Service Men News From Dillon Area Roster Update
Dillon area notes update service men with new addresses for Pvt. Douglas Vege and Lt. Paul Stahl Jr. plus Walter Shaffner and other Beaverhead county men in Australia and the U. S. training camps. It covers scholarships, loans for war effort training, and the Normal college honor roll of alumni in uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Stahl, Jr
Camp Crowder, Mo
New Jersey
Walter Shaffner
Life Magazine
Walter
Marine Corps
Great Lakes Naval Station
Chicago
John F. Shaffner
Dillon
Fort Lewis
U. S
Australia
Beaverhead County
Don K. Shaffner
Floyd Pahnish
Arthur Christensen
Normal College
Uncle Sam
College Art Club
Art Club
Mary B. Timerick
Chanticleers
William Bayerd
Edward Chouinard
Foran Crabbs
Grease 1 Sys Whip El's To Stay Tops In League
Davis Motors Grease boys hold the top spot despite missing four regulars to labor in the Big Hole valley. Eliel's battles Davis Motors for second as Glendive outfielders miss overtime work. George Chism and Al Ward paced hitters with key singles and perfect averages, while the Ranchers and Safeway trailed in the league standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Motors
Big Hole Valley
Peterson
Carl Davis
Naval Air Corps
Safeway
Eliel
Glendive
George Chism
Grease Monkies
al Ward
Dry Goods Boys
Harrison
R.H.E. Low
Bay
S—E. Sorenson
MM. Pederson
Davis
G.pires
A. Green
S. Meade
R.H.E. Randers
F. Vande B. Evans
R. Harrison
Um- R. Kramer
A. Sen
W. Evans
Mulkey
Davis and Brown
Pires
J. Fuller
L. Pet
Elliel’s
H Pet
F. Little
C. Davis
Chism
F. Vandegrift
Umpgrift
A. Wright
Ram Sale Set For Sept. 28
The annual ram show and sale is planned for September 28. Co. Agent Bernard Williams announces the date and serves as secretary of the event. The Chamber of Commerce sponsors the sale with committee members Whitworth Morse Cornell and Williams. Breeders are being contacted to line up consignments. Last year 15 firms consigned 348 rams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. Agt
Bernard Williams
Chamber of Commerce
S. E. Whitworth
Howard Morse
Roscoe G. Cornell
Absent Ballots Mailed for Primary Election
County Clerk Albert 8. Baker announced that eighty one applications were received in time to mail absent ballots for the primary. A complete count of returned ballots was not ready. The farthest applicants were in Anchorage Alaska with two ballots returned by yesterday morning.
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Albert 8. Baker
Anchorage
Alaska
Dillon merchants rally to exceed Heroes Day bond goal
The Dillon Dillon and Beaverhead county bond drive for American Heroes Day aimed at $20,000 and grossed $33,404 with many firms contributing. Eliel’s led with $13,690.10, Bonds Grocery and others added hundreds to thousands, reflecting strong community support for war bonds and related drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Lambert Eliel
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Beaverhead County
USO
Red Cross
Eliel’s
Bond
Graeter- Waldorf
Hazelbaker Insurance Agency
Orr Flowers
J W. Walters
Gogman Drug Store
the Oasis
Electric and Variety
McCracken Bros
Warner's Food
W. D. Tovey
Vaughn- Ragsdale
J. Co. Penney Co
the Mint
Standard Lumber & Coal Co
Rotary told of dentists in war time
Arthur Armstrong, Junior Red Cross representative from St. Paul, spoke of Alaska at a Rotary meeting. Dr. R. D. Curry discussed dentistry's role in the war effort, noting many service rejections due to dental issues and the push to place every qualified dentist. Guests included Dr. Robert J. Stephan, Dr. K. D. Maynard, and E. C. Baxter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Armstrong
Red Cross
St. Paul
Minn
Alaska
Fairbanks
University of Alaska
R. D. Curry
Boston
Seattle
Robert J. Stephan
University of Iowa
Helena
K. D. Maynard
Elmira
N. Y
E. C. Baxter
Harlowton
Mont
Induction Call Lists for August Include 30 Recruits
Fifty men reported for August 4 examination in Butte. On August 12 nine more Class 1-B inductees listed, with names and hometowns including Jensen Glen dale Olsen Melrose Fannin Seattle Tayne Dillon Christensen Cudahy Reichle Moore Glendale Kurtz Cudahy Lakner Dillon Berry Long Beach Genzler Garnu Iowa Osborne Glendale Tucker Wisdom McEvoy Seattle Gilbert Dallas Bunnell Lima Carr Lima Langdorf Dillon Ries Dillon Olson Dillon Baldwin Lima Rickets Nampa Thiel Dillon Zell Dell Saltsgiver American Falls Newbold Polaris Arnold Monida Guerre Butte Hart Palmer from Minden Ritschel Wisdom Hartwig Dillon Howard Bulmer Wisdom Hartwig Hartwig etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Harry William Jensen
