Eisenhower 1958 Budget Sees Record Peacetime Spending
The Eisenhower budget for fiscal year 1958 proposes record peacetime expenditures of 71.8 billion with 73.6 billion in receipts, yielding a 1.8 billion surplus to reduce debt and provide small business tax relief. Expenditures rise 2 billion, receipts 3 billion, with Congress to review and growing opposition to expanded federal grants.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Legislative
Commuee
A Cowboy's Prayer and Beaverhead County History
A reprint discusses George M. Melton's anonymous poem A Cowboy's Prayer and notes a 1957 Montana Standard feature showing an old fort built in 1867 on the Poindexter and Orr ranch in Beaverhead County. The column hints at ongoing P and O history essays to be continued weekly.
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Montana Standard
Montana
Poindext and Orr Ranch
Beaverhead County
Corinne
Utah
Two Pioneers Gallop Along Blacktail Creek near Dillon
Two unnamed riders pause their mounts by Blacktail Deer Creek near Dillon on a sunny pioneer day long ago, amid references to a town famed for cattle sheep and taters. Continued on Page 8.
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Blacktail Deer Creek
Thea
Dillon
GOC Sky Scanners Award Badges and Certificates
At a Civilian Defense Committee meeting local Ground Observation Corps members received U S Air Force wings insignia from county directors. Recipients include Mrs Josephine Wolf and others with service hours listed, plus certificates for GOC training to several members such as Mrs Carl Hollensteiner and Mrs Woodside.
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Civilian Defense Committee
U. S. Air Force Wings
Ground Observation Corps
GOC
Josephine Wolf
Elfreda Woodside
Dan Piccone
Lyda Nelson
Berta Pedersen
Carl Hollensteiner
Woid
Woodside
Phillip’ Bond
Vernon Nelson
Ruth Sberthelson
Piccone
P. J. Lovell
George Brown
Larry Chaffin
Viola Pedersen
Bill Wickham
Rational REA Administrator To Visit Dillon
David Hamil national administrator for the Rural Electrification Administration will speak at Vigilante Electric Cooperative’s annual meeting in Dillon on March 13 1957. He will also visit Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative in Huntley. The event marks a rare national official at a Montana REA meeting. The day opens with a Youth Electric Fair followed by a noon luncheon and an afternoon business session.
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Vigilante Electric Cooperative
David Hamil
Rural Electrification Administration
Dillon
Hamil
Vigilante Electric
Montana
Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative
Huntley
Colorado
REA
Active Support of BCC Urged at Rotary Meeting
W E Fry new president Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce urged Rotarians to back a yearlong Service in Rotary program to aid Dillon and county. Bruce Watters former board member reviewed chamber goals highlighting 151 members in 1956 and county wide benefits from active involvement. He noted chamber work in livestock farming mining tourism and information services at Beaverhead Museum. Al Storer and Leonard Mashino introduced speakers at the Beaverhead Rotary gathering.
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W. E. Fry
Beaverhead
Chamber
Beaverhead Museum
Watters
Leonard Mashino
al Storer
Beaverhead Laboratory
Preliminary cost estimate set for paving district 14
Engineer Neal Sullivan reviewed the 68 block paving district 14 project in Dillon with Mayor Lovell and eight aldermen. The preliminary cost is about 148000 dollars, roughly 250 dollars per lot, based on the master plan survey. The district lies between the Union Pacific railroad and Atlantic street with cross-streets and calls for a nine to twelve inch sub-base and a two inch surface. Bids are expected soon as plans proceed. The district was approved in July 1955, funds for the survey became available recently, and the council also approved bids for a 77000 dollar bond to finance the Highway 91 route through Dillon at a separate meeting.
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Neal Sullivan
Butte
Dillon
P. J. Lovell
Sullivan
Union Pacific Railroad
Atlantic Street
Glendale
Solons Tour Western Montana College on State Univ Units Visit
Members of a Montana House and Senate appropriations subcommittee visited Western Montana College of Education in Dillon on January 18. They toured campus buildings, met President Herbert L. Steele and staff, and discussed budget items and improvement plans before lunch and a conference with the business manager. The group then departed for Butte.
