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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1943
Page
8
Wisdom and nearby communities report visits, bridge clubs, and social events. Residents travel to Dillon Bozeman Butte and Missoula. service members shift bases in the era. Families host gatherings, with prize winners noted for bridge.
The notice lists Pvt. Francis W. Pettit's address at Pit. 897 RDMCB Tuig Regt San Diego Calif and Pvt. Ernest Pewe's transfer from Camp Wallace Texas to C 585th AAA AW Bn SP Camp Hulen Texas Frank March is now stationed in North Africa per a communication received by his mother
A Purina Poultry dealer urges local farmers to cull hens with yellow beaks legs and vent as signs of unproductive layers. He claims yellow features signal non lay ers and estimates U S feed losses from non laying hens at 1 360 000 tons yearly. Culling could save 680 000 tons and ease local feed shortages while boosting eggs for victory. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Joe Laknar on October 29.
A wartime appeal urges readers to keep backing the attack by buying war bonds this holiday season. Officials stress that continued bond purchases will support military efforts and national repayment, framing Christmas spending as a contribution to the war.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilke hosts a visitor who returned on Monday. Lt. Clifford Givogre, on leave from Camp Adair Ore, spends time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Givogre. Victor Givogre of Butte also visits the Givogre household.
Prin D L Johnson of Beav erhead county high school and Miss Margaret Sweeney county superintendent attended a curriculum conference in Bozeman on Saturday. They were joined by Miss Jean Haynes of the high school faculty visiting relatives there. Marie Appel a nurse at the Barrett hospital will leave Friday for a visit at her home in Butte.
Pete Ampo of the Mudd Ranch offers 75 Whitefaced Crossbred Bucks and 25 Blackfaced Hamp shire Bucks aged one to three years priced right. Beaverhead County high school faculties Miss Madge McRae and Mrs. Claudia Faust visited Butte on Saturday. Tom Pinkerton returned from several months in Pocatello Idaho.
A wartime appeal urges continued support for war bonds as Christmas approaches, urging citizens to back the effort and sustain the war front. The message frames bond purchases as essential to sustaining activity and morale in the ongoing conflict.
Wartime notes discuss V Mail Christmas gifts to relatives overseas with guaranteed delivery by December 25 and war bonds to curb inflation. Ration free children’s shoes arrive early next year with canvas uppers, and a ceramic stove model, lighter and fuel efficient, debuts at the National Bureau of Standards with market release planned around year’s start.
Chairman Ed Buck announced two weeks of collections for the community train service totaling $48.71. The Moose floor led with $4.96, Metogi $4.73, and the Club supported by business jars funds to provide treats for service men passing through on the train.
Armistice Day activities include a public dance at the city hall auditorium with the November group and visiting service men as honored guests. Tickets are on sale. Nellie Little Poole's orchestra will provide music. High school classes dismissed for the afternoon to participate in exercises at the high school auditorium starting at 10 a.m with a program including the American Patrol, invocation, songs, a speech by W G Gilbert, and Taps. The Armistice Day committee is led by Jay V McCarthy with members Moe Smith Paddock Casterline and Conger.
On Nov 9 William Hardley of Monida and Maria Alice Rich of Pocatello Idaho wed. On Nov 10 Edward C Horn and Elizabeth Barker, both of Salt Lake City Utah, were married.
Sta Shekion E. Davis is slated to appear on a Friday as part of the University five Council’s three meeting sequence. The notice outlines planned sessions and the schedule for the upcoming gatherings.
Claude Lay scores 255 in a week’s high as Gosman’s Men's Store Laundry and Creamery lead Commercial League standings. City Drug tops the table with 14 wins, followed by Emerick’s 13 and Merle’s 12. Schedule lists matches for Nov 15 to 17 with several key showdowns.
The Porter family expresses sincere appreciation for the kindness and sympathy shown after a recent bereavement. Mrs J R Porter Mr Jack Porter Mrs Dora Mae Melton Mr and Mrs Pete Westergard thank friends for support.
Mr and Mrs Earl Tate of Melrose report the birth of their baby boy on Monday at Barrett hospital in a brief local notice.
A discussion on road routes noted that the gulch route was covered by mill tailings and a new hillside path near the Er mont works. The old route was deemed poorly abandoned and dangerously circuitous. The matter was sent to the new attorney to verify status. County records show 14 inmates at the farm on Oct 1 and Nov 1, with high school payroll listed at 2,785.40 and 3,330.05 in expenses.
Steven H. Mahaffey of Tendoy Idaho Miss Francis Mulkey of Tendoy Idaho and Mrs Walter S Brown of Salmon Idaho were among attendees Out of town friends included Mr and Mrs A L Woodside and daughter Shirley Mrs Charles Qoberem and Mrs Warren Stone all of Butte
Mr and Mrs Ivan Winslow of Sheridan were business visitors in town Saturday, meeting local contacts and continuing their professional engagements.
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