from Mrs. Mary Shaw and sons Warren and van Shaw and Emer Nelson. Both shipments were weighed and loaded Monday at Armstead.
The week featured bitter cold with the government thermometer dropping to 49 degrees below zero and peaking to 22 below before Monday. Social events included a renewed supper club dinner at the Helming home with prizes to Ralph and Mrs Hankey, basketball and volleyball beginning, a Businessmen’s club gathering at the Anson home for Mr Anson’s birthday, and ongoing residence moves involving the Huntley and Troupe families.
Montanans move as Fred Holman and Lou Snyder depart for winter homes in Darby and Anaconda. C E Miller and daughter Anne plan a California vacation. Vera Hopkins returns to Washington D C after visiting home folk. Bridge club hosts prizes won by Clark Huntley and Elmer Jensen. Bonnie Rankin visits Jean McDowell. Claud Rankin visits Anaconda. D J Stephens vacations in Wisdom. Knudsen brothers tour Fishtrap.
We passed more Brownie requirements. Not many plants sprouted and those that did froze. We wrote our names and parents' names and addresses. We recorded several entries in our Lend-A-Hand books after vacation, notes Miriam Morse, Scribe.
The notice lists relatives including Burt of Los Angeles and Miss Florence Lewis of Seattle with others from Boise Portland and Wise River. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at Brundage Funeral Home with Rev. W. J. Loar of the First Baptist church officiating and interment in Mountain View cemetery.
Special news from Jackson announces the death of Mrs. Cloph Solmonson in Anaconda on Saturday. She was known as Jhordis Dignis and spent her girlhood years in the Big Hole. The Jackson community notes meetings, visitors, and local business as well as lodge installation details and social visits across Dillon and nearby towns.
The Montana Press association released its standing committees appointed by president H. H. Howard of Bozeman. The committees include Legislative and Printing led by J. D. Seahlan with members from Miles City Lewistown Stanford Laurel Great Falls Helena Fort Benton and others. Membership Resolutions Convention Auditing committees are listed with chairs and members across Montana towns.
Fire season posed real danger as guards were deployed to strategic forest sites. Aircraft aided fire control by delivering crews, rations, and tools where ground resupply was impractical. The year saw the first use of two way radio between airborne scouts and ground fire bosses improving coordination.
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