Service Men Reclassifications and Inductions May 8 1945
A Dillon Montana report lists local board reclassifications for May 8 1945 including several 1C 2C and 4-A designations with names such as Frank M Judge Henry M Smith Gilbert E Dodg son and Bruce Dale Bailey. Induction orders dated May 18 name Charles Robert Lee Bryn Mawr Wash and Lloyd M Foster Great Falls. The report also notes promotions and service details from the United States General Depot G-25 England Robert C Peterson Lima Montana to staff sergeant and private first class Freeman William Ambrose furloughs for Iwo Jima veteran status plus Lt Robert L Gregg Oak Leaf Cluster award and Lt Clifford Dougherty promotion to lieutenant colonel with China theater notes. Page reference indicates further continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loca Selective Service Board
Charles Robert Lee
Bryn Mawr, Wash
Lloyd M. Foster
Great Falls
United States General Depot
England
Robert C. Peterson
Lima
Montana
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Europe
Robert L. Gregg
R. M. Gregg
Dillon
Mont
First Air Division
Gregg
91St
Henry W. Terry
Ossining
N. Y
Memphis Belle
Ike
Beaverhead County
Montana State Normal College
Air Force
Commencement Week High School Scheduled
Carl Beardslee 75 longtime Beaverhead resident died Monday night in a Butte hospital after a week’s illness. Born November 18, 1869 in Michigan he arrived in Beaverhead County about 50 years ago. Survived by siblings and three nephews the Lima funeral will be Thursday at 2 pm at the Lima Methodist church with Rev. Lewis D. Smith officiating and burial in Lima Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Beardslee
Beaverhead County
Butte
Michigan
Lima
Dillon
Dillon Lodge
B. P. O. Ellis
Ralph Beardslee
Los Angeles
Arby Beardslee
Shelby
Rose Westphal
Forsyth
Elda B. Martin
Harlowton
Howard
Charles Beardslee
A. B. Martin
Methodist Church
Lewis D. Smith
Beaverhead County Aaa Signers Increase in Production Program
A total of 202 ranchers and farmers in Beaverhead county signed for the Triple A production program, up 25 percent from last year, as announced by Herbert Wheat secretary. The higher signups come though a smaller allotment of 48000, while proposed work would total 97000, prompting a county request for additional funds. Claude Cory and Clarkson noted the situation as state Triple A committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Herbert Wheat
Beaverhead
County
Claude Cory
Clarkson
Beaverhead County High Commencement Week Events
Beaverhead County High School kicks off with Sunday night baccalaureate in the auditorium at 8. Commencement follows next Thursday night May 17 at 8 in the auditorium. Prof Rush Jordan from Montana State Normal College will deliver the address titled The Road Ahead. Valedictory by Ethel Andersen and salutatory by Bernice Gleed. D L Johnson presents candidates. Dr R D Curry confers diplomas. Rev Lewis D Smith offers invocation and benediction. Honeychurch directs musical program and alumni cup is awarded by Dee Smith last year’s winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County High School
Rush Jordan
Montana State Normal College
Ethel Andersen
Bernice Gleed
D. L. Johnson
R. D. Curry
Lewis D. Smith
Fred A. Honeychurch
Dee Smith
Taxes Topic Rotary Club Talk Monday
Fred Bennion of the Montana Taxpayers association spoke at the Dillon Rotary club dinner predicting a future return to a balanced federal budget. He noted 1931 property taxes were Montana highs and highlighted rising federal debt while praising past reductions in local debts. A film on taxation was shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Fred Bennion
Montana Taxpayers Association
Dillon Rotary Club
Montana
Bennion
Fred Honeyehurch
