Dillon Rotary Talks Mexico Trip and Local Murder Trial
Rotary speaker W. W. Hawkins recounts a Mexico vacation driving from Dillon via Lardo with brief border inspections. Beaverhead county to open its first murder trial in two years Monday, Ernest Marchand charged with the axe murder of Joseph Brunier in Dillon last May. Jurors summoned for winter term. extensive panel listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Beaverhead County
District Court
Henry G. Rodgers
Ernest Marchand
Joseph Brunier
Dillon Cabin
Jeppson Transferred to Lewiston Store Leadership
J C Jeppson longtime J C Penney store manager and local civic figure left Dillon for Lewiston Idaho to head the larger Lewiston store. Clyde Stieb succeeded him in Dillon arriving from Lewiston and taking charge immediately. Stieb hails from Montana born in Hamilton and is a Montana State College graduate.
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J. C. Jeppson
J. C. Penney Company
Lewiston
Idaho
Dillon
Clyde Stieb
Mr. Stieb
Montana
Hamilton
Montana State College
Beaverhead Board Names Appointees for 1937 Session
Beaverhead county commissioners met January 4 5 6 1937 with Rife Jackson Hartwig presiding. Rife named chairman for two years. Each commissioner ordered to inspect road and bridge work and county property including courthouse machine sheds county farm and other needed property for the year. Districts designated Hartwig No 1 Rife No 2 Jackson No 3.
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Beaverhead
Montana
Hartwig
Rife
Jackson
Normal Meets Eastern Normal Here Saturday
The M. S. N. C. Bulldogs defeated the Carroll College Saints of Helena 40 to 30 in a tightly contested local gym game. The fast start saw Carroll lead 12 to 8 after ten minutes before Normal rallied.
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M. S. N. C. Bulldogs
Carroll College Saints
Helena
Carroll
Diana Rebekah Lodge installs its officers
The Montana educational group Diana Rebekah lodge held an installation at the I O O F hall with Ivy L. Taylor conducting. New officers include Elma Wright noble grand and Mary Jane Rodgers vice grand joined by a full slate and Kate Murphy named trustee. Attendees included visitors from Belt and Butte Rebekah lodges.
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Diana Rebekah Lodge
I. O. O. F. Hall
Ivy L. Taylor
Elma Wright
Noble Grand
Mary Jane Rodgers
Hazel Conger
Ruth Ann Dart
Anna Loree
Martha Quackenbush
Mae Paddock
Selah Frakes
Wilma Holloran
Jessie Taylor
Mary Molleur
Montana Gilbert
Frances Banks
Inside Guardian
Blanche Haynes
Outside Guardian
Muriel Tyre
Kate Murphy
Belt
Butte Rebekah
Miss Duboc to Represent Normal College at AAC Annual Meet
Jessie L. Duboc will represent the Normal College at the American Association of Teachers Colleges annual meeting in New Orleans late February. The college holds an A-Class rating, despite financial limits, and faces rising standards as institutions with stronger funding set the policy. The Dillon Choral Club performed at the morning assembly with songs including Morning Now Beckons and The Last Song, and Wilma M. Wright and others contributed in a series of musical selections.
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Jessie L. Duboc
Normal College
American Association of Teachers Colleges
New Orleans
The
American Association of Teachers’ Colleges
United States
Montana
Dillon Choral Club
Koosheep
Ferris
Robert Clark
J. H. Rogers
Choral Club
H. Angelmann
Wilma M. Wright
Beaverhead County Board Holds Extra Session on Clerk Succession
In Beaverhead County Montana an extra session of the Board of County Commissioners was held January 9 1937 at 10:00 a m. The purpose was to consider appointing a successor to the late Fred Rife as Clerk of the District Court and to handle other regular business. Present were W B Hartwig Martin C Jackson chairman Edgar B Rife and Clerk Albert S Baker. The session opened after the posted notice.
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Beaverhead
Fred Rife
Beaverhead County
Montana
Soil Saving Committees In Session Across Beaverhead County
Educational meetings on Beaverhead county 1937 agricultural conservation program are held in three communities this week under the county committee. Floyd Kenison and B J Mc Menomey lead the Dell session tonight, J C Ferguson with assistants host Reichle tomorrow, and Dillon hosts the Friday 2 PM city hall meeting led by County Agent Bernard Williams.
