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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1948
Page
6
The newspaper announces a weekly column answering common questions about the Veterans Administration. Veterans are urged to contact or write to the nearest VA contact unit for detailed information.
Veterans Administration announces multiple openings for doctors in VA medical facilities across Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana created by recent army navy physician releases. Immediate needs include general physicians chest disease specialists anesthesiologists and psychiatrists with salaries 4149 to 11000 plus 25 percent for certified specialists.
A brief note directs individuals to their closest VA office to obtain specifics on reopening an active or closed case. It emphasizes in-person guidance and official forms and timelines.
Mr and Mrs Dan Henneberry and daughter Janet returned from Missoula where Henneberry editor of the Montana Veteran attended the state encampment of Veterans of Foreign Wars. He reports a successful convention with delegates from all parts of the state. In Garden City they learned Joanne Shaw daughter of Mrs Warren Shaw former Wisdom residents was named a candidate for queen of the Stampede to be held in July under Jaycees sponsorship.
Mr and Mrs Vivian Thomas returned the latter part of last week from a vacation trip about the state.
A parade of visitors and travelers fills the Dillon scene. Mrs James Taylor and two children return from Great Falls while Fred Smith, a Dell business visitor, calls on Saturday. Various candidates and residents from Dell Wisdom Armstead Elkhorn and Missoula appear. Red Cross delegates head to San Francisco. a summer driving course is planned in Bozeman. Father s Day family gatherings in Dillon.
The Montana Taxpayers Association reports local school property taxes rose 7.12 million dollars from 1939 to 1947, a 73.5 percent jump, with 500 to 700 daily attendance units being most economical. Teacher salaries from 1939-40 to 1947-48 rose 116 percent, outpacing living costs. The report also notes 1947-48 average salaries at 2,558.
Bernard J. Wenger, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Jules Wenger of Dillon, has enlisted in the U S Air Force for three years. He signed up in Butte on June 9 1948 after attending Beaverhead County High School and working at a Chevron service station.
Mr and Mrs Frank Lovell who attended the funeral of Mrs Agatha Long sister of Mr Lovell plan to return Thursday morning to their Racine Wisconsin home.
Mrs Florence Johanen of Chicago Mrs Myrtle Peterson Milwaukee and Mrs Gladys Meine Spokane visit the home of their parents Mr and Mrs George Smith.
Mrs. W. J. Bierrum returned from Minneapolis where she attended a University of Minnesota alumni class reunion and visited relatives.
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