Local Selective Service Classifications and Overseas Service News
Classifications by the local selective service board include 2-C and 1-C designations for listed individuals, with 1-A terms for several. Sergeant Clifford S. Bay of Dillon Montana earned membership in the Red Devil Experts' club of the 40th Infantry Division after scoring 96.5 with a field artillery howitzer. he has served since 1942 and was a farmer in civilian life. An Eighth Air Force liberator station piece describes overseas troops using basketball to build esprit de corps at a U S heavy bomber base in England, with games played at various locations among units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
South Pacific
Clifford S. Bay
Dillon
Montana
40Th Infantry
Bay
Jeng Bay
Pacific
AAF Liberator
England
U. S
Beaverhead Pupils Are Given Tests
Results of physical examinations of 808 Beaverhead county students by Dr. W. H. Stephan show fall re examinations. Up to re-exam time 158 of 336 had completed recommended work. Eye and tonsil work advised by August with specialist care. Red Cross aid available for those needing financial help. T.B. patches were applied to 37 pupils during the exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
W. H. Stephan
Stephan
Red Cross
Willow Run Plant Accelerates Bomber Output at Ford
George B. Schotte reports to the Dillon Rotary about Willow Run in Michigan where Ford employs forty thousand workers. The Rouge power house is the world’s largest. Bombers emerge on a synchronized line and are tested before entering service, with about one Liberator produced per hour and rapid deployment toward New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Schotte
Butte
Willow Run
Ford Motor Company
Dillon Rotary Club
Montana
Rouge Plant
Schotte
Army
New Guinea
Henry Ford
Public School May Events for National Music Week
Dillon public schools observe National Music Week May 3 with vocal and instrumental music, plays, puppet shows, and art exhibits. On May 10 at 10:30 in Bagley auditorium the primary building presents a seventh grade puppet play, instrumental solos by Jean Shaw, Favre Eaton, Mary Beth Smith, Jim Martinell, a violin trio by Kathryn Cardinale Kennett Kenison and Rose Mary Tyre, with accompanists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Public Schools
Bagley Auditorium
Jean Shaw
Favre Eaton
Mary Beth Smith
Jim Martinell
Kathryn Cardinale
Kennett Kenison
Rose Mary Tyre
Miss Rachel Smith
Tanya Johnson
Kay Whitworth
Peggy Lou Sutherland
Girls Rifle Club fires high scores at regular event
Members of the Girls Rifle club shot five ball targets from a prone position on the high school range. Pat Stamm led with 90, followed by Ethel Anderson with 87. Other scores included M. Henningsen 81 and S. Spence 78 as the team posted strong totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Stamm
Ethel Anderson
P. Stamm
E. Anderson
M. Henningsen
S. Spence
M. Nissen
J. Lay
N. Richardson
G. Gillies
I. Casper
L. Hazelbaker
Banquet For Beaverhead Girls Athletic Club Initiation
Beaverhead county high school hosts the spring initiation of the Girls’ Athletic Club tonight at the school. Mrs. Claudia Faust supervises with a banquet by the home economics department led by Miss Jean Haynes. Florence Selway heads a program with piano solo by Gerry Gillies and violin by Margot Luebben. Jean Troupe provides music. Initiates include Janet Curry Virginia Fuller Gerry Gillies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead Author Receives High Praise for Novel
National reviews including the New York Times Book Review laud T 7 by Tom Savage a Beaverhead county writer. The Idaho setting of Beaverhead and Lemhi counties is shown with熟 familiarity. Critics focus on the book’s quality, not just its setting, and Thomas Book Store quickly sold out its initial supply.
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Tom Savage
Beaverhead County
Lemhi County
Idaho
New York Times Book Review
Thomas Book Store
Acclaimed High School Senior Play in Dillon
Beaverhead county high school seniors presented You Can’t Take It With You, a Moss Hart George Kaufman comedy, to a full Dillon auditorium. The show featured music directed by Fred Honeychurch and a cast including Erma Lou Warner, Betty Lou Christensen, Polly Mansfield, and George Barth among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Moss Hart
George S. Kaufman
Beaverhead County
Fred Honeychurch
Daphane Hansen
Erma Lou Warner
Betty Lou Christensen
Polly Mansfield
George Barth
Dan
National Music Week Observed Here and Local Theft Case
National Music Week was to be observed locally. Eugene Wents Phillips was sentenced to two years in state prison for a theft at Barrett hospital and transported to Deer Lodge. He stole a watch and 155 dollars from Phil Reynolds a year ago. Beaverhead county scrap paper drive yielded 28 tons plus additions from Melrose Dell and Lima bound for Waldorf Paper in Minneapolis. Bill Evans and Floyd Vandegrift led the drives with help from Future Farmers and local firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Wents Phillips
Lyman H. Bennett
Deer Lodge
John Troupe
Phillips
Phil Reynolds
Barrett Hospital
Ida Grove
Iowa
Dillon
Sheriff Troupe
Reynolds
Beaverhead
Waldorf Paper Company
Minneapolis
Melrose
Dell
Lima
Bill Evans
Floyd Vandegrift
Beaverhead Salvage
Beaverhead County
Softball to Be Featured This Summer in Dillon
Floyd Vandegrift announces Dillon will host a summer softball program with at least three women's teams and three or four boys clubs. A meeting for team leaders and players is set for tomorrow at 8 pm in city hall, with J C Fuller and Herman Peterson assisting along with the Elks lodge and American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Floyd Vandegrift
City Hall
Vangegrift
J. C. Fuller
Herman Peterson
Elks Lodge
American Legion
College program of music delight at Normal College
Dillon music lovers enjoyed a recital at the Normal college auditorium last night. John B. Crowder on piano and John Lester of Latte University School of Music presented a varied program under the college department of music. Lester sang eleven numbers with Crowder accompanying four piano pieces.
