Local Selective Service Classifications and Marine Recruit Entrants
The draft classifications include 1 A and 3 C listings for several men. Mary Dawn Warner of 488 Kentucky Avenue heads to Hunter College New York City for six weeks of Marine basic training as a private in the Women’s Reserve. She is a Beaverhead County High School and Montana State Normal College graduate and former Norris School teacher. Loy N Priestley twenty is among 158 Navy signalmen graduates at the University of Illinois campus and awaits fleet or shore duty with potential advancement to petty officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Marine Corps Women’s Reserve
Mary Dawn Warner
Kentucky Avenue
Dillon
Warner
Hunter College
New York City
United States
Marine
Harold M. Warner
Beaverhead County
Montana State Normal College
Norris School
Loy N. Priestley
Carl Priestley
Wisdom
Navy’s School For
University of Illinois
Summer Team College Opens June 7 At Montana
Summer school opens Monday June 7 to serve regular students pursuing diplomas or degrees and former teachers seeking emergency permits. Emergency permits, valid one year and renewable, require approval by local education officials. The program features observation in the Training School under Mrs Octavia Graves and Miss Ruth Grotheer throughout the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Octavia Graves
Ruth Grotheer
Dillon Junior High Graduation Set for Friday
Eighth grade graduates of Dillon public school will hold commencement in Bagley auditorium Friday at 2 p.m. Rev Calvin Logan of Dillon Presbyterian Church will give the commencement address. Rev Father F X Lechner will deliver the benediction. The training school orchestra and eighth grade chorus will perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Public School
Bagley Auditorium
Calvin Logan
Dillon Presbyterian Church
C. K. Moe
F. X. Lechner
Moe
Lambert Elie
Memorial Day Observed With Dillon Commerces Closed
Memorial day falls on Sunday with Monday observed as a business holiday by the Dillon Chamber of Commerce retail committee. Post office and government agencies stay open per national order. Beaverhead Post of the American Legion holds memorial services Saturday May 29 at Mountain View cemetery with Commander Jay V. McCarthy announcing the program. Committee in charge includes D. V. Paddock, Elza Patrick, Raymond Schwartz, Luther Smith and H. L. Hatton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Dillon Chamber of Commerce
Beaverhead
American Legion
Legion
Mountain View Cemetery
Jay V. McCarthy
D. V. Paddock
Elza Patrick
Raymond Schwartz
Luther Smith
H. L. Hatton
Tracy Exonerated At Inquest In Slaving Slaying
Tracy was cleared by a coroner's jury for the slaying of Quincy Millsap near Dillon. The jury found self defense, and County Attorney Leonard Schulz ordered Tracy released. The inquest heard Millsap threaten Tracy with a knife after an argument over sheep dog handling at a Cook Sheep company camp on Sage Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark C
Jack) Tracy
Quincy C. Milsap
Tracy
Millsap
Co. Atty
Leonard Schulz
Raymond Schwartz
Cook Sheep Company
Sage Creek
Dillon
Fred Pedersen
Lamching
Pedersen
Four Teams to Start Dillon Boys Softball League
Four teams sponsored by the Elks American Legion Kiwanis and Rotary will compete in Dillon this summer. Ed Buck announced the league with initial workouts at the Normal college field and Dutch Flat to host regular play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Ed Buck
Elks
American Legion
Kiwanis
Rotary
College Field
Dutch Flat
Ellis
William Lloyd
Jack Coppin
Duard Banning
Bennie Davis
Alden Moquist
Dick McCracken
Jack Nightingale
Clyde McLaren
Howard Yons
Joel Hillstead
George Snow
Bernard Holloran
Vaughn Evans
Bobby Ross
