Rodeo Queen Race Under Way With Prizes in Offing
Dillon begins its Rodeo Queen contest this week with ticket pickup at the chamber of commerce museum building. Ten percent of ticket sales will go to each contestant, with top five winning extra prizes from local merchants. The finalists ride and perform August 30 before the final rodeo dance August 31 for the crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Appliance
Dillon Merchants
Joe Smith
Toggery
Eliels
Vaughn- Ragsdales
Dobbs
McCracken
Mews
Rodeo Association
Chamber
Heart Attack Takes Early-day Business Man of Melrose
Otto Boetticher 80, longtime Hecla Mining affiliate executive, died of a heart attack at his Melrose home. Native of Indianapolis, he moved to Montana in 1887 to run Hecla Mercantile and Bank ing company, later managed Melrose Mercantile. Survived by widow, four sons Otto Jr, Paul, K C, W D, and five daughters, plus 17 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral held at Melrose community church with interment in Melrose cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Boetticher
Hecla Mining
Montana
Melrose
Boetticher
Mr. Boetticher
Indianapolis
Ind
Hecla Mercantile and Banking Company
Henry Knippenberg
Hecla
Melrose Mercantile Company
Beaverhead
Glendale
Otto Boetticher, Jr
Paul G. Boetticher
Dillon
K. C. Boetticher
Jackson
W. D. Boetticher
Chicago
Henry Meine
Burl Stephens
Joe Henault
Marysville
Wash
Dan Matthews
Starrucca
Frank Little
Kalispell
George Bateman
Cecil Mitton
High River
Alta
Canada
R. L. Jones
Wise River
C. E. Harvey
Flo Harvey
Butte
Robert
Jack
Karl Boetticher
Tom Little
Donald Jones
Warren Kunkel
First Presbyterian Church
Melrose Cemetery
Paul Boetticher
Nellie Poole
Bannack Observance Marks Gold Discovery and Lewis and Clark
The Bannack event celebrating Montana's first gold discovery and the Lewis and Clark expedition drew about 100 attendees. Beaverhead DAR sponsored the 38th annual program with remarks by Rush Jordan of Western Montana College, plus messages from pioneers groups and local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannack
Lewis and Clark
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Daughters of the American Revolution
Harris Smith
Gene Moore
Charles Anderson
H. Warren Kunkel
Presbyterian Church
Rush Jordan
Western Montana College of Education
Jean Bishop
Roy Crismas
Missoula
Society of Montana Pioneers
Robert Cooney
Helena
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
A. H. French
James Mansfield
Mabel Ovitt
Montana
Luther Smith
Beaverhead Post, American Legion Auxiliary. Miss Bishop
Dar
Two Forks
Armstead
America
Undesirables Detained as Police Move On Transients
Police chief Dan Mooney and officers cleared a depot lawn of loafers after a week of vigilance. Twenty seven transients boarded a freight train out of the city when ordered to move on. One inmate attempted a burglary at a local saloon, prompting additional jailing and escort to the next outgoing train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Mooney
Calaboose
Mooney
Rehearsal Scene From Tell All the Girls to Write in Virginia City
A Virginia City Playhouse rehearsal shows two washing machines and two girls, Jackie Armour of Missoula and Judy Midgette of New York, to illustrate changing washing days while the Virginia City Players perform the 1882 Montana musical comedy Tell All The Girls to Write opening August 2 at the Old Stone Barn Playhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
Mont
Jackie Armour
Missoula
Western Montana College of Education
Lalls
Judy Midgette
New York City
Virginia City Players
Jackie
Montana
Old Stone Barn Playhouse
Metcalf Holds Narrow Lead in Western Dem Nomination
Lee Metcalf leads Lt. Gov. Paul Cannon by 55 votes in the Democratic Western congressional nomination race. Metcalf, an associate Supreme Court justice, says he expects the margin to stand after the state canvassing board reviews returns. Metcalf 13,905 to Cannon 13,850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Metcalf
