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Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1951

Page

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Farm Ranch Directory Planned by Examiner for Beaverhead

The Examiner Printing Co. with Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce approval will publish a comprehensive farm ranch directory for Beaverhead Madison and possibly Lemhi counties Idaho. Free copies will go to listed farmers ranchers and advertisers and include names post office addresses sections township ranges and county maps for quick location.

Examiner Printing Co Dillon Beaverhead Dillon Feed and Seed

NURSE JANE A DELANO HONORED IN NATIONWIDE OBSERVANCE

Nurses nationwide celebrate the anniversary of Jane A Delano founder of the American Red Cross nursing services. Born 1862 Townsend New York she led nursing standards and organized Red Cross services for epidemics disasters and emergencies before dying in 1919 in France.

Jane A. Delano American Red Cross Nursing Services Miss Delano Red Cross Townsend New York Bellevue Training School For Army Nurse Corps France

Annual Square Dance Contest Plans Completed

Beaverhead county Farm Bureau units announce plans for the annual dance festival this Saturday at City Hall. Square dance sets and folk dancers compete for prizes with a county winner earning a trip to Bozeman on March 20. Music by Riversiders. attendees may bring records. No admission. pot luck supper after midnight. Program starts 8:30 PM and events begin 9:30 PM.

Beaverhead County Farm Bureau Bozeman Jackson Farm Bureau Riversiders County Farm Bureau

Adults Hobby Show by Soroptimist Club in Dillon

Dillon Soroptimist Club schedules the city’s first Adult Hobby Show at the Andrus Hotel dining room March 29 and 30. Beav​erhead County residents with hobbies such as handicraft, woodworking, collecting, doll-making, sewing, painting, and model-building are urged to exhibit and contact Mrs. Don Pace before March 20 for space and display cards.

Dillon Soroptimist Club Andrus Hotel Edith Ditty Beaverhead County Don Pace

Plates for Cars Trucks Arrive. Beaverhead County

Beaverhead County will issue 1951 license plates after County Treasurer Boyd Quick announced sufficient supplies arrived at the county courthouse. Motorists who already paid for licenses but did not receive plates or who have not yet obtained theirs may do so now. The Feb 15 deadline was relaxed due to shortages. a new deadline will be set by the patrol once supply is secured.

Boyd Quick Beaverhead State Highway Department Patrol

Toggery and Mathews Stores Undergo Remodeling

The Pilgrim building between Safeway and Eliels hosts rapid work expanding The Toggery by 400 square feet for Mathews store. Interiors are rebuilt with new fixtures floors paint and lights. Completion is expected in about two weeks.

Pilgrim Safeway Stores Eliels Joe Smith Mathews

Tuberculosis and Health Association Meeting Friday

Beaverhead Tuberculosis and Health association will meet Friday afternoon March 9 at 2:00 in the council rooms city hall. President Mrs. Sylvester Meade says it is the annual meeting with reports from committees and officer elections. Directors listed: Mrs. Ray Kellett Lima Mrs. Parke Scott Armstead Mrs. Fred Nelson Jackson Mrs. Argyl Stephens Wisdom Mrs. Leslie Jones Wise River Mrs. Elwood Boucher Glen.

Beaverhead Tuberculosis and Health Association Sylvester Meade Association Ray Kellett Lima Parke Scott Armstead Fred Nelson Jackson Argyl Stephens Wisdom Leslie Jones Wise River Elwood Boucher Glen

Tuberculosis Seal Sale Nets Local Fund $576

Mrs. O. K. Moe Beaverhead county Christmas seal chairman reported $1,235.98 raised in Beaverhead County. Seals mailed to residents produced $1,121.16, booths $22.15, pencils $92.67 with expenses $228.13. Net local fund $575.26 designated for the Beaverhead County Tuberculosis and Health Association and $432.59 sent to the Montana State Tuberculosis Association in Helena.

