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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1946
Page
8
Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Lima will sponsor a major dance next Saturday. An 800 pound steer will be given away during the evening. Music will be provided by Jimmy Fay orchestra of Dillon.
June 15 is the filing deadline for candidates in Montana races including First District nominee Mansfield and O'Donnell in the Democrat slate. The column lists Democratic and Republican contenders for Congress Railroad Commissioner and Supreme Court Clerk and Justices, with several incumbents unopposed. A son was born Sunday at Barrett Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Colter Given of Polaris.
Dillon's volunteer fire department was called out twice last week to control small blazes. A shed at 435 South Idaho Street burned Friday after 8 am from oil explosion, saving nearby structures. Another shed behind on Helena Street burned Saturday. garage adjoining it was damaged by water but saved. Fire Chief O T Vandegrift cited children playing as a likely cause in the Helena incident.
District No. 11 Wise River with Alice Orr as teacher. District No. 16 Wisdom led by Amy Stephens and Nat Dean Denny. District No. 18 West Fox honors Kathryn Wall and Lawrence Redmond who scored the state’s only 100 in hygiene. District No. 19 Armstead with Ara Stroeder and Jennie Miller. District No. 24 Jackson lists Florence Pascoe and several teachers. District No. 27 Blacktail with Jewell Carrigan and Nina Cowins. District No. 28 East Fox features R Helming and Jerry Else. District No. 36 Lakeview names Ward Sharp and Peggy Lou Harball.
The Rev. Lewis D. Smith of Dillon was named grand chaplain of the grand council of the Royal Select Master Masons of Montana at the annual assembly in Helena. Gerald H. Bostwick represented Dillon chapter No. 8 as the Royal Arch Masons met yesterday.
Mr and Mrs William Hubbard of Dillon are the parents of a son born Thursday June 6 at Barrett hospital. The news notes the family in this local birth notice with no further details about weight or time of birth.
Glendive reports the Badlands park south of town is renamed Mako Shca, pronounced mah-ko-she-chi. The Sioux language meaning is the same, intended to suit the area’s recreation role. The park hosts a famed herd of wild horses led by a strong pinto stallion.
Beaverhead County commissioners hear petitions including Lake Creek road access from Neidt ranch to West Fox schoolhouse and set a hearing for a weed control district. They approve airport commission appointments and review welfare and county finances as of June 1946.
A 22 year old ranch hand was arraigned before Police Magistrate George E. Baker Monday morning on dispensing liquor to minors and fined 100 dollars. He was arrested about 4 o clock Sunday morning by City Officers Dan Mooney and Warren Stone after the minor was taken into custody by the same officers.
Mr and Mrs Jack Gavin of Butte formerly of Dillon spent several days last week with friends in the city.
Boy Scouts held a three day Vigilante Days Camporal in Dillon with a tent city at the city ball park. The entry way bore the sign Vigilante Days 1946 and the parade featured the Dillon band and Kalispell drum corps along with forest service mules and a rope and saddle club. Local officials and Scouts from many towns participated, with inspections, demonstrations, and a closing ceremony before departure.
Mrs. Homer Faust of Dillon and her mother Mrs. C. H. Peter will attend the national Red Cross convention in Philadelphia next week after traveling east by car. They are spending this week at the home of Weber Peterson in Arlington Virginia near Washington.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ries are happy parents to a newborn son born Wednesday at Barrett hospital. The infant weighs in with healthy signs and the family announces the happy event from their home in town.
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