Beaverher County Officers File for Re-Election
Two more Beaverher County officers filed for re election in the past week raising the total candidates to four. Sheriff Paul H. Temple and Treasurer Bertie Mathews filed for their offices while Edgar B. Rife, a six year board member and since 1937 chairman, filed Monday for the democratic nomination for county commissioner. Continued on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Temple
Bertie Mathews
Edgar B. Rife
Armstead
German-born Beaverhead prospector R Peterson dies at 76
Rudolph Peterson of Beaverhead county died Friday night after a long illness at his Dakota street home. A German native born 76 years ago he arrived in 1888 and worked in Bannack station and other mining districts. No relatives in the United States survive. Funeral was held Monday at Brundage with Rev J A Meeke officiating and burial at Mountain View cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Peterson
Beaverhead County
Dakota Street
Germany
Bannack Station
Brundage Funeral Home
J. A. Meeke
Grace Methodist Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Dillon High School Girl Dies in Butte
Funeral services were held in Wisdom for Jean McDowell the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank McDowell. She died at St James hospital in Butte at 430 pm Thursday after a five day illness with pneumonia. Jean finished Wisdom grade school and was a Dillon High School freshman. Her brother Melvin also a freshman accompanied her home for a weekend visit but she grew ill and was taken to Butte Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisdom
Isdom
Jean McDowell
Frank McDowell
Butte
Dillon Man Dies Monday Night in Butte
Frank Conklin, a well known Dillon resident, died Monday night at Murray hospital in Butte after a four day illness. He was 75, born February 24 1863 in Pigskill New York and moved to Beaverhead county in 1890 where he ran a Dillon area ranch. He leaves two daughters Mrs Anna James of Dayton and others in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Conklin
Dillon
Murray Hospital
Butte
Pigskill
N. Y
Beaverhead County
Anna James
Dayton
Postoffice mural placed in Dillon lobby
News from the States by Mrs. A J Lochrie was installed yesterday in the Dillon post office lobby. The mural shows Montana territorial days circa 1878 with miners cowboys trappers and Indians around a newspaper, sheep and mountains. The Treasury Department contracted the work with a local committee. it is not a WPA project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Lochrie
Butte
Dillon
Harry J. Andrus
Montana
Treasury Department
Beaverhead County High Names Pahnish Valedictorian
Beaverhead County High School announces Floyd Pahnish as valedictorian for the Class of 1938 and Frances Pickolick as salutatorian. Pahnish, a senior in the agricultural department, carries a 2.871 average and is active in Future Farmer projects and stock teams. The annual class play Miss Millions opened senior activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County High School
Violet Eastman
Andrew’ Pickolick
Anna Christensen
Jack Selway
Estella Hansen
Marjorie Decker
Mary Sweeney
Bob Gregg
Don ‘Wheat
Frances _Pickolick
Flor. John. Combes
Floyd Pahnish
Agricultural Department
Prin. Conrad Orr
Frances Pickolick
Young Pahnish i
E. Pahnish
Grasshopper Valley
Beaverhead Students Shine At State Meet In Bozeman
Arthur Christensen of Beaverhead County High School won first in public speaking at the state high school week and Future Farmers contests in Bozeman. The Beaverhead FFA also earned honorable mention in the scrapbook and sixth in judging. Floyd Pahnish won first in sheep judging and second in hog judging with Tex Smith also placing in poultry. Christensen won a cash award and a trip to Estes Park for the western states finals and was elected vice president of the state Future Farmers association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Christensen
Beaverhead County
Future Farmers
Bozeman
Beaverhead High
Beaverhead
Floyd Pahnish
Tex Smith
Christensen
Estes Park
Colo
State Future Farmers Association
Dan Pendergast
Big Hole Basin
Montana
State Association
FFA
Pahnish
Smith
Don Shaffner
Charles Greene
Dick Henningsen
Tom Ames
Dennis Smith
Rudy Platt
D. L.jones
Ruth Wilberg
Alice Davis
Anna Christensen
Ethén Anderson
Annual W A A Play Day Set For Saturday
The M S N C Women s Athletic Association hosts eight high schools for the annual high school play day on Saturday. Events include swimming in the Normal pool in the morning and a novelty track meet at Torrey Lodge with one representative from each school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.S.N.C. Women’s Athletic Association
Torrey Lodge
Child Health Day Observed In Beaverhead County
Beaverhead rural schools showcased health-related projects in Dillon store windows over the weekend to mark Child Health Day Sunday. Twenty three schools entered, supervised by County Nurse Margaret Holloran and County Superintendent Nell Doyle, drawing hundreds of local viewers over four days. The Dillon training school contributed a health program as part of the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Margaret Holloran
Nell Doyle
Beaverhead
Dillon Training School
Beaverhead High Wins Southwestern District Track Meet
Beaverhead high school’s track team won the southwestern district meet at the fairgrounds with 38 points, Whitehall 31, Sheridan 30, and Ennis and Twin Bridges 9 each. Schenk of Twin Bridges set the state interscholastic record in the 440 yards at 51.1 seconds, Dillon earning many points on seconds and thirds, while Tait of Dillon tied for first in pole vault but placed second on a tiebreaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead High School
Fairgrounds
Beavers
Whitehall
Sheridan
Ennis
Twin Bridges
Schenk
Dillon
Tait
Manlove
Piano Ensemble To Appear Here May 18
Sixteen pianists form the Butte ensemble directed by Ralph McFadden will perform in the gymnasium on Wednesday May 18. The group, eight pianos and sixteen players, is a permanent unit and traces its roots to 1934 under John Crowder of the University of Montana.
