New Montana Purple Heart Chapter Elects Officers
Helena reports the newly organized Military Order of the Purple Heart in Montana signed its charter and elected officers for the year including John E. Sloan as commander and Otto A. Kreig as senior vice commander. A separate note covers a seven point drop in Montana farm prices to May 15, 1949 with meat animals down nine points from the prior month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Callaghan
Richard S. Croft
Montana
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
BAE
Sharp drop in lamb prices and flax seed factors noted
Fall in the meat animal group shows a $2.30 per hundredweight decline in lamb prices. The miscellaneous group falls due to sharp drops in flax, alfalfa seed, and wool prices.
Montana Geology Camp Under Construction At Boulder River Site
Indiana University constructs a field station in northern Madison county Montana 11 miles south of Jefferson Island near Carmichael creek. The camp will house 24 students per dormitory with plans for 100 students and 25 staff. Bozeman contractor Haggerty and Mesmer built the dining lodge and other facilities under Governor Bonner’s report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boulder River
Montana
Indiana University
John W. Bonner
Bonner
Haggerty and Mesmer
Bozeman Construction Company
Rocky Mountain
Boulder River
Carmichael Creek
Jefferson Island
Tobacco Route Mountains
Madison County
State names Sasek as distributive education chief
John F. Sasek of East Helena has been appointed state superintendent of distributive education, a post unfilled for years, according to State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mary M. Con on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Sasek
M.S.N.C
East Helena
Mary M. Conon
Nine appointed to Montana state boards including health panel
Gov Bonner named nine to three state boards in Montana. The health board adds three physicians Doctor Edward S Murphy Doctor Robert J McGregor and B C Farrand plus Dentist Dr W L Beale and three lay members Mary McNelis Walter E Clark and Mrs Charlotte Lewis Holtz. Stoltz named to board of bail insurance and Nees to aeronautics commission. Also local notes on sale of round 54 inch dining room table and family trip involving Eva Stevenson Frank Tyro and Rosemary Tyro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Wnine
John W. Bonner
Board of Health
Health Board
Montana
Edward S. Murphy
Missoula
Robert J. McGregor
Great Falls
B. C. Farrand
Jordan
Bonner
W. L. Beale
Anaconda
Mary McNelis
Butte
Walter E. Clark
Havre
Charlotte Lewis Holtz
Polson
Local Notes Roundup From Dillon Area
Jackson visits Salt Lake relatives while others spend summer in Dillon. Mrs Noel Jackson is ill in Barrett hospital Dillon. Miles brothers from Deer Lodge stay with Art Miles. Krauses shop in Dillon. Dooling family visits Dillon. Ramsey family visits Keith Boetticher home. Clemon couple welcome a son in Butte. Lightfoot family from Missoula arrives for summer. Mace family from Dillon visits Shepherds. Residents attend Helming Bros entertainment at Wisdom. William Richards sells cabins to Wendell Jardine and moves to Dillon. Measles close to home among returning students. Community mourns J P Loss of Wisdom passing in Ellensburg Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Carroll
Salt Lake
Noel Jackson
Barrett Hospital
Dillon
Monte
Jerry Miles
Deer Lodge
Art Miles
George Krause
John Krause
John Dooling
Miles Ramsey
Keith Boetticher
Mark Clemon
Butte
Frank Lightfoot
Missoula
Freland Mace
Wisdom
Helming Bros
William Richards
Wendell Jardine
J. P. Loss
Mrs. Sorwin
Ellensburg
Washington
Visitors and residents drop in as Memorial Day gatherings noted
Local social notes recount visits by Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Thomas to Dillon from Missoula over Memorial Day. Mrs. Walter Thibodeaux and daughter Gertrude stayed with the Clarks in Dillon, while Dr. and Mrs. Harry Colfer welcomed a son in Madison Wisconsin. Several residents travel, visit relatives, or return from trips, including Curtis Gruwell in Seattle, Dean Romer, Don Waldron, and others visiting Dillon and area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Thomas
