Wisdom Club hears Lt Givogre on wartime duties and Easter plans
At a Wisdom Woman's Club meeting Lt Louise M Givogre of the WAC spoke on training and service in North Africa and Italy, sharing experiences and a dinner with Arabs. The program included Red Cross progress, Christmas aid for soldiers, and notes on 4-H and local visitors. Easter services will replace Sunday school on Easter Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisdomic Woman’s Club
Louisa M. Givogre
Wac’s
Girogre
States
North Africa
WAC
Italy
Givogre
Clark Huntley
Ted Woodward
Clarence Helming
Hans Jorgenson
Roy Baker
Dell Lloyd
Louis Givogre
Hattie Walker
Margaret White
Earl Welton
Red Cross
F. R. McDowell
Sgt
John M. McDowell
Nellie Gale Hauberg
Helena
Walker
Eileen Grimes
Butte and Dillon
Spokane
Joe Gross
Butte
Wisdom
Local Community Notes from Dillon and Jackson
Jackson visitor Don Anson of Wisdom spends Saturday in Jackson. Mr and Mrs Harry Lapham visit Dillon and Butte. Mrs Ethel Holman improves after surgery in Murray hospital Butte and may be released Friday. Benny Arthur Johnson in Oakland for Navy wound treatment and possible home leave. Community mourns Paul Watzig, a longtime figure. Floyd Durkee and Joe Warden await spring work in Jackson. Rev Norman Benson conducts service in Dillon March 13. Sincerity Rebekahs meet. Rev W H Bessire of Missoula to preach March 24. Tom Clemon visits Dillon for draft board duties. Dan Pendergast in Dillon Friday. Arthur Olson family return from Livingston, guests of Fullerton in Dillon. Richard Shepherd birthday March 18 with friends. Bud Lapham and daughters Sandra and Amber assist. Guy Gray buys cattle in valley from local sellers. Bud Lapham, Dick Hirschey drive to Armstead. Mrs J Langman of Sweetgrass visits Clemow home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Anson
Wisdom
Jackson
Harry Lapham
Dillon
Butte
Ethel Holman
Murray Hospital
Oakland
Calif
Benny Arthur Johnson
Paul Watzig
Floyd Durkee
Joe Warden
Harry Davis
Norman Benson
Sincerity Rebekahs
W. H. Bessire
Missoula
Tom Clemon
Dan Pendergast
Arthur Olson
Livingston
M. FE. Fullerton
Richard Shepherd
Bud Lapham
Sandra
Amber
Guy Gray
William Carroll
Fred
Jack Hirschey
Fred Nelson
Dick Hirschey
Armstead
J. Langman
Sweetgrass
Mark Clemow
Mrs. Campbell Undergoes Appendectomy in Billings
Mrs. Margaret Campbell wife of Lt Bud Campbell now in Belgium with the Army Air Corps underwent an appendectomy at a Billings hospital yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Campbell
Bud Campbell
Belgium
Army Air Corps
Billings
Fewer Hands Make Heavier Work for Lamb Ranchers
Wartime demands strain experienced lambing crews as millions of lambs are dropped and raised for wool and meat. Early arrivals require rapid movement from drop corrals to sheds, with incubators reviving chilled lambs. Night workers can lamb 125 ewes, while feeding, trimming, docking, and herding persist amid coyote threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pring
Questions and heroism on a wartime page
The page asks which force is the best fed and clothed, the Swift sales dollar share for producers in 44, and how chilled lambs are revived on a modern ranch. It notes Sgt. W L Stander of Promontory Point Utah praising a life saving helmet after being wounded on the USS Chicago by a strafing plane, earning the Silver Star for bravely staying at his gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Swift & Company
N Simson Agricultural Research Dept
W. L. Stander
Promontory Point
Utah
C T Vandengript Nominated for Mayor in City Caucus
C T Vandengrifts nomination for mayor follows two months after Megquier declined re election Frank C McFadden wins re nomination as city treasurer George E Baker again named police judge by acclamation Ward aldermen races set with Hovren O Keefe Warner Neal Mitchell Bond McCracken Morse all incumbents except Horren and Mitchell The aldermanic contest is only in the third ward where Mitchell and Bond face Woodside and White. election set for April 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Megquier
Frank C. McFadden
George E. Baker
George M. Gosman
C. J. Hovren
Frank O'Keefe
Harold M. Warner
John Neal
William H. Mitchell
Seventy Per Cent Red Cross Quota Attained
Beaverhead shows progress in Red Cross fundraising with rural and Dillon campaigns targeting a $2,600 rural quota. Mrs D W Paddock leads a cleanup drive with volunteers and interview efforts to reach residents not yet contacted. Support from local businesses included Montana Auto Sales Davis Motors and others arranging cars for the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
D. W. Paddock
Fred Kerr
W. W. Hawkins
J.C. Wedum
W. H. Stephan
A. G. Williams
P. J. Lovell
Lambert Eliel
D. A. Galt
John T. Orr
Walter Stamm
Joe White
W. V. George
Beth Smith
Janet Bridenstine
Virginia Gransberg
Ann Carroll
Dolores Davis
Pegey Lavell
Beverly Tucker
Montana Auto Sales
Davis Motors
Paddock & Tyro
Walter Garage
Watson Motors
Wrestler Watzig Found Dead at Big Hole Basin Ranch
A Big Hole Basin man, once a notable wrestling figure, was found dead in a wood shed near his ranch house. Despondency over health and a final letter to a neighbor indicated he planned to take his own life after selling his livestock and mentioning Rochester for medical care. He shot his dog before dying. Funeral set for Thursday at Brundage funeral home with burial in Mountain View cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Johnson
Rochester
Minn
John F. Houztman
Watzig
Houseman
Germany
Farmer Burns
Frank Goteh
Hackenschmidt
Dillon
Wisdom
Big Hole Basin
Jackson
Brundage Funeral Home
Norman Benson
Lutheran Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Card of Thanks for Loss of Beloved Mother
The Bradley family expresses gratitude for sympathy and kindness during their bereavement. Taylor Bradley and family and M. C. Bradley acknowledge support after the loss of their mother. Bill Robinson has returned from San Francisco and other Pacific coast points after spending months away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Bradley
M. C. Bradley
Bill Robinson
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roy Oliver
Elmer Jensen
Orville Sparrow
Harry Helming
Jack Miller
Herb Charmical
Albert Beck
Ramsey
Tom Williams
Lynne
Bernice McKinney
Berna
Minnesota Woolen
Knapp Shoes ‘ Lion
Bill George
Anaconda Copper Mining Company Fertilizer Department
Anaconda, Montana
Dillon Feed & Seed Company
Dillon, Montana
Martha Logan
Chicago
Illingis
Illinois
C. T. Vandegrift
Leroy M. Gilbert
S. Atlantic St
Reichle
Miss Sweeney
Beaverhead
Corner Schwartz
Hazelbaker Insurance Agency
Real Estate — Abstracts
Hazelbaker
Montana
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