Glendale
Calif
Orville Frederick Olsen
Melrose
Bryant Wallace Fannin
Seattle
Wash
William Francis Tayne
Dillon
Harry George Christensen
Cudahy
California
George William Reichle
Reichle
Fred Rollinson Moore
George Daniel Kurtz
John Lakner
Lawrence Calhoun Berry
Long Beach
Martin Carl Genzler
Garnu
Iowa
Chas
Lawrence Osborne
Charles Dan Tucker
Wisdom
Joseph Gerald McEvoy
Wilbur Gladstone Gilbert, Jr
Dallas
Texas
Dewey Charles Bunnell
Lima
William Benjamin Carr
Sam Langdorf
Edward S. Ries
Walter Edmund Olson
Lloyd Daniel Baldwin
Arthur Rickets
Nampa
Idaho
Warren Harding Thiel
Clyde Dewey Zell
Dell
Joseph Charles Saltsgiver
American Falls
Walter Alfred Newbold
Polaris
William Arnold
Monida
Joseph Guerre
Cecil Leonard
Hubbard
Nicholas Leo Heltreline
Stuart S. Maynes
Grant
Emil Leonard Kamps
William J. Foley
Baluce W. Dotson
Armstead
Ray Malone
Francis Donald McDonald
Emery Lloyd Koontz
Glen Royalton Cove
Lee Nelson
Pendleton
Ore
Lawrence Herschel Johnson
Elmer F. Wanstedt
Elmer Raymond Bulmer
John F. Hartwig
Fred Henry Reitz
James Arthur Nicholson
Russell John Schultz
Anaconda
Max Comfort Nye
Cyrenus Lynn Hall
Earl Leslie Fairbanks, Jr
James Henry Barden
Charles Wesley Hart Palmer
Minden
Nev
Chester Paul Ritschel
Elko
Frank Merle Judge
Leo Bernard Walsh
Riverside
Jack Ary
Gaylord Santee Rea
Milica Dillons
Pps
Os Idaho
Ace Joseph Edward Lamnius
Flood Threat To Election Discovered At Courthouse
County Clerk Albert S. Baker found water seeping into the courthouse basement last Saturday evening endangering ballots and supplies for seven precincts. About 40 gallons were bailed before the main was shut off, with an emergency hose supplying water during repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert S. Baker
Clerk Baker
Prosecution of Auto Stamp Evaders in Montana
Lewis Penwell, Montana tax collector, announces a statewide drive to locate auto tax stamp violators for the period ending June 30 1943. Five dollar stamps sold at post offices from June 10 to August 1 and at the Helena IRS office. noncompliance may lead to prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Penwell
Internal Revenue
District of Montana
Congress
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Penwell
Montana
Highway Patrol
Collector of Internal Revenue
Helena
Bozeman
Father Causes Son Arrest in Montana Job Trip
Idaho authorities requested Sheriff Paul Temple to detain Gene Packer of Rexburg as he and three companions arrived for a job-hunting expedition. The boy's father claimed he stole two tires, but Packer denied the accusation stating the car was his and the tires borrowed from his grandfather. Deputy Hansen accompanied the sheriff to return the youth to Rexburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Paul Temple
Gene Packer
Rexburg
Packer
Montana
Mr. Packer
Hansen
Dillon
Crickets Scarce in Bedrock Centennial Districts
County agent Bernard Williams reports comparatively few grasshoppers or crickets in the Bedrock and Centennial valleys after a tour last week. He cites late spring as a factor and says hatchings may come, but even then damage to crops will likely beLimited, and not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ct. Agt
Bernard Williams
Bedrock
Centennial Valley
Bonnie Lou George Returns Home After Appendectomy
Miss Bonnie Lou George has returned to her home after an appendectomy at Barrett Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Lou George
The
Barrett Hospital
Legion votes to open membership to World War II veterans
Delegates elected George M. Gosman and Dr. F M Poindexter to the National convention in Kansas City, with Kalispell chosen as next year’s site if war progress allows. The body urged Congress to amend the Legion charter to admit WWII veterans, a shift Beaverhead Post previously opposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Gosman
F. M. Poindexter
Legion
Kansas City
Department
Butte
Kalispell
Montana
Congress
Beaverhead Post
Women’s Auxiliary
Post
J. W. McCarthy
T. E. Gilbert
D. W. Paddock
Poindexter
John Wenger
George Gosman
Glen Lyon
Ben Davis
C. J. Horren
H. M. Warner
Dillon chamber study cites farm wage issues and emergency plan
