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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1931
Page
8
A program titled The Hymns of the Centuries will be presented at the sixth annual Praise Service by the Ellen May guild of the Presbyterian church on Sunday at 7 30 p m. It includes congregational, congregational singing, solo and quartet numbers with brief notes on each hymn and a missionary offering to be received. The public is invited.
The club greeted new members with talks on Rotary principles and the value of membership for traveling. E Kelly chaired the greeting. President Bergeson announced upcoming meetings and said Basil Edwards of Salt Lake will speak on Personality in Business next Monday night.
Dillon schools start Book Week with activities to judge student essays on thought and appearance. Illustrations, cuttings and diagrams may be used but not counted in judging. Awards include first pick of a grand book purchased by library fines and later access to second titles in the home room or department.
Art problems for Book Week organized by Miss Glasser of the training school's Art department cover grades 1 to 4 with tasks including constructing books lettered mottoes bookmarks and class reading posters. Grades 5 to 8 have no mandatory art but may do optional after school work choosing bookmarks book posters book plates or book wrappers.
A 41 year old Providence Kentucky native, formerly of a local business, died in a wreck after moving to Deer Lodge in 1920 where he ran a grocery. He was survived by his widow and several relatives in the east and was a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Normal's Bearcats battle Billings Polytechnic in a tense game where Pasley recovered a fumble for a score and Popple added a 65 yard run. Intermountain and Normal traded drives with tough defense as Normal racked up 150 yards from scrimmage to 97 for Intermountain.
Beaverhead post led Armistice Day exercises in Dillon with a program by the Little Symphony Orchestra of the Normal College directed by Frances Robinson, performances by the Women's Choral Club under Mrs. W. G. Gilbert, vocal solos by Bonnie Eckman of Great Falls, invocation by Rev. J. A. Meeke, and taps at eleven o'clock.
A nostalgic look at the Thanksgiving feast with a shift to modern kitchen ease. It describes prep as early as twelve, lists a complete eight-person menu from hot canapés to squash pie, and notes social ease for busy hosts. A sport day follows with Montana Normal beating Intermountain Union 25-0, plus Armistice events and Legion activities.
Airways Inc report states pilot Stephensen was forced to land after ice formed on the wings while on a north bound flight from Ogden field. He had just departed when a heavy snowstorm hit. He put about the craft in a controlled descent.
The aviator, returning to the airport, forced down in a rough field after a wheel struck a rut causing a capsize. Only a broken wheel and a bent propeller were reported, and the pilot secured another plane from Salt Lake field to continue northward, halted by darkness at Dubois Idaho.
Beaverhead county led in livestock with 1 741 208 pounds of wool in 1929 and reported 461 cattle ranches and 219 sheep counts. The size of local ranches dwarfs many counties with smaller production and broader totals. Later, Martin in a separate incident was rescued after his car stalled in a waterlogged stretch. motorists pulled him from the mud, treated him, and rushed him to Barrett hospital as he regained consciousness.
Mrs Forrest Bayerd is named to lead local seal sales efforts as part of an educational campaign against tuberculosis. The campaign aims to teach families about the disease, its early treatment, and prevention for the community.
County and school nurses promote summer health camps and hot lunches in schools while supplying health teaching materials for children. Christmas seals are sold to support a long standing TB health program.
Snow storms in the mountains hindered hunters toward the season end though some managed to reach the hills. The short open pheasant season closed last Thursday amid slick roads and steep grades restricting travel.
In a fragmented notice the event may be advertised for Monday and Tuesday in November at the An Drus hotel. Details are unclear but audiences are invited to attend.
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