Beaverhead Winner Walter Scott Receives UP Scholarship
Walter Scott, Beaverhead County High School graduate, wins the Carl Raymond Gray scholarship from Union Pacific for excellence in agricultural work and academics. The $100 award supports enrollment in a state or other college with an agricultural program. Scott plans to enroll at Bozeman next fall after years of 4-H leadership and a strong scholastic record. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Parke T. Scott of Armstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
Beaverhead County
Carl Raymond Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Young Scott
Bozeman
Armstead
Parke T. Scott
Hi Spot to Be Open Saturday Night City Hall
Evelyn Mikkelson and Ole Gregg announce the Hi Spot recreation center will host a Saturday night event at City Hall auditorium from 9 30 to midnight on July 13. Dancing features Paul Hanson Amos Elliott Gene Bennett and Gene Vieve Thompson. Pop will be sold. all college students and area students are invited with Mr and Mrs Fred Kerr as chaperones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Mikkelson
Ole Gregg
Hi Pot
Billion
City Hall
Paul Hanson
Amos Elliott
Gene Bennett
Genevieve Thompson
Fred Kerr
Weather man disperses Beaverhead storms with daily waves
Beaverhead residents endured lightning and cloudbursts with daily rain and wind. Two power outages hit the Dillon Sheridan line of Montana Power. a Monday outage was traced by aviator Dave McCauley to a Sheridan-side break and repaired by a Sherman crew. A cloudburst created temporary street ponds, and a windstorm shattered a plate glass window at Red and White Laundry. Snow fell in the high mountains as the week continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Dillon-Sheridan
Montana Power Company
Dave McCauley
Sheridan
Red and White
Evan Marrnson
Theuilding
Haskell Family Reunion Visit in Local Home
Mr and Mrs Ed Haskell of Glendive visit at the home of their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs W B Haskell in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Haskell
Glendive
Mrs
W. B. Haskell
Prominent Dillon Man John W. Mountjoy Dies at 58
John W. Mountjoy a prominent Dillon figure and former secretary of state during Governor Erickson’s era and a three term Jefferson County sheriff died Sunday at St. Peter Hospital Helena. His funeral was in Helena and was followed by burial at Mountain View Cemetery Dillon. Born January 15 1868 in Missouri he moved to Montana as a child and rose to public service including three terms as sheriff..
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John W. Mountjoy
Dillon
John E. Erickson
Jefferson County
St. Peter Hospital
Helena
Chapel of the Roses
Mountain View Cemetery
Brundage Funeral
Deer Lodge
Montana State
Twin Bridges
Three County Races Highlight Final Beaverhead Primary
Voters head to polls next Tuesday July 16 for three Republican county races Sheriff incumbent Claude Lay faces ex sheriff Paul H Temple county attorney contenders Lew D Brundage W G Gilbert Jr and Leonard A Schulz and commissioner incumbent Martin C Jackson opposed by D J Stephens Polls open noon to 7 pm Ballots samples and election details in this weeks Examiner Returns night expected with Beaverhead Election Bureau coordinating results and clerk Norman Giles provides info by phone
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beavedhead
Claude Lay
Paul H. Temple
Lew D. Brundage
W. G. Gilbert, Jr
Leonard A. Schulz
Martin C. Jackson
Jackson
D. J. Stephens
Wisdom
Beaverhead Election Bureau
Norman Giles
Two Hundred Enrolled at College for Summer Terms
Two hundred students have been enrolled at Montana State Normal college for both terms of the summer session. The second half opened Monday with classes starting immediately, as registration for the second term was not needed. Most first term enrollees returned for the second term. Many students spent the Fourth of July at home. President Sheldon E. Davis attended a state board of education meeting in Havre.
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Montana State Normal College
Pres
Sheldon E. Davis
Havre
State Board of Education
Beaverhead County Clerk Reports Weekly Wedding Licenses
The records list marriage licenses issued during the past week by Clerk of the Court Norman Giles. Names include James Gilns and Dorothy Williams of Ogden, Utah. Harry Laver and Bessie Irwin of Idaho Falls. Earl E. Brugestank and Clara Cruickstank of Scottsbluff. and others from Idaho Falls Twin Bridges Dillon Pocatello Kirksville Mo. The notes show multiple couples and residences across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Giles
James Gilns
Dorothy Williams
Ogden
Utah
Harry Laver
Bessie Irwin
Idaho Falls
Earl E. Bruge
Clara Cruickstank
Scottsbluff
Roger B. Heilman
Virginia Schmid
Leland Harken
Anne Weaver
Beaverhead County approves rural fire truck purchase
The Beaverhead County Board of Commissioners approved buying a 500 gallon tank with pump, hoses and ladders on a Ford chassis for about $6000. Delivery is 30 to 60 days. Costs will be partly funded by a long standing fire fund and rancher contributions. This replaces city restricted Dillon department equipment per fire underwriters ruling.
