Local Social Notes and Ranch Visitors Across Dillon Area
Dillon area social roundup with visits from Missoula and Great Falls residents. Families from Lima, Dell, Sheep Creek and Armstead share hospitality. Handley and Petersons host gatherings. An injury after milking a cow is noted, plus a weather-related ranch halt and a lightning strike on the Dell telephones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Peterson
Elaine
Billy Peterson
Dillon
Harry Allen
Ida Price
Missoula
Nancy
Billy Price
Dell
Lima
P. J. Bimat
Earl O'Brian
Henry Gravely
Lloyd Foster
Diane
Great Falls
James McKenzie
George McCallister
Leslie McNinch
Pete Peterson
Iola Peterson
Arch Seybold
Charles
Little Sheep Creek
Seybold
Clyde
Lee Martinell
Byron
Janice
Carol
Allen
Yellowstone
Jackson
Wyo
Dorothy Ann Peterson
Joan Capp
WMCE
Dorothy Ann
Earl Peterson
Sheep Creek
Happy Gordon
Armstead
Cliff, Calvert
Calvert
Highway Department
Pearl Shipler
Mary Weeks
Iola
Martha Foster
la Rae
Rogers
Montana Field Day Highlights Agronomy Research At Station
The August 6 field day at the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station offers tours of plots and demonstrations in crops and soils, including fertility trials, green manuring, cereal breeding, pasture work with test animals, and weed control. A live safety drive promotes National Farm Safety Week July 25 to 31 with aims to reduce farm injuries and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agronomy and Soils
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Beaverhead County
Teenagers Favor Driver Education to Cut Traffic Accidents
A Chevrolet poll of 5,000 high school students across 32 cities shows teens favor broader driver education as the best curb on accidents and criticize adult driving habits. They also call for periodic car inspections but oppose banning old cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chevrolet Motor Division
Chevrolet
Murray Buys Oldest Dillon Shoe Repair Shop
Harold Murray purchased Green's Shoe Service Shop from Archie Green in Dillon. The shop, once the Red Boot Shoe Shop after World War I, was previously run by Ed Ely of Missoula. The Greens plan to move to Thompson Falls for grade school teaching jobs around August 24, Archie will stay until August 21 to assist the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie
WMCE
Army Training Center Planned for Helena Montana
Sen. Mansfield says the new army training center will be in Helena with about 200 men. The Defense Department approved construction of army reserve projects nationwide at an estimated cost of 105000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Center
Washington, D. C
Montana
Helena
Mike Mansfield
Defense Department
Recruitment Schedule Set for Montana Patrol Training Camp
Beaverhead county applicants for the Montana Highway Patrol training school will be tested and interviewed on Sunday evening at 7 in Butte. The six week course runs Sept 20 to Oct 30 at a camp outside Helena. Trainees will enter a patrol reserve upon completion.
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Beaverhead County
Montana Highway Patrol
Butte
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Beaverhead
Madison Counties
Helena
Conditions at Poplar Exaggerated
Poplar city officials and Mayor J M Nass deny rumors of lawlessness and an imminent Indian uprising. They say the police force is not quitting and residents are not in fear, in response to a citizens action committee letter to Gov Hugo Aronson alleging unrest and a vigilante rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar
Fort Peck Indian Reservation
Citizens’ Action Committee
Hugo Aronson
City of
J M Nass
Aronson
Best Drivers Women Except Now and Then
Chicago reports contrasting data from the National Safety Council on driving. The Accident Facts yearbook shows 41,700 men and 4,100 women killed in fatal crashes last year, with men driving more and in worse weather, suggesting no clear best driver by gender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Farm Bureau Opposes Rigid Price Supports in Montana
Montana Farm Bureau officials wire Democratic senators Mansfield and Murray to oppose rigid 90 percent price supports. They warn of surpluses diverted acres federal controls and lost markets and urge flexible supports 75 to 90 percent with no Brannan dairy plan or wheat price controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Bozeman
Montana Farm Bureau
Montana
Mike Mansfield
James E. Murray
Brannan
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Dilton
Dillon Examiner
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Desonianes Me
Northwest Bancorporation
First National Bank OF
Federal Reserve District
Northwest Iorporation
Af Central
O. A
Buelow
Aca
A. Buelow
Metcalf
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
C. R. Gutermuth
The
Wildlife Management Institute
Charles Callison
National Wildlife Federation
Howard Zahniser
the Wilderness Society
Fred Packard
National Parks Association
Mike Hudoba
Izaak Walton League of America
Clair Michels
First National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance
Highway Patrol
Blue Anchor Bar and Grill
Madisonian
Alder Gulch
Henry E. Edgars
Edgar
Harry Rogers
William Sweeney
Bill Fairweather
Thomas Cover
Barney Hughes
Newfoundland
Sweeney
New Brunswick
Fairweather
St. John
San Francisco
Peter Daly
Cover
Mohave Desert
California
Hughes
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
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