No Carnival at Elkhorn a T Huge Success
The Elkhorn Hot Springs Snow Carnival drew about 50 skiers and pedestrians on a warm skiing day. Fay Waldemar won the individual downhill and slalom with high scores, while Marvin Nelson led the men’s downhill and slalom. Miss Dolores Davis was crowned queen and will compete in Whitefish for the national title, with gifts from local businesses and the Chamber of Commerce Athletic committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverend
Elkorn Hot Springs
Westin Montana School of Education
Dillon
Beaverhead
Iss Dolores Davis
Beaverhead County
Davis
Whitefish
Chamber of Comerce
Fay Waldemar
Jo Anne Arbour
Elsita Rouse
Marvin Nelson
College
Lwas
Bob Smith
Bud Malee
Bill Tash
High School
John Husted
Jackson
Beatrice Clemon
LaVerne Henry
Hal Wight
Marvin Peterson
Warren Henry
Elkhorn Hot Springs
Dillon Ski Club
Jackson Ski Club
Beaverhead High School
Dolores Davis
Eliel’s Department Store
Tonrey’s Toggery
McCracken Brothers
City
Elkhorn
Boxing Smoker Draws Crowd at Western Montana College
Boxing fans packed the Western Montana COE gym Thursday as former Golden Glove champs headlined a 30 round card featuring college high school and grade school contenders. All bouts ended in draws with main event Joe Antonetti and Joe Malia among the principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Montana Coe Gymnasium
Golden Glove
Joe Antonetti
Butte
Joe Malia
Jim Brooks
Tommy Glennon
Jim Dodd
Byron Hayden
Craig Cornell
Norman Wight
Dillon
Jack Murray
Anaconda
Hugh Simmons
Duane Mueli
Eureka
Mervin Nelson
Joe Fey
Glasgow
Marvin Eccleston
Bud Trask
Deer Lodge
William Drew
Francis Pettit
Ed Durkin
Jack
Bulldogs to Attend National Intercollegiate Tournament
Western Montana College of Education Bulldogs with a 12 1 record in the state small college conference plan to travel Sunday to Kansas City Missouri for the National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament set March 7 through 12 This marks their second invitation as Montana champions their first trip East was in 1941 The Bulldogs close the conference schedule on Friday and Saturday hosting Carroll College of Helena with Coach Straugh leading players Dale Tash Walter Anderson Allen Weeks Ray Callighan Ben Harrison Jack Rector Dick Jacobsen Ed Mattix Cliff Leimback John McMahon and Lindy Estes aboard
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Western Montana College of Education Bulldogs
Kansas City
Bulldogs
Montana
Carroll College of Helena
Straugh
Dale Tash
Walter Anderson
Allen Weeks
Ray Callighan
Ben Harrison
Jack Rector
Dick Jacobsen
Ed Mattix
Cliff Leimback
John McMahon
Lindy Estes
Carroll
Meris
Cbete
Cuucotter
Teaes
Hastern Cor
School of Mines
Western Montana
Miners
Harrison
Mines
Anderson
Western Coe
Cccceees
Tash
Aiken Straugh
Quint
Rector
Bulldogs Lead Standings In Small College Conference
Western Montana Bulldogs sit atop the circuit with two wins while Carroll gains ground with a 46 42 win over Northern Montana and a 57 53 loss to Havre Lights. Eastern Montana College of Education beat Rocky Mountain 51 48 as the league nears its final games.
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Western Montana College of Education
Carroll
Western
Bulldogs
Saints
Dillon
School of Mines
Northern Montana
Havre Lights
Eastern
Montana College of Education
Rocky Mountain
Billings
Mines
Butte
RMC
Bears
Caution Urged Over Pheasants on Montana Roads
Montana Highway Patrol supervisor Charles L. Sheridan urges extreme caution for drivers in four areas including between Toston and Townsend Sheridan and Twin Bridges Warm Springs and Dillon areas. Signs are posted as wildlife groups feed birds along roadways due to harsh weather. Birds pose risk to vehicles with possible windshield damage and crashes.
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Montana Highway Patrol
Charles L. Sheridan
Toston
Townsend
Sheridan
Twin Bridges
Warm Springs
Dillon
Funeral Notices for Fred Crouse in Dillon Montana
Fred Crouse 69 died at home on South Pacific street Tuesday night leaving a wide circle of Montana friends. Born October 24 1879 near Springhill he married Pearl Dickson in 1908 and lived on ranches before Dillon. Funeral time not announced memorials to Presbyterian church memorial fund requested.
