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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1934
Page
8
Portland residents Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Caswell were in the city last week. Miss Hope Mathews returns from Missoula where she studies at the university and will spend the summer with family. Tom Morrow, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Morrow and a Stanford student, comes home for the summer. Dr. F. M. Poindexter has spent recent days in Salt Lake City.
Rotary Club observed Past President Night with guests including Rev. H. M. Roberts of Missoula who is leading a summer Bible school at the Presbyterian church. The talk noted Latin countries and France as referenced constitutional models.
A man alleged to have acted suspiciously in Ruby last week led to the arrest of three individuals on auto theft charges on Friday. authorities reported the incident details and ongoing investigations.
Homer Glenn Steele, sought in Dillon on a forgery charge, is reportedly serving a two year term in Oregon state prison on burglary charges. Ranger R J Bowers arranged custody and Sheriff McCollum confirmed last week.
At Salt Lake the shooter Ted Renfro led the Utah meet before missing. Herman Peterson of the Dillon club shot 77 in doubles, Roy Forrister posted 97 in singles, and in 200 targets Forrister hit 192 while Peterson had 185. G L Becker of Ogden was runner up with 198.
Ruth Crosby chairs the Independent Woman program in March with Florence Stone planning the April booster meeting for a Seattle bi annual convention. Glenna Vance heads the transportation committee in May and Fern Schuyler leads the June finance committee for the annual health picnic.
Legion Post sponsors July Fourth events featuring Claudia Faust pupils with song and dance numbers. Jitney dancing in the pavilion runs from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. A public dance follows next Tuesday at Paul Henneberry’s Canyon resort, 14 miles south of Dillon under the slogan A Snappy Celebration Easy on the Pocketbook.
The document lists Bill Corbett as president and notes an upcoming executive committee. It details the county board of directors with representatives from Argenta Bannack Medicine Lodge Birch Creek Hekla Blue Wing Elkhorn Sugar Loaf Lost Creek Horse Prairie Big Hole Black Tail Deer Creek Bald Mountain Wise River Bloody Dick and mentions Mrs Larry Weir and John Templeman among the names.
William Logan was named to take charge of the campaign for new members with Dell H. C. McNinch, Peter Peterson, and Lima figures involved. The move signals a push to organize additional recruits and expand support networks.
A home demonstration visit is planned for Dillon Monday with Miss Stone in charge. A 1:30 p.m. meeting will be held in the high school home economics room to arrange classes and a community schedule.
Information compiled by him confirms an assured new federal building. The structure will serve as the post office and Beaverhead National Forest headquarters.
Business sessions will be held at the city hall daily with addresses by firefighting experts and department reports from across the state. A private dance for firemen and their ladies is planned Thursday at city hall July 19, with public dances at Dillmont park Friday and Saturday evenings, and a novelty street parade as the opening event. Details to be announced in July.
Beaverhead Farmers Union leader J B Garrison touts Tom Howard as guest speaker for Sunday's event. Howard helped create co operatives and understands how exchanges boards of trade and money control affect farmers. He argues the Frasier Lemke bill is a just measure benefiting farmers.
The State Farmers Union board announces Professor Rexford Tugwell, assistant secretary of agriculture and head of the brain trust, will be a principal speaker at the Montana Farmers Union convention in Havre in October. His speech will be broadcast via local radio stations, giving statewide farmers access to his ideas.
Royal Neighbors meet in city for a statewide convention with welcome by Helen Talent of Dillon and responses from Kate Carson of Butte. Supreme officers and deputies attend, including Florence Harris and Margaret Gilchrist. The program includes roll calls reports elections instruction classes exemplification and lodge work. A banquet at the Andrus hotel precedes an evening session with Florence Harris address and initiatory work by Copper City camp of Anaconda.
Following the business seal a program of entertainment, be offered by all camps in attendance described.
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