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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1954
Page
1
The Examiner editor defends against a Tribune accusation of withholding meeting details. He asserts the sworn statement proves truth over perjury, rejects lies, and states the incident is closed, inviting readers to judge who led or told the truth.
Beaverhead high school FFA livestock judging team led by Don Ryerson leaves Dillon for Denver on January 13 and will return January 20. Members Jules Marchesseault Bob Marchesseault Dan Pendergast Harold Peterson Melvin Salmonson with Gunn er Kalsta Don Gransberry Bud Gransberry accompany them. The trip supports Montana FFA efforts with thanks given to local officials and staff for cooperation.
Dillon resident Bergeson has been chosen to serve on the National Reclamation Association committee on an expanded soil and water research program. The group will address management of land in the headwaters of 17 western states and aims for uniform water policy, revised public lands policy, and better grazing land management on national forests.
Lewis T Poole editor and reporter for the Dillon Examiner swears before a Beaverhead County Montana notary that he did not promise publication of meeting reports to the board of county commissioners on January 5 1954. He states such claims in Dillon Examiner reports are false. Notary Adelaide Gelhans signs and dates the affidavit.
The Beaverhead county Farm Bureau announces its annual square dance festival will be held March 6 at the Western Montana College gym. Elmer Selway chairs the committee for the event. A contest will select winners to advance to the state square dance competition at the Bozeman winter fair. Youth groups from rural and city schools, 4 H, FFA, FHA, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts may compete. exhibition entries welcome.
A district meeting of adult Boy Scout and Cub Scout workers was well attended at the Bagley school in Dillon on Tuesday January 5. Rex Clark and Zack Russell led the session, the second in a series of monthly gatherings for the Dillon Lima Twin Bridges Sheridan and Wisdom area. Movies on scouting were shown and lunch served. The Bagley PTA announced plans to organize a new troop.
An empty house and a nearby shed owned by Dale Metlen were destroyed by a January 7 fire of undetermined origin near Horse Prairie road, west of the Highway 91 junction. Two Dillon rural fire trucks responded and saved nearby structures. contents within the buildings were also lost.
Firemen rushed to the county fair grounds after an alarm but found no blaze. Smoke came from a controlled weed burning operation overseen by a caretaker, no damage or injuries reported.
The Beaverhead chapter of the American Red Cross sponsors a Thursday blood collection at the Dillon Elks hall from 11 am to 4 pm. The Red Cross unit will gather blood for storage against national defense disaster and polio needs, with some used to make gamma globulin. Prospective donors are asked to call during listed hours.
Riverside Farm Bureau invites entire families to a Friday meeting at the Guildhall on Jan 15. John Hart will show children's movies while adults discuss cooperation with local government and service organizations on roads, schools, daylight saving time, and farmer interests.
US air force pilot Capt. Daford W. Myers of Dillon, son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Myers, parachuted to safety after his plane ran out of fuel in a Snowstorm en route from Marseilles to a field near Munich. He is treated for minor injuries in Germany.
County agricultural and home demonstration agents from across Montana along with specialists and experiment station staff converge at Montana State College Bozeman for the 39th annual extension conference. Sessions run Wednesday through Saturday noon under the theme Strengthening Montana's Agriculture through Research and Education. The event emphasizes a team approach between extension and research to aid rural farm and ranch communities.
Frances May Hyatt accepted late in December the assignment of reporting news from the Wisdom community for the Dillon Examiner and has since then regularly contributed Wisdom news to our columns. As the Examiner's news and advertising representative at Wisdom she will be glad to receive news items of interest to Wisdom people as well as advertising material for publication.
A marriage license was issued at the Silver Bow courthouse on January 9 to Ernest J. Hunt 26 of Butte and Margaret L. Hay 20 of Dillon.
Dillon city approves renewals for 13 beer and liquor outlets and a beer club at annual fees totaling 4100 with Vet's Club pending. Plans discussed to license outside wholesalers and collect 200 per truck from out of town firms. Bids received for a digging machine ranged 1450 to 2875, referred to street and alley committee. Council also weighs city policy on removing trees and brush with safety concerns guiding action.
Monte Melton is incoming Kiwanis president with Ian Patton as vice president Tolson as second vice president Harold Hendren as secretary and S Archer as treasurer New directors include Bruce Watter W Boger Dick McCracken and Wayne Myers Holdover members are R V Orman Rev RN Johnstone OK Moe and Don Berger Galaxy.
The Bear Head Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual banquet on January 21. George Scholle, president of the Butte chamber, will be the principal speaker at the event.
The first two Beaverhead County babies of 1954 were born in January. Kelly Charles McGuire, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGuire, arrived Jan 1. Robin Kerry Blodgett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Blodgett, arrived Jan 4.
A C Conine of Union Pacific reports freight car loadings at Dillon include 996 cars of ducts and 106 cars of potatoes. Hogs horses mining products grain and miscellaneous goods account for the remainder.
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