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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1948
Page
9
Dillon chamber of commerce and a committee of Dillon housewives prepare hundreds of bright Easter eggs. Eggs are boiled and tinted for a community Easter Sunday event intended to entertain local children.
This Sunday afternoon the Chamber hosts its annual Easter egg hunt on the Normal college campus with many husbands helping and prizes donated by Dillon merchants. Floyd Miller leads due to Robert Gregg's illness, as children from all county districts gather in age groups across the southeast play area and the north west exterior spaces under watchful elders.
Mr and Mrs Jack Nemeck former Dillon residents now living in Seattle spent Friday in Dillon visiting friends and recalling old ties with the hometown.
Francis Giudici selected by Beaverhead County High School junior girls to represent the school at Girls State in Billings this summer. Ann Carroll named alternate. Jean Staudenmeyer and Marjorie Pettit chosen to attend the Montana Future Homemakers of America convention in Helena April 1 to 3.
Lewis Penwell former Montana collector of internal revenue died in Tempe Arizona after years of poor health from a car accident He served in the Montana House in 1897 and held posts with the Knights of Pythias Elks and Masons Surviving are his widow a son Fred three grandsons Lewis David and George and granddaughter Priscilla Funeral services were in Helena Penwell helped develop the Spur ranch near Dillon Beaverhead County remains interred in Helena
The Jackson girls 4 H club met at Beatrice Clemow’s home on the first Saturday in March with seven members. They demonstrated baked custard judged by Mrs. Tom Clemow and Margaret Nelson, planning cupcakes for the April Farm Bureau meeting. The second March meeting on March 20 at the Bray home featured cupcake making with ice cream and cupcakes served. Suzanne T Dansie 4 H Club reporter.
Mr and Mrs Ralph McFadden and Mr and Mrs Warren Sutherland with Peggy Lou, Miss Virginia Irvine, Miss Mary King and W O Billovich were among Dillon people attending the Butte high school band concert in Butte last Saturday.
Local brief lists visitors and residents in Dillon and nearby areas. Andy Williams from Alder, Betty Dougherty from Elliston, Mrs. Frank Rife of Medicine Lodge, Otto Schulz from Sheridan, Paul Etchipare now of Denver, John Krause from the Jackson area, Fred Nelson from Big Hole basin, Mr. and Mrs. John Judge from Polaris, Harry Helming from Wisdom, Joe Sawyer from Lima, Cecil McKinley of Armstead, Mrs. Dale Stone from Dell, Ras Hansen’s Fort Collins trip, J. Elmer Selway from Grant, and W. D. Tovey’s trip to Butte.
State Highway Commission sets new load and speed limits effective since last Saturday. Cars face 200 lb per inch tire width and 35 mph on U S 91 from Bozeman to Duck Creek Wyo. Trucks see 400 lb per inch and 30 mph on U S 10 and related routes. Trucks and buses elsewhere face 450 lb per inch and 40 mph.
Forest Supervisor W. E. Frye urges restraint in coyote control, noting a balance is needed. He concedes coyotes annoy wildlife and domestic animals but explains reducing their numbers can raise gopher and rodent populations as a consequence.
The Beaverhead area became a hunting ground for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company around 1830 with Jedediah Smith and other trappers. Explorers like Jim Bridger and Henry Vanderburgh chased beaver, mink, otter, and wolves across routes from Vancouver to the Lemhi and Ruby river regions, where Vanderburgh was killed by Blackfoot warriors.
Easter service continues with an 11 am procession. Hymns include Come Ye Faithful, Jesus Christ Is Risen Today, The Strife Is O'er, and Welcome Happy Morning. Anthems: Jublate Deo and As It Began to Dawn. Sermon hymn and communion music by Bode accompany the lessons and offertory.
Dr J Thompson Baker leads Sunday worship at 11 am with music by Ralph McFadden and the Westminster Fellowship. Next Sunday the Lord's Supper will be observed. Session meets during Sunday school hour for those seeking church membership or reaffirmation. The Manse Society gathers Thursday at 2 30 pm with Mrs Paul Lacry hosting.
Rev James M Hunter will lead Easter morning worship at 11 am after Sunday school at 10 am. Music includes piano preludes, anthem Alleluia, Easter Voices, offertory Serenade, and postlude Thilio. Miss Dorothy Newnes leads with junior choir. nursery provided.
The First Evangelical Lutheran Church at Center and N Pacific announces Good Friday Holy Communion at 8 p m with the theme The Table Prepared. Easter Sunday services begin with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and Divine service at 11 a m with Easter in the Heart. Junior and Senior choirs will sing and the pastor travels to Lima at 3 p m.
The church announces morning worship at 11 a.m. with a sermon titled Life and Death and special music. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. A surprise for children is planned and Sunday evening service is at 8 p.m. Prayer meeting and online activities occur Wednesday evening.
Claims against Beaverlead county must be filed at the office of C. W. Buckingham clerk and recorder not later than Wednesday March 31.
Katherine Spegar, a telegraph operator at Armstead, spent a Friday visiting the city.
Bob Gregg, an aviation officer, trained as radar navigator bomber with the Eighth Air Force in England. He flew 23 combat missions, served in the GI college at Boca Raton and Dillon, Montana community roles, and is adjutant of Beaverhead American Legion Post 20. He recuperates at Barrett Hospital after surgery. Judge Lyman H. Bennett of Virginia City presided at a Dillon district court session.
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