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Newspaper

Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1943

Page

8

Dillon Social Roundup Reads Local Visitors and Travels

A long listing of residents and visitors in Dillon notes trips to Missoula Helena and Great Falls. Names include Dan and Pat Pendergast W S Tash Jim Patterson Andre Fleming Evelyn Gregg and more with several parents and couples visiting relatives and shopping in town. Frequent weekend arrivals and departures mark the social scene.

Dan Pendergast Big Hole Diloln W. S. Tash Roy ZeBarth Andre Fleming Butte Pat Stamm Jim Patterson Wise River Evelyn Gregg Elkhorn Lee McCracken John Cantrell Dell Dillon Sheldon E. Davis Missoula Davis Howard Morse, Jr Stanford University Martin Moore Tremonton Utah Moore M. H. King Smith Ames Margaret Ann Ted Long Beach Calif George Shaffner Walt Sundale Helena Regina Melton Mary Dawn Warner Norris W. A. Baum Ashton Idaho LaMar Hatton Otto Schulz Sheridan Jim Mansfield Harry Gilbert Ernest Harkness Ike Rife Frank Rife Medicine Lodge W. G. Gilbert Great Falls Helen Lila Christensen Jean Troupe Lois Jack Gilbert Alder Gilberts Eleanor Culn Arizona Mrs. Allen Bradley

Latter Day Saints Meeting Schedule and Talks

Latter Day Saints hold an officers and teachers meeting at 9 40 followed by Sunday school at 10 00 and a sacrament gem led by Jean Hill stead. Talks are given by Marsha Warner and Peggy Smith with class work at 10 45 and closing exercises at 11 25.

L. H. Smith Sacrament Gem Jean Hillstead Marsha Warner Peggy Smith

Honors Servicemen Honored at Baxter Home

Mrs. Hay Baxter entertained last Wednesday for her son-in-law Lawrence Helfert of the Coast Guard and her nephew Lt. Francis Tonrey of the Naval Air Corps. The evening featured music by Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Helfert and Francis Tonrey with spring flowers and red white blue tapers and light refreshments.

Hayes Baxter Lawrence Helfert Coast Guard Francis Tonrey Naval Air Corps

Workmen repair railroad crossing near Metlen Hotel

City and Union Pacific workers cooperated to refurbish the Montana street to Railroad avenue crossing. Union Pacific supplied oil and mulch while city crews provided labor to restore the crossing for general use.

Metlen Montana Street Railroad Avenue Union Pacific Railroad

Wartime Wartime Programs and Personal News

Wartime measures affect photo V mail rules for fathers overseas and infants. Tax staff to grow 10 000 to 15 000 mostly women as pay as you go tax starts July 1. Lumber for farms expanded to 500 million board feet softwood with AA 2 ratings. Barbed wire held for farms 20 000 tons under WPB WE A. Farm machine distribution allowed 100 percent of rated output. Local residents Pfc William Waller and wife visit from Helena en route to San Diego. Lois Hazelbaker and daughter Lois visit Butte.

War Department Bureau of Internal Revenue WPB WEA Office of Civilian Requirements War Food Administration Pfc William Wall Dillon Helena San Diego Calif Wall Marine Corps Hans Anderson Mary Leh

Mr and Mrs Joe White Visit Butte Tuesday

Mr and Mrs Joe White traveled to Butte on Tuesday for an unspecified purpose. The brief item confirms their attendance or presence in the city on that day.

Mrs Joe White Butte

Fire control areas set and division wardens named countywide

Fire control zones are established across Beaverhead county with sheriff John Troupe to command the fire squadron. District leaders across Dillon, Wise River, Wisdom, Jackson, Lima, Centennial, and surrounding areas are listed with ranger assignments and creek-to-creek boundaries detailing the new fire protection network.

John Troupe Beaverhead County Dillon District A. A. Schroeder Ranger J. S. Brenner Grant Bloody Dick Black Canyon J. N. Mansfield Brown’s Creek Horse Prairie George B. Shaffner Dillon Rattlesnake Creek Grasshopper Creek Lars Kal- St Pintlar Creek Mussigbrod Creek Ted Woodward Wisdom Squaw Creek McVey Creek Jim Scofield Tie Creek Jack Miller Trail Creek Swamp Creek Herb Armitage Moose Creek Rock Creek W. R. Huntley Stanley Creek Jackson District Art Olson Dan Pendergast Jackson Bryant Creek Little Lake Creek Mark Clemon Lavelle Creek Engleyard Creek Martin Jackson Jerry Creek Darkhorse Creek Herman Peterson Governor Creek W. P. Carroll Bull Creek Fox Creek Frank Nay Star Route Bannack Creek al Longseth Polaris Elkhorn Frank Weisgerber Warm Springs Lima B. P. Martin R. Hansen Frank Rife Armstead Medicine Lodge Joe Roe Buck Creek C. A. Bailey Dell Mud Creek Paul Martinell Upper Sheep Creek W. L. Peterson Lower Sheep Creek W. H. Wyatt Lime Kiln Canyon Red Butte Oscar Gravely Little Sheep Creek William Greed Monida Tom Cantrell Lima Dam Centennial Red Rock River Jim Nye Corral Creek Andy Forsyth Sand Creek Joe Buck Bill Greed Brundage Bridge Red Rock Creek Milford Judy Wolverine Creek Clayton Kennedy Brundage Creek E. Morrison Snowshoe Creek Fay Selby Red Rock Pass North Road Beaverhead River Cook Sheep Company I. B. Lennox Sage Creek William Knox Divide Creek North Fork Pat Flynn Sheep Canyon Weaver Smith Upper West Fork Blacktail Walter Jones Blacktail Creek Roscoe Cornell Ashbaugh Canyon Brock Creek Roy Forrester M. J. Ambrose Carter Creek Timber Gulch Carl Hanten E. Anderson Mauer Creek Daly's Creek Bert McMenomey Grasshop Creek John Rebish Temanshonner Creek Norman Nelson Big Hole River Clyde Smith Beaverhead Rock

