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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1916
Page
2
Social calendar notes include an auction bridge party hosted by Mrs R OF Tattersall on South Idaho Street with refreshments after games. Dr and Mrs R R Rathbone hosted a dinner party on South Washington Street with St Patrick table decor.
The article extols nationwide baby week benefits and urges a year round welfare campaign against threats to babies. It notes new associations forming to improve conditions for babies and children and a national body coordinating efforts for education and home outreach to mothers.
Social Eight met last Friday afternoon with Mrs. H. L. McCaleb. Next meeting hostess will be Mrs. E. R. Mosher. Armstead Neighborhood Club will be entertained at the next meeting by Mrs. Isaac Rife on Medicine Lodge. Manse Society will be entertained tomorrow by Mesdames B. N. Stevenson N. E. Stone Louis Bell and George R. Featherly. St James Guild will be entertained tomorrow afternoon by Mrs.
Grant Mrs Fero Marchesgeaux returns home. Pat Flynn visits Mansfield. Frank Esterwold conducts business in Dillon. Bert Davis hauls cement to Bannack for a stamp mill. Mrs Carl Hangon spends days in Dillon. J H Youngken family motor to Armstead. L C Stocker departs on Dillon trip. Jimmy Dodd visits Grant. Mr Chin and daughter stay with the Ray family. Maud Coley arrives to run Jim Blair school. Miss Mary Muntz starts at Metlen ranch. Six carloads of sheep ship from local station by Emerson Hill. John Kavanaugh of Butte Wholesale Grocery orders in town. Constance and Nancy Barrett attend Charles Orr funeral in Dillon. Forrester and Lottridge visit Bannack on business. Dr Ryburn treats Herman Peterson for tonsillitis. B A Shaw visits with spring goods. Louis Anderson sells his ranch to Donovan Ranch Co. and plans to relocate. Mrs James Mansfield and son James with Father Clifford attend Mass at Mansfield. Sunday Mass held at Mansfield home. Jess Wade, Louis Thompson and Robert McMillan head from Armstead to Bannack to build a stamping mill. Armstead community club meets. hosts Scott and Hall report a fine evening. Louis Anderson reports heavy roads from Dillon. Edith Anderson and Nels Nelsonserson accompany home. Gilmore & Pittsburgh officials aid Bear Creek washout. temporary bridge built, midweek train runs. A new livery by L A Anderson serves Grant Armstead Bannack. old car left in Bannack, new car purchased for patrons.
A baby day program under the Excelsior Club auspices occurred Wednesday from 3 to 5 PM in Wisdom with many babies mothers and friends in attendance. Mrs C W Francis opened the meeting and a varied program followed including songs stories about children and Crane routines. Victor J. Dunn, a longtime Dillon resident, died after a long illness and his remains were sent to Macon Missouri for burial with family members listed.
Victor Dunn a former Dillon man and plant fireman died in Billings St. Vincent's hospital from burns and internal injuries after a wall collapse at the Mutual Heating Plant. He was buried under three feet of brick and coal during the accident last Tuesday afternoon.
A carload of Ford automobiles was unloaded in Dillon the first of the week by the Montana Auto Supply company of this city. Fords were sold to A. Anderson of Grant and Henry Dowl ing of Dell. Buicks were disposed of to L. Duggan of Butte and J. A. Rounds of Dillon.
In Beaverhead County Montana the estate of Stella Morse Avery is ordered to sell needed real estate. A. F. Waldorf as administrator filed for an order of sale and a hearing is set for April 16 1916 at ten o clock in Dillon. The order will be published in the Dillon Examiner for four weeks.
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