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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1954
Page
8
Final shipments of Beaverhead wool clips were sent from the Williams Feed and Machinery warehouse last week. Dave Williams estimated about 850000 pounds shipped from the warehouse this year, with additional shipments from loading points along the Union Pacific from Divide to Monida.
The second five weeks term of summer school opened Monday July 19 with new students enrolling. The summer school Go annual event will take place Thursday with classes dismissed and faculty and students going to the Birch Creek dinner station for a picnic.
John Hill seventy three year old resident of Beaverhead county for 45 years was found dead in his cabin on North Rife Street after suffering a fatal heart attack. He was born in Finland on October 20 1881 and came to the United States as a young man. He joined the Moose lodge in Dillon in 1934 and is survived by a sister Mrs Elizabeth Vare of Mabel Wisconsin and a nephew John Hillberg of Cascade Idaho. The remains are at Brundage mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
Delegates at the 1954 Montana 4-H club congress at Montana State College, Aug 24-27, will test skills in judging and identifying clothing foods home improvements meats beef sheep swine dairy poultry vegetables and field crops. The program includes plant ID 25 species tractor maintenance dress revue and rural arts talent selections with one girl per county for the dress event.
Henry Mikkelson becomes Sanders county agent at Thompson Falls effective July 19, succeeding Kim Roberts. He brings a broad background from Granite and Beaverhead counties, and two years of Iraq extension work with the Point IV program. Mikkelson and wife Lillian Stone, a former home demonstration agent, recently returned from Baghdad on extended leave.
Members and friends of First Lutheran church plan a congregation picnic after Sunday morning service at Birch Creek Dinner Station. Attendees should bring food for their own families and games and recreation will be available.
The annual Girl Scout day camp returns to Western Montana College of Education campus from July 26 to 30 for girls in first through fourth grades in Beaverhead and Madison counties and children of college students. Registration and fee details are provided with contact info for Mrs. Russell Stewart at 538 Kentucky Ave.
James McCashin, service officer for the state veterans welfare commission, visits Dillon each Thursday with headquarters at Montana state employment service. He offers free aid to all veterans on pensions insurance employment vocational rehabilitation education and other benefits under current laws.
The tour concludes in Virginia City with a dramatic finish as the reporter highlights the event as a fitting climax to an exciting tour. Fans witness a bold finale that caps the stockmen circuit.
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