WAAC shifts and service updates for World War II personnel

The item details Pataha Our Service Men entering WAAC non-combat roles and Ferragut Idaho recruit training for Ralph Pedersen with naval schooling prospects. It notes Lt Lou Larson’s transfer to Salina California as aerial machine gun instructor, plus letters from overseas describing censorship limits. It lists furloughs for Jack Gilbert Bob Quackenbush Bruce Waters and Lt Tonrey, and reports on Marine Corps recruiters visiting Dillon for female enlistments. It also covers Joe Bergeson in La Grande Oregon training and address changes for James Sorenson Camp Callan and Don Smith visiting Farragut.

Ralph Allen Pedersen M. M. Pedersen Dillon U. S. Naval Training Station Farragut Idaho Lake Pend Oreille

Grimes Announces Meeting of Grimes District No 10 Board

W. V. Grimes secretary announces next Monday June 28 meeting of Grimes School District No 10 to arrange the budget for the 43 44 school year. Any citizen may attend. W D Ross replaced Harry Gilbert at the last meeting.

W. V. Grimes Grimes W. D. Ross Harry Gilbert Susie

Forest Service School Trains Men at Elkhorn

Foreman Pete Eiden leads a training program at Elkhorn where men from Beaverhead county and nearby regions receive fire fighting and administrative guard training. Graduates will be reassigned to roles matching their qualifications to avoid disrupting food production in the area.

Forest Service School Elkhorn Pete Eiden Beaverhead County Miles City Billings Wyoming

Local School Opens With California Massachusetts Boys

Local school opens Monday and will close Saturday June 26. Attending students include Bill Curry Bill McMannis Ed Neal Francis Pettit Dale Dart Dick Evans Jr and Wallace Best from the area and two boys from California and Massachusetts.

California Massachusetts Bill Curry Bill McMannis Ed Neal Francis Pettit Dale Dart Dick Evans, Jr Wallace Best

Women's League Opens Metlen First Winner

Batteries Legion Sampson and Ward Kiwanis Casterline and Davis. Boys standings show an all round tie with Rotary Kiwanis contending for first and Legion Elks for second. Present standings L

Legion Sampson Ward Kiwanis Casterline Davis Rotary Legion and Elks

Centennial Couple Shoppers Spotted in Dillon

Mr and Mrs Sonny Bean of the Centennial were seen shopping in Dillon last weekend.

Sonny Bean The Centennial Dillon

Vigilante Corporation Shifts Office to Dillon

The Vigilante Corporation relocates its office to Dillon with survey work extending from Divide to Wisdom and along the Ruby river from Twin Bridges to Alder. Work on new lines from Armstead to Horse Prairie and Jackson to Grasshopper Creek awaits waves of manpower and materials for the war effort.

Divide Wisdom Blacktail Ruby River Twin Bridges Alder Armstead Horse Prairie Jackson Grasshopper Creek Blinn

Also Mentioned on This Page

Ration Board Dillon Implement Company Leff Nicholas Sileo South Pacific Sileo U. S. Treasury Department Lois Hazelbaker Pataha WAAC Lou Larson Blythe Salina Lou 34Th Bombardment Gp A.A.B Leonard Holloran Jack Army Tucson Bob Quackenbush United States Navy Hes Robert Quackenbush Bruce Waters Camp Beale J. G Naval Air Base Corpus Christi Texas Tonrey Catherine E. Thomas Marjorie Wymore United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve Women’s Reserve Dillon Area Hunter College Joe Bergeson Army Air Corps la Grande Ore Joe Santa Ana James Sorenson 54Th AA Tng Camp Callan J. W. Clemow Bill Kelly Loren Davis Clemow Sgt. Kelly Victorville Vernon Taylor Normal College Des Moines Don Smith Leslie Smith United States Pearl Harbor Electric Light and Power Companies Montana Power Company Vigilante Corporation Dillon Feed & Seed Co First National Bank Morthwest Bancorpersdon
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