Lima News Highlights Local Social and War Era Notes
Lima residents and relatives populate a long column of society items from Pete Sweeney’s furlough in Hawaii to Army induction for Jack Smith. Guests visit from Idaho Falls Dillon and Butte as hospital talks and travel, with many communications about births, travels, and medical discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Sweeney
Hawaii
William Sweeney
Big Sheep Basin
Patsy Brothers
Dillon
J. Burt
Twin Bridges
F. O. Mitchell
Nola and
Gile
Guy Pierce
Butte
Anaconda
Nola Mitchell
Fargo
N. Dak
Ralph Whitehill
Fred
Idaho Falls
Walt Peterson
Pascal Bimat
Dell
Pocatello
Isabelle Lochrie
Bruce Thompson
Bill Mordon
Bruce
Myrtle Thompson
Marion Merrell
Delos Jenkins
Rochester
Minn
Merrell
Jenkins
Donald Cronin
Great Falls
R. B. Lowder
James Price
Joy Kellum
Joyce
A. Kellum
Bernard Patterson
Duane
Seattle
Portland
D. Cherry
W. Hoffman
Levant Kerry
J. S. Lott
Menan
Idaho
Gammerquist
Berkeley
Calif
Monte Berrett
Milton Lott
Terreon
Cherry
Jack Lottamilies
George Westereld
Lewiston
Mont
J. Westerfield
Salt Lake
Grant Ayes
Ms. Hayes
Alfred Black
Malicote Ranch
Wise River Fourth of July Celebrations and Community News
The Wise River area reports a quiet Fourth with a large 4 H club dance in Fishtrap featuring Laura Thompson as president and Charlie Lovell and Al Holbrook providing music. Numerous residents from Anaconda Dillon and Butte attend events, visits, dinners, and travels. lightning strikes damaged Chimneys at Pendergast and White homes, while many residents host relatives and enjoy social gatherings across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Lu Thompson
Shirley Anderson
Donald Thompson
Bobby Holmes
Charlie Lovell
al Holbrook
Deer Lodge
Anaconda
Wisdom
Ben Mallon
Bill Dodgson
Maud Staebler
Valera
Lillian
Butte
Ruth Koenig
Boyd Koenig
Dillon
Maysel Mallon
Lowell Mallon
Jesse Tope
Walter Jones
Georgia Miller
Darby
Fred Miller
Frank Lovell
Abbie Nelson
Fishtrap
Fred Anderson
Leonard Osteros
Fred Gill
al Fisher
Tom Pendergast
Allen Roberts
Dick Thomas
Byron Jennings
Alder Creek
C. A. Woods
Frank Dodgson
Lorraine
Laurel
John Berry
Colonel Combs
Dan Pendergast
Tommy
Jackson
Frank Shepherd
Ann Elizabeth Shepherd
Great Falls
Jennie Stevenson
W. R. Allen
Gloria
Billy
Mary. Berthold
New York
Eee Serre
Jim Paddock
New Guinea
Joe Samal
Wise River
Jackie McFarland
Clyde Thompson
Jinks Powell
Tex Clark
Francis Gilman
Monte Burdick
Garrison
Archie McTaggart
Bobby
Hans Jorgensen
Ralph Potts
al Muchmore
Ida Warden
Missoula
Frank Reed
Gene White
Mono Creek
Perry Goodwin
Elkhorn
Danny
Dionne
Ann Elizabeth
Columbia Gardens
Julia Harvey
Helena
Leslie Jones
Roberta
Dana
Stevensville
Tom Clemo
Clemo
Lewis
California
Warren Hughes
Shelby Sweet
Edward Carpenter
Sweet Ranch
Flying Cloud
Everett
Wash
Harry Skewis
Seattle
Harry W.strudell
Deane Carpenter
Glen Carpenter
W. S. Carpenter
Miss Joy Sweet
Sweet
Bom Pendergast Ranch
Carl White
Local Notables Gather and Travel Near Butte
A parade of visitors and family trips are noted across Butte and nearby towns. The Smiths arrive from Oakland with Nancy Kathleen and stay at the Roy Ford ranch while Laphams and Wenger families attend picnics and dinners. Rural residents report medical visits, recoveries, and a recent emergency operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Smith
Nancy Kathleen
Butte
Oakland
Calif
Ford
Dillon
Bennie
Roy Ford
Martin €. Jackson
Lightfoot
Harry Lapham
Butteriay
Richard Shepherd
John Krause
Gardiner
William Christensen
Fred Vizno
Leadore
Chris
Submarine Rations and Local Social Notes Brighten War Era Life
Navy cooks aboard submarines take pride in meals as war bonds fund comforts at sea. Treasury official Jensen plans a trip to Darby. Local social news covers Mrs. Roy Ford’s party, birthdays, travel to Idaho, Rebekah meetings, wedding of Ida Decker and Bob Maxey, and community visits to Dillon and Pocatello with highlights on schooling and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Rebekahs
Ida Decker
Bob Maxey
St. Rose Catholic
Albert Decker
Miss Decker
Pate
Harry Andrus
Maxey
Sacred Heart
Beaverhead County
Montana State University
Missoula
Utah State College
Ogden
University of Montana
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Orleans
Ontana
Eldon Bybee
Don Tash
Silver Star
Virgil Brown
James
Hannibal
Tom Powers
Louise Roush
Bernadine Lackey
Mary Horsepull
Carl Roush
Vance Lackey
Helen Roush
Thompson
Gwen Gustafson
Ben Proctor
Rosie Kuhn
Emma Edmuns
John Hoss
Mira Loma
Pfc
Air Corps Technical School
Kiesler Field
Miss
New Orleans
Billy Westwood
George Burt
Relate
Burts
Monay
Eddie Kluesner
Charles Clark
Pat Brown
Joe Mihélish
Ralph Stocich
Alan Ostergar
Ether Rose
Humphrey
Woodcraft
Cliff Calvert
DeWitt Norman
Arkansas
Lima Home Demonstration Club
Lima School
Nelson
D. Thompson
Lewison
Lima
Bob
Swaggerty
Bert McNinch
Janet Peterson
LaVena Peterson
Bond
U.S. Treasury
WISE
Nina White
Riley
Pacific
Tom Clemon
Shelley Shearers
Ferris
Cora
Hoyt
Walter Thackery
Texaco
Loren Davis
Prop. Sun
Calso
H. J. Johnson
Prop
Tucs
Farmers’ Union Trading Co
Paddock & Tyro Mon
Husky
V. M. Camp
Shell
J. G. Mattingly
Montana Auto Sales Co
W. Walters
Navy
Dillon Feed & Seed Co
Zon
Standard Lumber & Coal Company
Examiner Printing Company, Inc
O.8.l. Depot
Illon
Montana
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