Eighth Grade Achievements and Local Diploma Results
County superintendent Christine Opp notes a scrapbook on The Hot Springs of Montana by eighth graders Kenneth Else and Marvin Peterson. The fall Youth fair will display it. State eighth grade exams show top county scorers Anna Knox and Lloyd, with diplomas issued May 21, 1949 and listed district results for several rural schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Opp
Hot Springs
Montana
Kenneth Else
Marvin Peterson
East Fox
Montana Chamber of Commerce
Anna Knox
Dell
Lloyd
Wisdom
Rosalee Bastian
DuWayne Beamer
Jerry Harball
Lakeview
Ronald Eliason
Blacktail
Birch Creek
Oakel Nelson
Joyce Willard
Franklin
Anderson
Dillon
Dee Patton
Robert Bourassa
Wise River
Elizabeth Long
James Goose
Amy Stephens
Betty Lardner
Gene Lloyd
LaVerne Reamer
Dan Wayne Reamer
West Fox
Aston Koontz
Judy Jean Allen
Bob Baker
Gail Karen Huntley
Jim Ray Moses
Nancy Ann Wenger
Eugene True Denny
Bowen
Myrtle Gray
John Martin Neidt
Harold Dean Peterson
Armstead
Brent Prophet
Nell Wellborn
Polaris
Jules Marchesseault
Dell—Charles Pilgrim
Henry Lohr
Jackson
Joanie Bartzen
Giarry Bray
Suzanne Dansie
Reichle
Frank Buhrer
Alice Polish
Phillip Rebich
Joe Rebich
Gibbons
Margaret Joyce Else
Ted Bacon
Sally Ann Harbail
Salmon Fly Time Sparks Angler Jubilation Across Rivers
Fishermen celebrate salmon fly season with quiet days at work and merriment at riverbanks. W. M. Murfin of the Sport Shop notes flies in action from Twin Bridges to Ziegler Springs and trout biting. Murfin, Bob Watson, and Dave Stratford showcase two to three and a half pound river fish from the Big Hole and Madison rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Murfin
Sport Shop
Ziegler Springs
Bob Watson
Dave Stratford
Big Hole
Madison Rivers
Miller Rites Held for Mrs Matilda J Miller
Funeral services were held at Brundage chapel for Mrs Matilda J Miller with Rev Robert N Johnstone officiating. Interment followed in Mountain View cemetery and pallbearers included Stewart Wakefield Clarence Morris Walter Jones L G Staudenmeyer Biaz Lugar and William Gleed.
Rainbow Officers Installed for Summer in Dil Jon Assembly
At a regular Rainbow for Girls meeting May 25 in Dil Jon Assembly officers for the summer term were installed led by Peggy Lou Sutherland as worthy advisor. Other officers include Pat Myers as worthy associate adviser and Frances Ryan among the shadow bow founders. A gift was presented to Carol Giudici, 1948-49 representative to the grand order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dil Jon Assembly Offhe
The
Rainbow For
Peggy Lou Sutherland
Pat Myers
Dolores . Davis
Charity
Hazel Davis
Hope
Billie Lessey
Bobbie Jean Giudici
Eve Eliel
Kathryn Cardinale
Pat Sanderford
Charlotte Williss
Phyllis Harrison
Elaine Anderson
Fidelity
Nancyanne Peterson
Dorene Flitton
Sandra Stubban
Maisy Wenger
Elizabeth McCollum
Jo Anne Smith
Shirley Peterson
Beverly George
Frances Ryan
Anna Jane Caldwell
Jeanette Watkins
Charlotte Redman
Shirley Dodd
Alice Lessey
Carol Sweiich
Dorothy Newnes
Bonnie Ann Martin
Nora Jean French
Kay Whitworth
Mary Beth Smith
Carol Giudici
Grand Order
Beaverdead Rodeo Group Elects Officers for Year
Officers re elected include George Harrison as president Joe White vice president Norman Nelson arena director and Leonard Schulz secretary. Committees chosen with various members and bids planned for Dillon Sunday and Labor Day show with improvements to rodeo grounds and concessions awarded to VFW post 4163.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Northwest
Beaverhead Rodeo Association
George Harrison
Joe White
Norman Nelson
Leonard Schulz
Harrison
Frank P. Madden
Donovan
Walter Delaney
H. J. Andrus
LaMoine LaFay
Ed Buck
W. M. Stone
Ed Townsend
Dan Henneberry
Paul Stahl, Jr
Jay McCarthy
Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce
Carl Davis
Norman Giles
Paul Temple
Dan Mooney
Bob Rooker
Missoula
Marion McBride
Wellesville
Utah
Arena
Nelson
Rodeo Grounds
Lloyd Whipple
Patrons Protest Rural Mail Route Consolidation
Patrons of rural mail route No 2 in Dillon urge Montana congress members to object to a post office plan that would consolidate routes. scheduled to take effect July 1 route No 1 would run six days weekly route No 2 three days after No 1 is served. Patrons say this is a detriment not an improvement over the former three-day early morning run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Dillon
Montana
Congress
Dillon Callers Include Cantrell Family
Tom Cantrell and his daughter and Mrs. James Gravely of Lima were Dillon visitors on Wednesday, stopping by to chat and catch up with locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cantrell
James Gravely
Lima
Dillon
Hospital Contribution Made by Christensens