O. K. Moe Beaverhead County Beaverhead

Collegians Stage Campus Satire Musical Soiree

Western CollegeMusic club presents Campus Call to Arms a three act musical comedy lampooning campus life. Florence Gray and team wrote the story with Ann Flannigan Betty Austreng and others directing and performing. Principal roles filled by Helen Vegter Edward Kahoe Gene McCabe Jacqueline Armour Edward Monger Betty Austreng Edward Durkin Mary Lou Burgess Raymond Simon Bertram Gable.

Music Club College Auditorium Western Florence Gray Bozeman Ann Flannigan Betty Austreng Butte Edward Monger Belgrade Bertram Gable Helen Vegter Manhattan Edward Kahoe Philipsburg Gene McCabe Anaconda Jacqueline Armour St. Ignatius Edward Durkin Mary Lou Burgess Raymond Simon Dillon Helen Jones Carolyn Paxton Rexburg Jane Serenar East Helena Peggy Clark Arlee Agnes Tenneson Marilyn Boetticher Square Butte Eileen Sanderson Betty Christensen Great Falls Florence Gary Alice Cooper Mt. Vernon Washington Valdean Osteros Jean Sudan Bigfork Jack Carriger Donald Shaw Pony Robert Erickson Corvallis Max la Mare Mervyn Megee

French Horn Artist Heard Here Monday

Bertram Haigh former symphony french hornist gave a concert Monday evening in the B C H S auditorium before a sizeable audience. He played Evening Star from Tannhauser Carry Me Back to Old Virginia with the high school band directed by A H Hartwig. Accompanied by Prof Ralph Mc Fadden at the piano he offered Chopin Shubert song and On Wings of Song by Mendelssohn. The high school chorus and band performed numbers. Haigh conducted a question and answer period for high school brass players and then individual instruction for each brass group Monday morning.

Bertram Haigh Symphony B.C. H.S Mendelssohn Bang Haigh Inpe Uenen Brass

Rotary Guest John Good Highlights CM Employees Club

John Good manager of the A C M Employees' club spoke to the Dillon Rotary Monday night detailing the club history from its Thornton hotel origins to its current form. The facility supports bowling, shuffleboard, reading rooms, lounges, a ballroom and snack bar with no charge for A C M employees beyond meals and bowling. The staff includes sixteen former employees operating the venture and a seven member board representing underground workers crafts clerical and management.

Dillon Rotary Club John Good A.C.M Thornton Hotel Ac.m Bill Bierrum Rahl Frank Hazelbaker Harry Hays Calgary Canada William Jones Leon Eliel Los Angeles Stonger Brown Beaverhead Livestock

Beaverhead Considers Joining Rainmaking Effort

Beaverhead farmers and ranchers discussed joining Madison Jefferson and Gallatin counties in a cloud seeding program to boost rainfall. John Hubbard will head the Beaverhead group, with A J Kilgore coordinating applications due by March 10. Dr Irving P Krick leads the Denver based Water Resources Development Corp and the American Institute of Aerological Research.

Beaverhead County Three Forks A. J. Kilgore Water Resources Development Corp Denver Colo Hubbard Kilgore Irving P. Krick American Institute of Aerological Research Pasadena Calif Organization For Rocky Mountains

Bulldogs Fall to Bobcats in District Playoff Opener

Allan Weeks led the Western M.C.E. Bulldogs with 26 points as they lost to the MSC Bobcats 70-56 in the District 5 NAILB playoffs at Billings. Les Curry scored 18 for Bozeman, a top 1950s scorer, while Rocky Mountain College defeated Idaho State 56-45 in the other game to set up a meet with the Bobcats for a national playoff berth in Kansas City March 12-17. Western had earlier topped Carroll Saints 91-65 and 58-55 in back to back games, with Weeks amassing a 46-point series total and Ben Harrison scoring a late field goal to seal victory.

M.C.E Bulldogs Carroll College M.S.C. Bobcats N.A Idaho State Bobcats Kansas City Western Idaho Carroll Saints Western Cagers Carroll Weeks Ben Harrison

Mrs. Rumbaugh Dies at Home in California

Mrs. Lincoln Rumbaugh, longtime Dillon resident, died Jan 2 in Redlands California at nearly 90. She and her husband lived for many years on Glandale Street near the Meg quier home. Her daughter Mrs. Lula Kuhn was with her. funeral services and interment were in California.

