Frank M Carr 77 Dies After Prolonged Illness
Frank M Carr of Dillon died after a long illness at Barrett hospital. Requiem mass was led by Rev Timothy Clifford at St Rose Church with rosary at Brundage chapel. Interment followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Survived by widow, children Fred Carr Medford Oregon Frances Brennick Dillon Al Walker Seattle and many relatives including the Hardgrove and Carr families. He was a former stockman and rancher with deep Montana roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Clifford
St. Rose Catholic Church
Frank M. Carr
Barrett Hospital
Brundage Chapel
Mountain View
John Collins
W. W. Hawkins
Harris Opp
Harold Murray
Harry J. Andrus
C. M. Casterline
Fred Carr
Medford
Ore
al Walker
Seattle
Bob Dunn
Townsend
Montana
Bozeman Catholic Church
John B. Pirnat
Pirnat
St. Peter Church
Anaconda
Carr
Helena Valley
Michael Carr
Bannack
Helena
Mr. Carr
Davidson-Davenport Livestock Company
Chinook
Big Sheep Canyon
Dell
Frank Nelson
Hughes and Badcon
William Price
Dillon
City Fuel Company
William Scully
John W. Carr
John Carr
Fred J. Carr
J. C. Peters
Frances Brennick
Members May Join Choral Group for Mozart's Requiem
Bi weekly practices have started on Mozart s Requiem a choral production to be presented by the college townspeople group in the spring months under Prof Bertram Gable. Practices are Monday 4 PM and Wednesday 7 15 PM with Monday sessions for catch up. Call Mrs Wilma Holloran at 288 W for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram Gable
Wilma Holloran
Parish Meeting Tomorrow Night at St James Episcopal
The annual parish meeting of St James Episcopal Church will be held in the guild hall Thursday evening with dinner at 6:30 served by the guild ladies and Alma Matrons. Three vestrymen will be elected and a year’s activities report will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Guild Hall
Guild
Alma
Boys State To Be Held Here August 17 26
The sixth annual Montana American Legion Boys State will take place August 17 to 26 at the Western Montana College of Education campus. Eugene W. Savage of Butte, founder and first director, notes the program trains youth in government and civic responsibility, continuing since 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana American Legion
Eugene W. Savage
Butte
Montana Boys’ State
Montana College of Education
Night Skiing to Start at Elkhorn Springs
Night skiing programs begin Friday on the fully lighted Elkhorn run promising a busy season. Last Sunday drew 40 plus enthusiasts to two slides for beginners with two ski tows operating all afternoon. Fresh snow and easy road access at the canyon mouth opposite the McCracken cabin make this course a favored upgrade over the old one.
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Elkhorn
McCracken
Beavers Schedule Two Non conference Tilts This Week
Beavers head into a pair of non conference games under coach George Scott. Friday they travel to Anaconda to face the Anaconda high cagers and Saturday host Whitehall Trojans at home. Whitehall’s Lutey, scoring ace at 25 a game, is a forward for the visitors. Whitehall beat Deer Lodge last weekend. Coach Tyrand’s B team meets both Anaconda and Whitehall B squads in prelims. Beavers split last weekend with Hardin 52 45 and Laurel 57 54.
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George Scott
Beavers
Anaconda High Cagers
Anaconda
Whitehall Trojans
Lutey
Whitehall
Deer Lodge Wardens
Tyrand
Hardin
Laurel
College Gymnasium
Bulldogs-Mines
Allen
Wagner
Fuend
Laurel Suard
Denny
Beaver
Hardin-Beaver
Dillon
Edker
Oner
Charles Grafft
Marilyn Mockel
Improvements Listed by Local Soil Conservation Office During First Year of Work
The Beaverhead Soil Conservation district formed last spring aided 40 ranchers across 216,995 acres. The 1951 report credits soil surveys, complete conservation plans on two ranches, irrigation leveling, contour and border ditches, strip cropping, drain work, canal and dam constructions, and two irrigation wells with 11 255 cubic yards of fill. Supervisors are Christiansen Eliason Blomquist Polish and Martinell. Turner and Gemmell provide technical help.