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Fred Crouse
South Pacific Street
Mr. Crouse
Henry Crouse
Bannack
Anna Millhouse Crouse
Marshall
Illinois
Springhill
Gallatin Valley
Pearl Dickson
Montana
George W. Dickson
Presbyterian Church
Men’s Club
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
Gallatin County Sons and Daughters
Bozeman
Apollo Lodge
Crouse
Hans C. Anderson
Dillon
Frederic E. Crouse
Charles H. Crouse
Elaine
Keith
Charles Anderson
Janet Crouse
Davis Robinson
Gus Carlson
Walter Crouse
Grant
Pass
Oregon
Arthur Crouse
Olympia
Wash
Lester Crouse
Box Social Draws Large Crowd Here
A Beaver Lodge box social Friday night realized 76 dollars and 45 cents. Col Luther Smith led the auction with Mrs Smith Eddie Davis assisting. Prizes went to Jo Ann Smith Pat Sanderford Elsita Rouse for best contents and to Louise Piazzola Dorene Flitton for decorative boxes. Old fashioned dances by the club and music from Regina Melton Paul Hansen filled the evening, with proceeds aiding Beaver Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Lodge
Col. Luther Smith
Mrs. Smith
Eddie Davis
Jo Ann Smith
Pat Sanderford
Elsita Rouse
Louise Piazzola
Dorene Flitton
Mona Pope
Mary Ellen Conover
Parke T. Scott
Matt Lasich
C. E. Blinn
Elwood Morrison
Robert Melton
Jack Keenan
Carl Hollenstiner
John Walter
Jim Melton
Regina Melton
Paul Hansen
The
Lima Visitor William Mordan In City Last Week
William Mordan of Lima was in the city on a business visit Wednesday of last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mordan
Lima
Former Beaverhead Business Man Dies in Florida
William John Hardley 61, a former Lima insurance and real estate dealer and Monida merchant, collapsed of a heart attack in Homestead Florida while awaiting arraignment on a bankruptcy act violation. Leona Moran 60 was arrested with him. both are accused of concealing assets from Hardley’s bankruptcy estate and creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Fla
William John Hardley
Lima
Monida
Florida
FBI
W. G. Banister
Butte
Leona Moran
Emmett C. Angland
U. S
Hardley
Miami
Moran
Red Cross Quota Set in Beaverhead County Campaign
The Beaverhead Red Cross drives to raise 1200 with half staying local and half to the national fund. Clark D Evelyn urges preparedness and disaster plans as winter heaviness drives demand for aid. rural area chair H E Contway backs district campaigns and materials distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Beaverhead
Clark D’evelyn
County Fund
National Fund
H. E. Contway
Beaverhead County
American Red Cross
D’evelyn
The
Outlook for Labor Looks Better Here
George R. Baker reports improved local employment as weather moderates. February filings fell 24 to 133 while 22 workers were placed in February vs 17 in January. March may absorb farm labor, boosting hiring across sectors. 1948 filled over 1,000 regional jobs, about half in agriculture, with 1949 hoped to surpass that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Baker
Baker
Winns Store Debuts Fresh Look After Renovation
Winns, Inc. reveals a brand new interior as show rooms and offices receive a complete early year renovation. Carpenters paper hangers and decorators refinished the space creating a light pleasing color scheme. The Dillon store touts a full stock of furniture sporting goods gifts paints wallpaper toys and electrical appliances for a city its size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winn’s, Inc
Winn’s
Dillon
Beaverhead Tops State Liquor Use in 1948 Sales
D A Galt reports Beaverhead county sold liquor totaling 288,285.36 dollars in 1948, an average of 41.52 dollars per capita, highest in Montana. Stores operate in Dillon Lima Wisdom and Grant, with county population 6,943 included in per capita figures. Excludes eight per cent excise tax and permit sales.
