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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1950
Page
9
Mrs. B. Y. Thorpe of Seattle arrives with two children to join husband Mr. Thorpe who runs mining operations on the west side of McCardy mountain. He faced broken machinery and washed out roads but last Saturday recovered a ten ton truck load. He employs several men in the operation.
Mr and Mrs Jack Sturm and Mrs Genevieve Buhrer with son Frank and Lee O Leary traveled to Butte where Jack received medical care. Elections saw judges Adolph Reichle Amelia Kambich and Frances Kambich with Julia Holmlund and Mabel Piccone as clerks. Haying begins with good crops despite a cold spring. Art Holmlund visited Anaconda with dressed chickens. Eugene Bond was a Sunday guest at the Boucher home. Frank Hoffman of Dell visited the Rutledge home. Cliff O Leary and Stanley Ward plan to move trailers to Ziegler Springs for a time. A Sage Brush 4 H club square dance at Pete's hall drew praise. Bill Garrison injured a horse fall and needed a doctor.
Sunday school starts at 10 am followed by church services at 11 am with Rev Leslie preaching on The Promises of Jesus. A pulpit committee and trustees meeting will follow services. nursery care is provided during the service.
Lance Ames of Dillon was admitted to the hospital yesterday and dismissed today. Mrs. John Anderson and her baby son from Alder left the hospital today.
Virginia City Montana company opens July 28 with Bartley Campbell's My Partner set in a northern California mining camp. Edwin Barron plays a frontiersman accused of murder. Harold Smith, the mining partner. Bernard Tone returns as Wing Lee with Dari Barsness as the heroine. The cast also recreates Rip Van Winkle with Bernard Tone in the title role. Larry Barsness directs.
The article recounts Korea's postwar governance talks from 1946 to 1948, UN involvement, and the establishment of separate governments in the North and South. It details the May 1948 South Korean elections, the August 1948 North Korean candidate list, and the Sept 1948 legitimacy finding by the UN General Assembly. It then covers the 1950 invasion timeline, U.S. military aid, and rapid front-line retreats to a defense line near the 36th parallel as North Korean forces push south.
Legionnaires and auxiliaries held executive meetings ahead of the 32nd Montana department convention in Helena with civic events. The day featured the Forty and Eight parade, memorial services led by Rev. James Skinner, and a drum corps competition at Vigilante stadium with All-American judges and a Seattle majorette. An assessor's report values Beaverhead county property and livestock at about 20.7 million dollars for 1950, with notes on grazing, leasing, and tax timing impacts.
R. L. Abbott, 49, once employed by Anaconda Copper Mining Co., was found dead Friday morning near the Metlen hotel in Dillon. Officials say it appears to be a heart attack with no known relatives or reason for his presence in Dillon. Funeral arrangements were set at Brundage Funeral Home.
Beaverhead Museum draws many visitors from Dillon and beyond. A large number have registered this summer. Dillon women staffing evening shifts for ten days include Mrs. Evans Innes, Mrs. Lambert Eliel, Mrs. R. M. Gregg, Mrs. Arthur Brown, Mrs. Marie Anderson, Mrs. C. M. Casterline, Mrs. Lena Boone, Miss Nancy Barrett, Miss Constance Barrett, Mrs. A. H. French, Mrs. George Mithun, Mrs. T. E. Luebben, and Mrs. Frank Tyro.
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