Vagabonds and Eagles Set for Rematch at Borough Gym
The Vagabonds and the Eagles meet in a charity rematch at the B C H S gym Thursday March 29 with a large crowd expected. Preliminary games run 4 to 7 p m and the main event at 8 15 p m with Lou Rocheleau Pat Curran Boyd DeTonancour Allen Weeks Chuck Davis John Eahart Walt Anderson and Bob Howard on the Vagabonds roster. Tickets available at local bars and Gosman Drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gosman Drugstore
Eagle Bar
State Bar
Club Bar
Andrus
Miner Dies In Maiden Rock Mine Shaft Accident
Eldon Ike Stephens 38 a Beaverhead County resident was killed in a mining accident at the Maiden Rock mine near Melrose. The inquest found death from severe head and chest injuries after falling from a lumber boat ride on a 50 degree incline. Survivors include a widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon
Ike” Stephens
Beaverhead County
Mr. Stephens
Iowa
Montana
Dillon
U. S
Maiden Rock
Victor Chemical Works
Melrose
Beaverhead
American Legion
Butte Miner’s Union
Dillon Volunteer Fire Department
Jayne
Sally
G. C. Brown
Plains
Charles Johnson
Perry French
William Siebold
Lodi
Calif
Burl Stephens
Brundage Chapel
James Lyons
Big Hole Basin
American Legion Post
Raymond Schwartz
Stephens
Victor Chemical Co
Geo. F. Dart
Andrew Leak
Carl Knoll
A. A. Schroeder
N. S. Ring
Roy Selway
William Anderson, Jr
Richard Hummel
Thompson Named To West Eleven For Shrine Game
Beaverhead star athlete Ed Thompson was named today as a member of the West squad in the 1951 annual all star East West Shrine game to be played in August. M S A coaches Ted Shipke and Fred Eldhouse will coach the West eleven. Last year s BCHS representative at the Shrine game was Sam Davis, 1949 s star was John Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Ed Thompson
M.S.A
Ted Shipke
Fred Eldhouse
B.C.H.S
Sam Davis
John Ward
George Melton Reported Improving After Heart Attack
Word from Blythe California says George Melton, struck by a sudden heart attack, is improving rapidly and will be moved this week to Los Angeles for further care under a physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Melton
California
Blythe
Calif
Los Angeles
Easter egg hunt draws Dillon children for prizes
The Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce Easter egg hunt on the W M C E campus entertained scores of Dillon children last Sunday afternoon. Special numbered eggs were located by Virgil Gleed Alvin Johnson Art Mautz Alfred Kamps David Bostwick Edward Kenison Pete Rebich Hollis Bostwick Kenneth Miller Jim Kelly Goldine Hoy Patsy Contway Richard Wenger and Gosta Miller Jr. Other prizes for most eggs found went to David Kunkel Donald Smith Ronnie Hartwig Bernadine Summers Shirley Dingley Marion Dingley Linda Walker and Paul Pilgrim. Prizes were donated by local merchants including Mitchells City Drug Store Coast to Coast Eliels Dillon Implement Co Gosman Drug Electric & Variety Dillon Bottling Works Mathews J C Penney Safeway Sport Shop Vaughn Ragsdale and Warners Food Store.
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Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce
Dillon
W.M.C.E
Virgil Gleed
Alvin Johnson
Art Mautz
Alfred Kamps
David Bostwick
Edward Kenison
Pete Rebich
Hollis Bostwick
Kenneth Miller
Jim Kelly
Goldine Hoy
Patsy Contway
Richard Wenger
Gosta Miller
Dave Hier Wins Lou Esta Lanes Singles Classic
Dillon bowler Dave Hier captured first place and $150 in the Lou Esta Lanes six game singles event after two weekends of competition with a 1225 total. Runners up included G Radunich 1208 F Dallman 1200 and T Softich 1193 with Lee Schuler posting the top non prize game at 223.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Hier
Dillon
Mr. Hier
G. Radunich
Butte
F. Dallman
T. Softich
Anaconda
H. Brundage
G. Chelini
B. Sager
J. Andalsik
S. Antonich
F. Zimmer
F. Bessette
Walt Taborski
Lee Schuler
Special Levies Slated For Beaverhead School Elections
Beaverhead County plans a April 7 election with two mill levy for the county high school and a 15 mill levy for Dillon District 10. Trustees will be named for both districts as schools aim to cover rising costs and avoid indebtedness while awaiting state funding details. Polls run 2 pm to 6 pm. District 10 voters meet in the Bagley building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Montana Education Association
B.C.H.S
Dillon Public Schools
J. C. Wedum
A. F. Waldorf
Roscoe Cornell
Malcolm Stone
Wilbur Squires
Bagley
Montana
John Cheek Crowned Montana Coach of the Year
John Cheek, former Dillon resident and Kalispell coach, named United Press coach of the year for Montana after guiding the Kalispell Braves to the class A state championship. They topped Bozeman Sidney and Great Falls after a Northern Division runner-up finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cheek
Dillon
United Press
Montana
Kalispell
Braves
Bozeman
Sidney
Great Falls
Lee Aero
Annual Vodvil Set for Western Montana College Friday
Dan F. Sweeney president of associated students announces the annual Vodvil will be held Friday night at the college auditorium. A parade through Dillon’s business section is planned in the afternoon with at least ten acts in preparation by clubs and classes. The event funds the Chinook yearbook, sent free to many Montana high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan F. Sweeney
Associated Students of Western Montana College of Education
Sweeney
Dillon
Montana
W.M.C.E