Lincoln Rumbaugh Dillon Redlands Calif Glandale Street Megquier Rumbaugh Methodist Church of California Lula Kuhn

Eagle Cagers Meet Star Women's Team Tonight

Dillon's Eagle Bar Independents face the Harlem Globe Trotters at 8 15 p m in the W M C F gym for a benefit basketball game supporting Polio and Cancer funds The Eagles finish the 1951 season after a district A A U tournament exit at Deer Lodge They teamed with Twin Bridges and beat the Butte Club 76 70 with De Tonancour 25 Rocheleau 18 leading scorers Then lost 59 43 to New Deal of Butte as the district meet winner later clinched the title.

Diamond Bar Ski Club Hosts Inaugural Jackson Tournament

The first annual Diamond Bar Ski tournament drew over 150 participants and spectators on Sunday March 4 at Jackson Hills. Winners included men John Husted Clayton Huntley Kenneth Krause and ladies Cassie Dooling Beatrice Clemow Donna Krause. Special prizes went to all young entrants as local businesses donated awards. Plans for a similar event next year are under discussion.

Diamond Bar Jackson Herman Peterson John Husted Clayton Huntley Kenneth Krause Cassie Dooling Beatrice Clemow Donna Krause Ruth Clemow Ellen Rae Stocks Tommie Stocks Richard Shepherd Jimmy Megquier Barry Remely C. L. Kalitowski Diamond Bar Ski Club Tom Clemon Marshall Harvey Charles Burton Joe Krall Sid Engstrom

Mrs. Drucilla Gillette Dies After Illness in Butte Hospital

Mrs. Drucilla Gillette wife of M L Gillette of Dillon died Friday morning in a Butte hospital after an illness. Survived by husband daughter in law and son in Dillon and many in laws and siblings from Wis Wash Mont and Calif. Funeral services were held at Brundage chapel Dillon conducted by Rev Robert N Johnstone. Interment in Mountain View cemetery.

Drucilla Gillette M. L. Gillette Dillon Butte Howard Babcock City Howard L. Babcock Gus Walltein Palm Springs Calif Vern O'Dell Percy O'Dell William O'Dell Necadah Wis Harry O'Dell White Sulphur Springs Mont William Gillette Shelton Wash Fred Gillette Harry Gillette Jack Gillette Tacoma Bernard Babcock Plains Harold Cantrell Kalispell Don Cox Twin Bridges Brundage Chapel Robert N. Johnstone Grace Memorial Methodist Church Mountain View Cemetery

10th Anniversary of Child Study Club Observed

Child Study club marked its tenth anniversary with a birthday party at the home of Mrs. Hans Andersen February 26. Active members ran arrangements and past members attended as hon or guests. A program featured a skit directed by Muriel Tyre, piano by Helen Tisdahl, and a review of ten years of activity. An anniversary cake graced the tea table with Mrs. Alma Whitehill and Mrs. Cora Benson pouring. The cake was cut by Mrs. Harnet Watkins. Mrs. Etta Prater and Mrs. Tisdahl handed door prizes.

Q&a Child Study Club Hans Andersen Muriel Tyre Helen Tisdahl Alma Whitehill Cora Benson Harnet Watkins Etta Prater Tisdahl

Farmers invited to ACC meeting in Bozeman March 15

Farmers and ranchers are invited to attend the second annual agricultural credit conference hosted by the Montana Bankers Association in Bozeman starting March 15. The three day event, held with Montana State College in the Engineering Building, aims to boost bankers technical knowledge on current agricultural issues and farm business under inflation and wartime economy. President R Renne and Montana State College faculty will speak along with five out of state experts on topics like cattle feeding irrigation systems soil management and agricultural lending.

Montana Bankers Association Bozeman Paul S. Gillespie Missoula Western Montana National Bank of

Carnival and Dance Planned by Lima Rural Fire Dept

Lima rural fire department members schedule a carnival and free dance in Lima on March 31 to raise funds for a new fire truck. The event features games such as fishing fortune telling ring toss and midway activities inviting Beaverhead and surrounding counties residents to attend with a small admission fee for the carnival.

