Beaverhead Beavers Face Two Tough District Contenders
Beavers host Anaconda Central on Friday and Salmon Idaho on Saturday as they pursue a district title. Anaconda Central edged Dillon 32 to 30 in Anaconda, while Twin Bridges beat Dillon 32 to 30 at home in a two overtime thriller earlier season matchup. District 16 Class B action looms as the Beavers seek to extend four year district title run.
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Beaverhead County
Beavers
Anaconda Central
Salmon
Idaho
Saints
Anaconda
Dillon
Heason
Lear
Royal Morrison
Twin Bridges
Dillon Quint
Bowling league races tighten as Creamery shines
In the Dillon Bowling Center first half league race, Bond’s won four points in the final matches to sit in second with Tash’s Gosman’s and Sheriff’s. Creamery posted high team scores 1029 in a game and 2752 in series, with Buckingham of Sheriff’s 591 and Green of Creamery 224 top game. Final standings show Eve Stia taking first in W Bropel, plus detailed team tallies and individual leaders. Women's league saw Red and White post best 912 game and 2589 series, Cornell of City Drug top game 192 and 551 series, while mid season tourney crowned Creamery for high series 2913 and high game 1013 with Clarke 629 and Hignight 240.
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Dillon
Tash’s
Gosman’s
Sheriff's
Creamery
Buckingham
Sheriff’s
Green
Evestia
Wbropel
Isaeconcisicrederisatives
Tasi’s Ceveneesesseencereseserscoaes
Cyqamety
Roberts Market
OASIS
Aimicl’s Caseesceesense Encensees
Store -Lsescananccancabobinethndenteed
N-Ceeeeneseeseenserene
Vigilantes
Cornell
City Drug
Clarke
The
Hignight
Bond’s
Foreign Relations Club Meets at Normal College
Dr Sheldon E Davis spoke to the Foreign Relations club at the Normal college last night on Modernizing Ourselves and Our International Neighbors.
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Sheldon. E. Davis
Normal College
Beaverhead Legislators Appointed to Key Committees
Beaverhead county lawmakers Sen. George M. Gosman and Rep. George Melton received major committee assignments for the 1947 session. Gosman chairs the judiciary committee and serves on public lands relief and social welfare stock watering and grazing and water related panels. Melton joins the powerful appropriations committee and its university subcommittee plus public health sanitary affairs workmen's compensation and public lands. Both returned home for the weekend reporting steady progress in early sessions.
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Beaverhead County
George M. Gosman
George Melton
Sen. Gosman
Rep
Melton
Greater University
Normal College
Banquet Planned by Civic Group in Dillon
Dillon Chamber of Commerce members and guests will attend a dinner and address with dancing at an upcoming event. Dates and location will be announced. Tickets may be bought for friends and business associates. The group also plans to support the Montana Wool Growers Association wool school in Dillon March 13 to 15 with entertainment and dinner. The road situation was discussed, with urgent recommendations referred to the roads committee. President Lambert Eliel ordered committee meetings for year plans. The road committee held the first session last night.
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Dillon Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Sec
W. M. Murfin
Dillon
Montana Wool Growers Association
Lambert Eliel
VFW Post and Auxiliary to Convene Tonight
Lloyd Whipplepost and its auxiliary will hold regular sessions at 8 o'clock with the veterans at the I.C.C.F. hall and the auxiliary at the city council chambers. A joint social session follows in the I.C.C.F. hall, arranged by John Wenger Jr and Howard Ruddle. Members with firing squad rifles are asked to bring them.
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Lloyd Whipplepost
Veterans of Foreign Wars
I.C.C.F. Hall
1.C.C.F
John Wenger, Jr
Howard Ruddle
Post ‘Com
Don Campbell
Harold Leal Denny Born to Clyde and Clyde Denny
Mr and Mrs Clyde Denny welcomed a son Harold Leal at Barrett Hospital last Wednesday confirms the birth notice in the local column.
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Clyde Denny
Harold Leal
Barrett Hospital
First Annual Snowplane Races Slated at Spencer Idaho
Wedding licenses issued by Clerk Norman Giles include William Randall Tait and Mary Elizabeth Baer among others from Dillon Port Huron Lima and Blackfoot. The first annual snowplane races will be held at Spencer Idaho on January 25 drawing Beaverhead County interest with entrants from Big Hole and Centennial valleys and observers Lyn don Laird notes.
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Norman Giles
William Randall- Tait
Dillon
Mary
Elizabeth Baer
Port Hi
Mich
Robert George Johnson
Elveretta Wen
Roy W. Rrester,jr
Dorothy Anne Davis
Daeha Barak
Piing
Lima
Jesse D. Barnard
Blackfoot
Idaho
Marie Bea
New Bedford
Spencer
Lyndon
Slim) Laird
Beaverhead
Herman Peterson
John Krause
Ed Glassey
Big Hole Basin
Centennial Valley
Sara Port
Rotary Leader Urges Stable Homes For Stronger Nation
Rush Jordan speaks to the Dillon club on strengthening the American home. He cites economic, health, and moral factors harming marriages, calls for tighter divorce laws and marriage restrictions, and urges character, education, morality, and religion as keys to family stability. Rotary Governor Harry A. Murphy will visit next meeting. Walter Wetzel chaired. Stan ley Dye attended as guest.