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Beaverhead
Board of Fire Underwriters
Dillon Volunteer Fire Department
Funeral services held for Oren Kenneth Peterson in Dillon
Funeral services for Oren Kenneth Peterson, 34, killed in a ranch home accident on July 1, were held Friday afternoon at the Masonic hall in Dillon. Wisdom lodge No. 61 led the rites with Rev. W. H. Bessire of Missoula officiating. Interment followed at Mountain View cemetery with pallbearers Emer Nelson, John Anderson, Harold Nelson, Harvey Johnson, Jack Sheppard, and Henry Wenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren Kenneth Peterson
Dillon
Masonic Hall
Wisdom Lodge No. 61
W. H. Bessire
Missoula
Mountain View Cemetery
Emer Nelson
John Anderson
Harold Nelson
Harvey Johnson
Jack Sheppard
Henry Wenger
Beaverhead county school funds apportioned in annual apportionment
Beav erhead County schools announce the annual apportionment by Co. Supt. Christine Opp. The special high school fund allocates 14 353.17 with 540 to transfer fund. Lima high school receives 3 063.13 or 21.98 percent and Beaverhead county high school 10 777.04 or 78.02 percent. Transportation fund splits Lima 757.25 (60.21%) and Beaverhead county high school 500.43 (39.79%) totaling 1 257.68. Further general fund distribution details follow.
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Beaverhead County
Co. Supt
Christine Opp
Lima High School
Lima
Beaverhead County High School
V E W Post at Jackson Being Formed
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will journey to Jackson tomorrow night to assist in organizing a new post. Dillon members and Big Hole veterans are invited to help as eligible basin veterans contact Keith Boetticher or Joe Carroll for application blanks. Formation completes the county council in Beaverhead.
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Lloyd Whipple
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Jackson
Dillon
Big Hole
Basin
Keith Boetticher
Joe Carroll
Jackson Post
Beaverhead
Editor Is Named Head Elks Order
Charles E. Broughton a 43 year Elks member and editor of The Sheboygan Press was unanimously elected grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at New York City convention. He succeeds Wade H. Kepner of Wheeling and will lead Elks in 48 states and territories. From Sheboygan he founded Kiddies Camp in 1926 and co founded the Wisconsin Elks Crippled Children's commission in 1929. He has supported Salvation Army Awards Cancer Drive YMCA Disabled and other causes. Exalted Ruler J W Walters and P E A David Hier of Dillon lodge attend.
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New York City
Charles E. Broughton
Sheboygan
Wis
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Order
Pearl Harbor
The
Elks
Broughton
Grand Trustees
Wade H. Kepner
Wheeling
W. Va
Midwest
Legion
Wisconsin Elks Crippled Children's Commission
Wisconsin Association For the Disabled
New Elk Leader
Salvation Army
Wisconsin Cancer Drive
YMCA
Trustees Division
American Library Association
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Mr. Broughton
American Red Cross
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
J. W. Walters
P.E.A. David Hier
Dillon Lodge
Birth of Mary Ann Todd in Dayton Ohio
Mr and Mrs Robert Todd announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Ann, in Dayton Ohio on July 9. Mrs Todd is formerly Miss Dorothy McLaren daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack McLaren of Dillon.
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Robert Todd
Mary Ann
Dayton
Ohio
Todd
Dorothy McLaren
Jack McLaren
Dillon
Employment Growth Noted in Dillon Use Office Report
Mer George R. Baker reports June placements by the USES office in Dillon show 44 non agricultural jobs filled and a record 996 office contacts. 31 placements were veterans, 28 of them WWII, with housing shortages driving limited relocations for work. The office promotes on the job training for veterans and expanded opportunities for handicapped workers.
