Victory Book Campaigns Being Held in Dillon
Miss Mary L. Innes announces a Victory Book campaign in Dillon from January 5 to March 5. People should donate books in good condition including current best sellers and recent fiction, pocket editions, and technical titles since 1930. Local books will be sent to Army camps, USO, Navy clubs, and Red Cross prisoners. Montana totals and Yellowstone County lead the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Innes
Dillon
Armed Service
Literary Guild
Book Club
United States
USO
American Red Cross
Montana
Yellowstone County
Miss Innes
Parke Scott Re elected Head Beaverhead Wool Pool
Beaverhead wool growers meeting in Billings discussed 1943 production led by Parke Scott and Albers. USDA war board actions on transportation gas rationing and canned goods rationing were reviewed as affecting farm operations. Local leaders Floyd Kenison W B WIlley C E Blinn and F A Ralston attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Wool Pool
Billings
F. A. Ralston
Scott
Albers
Beaverhead
Usda War Board
State War Board
Floyd Kenison
W. B. Willey
C. E. Blinn
Co ed Ball Committee Appointments at Montana State
Dorothy Ann Gosman of Montana State University Missoula joins the decoration committee for the annual campus Co ed ball on January 23. Mary Ann Luebben of Dillon is named to the publicity committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Ann Gosman
Montana State University
Missoula
Mary Ann Luebben
Dillon
Jacksons Visit City as Business Guests Last Thursday
Mr and Mrs Martin C Jackson were business visitors in the city last Thursday. They attended meetings with local firms and discussed potential partnerships during their short stay in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin C. Jackson
WPB Seeks Quartz Crystals for Radio Oscillator Plates
The agency reports a critical need for quartz crystals to manufacture oscillator plates for radio equipment used by the armed forces. Brazil supplies are insufficient and the United States must develop new sources. Each crystal must weigh at least half a pound and measure one inch thick and three inches long. Crystals passing inspection can be valued from $1,000 to $20,000 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
United States
Melrose News Briefs From Melrose Montana Area
Melrose correspondent reports George Kambich hospitalized in Butte with pneumonia and Peggy Kambich recovering from appendectomy. Local visits include Connor, Trueman, Dodgson, and friends. A Federal Bureau of Investigation representative visited, and many residents traveled to Butte for medical matters and shopping. War Prisoner Aid news from Tracy Strong outlines YMCA efforts, Red Cross support, and prisoner welfare across camps in Germany, Japan, and China with home contact and relief measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kambich
Melrose
Butte
Kambich
Peggy Kambich
Bill Connor
Ekalaka
Mont
Ora E. Connor
Monica Connor
Tom
Seattle
Lee Sims
Dewey
Sims
Sam Friend
John Trueman
Claude Dodgson
Hazel
Marguerite LaMarche
Isaac Dodgson
Dodgson
Roland Madden
Anaconda
Virginia
Montana State University
Noah E. Lortz
California
Corning
Casper
Wyo
Leonard Norris
Charles Norris
Dillon
Henry Norris
Mary Fassler
Gebhart Fassler
Helen Fassler
Fasslers
Helen
Lawrence Gerrety
Divide
Frank Gordon
Norman Grant
Charles Maddox
Lillenquist
Joe Bayan
Tracy Strong
World Committee
Y.M.C.A
Mr. Strong
Geneva
Switzerland
Japan
China
Korea
Taiwan
Formosa
Committee of War Prisoner Aid
International Red Cross
Germany
Strong
WPA
W.P.A
World Committee of the
Sacramento
Calif
LDS Church Officers and Teachers Meeting Agenda
An LDS Church notices an officers and teachers meeting at 9 40 Sunday school at 10 00 sacrament meeting led by Bill Hill stead talks by Brandt Casterline and Verle Sargeant class work at 10 45 and closing exercises at 11 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacrament Gem
