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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1929
Page
8
Sheriff officials announce a campaign against motorists driving cars or trucks without 1929 license plates. The attorney general clarifies that all auto licenses expire December 31 and operating without new plates after January 1 can bring a $100 first offense fine and license revocation upon a second offense.
Overnight the Normal college hillside symbol changed from an M to a B as high school boys moved whitewashed boulders to a new site. Beaverhead Normal College students rushed to the scene but were too late. A shotgun was fired and George Judge was struck with buckshot in the scalp in a near deadly confrontation.
Early the next morning college students and many girls in overalls climbed M hill to repair the letter damaged by a gun fired in the air to frighten trespassers. A Normal girl suffered a scalp cut from a falling rock while work continued. that night high school boys altered the emblem to a B without incident.
Dr S E Davis returned to Dillon after his mother death in Eldorado Missouri. Jessie L Duboc spoke of Cleveland meetings at assembly next Tuesday. Mrs Helen Fraser Ross and Myrtle Jane visited family in Livingston. Lee R Light left for Manhattan Kansas after his father’s death. Gargoyle Club named three to receive the Order of the Jeweled Mask for dramatic excellence. Virginia Laughlin Phoebe Parslow and Charles Davis initiated with opal pins. Graduates teaching include Irving Ady at Weldon Mont and Mildred Berry at Whitehall.
Local notes list students by town and grade including Ruby Bliler Bozeman third and fourth grades at Geralding Gwen dolyn Bowman Bolt third grade Libby Frances Forgy Helena Suffolk Vera Francesia Bear Creek Aka laka Helen Jarrett Deer Lodge Bozeman Della Koskinen Butte fifth grade Bel grade and Alfreda Bloom Miles City aiding Dean Smith in Dillon through spring quarter with other applications pending favorable school returns.
Leader Flachsenhar notes the committees to adjourn and notify the governor as the final bills H B 321 and 343 are enrolled and signed. Speaker Bricker and Lieutenant Governor Hazelbaker witness the process, and Governor Erickson receives notice as the curtain falls on the longest session in state history.
With its close today the session ends and lawmakers return home. Senator Pearl I Smith and Representative Joe Metlen depart along with Lieutenant Governor Frank A Hazelbaker and Mrs Hazelbaker. Hazelbaker has been praised as presiding officer of the state senate.
A festive Saint Patrick celebration proposal features a dinner with green decor and shamrock cards. The plan includes playful tasks for guests, assorted canapés and a multi course menu with Pea Soup, Oysters wrapped in bacon, Okra gratin, Pineapple Avocado Salad, Pistachio Ice Cream in Sponge Baskets, and kitchen humor.
A continuation lists nine acts including music by the String Orchestra under L A Gregory, solo and duet piano numbers, violin selections, a dancing act, a women's glee club performance, and a one act play The Rector by Rachel Crothers with cast details.
The piece lists women with titles and married names including Mrs. John Orr Mrs. Semingworth Mrs. Chester Gilbert Mrs. Waldorf a widow and Miss Kathryn Kennedy an efficient maid. It reads like a social roster with roles and affiliations rather than a narrative event.
A modern American-LaFrance combination hose and chemical fire truck with two 40 gallon chemical tanks is expected in city during March 27 28 and 29. Each day a Dillon minister will speak and a short musical program is planned. The services run 12 noon for 30 minutes with special numbers on the final day. The event aims for wide attendance and Rotary Club support to ensure success.
A new fire truck was purchased jointly by the city and the fire department. The department funded the purchase through dances and other entertainments, and the truck includes 500-pound pressure, three 60-foot chemical hose lengths, two 2% gallon extinguishers, a 20-foot ladder, a 12-foot ladder, a high-powered drum-type searchlight, and numerous other features.
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