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Dillon
Mer
George R. Baker
Baker
Funeral for Julius Suckow Held in Dillon
Funeral services for Julius Suckow 65 Beaverhead resident for 16 years were held Saturday at Brundage funeral home. Rev Edna Blackburn officiated with interment in Mountain View cemetery. He was born January 20 1881 in Iowa and died July 1. Surviving are five brothers in Rapid City a daughter Mrs Smith of Sidney Montana a former wife Mrs Lulu Baird Suckow a stepdaughter Mrs Lyle Essex and a stepson Leonard Baird.
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Julius Suckow
Beaverhead
Brundage
Edna Blackburn
The
Baptist Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Mr. Suckow
Iowa
Louis
Augusta Suckow
Rapid City
S. D
Dillon and
Vicinity
Smith
Sidney, Mont
Lulu Baird Suckow
Dillon
Lyle Essex
Leonard Baird
Courtland
Minn
Oscar
Albert
Suckow
Essex
Dr Rush Jordan to Head Montana State Normal College
Dr Rush Jordan, longtime history department head at Montana State Normal College, was named president by the Montana board of education in Havre. He succeeds Dr Sheldon E. Davis on Sept 1, serving through June 30, 1947 with a $5500 annual salary. he arrives with extensive Montana history expertise and strong civic involvement.
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Rush Jordan
Montana State Normal College
Montana Board of Education
Havre
Sheldon E. Davis
Jordan
Normal College
Ohio University
University of California
University of Idaho
Lewiston
Idaho
Idaho Rural
Kendrick
Spalding
Julietta
Peck
Culdesac
Walla Walla
Washington
List of registrants discharged week ending July 10
The Selective Service Board released a batch of discharge lists for the Army and WAC. Army recipients include Francis Bezek of Melrose and John R. Thompson of Wisdom. WAC discharge listed Genevieve Squires of Dilon.
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Selective Service Board
Army
Francis Bezek
Melrose
John R. Thompson
Wisdom
WAC
Genevieve Squires
Dilon
Beaverhead CountyBond Sales Reported by Federal Reserve
Beaverhead county sold Series E and G bonds totaling 28 837 50 for June as reported by the Federal Reserve bank at Helena. E bonds 837 50 and G bonds 18 000 were sold during the period. Bonds bought exceeded bonds redeemed by a wide margin.
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Beaverhead County
Federal Reserve Bank
Helena
Rotary Club Hears Talk by Senator Gosman
State Sen. George M. Gosman told Dillon Rotarians that spending is inflated and tainted by shady methods as he recounted his midwestern trip. He noted American Legion assets near 7 million dollars and a 4 million member base, praising a veterans legislative program. Rush Jordan became club president and welcomed new member Rev. Omer Idso and guests Lt. Col. G. J. Luebben, Don Luebben, and C. B. McCullough.
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George M. Gosman
Dillon Rotarians
American Legion National
Rush Jordan
W. J. Bierrum
Omer Idso
Lambert Eliel
Albert Erickson
G. J. Luebben
Mesa
Ariz
Don Luebben
Bozeman
C. B. McCullough
San Diego
Mr and Mrs Berlin Gordon Visit Missoula Family
Mr and Mrs Berlin Gordon of Missoula spent the weekend at the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs W R Gordon, at the Ermont mine. They were returning from a trip through Yellowstone park.
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Berlin Gordon
Missoula
W. R. Gordon
Ermont Mine
Yellowstone Park
Dillon Spends Quiet July Fourth Holiday
Outings and fishing trips marked the Dillon Fourth of July with no town celebration. In Deer Lodge a Dillon Merchants baseball team beat Deer Lodge 10 to 3 in five innings. Traffic incidents were minor with a southbound bus accident near Armstead and a Great Falls car rollover on Highway 91 causing minor injuries.
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Dillon
Deer Lodge
Dillon Merchants
Armstead
Richard Hogan
Great Falls
Bob Wright
Gilbert Hilde Joins Big Production Club
Dillon resident Gilbert Hilde earned qualification for the Mutual Life Big Production Club in Billings. He will attend a July 25 26 27 sales congress at the New York City home office, joining about 600 top producers nationwide to review progress and share sales ideas. Ralph H. Smith Montana Wyoming district manager notes the achievement.
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Gilbert Hilde
Dillon
Mutual Life
Billings
Hilde
Life
New York City
United States
Ralph H. Smith
Montana-Wyoming
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.P. Award
Walter Scott of
Dillon High
State Board
W. H. Stephan
Montana
Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead School Fund
Elks Order
M.S.N.C
Montana State Normal
Sheldon FE. Davis
Rotary Club
Gilbert Hilde Is
Big Production Club
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