Beavers Honor 23 Letter Winners At Assembly
D L Johnson awarded football letters to 23 members of the Beaver 1941 squad at a high school assembly. Ray Conger named captain for the season with game by game captaincy noted. Lettermen include McMannis, Rott, Dart, Deputy, Holden, Bergeson, Lacry, Jones, Hansen, Scofield, Harkness, Harrison, Fidler, Davis, Willey, Kamps, Rogan, Grant, Barrett. Managers McGinnis Pettit received letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Jones
Verne Hansen
Dick Hansen
Jim Scofield
Bernard Harkness
Bud Harrison
Alfred Fidler
Floyd Davis
Ray Conger
Dale Willey
Monte Kamps
Jack Rogan
Norman Grant
Jim Barrett
Robert McGinnis
Dale Pettit
Pete Sweeney Qualifies as Army Expert Rifleman
Pvt. Pete Sweeney of Milton now serving in the United States Army earned expert rating with a 225 of 250 on the rifle qualification at Camp Roberts California. He belongs to Company C 84th Infantry Training Battalion and previously was a rancher and part time miner before his November induction at Fort Missoula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Sweeney
Milton
United States Army
Camp Roberts
Calif
Sweeney
84Th Infantry
Fort Missoula
Mont
W. M. Sweeney
Beaverhead
Beaverhead Bundles for Britain Ready for Shipment
A new shipment of knitted garments by Beaverhead Red Cross volunteers led by Mrs. B W Emerick is prepared for Jersey City packing. The items include sweaters socks mittens crochet shawls and scarves for men women and children to be sent overseas in waterproof containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Beaverhead
Beaver Pelts Case Ends in Justice Court Guilty Verdict
Cecil Hubbard was found guilty in justice court before Judge Stahl after a jury trial last Wednesday of illegal possession of beaver pelts. He received six months in jail and a $100 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
Stahl
Cecil Hubbard
Pederson Family Signs Hallock to Beaverhead Move
M. E. Pederson his wife and two children arrived from Hallock Minnesota and will reside at 525 South Rye street. Pederson has joined Beaverhead Lumber Company as his new employer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pederson
M. E. Pederson
Hallock
Minn
South Rife Street
Mr. Pederson
Beaverhead Lumber Company
Routine Matters Amended By Beaverhead County Board
Beaverhead county commissioners hold regular monthly sessions January 5 to 7 1942 approving last minutes authorizing inspections and road and bridge work designating districts and approving official bonds liquor license applications and financial reports for county farm district court high school payroll and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Montana
Hartwig
Henneberry
Shaw
Charles K. Thompson
Deer Lodge
Dillon Country Club
Canyon Resort
Glen
Wise River
Bergin's Jolly Inn
Dell Hotel
Dewey Bar
County Farm
Former Dillon Woman Nellie Kenison Dies in Idaho
Nellie Kenison a Beaverhead county native and early Bannack child. She lived in Dillon until 35 years ago when she moved with husband Ace Kenison to Mountain Home Idaho where she died. Survived by sister Mrs. Anna Bond Dillon and brother W W Wilson and by husband Ace Kenison and Ed Kenison of Dillon. Burial in Mountain Home cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Bond
Nellie Kenison
Mountain Home
Idaho
Kenison
Beaverhead County
Nellie Wilson
W. W. Wilson
Bond
Ace Kenison
Ed Kenison
Dillon
Dillon Lawyer Becomes Certified Public Accountant
J. L. Mayland of Dillon, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, has passed Helena exams of the American Institute of Accounts and qualified as a certified public accountant. He studied at the LaSalle Institute and is already admitted to the bar, excelling in auditing, law and accounting theory. Only eight of forty-one statewide exam takers passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Mayland
