Service Men and Draftees From Dillon in War Time
Sixty seven Normal college alumni and students from Dillon are in the Army or Navy as new editions of the MSNC Alumni News circulates. Local draftees face high rejection rates due to physical standards while volunteers enroll in Navy and Marine Corps programs and training avenues are explored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Navy
Scotty
Normal College
Army
M.S.N.C
Dillon
Missoula
Ralph C. Harrison
Polaris
Hugh McAllister Redmond
Wise River
Marine Corps
War Department
District Legion Convention Set for June 13 in Helena
Representatives from all Montana counties will attend a Civilian Defense School in Helena next week at the Placer hotel. Captain James Barker heads three Army qualified instructors including Wm. G. Ferguson Eugene Savage and Jack Oakey. Ferguson named executive director for civilian defense in Montana by Governor Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
United States
Army School
James Barker
U. S. Army
Wm. G. Ferguson
Eugene Savage
Jack Oakey
Placer Hotel
Ferguson
The
Legion
Ford
Montana
Dept. Com
Jim Anin
Roosevelt
Mulkeys Return From Glendale Visit
Mr and Mrs Joe Mulkey returned from Glendale California after a two week visit with Mr and Mrs Don Mulkey in a family reunion style trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Mulkey
Glendale
Calif
Don Mulkey
State Association Night Observed By Dillon B P O E
Dillon Elks Lodge 1554 hosts State Association Night with James F Higgins of Helena delivering messages from Butte and Great Falls leaders. Higgins outlined plans for the upcoming Butte lodge 240 state convention on July 2 3 and 4 and recalled early leaders of the Montana Elks association. A dinner dance by lodge 240 celebrated its fiftieth anniversary followed by Roosevelt price fixing discussion and musical entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Higgins
Helena
Montana Elks’ Association
Aeeia
Dillon Lodge
Higgins
Harry A. Galloway
Butte
Lew L. Calloway
Great Falls
Galloway
Judge Galloway
Rush Jordan
The
Normal College
Roosevelt
Nellie Little Poole
Man Held for FBI Interrogation Over Draft Questionnaire
Charles Hamlin was found with a blank and overdue Twin Falls Idaho selective service questionnaire after a Sunday disturbance arrest. Local officers held him for FBI questioning after he was tied to a clash sparked by his pro Axis remarks. arresting officers were Police Chief Patrick and Patrolman Al Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Charles Hamlin
Twin Falls
Idaho
Selective Service Board
Patrick
al Ward
Glosses Visit Dillon From Jackson with Daughters
Mr and Mrs John Gloss of Jackson visited Dillon Friday with their daughters Miss Eve lyn and Virginia Gloss students of Beaverhead county high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gloss
Jackson
Dillon
Evelyn
Virginia Gloss
Beaverhead County High School
Dillon News Roundup: Campaigns and Local Movements
John Troupe Republican candidate for sheriff spent Monday in Dillon with family from the Peterson ranch on Horse Prairie. Dr H H Scarborough optometrist of Salt Lake City will be at the Andrus Hotel Monday May 18 to examine eyes and fit glasses. Mrs Norman Giles and children left for Gilford Montana to visit relatives. Numerous residents visited Dillon or traveled to Idaho and Montana for visits and business while others hosted guests at homes here in Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Troupe
Dillon
Peterson Ranch
Horse Prairie
H. H. Scarborough
Salt Lake City
Andrus Hotel
Norman Giles
Gilford
Mont
Marion Pyeatt
Pocatello
Idaho
Melvin Nance
San Diego
Calif
William Casper
Nance
Lowell Smith
Olive Irion
Armstead
Frank Marchesseau
Polaris
Ambrose Brown
Edna Blackburn
Kalispell
Robert Gregg
Moore
James Carpita
Jimmy
Crestline
Nev
Francis Gibbons
Carpita
Bessie Knox
Dell
George Battle
Sheridan
Bertha Battle
Mary Judge
W. J. Romersa
Findling Wolfe
Donald
Ray Wolfe
Bozeman
John Wolfe
Clyde Casterline
Express
Bud Johnson
California
A. S. Johnson
Nena Casper
Hignight Takes Early Lead In Club Rifle Shoot
