Beaverhead Legislators Spread Efforts on Committees
Helena Beaverhead county legislators say they have diversified their effort to secure key committee assignments. As of January 22 the House named all committees with Rep. George Gleed named to Appropriations Fish and Game Liquor Control and Mines and Mining. Sen. J. S. Brenner joined County Affairs. Both Houses lag in organization and Gleed warns the budget will face cuts while Brenner and Gleed pledge to defend county and state interests.
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Helena
Beaverhead County
House of Representatives
George Gleed
J. S. Brenner
Gleed
Brenner
Montana
Masonic Fraternal Society Holds Annual Meeting
The Masonic Fraternal Society held its annual meeting Monday evening at 8 o clock in the Masonic hall. The society comprises members of the Blue Lodge Chapter 8 of the Royal Arch Masons and St Elmo Commandery KT.
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The
Masonic Fraternal Society
Masonic Hall
Blue Lodge
Royal Arch Masons
St. Elmo
Debating activity revived at BCHS under Mr Palmer Scott
Under the guidance of Mr Palmer Scott a BCHS English teacher debating is being revived as a student activity. He will be assisted by Mr Les Lawrence a debate coach at Western College to organize teams and plan practice debates with college reserves and spring challenges against larger state high schools.
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Palmer Scott
Scott
Les Lawrence
Western College
Montana Extends 1957 License Plate Deadline
Helena officials announced a new deadline of Friday February 15 for Montana vehicle license plates due to changes in plate size and design and machinery slowdowns at the state prison. The February 1 date was extended with Highway Patrol Board approval to accommodate the delays.
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Montana
Helena
John L. Hoffman
Waxwings Seen as Harbingers of Spring
Skeptics and optimists dispute waxwings sighting as a sign of early spring. Birds, crested and smaller than robins, have appeared for several days, though some still doubt, noting waxwings breed in sub arctic forests and are at home in cold weather.
W. C. Jones Rites Held Saturday Burial at Dewey
Funeral services for Walter C. Jones a Wise River rancher were at 1 30 p m at the Brun dage Chapel with Rev William J Holland presiding His burial followed in the Dewey Wise River cemetery Pallbearers named were J S Shep herd Argyl Stephens Charles Ralston Lowell Mallon Walter Goose and Dana Pendergast Jones 83 died after a stroke in Mesa Ariz where he wintered He came from Des Moines County Iowa Oct 26 1873 and homesteaded in Montana after starting as a schoolteacher in Wisdom He survived by his wife Eva and children Leslie Jones and the Elwood trio in Missoula plus several grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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Walter C. Jones
Wise River
Brundage Chapel
William J. Holland
Presbyterian Church
Dewey
Dewey-Wise River
J. S. Shepherd
Argyl Stephens
Charles Ralston
Lowell Mallon
Walter Goose
Dana Pendergast
Wisdom
Big Hole
Jones
Eva Jones
Inlaw
Leslie Jones
Robert Elwood
Missoula
Donald Jones
Lynn Jones
Retha, Sigman
Duane
Janet
Lois Elwood
Russell Sigman
George Wisner 76 Dies at Barrett Hospital
George E Wisner 76 longtime Lima and Dillon resident died Tuesday at Barrett hospital. Remains at Brundage Funeral Home pending burial arrangements. He ran a Lima lumber yard from 1936 to 1946, came to Dillon in 1949, and earlier worked for the Great Northern railroad in Butte from 1922 to 1936. Born August 25 1880 in Watertown Wisconsin. No relatives located.
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George E .Wisner
Lima
Dillon
Barrett Hospital
Brundage Funeral Home
Mr. Wisner
Great Northern Railroad
Butte
Watertown
Wis
AAUW Sponsors Reappearance Of Marionettes In Dillon
The AAUW local chapter approved a May 1 sponsor ship for the Lesselli marionette show at the college auditorium in Dillon. The May meeting was at Mrs. J. R. Cumming’s home with Miss Gladys Forester assisting. A relief contribution for Hungarian refugee university women was collected. Dr. Cumming spoke of Eskimo life in Alaska and its parallels to early Russian settlement.
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Lesselli
Dillon
AAUW
College Auditorium
J. R. Cumming
Gladys Forester
Cumming
Alaska
Hay Baling Job Completed In Bitter Cold
On a frigid Friday Ivan Remely and Wayne Blomquist baled a Stack at Circle Shay in Grasshopper valley. They faced motor warm up troubles and a damaged baler after the move from Pyle field, then finished and loaded trucks for Tucson, Arizona. The Grasshopper valley remains below zero with no blizzards, and Circle S elk herd has grown to about 30, mostly cows, feeding on haystacks near Polaris store.
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Grasshopper Valley
Ivan Remely
Wayne Blomquist
Pyle
Big Tash Ditch
Tucson
Arizona
Circle S
Polaris Store
Calves Delivered by Truck at K6 Ranch
Sixty five head of calves were delivered by trucks Monday at the K6 ranch for Floyd Skelton. About 800 head of calves are on feed at the K6 ranch with Harold Hayes as feeder. School Board Meets Polaris trustees held their regular January meeting Saturday evening at Polaris store.
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Floyd Skelton
Harold Hayes
Polaris
Elkhorn Snow Depth and Local Notices
Jack Miller reports about four feet of snow at Elkhorn Springs with low water content. John Pendergast’s friends hope he recovers from illness in a Butte hospital. J D Harrison returns from the National Woolgrowers Association convention in Las Vegas. Dennis Hayes injures a finger cutting with a jack knife at K6 ranch. Erwin Marchesseau visits Polaris. employed in Anaconda, home in Dilton.
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Elkhorn
Jack Miller
Dillon
Elkhorn’ Springs
John Pendergast
Butte
J. D. Harrison
Las Vegas
Nevada
Woolgrowers’ Association
Erwin Marchesseau
Polaris
Anaconda
Dilton
Dennis Hayes
Harold Hayes
Educators from WMCE and Great Falls Attend Two Meetings
Dr. John R. Cumming of WMCE and Supt. Lawrence Walker visited Great Falls for early week meetings of the Teacher Education committee and a session of the School Administrators group.
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John R. Cumming
WMCE
Supt
Lawrence Walker
Great Falls
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BCHS
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School of Mines
Carroll College
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George Wisner
Polaris News
Dillon Examiner
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