The Dillon Chamber of Commerce labor committee led by S. E. Whitworth examined farm labor wages and recommended steps if conditions worsen. A survey of local businesses identified potential emergency staffing, including vacation relief and part time job options for Dillon merchants and clerks to ease upcoming haying and harvest periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Whitworth
Dillon Chamber of Commerce
Bernard Williams
Agricultural War Board
Big Hole
Whitworth
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Pete Lasich Released After Appendicitis Operation
Pete Lasich has been discharged from Barrett hospital following an appendicitis operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Lasich
Barrett Hospital
Beaverhead County Nominates County Officials in Primary
Beaverhead County voters chose county candidates with Paul Stahl Jr and L G Staudenmeyer leading party tickets in a modest turnout. Uncontested offices include Don E. Anson Albert S. Baker J P Best Leonard Schulz and Christine Smith Opp Margaret Sweeney. State races feature Rankin Murray Hazelbaker Mansfield O Connell Young and Murray in various posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Paul Stahl, Jr
L. G. Staudenmeyer
John Troupe
John Pendergast
Evelyn Lloyd
Hayes Baxter
Don E. Anson
Wisdom
Albert S. Baker
J. P. Best
Leonard Schulz
Christine Smith
Margaret Sweeney
Wellington D. Rankin
U. S
James F. Murray
Congress
Howard K. Hazelbaker
Mike Mansfield
Jerry J. O'Connell
Leonard C. Young
R. S. Murray
Hay Harvest Off To Late Start In Beaverhead County
A late spring delayed hay harvest in Beaverhead County with crews arriving 10 days to two weeks late. Labor shortages since World War I push ranchers to form community work groups, while mechanized gear speeds tasks. High school students, both boys and many girls, join hay operations atop derricks and mowers as locally grown stacks multiply daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Hole
Beaverhead
Farmers invest in future payment funds and govt bonds
Members of the National Farm Loan Associations in the Bozeman group spanning Beaverhead Madison Jefferson Gallatin Park Broadwater and Meagher counties follow President Roosevelt urging debt repayment. They report over 44 000 set aside for future payments with the Federal Land Bank of Spokane and the bank has bought more than five million dollars in government bonds in the past year as a war bond support measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Farm Loan Associations
Bozeman Group
Beaverhead
Madison
Jefferson
Gallatin
Park
Broadwater
Meagher
Roosevelt
A. E. Williams
Spokane
Land Bank and
Land Bank Commissioner
Williams
Land ‘Bank
National Moose Officer Visits Dillon Lodge on Friday
E A Kallen deputy supreme secretary visited Dillon lodge No 513 I O O F at the IOOF hall after a business session led by Governor Orin Pilon. The visit was part of a country tour visiting state conventions and local lodges with a Montana conclave planned at Deer Lodge July 23 to 25 and delegates elected by the Dillon lodge.
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Dillon
Royal Order of Moose
E. A. Kallen
Mooseheart
Ind
I.O
Orin Pilon
Kallen
Montana
Deer Lodge
First Aid Course Set to Start August 3
Harold M. Snow announces an advanced first aid training course to be held the week beginning August 3. Eligible participants must hold advance certificates from prior training courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Snow
Civilian Defense Committee
Snow
Beaverhead County Commissioners Meet in July 1942 Session
Beaverhead county Montana held its regular monthly session on July 6 1942 with Commissioners Henneberry Hartwig and Clerk Baker. A sale of lots 1 to 7 in Block 28 East Side Addition Dillon totaled 48 dollars. Bonds and securities were approved for the quarter. A petition requested two cattle guards on upper Horse Prairie county road to reduce lane trap and improve winter maintenance. Henneberry was tasked to study the petition and report at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Dillon
Rie County
Wyna
Horse Prairie
Maiden Creek
J. H. Smith
C. A. Barrett
Howard Miller
Arthur Salmon
E. W. Smith
Shorty Miller
H. R. Peterson
Henneberry
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Pvt
Douglas Vege
A.A.R.T.C
U.S. Army
Camp Wallace
Doug
Jackson
Robert Doyle Gordon
Bat. C
56Th Tr. Bn
C.A
A.A
Camp Callan
San Diego
Andy O. Smith
Beavers
Army Officer’s Training School
Aberdeen
O.T.C
W. O. Smith
Los Angeles
Federal Security Administration
War Manpower Commission
United States
John W. Studebaker
Rotary
Dr. Curry
Lloyd, Stahl
Staudenmeyer
NFLA
Moose Lodge
Hartwig
Shaw and Baker