Junior Play Set For April Two And Three At School
Beaverhead county high school will stage Our Miss Brooks a three act comedy by Perry Brooks on April 2 and 3 at 8 pm in the auditorium. J C Gump directs with Eve Eljel as Miss Brooks and Ted the athlete in key roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Brooks
H.S. Auditorium
Perry Brooks
Beaverhead County High School
J. C. Gump
Jane
Lost Horizon
Ted
Conway
Helen
Eve Eljel
Mary Ellen Conover
Nancyann Peterson
Louise Piazzola
Rhonda
Henry Richardson
Wadsworth
Shirley Ryan
Connie South
Carrol Sveiich
Jeanette Watkins
Noreen Hubbard
Carolyn McFadden
Gene Pilon
Sandra Stubban
Horace Hand
Charlotte Williss
Shirley Hand
Jack Miller
Marjorie Stefanatz
Kizzie Brown
Betty Galiger
Elizabeth McCollum
Walt Pandack
Mildred Newell
Dorothy Kneeland
Bernadine Rebich
Artell Lovell
Bill Schmitt
Phyllis Harrison
Elaine Anderson
Raymond Nye
Mark McCulam
Philip Salzman
Barclay Schulz
Warren Murray
Mark McCullam
Lima Carnival Big Show Saturday
Lima's rural fire department carnival will be held Saturday with free dancing concessions and entertainment. The event features side shows and cats and aims to raise funds to equip the town's fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Berger-Cochrane Motors Hosts Hay Balers Training School
Berger-Cochrane Motors held a special training school for ranchers last Thursday to demonstrate the New Holland automatic hay baler. Mr. George Glade, company representative, led the classes with a large turnout of Beaverhead Madison ranchers and farmers attending and enjoying a free lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berger-Cochrane Motors
George Glade
Beaverhead- Madison
25 Year Member Receives Pin at Virginia City Lodge
John Ney of Ryan's Canyon Rancher was awarded a 25 year pin for continuous membership in Virginia City Lodge No. BPO Elks at its last regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ney
Ryan’s Canyon
Virginia City
Vigilante Electric Coop to hold 13th annual meet in Dillon
The Vigilante Electric Cooperative will hold its thirteenth annual meeting at St James Guild hall in Dillon on Saturday March 31 at 11 am. Howard Babcock reports 98 percent of farm and rural homes in Beaverhead Madison and surrounding counties now have central station energy and 1662 members as of December 31 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigilante Electric Cooperative, Inc
Dillon
St. James’ Guild Hall
Howard Babcock
St. James Guild
Babcock
1949-50 School Expenditures Show Increase
Beaverhead county per pupil costs rose to 317 dollars for 1949-50 with 21 for general control 196 for instruction 75 for plant operation and maintenance 8 for health library and other auxiliary agencies 9 for pensions rent and insurance and 8 for new equipment. The rise of 86 dollars from 1948-49 and the Taxpayers association blamed heavy plant operation and maintenance spending and deferred maintenance funds pressed districts to spend before July 1 1950 risking reduced state aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Taxpayers’ Association
Association
Financialro
Local Elections In Lima and Dillon Monday
Lima voters select a mayor and eight councilmen among candidates Azalia Peterson Virgil Brown Harry Hoadley for Ward 1 and William Morden Walter Hungate Kenneth Iverson for Ward 2. Nettie Stephens is the incumbent mayor. Dillon elects a mayor eight council members police judge and city treasurer from a single slate with 1541 registered voters open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at multiple polling places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Dillon
Nettie Stephens
Azalia Peterson
Virgil Brown
Harry Hoadley
William Morden
Walter Hungate
Kenneth Iverson
Urer
T. Lee McCracken
Nellie McFadden
George E. Baker
W. E. Monger
Phillip Lovell
John Coppin
Jack Dougherty
L. L. Lindley
H. C. Palmer
Berg Christensen
Frank Lasich
Dillon Polls
St. James Guild Hall
Bagley School
City Hall
Metlen
Hobby Show Draws Fine Exhibitions
Fifty Beaverhead hobbyists enter exhibitions and handiwork for the first annual show opening Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Andrus hotel dining room with space donated by Mrs Edith Ditty. The show runs Friday March 30 from 2 p m to 10 30 p m with a small admission by the Dillon Soroptimist club. Coffee and doughnuts are offered. exhibits include coffee tables paintings miniature models buttons Indian jewelry dolls photography crafts and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Andrus Hotel
Edith Ditty
Dillon Soroptimist Club
J D Berry longtime Dillon resident dies at Barrett hospital
James D. Berry aged 80 a Dillon resident for over fifty years died at Barrett hospital Sunday morning March 25 after a brief illness. Born May 6 1870 in Independence Missouri he moved to Dillon early in the century. He married Sadie Chaddock in 1901. she died in 1922. Berry served as water commissioner on Blacktail Deer Creek for 40 years retiring in 1959. He is survived by three sons Gordon and Laurence Berry of Dillon Donald Berry of San Fernando California two daughters Mrs Dewey Marchesseau Polaris and Mrs Tony Schuetz Argenta two brothers W J Berry Detroit and E A Berry Long Beach California a sister Mrs Elnora Johnson Long Beach California nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held yesterday at 2 p.m. in Grace Memorial Methodist church with Rev Robert N Johnstone officiating. Interment followed at Mountain View cemetery.
