Monroe Names High School Principal For Former Dillon Leader
Richard C Halliday a Dillon pioneer and former mayor died in Los Angeles after a life spanning railroads hotels and business ventures. Born April 6 1857 in Pomeroy Ohio he helped finance the Masonic building in Dillon and later ran hotels in Spokane and California. Interment was in Mountain View cemetery with Knights Templar honors at the service.
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Richard C. Halliday
Dillon
Los Angeles
Masonic Temple
St. Elmo
Masonic
Idaho and
Bannack Streets
Spokane
Rupert
Idaho
Wilmington
Calif
Dillon Gun Club Holds Shoot At Fair Grounds
Pete Westergaard led the Dillon Gun club registered shoot at the fair grounds with 98 of 100. Leslie Smith was second with 97, while Ted Renfro Otto Schulz and Tarrant tied for third at 96. The Montana Standard postals team posted a perfect 75 with Westergaard Renfro and Smith scoring 26s. Schulz posted 25 for Sheridan.
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Pete Westergaard
Dillon Gun Club
Fair Grounds
Leslie Smith
Dillon Club
Ted Renfro
Otto Schulz
Sheridan
Tarrant
Helena
Montana Standard
Schulz
Junior class wins Beaverhead interclass track meet led by Clifford Bay
Clifford Bay led the Junior class with four firsts and a second as they won the Beaverhead county high school's interclass meet last Thursday and Friday. Juniors scored 58 1 3 points to 47 1 3 for the seniors and 19 for the freshmen, taking titles in high jump broad jump and pole vault and second in shot put. Don Wheat won shot put and Junior Ditty won the discus and javelin. Francis Tonrey won both 100 and 220 dashes, Clyde Brown captured the 440 and placed second in the century. Bay beat F Gibbons in the half mile, while Ditty won the mile and Bay topped Gibbons in a thrilling half mile.
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Clifford Bay
Beaverhead County High School
Don Wheat
Bob Lee
Junior Ditty
Francis Tonrey
Brown
Tonrey
A. Bay
Ditty
Hoffman
Public School Immunization Clinic Opens in Beaverhead County
Under the Child Welfare council the training school hosts an immunization clinic for Beaverhead County children. Vaccines for small pox and diphtheria are given to ages six months through fourteen, with fees waived for needy families. Nurse Luella Stickney and Katherine MacGregor oversee Dillon doctors as many children are expected.
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Child Welfare Council of
Beaverhead County
Mayfete Set For Friday At Montana Normal College
The 1935 May Fete at Montana State Normal College will be held in the college gym Friday evening May 10. About 60 college women and 130 training school pupils will perform cowboy and Indian dances under the theme Wagon Wheels. The queen has been chosen but will be kept secret until the coronation ceremony.
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Wagon Wheels
College Gym
Montana State Normal College
Women’s Athletic Association
Senior Play Presented at Beaverhead High School
Commencement activities at Beaverhead County High School began with the senior class play in the gym. May events include the junior prom on May 4, baccalaureate on May 19, spring concert May 20, commencement May 23, and the final term ending May 24. Jean Gilbert named valedictorian and Dorothy Spegar salutatorian. The senior play Your Money or Your Wife was well received by a large audience.
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Beaverhead County High School
Jean Gilbert
W. W. Wahl
Dorothy Spegar
Ruling Aims at Relief Chiselers in Montana
The Montana Relief commission issued a ruling affecting reemployment service offices and county NRS offices. It states that every employable relief client must report every 30 days at the NRS office or be removed from relief rolls. The relief group urged officials to enforce this policy across counties.
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Montana Relief Commission
National
NRS
Dillon student elected president of Montana Future Farmers
State leader Joe Ritschel of Dillon named president of Montana Future Farmers. Beaverhead county high school's stock judging team won first at the state contest in Bozeman last week with Glasgow second and Miles City third. Team members are Wallis Banning John Sweeney and Joe Hermann coached by Earl W. Bjork.
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Beaverhead County High School
Bozeman
Glasgow
Miles City
Wallis Banning
John Sweeney
Joe Hermann
Earl W. Bjork
Beaverdam Beavers Debating and Stock Team Guests at Dillon Rotary
Bea verhead county high school debating and stock judging teams were hosted by the Dillon Rotary club at the Metlen hotel. Stock team members Joe Hermann John Sweeney Wallis Banning and Dave Freeman won state first at Bozeman while the debate team Harold Wheat and Jack Reeves reached district finals at Butte and debated federal aid for public schools.
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Beaverhead County
Dillon Rotary Club
Metlen
Joe Hermann
John Sweeney
Wallis Banning
Dave Freeman
Bozeman
Harold Wheat
Jack Reeves
Butte
Wheat
Tom Luebben
Send-a-dime chain letter deemed illegal by post office
The Denver send-a-dime chain letter was declared illegal by the post office department. Officials say it would be nearly impossible to stop the mail flood and would require a search warrant for each letter to determine enforcement.
