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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1942
Page
8
The feminine fire-fighters and the Co-eds shared top honors after a high scoring game. Metlen and Winn's provided strong batting while D V F D and Co-eds pitchers contributed solid performances.
Beaverhead county's USDA War board met in the county agent's Federal Building offices with Chairman Floyd Kenison presiding. Attendees included Frank Husted Wise River C E Blinn Dillon C W Jackson Dillon Frank Mac Guire Twin Bridges and H W Reik Hamilton. The group praised local co operation in the scrap rubber salvage campaign and discussed upcoming fat and greases salvage, scrap iron drives, and burlap bag shortages urging households and ranchers to conserve and contribute.
Dr. and Mrs. I. W. Vinsel left July 16 to attend the 34th annual meeting of the Montana Veterinary Medical Association in Great Falls. Principal addresses covered The Veterinary Profession and the American Veterinary Medical Association, Certain Deficiency Factors as They Relate to Diseases of Cattle, and Bovine Surgery. The Winsels returned home Sunday.
Savage warns that civilian defense in Montana counties must be prepared for bombing and agent threats. He recounts an actual air raid on Balearic islands to illustrate shock and inadequacy of untested civilian units. He urges organized, well drilled, coordinated defense and readiness for inspections and possible action.
Local service members and families are mentioned with Navy and Army updates. Items include Merrill Poindexter awaiting California call, a newborn daughter to Captain and Mrs Willey, Al Schonenberger on leave from North Island, and Leonard Holloran in Australia driving a service truck. Also notes on Montana convoy rules, Don Nelson transferred to McChord Field for signal corps training, Paul Stahl Jr for radio training, and Navy cook assignment for Charles McGahan. Several local men were reclassified 1-A to 3-A status.
A broken leg from wrangling horses at the W. S. Tash ranch on Grasshopper last Friday led Harvey C. Nelson to Barrett hospital instead of Army induction in Butte. Nelson had missed reporting for April contingent and FBI tracked him. He was returned to Dillon for questioning before a court board. FBI notified. newest delinquent is Jorgen Surtveit of Armstead with July 6 induction in Butte. Two men, Mac Jnoes and Wilfred Dahlberg, detained in Lima over a separate train incident.
The document lists players by classes and surnames including Simmons Harvey Laurence Withington Albert Erickson Henry Ferdinand Hignight Bernard Maurice Johnson Ernest Harold Copenhaver Earl Lester Willey George Albert Webster George Wherry Hanley 3 B Francis Edward Canning Hugh Walter Fleming William David Spehar Nels Einar Nelson Jesse Harland Miller Andrew Glenn Garr 1 C Warren G Temple Leslie Leonard Montgomery William von Backus Robert Doyle Gor 1 B Edwin Ray Stocks.
Beaverhead Gunners win a state tournament shoot off for second place scoring 50 straight in the 200 yard event. The page notes team scores 193x for the event and mentions next year’s shoot in Butte if shells are available while listing new state association officers A J Davis C J OConnell and C Stump. A hospital patient Bonnie Lou George is named in Barrett hospital.
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