The Barrett Hospital Fund drive has grown to seven thousand four hundred thirty nine dollars, about fifteen percent of a fifty thousand dollar goal. A thousand dollar gift from Berg Christensen Co. is paired with other donations from Irvine & Cottom Co., E A Clemon Trust, Herman Peterson, and more. Carl Hartwig will auction his Bar 2 Domino 46th Futurity bull to raise funds. Madden notes the donations came without solicitation as Chevrolet tickets sell quickly. Walter Delaney serves as drive secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett Hospital
Berg Christensen Co
Frank Madden
Berg Christensen Company
Berg
Madden
Walter Delaney
The
State Bank & Trust Company
Dillon Country Club postpones party to June 18
The Dillon Country Club moves its first annual party from next Saturday to Saturday night June 18 due to entertainer Rung Haselgren's unavailability. President T Lee McCracken announces the event as the social season opener with a midnight lunch and an interesting program. The club house caretakers Dusty Miller and wife are now settling in and preparing meals and refreshments for members. The golf course remains in top condition with recently rolled fairways and refinished greens. The breakfast event for the season is planned for next Sunday morning with a 9 to 12 family style meal followed by foursomes. contact Dusty Miller by Friday to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rung Haselgren
Anaconda
Dillon
Dillon Country Club
T .Lee McCracken
Dusty” Miller
J. W. Rees
Businessman of Wisdom Dies After Long Life in Montana
Beaverhead county mourns J P Loss 89 a Wisdom resident who died Saturday at the home of his daughter and son in law in Ellensburg Washington. Born in Racine Wisconsin in 1860 he moved to Montana in the early 1880s and carried on business in Gold Creek Wisdom Dewey and Jackson. He had spent winters with daughters in Ellensburg and Miami and had rarely missed an election in Wisdom. Survived by daughters Gertrude Pullman Miami and the Corwins with three grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Burial planned in Racine Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
J. P. Loss
Wisdom
Orval Corwin
Ellensburg
Wash
Racine
Wis
Mr. Loss
Montana
Gold Creek
Dewey and Jackson
Ellensberg
Miami
Fla
Loss
Winsdom
Europe
Softball Action Sees Eagles Fall To Beaverhead Bar Supply
In Thursday night play the Eagle Bar lost 12 to 3 to Beaverhead Bar Supply with Krukoski and Taylor as battery for the winners while Don Smith and Carl Vandegrift starred for the Eagles. Montana Auto Sales defeated State Bar 13 to 6 with Vandegrift and Pace as batteries for the Ga ragemen and Larsen and Nelson for the State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Bar
Beaverhead Bar Supply
Krukoski
Taylor
Don Smith
Carl Vandegrift
Eagles
Montana Auto Sales
State Bar
Vandegrift
Pace
Larsen and Nelson
Enrollment at Western Montana College of Education Soars
Summer school classes opened Tuesday with 265 students enrolled. C E Moe, summer school director, said registration continues through June 13 to accommodate teachers under ongoing terms. only those staying to August 12 may register late. President Rush Jordan, Coach William Straugh, and William Pope are on leave. Jordan will teach at Central Washington College of Education in Ellensburg. The fifth student broadcast aired June 5 featuring Ralph McFadden and Brinton Jackson. vocalists included Darlene Carkeet Dan Boka Mary Baker and others. An annual student faculty informal reception was held June 10 at the residence halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Montana College of Education
C. E. Moe
Rush Jordan
Central Washington College of Education
Ellensburg
William Straugh
William Pope
Straugh
University of California At Berkeley
Pope
Ralph McFadden
Brinton Jackson
Darlene Carkeet
Butte
Dan Boka
Dillon
Mary Baker
Whitehall
Dorothy Newnes
Peggy Lou Sutherland
KOPR
County Quadruples Cancer Drive Fund
Final report by Mrs. J A Williams shows Beaverhead county raising 3981 dollars for the 1949 cancer drive nearly four times the 1000 quota. Auction sale of donated livestock brought 2385 dollars. county drive added 1596 dollars with reports from Wisdom Jackson Lima Armstead Dell Polaris Grant Reichle and Wise River still outstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Williams
Beaverhead
Wisdom
Raymond Johnson
Jackson
Ollie Krause
Lima
L. H. Truax
Armstead
Clarence Jensen
Dell
Joe Dowling
Polaris
Marchessault
Grant
Dell Mulliner
Reichle
Wise River
Wool auctions planned to reestablish Montana market
Plans to reestablish wool auctions in Montana were formulated at a Billings meeting of Wilkins & Co. officials and representatives. Ed Whitworth attended as the company’s local representative and said the move aims to move about 75 percent of the state’s unsold wool by creating renewed buying power. He will call on wool growers to explain the new procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Wilkins & Co., Ltd