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Rotary Pres
Rush Jordan
Dillon Club
Harry A. Murphy
Philipsburg
Rotary
Pres. Jordan
Walter Wetzel
Stanley Dye
Butte
Runaway Horse Brought Under Control In Dillon
A horse used by Antoine Bolinskis to pull a drayage cart bolted from its owner near Williams Feed store as the driver shopped for oats. Officer Jack Knight stopped the runaway on Thomson Avenue and guided the animal back to Bolinskis.
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Dillon
Antoine Bolinskis
Williams Feed
Thomson Avenue
Jack Knight
Twenty Take Part Rifle Club Shoot at High School Range
Twenty shooters competed in a Dillon Rifle Club regular shoot at the high school range last week with visitor B Mallon of Wise River shooting a high total of 264 including 96 from sitting. H Hignight totaled 259 with 98 from prone, tied by C Buckingham on 257 after also posting a top off hand score of 72. Other scores included O Sassman 254 J Krall 254 B Koenig 241 A Simons 201 D Hansen 171 R Smith 178 K Fox 225 and S Langdorf 2438. All scores came from sitting prone and off hand positions.
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Dillon Rifle Club
Aca
B. Mallon
Wise River
H. Hignight
C. Buckingham
Buckingham
O. Sassman
J. Krall
B. Koenig
A. Simons
D. Hansen
R. Smith
K. Fox
D. Gordon
S. Langdorf
B. Quick
Richard
S. Johnson
E. Mittlemeier
J. Pace
L. Lara
B . Cashmore
C. Ide
Mercury Goes for The Bottom Again
Dillon weather records show a 19 degree minimum after a Monday night drop to five below. Snow flurries preceded the cold spell as a white county blanket persisted since December, with a rise to 10 degrees above noon bringing cautious optimism yet memories of erratic temperatures remain.
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Dillon
Montana State Normal College Weather Bureau
Mercury
Elkhorn to Host Northern Rockies Ski Championship Weekend
The Northern Rocky Mountain Ski Association finals come to Elkhorn Hot Springs on Jan 18 and 19. Cross country races start Saturday at 2 pm, jumping begins Sunday at 1 pm. Entries from Butte Helena Bozeman Billings and others indicate strong turnout. Noted skiers include Kingsley Helmo and top national competitors. Accommodations will be at Elkhorn hotel and cabins. roads are to remain passable.
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Montana
Northern Rocky Mountain Ski Association
Elkhorn Hot Springs
T.lee , McCracken
Charles Haight, Jr
Elkhorn
Butte
Helena
Bozeman
Billings
Livingston
Anaconda
Townsend
Missoula
Ennis
Lovell
Wye
Haight
Kingsley Helmo
4-H Club Meets at Big Hole Ranches Calf Visit Planned
The Big Hole 4-H club held its December meeting at Ernest and Larry Bacon's home. The calf project was discussed and members planned ranch visits to view calves. A motion passed to start a series of card parties in February. The next meeting will celebrate Andrew Anderson's birthday.
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Ernest
Larry Bacon
Andrew——Anderson
Mrs Sipple Claimed by Sheridan Death After Fall
Irene Sipple 89 a former Dillon resident died last Thursday at her daughter’s home in Sheridan from injuries after a fall at her Sheridan residence. Born August 20 1867 in Camp Town Pennsylvania she married Manoah Perrin Sipple in 1880 and moved to Montana in 1884. Survived by daughters Mrs Ernest Wolf Great Falls and Mrs Archie Malone Anaconda and sons Ralph Sipple Glendale California and Carl Sipple now stationed with the U.S. Navy.
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Irene Sipple
Dillon
Montana
Alvin M. Jones
Sheridan
Sipple
Camptown
Manoah Perrin Sipple
Deer Lodge
Ater
Butte
Jones
Glendale
Calif
Car Sipple
Beaverhead county licenses lag previous year totals
Treasurer Evelyn Lloyd reports today 275 passenger car licenses issued in the county treasurer's office versus over 400 last year, with 150 truck licenses and 13 trailer permits sold, driver permits at about 530. many residents without cars also applied.
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Evelyn Lloyd
Beaverhead
State Official Report On Beaverhead County Offices
The annual report of the state examiner's representative on Beaverhead County offices appears in today's Examiner. Comments note possible corrections to be made, directed to the deputy examiner.