Dillon
Chamber of Commerce
Helena
American Institute of Accounting
Mayland
LaSalle Institute
Montana
Dillon Bond Drive Tops At 7350 In Statewide Effort
The Dillon bond drive reaches 7350 supplied by local buyers as the Treasury plans to name war defense units after communities meeting quota. Postmaster Harry Andrus and W W Hawkins lead arranging efforts with radio prompts by Ed Craney KGIR. Local volunteers, including Rotary club drivers and Boy Scout messengers, support the push in Dillon Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Dillon
Montana
Harry Andrus
W. W. Hawkins
County Defense Council
Federal Building
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Ed Craney
KGIR
United States
Andrus
Eleanor Stephens
Jack Reis
A. M. Jones
Albert
Otto Sorenson
Paul Lacry, Jr
Leslie Anderson
E. E. Hazel
Joe White
Fred Woodside
District A. R. Men Selected and Wardens Assigned
District A selects wardens for 15 divisions with names and areas listed. Bierrum to head Pacific Street east to California between Virginia and Reeder. Larsen covers west of Pacific and north of Virginia. Adams handles Helena Street south to city limits. Adams also oversees Reeder to Cornell and Pacific to railroad. Anderson supervised Reeder to Cornell to Normal College. O Keefe oversees Reeder to Cornell to Pacific south of Cornell. Curry covers south of Cornell on Pacific and Atlantic. Fuller guards Dutch Flat east Glendale. Delaney covers north Railroad Avenue to Oliver Kurtz home. Wedum manages south and west of Metlen Hotel to Pigtail Creek. Kent addition assigned to John Kent. Burrel oversees River Road and West Park. Tait and Sorenson on Thomson Avenue. Lacry on Kentucky Avenue. Walker on Barnett Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Police
Pacific Street
California Street
Virginia
Reeder
W. J. Bierrum
Pacific
George Larsen
Helena Street
Washington
Maurice Adams
Cornell
Pacific Streets
Paul Anderson
Normal College
Frank O'Keefe
Atlantic
R. D. Curry
Ranch Accident at Wyatt Ranch Leaves Man Injured
Sidney Leonard was brought to Barrett hospital after his foot and leg were caught in a hay chopper at the Wyatt ranch near Dell. He lost part of a toe and suffered a severely bruised leg to the knee. the machine was stopped before further injury occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Leonard
Barrett Hospital
Wyatt’ Ranch
Dell
Elk Hunters Top Gardi ner Count Last Week
Dr. George L. Routledge Dr. Vandegrift and Sam Freeman each bagged an elk in the Gardiner section last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Routledge
Vandegrift
Sam Freeman
Gardiner
Making Jury List for 1942 in County
County Assessor Jud Best Treasurer Bertie Mathews and Commissioner W B Hartwig prepare the 1942 jury list from the 1941 tax rolls in an annual effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud Best
Bertie Mathews
Board of Commissioners
W.B. Hartwig
Postal Revenue Indicates Loss In Population
Dillon’s post office receipts fall year over year as draft enlistments and workers leaving for defense jobs shrink the local population. For the quarter ending December 31 receipts were 217.21 dollars lower than the previous year totaling 7,751.03 compared with 7,968.24 in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Harry Andrus
The Rugged Past and Future of Daily Life
A satirical forecast from January columns imagines post tire shortages and walking as a revived norm. It riffs on education, heat, and technology loss, notes how husbands and wives cope with housekeeping and suggests a future where sighting a car is rare and clams replace rubber in kitchens.