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Local
Soil Conservation Office
Beaverhead
Art Christensen
Kenneth Eliason
Emmett Blomquist
Rudy Polish
Lee Martinell
Homer Turner
Robert Gemmell
The
Soil Conservation Service
March of Dimes Appeals for Support of Beav erhead County
The Beaverhead chapter reports polio impact and urges stronger local and national fundraising. The 1951 efforts raised 1552.68 with half kept locally, starting 1952 in deficit and warning of cuts to aid if donations wane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Taylor Bradley
Beavehead Chapter
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Bradley
Four-year Prison Term For Hay Theft
Frank Stewart of Butte pleaded guilty in district court to stealing 100 bales of hay from the John Verdance ranch near Glen last November. Judge Lyman H. Bennett sentenced Stewart to four years in the state prison after his arrest in Pocatello Idaho and extradition waived by the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Verdance
Glen
Frank Stewart
Butte
Lyman H. Bennett
Stewart
Pocatello
Idaho
New Display Cases Placed in Beaverhead Museum
Two new 52 foot show cases arrived at the Beaverhead museum last week. Clifton McLaughlin crafted the fixtures and Al Simon completed the final touches. Mrs. Elfreda Woodside plans to fill the cases with relics gathered over the past several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead Museum
Clifton McLaughlin
al Simon
Elfreda Woodside
Montana Attorney General seeks ban on punch boards
Attorney General Arnold H. Olsen urged Montana Supreme Court to outlaw punch boards as odious lotteries similar to previously outlawed slot machines. The appeal challenges district court abatement for Stockman Malted case involving Deniff Mann and Thompson over illegal punchboards and tax stamps in Glasgow area.
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Montana
Helena
Arnold H. Olsen
State Supreme Court
Olsen
James T. Shea
Glasgow
Sam Deniff
Horace H. Mann
Kenneth Thompson
Stockman
Malta
Shea
Supreme Court
Legislative Assembly
High Court
District Court
Edwin E. Multz
Muriel Spehar Installed as New President of Dillon Ladies Elks
Muriel Spehar was installed as the new president of the Dillon Ladies of the Elks at a regular meeting last week. Also seated were Charity Hill as vice president Mary Murray as secretary Judge Carroll as treasurer and Joyce Baril as trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Spehar
The
Dillon Ladies of the Elks
Charity Hill
Mary Murray
Judge Carroll
Joyce Baril
Assistant Named For Soil Office In Beaverhead District
Michael P. Britton has been assigned by the Soil Conservation Service to assist with work in the Beaverhead Soil Conservation district. He completed five years of study at Montana State College Bozeman majoring in plant ecology. Britton, raised near Kalispell, Montana, is married with two daughters ages 3 and 5. They reside at 15 North Railroad Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael P. Britton
Soil Conservation Service
Beaverhead
Mr. Britton
Montana State College
Bozeman
Montana
Kalispell
North Railroad Avenue
Board Approves Dillon Water Fluoridation
The state board of health approves the Dillon water fluoridation plan. Dr. G D Carlyle Thompson says fluoridation is a mass public health measure to reduce dental caries. Dillon is the fourth Montana city to gain approval after Roundup Chinook and Bozeman.