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Beaverhead County
Floyd Kenison
B. J. McMenomey
Dell
Reichle
J. C. Ferguson
J. G. Buyan
Carl Kambich
Dillon
Bernard Williams
Jack Keenan
Holgar Carlson
T. T. McAdam
Luther Smith
Bozeman
Williams
Youngster Tells Art Club Of Mexican Trip
At the January 18 meeting nine year old Billy Hawkins discussed his trip to Mexico with Mexican purchases. He explained glass blowing and showed examples. Club members asked questions afterward. Two members resigned this quarter, Marie Larsen and Marguerite Collins. Former members Celena Bellivou and Harriet McAllister returned. Pledges Gertrude O’Brien and Vernon Vandeberg were noted.
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Art Club
Billy Hawkins
Mexico
Marie Larsen
Marguerite Collins
University of Wisconsin
Celena Bellivou
Harriet McAllister
Gertrude O’brien
Vernon Vandeberg
River ice jam forms north of Dillon triggers flood
Beaverhead river ice jam floods Beaverhead valley north of Dillon forcing evacuation of four homes and threatening fox farms. The main channel diverted and water covers highway near river bridge as crews try to thaw and blast a new channel. Residents include the J P Best family and local tourist camp. Mrs Emma Ann Oliver, 61, longtime Dillon resident and maternity home operator, died of pneumonia after illness.
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Beaverhead Valley
Dillon
Beaverhead River
James R. Jackson
Mary Molear
Chester Hale
J. P. Best
Butte-Dillon
Daniels Auto
Eliels Quint Leads In Local Cage League
Eliels Quint holds top in the local basketball league as Westwoods beat Gosman Drugs 12-11 in a key game. The Bull Pups show progress but remain winless, while Normal students push Westwood hard with strong plays from Rouse and Crocker.
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Eliels Quint
Westwoods
Gosman
Bull Pups
Westwood
Rouse
Crocker
Bulldog
Mrs. Floyd Davis Dies Here in Dillon
Mrs. Floyd Davis died at her east Dillon home last Friday after a brief heart illness. Born 26 years ago in Salt Lake City, she moved to Salmon Idaho as a girl and later settled in Dillon with her husband and family. Survived by her husband three children and her Idaho parents the funeral was held Monday at Brundage chapel with interment in Mountain View cemetery.
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Floyd Davis
Dillon
East Side
Idaho
Brundage Chapel
Mountain View Cemetery
Beaverhead Sportsmen Protest Enabling Act Restricting Game Areas
Beaverhead Sportsmen's association met at city hall to protest a state legislature enabling act. They warn it could discriminate against game areas and close parts of Beaverhead valley to game bird shooting, with petitions and tightened waterfowl rules fueling the opposition.
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Beaverhead
Point of Rocks
Dillon
Canada
Beavers Triumph Over Whitehall and Anaconda Showdowns
Beaverhead county high school's fast basketball quintet beat Whitehall 28 to 11 on Saturday and edged Anaconda in a strong week. Cashmore led with 14 points on eight conversions as the Beavers built a first half lead. Anaconda sparked a late rally but fell short.
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Beaverhead County High School
Whitehall
Anaconda
Beavers
Cashmore
President's Ball Planned for Saturday Evening
Plans completed for the annual President's Birthday ball at the city hall auditorium Saturday night. Baxter orchestra will provide music under Warren M. Stone, committee chairman. Mickey Spegar will run the check room. Tickets sold in local businesses. proceeds aid children with infantile paralysis in Montana.
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City Hall Auditorium
Baxter Orchestra
Warren M. Stone
Mickey” Spegar
Stone
Montana
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W. W. Hawkins
Republic
Dillon Rotary Club
Lardo
Mexican
Marchand
Brunier
John G. Albers
City
R. E. Albright
Raymond H. Bray
Lakeview
Dave Bays
Matt Christiansen
Fishtrap
J.C. Jeppson
J.C. Penney
Beaverhead Board
Board of County Commissioners
Bulldogs
AM. E. A
Andrus Hotel
Louise Davison
Eileen Watson
Sylvia
Montana Educational Associaton
Ruby Rogness
Butte
Elizabeth Shotwell, Jr. Orr
Mikkelsen
Ima
Geneseve Albertson
Fay Kirkatrick
McMullen F Lima
Kirkpatrick
Muriel Tyro
Archie Seybold
Lima
Miss Duboc
Teachers College
Norman Giles
Oliver
Emma Ann Oliver
Fred Oliver
North Pacific Street
Gladys Rice
Missouri
Theodore
R. C. Underwood
Moose Jaw
Sask
First Lutheran Church
A. W. Nelson
RED Cross
American Red Cross
Ohio
Mississippi River
Thomas E. Luebben
Luebben
Dillon Banks
St. Louis
T. E. Luebben
Red. Cross
Cary T. Grayson
Gosmans
Beaverhead Game Group
Sportsmen’s Association
Victor
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