Illon Elks Drum Corps Competes at State Meet
Dillon Elks drum and bugle corps placed fourth in the state Elks convention at Red Lodge last weekend earning second for appearance. Members reported a successful meeting with entertainment featuring a trip over the Red Lodge Cooke City highway. Delegates included Kenneth Wheat and W. Johnson. The convention will be in Anaconda next year.
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Dillon Elks
Aps
Elks
Red Lodge
Friay
Rder
Ooke City
Yellowtone Park
Kenneth Wheat
Harold Murray
David Hier
Burless Farrell
Tom Pinkerton
Emry K. Smith
Paul Bramsman
Paul Stahl, Jr
George Christensen
William H. Mitchell
Don Wilcox
Doyle Gorton
Preston Neff
Donald Nelson
John Bourquin
Leone Cashmore
W. Johnson
Dillon Lodge
Grand Lodge
Anaconda
Dillon Sportsmen Hold Echo Lake Picnic and Trials
More than 30 Dillon residents joined about 5 000 spectators at the district sportsmen s picnic at Echo Lake near Anaconda. Women s trapshoots saw Mrs Jack Keenan second and Mrs R M Barrett third. Emmett Simmons won the trapshoot and a telescope rifle after scoring 45x50 in the men s event. Guard, a Dillon dog owned by Vic Westergard, won the dog trials defeating a Labrador. Other events included softball boat racing diving and fly casting.
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Dillon
Echo Lake
Anaconda
Jack Keenan
R. M. Barrett
Pete Westergard
L. H. Smith
W. E. Tallent
W. Westergard
L. B. Phillips
Beaverhead Sportsmen's Association
Emmett Simmons
Vic Westergard
Butteman
Beaverhead nurse reviews year in public health service
Miss Luella Stickney, Beaverhead county public health nurse, filed her final annual report for the year ended June 30 and will resign August 1 to lead western Montana public nurses. She visited 488 homes, 69 schools, and oversaw clinics and immunizations including diphtheria and smallpox, with 870 children examined and 432 defects found.
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Luella Stickney
Beaverhead
American Red Cross
Montana
Miss Stickney
Public Health Nurses
Great Falls
Veterans of Foreign Wars to Establish Post in Dillon
A campaign to form a Dillon VFW post for local veterans is under way with A. W. Anderson and John Langford visiting. They met with Erwin Paul post No 3534 in Lima and reported Montana legislature backed five bills and a memorial aiding military affairs, all signed by Governor Ayers.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dillon
A. W. Anderson
Montana Department
John Langford
Brown’s Bridge
John Burke
Lima
Erwin Paul
Anderson
Montana
Congress
Military Affairs Committee
Ayers
Dillon golfers reach state flight finals after thunder showers
Two Dillon golfers advanced to flight finals at the Anaconda state tournament last week with H M Brundage winning fourth flight and Mrs B W Emerick losing fifth flight to Mrs J H Schwartz. Other Dillon participants included W B Hartwig George M Gosman Dr W H Stephan Jack Gilbert Tom Hartwig and Mrs W H Stephan. Thunder showers halted haying across Beaverhead county and delayed roads though no fires were reported in the Beaverhead crest.
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Dillon
Anaconda
H. M. Brundage
W. W. German
Butte
B. W. Emerick
J. H. Schwartz
W. B. Hartwig
George M. Gosman
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Dillon Elks
Red Lodge
Yellowstone Park
Beaverhead Crest
Winnetka Model School System Highlighted by Mann
James Mann, summer instructor at Montana State Normal College, described Winnetka Illinois as a model school system at a Dillon Rotary dinner. He noted its parentally oriented, project style curriculum and strong teachers under Supt. Carleton Washburne, influencing U S and foreign schools.
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Winnetka, Ill
James Mann
Montana State Normal College
Dillon Rotary Club
Mann
The
Normal College
Winnetka
Chicago
Carleton W. Washburne
United States
Washburne
Dillon forms Chamber of Commerce with public meeting
At a city hall mass, Dillon residents approved organizing a chamber of commerce. A two-week campaign to sign members began, with D A Galt to appoint two teams of three to recruit business leaders and explain the group’s work. Frank Venable, former secretary of the Butte Chamber, spoke as a guest.
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City Hall
Dillon
Chamber of Commerce
D. A. Galt
Frank Venable
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Victim Named in Butte Car Train Crash
Dorothy Krizan of Dillon died instantly when a car she rode in struck the North Coast Limited at Crackerville crossing between Butte and Anaconda. Her 18 month old son died later from injuries. Mrs. Krizan had lived in Dillon about two years before her marriage six years ago. her father Oswald Bailey worked there for several years.
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Dorothy Krizan
North Coast Limited
Crackerville
Butte
Anaconda
Dillon
Dillon Nine Stalls In State League Action
Dillon's baseball team remains bottom in the state league after three losses this week. East Helena defeated Dillon 10 to 4 as Joe Serenar pitched well for East Helena and Ralph Beudaily led the locals with three safeties. Burrell drove in three Dillon runs while Vandegrift allowed one earned run as Butte Parks beat Dillon 6 to 3, and Pat Kenny blanked Dillon 8 to 0 for Butte. A benefit dance at Dillmont Park on Saturday July 31 seeks support to complete Dillon's schedule amid disappointing attendance and concerns for Dillon baseball.