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Dillon
Normal College
John B. Crowder
John Lester
Latte University School of Music
College Department of Music
Lester
Crowder
Grand Officer To Visit Dillon Woodcraft Lodge
Mabel Culbertson grand manager of the Neighbors of Woodcraft will pay her official visit to Dillon lodge Friday night May 5. The lodge altered its regular Wednesday meeting to allow the visit. After the business meeting a Mother’s day program will be presented and refreshments served.
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Mabel Culbertson
Neighbors of
Woodcraft
Dillon Lodge
Thelodge
Two Dillon Artists Win Distinction in Water Color Society
Two Dillon artists Andrew Hofmeister and George Nightingale have been admitted as members of the Northwest Water Color Society. They submitted five works each judged by experts, with two Hofmeister and two Nightingale pieces selected for exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum.
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Dillon
Andrew Hofmeister
George Nightingale
Northwest Water Color Society
Fred Marshal
Seattle
Hofmeister
Nightingale
Normal College
Paul Immel
Seattle Art Museum
Immel
Beaverhead County High to Host Evening Concert
Beaverhead county high school's music department presents its annual program tomorrow night in the auditorium under Fred Honeychurch. The symphony orchestra and concert band will perform, along with twirlers and flag swingers, all directed by Mr. Honeychurch. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Stanchfield
Isabel Ross
Fred Honeychurch
Father Timothy Clifford
Dan Boka
J. E.selway
A. T. Peterson
D.L. Johnson
Mr. Selway
Jes
Beaverhead
County High School
Honeychurch
Montana order leader visits Mizpah Eastern Star
Mrs Olive May Flachesenhar of Terry grand matron of the Montana Order paid an official visit to Mizpah Eastern Star Monday night with several past grand officers in attendance. She was guest at a luncheon by the Past Matrons club and at a banquet before the meeting. The banquet fed 115 members and visitors, with Rain bow Girls serving and Mrs Sam Ditty preparing. A May day motif appeared in decorations and Vera Cooke Hazel sang May Time during the meeting. Henry E Bakeman Jeffers, grand patron, among those introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive May Flachesenhar
Terry
Montana Order
Mizpah
Eastern Star
Flachesenhar
Sam Ditty
Rainbow Girls
Vera Cooke Hazel
Henry E. Bakeman
Jeffers
Dillon's Shakespeare Club marks 52nd anniversary
The Dillon Shakespeare club celebrated its 52nd anniversary on Saturday April 29 with a luncheon at St James Guildhall for about 50 members and guests. A hollow square table setting, flowers from Shakespeare's garden, and a program of six skits by reading groups highlighted the event.
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Dillon Shakespeare Club
St. James Guildhall
W. B. Willey
Evelyn Rimel
Willey
Lee R. Light
Red Cross Home Service Aids Beaverhead Family
The Beaverhead Red Cross Home Service led by Chairman C M Casterline arranged urgent aid after Mrs. Jennings Mayland learned her husband in Fort Knox training was seriously ill. A hospital room was secured and transportation was organized via plane to Chicago for quicker rail connection.
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Beaverhead
Home Service Department of the Red Cross
C. M. Casterline
Jennings Mayland
Fort Knox
Casterline
Home Service Department
Chicago
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Local Selective Service Board
Walter William French
Joe Laknar
John W. Miller
Roy A. Zebarth
Ole J. Heggelund
Harry Allen
Lonie E. Couch
Thomval N. Davidson
Walter Foster
Oliver Lewis Marsing
Charles E. Seybold
John T. Nelson
Maurice F. Sullivan
Beaverhiead
FORD
George B. Sch
Forest Rangers Holding School
Birch Creek
Birch ‘Creek
Arthur Olson
al Muchmiore
Earl Welton
Beaverhead National Forest
OW. B. Willey
Scilla
Mat
Jobe
LIFE
Yinsuran¢ Powiey
E. W Phillips
Dillon Woodcraft Lodge
Dover
Water Color Society
Beaverhead Countried School
OPA
Montana Chambe of Commerce
Olive.m. Flachesenhar
Shakespeare Club
Red Cross Home Service
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