Behnke wedding brings North and Behnke families together
Miss Helen North and Kurt Behnke wed at the Baird home with Bishop Robinson officiating. Attendants included Wanda Baird and Daniel McDonough as bridesmaid and best man. A dinner followed the ceremony for about 30 guests. The couple plans a Montana wedding trip before returning to Salt Lake City and Farragut Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph S. Baird
Salt Lake City
Beaverhead
Helen North
Joseph North
Brigham City
Kurt Behnke
Charles Behnke
Gillett
Wisc
Bishop Robinson
Latter Day Saints Church
Salt Lake
Lohengrin
Margaret Morris
Ivy Walker
Wanda Baird
Mrs. North
Daniel McDonough
Baird
Behnke
Utah
Box Elder High School
Mountain States Telephone Company
Wisconsin
Wise River
Naval Training Station
Farragut
Idaho
Montana
Ben Mallon
Mallon
Gilbert Dodgson
Naval Station
Treasure Island
Calif
Bill Dodgson
Frank Dodgson
Lorraine
Laurel Lee
Lowell Mallon
Boyd Koenig
Dillon
Farragus
Oakland
Dodgson
Lee Sims, Jr
Lee Sims
Dewey
Alice Ralston
Anaconda
Butte
May Jolly
Community Notes From Wise River and Surroundings
Local residents keep busy with ration book registrations and social visits. A Halloween party at the school featured games, apple dunking, pumpkin treats, and a named-cookie lunch for every child. The community gathered for services honoring May Jolly and for a literary review of The Uninvited by Dorothy MacArdle.
Dillon Woman Weds Lima Man in Idaho Falls Ceremony
Dorothy Montana Gills of Dillon marries John W. Burt of Lima on October 22 at the Baptist parsonage in Idaho Falls with Rev. Wiseman officiating. Mrs. Burt, daughter of Dillon residents James and Elizabeth Leach, has run the Montana hotel here. Burt, a Union Pacific employee, will reside in Idaho Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gills-Burt
Dorothy Montana Gills
Dillon
John W. Burt
Lima
Idaho Falls
Baptist Parsonage
Wiseman
Burt
James Leach
Montana
Union Pacific Railroad
What You But With WAR BONDS On board ship and in the artillery their buddies call them powder monkeys
Civilians call them gun crews. During battle the powder monkeys must move ammunition to the guns. The shells, whether antiaircraft or 16 inch broadside, require vast funds, and savings in War Bonds supply the financial ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Treasury Department
Farmers Free to Raise and Butcher For Their Own Use
Montana State college livestock specialist E. P. Orcutt says farmers may raise and butcher beef pork lamb and mutton for home use without rationing restrictions but cannot sell or barter such meat. He urges careful home butchering to avoid waste and notes leather is scarce for the war effort. Directions for butchering curing and canning are available from county extension agents or Orcutt at Bozeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
E. P. Orcutt
Montana State College
Memorial shelves for Miss Troxell in Kalamazoo
The Eleanor Troxell memorial shelves are being set up in Kalamazoo Michigan to honor Miss Troxell who led early elementary education in the city for fifteen years and died last summer. She was Dillon’s first primary training school principal and author of several children’s books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Troxell
Kalamazoo
Mich
Miss Troxell
Fiteen
Dillon
Meat Rationing Planned in Australia for 1944
Australia to begin meat rationing in January 1944 to free 150000 to 200000 tons for servicemen and exports to Britain. The plan aims to halve civilian consumption to 2 pounds per week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Britain
Rationing Reminders Extend Various Food and Fuel Stamps
In states outside the eastern shortage area A through C gasoline coupons are valid at 3 gallons each through November 22. Sugar Stamp No 29 for five pounds valid through January 15, 1944. Shoes Stamp No 18 covers one pair. Airplane sheet Stamp No 1 in War Ration Book Three valid for one item. Meats Fats stamps G and H valid through December 4. Brown stamp J active November 7 through December 4. Processed foods Blue stamps X Y Z valid through November 20. Green Stamp A B C in Book Four valid through December 20.
Melrose Social Notes Roundup Widens Local Ties
Melrose residents share visits and guest stays as families move homes and attend dances. The community notes include draft board travel, newlyweds at Tate ranch, roundups, hospital and shopping trips, and letters of contact between Melrose and nearby towns. Donalson Smith’s overseas bomber service is highlighted with a message to his mother.
