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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1957
Page
1
In Washington the Senate moves to match the House in reducing the 71.8 billion budget. After years of restoring cut appropriations, leadership now pursues a course to support House reductions, with the Treasury Post Office measure showing an $80 million cut under presidential requests.
Poem about self judgment by the mirror man in the glass. The speaker warns that the true measure of character is the honesty and integrity seen in one's own reflection. It contrasts public perception with inner accountability and ends with a note on personal truth.
A meeting on house planning will be held Thursday evening May 23 at the Vigilante building. Mrs Penwell invites anyone interested in building now or later to attend and find the session helpful and informative.
Sixty seven Beaverhead County High School seniors will receive diplomas at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Rev. Martin Florian will give the invocation, Prof. Edward Dugan will be the speaker, and William Jones and Harold Contway Jr. are salutatorian and valedictorian respectively. Alumni cup, science and music awards will be presented by local figures.
The Sheepherders hosted members of Herb Wheat’s Cowpokes at a Dillon Country Club dinner Friday at seven. A Beaverhead Chamber roundup in March drew 40 new members, bringing pledges to 177 for the year. Wheat’s team included Bruce Watters and others. the Sheepherders’ list named Tom McGovern and additional foremen and members.
A reader recalls writing about attending the June 13 reunion for the Michigan law class of 1912 and hints at continuing details on the next page.
Edward B. Duggan, journalism professor at the State University Missoula, will deliver the commencement address in the high school auditorium on Wednesday evening May 22. The talk titled Each Day That Dawns Is Yours outlines a personal duties theme. Duggan holds B J and B A degrees from Missouri and has served as reporter editor and assignment editor for Southwestern papers and worked with AP and UP bureaus in Missouri and Texas.
Poppy Day will be observed in Dillon on Saturday May 235 under the Women’s Auxiliary to Beaverhead Post American Legion. Poppies crafted by disabled Montana veterans will be sold by the Dillon Highlighters 4-H club to aid veteran rehabilitation and child welfare programs. A small downtown parade led by a color guard will begin at 11 o’clock to promote the sale.
Barton Hildreth a county high school senior is chosen for the Kenneth Wheat Memorial Scholarship at Montana State College for 1957 58 per a notice from Max Worthington MSC alumni secretary. The award honors Kenneth Wheat and recognizes Hildreths scholastic record and intent to study engineering.
About 500 Boy Scouts and leaders will gather for a three day Camporee at Willow Creek forest clearing 25 road miles northwest of Dillon. The event aims to practice earned skills and provide recognition, with prior setup by Dillon Scouts including site cleanup and area staking amid rain squalls.
Four-H clubs across Montana observe Rural Life Sunday on May 26 with county-wide events at the Beaverhead 4-H club building on the Fair Grounds. The program starts at 1 30 with a pot-luck dinner, services at 2 15, and a sermon by the Rev Jumper.
Dale Metlen, a Horse Prairie rancher, spoke at the Metlen hotel on Beaverhead county plans under Bureau of Reclamation. The proposal reroutes U.S. Highway 91 and the Union Pacific right of way near Bea Verhead canyon with Clark Canyon dam and reservoir. Mrs Metlen urged building two tributary county roads from Horse Prairie to access the super highway north and south of the reservoir for shorter, easier truck routes.
The Dillon area recorded 3.16 inches of total precip from May 1 to May 21. Week high temperatures ranged from 50 to 69 degrees with nightly lows of 35 to 48. Wednesday morning dropped to 32. Daily readings include May 15 40, May 16 38 with 0.01, May 17 35, May 18 36, May 19 48, May 20 42 with 0.36, May 21 32. Average week temperature 60.39.
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