Armistice Day Commemorations and Local Events
Commemorative services observed Armistice Day with Gregory and Robert Wolfe notes. A Legionnaire statue by R. P. Jones was unveiled at Mountain View cemetery. Dedicatory remarks by Sculptor Jones J C Wedum Dr F M Poindexter and T E Gilbert followed. An afternoon game saw Normal Bulldogs beat Babkittens Bozeman 6 0. Trail cafe ex service banquet and Methodist ladies dinner, Armistice ball at City Hall.
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Gregory
Robert Wolfe
R. P. Jones
Mountain View Cemetery
Jones
J. C. Wedum
F. M. Poindexter
T. E. Gilbert
Babkittens
Bozeman
Legion
Trail Cafe
Beaverhead
Freshman Material Shines In Interclass Mix
The piece notes strong freshman talent in the interclass events while detailing the senior class roster led by Koenig Pierce Stinson Cardinale Hanson Mallon Renz Taborski Long Nelson and Graham. It also lists the 1941 Chinook staff with editors and business staff across multiple Montana towns.
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McCracken
Harkness
Koenig
Pierce
Stinson
Cardinale
Hanson
Mallon
Renz
Taborski
Long
Nelson
Graham
Babcock
Don Smith
Elvin Thompson
Dale Willey
Ray Conger
Monty Kamps
Jack Rogan
Louis Schmittroth
Charles Deputy
Earl Mooney
Bud Harrison
Helen Dimmick
Missoula
Robert Frost
Lewistown
Mary Dawn Warner
Dillon
Peggy Palmquist
Helena
James Kipp
Browning
Raymond Schultz
Hinsdale
Jeanne Ca
Library patronage rises at Dillon with loan total 12934
The Dillon library reports a rise in loans to 12 934 this year ending June 30 1940 up from the prior year despite a noted slump. Gifts rentals and fines brought in 17250 and purchases included 188 new books with several donations. Book Week runs November 10 16 with posters bookmarks and new volumes highlighted.
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Dillon
Jessie Duboc
Ichabod
Business and Professional Women’s Club
American Association of University Women
A.A.U.W. Club
Girl Scouts
Frederic B. Loomis
Dana
Wilson
End of the Road with Jesus at Luther Church
Leonard Thompson presides as First Lutheran Church hosts Sunday services on November 17 with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and sermon The End of the Road With Jesus at 11 a m. Lutheran Students meet at 7 p m. Mr and Mrs Ed Buck visit Missoula for a University of Idaho Grizzly game.
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Leonard Thompson
Jesus
Lutheran Students Association
Ed Buck
Missoula
Rural districts urged to host new defense industries
Bert Roger eyes rural America as the National Farm Youth Foundation urges locating new defense plants outside big cities. Advocates argue redistribution of industry boosts economic stability, jobs, and national security by placing factories, airports, and related facilities in villages and small towns.
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America
United States
Beaverhead County Selective Service draws first fifty
The Beaverhead County draft system announced the first 50 numbers drawn from the Washington fishbowl for November 19 quota. By Friday 100 questionnaires were mailed as blanks restocked. 35 returns were logged with 16 eligible for immediate call. The list of 50 named registrants includes William Sporich, John Hren, Arvil Shortliff, Lonnie Couch, and others in order of draw.
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Beaverhead County
Goldfish Bowl
Washington, D. C
Selective Service
Selective Service Board
Ted McFadden
Beaverhead
Notary Public
Washington
William J. Sporich
John J. Hren
Arvil Green Shortliff
Lonnie Eugene Couch
Lolyd C. Jensen
Howard H. Hess
Roy W. Forrester
Walter H. Leach
Arthur A. Reichle
Roman E. Chmiel
Percy L. Kenison
Thomas Francis Savage
Charles A. North
Arthur K. Childs
Mike Lakner
Hazel L. Lackey
LaSharon Montgomery
Charley W. Rhodes
Herman Soll
Jesse L. Laney
Fred C. McCleery
Bertil N. Holmbeck
James S. Taylor
John W. Malesich
Herbert Campbell
Joel I. Berg
William J. Hartwig
Wilbur M. Hall
Albert Cobb
Fred J. Schonenberger
Walter E. Renfro
Walter E. Bauer
Ernest W. Putman
Francis M. Gilman
Henry
Gunnar S. Johnson
Terry P. Conklin
George T. Duck
Paul J. Schwab
Conley C. Sullivan
William Swetich
Delbert Ray Childs
Norman. M. Giles
Doris F. Taylor
Bernard Roland
Peter A. Michelish
Joseph E. Mautz
William N. Harris, Jr
Richard V. Leister
Lorin V. Flanders
Arthur W. Scollick
Ducard E. Banning
Frank Merle
George W. Hanley
Samuel Fails
Howard L. Nelson
Clyde G. Sewell
Wilber Squires
William J. Schmitt
John D. Davenport
Edwin A. Heikkila
John P. Miller
Jackson B. Ma
Andrew G. Nix
Willard.l. Nelson
Board of Education Sets Meeting Date
The Montana board of education will hold its next meeting on December 9, announced by Dr. H. H. Swain executive secretary of the Greater University of Montana. Swain said the agenda will include only routine business.
