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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1918
Page
11
Mrs Johnnie Swafford entertained six ladies at Rose Mount seven miles west of Melrose last Saturday afternoon. Sewing preceded Hoover luncheon with a gold and rose theme. Guests included Mrs James Maddox Mrs Edd Gleed Mrs B G Swafford Mrs H W Norris Miss Jessie Cameron and Mrs Frank Schultz of Dillon.
An advertisement touts a College Girl corset No 397 with a free hip low bust design. It features a flexible shield under lacing, double galvanized boning, and reinforced goring in sizes 20 to 30, priced at $5.00.
Society Personals notes include Mrs. A. G. Williams visiting Butte last week. Abbie Hanson left for California. Roy LeKander and Zetta Gilbert were in Butte Friday. Mayme McIntosh went to Anaconda to visit her sister Delbert Longtin.
A group including 8B. N. Stephensen, Miss Marvel Landers, Mrs. R. P. Hunter, Miss Marion Hunter, Miss Lily Hawkinson and others depart Saturday for varied posts. Mr. Stephensen will move to New Haven Massachusetts to join family while Miss Marjorie studies music and training. Mrs. Stephenson accompanies him home. Miss Landers enrolls in normal gymnastics at New Haven. Mrs. Hunter travels to Pittsburg Kentucky to visit relatives and Miss Hunter goes to Dallas Texas to lead Y W C A club work and wartime duties. Miss Hawkinson sails to McPherson Kansas for summer music studies.
The regular annual meeting of Beaverhead Milling and Elevator stockholders will be at the company office in Dillon Montana on Wednesday May 15 1918 at 8 PM to elect a Board of Directors for the coming year and transact other business as needed. George Stimpson president J G Alberg secretary.
Flax shed for sale offers thirty five bushels of re cleaned flaxseed at four dollars fifty cents per bushel. Box 392 Dillon Montana. Also large house keeping room for rent at 618 Glendale street. Seed potatoes advertised including Burbanks Bussett from Agricultural College Bozeman noted as best Montana potatoes and Irish Cobbler early variety. Potatoes yielded five hundred sixty bushels per acre last year at 1011 South Washington street. Byrone Toan.
Northern Division Bulletin reports afghans will be made into shawls for Belgian and French refugee women. Knit squares sew into 1½ yard squares with a border. dyed black or dark brown. Hold comforters pillows and feathers due to congested headquarters. Be wary of beaverhead and Dillon mentions of local knitters and visitors Mrs Stephensen and Miss Murphy.
The message urges readers to support returning soldiers by conserving resources. It promotes saving food, fuel, and clothing with emphasis on all wool garments as most efficient. It frames thrift as patriotic assistance during wartime.
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