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James D. Berry
Dillon
Barrett Hospital
Mr. Berry
Independence
Missouri
Sadie Chaddock
Kansas City
Kan
Blacktail Deer Creek
Gordon Berry
Laurence Berry
Donald Berry
San Fernando
Calif
Dewey Marchesseau
Polaris
Tony Schuetz
Argenta
W. J. Berry
Detroit
Mich
E. A. Berry
Long Beach
Elnora Johnson
Grace Memorial Methodist Church
Robert N. Johnstone
Mountain View Cemetery
George Anderson Leaves for Guam
George Anderson of Dillon received navy orders Monday sending him to Guam Island in the Pacific command. He will leave the continental U S today after four years as a radioman in the submarine service in World War II and a refresher in naval radio intelligence at Bainbridge Island Washington. Mr and Mrs George Gosman drove to Seattle to meet Mrs Anderson and Bore who will return to Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Anderson
Dillon
Navy
Guam Island
Pacific Command
Continental
U. S
Submarine Service
Naval Radio Intelligence
Bainbridge Island
Wash
George Gosman
Seattle
Yerney
Anderson
Bore
Dil
Mrs Campbell dies after long illness in Dillon era
Mrs Lillian Augusta Campbell died this morning at the Christian Rest Home after months of declining health. Born in Ken ningly Connecticut on March 18 1868 she recently turned 83. She moved to Dillon from Cheyenne Wyoming in 1915 and ran a boarding house before retiring. Funeral Friday at 2 00 pm Brundage Funeral Chapel with Rev Arthur W Allen officiating. Burial Mountain View Cemetery. Survivors: Amos Wright Dillon Theodore Wright Divide Charles Wright Cheyenne Lila Goucher La Jolla Dorothy E Wright Los Angeles and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Augusta Campbell
Christian Rest Home
Kenningly
Conn
Mizpah
O.es
Brundage Funeral Chapel
Arthur W. Allen
Mountain View Cemetery
Amos Wright
Dillon
Theodore Wright
Divide
Charles Wright
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lila Goucher
la Jolla
Calif
Dorothy E. Wright
Los Angeles
Bagley Cage Tourney Brings Six Teams to W M C E Gym
Bagley school's second annual invitational basketball tourney opens Friday at 1 30 p m with Bagley Boys vs Lima and Dillon Junior High vs Twin Bridges Orphans Home. Evening games feature winners facing Sacred Heart and St Patrick of Butte. Saturday schedule includes losers games then finals with Friday winners. Admission charged to help cover expenses.
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Bagley School
W.M.C.E
Bagley Boys
Lima
Dillon Junior High
Twin Bridges Orphans
Sacred Heart and
St. Patricks
Butte
Sat
Rate raise hearings held today on city water project
Montana Rail and Public Service Commission conducted hearings at the courthouse on the city water rate petition to finance a new development. Chairman Paul T. Smith and members Leonard Young Austin Middleton led the panel with attorney Mr. Booth. City officials and consultants including Mayor T Lee McCracken Harold Murray city water commissioner Robinson and John Morrison were examined. No formal protests were filed as examinations continued after press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Paul T. Smith
Leonard Young
Austin B. Middleton
Mr. Booth
T. Lee McCracken
Harold Murray
Robinson
John Morrison
Helena
Dillon
Leonard Schulz
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Eagles
ER. L. Stephens
Thompson
West Eleven
The
Gary Carson
Nancyann Petersen
Eve Eliel
John Helming
Martha Scott
Jim Richardson
Dillonites
Berger-Cochrane
W.E.C.10
J.D. Berry
Guam
Campbell
Twin Bridges
Dillon Quints
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