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Beaverhead
Educational groups to meet here this week
Three educational committees convene at the Normal college Friday and Saturday January 17 and 18. The 9 a m start on Friday opens the chancellor led curriculum committee for teacher training. Members include Dr John A Morton Miss Jeannette Donaldson and Supt O K Moe. Saturday hosts the junior college curriculum committee chaired by President Rush Jordan with Dean Mauker and Dr Lou Brockman. The Mines school is excluded from this group.
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The
Normal College
George A. Selke
John A. Morton
Eastern Montana ‘Normal School
Jeannette Donaldson
Northern Montana College
Havre
Supt
O. K. Moe
Rush Jordan
Dean Mauker
School of Education
Missoula
Lou Brockman
State College
Bozeman
Montana System of Higher Education
School of Mines
Jordan
Beaverhead Board Names Two-Year Chairman At 1947 Session
Beaverhead county Montana commissioners met January 6 to 8 1947 with Archie C Henneberry Paul Stahl Jr and Martin C Jackson present Clerk C W Buckingham presiding The board appointed Paul Stahl Jr as chairman for two years bonds and depository securities for 1946 election were approved Officials bonds and securities from First National Bank Dillon State Bank & Trust Co and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis were listed and a provision authorized each commissioner to inspect roads and bridges.
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Beaverhead
Martin C. Jackson
Paul Stahl, Jr
State Bank & Trust Co
First National Bank of
Butte
U.S. Treasury
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Treasury
Normal Bulldogs top Mines 67 to 53 in rough opener
Normal Bulldogs opened conference play by defeating Montana School of Mines 67 to 53 at the Normal gym. McGuire led with 19 points, Deputy added 15 as Normal stayed in front most of the game amid 50 fouls. Aitken and Marinovich led the Miners with 12 each.
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Montana Normal
Bulldogs
Montana School of Mines
McGuire
Tash
Dillon
Shook
Swanby
Normal
Aitken
Idaho
Idaho Southern
Montana
Lo Reed
Johnson
Roscoe Cornell Elected Head of Dillon Country Club
Roscoe Cornell was elected president of the Dillon Country Club at the annual meeting held last Wednesday night at city hall council rooms. He succeeds C. A. Bechler. officers named include Dr. W. J. Monger as vice-president and Miss Glenna Vance as secretary. Board members are Dr. Monger Leonard Schulz Ed Donovan and T. F. McFadden.
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Roscoe Cornell
Dillon Country Club
City Hall
Council Rooms
C. A. Bechler
W. J. Monger
Miss. Glenna Vance
Cornell
Dr. Monger
Leonard Schulz
Ed Donovan
T. F. McFadden
Beaverhead Polio Drive Opens Today
The Beaverhead auxiliary of the American Legion sponsors an infantile paralysis drive from Jan 15 to 31. Beavershead Chapter reports three polio cases in 1946 with $745.50 spent for hospital and medical care. Four emergency aid units cooperatively formed with Stanford Harvard Northwestern and the D T Watson School of Physical Therapy support the effort.
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American Legion Auxiliary
National Foundation
Beaverhead County
D. A. Paddock
Beaverhead
Paddock
T. Lee McCracken
Patton
Routledge
Robert Boomer
Helena Shodair’ Hospital
Stanford’ University
Harvard, University
Northwestern University
D. T. Watson School of Physiotherapy
Hilde Named Assistant Manager in Mutual Life Billings Agency
Gilbert Hilde C L A formerly of Dillon is appointed assistant manager for the Mutual Life Insurance Company in the Billings agency. He will supervise 14 Midland Empire counties, recruit and train new underwriters, and travel from Billings. Hilde, a five year South Pacific veteran, is a charter life underwriter and University of Montana graduate. He led the Billings Agency with over $600,000 in 1946 and will reside with his wife Kay at 304 Yellowstone Avenue.
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Ralph Smith
Montana-Wyoming
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Gilbert Hilde
C.L.A
Dillon
Billings
Midland Empire
South Pacific
Hilde
University of Montana
Mutual Life
Tie
Kay
Yellowstone Avenue
Committees Named for DAR Meet in Dillon This Spring
Committees have been named to organize the annual state convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution to be held in Dillon likely March 26 through 28. Mrs. Lewis D. Smith, past state regent, is the new local regent. The groups include registration reception luncheon and related duties with listed volunteers.
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Dillon
Lewis D. Smith
T. E. Luebben
O.A. Bergeson
T. F. McFadden
D. L. Johnson
W.H. Stephan
Bergeson
Sadie Bet Farte
inn—Manean Bilden
Christ Crusade Opens at Methodist Church
A series titled Crusade for Christ begins at the Methodist church next Wednesday evening January 22. Nightly services will start at 7 30 except Saturdays and run through Sunday February 2. The Rev Omer Idso will give talks on Interviews of Jesus.
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Methodist Church
Omer Idso
Jesus
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Bond
Sen
Gosman
Civic Group
Chamber of Commerce
V.F.W. Post and Auxiliary
Coe
Beaverhead Board
Country Club
New Post Mutual Company
D.A.R
Christ Crusade
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