Railroad Officials Back Barretts Stockyards Plan In Dillon
Beaverhead County ranchers and business leaders met with Union Pacific officials at Dillon City Hall to discuss abandoning Dillon stockyards and building new yards at Barretts and Bonn stations. The meeting, called by Homer Turner, aims to streamline livestock loading and transit while detailing required infrastructure and seeking cooperation to advance the project.
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Barretts, Bond
Beaverhead County
Union Pacific Railroad
Dillon
Homer Turner
Beaverhead
Barretts
Bonn
Turner
Lau
Plans Completed For Annual Square Dance Event
Plans are nearing completion for the Beaverhead Farm Bureau annual square dance to be held Saturday night at Western Montana College of Education gym. The event features WMCE seating under Ruth Greenfield with several community groups, includes exhibitions by Dry Gulch Belgrade and Two Dot, a public round dance, and a Bozeman Hoedown entry deadline of March 6. Arnold Benson leads the children's entertainment. Jim Johnson and Fielding McIntosh assist the committee.
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Beaverhead Farm Bureau
Western Montana College of Education
WMCE
Ruth Greenfield
LDS Church
Mac
Armstead
Farm Bureau
Dry Gulch
Belgrade
Two Dot
Bozeman
Bill Donovan
Butte
Arnold Benson
Riverside
Glen
Jim Johnson
Fielding MciIntosh
Square Dance Committee
Sportsman Injured In Encounter With Wild Bobcat
Beaverhead county trapper Bill Gray was treated at Barrett hospital after a bobcat attack during a hunting trip with Ted Foster and Bert Kamps. They had cornered two bobcats and secured one, while Gray’s hand was severely lacerated while attempting to secure the second captive.
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Bill Gray
Beaverhead County
Barrett Hospital
Gray
Ted Foster
Bert Kamps
Woman Injured After Being Struck By Car
Mrs Raymond Allen, wife of the Andrus News Stand operator, was struck and knocked to the pavement Friday morning at the Glendale and Atlantic street corner. A car driven by Mrs Royal Archer, traveling east on Glendale at a slow rate, left tire marks seven feet from the impact. Police say she was taken to Barrett hospital with bad bruises but no serious injuries.
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Raymond Allen
Andrus News Stand
Royal Archer
Allen
Glendale
Atlantic Streets
Dan Mooney
Barrett Hospital
Connie South Wins Union Pacific Carl Raymond Gray Scholarship
Connie South daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee South has been awarded the Carl Raymond Gray scholarship in agriculture and home economics by Union Pacific. The award goes to a 4 H club member who is a junior or senior in high school or a recent graduate. Connie has an outstanding 4 H record and high scholastic rating and now works for the Vigilante REA.
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Connie South
Lee South
Carl Raymond Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
State College of Agriculture
Connie
Vigilante Rea
Bannack Fund Oversubscribed For Restoration Work
Beaverhead Museum association finance committee reports Bannack fund oversubscribed beyond the $1,100 note retirement. Extra contributions may fund restoration with donation certificates, extended to April 4 1864 90th anniversary date, photographer display of minutes.
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The
Beaverhead Museum Association
Rosa Jordan
Bannack Fund
Bannack
Beaverhead
Jury Term of Court Now In Session
The district court opens a jury term with all criminal and civil trials set for Monday hearings. A civil suit between Harry Hoenstine and Preston and Stanford Rose is under panel review as jurors from the original 75 names remain, with several called to hear evidence.
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District Court
Harry Hoenstine
Preston Rose
Stanford Rose
James D Harrison
Robert Dumke
William R. Pilgrim
Peter Spritzer
William Rush
P C. Peterson
Lee England
Flora Wedum
Fay Selby
Bert Morrison
Gladys Cowins
Oline Berg
Philip Duncan
Weldon M. Alley
Mildred Benson
Opal Bloor
Taylor Bradley
Christine Brundage
Margaret Dumke
Edith Fullerton
David M. Hughes
Mary H. Lane
Nora E. Morrison
W H. Paddock
Eddie Reynolds
Richard Dean
Walter Richardson
Ruth Shafer
Ida Schneder
Mayor Proclaims World Day of Prayer in Dillon
City of Dillon proclaims March 5, 1954 as a world wide day of prayer during Lent. Mayor E S Townsend cites global tension and dependence on Almighty God and calls residents to remember nations in prayer.
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E. S. Townsend
Dillon
Destructive Fires Hit Pipe Organ Lodge and Peterson Ranch
Two fires struck the Dillon area Monday morning. Pipe Organ Lodge, 13 miles south, burned main building and a lodge unit after a passerby alerted caretaker Don Meecham. Hours later the Chris Peterson Ranch home and a nearby plant suffered fire damage, with livestock reported affected.
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Pipe Organ Lodge
Chris Peterson Ranch
Dillon
Don Meecham
Clyde
Chris Peterson
George Steele and, Company
Twin
Boy Scout Drive Opens In Dillon Under New Plan
The first Boy Scout fundraising drive in years starts in Dillon with local organizers Wilber Squires M J Markovich and Bruce Watters planning a kickoff at Vigilante Electric. Funds will stay in Dillon and be banked locally with Squires signing checks for the Vigilante council. Hal Gribble and Zack Russell travel from elsewhere to help organize the campaign and answer questions about fund use.
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Dillon
Wilber Squires
M. J. Markovich
Bruce Watters
Butte
Anaconda
National 4-H Week Observed By Beaverhead County Clubs
More than 9000 Montana 4-H members join nationwide in National 4-H Week March 6 14. Beaverhead County’s 17 clubs with 195 members highlight the theme Working Together for World Understanding through displays and projects in agriculture and homemaking.
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Montana
Beaverhead County
Agri
Red Cross Drive Opens in Beaverhead County
The Beaverhead county annual Red Cross membership drive started Monday under Harold E. Contway. Beaverhead seeks a 1954 quota of 2100 dollars, 200 more than last year, to fund the local chapter's projects and programs. Rural chairmen from Wisdom to Dillon coordinate the campaign with Contway directing county efforts.
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American’ Red Cross
Beaverhead County
Harold’ E. Contway
Beaverhead
Contway
Beverhead County
Dri
Democrats Plan Campaign at Initial Meet
A Beaverhead County Democratic reorganization meeting convened in the county court room with temporary chairmanship and state party reps present. A Jackson Jefferson dinner was planned and a committee led by Frank Davis was formed to set a date, while a Bagley School gathering at 8 p.m. was slated with Myrtle Larsen heading arrangements and refreshments planned.
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Beaverhead County
County Court Room
Tendance
Porary
Fra Davis
Dillon
Attorne
Heena
State Central Committee
Jac’son-Jefferson
Frank ‘Davis
Herb. Wheat
Joh Womack
Norman’ Giles
Arran Womack
of. C.M
Contway
Edgar Rife
J. C. Fuller
Bagley School
Myrtle Larsen
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Wild Bobcat
Union Pacific
Jean Bishop
Boy Scout
Red Cross
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