Classification of 85 Selectees Announced
The latest classification lists 85 selectees including named air force privates and corporals across multiple drafts. Notable entries cover 2-A and 4-F classifications with many listed by name. News notes report service members passing tests for officers training and technical schooling, plus letters from Dillon residents about wartime support and conditions at bases such as Logan Utah and Sheppard Field Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Don Julson
Sheppard Field
Texas
Fred Crouse
Ralph Banning
Glenn Blackburn
Ken Smith
Emil Lewison
Ned Pilgrim
Duane Blair
Fourteen Candidates Seek Nominations
Opening of the local softball season was postponed last week because of weather but is now set for Monday June 8 pending weather. All postponed games will be played at season end in August per Ed win R Buck softball commissioner. Schedule first week includes Elials against Davis Motors and Petersons Ranchers versus Safeway on Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin R. Buck
Eliel’s
Davis Motors
Peterson’s Ranchers
Safeway
Fire Department
Winn’s
Normal College
Metlen
Voluntary Service
Legion
Rotary
Kiwanis
Elks
Peterson's Ranchers
Taxes Paid Near May Total In County Collections
Brisk tax receipts at the county office show approximately 100000 dollars paid in May toward the 1941 second half taxes, with total collections from prior years delinquencies adding at least 10000 dollars. A 4000 dollar delinquency remains, likely from overlooked taxes, and delinquent accounts will face penalties after June 1 when the moratorium on penalties expired. Mr and Mrs Jim Roberts visited from Lewistown Idaho, formerly employed by Bergeson Motors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. Treas
Bertie Mathews
Jim Roberts
Lewistown
Idaho
Mr. Roberts
Bergeson Motors Company
USO Drive Kicks Off In Beaverhead County
Beaverhead County launches a drive to raise 300 for USO funds starting with a Dillon luncheon. About 30 attendees heard Paul Anderson and Charles Henry discuss Army morale work and the current need for voluntary support. Mrs. Frank Tyre leads the local drive with Margaret Sweeney directing rural efforts, aiming for 25 cent per family donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Megquier
Frank Tyre
Margaret Sweeney
Mrs Dave Sullivan Returns Home From Dilllon
Mrs Dave Sullivan spent two weeks in Dilllon and returned to her Spokane home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Sullivan
Dillon
Spokane
Beavershead County Nominees Grow Ahead of July Primary
Two filings appeared yesterday for county treasurer Evelyn Lloyd and Hayes Tomrey Baxter on Republican and Democratic tickets. The July 21 primary totals fourteen with 17 days left for filings. Other candidates include Farnam B. Schuyler Albert R. Featherly Paul H. Temple John Troupe Margaret Sweeney Leonard Schulz Don E. Anson Louis Stahl Jr Raymond M. Schwartz J. P. Best Leroy Gilbert and more. County Clerk Albert S. Baker cautions registration must close at 5:00 pm Friday June 5 for voter eligibility and registration across districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Lloyd
Hayes
Tomrey Baxter
Farnam B. Schuyler
Albert R. Featherly
Paul H. Temple
John Troupe
Margaret Sweeney
Leonard A. Schulz
Don E. Anson
Louis Stahl, Jr
Dillon Township
Raymond M. Schwartz
John KE. Pendergast
J. P. Best
U P Abandon Dell Railroad Agency Hearing Scheduled
The Montana board of railroad commissioners and Union Pacific railroad seek public input on abandoning the Dell rail station and agency. A hearing is set at the Union Pacific depot in Dell on June 16 at 10 00 a m with a full investigation and appearances requested from interested parties. The notice appears on page 4 of today's Examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Montana
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Baby Beef Show Highlights County Livestock Day Auction
The Dillon county livestock day auction featured eleven 4-H exhibitors with 22 calves. John Hartwig claimed grand champion and reserve in heavyweight division for calves John and Carl. Prizes included a $5 cash award to Hartwig, 25 in class prizes from the Dillon Kiwanis and sponsors, and multiple merchandise prizes from local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Speltz
Idaho Falls
Porter Duke
Billy Harrison
John Hartwig
John
Carl
Paul Orcutt
Bozeman
Bannack
Bruce Jardine
Jackson
Chester Downing
Dillon
Roscoe Cornell, Jr
Dillon Kiwanis Club
Dillon Feed Yard
City Drug
Gosman Drug
Franklin Serum Co
P. J. Lovell Feed Company
Dillon Feed and Seed Co
Col
Luther H. Smith
Safeway Stores
Sonny
Ted
Bill Nelson
Douglas
Darwin Peterson
Wisdom
Happy
Erwin Marchesseau
Polaris
Dillon Meat Company
Bond March
Billy
Funeral Rites Planned for F McNimery
Frederick McNimery 53 a Beaverhead county resident for 15 years died this morning at the county hospital after a period of ill health He was born November 24 1888 in Indianapolis Indiana He worked as a sheepherder on local ranches Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 pm at Brundage funeral home with interment in Mountain View cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick McNimery