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Dillon
East Helena
Joe Serenar
Ralph Beudaily
Sam Screnar
Burrell
Vandegrift
Butte Parks
Butte
Roesti
von Ruden
Lee
Saksa
Pat Kenny
Kenny
Davis
Salsa
Robinson
Dillmont Park
Clark Gable Visits Dillon During Brief Stop
Film idol Clark Gable spent an hour in Dillon last Thursday on a trip from Flathead County. He praised Beaverhead trout streams and promised to return for fishing and hunting, signing autographs at Montana Auto Supply for eager fans. Ted Renfro guided him, and he enjoyed the town’s scenery and friendly sportsmen.
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Clark Gable
Dillon
Hollywood
Flathead Country
Beaverhead
Ted Renfro
California
Montana
Gable
Montana Auto Supply Company
Dillon Man Heads State Veterinary Association
Dr. A. C. Morrow of Dillon, a deputy state veterinarian for Beaverhead County, was elected president of the Montana Veterinary Medical Association at the Great Falls convention. He succeeds Dr. L. E. Patton of Billings and is noted as a leading Montana veterinarian. Speakers included Dr. L. E. Swanson, Dr. B. S. Killian, Dr. W. J. Butler, and G. W. Cronen.
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A. C. Morrow
Dillon
Montana Veterinary Medical Association
Great Falls
L. E. Patton
Billings
Morrow
Beaverhead County
Montana
L. E. Swanson
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
B. S. Killian
Somerville
Mass
W. J. Butler
G. W. Cronen
Bureau of Animal Industry
Couple Injured In Auto Mishap At Big Hole Basin
Mr and Mrs J E Massey of Anaconda were severely injured when their car collided with a Mutual Creamery truck on the Park to Park highway about ten miles above the Battlefield in Bitter Root territory. Mr Massey had a broken leg and Mrs Massey suffered facial lacerations. Faulty brakes on the truck were blamed for the wreck.
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Wisdom
J. E. Massey
Anaconda
Bitter Root
Battle Field
Mutual Creamery
Tragic Drowning of James E. Purdue at Blacktail Reservoir
James Edward Purdue, 20, drowned in a small irrigation reservoir in the Blacktail district near Dillon. He swam with two ranch workers after lunch. one friend cried out he was tired, and Purdue disappeared on the return. Fellow workers, unable to swim well, could not reach him. Sheriff, doctor, and an expert swimmer located the body after muddy water hid the victim.
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James Edward Purdue
Blacktail
Dillon
Hans Mikkelson
Purdue
Gaylord Thompson
Thompson
Paul Temple
G. L. Routledge
J. Campbell
Routledge
Vic
Beaverhead County Budget Board Reviews Drafts
Beaverhead county commissioners met in regular and final sessions as a board of preliminary budget on July 20 and July 26, 1937. Budgets filed with the county clerk were examined and laid on the table for investigation. No action taken on a national reemployment officer or a service contact man.
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Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Montana
W. B. Hartwig
Martin C. Jackson
Edgar B. Rife
Albert S. Baker
Messrs
R. M. Barrett
A. I. Cashmore
C. E. Blinn
Conrad O. Orr
Nell Doyle
County Fiscal Reports Highlight School Districts Balance
County clerk Albert S. Baker forwarded the annual county report to the state examiner detailing receipts of 501,229.21 and expenditures of 486,412.53 for the year ending June 10. Taxes were assessed on valuations of 15,382,541 actual and 4,881,445 assessed, with new items included by recent legislation. The superintendent’s report covers all school districts showing no deficits at the start of the year.
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State Examiner
Examiner
Albert S. Baker
Dillon Pastor Accepts Spokane Call
The Rev. H. J. Schmidt, pastor of First Presbyterian Dillon for three years, will leave in August to take the Westminster Presbyterian post in Spokane and begin Sept. 1. He succeeds the late Dr. W. W. Edmondson. Schmidt came to Dillon in 1934 from Hysham after a year there. He holds a B A from Wooster College and a bachelor of divinity from the Chicago Presbyterian Seminary. An earlier Spokane sermon preceded this call.
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H. J. Schmidt
First Presbyterian Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Spokane
Dillon
W. W. Edmondson
Mr. Schmidt
Hysham
Wooster College
Wooster
Ohio
Presbyterian Seminary
Chicago
Dil Ion Ministerial Association
St. James Episcopal Church
Schmidt
Commissioners Hold Series Special Meets in Beaverhead County
Beaverhead county board of commissioners conducts a sequence of special sessions to prepare the next year’s tax levy. They met July 19 as a board of equalization and will run through August 9. On July 20 they met as a board of preliminary budget and later as a budget conference with local school officials to review the high school budget.
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Beaverhead County
Beaverhead High Graduate Writes Bronco Busting Feature
Beaverhead County high school graduate Tom Brenner now a State University sophomore authored The Bronce Stomper in Coronet magazine. The piece originally appeared in Esquire before editors moved it to Coronet. Also noted is Sheep Come First by Hughie Call from Ennis condensed for Readers Digest in August.
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Tom Brenner
Horse Prairie
Beaverhead County
The
State University
Coronet
Esquire
Hughie Call
Ennis
Saturday Evening Post
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Illon Elks Rum Corps
TATE
Seal Lodge
Normal College Summer School
State Prison
State Hospital
Deer Lodge
Warm Springs
Normal ‘College
Lee R. Light
J. W. Williams
Literary Guild Publications
Emery M. Gibson
Gibson
University of Southern California
Jessie L. Duboc
Dillon Man Heads State Association
Montana Veterinary Group
James E. Purdue
Blacktail District
Beaverhead High Graduate Author Magazine Story
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