Billings
Ed Whitworth
Whitworth
Local Students Graduate From Montana State University
Several local graduates from Montana State University and Montana State College are noted. Carl M. Davis and Patricia S. Keil of Divide earned journalism degrees, Bunny Valera Jackson of Dillon received a home economics diploma, and Wallace W. McMannis graduated with honors in mechanical engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State University
Beaverhead County
Carl M. Davis
Patricia S. Keil
Divide
Bozeman
Bunny Valera Jackson
Dillon
Wallace W. McMannis
Montana State College
Farmers Union Picnic Set for June 12
Mrs. H. M. Miller announces the annual Farmers Union picnic on Sunday June 12 at Rock Creek grounds on the Chris Rieber ranch two and one half miles north of Reichle on the highway. Attendees should bring lunch cups spoons and plates. a noon pot luck luncheon with coffee provided. A speaker from the State Farmers Union office at Great Falls is expected. Andy Papish and Maynard Miller lead arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Miller
Farmers Union
Rock Creek
Chris Rieber
Reichle
State Farmers Union Office
Great Falls
Airman Wenger Graduates From Scott AFB Communications School
Private First Class Bernard J. Wenger completed training at the Air Force Communications School at Scott Air Force Base Illinois. He becomes qualified to send and receive messages by code and voice and joins the worldwide Air Force Communications system. He is 18 and the son of Mr. and Mrs Jules Wenger of Dillon Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Air Force Base
Illinois
Bernard J. Wenger
Air Force Communications School
Emil C. Kiel
Pfc
Wenger
World Wide Air Force Communications System
Jules Wenger
South Atlantic Street
Dillon
Montana
Beaverhead County
Air Force
Pfc. Wenger
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Development Group To Hold Election In Dillon
The Beaverhead County unit of the Southwestern Montana Development association plans a meeting at the Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce offices in Dillon at 8 p m Friday night June 10. Members from Wisdom Jackson Polaris Monida Lima Dell and Dillon will elect the local development committee and its chairman and decide other local issues. The group consists of businessmen from Jefferson Madison Granite Ravalli Silver Bow Deer Lodge Powell Missoula and Beaverhead to publicize the area’s tourist attractions with better roads as the main goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Southwestern Montana Development Association
Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce
Dillon
Wisdom
Jackson
Polaris
Monida
Lima
Dell
Mrs Anna Handlin Summoned at Butte
Mrs Anna Louise Handlin mother of Mrs Fred W. Dart of this city died last Sunday at her home in Walkerville where she had resided for 45 years. The funeral was held this afternoon from the L D S church in Butte and interment was in Mountain View cemetery. She is survived by her daughter son-in-law Fred W. Dart and grandchildren Dale Dart Thornley Fred Dart and great grandchildren David and Susan Dart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Louise Handlin
Fred W. Dart
Walkerville
L.D.S
Butte
Mountain View
Dale Dart
Thornley
Fred Dart
David
Susan Dart
Francis Tonrey Jr Visited City Amid Family Health Crisis
Lieutenant commander Francis Tonrey Jr of the naval air force arrived in the city Tuesday from Oakland California. He stopped in Idaho Falls where his father lies in the L D S hospital recovering after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Tonrey, Jr
Naval Air Force
Oakland
Calif
Idaho Falls
L.D.S. Hospital
New Superintendent Named for Dillon Grade School
Laurence A. Walker elected director of training at Western Montana College of Education and city superintendent of Dillon schools. He succeeds O K Moe who resigns to head an expanded industrial arts department and aid social studies. Walker, former Belgrade superintendent, held teaching and principal roles and taught cadet teachers at Belgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence A. Walker
Western Montana College of Education
Dillon
Pres
Rush Jordan
Walker
O. K. Moe
Belgrade
State College
Bozeman
Teachers College
Columbia University
Chiropractors Plan Dillon Clinic Opening
Doctors J W Hillbrand and A B Copen with twenty years of chiropractic experience announce a Dillon clinic opening on June 20 in Room 5 of the Roxy Theatre building on Idaho Street. They offer chiropractic care electrotherapy colon therapy oxygen inhalation and X ray diagnosis with Hillbrand from Santa Barbara and Copen from Hollywood California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hillbrand
A. B. Copen
Dillon