Dillon Baseball Nines Begin Training And Fire Calls
Dillon volunteers trained with three runs in three days for the fire department. John Ball Ranch bunkhouse fire and a brush blaze on Twin Bridges road caused quick but minor damage. Hogan's alley near the Mellen hotel had no blaze. Beaverhead post American Legion announced 37 candidates, ages 12 to 16, practicing at the high school field under Floyd Vandegrift with pro prospects noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
John Ball Ranch
Twin Bridges Road
Ball Ranch
Hogan’s Alley
Mellen Hotel
O. T. Vandegrift
Beaverhead Post
American Legion
Floyd Vandegrift
Legion
Vandegrift
Montana
National Music Week Observed By Dillon Schools
Dillon observes National Music Week with all city schools participating. Primary students performed songs and dances of Allied Nations. intermediate and junior high units followed with a program at Bagley auditorium directed by Mrs Edna Schenk Moe and L A Gregory. The calendar includes a joint concert with Montana State Normal College and Beaverhead County High School Thursday at 8 15 pm and piano solos by Mr McFadden at Bagley Thursday 2 30 pm with ensembles. A Friday 11 am program for primary students concludes events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenette Kennison
Kathryn Cardinale
Sam Davis
Raymond Simon
Mary Beth Smith
Mr. Gregory
Mrs. Moe
Jim Martinell
Bob Hillstead
Marion Camp
Frances Guidici
Bonnie Martin
Bill Hillstead
Miss Smith
Moe
Tanya Johnson
Bernice Sargent
Montana State Normal College
Beaverhead County High School
Ralph McFadden
Fred A. Honeychurch
McFadden
Bagley Auditorium
Bagley
Gregory
Mease
Page
High School Artist Hofmeister Wins Again in Open Show
Beaverhead county high school art instructor Andrew Hofmeister won first prize for his painting Summer Storm in the Northwest Water Color Society annual open show now at Seattle Art Museum. He also entered Thunder, depicting horses fleeing lightning. He will submit two oil paintings to Studio Gallery Seattle for a June July exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Hofmeister
Beaverhead County
Northwest Water Color Society
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle
Puget Sound
Northwestern
Dillon
Northwest Society
Hofmeister
Studio
Martinell Elected Head of Water Users Irrigation
Ray Martinell of Dell was elected president of the Water Users Irrigation Company at a meeting last week to succeed the late J. Emery Keller. Pascal Bimat of Dell was elected to the board of directors, succeeding Keller. Norman Nelson of Dillon was named vice president, the post Martinell previously held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Martinell
Dell
Water Users Irrigation Company
J. Emery Keller
Pascal Bimat
Mr. Keller
Norman Nelson
Dillon
Martinell
Nelson
Beaverhead Group Attends Road Meeting in Butte
A Beaverhead county delegation joined others in Butte for a Chamber of Commerce dinner to discuss proposed road construction in Southwestern Montana. Attendees included S. E. Whitworth State Senator George M. Gosman Lambert Eliel Joe White O A Bergeson J E Selway Jack Bren ner Don Anson Ralph Huntley Harry Helming and others from Madison county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Montana
S. E. Whitworth
George M. Gosman
Lambert Eliel
Joe White
O. A. Bergeson
Dillon
J. E. Selway
Jack Brenner
Horse Prairie
Don Anson
Ralph Huntley
Harry Helming
Big Hole Basin
Madison County
Beaverhead Reflects on V-E Day with Thanks and Hope
Beaverhead county residents marked V-E Day with heartfelt thanks for the end of Nazi Germany and hope for victory over Japan. Gov Ford’s proclamation closed state and county offices and banks. churches held services, including St James Episcopal with Rev Smith and First Lutheran with Rev Benson.