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Montana Board of Education
H. H. Swain
Greater
University of Montana
Swain
Beaverhead County Near Record Voting Tallies
Beaverhead County recorded near record totals with detailed tabulations across offices. Roosevelt led president with 1632 votes, Willkie 1725, and Thomas 10. for senator Cheadle 967 and Wheeler 2303. governor Ayres 1701 and Ford 1626. multiple local and state offices listed with bid counts and write ins. Referendum and initiative results included with for and against tallies.
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Beaverhead County
Roosevelt
Willkie
Thomas
Browder
Cheadle
Wheeler
O'Connell
Rankin
Ayres
Ford
Fredrickson
Eaton
Murray
Shields
Mitchell
Padbury
Carey
Hoon
Holmes
Porter
Foot
Bonner
Smith
Young
Ireland
Nutterville
Crosby
Johnson
Cushing
Matson
Morris
Anderson
Arnold
Rodgers
Blair
Gilbert
Montgomery
Anson
Jackson
Shaw
Dillon Township
Oliver
Opp
Stahl
Lima
Dillon
Griffith
Roberts
Wisdom Township
Helming
Gish
Constable
Scofield
Officer Wright Aids Suspect Then Nabs Robbery Foe
A Denver man known as Paul Grimes, seen at the Day and Night garage in Butte, allegedly cashed two checks and about 65 in change. He was detained after a garage visit and returned to Butte where police say the dragnet did not misidentify him. Grimes was reportedly headed to California with 100 in cash and two checks.
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Butte
Paul Grimes
Denver
California
Local Book Worms Plan Summer Reading Expansion
Library staff call for organized groups for children eight and up to enable summer participation in group sport and reading. They warn public readers are behind on reading quotas and plan to handle heavy patronage in coming months.
Diphtheria Reported in Montana Calves
Dr. W. J. Butler state veterinarian reports diphtheria in several Montana calves, deeming it infrequent and not alarming. sulfapyridine cited as an effective cure. Rev. Paris E. Wells and family returned last Tuesday from Rochester.
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Montana
W. J. Butler
Paris E. Wells
Rochester
Local Couple Wed Thursday Evening
Two Dillon couples secured marriage licenses this week. Ted Rouse and Agnes Lambe were wed Thursday evening by Justice Louis Stahl. William Thornton and June Meppen of Idaho Falls obtained a license and planned to marry here this week.
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Ted Rouse
Agnes Lambe
Dillon
Louis Stahl
William Thornton
June Meppen
Idaho Falls
National Education Week Observances Highlight Civic Duty
Schools across Dillon honor National Education Week with Armistice Day talks on citizenship, PTA panels on conserving human resources, classroom visits, college song performances, and a Friday program featuring Pres. S E Davis and a democracy themed play.
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American Legion
National Education Association
United States Office of Education
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Dillon
Charles Henry
College
P.T.A
Bagley
Brauer
Minger
Vernon Taylor
Ruth
S. E. Davis
Normal College
Margaret Sweeney
Uncle Ed Sez and army draft jibes in brief notes
Uncle Ed comments span wartime talk on subversive groups and a rooster of odd items. A German army in Roumania claim is noted with 100 instructors per pupil. A Reno chain letter promises 15 176 girls. A Wilkes Barre youth jokes about artillery enlistment. A schoolboy hears politics from his father as Ali Baba is invoked.
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Roumania
Hitler
Reno
Wilkes-Barre
Uncle Sam
Stimson
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First Lutheran Church
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J. Warren Shaw
Henry G. Rodgers
Bert Roger
National Farm Youth Foundation
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Wright
Leo B. Walsh
James B. Hoadley
George H. Montgomery
Melvin E. _Wild
Jack
John C. Davis
Uncle ED
the Examiner
Utah
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F. M. Carr
First National Bank
Cos
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