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State Board of Health
Dillon
G. D. Carlyle Thompson
The
Health Board
Montana
Roundup
Chinook
Bozeman
Tax Specialist Highlights Farm Tax Burden in Beaverhead
R A Neill of the Montana Taxpayers Association spoke to Beaverhead Farm Bureau members at city hall about rising taxes. He presented figures from a Washington visit and warned about the tax load on farmers and ranchers. Dale Metlen presided as new Farm Bureau president and Norman Downing reviewed recent tax legislation. Henry Mikkelson county agent contributed remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead Farm Bureau
City Hall
R. A. Neill
Montana Taxpayers Association
Washington
Dale Metlen
County Farm Bureau
Norman Downing
Henry Mikkelson
Aged Melrose Resident Claimed Monday
Ben F. Sanborn, 90, died in his sleep at his Melrose home early Monday. A Massachusetts native, he moved to Melrose in 1891, mined in Soap Gulch, and worked as a railroad cook for 40 years. Survived by a niece in Massachusetts, he was a long, trusted Melrose resident. Funeral services Thursday at 1 30 at Melrose church officiated by Rev H B Ricketts. Interment in Melrose cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben F. Sanborn
Melrose
Massachusetts
Railroad Company
Brundage Funeral Home
Melrose Church
H. B. Ricketts
Butte
Draft Registrants Report in Butte
J C Fuller secretary of the local draft board announces registrants reporting in Butte last Friday for physical exams were Frederick C Harrison Dillon and Raymond S Charette Wisdom while Lloyd C Van denheuvel formerly of Jackson and William R Miller Jr now in California were to report in their states. Induction reports in Butte today include Harold L Weeks Lima and Harold S Rafferty Polaris while Clarence C Smith ordered to report in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Frederick C. Harrison
Dillon
Raymond Stanley Charette
Wisdom
Lloyd C. Vandenheuvel
Jackson
William Russell Miller
California
Harold Lee Weeks
Lima
Harold S. Rafferty
Polaris
Clarence C. Smith
Seattle
J. C. Fuller
Draft Board
Judge Baker's Busy Court Term Charges Fines
Judge George E. Baker disposed of three cases in the police court last Saturday. Mrs. Max Massey pleaded guilty to a disturbance and paid a $25 fine for tossing a stack of dishes during a family quarrel. Amos Lintevedt and Roland Lundgren of Pocatello Idaho pled guilty Friday. Lintevedt to drunken driving $100 fine and Lundgren to destruction of jail property $50. Lintevedt paid the fine Monday and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Baker
Max Massey
Amos Lintevedt
Roland Lundgren
Pocatello
Idaho
Lintevedt
Lundgren
Wreck Touches Dillon Area as Residents Hurt
Glen Lyon, once of Dillon and now on the Hungry Horse dam project, is in town after word of an accidental death of his nephew Robert Harris of Butte. Two former Dillon residents were injured in a local crash. Mrs. A. S. Johnson Jr. and her young son were hospitalized but not believed seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Lyon
Dillon
Robert Harris
Butte
A. S. Johnson, Jr
Butte Central Tumblers To Perform Here Sunday
Butte Boys Central high school tumblers will present a Sunday program at the WMC gymnasium for Beaverhead county benefit. The show includes acrobatics accordion music tap numbers and a multi-act program directed by J N McMahon with advance tickets sold by Bagley school classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Boys Central High School
W.M.C.E
Beaverhead County
Dillon
John Tolson
John Theriault
Butte Tumblers
Northwest
Boulder
Clancy
Helena
Twin Bridges Orphans’ Home
Boulder State School
Great Falls
Seattle
Western Montana Bulldogs Rally for 62-53 Victory Over Butte Miners
Western Montana Bulldogs climbed from the cellar with a 62-53 win at home over the Butte Miners. Howard scored 22 points, center McMahon added 16, and the Miners balanced scoring with four players in double digits. The blue and gold face Rocky Mountain next, at home, as Livingston independents and JV squads open at 7.
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Western Montana Bulldogs
Butte Miners
Rocky Mountain
Livingston Independents
J.v.’S
Mines
Orediggers
Howard
McMahon
Former Resident Dies Saturday in California
Burns Perry 78 of Dillon died last Friday in San Diego after a long illness. native of Decatur Illinois he came west in youth and settled here in the late 1890s serving as an office clerk at the Metlen hotel. He married Isabell Henderson on October 16 1901 and the couple were dry land farming pioneers near Dillon before moving to California in 1919. He is survived by his daughter in Dillon two other daughters Mrs H B Williams of Compton and Mrs George Stefanatz of San Diego and two sons Harold of Oakland and Harry of Encinitas California plus three grandchildren.