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Montana House Appropriations Committee
Senate Finance and Claims Committee
Western Montana College of Education
Dillon
Herbert L. Steele
H. H. Hess
Havre
Richard Nixon
Hogeland
Glenn H. Larsen
Thompson Falls
Harrison Reeder
Beity
Claude C. Gray
Big Timber
George E. Gleed
Steele
Georgia Mathews
Butte
Mrs. Fred Endaily Elected President of Beaverhead GOP Women
Mrs. Fred Endaily was elected president of the Beaverhead Republican Women’s Club, succeeding Mrs. J. H. Gilbert. Other officers include George M. Gosman as first vice president and O. A. Bergeson on the state central committee. Speakers included Mrs. S. P. Meade and Mrs. D. A. Patton.
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Beaverhead
Republican Women’s Club
Andrus
Fred Eudaily
J. H. Gilbert
George M. Gosman
Montana
O. A. Bergeson
GOP Central Committee
R. M. Gregg
Richard Warren
Bergeson
Vigilante Youth Electric Program Underway
Rules for the 1957 Youth Electric Program sponsored by the Vigilante Electric Cooperative are now in the hands of the committees. All Youth Organization members are urged to prepare an entry for this program. A Youth Electric Fair will be held March 13 in Dillon with transportation and luncheon for contestants. The program is open to any youth group member who prepares a construction or demonstration entry in sections: Construction Welding and Lamp. Entry forms and tags are available from county agent Ed Atkins or committee members. Continued on Page 6.
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Vigilante Electric Cooperative
Dillon
Ed Atkins
Southwestern
Mon
Sanitation Theme Set for Dillon Cafe Operators Meeting
Dillon cafe and restaurant operators are invited to a sanitation focused meeting on Wednesday February 6 at 8 00 p m in the Vigilante Electric building The session is sponsored by state and local health agencies and aims to cover all sanitation practices for eating and drinking places Local operators in the two county Beaverhead Madison district may attend with others from neighboring areas.
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Dillon
Vigilante Electric
Ken Read
Helena
State Board of Health
Beaverhead-Madison
David A. Gallagher
Gallagher
State Department
Mother-Daughter Girl Scout Banquet Set in City Hall
The Girl Scout Council sponsors the annual Mother-Daughter banquet on Tuesday January 29 at 6 30 p m in the City Hall Auditorium. About 200 attendees expected from 115 registered Brownies and Girl Scouts plus mothers leaders and council members. A film The Growing Years will be shown by RF R J English followed by group singing. Dinner is pot luck with each troop contributing dishes.
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Girl Scout Council
City Hall
Dillon
Wendell Poundstone
RF. R. J. English
City Election Registration Closes February 14
Registration books for the Dillon city election set for April 1 1957 will close at 5 oclock February 14 1957 county clerk Dora Schmittroth announced. Voters who did not vote in the November 6 general election and have not re registered must do so to vote. Residents in changed wards should transfer to the proper precinct.
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Dillon
Dora Schmittroth
Ross Nay Retired Rancher Dies Native of Bannack
Ross Frank Nay a native of Bannack and longtime rancher died Monday night at Barrett Hospital after a week as a patient. Services set for Thursday at 2 pm Brundage Chapel with Methodist rites and graveside service for the Nay family. Nay survived by brothers Milton Martin and Byron.
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Ross Frank Nay
Bannack
Barrett Hospital
Brundage Chapel
Thursda
Methodist Church
Mountain View
Nay
Montana
Milton
Martin
Byron
Sheridan
Martin van Buren Nay
Margaret Nay
Evelyn Nay Engle
Legion Plans to Burn Mortgage At Annual Party
Beaverhead Post officials plan to burn the mortgage on the Legion clubhouse during its annual birthday meeting in March. Adjutant Ed Swetish says funds were raised by post members through dues and contributions, with extra income from post projects. The Glendale and Dakota streets clubhouse hosts multiple groups and will host an extended program for the Legion-Auxiliary celebration led by Commander Anthony Bramsman.
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Beaverhead Post
American Legion
Ed Swetish
Glendale
Dakota Streets
the Legion
Anthony Bramsman
Legion-Auxiliary
Week of wintry weather with record lows in Montana
The past week up to noon Wednesday featured persistent freezing highs and subzero lows across stations. A January sequence shows -28 on Wednesday, -5 this morning, and -3 at 1:30 pm with northerly wind. daily readings list several subzero and below freezing values and an overall weekly average around 10 below zero.
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Western Montana College Station
Union Pacific
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James W. Douthat
George M. Melton
Anon
Air Force
BCC
Rotary
Solons
WMCE
Fred Endaily
GOP Women’s Club
Wednes
Ross Nay
Legion
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