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Europe
Beaverhead County
Nazi Germany
Beaverhead
Pacific
Dillon
Ford
St. James Episcopal Church
Lewis D. Smith
First Lutheran
Norman Benson
Graduation Week Activities At Montana Normal College
Graduation week at Montana State Normal College begins May 20 announced by President Sheldon E. Davis. The baccalaureate service at 11:00 Sunday May 20 at the Presbyterian church features Rev. G. H. McCleave with the address Making a Success of Success and special music. A commencement breakfast for graduates families guests and alumni precedes the day’s events at 9:00 on Wednesday May 23. The main commencement feature is the graduates and faculty dinner at Residence Hall at 7:00 Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Normal College
Sheldon E. Davis
Presbyterian Church
G. H. McCleave
Mayors appoint officers and committees in Dillon
Mayor O T Vandegrift names Elza Patrick water commissioner and police chief, reappoints W G Gilbert as city attorney and Dr F M Poindexter as health officer. Council confirms the trio and elects Harold M Warner president. New standing committees include Water and sewer, Fire and order, Street and alley, Judiciary, Printing, City hall, Cemetery, Finance, Health, Library. Larry Smith to speak May 28 on Seventh War loan drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Smith
Beaverhead
Dillon
W. W. Hawkins
San Francisco
Hawkins
Page
O. T. Vandegrift
Elza Patrick
W. G. Gilbert
F. M. Poindexter
Harold M. Warner
Vandegrift
Warner
C J. Harren
FE. W. Bond
Bond
William H. Mitchell
Alley
Mitchell
John Neal
Howard E. Morsey
Lee McCracken
Frank O'Keefe
Hovren
Neal
O'Keefe
Morse
McCracken
R. D. Curry
Sam Wilkinson
George M. Gosman
Beaverhead Legion Post Initiation Leads Local Meeting
The Silver Bow post of the American Legion in Butte will join Beaverhead post No 20 at the Andrus hotel for a regular meeting and initiation tomorrow night. A large class of candidates is expected as Roy Ferguson announces plans for a Dutch lunch after the session. The mining district convention is set for Sunday May 20 with District Commander O B Silvey presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow
American Legion
Butte
Beaverhead
Legion
Andrus Hotel
Roy Ferguson
Beaverhead Legion
the Legion
Andrus
O. B. Silvey
Guilty Plea to Forgery in Local Court Case
Adrian Leary Banks, 21, transient, pleaded guilty to forgery and received a three year state prison sentence from Judge Lyman A. Bennett. Arrested May 1 by Sheriff Claude Lay after cashing forged Harrison Ranch checks at bars and a restaurant in town. Banks began serving the term in Deer Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian Leary Banks
Lyman A. Bennett
Lew D. Brundare Banks
Claude Lay
Harrison Ranch Company
Banks
Deer Lodge
Lay
Guest Night Planned at Recreation Center
A guest night is scheduled at the students activity center in city hall on Saturday night. The American Legion auxiliary sponsors the event with center supervisors as hostesses. Joe Shaw leads the student committee organizing the program. The program starts at 10 p.m. after a piano recital. Bill Harrison heads a committee preparing a scrap book of center activities since last December, to be displayed at the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Joe Shaw
Bill Harrison
Staff Juvenile Lodge Installed Wednesday Night
Juveniles of the Neighbors of Woodcraft installed officers at the regular meeting last Wednesday night at the I O F hall. John Lanner Jr was installed as guardian neighbor with Leah Johnson Nora Jean French Mary Beth Smith Rosemary Tyre Lila Jean Pixley Dolores Davis Hazel Davis Raymond Davis Shirley Peterson Clarice Sewell Jessie Knox Mary Lou Woodside as officers. Senior Guardian Neighbor Florence Hughes assisted by Jessie Knox during installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodcraft
I.0.o.f. Hall
John Lanner, Jr
Leah Johnson
Nora Jean French
Mary Beth Smith
Rosemary Tyre
Lila Jean Pixley
Dolores Davis
Hazel Davis
Inner Sentinel
Raymond Davis
Outer Sentinel
Shirley Peterson
Clarice Sewell
Jessie Knox
Mary Lou Woodside
Florence Hughes
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Frank M. Judge
Henry M. Smith
Gilbert E. Dodgson
Wesley Lantis
March E. Hopkins
Bruce Dale Bailey
Arnold Lee Paddock
Archie Clyde Seybold
Joseph R. Sawyer
Albert B. Naugler
George J. Stoppel
Marvin S. Vance
Hugh M. Robbins
Rudolph W. Stefanatz
Walter T. Foster
Walter M. Hungate
Joel Lakner
Arnold G. Benson
Harold E. Babcock
Boyd B. Gordon
Noel M. Jackson
John Lakner
Steve Edwards
Robert A. Kilgore
Tony A. Schuer
George J. Stefanatz
Salt Lake City
Utah
Fort Benning
Georgia
Walter D. Peterson
Marine Corps
Freeman William Ambrose
Martin J. Ambrose
Iwo Jima
Leatherneck
New Zeland
Guadalcanal
Guam
Clifford Dougherty
Jean Bishop
China
Pvt
Dan Henneberry
the Examiner
Camp Carson
Colo
The
Citizens Committee
Italy
France
United
AAA
Rotary Club
Dillon Baseball
Fire Department
Beaverhead Group
Mark
Patrick
Gilbert
Poindexter
Adrian L. Banks
Recreation Center
Legion Auxiliary
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