Only Local Man On State Ticket Leads Ennis Meeting
Royal Neighbors hold second meeting here. Mrs. Myrtle Pasley of Ennis elected district oracle with Mrs. Mayfield of Dillon installed as past grand.
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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1928
Page
1
Royal Neighbors hold second meeting here. Mrs. Myrtle Pasley of Ennis elected district oracle with Mrs. Mayfield of Dillon installed as past grand.
Ten lodges gathered for the Royal Neighbors of America second annual convention in Dillon with about 150 registered. Mrs Myrtle Pasley of Ennis elected district oracle and Margaret Walsh of Anaconda chosen vice oracle. Ennis named as next meeting place for a convention to be held in September. Mrs Mabel Mayfield installed past oracle and other district officers elected.
Dillon beat Sheridan 15 to 14 in the opening baseball game of the season. Sheridan staged spirited rallies in the seventh inning but Dillon held on for the narrow victory.
Beaverhead county harvest starts as lower valleys move into the hay cuttings. Rain has improved growth. ranchers expect a large tonnage, with wild hay in the Big Hole basin to begin later this month. A Beaverhead wool clip of over two and a half million pounds is being stored at the First National warehouse, priced 40 to 42 1/4 cents.
Hiram Brundage won the championship flight of the Dillon County Club men's golf tournament on Sunday, defeating W. B. Hartwig 6 and 5 in the finals. Semifinals the prior week saw Brundage beat Dale Tash and Frank O'Keefe.
Silver Bow county with thirty students leads in enrollment for the Montana State Summer Normal. Beaverhead tops the list for first time enrollments for the regular school year ending May 1. Other counties enrolling five or more include Blaine Carbon Deer Lodge Fergus Gallatin Judith Basin Lake Lincoln Madison Musselshell Park Phillips Powell River Sanders Sheridan and Teton.
The Anaconda Country Club extends an invitation to Dillon Country Club members to participate in a inter-city tournament on the Anaconda course next Sunday. Local golfers from Butte Anaconda Deer Lodge and other cities are urged to forward names to the Dillon club at their earliest convenience.
Fred Gills annual Wise River rodeo returns with bucking horses and broncho busting contests. Shows set for July 14 and 16 include steer riding novelty races and wild cow milking while a barn dance and a Sunday baseball game lead to a riverbank community picnic.
Mrs Neal and her granddaughter Harriet McPherson of Anaconda are guests at the L F Molieur home this week.
Dillon observes a quiet Fourth of July as residents travel to nearby points. Many head to Buttel for the five day celebration climax, while others go to Elkhorn or Beaverhead County resorts. Manager Edward Hazel has arranged dances, and Dillmont park hosts a dance with the Baxter Tonrey orchestra.
Reports from friends indicate Frank A. Hazelbaker is assured the nomination for lieutenant governor.
Beaverhead voters show strong support for Frank A. Hazelbaker, Beaverhead's long familiar son, as he runs for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket. Backed by twenty-five years of local service and a steady rise from Dillon beginnings, Hazelbaker is expected to win a substantial majority on July 17 across the county and state.
Leonard Eliel, prominent Dillon merchant, marks his eighty second birthday today. The occasion coincides with the nation’s birthday as celebrations begin for the milestone event in the community.
Senator C. H. Williams of Deer Lodge, seeking the Republican nomination, will be in Dillon next Friday to address a 8 p.m. meeting at the city hall auditorium. Beaverhead voters are urged to attend and hear his message as his Montana Woolgrowers Association presidency underscores his livestock industry experience. Williams has toured nearly every Montana community during the campaign.
Miss Alberta Faust former Dillon girl married Warren Dufer in Grand Island Nebraska on June 25. They plan to reside in Hebron Nebraska where Mr Dufer is employed. The bride youngest daughter of A J Faust rancher on the east bench has many Dillon friends and recently graduated from Deshler High School.
The giant Fokker Super Universal flown by Commander Richard Byrd touched Dillon on Saturday as officials of National Parks Airways tested the new air mail route. Regular service starts August 1, with Byrd planning a south pole flight. A second biplane also crossed the route, seen by many locals during the town's Fourth of July celebration. Dillon is on the line though no routine stops here except emergencies.
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