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Newspaper

Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Nov 10, 1948

Page

9

College Fall Formal At Normal College Highlighted Social Season

The annual M club formal at the residence hall is set for next Saturday with dancing at 9 and The College Four providing music. Admission is $1.20 per couple tax included as townspeople are invited to participate in this winter social highlight. Dolores Davis was crowned Harvest ball queen at Beaverhead County High School last Saturday with attendants Clara Blackburn Frances Wright and Nancyann Peterson. The FFA sponsored the dance with chaperones listed. Rainbow Formal at St James guild hall featured a plantation theme with entertainment by Lima's Verna Marie Jenkins and Jimmy McLaughlin and various musical and dance acts. Chaperones and Rainbow officers are named. Ellen Mae guild plans a Thursday meeting at 7 for a color film on Alaska with a patriotic devotional led by Genevieve Albertson and refreshments by hostesses.

Normal Dolores Davis Beaverhead County Clara Blackburn Frances Wright Nancyann Peterson F.F.A Parker. Scott Loren Davis Alfred Peterson Blaz Lugar Joe Krall Parke Scott Evelyn Sage George Gransberg Rainbow Dillon St. James Guild Hall Order of the Rainbow Verna Marie Jenkins Lima Jimmy McLaughlin Bernadine Rebich Walter Weatherly Alice Hren Fur Ellen Mae Guild Presbyterian Church Alaska Westminster Fellowship Genevieve Albertson Robert Gregg James McCollum W. J. Bierrum Sheldon E.davis Davis T. Lee McCracken Evelyn Mikkelson W. R. Pilgrim Helena National Fund

Dunking doughnuts causes a chocolate themed breakfast debate

Sober Hopkins loves dunking doughnuts while Ma Hopkins tries to stop the habit with a heavy chocolate frosting. He tastes it, approves the mocha flavor, and insists taste is a personal choice. The narrator compares differing tastes to preferring beer or cider.

Hopkins Ma Hopkins Sober

Thanks Given for Referendum Boost

Albert Erickson credits Montana weekly press for strong support in Referendums 51 and 52. He notes editorial use, fillers, ads, and a sustained October campaign helped win overwhelming approval. Erickson thanks editors and university leaders for their role and offers testimonials on weekly papers’ pulling power.

Albert Erickson Montana Ance George A. Selke Montana Weekly Press

Cerebral Palsy Clinic Opens in Billings Montana

The Montana chapter of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults with the State Board of Health has opened a treatment and education center in Billings. It will sponsor four diagnostic clinics for cerebral palsy with the Beaverhead county session set for Saturday, November 20 in Butte. Application blanks are on file in the county superintendent's office.

Montana National Society For Crippled Children and Adults State Board of Health Billings Butte Beaverhead

Addresses Sought of Five Draftees

Questionnaires mailed to last known addresses for five draftees have been returned marked unclaimed or moved. Recipients listed include Car N Valentine Dillon Harry Andrew Browne Clifford c o George Meyers Don Phillip Griffin Robert Alvin Hansen Lima Armstead. Return within ten days. those born on or after Sept 19 1930 register on eighteenth birthday or within five days after. Selective Service Office location given as 30 South Montana Street Room 16 Telephone Building Dillon Montana.

Valentine Dillon Mont Harry Andrew Browne Clifford Johnson C-O George Meyers Lima Don Phillip Griffin Armstead Robert Alvin Hansen Selective Service Office Montana Street

Radio Stars to Appear at Dillon in National Jamboree Show

The National Radio Jamboree from Nashville brings a full cast to Dillon for a Saturday show at City Hall on Nov 13. The lineup includes the Murphy Sisters Kentucky Girls Sparkie Walter Hughes Irving Siegel and Ezra the clown. A four hour program ends with a dance featuring old and new time dancing.

Nashville Tenn City Hall Dillon America Murphy Sisters Sparkie Walter Hughes Irving Siegel Ezra

Meeting planned for National Star Route Carriers in Cody

Secretary treasurer Norma Coon of the Montana branch announces a joint meeting with the Wyoming branch of the National Star Route Mail Carriers association to be held in Cody Wyoming in November. The Montana and Wyoming groups will discuss union affairs and upcoming activities.