Lima

L A Taylor Dies in Salt Lake City

Laurence A. Taylor aged 61 died at St Marks hospital Salt Lake City Utah on February 14 after a serious operation. He formerly lived in Dillon and belonged to Grace Memorial Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge Salmon Idaho. He is survived by his widow Mary E. Taylor of Boise two sons Francis F. Taylor of Dillon and Almon L. Taylor Carey Idaho a daughter Kathryn Rothwell Umatilla Oregon two sisters Edna A. Russell Washington DC and Mary E. Smith Eagle Idaho four brothers Alva Taylor Port Chicago Leonard M. Taylor Modesto George L. Taylor Tacoma and Luther E. Taylor Council Idaho. Funeral services and burial were in Boise Idaho.

Laurence A. Taylor St. Marks Hospital Salt Lake City Utah Taylor Grace Memorial Methodist Church Dillon Salmon Idaho Mary E. Taylor Boise Francis F. Taylor Almon L. Taylor Carey Katheryn Rothwell Umatilla Ore Edna A. Russell Washington D. C Mary E. Smith Eagle Alva Taylor Port Chicago Calif Leonard M. Taylor Modesto George L. Taylor Tacoma Wash Luther E. Taylor Council

Claude L. Nichols Dies After Brief Illness

Claude L. Nichols 70 longtime ranch and restaurant cook in the area died at the county hospital last Friday morning after a brief illness. Born January 3, 1881 in Brigham City Utah he had two brothers in Brigham City and Farmington Utah. Body sent to Brigham City for funeral and family plot burial.

Claude L. Nichols Brigham City Utah Farmington

Beaverhead County Men Report for Armed Forces Induction

Beaverhead county residents Jack R. Brown Lloyd E Richardson Ray H Weeks Jr and Ewell J Claus prepare for military induction tonight at 4 p m Don P Cheney Lima and William M Clawson have enlisted and Clawson has received a commission as a second lieutenant in the army and entered active service

FQUA Jack R. Brown Lloyd E. Richardson Ray H. Weeks, Jr Ewell J. Claus Beaverhead County Don P. Cheney Lima William M. Clawson

Veterans Welfare official to visit Dill March 8

James McCushing of the Veterans Welfare Commission will be in Dill on March 8 and can be reached at the employment office for inquiries about services.

James McCushing Veterans’ Welfare Commission Dill

Beaverhead D A R Chapter Members Attend State Meet

Six Beaverhead chapter D A R members will travel to Bozeman for the two day state conference March 12 and 13. Mrs T E Luebben national vice chairman on flag use will join the program. Also attending are Mrs T F McFadden regent and resolutions committee member Mrs Fred Woodside state chairman Good Citizenship Girl project delegates Mrs Ike Rife Mrs Walter Stamm and Miss Jean Bishop. Luebben will also attend the D A R Colonists meeting in Bozeman Sunday evening and Monday morning with Mrs Woodside serving as a delegate.

Beaverhead Daughters of American Revolution Bozeman T. E. Luebben T. F. McFadden Resolutions Committee Fred Woodside Good Citizenship Girl Project Ike Rife Walter Stamm Jean Bishop Luebben Woodside the Daughters of American Colonists

County Printing Contract Awarded for 1951 1952

The Examiner Printing Co. has been awarded the county printing contract for the years 1951 and 1952. The notice indicates the firm will perform county printing duties under the new agreement with specified terms and duration.

Examiner Printing Co

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Informaton Ofice A.R.C Red Cross Nursing Service Soroptimist Club Andrus Toggery Tuberculosis and Health Association Montana Sammy Solberg Robert Finch Mr. Solberg Marie Jenvrin Ringwood Rotary Madison, Jefferson and Gallatin CATS Les Curry Bozeman Star Center Weeks John C. Donegan Madison and St. James Hospital Eagle Cagers STAR Deer Lodge Cassie Cooling Mrs. Gillette Butte Hospital ACC Lima Rural Fire Dept L. A. Taylor
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