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Butte Piano Ensemble
Ralph McFadden
McFadden
John Crowder
University of Montana
Missoula
Garden City
Music Teachers Association
Butte
Dillon
Msn.c. Gs
McFadder
Pioneer of Beaverhead Claimed by Death
Mrs. Rose Hainds 84 longtime Beaverhead resident died at her Railroad Avenue home last Wednesday night after years of declining health. Born June 7 1853 in Marquand Missouri she moved to Red Rock Montana in 1880 with Melvin Havis and two daughters later remarried Joseph Hainds of Red Rock who died twelve years ago. She lived in Dillon in recent years leaving four daughters Susan Suthard Sheridan Emma Martinell and others listed as survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Hainds
Beaverhead County
Railroad Avenue
Marquand
Missouri
Melvin Hovis
Utah & Northern Railroad
Montana
Red Rock
Havis
Joseph Hainds
Hainds
Dillon
Susan Suthard
Sheridan
Wyo
Emma Martinell
Beaverhead Ranchers May Get Light Power
The Rural Electrification Administration announced a rural electrification project for Beaverhead and lower Big Hole valleys in Montana. The plan extends 110 miles of line from the Jefferson Valley cooperative, starting at Silver Star and running through Twin Bridges into the valleys, bringing electricity closer to ranchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead Valley
Big Hole Valley
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington, D. C
Jefferson Valley Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Silver Star
Jower Big Hole
Beaverhead
Cleanup Week Launches in Dillon Under Chamber Sponsorship
Cleanup week progresses in Dillon as homeowners join the Chamber of Commerce civic improvements committee campaign. Rain delayed the start but residents now clean back yards alleys and vacant lots to beautify the city with vim and vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Chamber of Commerce Civic Improvements Committee
Lima Gunners Host Registered Shoot at Lima
Fifty gunners took part in Lima’s first registered trapshoot last Sunday with about 80 merchandise prizes. Ted Renfro topped the field with 99 in singles and 49 in handicap, George Bryant won Class B with 96, and J H Venable Jr aged 13 shot 90 to take Class B honors, as Dillon and Lima shooters faced telegraphic 26s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Venable, Jr
Dillon
Lima
Renfro
W. E. Tallent
Russ Smith
Rotary Club Dinner Brings Lima Business Leaders
Dillon Rotary members motored to Lima Monday night and joined local businessmen and ranchers for a dinner at the White cafe. Rev. Father Timothy Clifford of Lima was the evening speaker, delivering an entertaining address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Lima
Father Clifford
Dillon Rotary Club
White Cafe
Timothy Clifford
Choral Club Delights Audience With The Little Scarlet Flower
A large audience enjoyed the Hartwig theatre performance of The Little Scarlet Flower directed by Mrs. W. G. Gilbert. Principal cast included H. M. Warner Genevieve Nelson Lavon Evans Avona Bacon Everett Martin Clifford Berry Evelyn McLaughlin Ruth McCullum Wilma Holloran Hazel Farrell Mida Stahl Patricia Waldorf. Between acts Don's Dance band played several popular numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartwig Theatre
W. G. Gilbert
Dillon
Gilbert
Bernice Sargent
Violet M. Eastman
Claudia Faust
H. M. Warner
Genevieve Nelson
Lavon Evans
Avona Bacon
Everett Martin
Clifford Berry
Evelyn McLaughlin
Ruth McCullum
Wilma Holloran
Hazel Farrell
Mida Stahl
Patricia Waldorf
Don
National Officer Serves Dillon AAUW Dinner Guest
Dr. Kathryn McHale, general director of the American Association of University Women, visits Dillon as the first national officer of the group to tour the local unit. She attends a dinner at the Lutheran church chaired by Mrs. F. A. Hazelbaker with assistance from Mrs. T. E. Luebben and Mrs. T. E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn McHale
Washington, D. C
American Association of University Women
Dillon
Funeral Services For Henry Wyatt Held on Thursday
Funeral services for Henry C. Wyatt, a former prominent Dillon veteran, were held Thursday afternoon at the Lutheran church with Rev. A W Nelson officiating. Military honors were rendered by Beaverhead post of the American Legion, of which he was a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Wyatt
Dillon
Lutheran Church
A.W. Nelson
Beaverhead
American Legion
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Norman Gilesay
Edgar Rife Throwiets
Ring
R. Peterson
Friday Dillonsome
W.A.A
National Rea
Okeh
Jefferson Valley
Lima Gunners
Geraldine High
Normal College
Miss Smith
Ted Renfro
Hartwig
Dillon Club
A.A.U.W
City Today
Henry Wyatt
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