RUA VICTORY Men Back Beavers and Navy News
Lt. Keith M. Lowder leads Lima Mont officers to Liberator Division cage crown. Beavers’ front line units and Navy personnel from Dillon and Beaverhead receive updates on postings, births, and training as service members nationwide move between camps and ships.
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Town Hall
Keith M. Lowder
Lima
Mont
Eighth Air Force
University of Montana
Ordance
Britain
Heavenly Daze
Eager Beaver
Dillon's Oldest Club Marks Anniversary
The Dillon audience guessed book titles including Junior Miss and Taming of the Shrew as the club marked another anniversary. Committee chair Mrs. W. J. Neidt led the event with Miss Mary Innes Miss Rachel Smith and Miss Jean Bishop assisting.
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Dillon
Taming of the Shrew
Harriet
W. J. Neidt
Mary Innes
Rachel Smith
Jean Bishop
O0 E S State Head Visits Chapter Here
Mrs Hattie Hazer of Butte and Mrs Elizabeth Luebben of Dillon are among past grand matrons. Mildred Graeter of Deer Lodge is grand conductress with Esther Shaw of Dillon and Wisdom as grand chaplin. Julia Helming of Wisdom Verna Jenkins of Lima and Mary Lightfoot of Boulder are grand representatives. Jessie MacDonald Isaac D Hadzer and Richard Vickers serve as grand committee members. Conducting the meeting were Mary Jane Rodgers and C J Hovren.
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Hattie Hazer
Butte
Elizabeth Luebben
Dillon
Mildred Graeter
Deer Lodge
Esther: Shaw
Dillon and
Wisdom
Julia Helming
Verna Jenkins
Lima
Mary Lightfoot
Boulder
Jessie MacDonald
Isaac D. Hadzer
Richard Vickers
Virginia City
Mary Jane Rodgers
C. J. Hovren
Beaverhead Pupils Receive Tests In County
Pupils in Lima and Beaverhead High School undergo testing with no positive results found. The countywide chart summarizes the tests and outcomes across Beaverhead.
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Beaverhead
Lima
Softball to Be Featured This Summer
Last year four women's teams and four boys clubs played throughout the season signaling an expanded softball program this summer for local youth and women players.
Graduation Exercises at High School on May 11
Graduation exercises will be held at the high school auditorium May 11 with Knox as valedictorian and Bob Stanchfield delivering Victory Selections. The program includes processional, invocations, solos, scripture, sermon, benediction and recessional performed by the orchestra under Fred Honeychurch. The 1944 graduates listed include Donald Allen, Dolores Babcock, George Barth, Daniel Boka, Judy Chapman, Judy Husted, Isabel Ross, Mary Tait, and many others. Sponsors are Mrs. Daphne Hansen and Mr. W. J. Bierrum.
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Sie Knox
Bob Stanchfield
Father Clifford
Fred Honeychurch
Calvin Logan
Dan Boka
Isabel Ross
Norman E. Benson
Glee Club
Farther
Lewis D. Smith
Mr. Logan
Donald Allen
Dolores Babcock
George Barth
Daniel Boka
John Bowring
Willard Casper
Judy Chapman
Betty Lou Christensen
Bill Curry Dale Dart
Jack Davis
Mary Drgane
Dick Evans
Ruth Fuller
Dorothy Fassler
Alfred Fidler
Bonnie Lou George
Jean Gleed
Bonnie Jean Harkness
William Hawkins
Lois Hazelbaker
Arthur Horels
Judy Husted
Bunny Jackson
Jessie Knox
Albert Larsen
Polly Mansfield
Henry Meine
Tom Nelson
Esther Pahnish
Harold Patrick
Elaine Roberts
Ardella Lanner
Jim Scofield
Florence Selway
Dee Smith
Pat Stamm
Marjorie Staudenmeyer
Mary Tait
Barbara Jean Tash
Jean Troupe
Mildred Tucker
Bill Wagner
Erma Lou Warner
Burton Whiting
Mildred White
Daphne Hansen
W. J. Bierrum
Banquet for Girls Athletic Club Honor Insignias Listed
Mary Long Agnes Smith Peggy Smith Virginia Tovey Marcia Warner Christine Zeigel named for the Girls Athletic Club banquet. Insignias awarded to Betty Howard Jean Lay Margot Luebben Aileen McDowell Rose Marcheseau Miriam Morse Mildred Nissen Shirley Stocker Patty Talent Virginia Tovey Jean Troupe. B letters to Marcheta McMenomey Ardella Sanner Florence Selway.