Tommy Orr
Bobby Sanborn
J. Martinell
Ben Davis
Burton Hastings
Rod Foster
John Ward
Bill Hillstead
Tom Alley
Jimmy Roberts
Junior Schleicher
Hewitt Martinell
Raymond Simon
Donald Fair
Montana State Normal College Elects Club Officers
Several campus groups at Montana State Normal elected officers for the coming year. Gargoyle club names Clarence Brammer president and Jeanette Spaberg vice president. others receive honors in Delta Phi Omega and the Order of the Jeweled Masque. Dormitory and Chanticleers also announce new leaders and a $25 donation to a summer program is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Normal College
Clarence Brammer
Gargoyle Club
Jeanette Spaberg
Nelson Lutey
Delta Phi Omega
National Dramatics Fraternity
Dorothy Julian
Elizabeth Oneal
Marjorie Rydberg
Society of the Gargoyles
Kathleen Tschache
Hamilton
Virginia Bee
Butte
Anna Hardy
Florence la Casse
Frenchtown
Chanticleers Club
Jean Ellsworth
Lila Camp
Estella Moh
Betty Newton
Women’s Athletic Association
Armstead
Estella Mohl
Barbara Scott
Dale Thompson
Marjorie Hamer
Former Dillon Resident John C. Cocheran Dies in Seattle
John C. Cocheran 91 a former Dillon resident died last week at the Marine hospital in Seattle after twenty years in Dillon and a later move to Seattle last September. Born March 19, 1852 in Lexington Kentucky he was a lighthouse keeper in Alaska in youth and later tended the fairgrounds here for several years. No surviving relatives are known and he was believed to be the oldest war employee at the Boeing Aircraft plant per a Seattle paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C
Jack) Cocheran
Dillon
Marine Hospital
Seattle
Lexington
Alaska
Boeing Aircraft
Court bans Referendum 47 wins approval in Montana
Montana Senator Herbert H. Haight praises the court ruling as the voters’ interests are protected amid war time road financing concerns. He says Referendum 47 proposed debt and tax increases to fund highways with no wartime spending window, highlighting public awakening to dangers of excessive debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Supreme Court
Herbert H. Haight
Montana Citizens Sound Government Committee
Montana
Haight
Dillon B P W Club selects officers at emblem dinner
Dorothy Erickson was elected president of the Dillon Business and Professional Women’s club at a Wilbur cafe dinner. Haynes Baxter was named vice president, Margaret Ferris Brown secretary, and Eleanor Lortz treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Erickson
Dillon Business and Professional Women’s Club
Wilbur Cafe
Haynes] Baxter
Margaret Ferris Brown
Eleanor Lortz
Butte
Mamie Jones
B.P.W
Pearl Schroeder
Butte Club
Alta McIntyre
Cecile Hirschey
Claressa Russell
Margaret Sweeney
Beata Hall
Claudia Faust
Hall
Miss Sweeney
Dolly Paddock
Miriam Morse
Nellie Billings
Elizabeth Winn
Helen Andrus
Gladys Forrester
Dillon women lead Mining District American Legion Auxiliary
Mrs. Glen Lyon of Dillon was elected district president and Mrs. Rita Johnson of Dillon named district historian at the Butte zone meeting. F. L. Sorenson of Deer Lodge named district commander while Beaverhead Post leaders and Helena resident Bechler attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Lyon
Dillon
American Legion
Butte
Rita Johnson
Lyon
Johnson
George Gosman
Sam Cardinale
Ross Hill
Draftees and Service Men to Be Guests at Dance
Members of a large contingent of selectees scheduled to leave for the Butte induction center next Tuesday and service men on leave will be honor guests at a city hall auditorium dance next Saturday night May 29. Admission is free for all selectees and service men and a nominal fee for the public. The committee says these men represent the community in the armed forces and urges full public support and esteem.