Missoula
Walter Thibodeaux
Gertrude
Hugh Clark
Madison
Wis
Dijon
Curtis Gruwell
Seattle
Boeing Aircraft Corporation
Dean
Robert Romers
Don Waldron
Robert Funk
Sheridan
Robert
A. B. Duffner
Winnett
Inlaw
Ralph Duffner
L. G. Staudenmeyer
George Main
Grasshopper
Carthage
Illinois
Julius “Shorty
Cannon
Barrett Hospital
Columbus
William Carroll
Joe Carroll
Salt Lake
St. Mary’s of the Wasatch
Ann Carroll
Sarah Wolfe
Bozeman
Ruth
Dillon
J. Thompson Baker
Kenneth Featherly
Hamilton
Jack Cashmore
Pete Cashmore
Oakland
Calif
Jack Orr
John Orr
Hanford
Wash
Bert L. Stephens
Harry Gilbert Phi Reap
Two Fishing Licenses Stir Community Reminder
Forsyth Independent reports Game Warden Jack Nickolay warns of two license options this year. A three dollar license satisfies the rule for those over 15, while twenty seven fifty covers fishing without a proper license and all subsequent violations. The piece notes wardens aim to fund better fishing through license fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Nickolay
Miles Citow
Forsyth Independent
Sentenced Vet’s Check Deed Sparks Liquor Debate
The Helena Record recounts a veteran’s two year sentence for writing a rubber check at a Helena bar. Judge George Padbury says whiskey troubles him and reflects on state liquor profits funding public institutions, highlighting a moral conflict in taxation and punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
George Padbury
Judge Bennett Leads Services at St James Episcopal
Judge Lyman H. Bennett of Virginia City conducted lay services at St. James Episcopal Church on Sunday in the absence of Rev. and Mrs. Lewis D. Smith who were in Wyoming over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman H. Bennett
Virginia City
St. James Episcopal Church
Lewis D. Smith
Wyoming
Spring Legion Meet At Helena June 12
The annual spring meeting of Mining District No. 6 of the American Legion for southwestern Montana will be held Sunday afternoon in Helena. District commander Raymond Schilling of Butte will preside, with department vice commander Harry Koch of Kalispell and department commander Eugene F. Naegele of Helena among the official attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Montana
Helena
Raymond Schilling
Butte
Harry Koch
Kalispell
Montana Department
Eugene F. Naegele
John L. Hoffman
Legionnaires of Mining Dis
Butte Officials Set 35-27 Meeting Resolutions
In Montane department No. 6 plans to elect officers for the coming year and stage a convent event in July. The note references a tally or score 35-27 related to Montane resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cubical
Montane Department
Butte
Reclamation Meet Held in Butte
O. A. Bergeson of this city attended a Montana Reclamation association directors meeting in Butte Thursday of last week. He remained for the State Chamber of Commerce three day session. Topics discussed included reclamation live stock agriculture and game conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Bergeson
Montana Reclamation Association
Butte
State Chamber of Commerce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vaitieres
Federal Department of Agriculture
Alfred R. Anderson
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Congress
Anderson
Federal Department
Charles Brannan
U. S. Royal
U.S
Ontan Auto Sales
Time Books
the Examiner
Eva Stevenson
North Pacific Street
Frank Tyro
Frank Estes
Rosemary Tyro
Rowland Hall
California
Hartwig
Paramount
Ray Milland
Florence Marty
Paramount Presents
Veronica Lake
Ann Freeman
Billy DeWolfe
Anne Hatcher
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Richard Denning
Trudy Marshall
Richard Widmark
Lionel Barrymore
Robert Mitchum
Barbara Bel Geddes
Robert Preston
Jackson
Spring Legion
Strasser’s
Hazelbaker Insurance Agency
Hazelbaker
First National Bank
Pad Northon Beacs
Federal Depot Insurange Corporation
H. S
Refrigeration Co
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