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Washington
Denver
Postoffice Department
Dillon Choral Club concert set for May 8 in training school
The Dillon Choral club under Mrs. W G Gilbert will present its annual concert at the training school auditorium next Wednesday evening May 8. Admission is free. The group also sang at the First Baptist church last Sunday and is active in local programs. Dillon’s junior baseball league, sponsored by Beaverhead post of the American Legion, will begin within a few days with over 100 boys enrolled in two divisions. Alvin M. Jones chairs the committee with C. M. Casterline and Harold M. Warner. uniforms will be provided and inter-city play for the state title is planned. A meeting is set at the fair grounds tomorrow at 6:30.
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Dillon
Training School
W. G. Gilbert
First Baptist Church
J.D. Lee
Mary McClain
Beaverhead Post
American Legion
Alvin M. Jones
Legion
C. M. Casterline
Harold M. Warner
Diamond Glory
Fair Grounds
Jones
Visitor Lester Schulz Seen in Sheridan Last Saturday
Lester Schulz of Sheridan was noted as a visitor in the city last Saturday.
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Lester’ Schulz
Sheridan
Sheriff Tags Cars With 1934 Plates In Wake Of 1935 License Edict
Sheriff James A. McCollum begins tagging vehicles with old or dealer plates as tardy 1935 registrations rise. Offenders must appear at the sheriff's office. second offenses may draw fines or other court penalties. M. D. Waring was arrested near Dell on a hit and run after colliding with Mrs. Claude Downing’s car near Lima injuring Mrs. Taft. Waring fled the scene leading to hours of police search.
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James A. McCollum
Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff's Office
M. D. Waring
Dell
C. E. Blinn
Waring
Claude Downing
Lima
Duane Taft
Dillon Man Selected to Succeed W. W. Wahl
Dr. J. B. Monroe elected principal of Beaverhead County High School to succeed W. W. Wahl who resigns to become Helena High School principal. Monroe, a Dillon resident since 1897, led Montana State Normal College from 1912 to 1919 and held banking roles since. Nearly 60 applications described in the report.
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J. BE. Monroe
Montana State Normal College
Beaverhead County
Nell Doyle
W. W. Wahl
Helena High School
Wahl
Dr. Monroe
Dillon
Normal College
State Bank & Trust Company
Indiana
State Normal School
Kansas Normal College
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
New York Uniiversity
Garden expert leads four Beaverhead county meetings
E H Isaac state extension horticulturist from Bozeman and Lilian Stone Beaverhead home demonstration agent conducted four Beaverhead county meetings on home gardening. They covered Dillon Dell Bannack and Wisdom with Wisdom meeting renewed after road improvements. Bernard Williams attended a district county agents AAA conference in Missoula.
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E. H., Isaac
Bozeman
Lillian Stone
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Dell
Bannack
Wisdom
Miss Stone
Bernard Williams
Missoula
AAA
Crew Set to Arrive at Birch Creek CCC Camp in Dillon
About 175 young men are due in Dillon on Friday for transport to the Birch Creek CCC camp. Supervisor BP T Sanding of the Beaverhead National Forest says the mess hall is finished and other facilities are ready. Of the total, 188 come from Fort Missoula and 41 from California.
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Dillon
Birch Creek
CCC
BP. T. Sanding
Beaverhead National Forest
Fort Missoula
California
Additional Wheat Planting Rules Under 1935 Contract Plan
Farmers in the Agricultural Adjustment Administration wheat program may increase 1935 plantings under the 1935 Supplementary Wheat Contract.Contracts will be mailed from Washington once printed. signing is required before any adjustment payments for increased acreage. Farmers may plant up to 165 percent of base acreage if compensating reductions next year cover the excess.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bernard Williams
Washington
Williams
Training School Pupils to Present Play Friday
The junior high dramatics class will stage a comedy version of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves at the training school auditorium Friday night. Melissa Minger directs. admission is free. The story follows the magic word that opens Cogia Hassan's cave of treasure.
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Training School
Melissa Minger
Cogia Hassan
Lima Ex-Service Man Dies at Fort Harrison Vet Hospital
Lee W. Watkins, Lima ex service man, died at the Fort Harrison veterans hospital near Helena last Thursday. A native of Idaho, he was born 40 years ago and had lived in Lima for 18 years. He spent 11 months overseas during World War I. He had been receiving treatment there.
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Lee W. Watkins
Lima
Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital
Helena
Idaho
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Dillon M
Nia
Dillon Gun ‘Club
Beaverhead
Montana
Inventory of Mineral Resources ‘of Montana
FERA
Montana School of Mines
Beaverhead High Stock
Joe Ritschel
Montana Future Farmers
Joe Taylor Ace Neem
Alice Davis
Betty Lee Harrison
Florence Boka
Semecrate Ratives
Psaee
Helen Morrow
Ray Wolf
Signe
Frank Kurtz
Mene Neem Een Dees
Howard Morse Oem Tee
Patrick
Weeneeewennnee
Evelyn Nissen
William Wall
Dorothy Ann Gosman
Johnson
Noreen Thibadeau Dereensene
Stanley Bradley
Bruce Jeppson A
Elizabeth Wilkinson Seers
William Tower
Helen Kennedy Orca
Rotary Club
Choice of
E. E. Isaac
Ali Baba
Forty Thieves
Vet Hospital
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