Hank Hignight topped the Dillon Rifle Club indoor range shoot with 274x300 Wednesday evening, followed by Seybold at 272. The score came from the three position event at the high school range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hignight
Hank Hignight
Seybold
Dillon Rifle Club
Gems for Your Scrapbook Faith and Gratitude Quotations
A compact scrapbook note compiling quotations on faith and gratitude from Emerson Mary Baker Eddy Cicero Seneca and Whittier. The passages urge trust in the unseen love of God, the virtue of gratitude, action over words, and widening happiness for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker Eddy
Beauty and Truth Reflected in the Soul and Heart
A compact reflection on beauty linking it to truth, justice, and virtue. Quotation pairs emphasize beauty as inner perception, a mirror of the Infinite, and a guide to the moral law guiding the soul. Mary Baker Eddy’s note revisits divine wisdom in the visible world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Mary Baker Ddy
Annual May Fete to Feature 400 Dillon Students
Visitors from the senior class will attend the May Fete Friday in the gym with the May Queen presiding. A post event dance and get acquainted session follows at the Rec hall. Saturday includes an art exhibit, a quiz program by the Foreign Relations club, talks by S. E. Davis and Dean Ann Moser, vodvil stunts, swimming for girls, games for boys, and a noon picnic to close All-Campus days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.A.A
Rec Hall
George Nightingale
Mary Baker Emerick
Foreign Relations Club
S. E. Davis
Dean Ann Moser
William Straugh
Contingent Leaves for Army Tests Fronted by Names of Inductees
A lengthy roster lists numerous transfer inductees and contingent leavers for army testing, naming individuals across states including Washington California Idaho Iowa and Alaska and cities such as Lima Port Orchard Dillon and Seattle. The list includes many full names and hometowns with several transfer departures to the contingent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisdom
Andrew Gay Nix
Lima
Jack Ary
Gaylord
Charles Thomson
Dillon
Francis Johnson Lesler
Dewey
Duane Calvert Thompson
Port Orchard
Wash
Ralph Bernard Duffner
Frank Anton Weisgerber
Jackson
Myrel Wilkie Flohr
Helena
David Marshall Bourassa
Evert Orton Stevens
Harry Erik Anderson
Bernard Ben Chism
Anaconda
Jack Joe Keenan
Laurel
Ralph Raymond Banning
Henry Lawrence Swaim
Buena Park
Calif
Bert Ellis Hobart
Corona
Alvin Dixon Morgan
Cameron
Idaho
Swen Aage Larsen
Ralph Howard Light
Iowa City
Iowa
Lester Lee Phillips
James Richard Bevard
Idaho Falls
Edward Jensen
James Malcolm Bourne
Sacramento
Ernest Franklin Harn
Weblem
S. Cak
Theodore Adam Mueller
Buffalo
N. Y
Matthew Wagner Delmar
Tacoma
Fielding Harrison Graves
Paul Kenneth Stahl, Jr
Frank Lawrence Pritchett
Lyman Arthur Haverfield
Lee Aaron Meeds
Philip Dixon Brown
Neil Curtis Keith
James Grunell Kipp
Charles Leroy Shephard
Michael Swetch
Napa
Jack Mahood
Seattle
Walter Edwin Melcher
Polaris
Carlton Kenneth Kendrick
Willie Hem
Fred Schlegel
Somers
Roger Paxson Holmes
Benjamine Lawrence Kearney
Missoula
Albert Theodore Dodge
Kodiak
Alaska
Arch Swafford
Pocatello
Ossie Brown
Polson
Lynn Lenard Hazard
Bassett
Neb
Arnold Rex McCartt
Rawlins
Wyo
Taxes Due May 1941 Moratorium Notice Issued
County notices mailed by County Clerk Albert Baker and Treasurer Miss Mathews warn owners of 1941 tax due in May. The memo explains moratorium provisions and urges timely payment to avoid heavy interest charges. Early collections were brisk this week, per Miss Mathews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Baker
Miss Mathews
Spring Concert Marks L A Gregory’s Final D irectorship
The 17th Spring Concert of the high school band and orchestra in the auditorium celebrated L A Gregory’s final year as director of the instrumental music department he organized in 1925. Baton twirlers directed by Claudia Faust added to the program. Dillon prepares for the May Fete at Normal College featuring Miss Marjorie Hamer as general director and a Latin American Fiesta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Gregory
Claudia Faust
Dillon
Marjorie Hamer
