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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1957
Page
3
A Wednesday night birthday party at the Clarence Burton ranch honored Mrs. Zina Burton and Clarence Burton. The gathering included 24 adults and several children with a pot luck supper and group singing games.
St Margaret Guild members gathered Tuesday night at the Jay Nelson residence with Mrs Bob Peterson as hostess. Plans were laid to serve lunches at Bible school and refreshments were provided by Mrs Peterson. Ellen Rae Stocks among Beaverhead county high graduates will leave Beaverhead County High School with three Jackson girls.
A sagebrush eradication project covering 2 028 acres of federal range in the Horse Prairie drainage is conducted by Great Falls contractors Henry Schmidt and William D Hirst. A special plow is used under the direction of district range man Fred Benson to increase grassland.
After plowing sagebrush, the area will be seeded to range grasses and protected until the new grass is established. Conservation official Benson says the practice returns overrun land to productive range use and protects forage for livestock several times.
Bill Robinson of Livingston ran the century in 9.87 seconds at Vigilante Field to break the 10 second barrier. Western Athletes set three records and tied another as they scored 84 points to win the meet by a wide margin over Rocky Mountain and others, while relay teams posted a new Invitational record.
Larry Barland of Harlowton led Western with 11.25 points, winning the 220 yard dash broad jump and contributing to the relay. Rocky Mountain’s Richard McAdams dominated the middle and distance events scoring 10 for runner-up. Wes Wagenaar of Lodge Grass set a new 25.4 in the 220 low hurdles, and William Millard of Butte tied the 11 feet 8 inches pole vault record set by Duke Carroll in 1953.
Mrs Fred Woodside a State Parks Commission member addressed Alder Women's club Thursday at Mrs Jessie Tezak's home. She outlined Bannack Monument plans to boost tourism and displayed photographs of Montana's first territorial capital.
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