Webber’s 60 Years with Deere Mark Northwest Growth Milestone
Charles C. Webber, last living grandson of John Deere, completes six decades with Deere and Company. He spent 56 years in the Northwest, witnessing the region’s transformation from buffalo pasture to a farming empire and Deere’s expansion to 65 branch plants producing over 600 products.
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Northwest
Neapolis
Charles C. Webber
John Deere
Deere
Webber
Moline
Ill
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Montana
Irving
United States
Canada
Deere & Company of
Deere & Webber
Ini
American Legion Auxiliary Emphasizes Fidac June Plans
Miss Berniece Metlen served as installing officer for the Legion unit meeting. Fidac committee members and several named chairs outlined June activities focusing on friendship among nations to build lasting peace, with programs including plays, pageants, and garden parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berniece Metlen
Fidac
D. V. Paddock
C. T. Callahan
Parke Scott
Alice Roland
C. M. Bonnifield
National Defense
Luella Stickney
Luther Smith
H. McMannis
Marion DeLadd
Guy D. Combes
Frank Poole
J. W. Walters
Sam Cardinale
H. M. Warner
Berniece Meulen
American Legion Auxiliary
D. W. Paddock
Interallied Veterans’ Federation
Oscar W. Hahn
America
University Teacher to Speak Here on Business Problems
City residents are invited to attend a meeting with a university teacher recognized as a leading authority on business. The speaker will present motion pictures illustrating salesmanship and advertising. A similar event in Dillon last year drew a large audience and educational value.
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City
Dillon
Dean Line
Charles H. Niblack
Associated Merchants
E. W. Bond
Legion Post Nominates Officers and Dues Proposal
Officers are nominated by the Legion post with Curry as alternates. A dues raise from 3.50 to 5.00 was proposed and members will be notified with voting rights if they oppose it. Billy Dean Harrison of Polaris received honorable mention in the Legion highway poster contest. Dillon Elks drum and bugle corps thanked for aiding in dedicating junior baseball grounds.
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Curry
Billy Dean Harrison
Polaris
The
Legion
Dillon Elks Drum and Bugle Corps
Beaverhead Town Welcomes Big Circus Arrival
The circus from Butte arrives in Beaverhead with elephants horses camels zebras and ponies moving to show grounds. Vendors unload wagons and tents rise forming a compact city as thousands follow the spectacle before the show travels to another town. New acts include Christiansi Family Flying Artonys Karleys Silvers Amerika and Bert Nelson with twenty six lions and lionesses under Captain Robert Thornton.
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Butte
Webster
Europe
Christiani
Flying Artonys
Hal Silvers
Amerika
Bert Nelson
Star of All Tiger
Lion
Circus
Robert Thornton
Walter McLain Presents Old Mexico Circus Extravaganza
The event features four herds of performing elephants and sixty clowns for children from three to seventy three. A monster pageant titled Old Mexico precedes the circus show with aerialists riders and dancers. Tickets are sold at Thomas Book Store and the white ticket wagon, with general admission at the grounds. The circus departs for Idaho Falls at midnight via the Union Pacific railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter McLain
Mexico
Old Mexico
Thomas Bookstore
Idaho Falls
Union Pacific Railroad
Dr Davis Speaks at Rotary Meet Under King George
In a Rotary gathering under King George, Dr Davis discussed postwar Europe noting Hungary’s balanced budget and progress, Portugal’s economic stability and civilian army, Uruguay’s dictatorship with suppressed uprisings, and Venezuela’s debt-free state with liberalized dictatorship amid rioting. He argued smaller nations aren’t generally better off than larger ones.
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George
Hungary
Portugal
Uruguay
Venezuela
Davis
Dwight Williams Wins 1936 Montana Farm Accounting Contest
Dwight Williams of the Cascade county 4 H farm accounts club won the state accounting contest for 1936 in Montana. Ray E Cameron states Williams competed against entries from nine counties with six organized clubs and his record book is sent to the national committee for further sectional and national prizes.
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Dwight Williams
Cascade County
Montana
Ray E. Cameron
Dwight
National Committee On
Mrs. F. M. Merrill Jr Visits Dillon on Thursday
Mrs. F. M. Merrill Jr of Lima visited Dillon on Thursday as a social guest and local residents greeted her.
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F. M. Merrill, Jr
Lima
Dillon
Madison Below Hebgen Dam Feeder Road Proposal Drafted
Beaverhead county officials push state highway action to build a feeder road from Wisdom toward the northeast. The plan includes local right of way, five miles of graded roadway, gravel surface and drainage. The board also hears support for Lillian Stone demonstrations and county nurse continuation, with budget conditions. The June 1937 minutes record a gift by Guy D. Combes of bank fixtures for courthouse use, later formally thanked, and routine financial reports.
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Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Wisdom
Highway Commission
Lillian Stone
Better Homes Club of
Dillon
Ralph Liggett
Armstead Club of
Armstead
B. J. McMenomey
Homemaker’s Club of
Verl M. Lasich
T. E. Gilbert
Hartwig
Guy D. Combes
First National Bank of
Combes
First National Bank of Dillon
Jackson
Rife
Mrs. Lyon Claimed by Death Here
The funeral for Mrs. Lyon will be conducted this afternoon at the L D S chapel with Elder Harold M. Warner officiating. Fred Lyon traveled from Excelsior Springs Missouri where he had been receiving treatment to attend the service by plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Warner
Fred Lyon
Excelsior Springs
Flag Raised Over Jones Cabin On Divide
The proclamation notes heirs to Jones estate will preserve the cabin as he kept it for visitors and friends. It highlights the cabin as a scenic historic spot among the last pioneer diggings era cabins and praises the owner as an outstanding figure.
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Jones
Elks Lodge Flag Day Program Honors With Drum Corps Parade
Dillon Boy Scouts carried flags as Exalted Ruler Gordon led lodge officers in a flag day ritual. The drum corps orchestra played patriotic selections and aided in singing Auld Lang Syne as a parade through the business district followed the color guard and lodge officers. Committee: Paul Bramsman, chairman. John Selvidge. Frank Poole. Harvey Sorenson. E. L. Wheat.
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Dillon Boy Scouts
Gordon
Paul Bramsman
John Selvidge
Frank Poole
Harvey Sorenson
E. L. Wheat
Regular Minutes of Board Commissioners Adopted at Meeting
The record notes approvals including George W. Helming justice of the peace of Wisdom township James E Burt constable of Lima Township and Carson Brothers contract bond for painting court costs totaling 1283 16. It was moved seconded and approved.
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George W. Helming
Wisdom Township
James E. Burt
Lima Township
Carson Brothers
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Legion Unit
Patsy Kelly
Lyda Roberts
Lynne Overman
Paris
Swiss’ Alps
Claudette Colbert
Robert Young
Melvyn Douglas
Lloyds OF London
Freddie Bartholomew
Madeleine Carroll
Tyrone Power
Charlie Chan
Chan
Warner Oland- Keye Luke Katherine DeMille
Legion Post
Beaverhead
Chevrolet
Ulic Bray
Ron Economen
ETA
Niiwa
Sile
Allster P Bopis
General Motors
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Sales Corporation
Detroit
Michigan
MoNtana Auto Supply Company
DR. Davis
Rotary Meet
Madison
Hebgen Dam
State Highway Commission
Elks Lodge
First National Bank
Wih Northwest Bancorporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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