Democratc
Paul Cannon
Metcalf
Supreme Court
Cannon
Barrett Hospital Admits Local Patients
Patients admitted during the past week include Mrs Boyd Koenig William Hayes Mrs Earl Lee Boyce Vincent Maade all of Dillon Ed Donneley of Armstead and Shirley Bacon of Wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Koenig
William Hayes
Earl Lee Boyce
Vincent Maade
Dillon
Ed Donneley
Armstead
Shirley Bacon
Wisdom
Oil and Gas Structures in Beaverhead County Record Geological History
In Beaverhead County the Cities Service Oil Company series shows past geologic work and current drilling reveal Montana and Idaho geologic history. The area contains Paleozoic Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks with multiple eras represented and breaks due to uplift and erosion shaping the stratigraphic record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Cities Service Oil Company
Monida
Montana
Idaho
Inter-Mountain
Bitterroot
Centennial Mountain Ranges
Girl Scout Day Camp Opens Next Week
Thirty girls registered with Mrs. Sam Cardinale for a Dillon Girl Scout council day camp at WMCE starting Monday August 4 through Friday August 8. Mrs. Russell Stewart directs with aides including Mrs. Charles Deputy and high school helpers, and an organizational meeting is set for Friday at 3 p.m. at the scout house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Cardinale
WMCE
Dillon Girl Scout Council
Russell Stewart
Stewart
Charles Deputy
Bill Mitchell
Joe Bergeson
Paul Parkinson
Monte Melton
Carol Mockel
Elizabeth Ann Orr
Janet Brown
Sylvia Ibey
Klairene Green
Betty Mockel
Scout House
Frank D. Piazzola Taken by Death in Dillon
Frank D. Piazzola 70 a Dillon resident for 20 years died Tuesday night at his son Louis Piazzola’s home after a brief illness. Born in Tyrol Italy he came to the United States 45 years ago and lived in Butte and Whitehall before moving to Dillon in 1933. Surviving are two sons two daughters in law a daughter in law a nephew and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. The body is at Brundage funeral home with a requiem high mass Saturday at 10 am at St Rose Church interment Mountain View Rosary Friday at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Piazzola
Dillon
Louis Piazzola
Tale
Mr. Piazzola
Tyrol
Italy
United States
Butte
Whitehall
Lawrence Piazzola
Mary Prime
Elizabeth Hettick
Mamie Piazzola
Pete Piazzola
Whithall
Brundage Funeral Home
Timothy Clifford
St. Rose Catholic Church
Mountain View
Brundage Chapel
Crowd Attends Joie Chitwood Show at Fairgrounds
A large crowd of about 900 paid spectators attended Joie Chitwood’s auto daredevil show at the fairgrounds Tuesday night. Dr. W. E. Monger of the Junior Chamber of Commerce announced 15 percent of gate receipts would go to the city park fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joie Chitwood
Fairgrounds
W. E. Monger
Junior Chamber of Commerce
City Park Fund
Dillon-Sheridan Stage Service Suspended After Four Months
L. B. Preston announced suspension of stage service between Dillon, Twin Bridges, and Sheridan. Service began March 24 and ended July 29. The Montana Railway Commission granted a suspension until January 1, 1953 or until Twin Bridges Dillon road completion. Preston cited lack of passenger traffic and parcel business, noting financial loss but expressing hope the next attempt may succeed once the road is finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Preston
Dillon
Twin Bridges
Sheridan
Montana Railway Commission
Preston
Kids Fish Derby Opens August 9 In Blacktail Area
Jaycees sponsored Kids Fish Derby begins Saturday at 1 p m in the Blacktail area with free entry for children 12 and under. Hundreds of legal trout from Ennis Hatchery will be released, each tagged to win prizes from local sponsors. Donors and prize details to be announced next week.