Bill Hillstead
Brandt Casterline
Verle Sargeant
St James Episcopal Rector Leads Sunday Services and Activities
The church announces Rev. W. G. Lewis as rector with services on the Second Sunday After Epiphany. Schedule includes 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion, 9:45 a.m. church school, 11:00 a.m. Morning Prayer, and 6:30 p.m. Junior Brotherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. James
Mr and Mrs John Jackson Visit Butte for Weekend
Mr and Mrs John Jackson were weekend visitors in the city and business visitors in Butte yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jackson
Butte
Wisdom Notes and Community Happenings in Dillon
Wisdom residents endure heavy snow with roads closed and government readings showing thirty one inches, sparking efforts to reopen routes. Obituary for Hans J Johnson notes Danish birth in 1876 and forty years in Beaverhead County with survivors and services at Wisdom church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Jorgensen
Jess Tope
J. T. Tailoee
George Nemick
Roy ZeBarth
Sparky
Dillon
Ze Barth
First Lutheran Church of
Argyle Stevens
Isle of Somewhere
Wisdom Cemetery
Fred Gill
Frank Wilke
Garf Pomeroy
George Cottrell
Bill Knudson
Johnson
Denmark
Beaverhead County
Raymond Johnson
Henry Johnson
Wisdom
Amy Stevens
Miles City
Herbert Armitage
Paul Sackett
Armitage
Butte
California
Sackett
Darrel Ferguson
Kansas City
Maey
Ferguson
Clarence eHlming
Harold Capehart
Roy Oliver
T. H. English
Barrett Hospital
Douglas Morrison
Jack Hurley
Wise River Plans Highway Improvements and War Efforts
The community reports survey work for a Divide Wisdom road upgrade to begin after the war and notes the Big Hole valley road completion, plus local updates on residents travel, social events, and family military service. A resident’s sons serving in the Army and Navy are celebrated as part of wartime unity.
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Divide-Wisdom
Big Hole Valley
Dividd
Dewey's Flats
Squaw Creek
Ralstons
Fred Shabert
Missoula
W. R. Allen
Gloria
Billy
Anaconda
Bill Dodgson
Lew Peck
Wise River Woman’s Club
Fred Miller
Beaverhead County Exceeds War Bond Quota
An official from the Montana Savings staff reports Beaverhead County surpassed its war bond quota by 33 percent. The message calls on Montanans to continue sacrifices through December and into 1942, noting reduced gasoline use and a call to spend prudently to win the financial war.
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Beaverhead County
Montana ¥ Savings Staff
California Move Ties June Johnson to Long Beach Factory
It is learned that June Johnson who left the Christmas for California is employed in the Douglas Aite factory in Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Johnson
California
Douglas Aite
Long Beach
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Parke Scott
Beaverhead Wool Pool
Interstate Building & Loan Association
F.H.L. Bank
Lee Contingent Fund
State
I. R. M. Barrett
J. W. Rees
R. M. Stone
Roscoe Cornell
R. M. Barrett
W. V. GR Notary Public
State of
Melrose Marguerite LA Marche
Charlie
Jodge
Tim
Conference of Alcoholic Beveregs Industriat, Ins
Union Pacific
Ralph Huntley
Clarence Helming
Orville Sparrow
Tom Williams
Big Hole
Larry Bacon
Jewell Deane Anderson
Kay Thompson
Lawrence Bacon
Bert Bacon
WISE
Colonel Cox
Tom Clemo
Stevensville
F. Miller
Richard Sims
D Trueman
Husted Ranch
Truen
Ulysses Jennings
St . Butte
Driscoll
Herzog
L. C. Peck
Leslie Jones
Lynn
Ralph Potts
D. Hickman
Lee, Jr
Richard
Harold Rose Dewey
Frank Hus
Frida
Verne Stanciff
Dean
Dil
Deane
Thhey
H. A. Stanchfield
Frank Dodgson
Wise River
D. Smith
Gooding
Idaho
Smith
Camn White
Ore
Verne
Hammond General Hospital
Dept
U.S. Navy
Modesto
Marion
Texas
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