Roxy Theatre
Idaho Street
Hillbrand
Santa Barbara
Dr. Copen
Hollywood
California
Flag Day Observed by Dillon Lodge No 1654 Elks
Annual Flag Day services will be held by Dillon lodge No 1654 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks on Tuesday June 14 at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. A downtown parade leads the event with Lloyd Whipple post VFW color bearers and guards in new uniforms followed by the Elks drum and bugle corps and lodge officers. The program includes a drum solo America vocal by Brinton Jackson and Elk McFadden, history of the flag by James L Kurtz with VFW assistance, and a pledge and anthem. Committee members are D L Johnson James Kurtz Don Wheat James M McCulloom Walter Delaney Vernon Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon ‘Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
George Heikkila
Lloyd Whipple
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Elks
Lodge
Drum and
America
Assembly
Walter Delaney
Brinton Jackson
Elk McFadden
James L. Kurtz
Veterans’ of Foreign Wars
H. V. Leslie
Western Montana College of Education
Baseball Team on Week End Journey
The newly formed Dillon baseball team traveled for a weekend trip sponsored by Beaverhead post of the American Legion. They lost 6-1 at Livingston with Sammy Davis scoring Dillon’s lone run and were defeated again in Bozeman on Monday. C J Hovren and Paul Steele organized the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead Post
American Legion
Livingston
Sammy Davis
Dillon
Bozeman
C. J. Hovren
Paul Steele
Bear Kill Brings Large Prize to Dell Visitor
W L Peterson of Dell arrived in the city with the hide and head of a large brown bear he killed the day before. He said the animal attacked a flock of his sheep in the hills, prompting the hunt and capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Peterson
Dell
Judgment Rules No Tax Due on Metlen
State Supreme Court ruling states no inheritance tax due in sale of the Metlen hotel property in Montana. The decision notes Carrie Sebree of California, an early Dillon resident, arranged an escrow with John Kosowski not in contemplation of death, with Collins and Burns representing Kosowski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Metlen
Montana
High Court
Carrie Sebree
California
Dillon
John Kosowski
Kosowski
Collins and Burns
Slot Machines Are Closed Down Here
Sheriff Paul Temple, acting on orders from the Montana attorney general, closed all gambling devices in Dillon on Thursday. Slot machines and card games disappeared from local establishments, marking the first such shutdown in about two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Paul Temple
Montana
Dillon Merriatths Defeat Ennis 8 6 In Local Game
The Dillon Merriatths beat Ennis 8 to 6 on Sunday afternoon. J Osborne started on the mound for Dillon and was relieved in the sixth by J Hatton behind the plate. Webber went 4 for 4 for Ennis, Hatton had two hits for Dillon, and Ennis made four errors. The teams meet again next Sunday at Ennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Merriatths
Ennis
J. Osborne
J.wired Hatton
Bates
L. Estes
M. Estes
Webber
Hatton
Dillon
Dillon Riflemen Shine in Missoula NRA Meet
Otto Sassman and Henry Hignight led Dillon Riflemen with first and second in NRA registered class C events at Missoula last Sunday. Sassman won the 50 meter, Hignight the 100 meter, both earning silver medals. Hignight added second in 50 meter while Buckingham took bronze in 100 meter. Banks was second in 60 yard event. Missoula trapshooters won the A. J. Davis trophy, totaling 480 of 500, edging Dillon by one third. Jackson was third with 469 among ten teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Sassman
Henry Hignight
Charles Banks
Chester Buckingham
Missoula
Sassman
Hignight
Buckingham
Banks
Sam Langdorf
Montana
Red Rock Lake
John Robinson
Anaconda
Herman Peterson
Dillon
Lowe
Bud Campbell
Peterson
Hansen heads to Kalispell and Seattle for Reserve Officer training
Art Hansen departs Monday with his wife and infant son for Kalispell and then Seattle where he will begin Reserve Officer training on June 20 with the rank of major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Hansen
Kalispell
Hansen
Seattle
Driver Exams Saturday at Beaverhead County Court House
Examinations for drivers licenses will be held next Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Beaverhead county courthouse, following a schedule from the Montana patrol office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
The
Montana~ Patrol
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anna Jean Knox
Rainbow
RODEO
Christensens
Mont. C.E
County Quadruples Cancer Drive
Farm Union
Chris Rieber Ranch
Anna Handlin
C. K. Moe
B.P.O.E
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