State to Build Sacajawea Memorial Park Along Highway 91
Plans announced by the state highway commission call for a nearly mile long park on the west side of Highway 91 north of Armstead to honor Sacajawea. The project includes stone guard rails flagstone walks a memorial and landscaping with grass trees and will cost over 7000 with bids issued last week. The site is noted as the Lewis and Clark expedition camp called Two Forks of the Jefferson.
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Sacajawea
Armstead
State Highway Commission
Two Forks of
Chanticleer Club Dinner Meets and Matrix Initiation
Chanticleer Club held a quarter's final dinner at the guild hall with a two course meal at 6 30. Dr and Mrs Davis Professor Robert Clark and Miss Carson attended. Reta Albertson welcomed pledges Tressa Eckert Ernest Desonia Anne Hoekema and Donald Roberts. Eight Chanticleers with 100 points or more were elected into Matrix as an honorary journalism society conducted by Genevieve Albertson.
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Chanticleers
Guild Hall
Davis
Robert Clark
Miss Carson
Reta Albertson
Tressa Eckert
Ernest Desonia
Anne Hoekema
Donald Roberts
Dr. Davis
Dorothy Ann Davis
Professor Clark
Maxine Adams
Warren Lovinger
Dorothy Blackburn
Henry Elwood
Matrix
Genevieve Albertson
Chanticleer
Dillon Gunners Target Montana State Shoot Ahead
Dillon joins the Montana State league as a new franchise with East Helena, Butte, Missoula and Anaconda. William Steele is league commissioner for Dillon. D A Galt named second vice-president. Over 56 gunners tested new Dillon traps as preparations for the June state shoot proceed with a potential record entry and prize money surpassing 1 280 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Montana
Butte
Silver Bow Parks
East Helena
State Association
Dillon Club
Dillon Country Club
J. N. Apgar
Cliff Stump
Helena
Beaverhead county high school to hold commencement
Dr Curtis Wilson of Montana School of Mines will speak at the Beaverhead county high school commencement next Thursday May 27 at 8 15 pm in the high school gym. Fifty three seniors will receive diplomas with Patricia Gilbert as valedictorian and Betty Jo Jeppson as salutatorian.
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Curtis Wilson
School of Mines
Montana School of Mines
Beaverhead County High School
Patricia Gilbert
Betty Jo Jeppson
Fynn
Conrad O. Orr
R. M. Barrett
J. A. Meeke
Grace Methodist Church
L. A. Gregory
Larry Peterson
Ralph McFadden
Lew Brundage
Father F. X. Lechner
St. Rose Catholic Church
Montana Life Insurance Payouts Totals in 1936
Montana life policy holders and beneficiaries received 7.6 million dollars in 1936, averaging about 20 822 dollars per day. The state ranked 49th in life insurance payments and 39th in population, with a per capita payment of 14.31 dollars.
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Montana
National
Normal May Fete Staged by Women's Athletic Association
Over 1 500 spectators packed Normal college gym Friday for the annual May Fete under the Women's Athletic Association. Elena Slepcevich of Anaconda was crowned May queen after a student body vote, with Thelma Bartlett Dorothy Blackburn Emma Hughes and Edith Nelson as attendants. The coronation procession moved to the throne to the tunes of March of the Toys played by the Little Symphony orchestra directed by Ralph McFadden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Athletic Association
Marjorie Hamer
Elena Slepcevich
Anaconda
Thelma Bartlett
Dorothy Blackburn
Emma Hughes
Edith Nelson
Toys
Little Symphony Orchestra
Ralph McFadden
Memorial ceremony planned by veterans in Wisdom area
Memorial day plans outlined at the Legion meeting in Wisdom with arrangements for a ceremony the evening before at Mountain View cemetery. Public services set for 7 p m at the Legion Memorial plot with a high school band, firing squad, color guard, and taps to honor soldiers of all wars.
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C. J. Hovren
Legion
Hovren
Walter Stamm
Mountain View Cemetery
L. A. Gregory
Dillon Woman Is Summoned In Pocatello
Mrs Priscilla Smith a Dillon resident for 36 years died Monday night at her son Melvyn’s home in Pocatello Idaho where she had been staying for the past few days She was born in Canada on April 21 1865 came to Beaverhead county in 1901 and married David L Smith in 1901 He died in February 1933 Surviving are a daughter Mrs Roy Call of Klamath Falls Oregon a son Melvyn of Pocatello and several grandchildren The funeral will be held at 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon from the Brundage chapel
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Priscilla Smith
Dillon
Melvyn
Pocatello
Idaho
Canada
Beaverhead County
David L. Smith
Roy Call
Klamath Falls
Dre
Brundage Chapel
Dillon Business and Professional Women Meet at Armstead
Members of the Dillon Business and Professional Women's club held their regular dinner meeting at the Roselle Cabins in Armstead last Wednesday night. Dr R D Curry spoke on Dentistry as a Public Health Problem. Mildred Schuler praised swimming while Esther Schmittroth gave a musical reading with Hayes Baxter accompanying on piano.
