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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1944
Page
8
The community notes new addresses and postings for Beaverhead residents in the armed forces. Changes include 2nd Lt. Carl M. Davis and S/Sgt. Lloyd E. Davis, plus several others in the Navy, Army Air Forces, and Marines. Inductions and hospital recoveries are listed, with multiple personnel stationed or promoted in the South Pacific and at U S bases.
Heavy frosts were reported in Dillon on Monday and Tuesday nights but damage was limited to early planted gardens. Fishermen, on opening day Sunday, endured muddy waters but looked forward to better fishing to catch their limit.
The thirtieth convention and tenth biennial of the Montana Federation will be held with headquarters at the hotel. Officers assisting Mrs. Bogart include Mrs. Dean King Kalispell first vice president Mrs. W E Peoples Cut Bank second vice president Mrs A G Sundahl Havre treasurer Mrs Ted Woodward Wisdom recording secretary and Miss Ina Freeman Poplar corresponding secretary. More than 80 federation chairmen and board members serve as convention delegates with 119 senior and junior clubs represented. Notables from southwest Montana include Mrs Minnie Tennis Mrs W S Higgins Mrs John Cromer Mrs Ray Gallant all of Butte Mrs Mussigbrod Mrs Ted Woodward Wisdom Mrs W H Graeter Deer Lodge Mrs Carl Peterson Bozeman Mrs W C Wallace Anaconda Mrs Warren L Hughes Wise River and Miss Evelyn Rimel Dillon.
The event featured trombone by L A Gregory and Bruce Grimes baton twirlers Pat McFadden Pat Babcock and Mary Ann White. Accompanists were Mrs A I Cashmore Miss Rachel Smith and Peggy Lou Sutherland. Director Gregory and the accompanists received gifts at intermission presented by Jack Nightingale on behalf of the band and orchestra members.
The Legion committee led by Commander Hatton C A Bechler D V Paddock and Joe Ferguson will conduct the Memorial Day program. The cemetery is in good condition thanks to city work and individual lot improvements.
The Montanomal edition includes college building illustrations and interiors with the college song Here’s to You by Ralph McFadden and Vivian M. Robe. The Chanticleers journalism club oversaw publication led by Jean Ellsworth with assistants Jeanette Spaberg Brown Margaret Dimmick Evelyn Grigg Jane Millicken Vera Nelson Betty Newton Barbara Scott. Summer school starts June 5 and the regular year begins September 18.
A rock that burns results in an oil shale discovery and was abandoned after motorists noted smoke last week. Mrs. H. F. Brundage traveling to Yakima from Fort Dix, visited her husband at an Army hospital. Captain and Mrs. Paul Chumrau welcomed a son born Monday at St James hospital in Butte. Capt. Chumrau is stationed at Camp White, Oregon.
Three candidates seek county posts to fill vacancies caused by resignations. Ray Willey is on the Republican ticket with Beaverhead County service history since 1939. Brundage, another Republican, was appointed to fill Schulz’s vacancy and is a World War II veteran from Dillon. Registration for the primary slows. books close June 2.
Public school students created posters for Poppy Day sales. Winning posters will be displayed at Gosman's Drug Store before being sent to Helena for state Legion auxiliary judging in a statewide contest.
The district announces a grade school graduation to be held next Friday. Listed are students Barbara Bostwick Dale Boyer Robert Buckingham Donna Cardinale Jack Carrigan Lambert Coppin Margie Eliel Burton Hanson Ted Hastings John Hazelbaker Rose mary Koontz Norma Lane Hewitt Magee Patricia Martinell Winibel McFadden Aureta McMannis Regina Munday Yukiko Neishi Jack Nightingale Dolores ONeill John Patton Hiram Ralph Peterson Marjorie Pettit Carol Proul Barbara Ralston Jim Roberts Dorothy Romers Joanne Seybold Roger Shaw Betty Sorenson Lester Sorenson Jean Staudenmeyer Peggy Lou Sutherland Walter Swetich Fay Waldemar John Ward Mary Lou Woodside
A Friday college graduation is listed with participants from Dillon, Fort Benton, Lewistown, Deer Lodge, and Martinsdale. Baccalaureate services Sunday featured President Davis delivering the address What Is Liberty For with clergy and singers, followed by a Gargoyle club one act comedy Poor Aubrey and a faculty dinner at St James guild hall.
Mrs. Fred Kerr heads demonstration clubs as state assistants plan visits to advise on food conservation. A style show will be held in Dillon on Friday June 16 featuring clothing renovation work.
The piece notes that electricity cost has stayed low since before the war, allowing families to get about twice as much power for the same money. It credits local workers and urges prudent usage to save coal, oil, and transport resources. It references the CBS program Report to the Nation airing Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. EDT.
In charge of the meeting, she announced the club will meet the third Friday of each month in the commissioners' room at the courthouse. During tea service, Dorothy Newnes on piano and Regina Melton on accordion entertained guests, with Mrs. Lois Hazelbaker and Mrs. Earl W. Opp pouring.
Argyle Stephens of Wisdom traveled to Dillon on Friday for a business visit.
Dr. S. E. Davis chaired a meeting where Capt. Anderson and Sam Wikel of Logan Utah were guests. Elmo Winn and Charles Hazlitt were welcomed as new club members as talk touched on wealth, labor, and resistance to modern machinery.
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