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D. A. Galt
Beaverhead County
Montana
Dillon
Lima
Wisdom
Grant
Cascade County
Deer Lodge
Flathead
Lewis & Clark
Madison
Missoula
Powell
Silver Bow
Toole
Yellowstone
Galt
Visitors from Butte Stay in Dillon Over Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. E. Martinson and children of Butte visited Dillon on Saturday and Sunday. Their youngest daughter Susan remained with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Dougherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
E. Martinson
Dillon
Susan
J. T. Dougherty
Harvey Names Dillon Bradley Electric Manager
Mr and Mrs Marshall Harvey arrived in Dillon from Cody Wyoming and he has assumed duties as manager of the Bradley Electric store on N Montana street. An internee in Switzerland during the last war he met a Swiss ski instructor who praises the Beav erhead mountains and scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Cody
Wyo
Marshall Harvey
Harvey
Bradley Electric
N. Montana Street
Switzerland
Beaverhead
Agricultural Meet Here Thursday P M
Beaverhead county ranchers and farmers are invited to a 1 30 p m meeting in city hall council chambers to discuss 1949 agricultural outlook conservation program production goals and price supports Roy Warden weed specialist and Everett Woodgerd PMA fieldman will join the discussions Attendees urged by county agent J H Mikkelson and ACA chair J S S Smith
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Roy Warden
Extension Service
Everett Woodgerd
PMA
Beaverhead
J. H. Mikkelson
Agen
J., S&s. Smith
ACA
Death claims Dr. A. Needles at Salt Lake
Dr. Arthur Stone Needles, 63, Lima physician and Union Pacific surgeon, died at 1 a.m. in a Salt Lake hospital from a heart ailment. Born Sept. 12, 1885 in Pueblo, he studied at Colorado and Michigan universities and practiced in Scobey, Illiois, Washington, and Hiawatha Utah before joining Lima a year ago. Survived by widow Ingrid Needles, Lima a son William Needles, Yelm Washington a brother J W Needles Glendale California and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Stone Needles
Lima
Union Pacific Railroad
Salt Lake
Pueblo
Colorado
Needles
University of Colorado
University of Michigan
Scobey
Mont
Illinois
Washington
Hiawatha
Utah
Junior Varsity Bulldogs Triumph Over Anaconda Central
The Junior Varsity Bulldogs defeated Anaconda Central 45 to 36 at Western Montana COE gym last Wednesday. Central narrowed the gap briefly with a late spurt before a final Bulldog run sealed the win. A preliminary game required overtime after a 24 24 tie at the end of regulation.
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Anaconda Central
Western Montana Coe Gym
Central
Moose Lodge Shows Films of Projects at Local Meeting
Mooseheart the Child City and Moose Haven Home for the Aged were shown in a series of motion pictures by the Loyal Order of Moose at the ICCF hall. State Director Cecil L. Swan of the LOOM oversaw the program as a large Dillon crowd attended the Monday evening event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooseheart
Moosehaven
Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose
1.C.C
Knight on Honor Roll at State School of Mines
Ford W. Knight, a Dillon freshman in engineering at the State School of Mines in Butte, earned sixth place on the engineering honor roll for the just-concluded semester with a 2.61 average per the college bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford W. Knight
Dillon
State School of Mines
Butte
Interesting talk by MSC speaker at Dillon AAUW meeting
Dr. Katharine Roy of Montana State college spoke at a Dillon AAUW event in the high school auditorium. She discussed modern children and the changing parent teacher dynamic noting the loss of family home atmosphere and the faster pace of life affecting American childhood. Mrs. Lara Penwell arranged the visit and introduced her. Dr. Roy is dean of home economics at MSU and a leading authority in child psychology. Miss Virginia Irvine heads the local AAUW branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
American Association of University Women
Katharine Roy
Montana State College
Lara Penwell
AAUW
Roy
Virginia Irvine
Former Dillon Boy Named Staff Captain Aboard liner Uruguay
Evans Innes Jr a Beaverhead county high school graduate class of 1925 from Dillon has been promoted to staff captain of the SS Uruguay Moore McCormack liner running from New York to Buenos Aires. He is on his second trip and has served in maritime service since 1930 including wartime transports. He recently gained lieutenant commander rank in the U S Naval Reserve.
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Evans Innes, Jr
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Uruguay
Moore - McCormack
New York City
Buenos Aires
Evans Innes
Captain Innes
U. S. Naval Reserve, University
Dougan Luebi Presidents DeS Der At Sons and Daughters
At the regular meeting of the Sons and Daughters of American Revolution held on Tuesday February 22 Dougan Lueben was named president for the ensuing year. Other officers elected include Fritz Hayirsay R C Dillavou Billings R B Stevens Sidney E W Spottswood Missoula vice presidents John W Schroeder Helena secretary treasurer M R Wilson Helena registrar Lyle Standish Chateau historian and Ween Kemmis Sidney chaplain.
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Othe
Idaho Man Sentenced for Forgery in Deer Lodge Prison
Charles William Doebler of Salmon Idaho pleaded guilty in district court to forgery and was sentenced by Judge Lyman H. Bennett to 18 months in the state prison at Deer Lodge. Doebler was arrested by Sheriff Paul Temple at Armstead after allegedly cashing several worthless checks there and in Dell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles William Doebler
Salmon
Idaho
Lyman H. Bennett
Deer Lodge
Doebler
Paul Temple
Armstead
Dell
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Dolores Pavis
Soren Sorenson
Spokane
Marianne
Shrine Hospital
Western Coe Quint
Box Social
Beaverhead Tops
COE
Alberton
Hamilton
Polson
St. Regis
Philipsburg
Whitehall
Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce
Beaverhead County High
DR. A. Needles
Moose Lodge
MSC
Dillon Boy
Dougan Luebi President
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