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Burns Perry
James Johnson
Dillon
San Diego
Calif
Decater
Metlen
Isabell Henderson
Easit Beach
California
H. B. Williams
Compton
George Stefanatz
Harold
Oakland
Harry
Encentidas
Girl Scout Council Installs New Dillon Officers
Mrs. Donald Shaffner was installed as commissioner succeeding Mrs. A L McArthur at a Dillon Girl Scout meeting last week. Also named were Mrs. Donald Wheat first deputy commissioner Mrs. Herman Peterson second deputy commissioner and Mrs. Ray Nelson secretary treasurer. Plans for an active summer season were outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Girl Scout Council
Donald Shaffner
A. L. McArthur
Donald Wheat
Herman Peterson
Ray Nelson
Montana State Honor Roll Names Six Beaverhead Students
Six former Beaverhead County high school students appear on Montana State University’s autumn quarter honor roll. The honorees are Samuel E. Davis, Daniel L. Dennis, George E. Bowring Jr., Bruce H. Lloyd, Evelyn Mikkelson, and John R. Peterson.
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Beaverhead County
Montana State University
Samuel E. Davis
Daniel L. Dennis
George E. Bowring, Jr
Bruce H. Lloyd
Evelyn Mikkelson
John R. Peterson
Social Security Topic at Rotary Meeting
Allen Swain of the Butte Social Security office addressed the Dillon Rotary Club on expansions and 1951 provisions. He noted four million new self employed workers and about eighteen thousand such workers in Montana, explained costs and returns, and clarified eligibility and benefits for ranch laborers and insured individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Swain
Butte Social Security Office
Dillon Rotary Club
Montana
John Smiths
Swain
Fred Bridenstine
Don Smith
Dillon
Native of Dillon Dies in Coast Hospital
Mrs. Carl Remillard born May 1 1909 in Dillon and daughter of J Fred Kerr died in Seattle Coast Hospital after a long illness. She taught in Ovando and Dell before marrying in Seattle to Mr. Remillard. Survived by husband two children her father two Kerr brothers in Seattle a brother-in-law and sister-in-law in Wisdom a stepmother and several aunts and uncles. Funeral services were held in Seattle with interment there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Remillard
J Fred Kerr
Dillon
Seattle
Montana State College
Ovando
Dell
Remillard
Survantus Kerr
F. Vern Kerr
Harry Helming
Wisdom
J. F. Kerr
George Hughes
Tungsten Mine To Be Worked on Community Basis
Plans to develop a large low grade tungsten deposit in Beaverhead County Montana on a community basis involve Minerals Engineering Co led by Blair Burwell and Frank Eichelberger of American Alloy Metals. John D. Harlan of Seattle has met with operators to speed exploration and mining. A concentration plant near Glen would process rough concentrates for a chemical plant near Butte operated by Domestic Manganese & Development Co.
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Beaverhead County
Mont
Butte
Minerals Engineering Company
Blair Burwell
Grand Junction
Colo
Frank Eichelberger
Spokane
American Alloy Metals, Inc
United Stats
John D. Harlan
Seattle
Defense Materials Procurement Agency
Glen
Union Pacific
Domestic
Manganese & Development Co
John H. Cole
Buttersent
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F. M. Carr
Reaper
Elkhorn Springs
March of Dimes
Lady Elks
Soil Office
Board
Dillon Water
Baker
Butte Central Tumblers
D. Konen
Bob Strnod
Bob Paynich
Dale Tinsley
Maureen
Jim Konen
Dan Paynich
Tommy Konen
Tumblers
Western
Girl Scout Council
M.S.A
Rotary
Coast Hospital
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