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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1947
Page
9
The Vigilante Rope n Saddle club, led by Pres. Chester Hale, will meet in the county courtroom at 8 o clock Thursday June 5 to perfect organization for the year, admit new members, and plan a summer and fall program. Members held picnics and a banquet at Pipe Organ Lodge.
The Dillon alumni celebrate 50 years of Montana normal college ties with a banquet and decorations. A Poindexter and Orr deed affirmed site use, with Mrs. Roy Forrester Jr guiding arrangements. Officers are Don Wheat president and Mrs Eava Wetzel vice president, Mrs Roy Forrester secretary treasurer. Raymond P. Jones visited from Kingman Arizona.
Local residents motor to the Big Hole for fishing from Geraldine and Wisdom. Memorial day events in Dillon include visits, services, and a dance sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars with Hale's orchestra.
Otto Floyd Pahnish son of Otto Pahnish of Polaris graduated with honors from Montana State College with a bachelor of science in animal husbandry during Monday morning commencement in Bozeman. He was among 184 seniors in the three day program. Miss Mildred Tucker of Dillon also earned a three year nursing diploma at the same exercises.
The Beaverhead County 4-H club camp will be held at the Birch Creek ranger station on June 30 July 1 and 2. Members and leaders from the county will attend the three day camp with safety first aid handcraft and recreation as main features. July 2 features guest night and an outdoor candlelighting ceremony with parents and friends invited.
Practical guide to selecting trimming washing and cooking asparagus with tips for preserving flavor color and vitamin C. Suggests methods upright boiling water and optional dishes such as bacon strips salad toast pasty shells and hollandaise sauce plus using cooking liquid in soups or sauces.
The Montana health department urges vaccination for mountain travelers before July 15 amid three reported cases of spotted fever this year and notes a severe 1941 outbreak. Prominent Republican figures are invited to visit Montana this summer, with letters sent to U S senators governors and party leaders. In Miles City, about 150 Mexican nationals have arrived for sugar beet work, and 100 more are expected. Construction of a 115 000 volt transmission line from Kerr dam to Kalispell begins to ease a local power shortage, with full operation planned by December and extensions to Hungry Horse damsite by 1949. Montana’s Spanish American War veterans plan their state encampment in Great Falls June 8–10.
A parade of locals and former residents visit Dillon from Polaris, Twin Bridges, Salt Lake City and Billings. New mothers in Mule Shoe Ranch Twin Bridges welcome a girl at Barrett hospital. Merchants and Normal College Bulldogs were rained out in their baseball game.
A proposed tariff barrier up to 77 cents for clean wool would level prices between foreign and domestic wool. The President could adjust the tariff to a maximum if needed. Beav erhead County gears up for an estimated million pounds in the harvest as sheep numbers fall 35 to 40 percent from peak years. The wool price legislation remains a primary local concern amid broader trade factors and international agreements.
Montgomery says the organization will lift total attendance to over 400 as business sessions plan next year's 50th anniversary celebration. He notes Helena as likely host since the old First Montana regiment formed there. Claude M. Chenoweth of Great Falls will preside at the convention.
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