Beaverhead Lad Fatally Wounded by Pistol Shot
Richard Watts four year old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Watts of Dell died of a neck bullet wound from an accidental discharge. The incident happened at noon Friday while the boy’s parents fished near their ranch 25 miles southwest of Dell. He reached for his father’s 22 caliber pistol in the back seat and the gun fired. He was taken to Dillon for treatment.
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Richard Watts
Robert Watts
Dillon
G. L. Routledge
State University Head to Speak at Dillon Rotary Dinner
Dr. George Finlay Simmons president of the State University will address the Dillon Rotary Club at its weekly dinner next week. He will also deliver the commencement address at the Normal College in Dillon. Dr. Sheldon E. Davis president of the Normal College reported on the Rotary convention in Kalispell. Harold Snow announced a board planning meeting for the near future and next year. Chester Hale chaired the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Normal College
Sheldon B. Davis
Davis
Adam and
Eva
Bolton and
Middleton
College
George Finlay Simmons
The
State University
Dillon Rotary Club
R. EB. Al‘prikht. Simmons
Dillon
Galvan
Normal College
Sheldon E. Davis
Dillon Club
Kalispell
Harold Snow
Dillon Group
Chester Hale
Dillon Quiet Over The Double Holiday
Dillon was exceptionally quiet over the double holiday as residents fled to the outdoors for camping and fishing. Elke entertained at a Dillmont park dance Friday night with a local committee guiding the event and a second park dance Saturday drew a large crowd. Beaverhead post of the American Legion held its Memorial service at Mountain View cemetery Friday night with veterans graves decorated.
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Dillon
Dillon Elke
Dillmont Park
C. A. Beckler
Emery Smith
L. Ott Gordon
Beaverhead
American Legion
Mountains S View Cemetery
Silver Bow County
Instructors Appointed for Short Term Normal
Mrs. Catherine Burns Goodsell will be summer violin and public school music instructor, replacing Miss Irene Bond who resigned. She trained at Carleton College Northern State Teachers College University of Iowa and Eastman School of Music. Her career includes music supervision and orchestral direction at state teachers colleges. Mrs Goodsell lives in Bozeman with husband Ben Goodsell, a violin instructor. Miss Helen G. Perry is named instructor in fine art starting autumn quarter after earning a Master of Art from the University of Iowa. She has six years as art supervisor in Fort Madison schools. She replaces Miss Elizabeth Moeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Burns Goodsell
Irene Bond
Goodsell
Carleton College
Northern State Teachers College
Aberdeen
University of Iowa
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
New York
Atrial Performer Killed In Ontario High Tower Fall
Sue Ulric a member of the Four Jacks aerial act died May 7 in Ontario Canada after a rope broke during a leap, she fell 80 feet from the tower and died instantly. The incident followed a past summer remark that she might not live another year. In Wisdom visitors included the Atteberry Swiney families from Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Ulric
Dillon
C. F
Zeiger
Ontario
Canada
Miss Ulric
Heavy Showers Drench Beaverhead County This Week
Beaverhead county received a thorough soaking with continuous rain since Sunday night. Two miniature cloudbursts flooded Dillon streets, followed by steady drizzle and last night snow, slowing shearing and outdoor construction but welcomed by ranchers as dirt roads turned muddy.
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Beaverhead County
Dillon
Willey and Stewart Families Take Idaho Trip
Mr and Mrs Ray Willey with son Dale and Mr and Mrs Arch Stewart with sons Bobbie Harry and Dunkeh traveled Sunday into Idaho. They ate lunch in Leadore and returned via Dillon. they later joined Mr and Mrs Joe Arbour in Reichle for an evening meal.
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Ray Willey
Dale
Arch Stewart
Bobbie
Harry
Dunkeh
Idaho
Leadore
Dillon
Joe Arbour
Reichle
Beaverhead Club Women Outline Next Year Plans
Beaverhead county home demonstration clubs met in Dillon with Mrs Edna Bimat in charge. Morning business sessions preceded a luncheon at Gleed s. County Agent Bernard Williams discussed The Economic Outlook and conservation. Frances Smith spoke on program planning. Lillian Stone outlined September achievement day and club displays. A constitution committee and a county-commission liaison group were appointed. Attending members included Mrs B J McMenomey Mrs Mepcus Rand and others from Armstead Water River and White River areas.
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Beaverhead
Dillon
Edna Bimat
Dell
Gleed's
Bernard Williams
Frances Smith
Bozeman
Lillian Stone
Jardine Rife
Marcus Rand
C. M. Qgren
Nell McKnight
Funeral of Montana's oldest newspaper man Foote
Francis Re Foote longtime Dillon Tribune editor and Beav erhead County resident for 66 years died yesterday after a lingering illness at his Dillon home. Born Ithaca New York June 16 1865 he moved to Montana in 1882 and soon bought the Tribune in 1887 directing its growth as proprietor and editor. He was a longtime Beav erhead County community figure and a member of the Bap
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis RE. Foote
Montana
Dillon Tribune
Beaverhead County
Mr. Foote
Ithaca
N. Y
Helena
Dillon
Bap
Beaverhead primary races heat up as candidates file
Eighth grade graduates at Dillon public schools will receive diplomas tomorrow in the college auditorium with remarks by Kenneth Mount Jo Ann Deputy John Wedum Barbara Holloran and Joe Taylor. Beavershead county filings show Elza Smith Paul Stahl and Walter Stinson seeking Republican nominations for commissioner sheriff and other offices. Lyman Bennett seeks renomination as District Judge.