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Butte
City Hall
Citizens’ Committee
Montana State Normal College to grant 3 degrees 21 diplomas
The forty sixth annual commencement will confer three bachelor of education degrees and twenty one diplomas at Montana State Normal College. The ceremony Friday May 28 at 8:00 in the auditorium features Pres Raymond H. Snyder of Albion State Normal School, a program including invocation by Rev Calvin Logan, processional by Ralph McFadden, a women’s sextet directed by Vernon H. Taylor, and piano solo by J. W. McCracken with McFadden on second piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Normal College
Raymond H. Snyder
Albion State Normal School
Valley of Decision
Calvin Logan
The
Presbyterian Church
Ralph McFadden
Vernon
Libby
Dorothy M. Overby
Plentywood
Alice Ralston
Dillon
Marjorie Lorraine Rydberg
Outlook
Patricia Alice Scully
Terry
Darothe Louise Strong
Livings- On
Sheldon E. Davis
Rancher Milton Bean of Centennial Dies at 82
Milton Bean 82 pioneer rancher of Centennial valley died yesterday in Barrett hospital after a week as patient. A rancher there for 57 years he retired two years ago to live with daughter and son in Dillon. Born March 4 1861 in Gonzales Texas he moved to Beaverhead county in 1886. Previously ran a dance orchestra with his family and wife Henrietta who died in 1935.
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Milton Bean
Centennial Valley
Barrett Hospital
Dillon
W. L. McDowell
Mr. Bean
Gonzales
Texas
Beaverhead County
Clover Creek
Emerson Hughes
Henrietta
Forty-Seven Enter Calves In Dillon Futurity Nominations
Montana Hereford breeders nominated forty seven calves for the 1943 Montana Futurity class announced by F. A. Ralston Dillon Hereford show and sale secretary. The event runs Oct 17 and 18 with nominations up to Aug 15 for Futurity bulls and Sept 1 for open class bulls. Premiums total 211.50 for first place and 107.50, 70.50, 4.00, 23.50 for places two through five with further special awards noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
F. A. Ralston
Dillon
Co. Agt.Ralston
Well Known Dillon Grocery to Close by July First
Montana Food Market in Dillon will suspend operations July 1 due to rationing difficulties. Proprietors A I Cashmore and S D Hirschman announce liquidation of current stock at reduced prices to clear inventories. Accounts due and outstanding bills payable by July 1. patrons thanked for past support and urged to offer future backing if they resume grocery business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Dillon
A. I. Cashmore
S. D. Hirschman
Fishing Opens With Fair Yields on Local Rivers
Opening day fishing drew large crowds despite high and cloudy conditions on the Big Hole and Beaverhead rivers. Beaverhead anglers reported fair creels while most streams in the county drew followers of the late Mr. S Walton for clearer upper reaches. Judge Lyman H. Bennett of Virginia City handled court matters in Dillon Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Big Hole
S. Walton
Lyman H. Bennett
Virginia City
Dillon
Large Beaverhead Shriners Attend Butte Spring Ceremony
A large Beaverhead County turnout for the Bagdad Temple Mystic Shrine annual spring ceremonial in Butte Saturday night. The event initiated the largest class of novices in years with locals including Mr and Mrs Dellar Gordon Mr and Mrs Carl Hansen Mr and Mrs Cliff Calvert Mr and Mrs Bernard Whitworth and Mr and Mrs Charles Price among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Bagdad Temple
Butte
Dellar Gordon
Carl Hansen
Cliff Calvert
Bernard Whitworth
Charles Price
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Local Selective Service Board
Raymond William Lodiges
Earl George Mittlemeir
Theodore John Tumillowitz
Royower
Maurice Milton Tate
Vincent J. Pendleton
Shakespeare Club
Wise River Meet
Dillon Shakespeare Club
Wise River
Wise River Woman’s Club
Ralph Potts
Margaret Paterson
Leee County Federation
Lee Light
W. B. Willey
Berens Countyuseum Association
Sahil
Truman
Wise River Club
Eleanor Nelson
Warren
Hughes
Cele Bettany
J. F. Kell
Lawrence
Kansas
Frank Worden
Missoula
Seattle Hospital
H. Haight
B.P.W. Club
Dillon Organization
Legion Zone Meeting
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Bay
Marguerite LaMarche
Seven Seas
Philippines
Bataan and
Corregidor
Centennial
Montana Food Market
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