Local Notes and Family News From Dillon Area
Mr and Mrs Henry Ro are parents of a son spendey night at Barrett hospital. FOR SALE dairy stock details include 75 Whitefaced Crossbred Bucks 25 Blackfaced Hampshire Bucks ages one three priced in Pete Ampo Mudd Ranch northeast Wis Montana. George Baker reports his son in law Reed Stu underwent a successful operation in Warren Ohio Monday. Mr and Mrs Philip Orr arrive from Santa Barbara California to Dillon to visit relatives. Miss Fay Kirkpatrick formerly Beavers county high school faculty to spend weekend in Dillon. Michael Stefanatz junior of Di visited in Butte Sunday at home of Mr and Mrs Rudy Janatz 416% South Idaho. Mr and Mrs Joe Malesich visited in Yew street. He left Sunday evening for San Diego to visit relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Joe Mautz returned from Denver where they visited their daughter and son in law Lt and J Edgar Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meade
Ethel Ploof
al Bayles
Butte
Bayles
Tate
Grose
Tate Ranch
Melrose
Reichle
Frank Gordon
Stacy Gordon
Armand Hood
Leonard Lively
Albert Hager
Lilbern Tate
Pete Wilhelm
Roscoe Nelson
Idaho Falls
Melrose Sanitarium
Moose Camp Stock Association
Vipond Association
Henry Norris
Sam Friend
Hazel
Marguerite LaMarche
Jack Cohen
Brown
Judy Marie
Jimmy Beaudette
San Francisco
Albert Streb
Andrew Thompson
Orresti Arrigoni
Jack Dean
Stevensville
Claude Dodgson
Claudine
Nancy
Frank Moore
Dillon
Jim LaMarche
Tom Connor
Floyd Smith
Raymond Gransberry
Ferdinand Smith
Bill Garrison
M. C
Garrison Ranch
Mr. Garrison
Mary Smith
Sgt
Donal Smith
England
Donal
Mrs. Smith
Air Force
Scotland
Mont
British Isles
United States
Pete Ampo
Mudd Ranch
Wis
Montana
George Baker
Reed Stu
Warren
Ohio
Philip Orr
Santa Bart Calif
Fay Kirkpatrick Ofena
Beavers County
Michael Stefanatz
Rudy Janatz
South
Idaho
Joe Malesich
Yew Street
San Die
Joe Mautz
Den
Datter
J Edgar Williams
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter Goose
al Jolly
Frances
Frank
Jollys
Jim Paddock
Clyde Thompson
Monay
Ralph Potts
Walter Jones
Ellwood
Rawleigh Products
Taylor
Verne Stanchfield
Sharon
Dean
Earl Forgaard
Ool
Gerald Shepherd
Great Falls
Dan Pendergast
Jim Patterson
Fishtrap
Tom Murphy
Cpl
Joe Warden
Fort Benning
Ida Warden
Gue
al Muchmore
Colonel Combs
Dave Hickman
Tom Pendergast
Warren Hughes
Woman’s Club
Davy Hickman
Freddy Green
Tex Clark
Fred Gill
Dewey Butte
E. L. Kunkel
Dorothy MacArdie
Braza
Brazil
Portugal
Cabral
Continental
RO DE Janeiro
Getucio Vars
Brazn
Europe
Pan-Hellenic Society
M. W. Hawkins
Phillips Agents
Madge McRae
Herbert Wheat
Frank Tyre
Genevieve Albertson
the State University
Missoula
Miss Albertson
Sheldon E. Davis
Vocational Guidance Council
Dr. Davis
Margaret Hollensteiner
Montana Society For
States
Hollensteiner
Stralia
Melrose Marguerite LA Marche
Ralph LaMarr
Ralph, Jr
Lowell Jones
Peggy Marie
Mr. Jones
Howard Jones
Nels Atkinson
Louis Hoffman
Joe Buyan
Bill Buyan
Alice Fox
John Maclvor
Twin Bridges
Wood
St. Louis
Mack Poole
Betty Jo
Otto Boetticher
Gordon's
Lawrence Gerrety
Divide
W. Q. Kearns
WAC
Henry Ro
Barrett Pital
Deer Lodge
Condo
Lake Shed
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