Beaverhead County
Indianapolis
Ind
Brundage Funeral Home
Mountain View
Esteemed Matron Rosa Neidt Dies After Illness
Funeral services were held in Wisdom for Rosa Neidt 69 wife of J M Neidt long time Big Hole basin resident. She died Sunday morning after weeks of illness at her son’s home on East Center street. Survivors include her husband two daughters two sons one of whom is J W Neidt another Mrs Walter Stewart Mrs Tom Clemon and Mrs Howard Henry along with 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Burial was at Wisdom cemetery with O E S Chapter No 67 assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisdom
Rosa Neidt
J. M. Neidt
Big Hole Basin
J. W. Neidt
East Center Street
Muncie
Ind
Mr. Neidt
Tom Clemon
John Neidt
Howard Henry
Jackson Hole
Wyo
The
Wisdom Church
W. G. Lewis
Dillon
Wisdom Cemetery
Weather Forces Cancellation of Mountain View Memorial Plan
Spring storms last week led to the cancellation of public memorial services planned for Mountain View cemetery last Friday evening. Veterans graves were decorated by the American Legion committee led by J. W. McCarthy. With improved weather on Saturday, many residents visited the cemetery to honor graves and plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View Cemetery
J. W. McCarthy
American Legion
Singers to Appear Here Next Sunday in Dillon
A group from Pacific Lutheran college mixed quartet and Rev. Mikkel Lono will visit Dillon for a Sunday concert at First Lutheran Church at 11:00 a.m. The program includes sacred chorales, hymns, a Bach piece, a w os or address, and an offertory with a violin solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Lutheran College
The
Lutheran Church
Patricia Iverson
Mr. Vernon
Shirley Henricksen
Tacoma
Albert Kuhn
Renton
Byron Stephenson
LaCrosse
Florence Hopp
Chehalis
Mikkel Lono
Dillon
First Lutheran Church
Stanley Dickson
Crusaders
Jules Granich
Forest
Gustav Klemm
May Brahe
Shirley Hendriksen
Malotte
Bach
Kernell
Christiansen
Blanche Seaver
Brother James
Air
River Floodwaters Subside After Week of High Waters
Beaverhead county reports rivers and streams easing after a week of flood highs. The Beaverhead and Big Hole remain elevated, with the Big Hole down at least two feet from last Friday’s crest. Bridges on both rivers were threatened but damage was limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Big Hole
College Commencement Held Tomorrow in Dillon
The ceremony is set for Thursday at 10:00 with Rev. Leonard Thompson giving the invocation and benediction. The orchestra led by Ralph McFadden will perform, and a women's trio under Vernon H. Taylor will sing. Degrees will be conferred by the president, with the address by E. O. Melby of the State University. Readings include graduates Irene M. Breault, Jeanne Covalt, Marjorie Decker, Wyman Dupuis, Genevieve Green, James Kipp, Jess LaBuff, Irene McFadden, William Rygg, Charles Schultz, Raymond Schultz, George Wheat, and many diploma recipients such as Verne Arnold, Joyce Aughney, Anna Bryson, Perrina Cadwell, Shirley Clark, Jean Colby, Inez Cole, Jane Cole, Carlonne Cook, Ernest Copenhaver, Edith Culbertson, Virginia Daigle, Clea Davenport, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Thompson
Lutheran Church
Ralph McFadden
Vernon H. Taylor
Marguerite Johnson
Grace Knox
Olena Mysse
Hallie Stephens
Pres. E. O. Melby
The
State University
Dr. Melby
Dillon
Irene M. Breault
Fort Benton
Jeanne Collette Covalt
Marjorie Blanche Decker
Wyman E. Dupuis
Manhattan
Genevieve Frances Green
Reichile
James G. Kipp
Browning
Jess J. LaBuff
Irene R. McFadden
William Laverance Rygg
Wolf Point
Charles Edgar Schultz
Raymond E. Schultz
Hinsnate
George Donald Wheat
Dilon
Verne H. Arnold
Hysham
Joyce C. Aughney
Anna Lucile Bryson
Perrina Ann Cadwell
Anaconda
Shirley Winnifred Clark
Butte
Jean LaVerne Colby
Inez Beverly Cole
Eureka
Jane Cole
Whitetail
Carlonne Cook
Willow Creek
Ernest Harold Copenhaver
Hinsdale
Edith Louise Culbertson
Virginia Lee Daigle
Alberton
Clea Davenport
Jordan
Marjorie Blanche
Bond Certificates Sent To Firms In War Savings Plan
Bonds for participation in the Treasury War Bond Payroll Savings Plan have been mailed to First National Bank Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co R F L Graphite Co Dillon and John Swoboda Lima by state administrators Bartley and Hibbard. The Montana War Savings staff urges employers to set up and employees to participate regularly in a plan to save at least 10 percent of income in War Savings Bonds and Stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
First National Bank
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
R.F.L. Graphite Company
Dillon
John Swoboda
Lima
Wm. H. Bartley
Great Falls
A. T. Hibbard
Helena
Montana
City Water Rescue Recovers $50 Lost Bills