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Jaycee
Ennis Fish Hatchery
The
Jaycees
Robert Wright TV Fund Reaches 248 For New Set
A final fund tally shows 248.10 contributed to buy a first class TV set for Robert Wright’s hospital room. Dealers in Long Beach have offered a cost unit and a draft will be sent to Mr Wright. Final contributors include Mrs W J Bierrum Emmett Jones Bill Bjorni Leonard Hansen Stranger and Friend. Additional names Frank Madden Les Staudenmeyer and Harry Tash were overlooked previously. Bill and Hugh supplied the contribution-box signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Wright
Mr. Wright
Long Beach
Calif
Stranger
Championship of Country Club Attracts Golfers
The Dillon Country Club announces eight players in the championship flight for the club title with first round matches set for next Sunday. Flights include Championship Puyear vs Schulz Redd vs Gosman Monger vs Townsend and Rees vs Brundage, plus Grasshopper Sheep Creek Horse Prairie Blacktail and early round pairings. Matches are 18 holes, with option for two nine-hole rounds, through August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Country Club
Walter Brundage
P. Puyear
Leonard Schulz
Ben Redd
George Gosman
W. E. Monger
E. C. Townsend
Jack Rees
Grasshopper
Parkinson
Stephen
Beaverhead Youth Fair adds rodeo events in 1952 Dillon
Dillon hosts Beaverhead County Youth Fair August 15 17 with 4 H and FFA entries livestock and home economics exhibits. New attractions include amateur rodeo races calf roping and a youth talent show with county and adjoining county participation.
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Dillon
Beaverhead County
Dimont Park
Chamber of Commerce
FFA
Beaverhead
Jefferson County
Dillon Bpo Elks
Norman Downing
Arnold Benson
Arthur Bay
Harry Tash
Norman Nelson
Parke Scott
Homer Turner
Chester Downing
Lara B. Penwell
Clair Michels
Red Cross Drive Moves Up To September In Beaverhead
Beaverhead chapter of the American Red Cross votes to advance the annual membership drive to September citing shortfall last year. The meeting with W. W. Read discussed mobile blood unit options and boosting first aid and disaster leadership with local officers and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
American Red Cross
S. P. Meade
W. W. Read
Montana
Ronnie Orman
Red Cross
Bert Cochrane
Union Pacific
Blood For Freedom
Read
Red Cross Organization
Wife of Former Dillon Man Fatally Burned
Mrs. Oren Sassman wife of a former Dillon resident died in Fosston Minnesota from burn injuries after kerosene heater explosion at her father's Erskine home. She saved herself by wrapping in blankets then died from complications. She taught home economics and planned to return to Salmon Idaho. Funeral plans set with Otto Sassman and relatives traveling from Montana and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren Sassman
Dillon
Minnie M. Sassman
Otto H. Sassman
Fosston
Minn
O. A. Solem
Erskine
Circle and Bridger
Montana
Minnesota
Clyde Edwards
Montesano
Wash
Otto Sassman
August Softball Schedule for Dillon League
Ray Lynch has compiled the Dillon softball schedule for August. All games are at Vigilante field and begin at 6 15 PM. Matches include Beaverhead Bar Supply against College on August 4 and 15, Beaverhead Bar Supply versus Montana Auto on August 6, College versus Eagle Bar on August 8, College versus Montana Auto on August 11, Montana Auto versus Eagle Bar on August 13, and Eagle Bar versus Montana Auto on August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Softball League
Ray Lynch
Vigilante Field
Beaverhead Bar Supply
College
Montana Auto
Eagle Bar
Beaverhead
Montana
Uto
MSC Honor Students Shine Across Montana State College
Jean R Staudenmeyer joins Montana State College honor roll for spring quarter with grade averages from 0.90 to 0.9249. Janet B Keefer of Dillon and William M Cook of Dwin Bridges also earned honor roll ratings.
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MSC
Jean. R. Staudenmeyer
Montana State College
Janet. B. Keefer
Dillon
William M. . Cook
Dwin Bridges
Also Mentioned on This Page
K. Ross Toole
Historical Society At
Historical Society of Montana
J. Armour
J. Midgette
Dillon Examiner
Col. Ray E. Colton
Dillon-Sheridan
Blacktail Area
Robert Wright TV
Championship of Country Club
Sylvester Meade
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