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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1941
Page
1
A fragment from a May 1 column recalls World War I era humor and legal oddities. It notes 126 registrants to receive questionnaires, quotes street corner gossip, and cites quirky state laws and public notices.
Sixty three questionnaires were mailed Monday and today under headquarters directives to classify registrants without delay. A total of 320 registrants have received data sheets and been classified. a list of names shows those awaiting questionnaires with every tenth registrant’s order number.
Francis Tonrey Jr son of Mr and Mrs Francis Tonrey of Dillon was accepted for service in the U S Naval Air Corps reserve. He passed final examinations in Seattle and will train at Sandpoint Naval Base before moving to Jacksonville Fla for final schooling and to receive an ensign commission. He is a Beaverhead county high school graduate and UM journalism BA 1940.
Harold Cantrell will head the student association as president with Annabelle George as vice president. John E. Dunn of Dillon Bottling Works received orders to report to Salt Lake City and be in San Francisco by Friday for assignment to a battleship amid a navy expansion. Dunn, a 1934 enlistee, served on four ships including the Cincinnati and Augusta and plans to remain in Dillon for the time being.
One of eleven road projects to be contracted at Helena on May 16 covers 12.633 miles on the Wisdom Divided road spanning Deer Lodge and Beaverhead counties. The eleven projects will exhaust the 1940 appropriation, with new contracts to be let in June for the new fiscal year starting July 1.
Montana State Normal prepares its annual May fete in the Normal gym on Friday May 9 under the Women's Athletic Association and director Marjorie Hamer. The 1941 theme Holidays We Celebrate involves art music drama and physical education departments with student committees led by Alice Cameron Shirley Hrickson and others. May Queen candidate list includes Doris Swanke Davie Ann Dye Wilma Clayton Sylvia Nelson and Shirley Erickson.
Patricia Smyth a Beaverhead County High School junior placed among the ten highest in the nation in a current news test by Quill and Scroll. She is an honor student active in commercial work home economics and represented Beaverhead at State College High School Week Bozeman. She received a gold pin and the ten high rankers compete for a $500 scholarship usable at 18 universities with strong journalism programs.
Beaverhead Post to nominate officers for the coming term at the May 8 meeting at the Medlen hotel headquarters. Delegates will be chosen for the Mining District gathering in Twin Bridges on June 7. Post membership has reached 162, already a new all time high, and the Twin Bridges convention will include special recognition of this milestone.
Dillon gun club posted a best-ever 74 in the fourth round of the Montana Standard telegraphic shoot despite wind and rain. W E Tallent fired 25, Pete Westergard matched 24 at Helena, while Herman Peterson shot 24 locally. Peterson won the doubles 46x50 and the handicap, placed second in singles 95x100. Tallent led Sunday with 99x100. Boyer led the doubles 46x50.
Father Gustave Dahlberg 82 native of Sweden and longtime Butte resident dies May 2. He leaves wife and five sons including Harry and George. daughter Helen teaches at Beaverhead County High School. Beaverhead County High School marks 50th graduation with baccalaureate May 18 and commencement May 22 at the auditorium.
Whitehall dominated the Southern District meet in Dillon with strong showings in multiple events. Monty Kamps won two events the mile and half mile while Pettit placed second in the mile and Willey was third in the low hurdles. Inclement weather cut several events short. Sheridan finished third as Dillon eyes invites at Helena and Missoula.
Montana State Normal College baseball team faces the Butte Mines in a seven inning doubleheader this afternoon. Expected pitchers include LaBuff and Allan Bradley with J Womack and DePuis among the catchers and outfielders Sekulich Good at center. The team aims to perform well ahead of next weeks conference tournament at Helena where six colleges compete in a single elimination meet.
Funeral rites for Robert W. Boone were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 at the Methodist church with Rev. J A Meeke presiding. Interment followed at Mountain View cemetery. Boone, 68, a Beaverhead County native and long time Dillon resident, served as county auditor from 1914 to 1918 and later worked in livestock, wool, and real estate ventures. He organized the Interstate Building and Loan and was active in politics. He leaves a son in Armstead and two daughters in Long Beach California.
National Selective Service guidance states that all information about registrants except confidential items is public record. Non confidential data may be released to legitimate inquirers if it does not disrupt operations. Physical condition, questionnaire responses on dependency and prior service are confidential, with exceptions for consent and defined disclosures.
Forest Supervisor W B Willey spoke at the Rotary dinner about his 7700 mile journey through 21 states. He highlighted leisure time entertainment centers in Wichita Denver Ponca City Natchez and Pensacola and noted the TVA project and the Everglades trip. Alice Davis and T E Luebben referenced the state convention at Miles City.
Three cars carrying Junior Rifle club members and sponsors were in a minor crash on highway 91 near Dillmont park after a picnic at Birch Creek. Me Jones stopped to let Billy Neal out. Jay Nelson and Walter Jones rear collided with the stationary car. Minor injuries included a broken nose for Dean McDowell a bruised hip for Dave Curry and bruised eye and nose for Craig Olson.
A wind storm in Dillon near noon Sunday felled a tall cottonwood from the city library parking strip, landing on a visiting Great Falls car salesman’s 1941 Pontiac sedan, causing only dents. Glass shattered at Dillon Implement, and panes blown from the State greenhouse. limbs ripped from trees citywide. A twister damaged a Maytag shop door and other minor wrecks occurred on school grounds.
The May 1 deadline for the 1941 triple A program drew 222 operators, about a dozen more than last year. Approvals for conservation practices will be mailed next month, and operators must meet compliance by September.
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