Local selective service board marks 1-A and 2-A classifications
The list records May 29 1945 1-C and 4-F designations for Richmond Stone Leake Kamps Kamps etc and May 22 1945 2-A 2-B 1-Ray Weeks others. It notes Captain Wil liam Roselle Dillon Mont waist gunner earned the meritorious achievement decoration in the Eighth Air Force and describes his training and unit. It also covers Pvt Joseph Nolan Mindanao and Sgt Arthur Kamps with a Presidential unit citation and details on D-day air reconnaissance missions and service locations. S/Sgt Weldon Alley returns home on furlough with Purple Heart insignia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local Selective Service Board
Joseph A. Richmond
Dale Jackson Stone
Leonar A. Leake
Alfred L. Kamps
Earl van Antwerp
Eighth Air Force
England
William O. Roselle
Dillon
Mont
Europe
Army Air Forces
Pocatello High School
Set
Roselle
Florence Anangst
Livingston
Buckingham Field
486Th
Third Air Division
England-Africa
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Germany
Ninth Air Force
Belgium
Arthur F. Kamps
Frederick A. Kamps
S. Pacific Street
Kamps
67Th Tactical Reconnaissance
Ngland
France
Normandy
High Command
Lima High School
Bert
Sgt
McChord Field
Wash
Esler Field
Bond Election To Be Held
Beaverhead county electors totaling 1 626 will vote in a special election on Tuesday June 5 on the state highway debentures. Officials fear a very low turnout but note the measure affects the Dillon Twin Bridges route and other county highways. The article also covers United States Employment Service functions and voter guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Great Falls Man Speaks at Rotary Dinner
Paul Trigg, a Great Falls Rotarian, told the Dillon Rotary Club Monday night that government concepts trace back to cavemen and that modern society faces issues of justice, freedom, and security. He warned that liberty and safety can conflict and noted Romans tried many social expedients now echoed in today’s policy debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Trigg
Great Falls
Dillon Rotary Club
Memorial Day Tribute and Newborn Announcement
Memorial Day 1945 poem reflects on fallen soldiers and missing in action. The verse laments the cost of victory and honors dead and missing, with a Langley Field Virginia family note. Sr. and Mrs. George Aitken welcome Sharon Lee, born Saturday, with maternal grandmother Mrs. Jack Deputy at Langley Field.
Beaverhead Native Nina Gauthier Dies in Butte Hospital
Nina Gauthier a 46 year old Beaverhead County native and Dillon resident died Monday in a Butte hospital after a year of declining health. Born February 4 1899 in Jackson she lived in Jackson Barsnark Dillon and nearby communities. She married Cau ther Gauthier in Dillon in 1922 and is survived by her husband two sons Paratrooper Ray mond F Ashworth and James T Ashworth a mother Mrs Mary Boess two sisters and several in laws and a grandson. Funeral services are announced to be held soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Gauthier
George Gauthier
Beaverhead County
Butte
Mire
Goauthie
Jackson
Barsnark
Dillon
Cautheir
Sears
Raymond FE. Ashworth
France
James T. Ashworth
United States Army
Mary Boess
Tom Purtle
Philipsburg
Walter Paddock
Bannack
Edwin Fessenden
Montrose
Evans Pryan
A. Rl. Mc Vicker
Mac Simpkins
Jack O'Donnell
J. B. Harrison
Grasshopper Valley
Pate
Summer School Opens at Normal College Next Monday
The Montana Power company pays $5,190.91 as the second half of the 1944 Beaverhead county property tax, noting it pays more tax than the combined residential and commercial revenue. Summer session at the Normal college to begin next Monday with registration, textbooks issued, and meals starting Monday morning. Faculty includes Miss Genevieve Albertson and Prof. Rush Jordan among others. Miss Myrtle Savidge and Mrs. Elizabeth Steed continue into summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Power Company
Beaverhead
Normal College
Genevieve Albertson
Mary Baker Emerick
Rush Jordan
J. Ford McBain
Ralph McFadden
Myrtle Savidge
Elizabeth Steed
Lee R. Light
Octavia Graves
Anne Feley
Montana
Florence Hellman
H. E. Someson
Ole Kay Moe
Art Club
Foreign Relations Club
Gargoyles
Women’s Athletic Association
Baby Beef Show and Sale Set for June 11
Thirty two head of livestock will enter the fifth annual 4 H and F F A baby beef show and sale to be held in Dillon Monday June 11. County Agent F A Ralston and John Hartwig announced the Beaverhead county high school Smith Hughes instructor. The show starts at 10 in the morning at the fairgrounds with the auction at 2 p m. Future Farmer entrants include Arner Madsen Dale Pettit Leonard Waldemar Arley McLaren Coy Brown Jimmy Roberts John Hren and Erwin Marchesseau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
F. A. Ralston
John Hartwig
Smith-Hughes
Beaverhead County
Fairgrounds
Funeral of Butte man held here
Edward J. Glennon 49 veteran of World War I and former Butte furrier, died in Los Angeles after a brief treatment stay. Funeral services set for Friday at 10:30 a.m. at St Rose Church with interment at Mountain View cemetery. rosary at Brundage chapel Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Glennon