Miles City Norma Coon Montana National Star Route Mail Carriers’ Association Wyoming Cody Wyo

The Best In Job Work at Examiner Printing Co

Job seekers are invited to apply for positions at the Examiner Printing Co. The ad highlights skilled roles and steady work with opportunities for advancement.

The Examiner Printing Co

FFA Meeting Outlines Banquet Plans and Kansas City Trip

Beaverhead FFA held its regular meeting November 9 in the high school Vice-Ag room. The Parent-Son banquet is planned for early December, with final arrangements for attending the National Convention in Kansas City. Committees were named for banquet, carnival, and Christmas tree sales to fund the Denver judging trip.

Beaverhead Future Farmers of America Kansas City Denver Parent and Son George Clemon Bill Tash Kenneth Morrison Carnival Walter Svetich Ed Thompson Ernest Nettik Ernest Brothers Jim Burt Roscoe Pilon Orin Pilon

Angus Bull Purchase Reported by Dillon Buyer

Al Waldemar of Dillon Montana bought a purebred Aberdeen Angus bull from A W Ginther of Harlowton Montana in a recent cattle trade.

al Waldemar Dillon, Mont A. W. Ginther Harlowton, Montana

Pheasant hunters report two birds per trip in Montana grain fields

The Great Falls checking station reports hunters averaging two pheasants per outing in north central Montana grain fields. Director William Bergeson notes a five to one ratio of young to old birds, signaling a promising crop of young pheasants.

Great Falls State Fish and Game Department Montana William Bergeson Fish and Game Department

Montana highway program committee named for final report

Three men from Helena Bozeman and Missoula were named to a committee to draft the final report on the construction and financing of Montana s state highway program The panel will present its report to the state highway advisory committee at the next meeting on Nov 30 The 51 member advisory committee was named by Gov Sam C Ford to study Montana highway problems The Montana juvenile delinquency commission is studying questionnaires from 41 high school student body presidents to inform its 1949 legislature report on delinquency causes.

Helena C. M. Wall Dean Chaffin Bozeman H. O. Bell Missoula Sam C. Ford Montana Montana Juvenile Delinquency Commission

Montana Winter Fair to Run February 21 26 in Bozeman

President Howard G. Lewis announced the third annual Montana Winter Fair will be held in Bozeman from February 21 to 26, 1949. Features include a junior fat stock show and sale, a 4-H exhibit and judging contests, and sales of Hereford Angus cattle and bred gilts. President Archie Parks noted the Montana Hereford Breeders Association will hold its annual gathering in conjunction with the fair.

Howard G. Lewis The Montana Winter Fair Association Bozeman Lewis Archie Parks Montana Hereford Breeders’ Association

Hungry Horse dam site advances cableway work

Workmen at the Hungry Horse damsite in northwestern Montana drill the base for tail towers of a cableway to be used in pouring concrete for the structure, as announced by the bureau of reclamation.

Hungry Horse Montana Bureau of Reclamation

Montana Approves Referendums 51 and 52 for Higher Education

Citizens of Billings Bozeman Butte Dillon Havre and Missoula supported the 51 52 campaign pledging faith in a greater Montana University System. Student bodies at Montana State University Montana State College Montana State School of Mines Montana State Normal College Northern Montana College and Eastern Montana Normal School express backing.

Montana Billings Bozeman Butte Dillon Havre Missoula Montana State University Montana State College Montana State School of Mines Montana State Normal College Northern Montana College and Eastern Montana Normal School

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M Club Frances Giudici Charles Richardson Carl Giudici Rosa Newnes Warren Sutherland Luther Smith Harry Martin Gladys Forester Bert Megquier Frank Tyre Wilbur Squires Chris Peterson T. E. Luebben I. W. Vinsel Rainbow Order Dorothy Newnes Petty Lou Sutherland Charity Mary Beth Smith Hope Bonnie Ann Martin Faith Hazelbaker Insurance Agency Haselbaker Joe Marsh Doc Marsh United Sates Brewers Foundation Dancing Bernice Sargent’s Orchestra Sid Montana Power Company Angus Hartwig House Service Columbia Pictures Presents Red Skelton Janet Blair Jimmy Rogers Noah Beery, Jr Calaboose Bud Abbott Lou Costello M-G Jeanette MacDonald Jove Iturbi Jane Powell Jane Doe John Carroll William Tracy Joe Sawyer Res. Ph Norman L. Ovitt Associate Life Insurance of W. D. Tovey South Idaho St
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