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Dillon Public Schools
Kenneth Mount
Jo Ann Deputy
John Wedum
Barbara Holloran
Joe Taylor
Charles Henry
A. F. Waldorf
Willis Loar
Training School
L. A. Gregory
Girls’ Glee Club
Anne Feley
Bobby Card
Joe Carroll
John Burgess Cheek
Barbara ‘Clark
Ethel Jean Carnutt
Kenneth Lovell
Dougan Luebben
Wallace McManni
Margaret Markovich
Etna Mason
Merle Schmittroth
Emerson Selway
Howard Smith
Lattimer Smith
Robert Smith
Catherine Spegar
Maurice Sullivan
Kathleen Talent
Jack Temple
Wallace Wellington
Maxine Wiant
Everett Wilcox
Beaverhead County
Elza Smith
Smith
Paul Stahl
Dillon
Walter E. Stinson
Beaverhead
Lyman H. Bennett
Virginia City
Farm mortgage prevalence drops from 1928 to 1936
The share of U S farms mortgaged declined from 36 percent in 1928 to 34 percent in 1936, reflecting a easing of farm debt burdens amid the late 1930s economic changes.
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United States
Wisdom Harmony Class Performs Annual Community Musical
Mrs. Jennie Stevenson’s harmony class presented its annual musical in Wisdom on May 27, drawing a large audience. Young performers Lois Elwood and Jean Troupe highlighted the program with dance numbers, joined by a list of students including Dean Nelson and John Burwell. The second half featured former pupils and friends, with refreshments served afterward.
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Wisdom
Jennie Stevenson
Lois Elwood
Bob Elwood
Butte
Jean Troupe
Dean Nelson
John and
Stewart Burwell
Bruce
Frances May Helming
Jean McDowell
June Pendleton
Bonnie Rankin
Lilly Pahnish
Joe Shaw
Dick McKevitt
Billy Francis
Marion Anderson
Whitehall
Stevenson
Myla Tovey
Melba
Della Francis
Mary Gill
Mesdames
Hans Lausen
Wallace Francis
J. H. Scofield
Messrs
Argyle Stephens
Armitage
Mre. Stevenson
Normal spring awards presented at assembly
The annual assembly awarded letters to several students in athletics and other activities. In men’s basketball Joe Bilant Klein Milton Crocker Dillon Jess Wetzel Browning Emory Rouse Anaconda Bernard McGinley Butte Marion Kruzie Butte Warren Lovinger Fort Benton received athletic manager honors. Gertrude Rooney Lewistown won the winged M award in women’s athletics. Other letters went to Bernice Brophy Walter Malta March graduates not present.
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Lee R. Light
Sheldon B. Davis
Joe Bilant
Klein
Milton Crocker
Dillon
Jess Wetzel
Browning
Emory Rouse
Anaconda
Bernard McGinley
Butte
Marion Kruzie
Warren Lovinger
Fort Benton
Gertrude Rooney
Lewistown
Bernice Brophy
Walier
Dorothea Mangis
Malta
March
Grace Barney
Great Falla
Agnes Benson
Outlook
Audrey Chambers
Cardwell
James McCulley
Mildred Spaberg
Polson
Lela Hofferot
Sidney
Marguerite Pet
Membership Safety Bike Club forms in Dillon
The Safety Bike Riders club, sponsored by the American Legion, plans a meeting at city hall tonight. T. Lee McCracken announces the group aims to protect juveniles with safety rules. 40 youths attended last week and will recruit new members. Mayor D. A. Galt and Chief Charles Nelson support the initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
T. Lee McCracken
American Legion
D. A. Galt
Charles Nelson
Aged Dillon Man Claimed by Illness
Manly Ellinghouge 87, longtime Madison county rancher and Dillon resident, died last Thursday at a Butte hospital. Funeral held Friday at Brundage chapel with Rev. J A Meeke presiding. Interment at Point of Rocks cemetery. Born in Illinois July 20 1848, he lived in Kansas and Texas before moving to Montana in 1914 to ranch in Madison county. Survived by daughter Eunice Sewell Dillon and two sons Rolla North Dakota and
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Manly Ellinghouge
Madison County
Dillon
Butte
Brundage Chapel
J. A. Meeke
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Point of Rocks
Mr. Ellingsworth
Ilinois
Kansas
Texas
Montana
Eunice Sewell
Rolla
North Dakota
Farm Loan Stockholders Meeting Set in Dillon
Beaverhead county national farm loan association members are invited to a special stockholders meeting at Dillon city hall on June 23 at 1 30 PM. F A Hazelbaker says the session will explain decentralizing the district Land Bank operations and revitalizing farmer ownership and control with a Farm Credit Administration representative present.
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National Farm Loan Association
Beaverhead County
Dillon
F. A. Hazelbaker
Beaverhead-Madison
NFLA
Land Bank of Spokane
District Land Bank
Production Credit Division
The
Farm Credit Administration
Training School Summer Session Opens Monday
The summer session of the Montana State Normal College training school begins Monday June 15 and lasts six weeks. It serves two groups: students with low scholastic grades and those who need reading and study opportunities not offered in the regular year. Afternoon supervised play includes swimming and games for all enrollees. Classes run 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
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Montana State Normal College
Maile
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Grace Redburn
Anna Lee Shephard
John Jackson
Barrett Hospital
Head State University
Rotary
Great Outdoors
Atrial
George Atteberry
Charles
Grant's Pass
Ore
Vincent Swiney
Little Son
Roseberg
Jake Louke
Mr. Louke
St. Anthony
Beaverhead Club
F. E. Foote
Safety Bike — Club
Manly Ellingsworth
Farm Loan
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