Scouts Collect 3 Percent of Paper From Homes
Dillon residents donated about three and a half tons of newspapers and magazines last Saturday after a call from Fred Bridenstine head of the Boy Scouting citizens committee. Trucks donated by Phillip Lovell and Ben Davis circulated, collecting on front porches and storing the material at Irvine Cottom warehouse for baling and shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bridenstine
Citizens’ Committee of
Boy Scouting
Dillon
Phillip Lovell
Ben Davis
Irvine & Cottom
Bruce Green
Bernard Harkness
Albert Fidler
Dee Smith
Burton Hastings
Brandt Casterline
Norval Paul
James Rainsden
Roy Graves
Paul Holloran
Vera Sargent
Soren Houlbjerg
Alumni Art Exhibit Showcases Local Educators and Students
A Montana Normal School alumni art exhibit highlights C. B. Bartholomew and Rosa Lee Brown among teachers from Missoula Billings and Kalispell. Attendees include Mary Louise Purdy and Jack Gaines, with works by students entering a March block printing exhibit for Montana children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Bartholomew
Missoula High School
University of Montana
U. of Washington
Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts
M.S.N.C
Mary Louise Purdy
Greeley
Colo
the Normal
Beaverhead County
Rosa Lee Brown
Billings
Montana
Joyce Smith
Kalispell
Jack Gaines
Helena
Art Club
Lighted Ski At Elkhorn Opens Saturday
Evening lighted ski at Elkhorn opens Saturday with favorable weather expected to draw a record turnout for the trail opening and associated festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn
Service Men Enlistments and Family News From Dillon
A New Year update reports Dillon families learning their sons are safe abroad or en route to service. Don Gilbert earned his Army Air Corps commission in Phoenix with sister Suzanne present. Don, Roy Forrester Jr and James Kelly visit from Camp Roberts. Fred Rife soloed at Seattle naval base and Keith Suthard serves in England with civilian radio techs. Wendell and Orville Wilkes enlist in the Army Air Corps at Wichita Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don C. Gilbert
U.S. Army Air Corps
Lake Field
Phoenix
Ariz
Suzanne
Roy Forrester, Jr
James Kelly
Dillon
Camp Roberts
San Louis Obispo
Calif
Fred Rife
Wendell S. and
Orville H. Wilkes
Army Air Corps
Wichita Falls
Texas
Beaverhead Draft Board
Normal Bulldogs Hold Off Vikings In Close Two Game Set
In Rexburg last week the Normal Bulldogs and Ricks Vikings split a two game series with the Bulldogs winning 47 to 40 after a 38 to 35 opening contest. Normal led by D Aitken 11 G Aitken 9 and others while Zezula paced the Orediggers with 8. The 15 piece Bulldog pep band debuted as officials Tobin and Vandegrift called the games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good
Bulldogs
D. Aitken
G. Aitken
Zezula
E. Deegan
Burgess
B. Deegan
Farrington
Miller
Dupuis
Schultz
Thill
Kipp
Letoy
Dunn
Sulloway
Shean
Culbertson
Swanley
Rayner
Leahy
Ripley
Officials
Vandegrift
Tobin
Ricks College
Vikings
Rexburg
Idaho
Bulldog
Beaverhead AAA members attend Great Falls meeting
Four Beaverhead officials travel to Great Falls for the annual Agricultural Administration session. Floyd Kenison of Dell chairs the county committee joined by Luther Smith of Dillon Bea verhead valley community committeeman Herbert Wheat of Dillon and W J Neidt of Wisdom AAA supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Great Falls
Beaverhead
The
Agricultural Administration
Floyd Kenison
Dell
Luther Smith
Dillon
Beaverhead Valley
Herbert Wheat
W. J. Neidt
Wisdom
Buckley’s Canadion Cough Mixture Ad
A vintage ad extols Buckley’s Canadion Cough Mixture as fast acting triple acting relief. It claims wide usage in Canada, quick loosening of phlegm, soothing irritated tissues, and instant effect, urging purchase at City Drug Store with a satisfaction or money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckley
Canada
City Drug Store
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. S. Assembly
CPA
Bozeman Livestock Commission Company
Bozeman, Montana
Howard Raser
A. R
Uncle Sam
America
Montana Power Company
Bob
George M. Melton
O.K
Charles Selway
William Suthard
England
Suthard
U. S
Bill Bayerd
Forest Bayerd
Fort Lewis
Far East
Odedig S
First National Bank
Northwest Bancorporation
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