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Mary Long
Agnes Smith
Peggy ‘Smith
National Music Week Observed With Parade and Recitals
National Music Week activities include a street parade at 3 45 led by nearly one hundred uniform students with band color guards and twirlers. Friday at 3 10 the fourth and sixth grades will sing and Ralph McFadden will give a piano recital for Bagley pupils.
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Vance
Ralph McFadden
Bagley
O. Kay Moe
George Nightingale
L. A. Gregory
Bagley Auditorium
Concert at High School Showcases School Orchestra
Concert program includes Cavalier Overture Romany Life Song of The Bayou Chop Sticks Victory Selection Liszt Reibold Bloom intermission With A Song In My Heart Oklahoma and Show Boat selections mixed chorus and band pieces featuring Rodgers Marche Slave Nell The Farmer's Daughter and London Suite Trombone Blues and Star Spangled Banner with uncertain credits and misprinted names.
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Romany Life
Alfred Fidler
Bob Stanchfield
Dale Dart
Jessie Knox
Gerry Gillies
Liszt-Reibold
Nell
Jack Dalton
London
Banner
Beaverhead Scrap Paper Net Reaches 28 Tons
Mr. Evans urged locals to save paper for next fall's campaign as Beaverhead County plans to contribute scrap to support the war effort, with the community already collecting a sizable amount.
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Beaverhead
Acclaimed High School Senior Play Draws Audience
The senior play at the high school receives strong praise with names including Haynes in sound, Esther Pahnish and ushers Bonnie George Ruth Fuller and Marjorie Staudenmeyer, and crew members Paul Hollo ran the show.
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Haynes
Esther Pahnish
Ushers
Bonnie George
Ruth Fuller
Marjorie Staudenmeyer
Paul Holloran
Farm Land Values Continue Upward in 1944
Farm real estate values rose sharply through the year ended March 1, 1944, per a BAE report. Nationwide value increases reached 15 percent with a roughly nine percent gain from Nov 1, 1948 to March 1, 1944. Values now stand 38 percent above the pre war base, near the 1919 level of 40 percent.
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BAE
Social activity and business notes from Wise River
Wise River neighbors host dinners and visits across Dillon Butte and Missoula. Local events include tagging sheep at Walter Jones ranch and multiple trips for business, medicine, and clothing renovation projects. Spring cleanups, pool plans, and Rotary meeting updates close the week with regional social and civic notes.
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Joan Bennett
Butte
Retha Jones
Ralph Potts
Walter Goose
Colonel Combs
Lee Shelton
Bell
Wise River
Combs
Alder Creek
Shelton
Boyd Koenig
Dillon
Ben Mallon
Bill Dodgson
Frank Dodgson
Mallon
Walter Jones
Jones
Leslie Jones
Lodge
Neva
Eleanor Nelson
Jim O'Connell
Fihstrap
Ed Miner
Silver Bow
Charles Lambrecht
E. Fogaard
Mary
Everett Hammond
Portland
Mr. Hammond
Jack Gibson
Jackie
Missoula
Sherman Dodgson
Highland Mine
Fred Gill
Tex Clark
Davey
Dee Stockton
Stockton
Tom Pendergast
al Muchmore
Mr. Willey
Ranger
Earl Walton
Wisdom
Brand
Ben Mahon Ranch
Dr. Safford
Husted Ranch
Billi Farnham
Dee
Theodore Sells
Ford Plant Topic at Rotary Talk Highlights Wartime Production
In a Rotary Club talk, Mr. Schotte described shifts from aluminum to lighter magnesium in construction and outlined wartime production gains. He said 1942 model resumption is likely first, with in-stock dies. newer improved models will arrive later as synthetic rubber supplies rise gradually.
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Schotte
Local Notes and Social News From Dillon Montana
Dr. Sheldon E. Davis is away at high school visits in northern Montana. Patricia Curry returns home from California. Dillon Elks plan a crab dinner with Butte Elks. Idaho Falls couples and a Wheat King couple wed under Mayor Megquier. Mrs. Loanna Lyons visits, William Rasmussen stops in Dillon, and Mrs. Francis Tonney returns from Mayo Clinic Rochester. Local visitors Nick DeLeon and Paul Daub residence, Albert Loppie sentenced six months and $100 fine for assault in district court.
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Sheldon E. Davis
Normal College
Montana
Patricia Curry
D. J. Berry
California
Dillon Elks
Butte Elks Lodge
Idaho Falls
George A. Clark
Millie Swanson
Arthur, Allgood
Mae King
Bert Megquier
Lyman H. Bennett
Rudolph Polish
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