A Great Falls woman lost $50 in a Texaco station pit when the city sewer swept the bills away. A holiday call to the water department brought Robert Dieter to respond and soon a pump restored the system. Within moments the bills were recovered from a manhole near the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Dillon
City Water Department
Texaco
Cit
Robert Diet
Stoon
Powder River John Kelly Dies After Brief Illness
John Kelly also known as Powder River died Monday at the county hospital after a brief illness. He was a well known herder in Dillon and Beaverhead and Madison counties and had ranching roots in Malta. A son lives in Malta. The body rests at Brundage funeral home with funeral arrangements not yet made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kelly
Powder River
Dillon
Beaverhead
Madison Counties
Malta
Brundage Funeral Home
Son Born to Mr and Mrs John Casey at Barrett Hospital
A son was born early Tuesday morning to Mr and Mrs John Casey at Barrett hospital. Mrs Homer Palmer has returned home after treatment for an illness at the hospital here. Mr Neighbor of Monida has been released from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Casey
Barrett Hospital
Homer Palmer
Monida
Auction Sales Brought Under Price Control
OPA announces rules to curb auction prices for bulk lots. No seller may exceed aggregate ceiling prices set by general maximum price regulation via auction or alternative sale methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
WPB Frees Small Caliber Firearms for Public Sale
The War Production Board releases small gauge shotguns odd calibres and some .22 rifles and other firearms not needed by the armed services or for essential purposes for general sale to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
Armed Services
Mrs Gordon Travels to Seattle and Bremerton
Mrs. Robert Gordon left Friday for Seattle to visit her son Doyle who will be inducted into the Army. She will then go to Bremerton Washington to visit Mr and Mrs L Ott Gordon and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gordon
Seattle
Doyle
Bremerton, Wash
Mrs. L. Ott Gordon
Mrs Joe Birrer Visits Dillon From Dell
Mrs Joe Birrer spent Friday in Dillon coming from Dell. She was seen meeting local residents and visiting several shops during her short stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Birrer
Dillon
Dell
Draftee Group Guests At Banquet Sunday
A civic group banquet at the Wilbur cafe honored the June 1 draftee contingency from Dillon. Draftees departed Monday afternoon, with several hundred citizens gathering at the Andrus hotel corner to wish them well. Among those present were Harold C. Weitz J M Koltay Amos M Elliott and Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Cafe
Dillon
Andrus Hotel
Selective Service Board
Harold C. Weitz
J. M. Koltay
Amos M. Elliott
Arthur
Former Dillon Youth Wins Idaho Scholarship
Louis Schmittroth of Smelterville Idaho, son of former Dillon residents, earned a $500 Kellogg Idaho club scholarship to the University of Idaho at Moscow next fall. He was salutatorian of his class and is visiting Dillon with his sister Esther Ann and grandparents Judge and Mrs. Louis Stahl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Schmittroth
Smelterville
Idaho
Dillon
Louis
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George Daniel Kurtz
Lawrence Calhoun Berry
Charles Lawrence Osborne
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Frank Sievers
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Lawrence Clifford Peterson
Howard Lee Nelson
Clyde Gentry Sewell
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William Joseph Schmitt
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Sherman Ivan Koontz
Ray Pope
Charles Berwick Marsh, Jr
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Lester Charles Bourquin
Joe Laknar
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Robert Andrew Kilgore
Earl Raymond Peterson
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Hiram Woods Rodgers
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Megquier
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Ralph Staley Potts
Lawner Goose
James Allen Harringrence
Charles Weeks
Walter Benton
Darrel Duane Weaver
Theodore May
Edwin Richard Hilger
Hiram Clay Lapham
Raymond James Gordon
Alex Benan Ball
Joseph John Michelish
Albert Addington Martindale
George Maurice Adams
Louis Edwy Thompson
Elden Ray Bybee
John Murphy
Vern
Clifford Burke
Cyril Thomas Davis
Chester Wright Buckingham
Ned Charles Murray
Sylvester Murtagh Rogan
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Claude Henry Brown
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Charles Costa Miller
Chester Park Brady
L. M. Holloran
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Logan
Utah
Wm. A. Rule
Chanute Field
Ill
Rule
M. P. Moe
Montana Education Association
Missoula
Sidney
U. P
Dell Railroad Agency
F. McNimery
Rosa Neidt of Wisdom
Son
Jubilee Campaign
Royal Neighbors
School of Instruction
Margaret Gilchrist
Enterprise Camp
Royal Oak Camp
Silver City Camp
Beaverhead Camp
Rock Camp
Golden West Camp
President Melby
State
Tommorrow
City Water
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