Butte
St. Rose Catholic Church
Timothy Clifford
Mountain View Cemetery
Brundage Chapel
Mr. Glennon
Los Angeles
Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital
Helena
California
Plainville
Kansas
Montana
County AAA Relieved Of One Problem
The County AAA office announces that after June 30 the Office of Price Administration and the Office of Defense Transportation will handle programs without AAA committee input. The county office will no longer fund or assist with truck and tractor tire programs, new trucks, or off highway gasoline. Floyd Kenison notes the office will guide farmers on future handling once instructions are received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Aaa
Office of Price Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
AAA
Floyd Kenison
Pioneer of Beaverhead County Dies in California
Mrs. Steve Lasich 91 a Beaverhead pioneer died Monday night at her daughter’s home in Los Angeles after years of poor health. She and her husband homesteaded north of Dillon on the Twin Bridges road about 60 years ago, ran the ranch until his 1926 death, then lived in Dillon and California. Surviving are two daughters in California and one in Calgary Canada, two sons in California and Portland Ore, and several nieces and nephews. Local bond drive turnout exceeded 2 000 with speeches by Larry Smith but Beaverhead remains well short of its Seventh War Loan quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Lasich
Beaverhead
Los Angeles
Lasich
Dillon
Twin Bridges
Mr. Lasich
California
Calgary
Canada
Portland
Ore
Fred
Beaverhead County
Fairgrounds
Larry Smith
Japan
Bend
W. W. Rankins
County Finance Cineman
Smith
Ile
Twin Bridges Road Assured by Engineer
The postwar plan confirms the Dillon Twin Bridges route as a federal aid primary road to be upgraded in the first postwar year. The Beaverhead river crossing is debated whether at the Point of Rocks or along the east beach, with a secondary route possible if the latter option is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Road
H. W. Holmes
Dillon Chamber of Commerce
O. A. Bergeson
Beaverhead
Point of Rocks
Rocks
Local Legion nominates Beaverhead post officers
Bruce A. Risley was nominated as commander at the Beaverhead post meeting in Andrus hotel. Farnum Schuyler was named first vice president, Ben Davis second vice president, Warren Temple finance officer, Maurice Sullivan sergeant at arms, Luther Smith chaplain, and Parke T. Scott historian. Election set for the final June meeting. Memorial day service plans were completed and reports given on the Mining district convention held May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce A. Risley
Beaverhead
American Legion
Andrus Hotel
Farnum Schuyler
Ben Davis
Warren Temple
Maurice Sullivan
Luther Smith
Parke T. Scott
Memorial Services Held by Beaverhead Legion Post
Beaverhead county paused for Memorial day with the annual Beaverhead post American Legion service at Mountain View cemetery. E J Donovan, World War veteran, delivered a speech urging living to honor the dead by ensuring their sacrifices were not in vain. Post Commander Roy Ferguson opened ceremonies. Chaplain Luther Smith offered prayer. A firing squad participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Roy Ferguson
Luther Smith
Fifteen Dillon Pupils Never Absent or Tardy in 1944 45
Fifteen Dillon elementary pupils were neither absent nor tardy during the 1944 45 school year. Second grade Wayne Contway. Third grade Patricia Richardson Margaret Dingley. Fourth grade Robert McLaren. Fifth grade Elizabeth McCollum James Richardson Marjorie Stefanatz. Sixth grade Donald Tyler Carl David Sorenson. Seventh grade Donald Stefanatz Harold Hill Edward Tyler Bonnie Megquier. Eighth grade Pearl Irene Hill Cleo Ada McLaren. Pearl Irene Hill was never absent or tardy in all eight years of schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Wayne Contway
Patricia Richardson
Margaret Dingley
Robert McLaren
Elizabeth McCollum
James Richardson
Marjorie Stefanatz
Donald Tyler
Carl David Sorenson
Donald Stefanatz
Harold Hill
Edward Tyler
Bonnie Megquier
Pearl Irene Hill
Cleo Ada McLaren
Also Mentioned on This Page
Myron R. Rammell
Frederick J. Hartwig
Michael E. Nettik
Amos L. Wright
William H. Welborn
Earl K. Wheat
Everett K. McFadden
Roy E. McNinch
Ray H. Weeks
Harry R. Cartwright
24Th Infantry
Victory
Mindanao
Joseph C. Nolen
Davao
Nolan
19Th
Hell
Weldon Max Alley
Katherine Mooney Alley
W. T. Alley
United States Employment Service
George R. Baker
Department of Agriculture
Great Falls Man Speaker Club
By Marguerite LaMarene
Ameron
America
Heart of
Butte Hospital
Iness
Masonic
A.A.U.W
American Association of University Women
United States
Sheldon E. Davis
D. I. Emerick
J. W. Vinsel
Jean Bishop
W. J. Bierrum
Albertson
Vigilante Masonic Welfare Association Assemble
Vigilante Masonic Welfare Association
Masonic Hall
Montana State Normal College
Masonic Progress
Henry Rowe
Pony
William Ray Kohls
Virginia City
Three Forks
Sheridan
Ennis
Jef
B. A. Risley
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