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Dillon Business and Professional Women’s Club
Roselle
Armstead
R. D. Curry
Mildred Schuler
Vincent Schmittroth
Salmon, Idaho
Esther Schmittroth
Hayes] Baxter
Dilton Man Presides Montana Stockgrowers Convention
Joe Metlen of Beaverhead county leads the Montana Stockgrowers Association at its Bozeman annual convention. The three day meeting features state and national leaders and the Little International Livestock Show tonight, with lectures at Montana State College and the Emerson school auditorium Friday morning by Metlen and E. A.
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Joe Metlen
Armstead Stockman
Beaverhead County
Montana Stockgrowers Association
Bozeman
Agricultural Club of
Montana State College
Metlen
Emerson School
E. A
Normal Girls to Take Part in Play Day Bozeman Event
Eight girls from Montana State Normal College will represent the school at Play Day in Bozeman on May 21. The participants include Thelma Bartlett Dorothy Blackburn Audrey Dahl Emma Hughes Leola Laubach Beulah Lindberg Leah Osborne Gert rude Overby Hellen Rogney Edeile Rolfe Marie Saurey Doris Sterling Agnes Troutman Alta Wyne Ellen Wyne. Events span archery tennis badminton baseball and volleyball with travel Friday morning and a Friday evening get together a Saturday schedule of events luncheon a tea and a fashion show by the Home Economics Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Normal College
Bozeman
Thelma Bartlett
Dorothy Blackburn
Audrey Dahl
Emma Hughes
Leola Laubach
Beulah Lindberg
Leah Osborne
Gertrude Overby
Hellen Rogney
Edeile Rolfe
Marie Saurey
Doris Sterling
Agnes Troutman
Alta Wyne
Ellen Wyne
State College
Eastern Montana State Normal School
Home Economics Department
High School Paper Is First in State
Beaverhead county high school campus weekly won Montana Class B state paper honors for a second year running at Missoula event. Laureleaf of Laurel and Maroon of Girls' Central high school earned second and third. Beaver staff members Fay Kirkpatrick sponsor Paul Simons editor Earl Fairbanks associate editor Evelyn McMannis business manager were present.
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Beaver
Beaverhead County
Montana
Missoula
Central High School
Butte
Fay Kirkpatrick
Paul Simons
Earl Fairbanks
Evelyn McMannis
Signal
Lillian Stone Speaks to Dillon Rotary Club
Lillian Stone, Beaverhead county home demonstration agent, was guest speaker at the Dillon Rotary Club dinner Monday. She described a cooperative federal program with state matching funds and county budgeting. The program spans foods, clothing, home management, handicraft, and 4 H work. Charles Henry chaired.
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Lillian Stone
Beaverhead County
Dillon Rotary Club
Charles Henry
Local Youth Reports London Coronation Experience
Beaverhead envoy Monte Melton, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Melton, represented the town at King George’s coronation in London. He wrote his parents detailing city preparations and his European tour, noting spring in full bloom and free sights.
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Dillon
George
London
Monte Melton
George M. Melton
Europe
Beaverhead
Loonda Town
Natives of Beaverhead County Leave for Tokyo
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester D. Hirschman longtime Beaverhead residents depart for Bozeman then Seattle to sail May 28 for Tokyo. He will run an American store in Japan’s capital after 30 years in Dillon including 17 years as a Montana Mercantile clerk. Over 100 Masons gathered at the Masonic hall to bid farewell.
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Sylvester D. Hirschman
Beaverhead County
Bozeman
Seattle
Tokyo
Japan
Hirschman
Dillon
Montana Mercantile Company
Masonic Hall
Snappy Elk Drum Corps Makes First Public Appearance
The Dillon Elks lodge drum and bugle corps paraded through the business district in new uniforms for their initial appearance since reorganization. A large crowd lined the streets and the corps impressed with disciplined marching despite limited practice time. The event preceded the eighth anniversary dance of the Dillon lodge.
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Snappy Elk Drum Corps
Dillon Elks Lodge
Dillon Lodge
Wisdom Library to Undergo Repair and Porch Addition
At the Wisdom Woman's club meeting Mrs. Mussigbrod spoke on legislation and Mrs. Capehart led a club institute. Members voted to build porches and refinish the exterior. Material will be ordered and work will start soon. Wisdom Ladies' Aid held its annual bazaar in the Community building with a large display of fancy work and a successful card party.
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Wisdom
Wisdom Woman’s Club
H. S. Mussigbrod
H. A. Capehart
Wisdom Ladies’ Aid
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Chanticleer Club
Elena Shepcevich
Big Hole Basin
Mines of
Fox
Gibbons
Fishtrap
Wise River
Leonard Mine
Henry ‘Edwards
Mary Gill
Wisdom School
Barbara Lewhalder
Beulah Dubeler
Ethel Swanson
Dorothy Derry
Wise Riv
Hirschy
McDowell
Asa Willey
D. L. Smith
Son
Business Women
Dilton
Home Council
Federal
Council
Nell McKnight
Harry Tash
Bernard Williams
London Town
Nippon
S. D. Hirschman
Lodge
Wisdom Library
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