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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1952
Page
1
The Dillon Jaycees with the state fish and game department sponsor a weekend fish derby for children 12 and under aboard Blacktail Creek. The event runs August 9 from 1 to 3 pm and continues through the season with prizes from local merchants and special opening day gifts.
The Ladies Auxiliary to Lloyd Whipple post No. 4163 VFW met with President Ann Malesich presiding. They planned a 6 o'clock picnic dinner for Thursday July 24 at Birch Creek and named Evelyn Morey Elveretta Johnson Jean Wenger and Rose O'Donnell as the arrangements committee. Members needing transport or information may contact committee members.
Beaverhead and Madison county junior boys are registered for the sixth annual Boys State under the Montana American Legion. Delegates include Charles Murray William Thomas Kenneth Trowbridge Robert Romers Clayton Schulz Lee Orr Dick Denny Fred Hill John Magnus Clark Hansen Gary Berryman Marvin Love Russell Bailey Theodore Levin Ronnie Paige Jerry Lightfoot Roy Weston Loran Frazer and others from Dillon Sheridan Ennis Pony Virginia City Twin Bridges and Lima. Assistant Director Ted Hazelbaker reports 333 delegates registered with advance preparations under way.
Montana Fish and Game reports over 35 000 antelope permit applications and 2400 moose permit applications received by the July 19 deadline. Antelope season may begin as early as September 4 and end by November 16 in Lake county area 5. Moose season runs October 15 to November 15 in guest areas with longer two month periods in some regions and November 1 to December 15 in area 17.
Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce hosts 30 members to plan the annual 4 H fair on August 16 and 17. A kiddies parade with prizes, a model plane contest, free roller skating at Dillmont Park, and the Elks talent show are scheduled. Adults receive ribbons. non 4 H members may win prizes. Concessions will be bid to churches and civic groups. A July 24 meeting will finalize the program.
Mrs. William McFadden remains in Barrett Hospital after a horse she rode at the Art Bay ranch bolted and cleared a fence, throwing her. She suffered a broken arm collar bone and three ribs and is listed as Payette by staff.
Early Friday a roadblock near Monida led to the arrest of Carry Clark of Idaho Falls, linked to a Dillon car theft the previous evening. Deputy Jack Perkins and Lima officer Larry Peterson recovered the vehicle belonging to Fred Mosbrey. Clark claimed AWOL status from the Marines. Dan Mooney broadcast the alert. He is held for the county attorney.
Dan Sweeney a junior at Western Montana College of Education was elected national treasurer of the Future Teachers of America at a July 15 meeting in Ypsilanti Michigan. He is the sole national officer from the far west and serves as Montana chapter president ex officio. The convention had 40 delegates from 32 states and 400 chapters with 2300 members. Sweeney resides at 413 West Aluminum, Butte.
The Dillon baseball team won 12-4 against Twin Bridges on Sunday. Carr earned the win for Dillon while DeTon ancour pitched for Twin Bridges. Greenfield hit a home run for Dillon as fans enjoyed a solid exhibition.
Official Beaverhead canvas shows 1851 votes or 54.2 percent of 3413 registered electors cast in the July 15 primary. The Dillon Examiner carries final results and notes names across precincts, including county attorney, judge, justice of the peace, and constable tallies, with several write-ins and party splits noted.
The Beaverhead Wool Pool shipped 160000 pounds of wool, believed the largest clip from any Montana pool. Four cars loaded the shipment, with 137 members averaging over 1100 pounds. The wool goes to Denver for core testing and grading by government graders.
Frank J. Lasich of Dillon lodge No. 1554 B P O E is named district deputy exalted ruler of Montana by Sam Stern grand exalted ruler of Fargo North Dakota. Lasich joined Dillon lodge May 18 1929 served as exalted ruler 1939 1940 elected secretary November 1942 re elected March 1952 for 11th term. He and his wife depart Thursday for Great Falls to attend the state convention.
Col Ray E. Colton discusses how oil would be trapped in permeable porous reservoir rocks encased by impermeable strata. He notes that ancient Montana seas left hydrocarbons buried beneath volcanic layers and explains why certain igneous rocks cannot host oil. The focus is Madison limestone anticlines as likely oil zones near Monida and southern Beaverhead County.
A Beaverhead DAR led observance will mark the 90th anniversary of the Grasshopper creek gold find near Bannack Montana. The program starts at 2 PM with Rush Jordan and other speakers addressing Montana history and the Grasshopper region. Picnic lunches are encouraged.
Dillon directors outlined an eight event rodeo program for August 1952 including horse racing relay bronc and bareback riding bulldogging calf roping wild horse racing and team roping. The Rodeo Queen contest was set to start August 1 with finals August 30 and a grand prize details to be announced by Jay McCarthy.
Ray Lynch and Emil Kamps announced from Miles City that Dillon won the 1953 Montana State Firemen convention site. The Dillon department expects about 300 delegates and will benefit from Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce support and Dillon's hospitality.
Mrs. Hope Hall of Dillon was notified by the Department of Defense that her son Pvt 1/e Doren E Hall has been wounded in the Korean area. The extent of his injuries is not yet learned. Hall has many friends in Monida Lima and Dillon and is the grandson of Mrs Laura Cochran.
O A Bergeson, former Montana Reclamation president, reported in Helena that Congress has appropriated 300 million dollars for Montana flood control irrigation and power schemes above Fort Peck dam. Projects include five Beaverhead county dams led by Clark Canyon on Beaverhead River. Final steps for contracts are to be set and construction may begin soon as 1953 plans are prepared.
Montana State University Missoula announces its spring quarter honor roll listing former Beaverhead and Madison county graduates. Samuel E. Davis Daniel Dennis and John R. Peterson are named, with Mary Lou Marsh Sheridan Virginia Balkovetz Gladys Lewis and Pauline Oberg Twin Bridges also honored.
Knute Johnson a local ranch hand forfeited a $100 cash bond after failing to appear for a hearing in police court Monday Judge George E Baker announced. He was charged with drunken driving.
The state highway commission announced bids will be opened July 30 on five state contracts including the Dillon Twin Bridges project. The 10.32 miles of grading and draining will connect highways 34 and 41 from Yellowstone Park to Dillon with completion set for December 31.
The Dillon Girl Scout council announces a Beaverhead county day camp for girls in grades two through five. Camp runs August 4 to 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the WMCE campus with Mrs. Russell Stewart as director. Registration is July 29 from 1 to 5 p.m. at 419 South Atlantic. fee is $1.
Birth announcements list a series of newborns with the parents and dates including Mr and Mrs William Brown a girl July 12 and Mr and Mrs Milton Bourassa a boy July 15 others include Mr and Mrs Chan Stallings Jr a girl July 17 and Mr and Mrs Dick McCracken a son July 21 Admitted names include Mrs K McFadden of Dillon and Jerry McCullan of Rexburg Idaho
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