Armstead social notes and potato price protest
Dillon and Armstead residents frequent local events including visits from Alberta and Lima guests, a Beaverhead basketball game attendance, birthday party at 206 Rise Jan, and 4-H Builders meeting. Helena reports Montana Agriculture Commissioner protests $3.45 potato price ceiling as discriminatory vs Idaho's $3.85, citing similar disaster conditions.
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Helena
Alfred R. Anderson
Michael di Salle
Montana
Idaho
Party Honors Benny Roselle Ryan At Seven Birthday
Mrs. Phil Lyons hosted a Saturday afternoon party in honor of Benny Roselle Ryan’s seventh birthday. Guests at the Lyons Den enjoyed games, birthday refreshments, and surprise prizes as seven candles lit two birthday cakes. Attendees included Ann Mitchell Jimmy Campbell Donnie Campbell Dukie Elizabeth Ann Gilbert Jacky Bramsman Lana Lee Huffman Jimmy Spehar Billy Ann Jones Judy Forsyth Effie Forsyth Lana Smith Stephen Wheat Billy Stocker Jean Stocker Artie Mautz Marcia Melton Janet Carr Jimmy Watkins Laciana Hunt Kenny Mitchell and Jimmy Whitehill.
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Benny Roselle Ryan
Phil Lyons
Lyons den
Ann Mitchell
Jimmy
Donnie Campbell
Dukie
Elizabeth Ann Gilbert
Jacky Bramsman
Jacky
Lana Lee Huffman
Jimmy Spehar
Billy
Ann Jones
Judy
Effie Forsyth
Lana Smith
Stephen Wheat
Jean Stocker
Artie Mautz
Marcia Melton
Janet Carr
Jimmy Watkins
Laciana Hunt
Kenny Mitchell
Jimmy Whitehill
Home Demonstration Agent Teaches Kids Housework Skills
Last week the Home Demonstration Agent discusses work simplification and family cooperation. Mothers are teachers guiding children from simple kitchen chores to more complex tasks, stressing patience, gradual progression, and shared responsibility to build reliable, independent, socialized adults.
Health mass production speeds medical breakthroughs
Health research now delivers about one major discovery every six months due to mass team efforts and global collaboration. Penicillin cost dropped from 20 dollars per 100000 units to a 1 400th of that, with Pfizer doubling plant capacity and new antibiotics emerging for broad disease ranges.
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Chas. Pfizer & Co
State cash balance reaches 61 million in 1951
Helena reports that the total net cash balance in all state funds stood at 61,154,153.50 on December 31, 1951, up from 59,415,007.66 a year earlier. Auditor Holmes notes 15 million of surplus cash in federal obligations. State bonded indebtedness ended December at 19,263,000 versus 20,153,000 in 1950.
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Helena
John J. Holmes
State Depository Board
Mrs Benzinger to Enter Kansas Hospital
Episcopal minister Rev Arthur H Benzinger and his wife plan a trip to Coffeeville Kansas next week. Mrs Benzinger will undergo surgery while there and they foresee a lengthy absence with church services set aside on January 20 27 and February 3. They left Dillon last July and have many friends in Kansas. Mrs Blanche McFarland travels to Los Angeles then a tour of old Mexico before returning to Reno.
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Benzinger
Kansas Hospital
Arthur H. Benzinger
Coffeeville
Kan
Kansas
Blanche McFarland
Los Angeles
Calif
Old Mexico
Reno
New
McFarland
Dillon
Pendergast Couple Start Annual California Trip
Mr and Mrs Dan Pendergast left on their yearly journey to California on Thursday of last week.
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Dan Pendergast
California
Snow surveys hint at ample Montana water supply
A report by Ashton R. Codd and O. Monson says early January snow surveys suggest ample water for the coming summer if winter snowstorms persist. They note the outlook remains uncertain but favorable if storms continue through the season.
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Bozeman
Montana
Ashton R.codd
Soil Conservation Service
O. Monson
Montana State College
Heavy Montana ranges limited by late 1951 snow
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports that deep snow from mid December to year end 1951 covered winter ranges across Montana. Only the southwest from Beaverhead to Park counties, plus Glacier county and areas of Phillips and Valley counties, remain usable.
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Helena
Montana
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
BAE
Beaverhead
Park Counties
Glacier County
Pes
Phillips
Valley Counies
Helena potato growers to meet on price ceilings
Everett Peterson president of the Helena Valley Potato association announces a meeting of local potato growers this week at Warren school. The gathering will discuss action from the state meeting in Deer Lodge and proposed ceiling prices on potatoes effective January 19.
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Helena
Everett Peterson
Helena Valley Potato Association
Warren School
Deer Lodge
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