Poindexter Dies After Long Public Service in Dillon
E L Poindexter died aged in Dillon following a long career as deputy county official postmaster and state liquor store administrator. Born Sept 1 1880 in Canyon City Oregon he moved to Dillon as a child and lived there most of his life. He edited The Examiner from 1904 to 1912 and later served as Dillon postmaster and state liquor store head. He married Sadie Graeter in 1917. survived by a wife two brothers a sister in law and many nieces nephews and cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cles
Canyon City
Ore
Thomas Poindexter
Dillon
State Normal College
Helena
St. Louis
Dillon Electric Power & Light Company
Examiner
Blue Lodge
R.A.M
St. Elmo Commandery
Knights Templar
Bagdad Temple
Butte
Dillon Elks Lodge
Order of Red Men
Council of
Montana
Sadie Graeter
Augustus F. Graeter
F. M. Poindexter
Joseph B. Poindexter
Honolulu
Philip Poindexter
Los Angeles
Helen Poindexter
J. C. Moore
Merrill Edson
Harlowtown
Margaret Tello
Columbia
Sam Kinder
Bruce Kurtz
Pasadena
Calif
E. G. Poindexter
New York
Harold Poindexter
San Diego
W. W. Kingsbury
F. H. Cooney
Washington, D. C
C. J. Wright
Victoria
B. C
Walter Poindexter
Stevensville
Marvin Poindexter
Oakland
Navy warns housewives and firms against fraudulent sales claims
A bulletin from the 13th Naval District Seattle warns publicity be given to warning housewives and small business firms against salesmen who imply official Navy approval for patriotic posters flags or advertising. The Navy does not endorse or rate such products and such solicitations are fraudulent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
13Th Naval District
Seattle
Navy
Federations Elect Here in Last Saturday Gathering
The county federation met with talks by Eleanor Nelson home demonstration agent and Margaret Holloran county nurse. They urged immunizations for smallpox and diphtheria, planned a first aid class, and funded infantile paralysis relief to Camp Aqua near Polson. Delegates from Wise River attended most, with programs at the Normal college auditorium and a luncheon at the Lutheran church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Nelson
Margaret Holloran
Nelson
Holloran
Camp Aqua
Polson
Kirkpatrick
A. F. Waldorf
Lee R. Light
Lutheran Church
Light
Sherman Hughes
Ruth Phelps
Normal College
College Gargoyle Club
Myrtle Savidge
Music
Vernon Taylor
Wise River
Dan Pendergast
Ben Mallon
Walter Jones
Fred Gill
Maysel Mallon
L. O. Peck
Verne Stanchfield
Frank Husted
J. W. Patterson
Shakespeare Club
Miss Kirkpatrick
Wisdom’s Women’s Club
Jake Neidt
Warren Hughes
Draftee Party Held Saturday Well Attended
A Saturday draftee party drew a large turnout with scripture, a solo by Vera Cooke Hazel accompanied by Hallie Stephens, an address by Rev. L. Belle Long of the Baptist church, student accordion pieces by Nellie Little Poole, and a benediction by Leslie H. Smith, president of the Dillon LDS church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cooke Hazel
Hallie Stephens
L. Belle Long
The
Baptist Church
Nellie Little Poole
Leslie H. Smith
Dillon L.ds
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Fred
Buster) Brown
Signal Corps
Ansle Brown
Farmer Smith
U.S. Navy
Joseph Duff
Dillon Friends
Monida
William C. Griffith
Clara Griffith
Cavalry
Army Air Corps
Presidio
Monterey
11Th
U. S. Cavalry
Air Corps
Lorraine Pierce
Phyllis
Evelyn Davis
Hugh W. Clarke
Naval Officers Training School
Northwestern University
Chicago
W. H
Shorty) Clarke
Beaverhead
ORR Flowers & Gifts
State Association
Dillon B.P.O.E
Cam P
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Chapman Er Erath Ace
Ballard Thane Neve
Arsen Ae Etereeeee Ter Enese
Seybold Perce Tee Eter Eee
Langdorf Ale Ele Traes Lal Ageie
Adams Dea
Emerson
Cicero
Bate
E. P. Brown
H.C. Potter
Hea
Seneca
Whittier
Tuckerman
Kurt
Kohlbaden
Munkd
Germany
Walter C44
City OF London
England
London
Vaughn-Ragsdale
Vieughn
Ragsdale
Dillon Examiner
E. L. Poindexter
Federation
Stinson Beauty Shoppe
First National Bank
Northwest Bencorporation
Meader
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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