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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1927
Page
4
In reports from various sections, Powerized gasoline receives favorable notes as winter use increases. Jack Everett, local Powerized dealer, says motorists report easy starts and efficient vaporization with anti freeze help, delivering power on frozen roads and through deep drifts for careful operators seeking high year round efficiency.
Butte observer E. J. Gardiner says native animals act as weather barometers. He notes a low beaver dam near his home and more open-water birds in the region. Squirrels, chipmunks, bears begin denning, signaling a milder season ahead.
Deer Lodge appoints Lochrie as state examiner to replace Jay G Larson who resigns January 1 1928 to join a Pacific coast banking firm. Larson began as state examiner after Leonard Q Skelton. Lochrie previously cashiered Drummond State Bank, organized Powell Building and Loan, and led it for ten years.
MISSOULA Nov. 23 The fiscal year 1927 saw 1370 miles of forest roads built in or near national forests. Expenditures reached 7,713,535 dollars with 6,787,636 from federal funds and 925,879 from cooperative state and county funds.
Visitors to Elkhorn Springs reported that every summer cottage faced break ins or attempted forcible entry last week. Damage was minor and nothing seems taken. Owners suspect an adult perpetrator. police investigate with possible federal involvement sought due to forest reserve status.
The Dillon Rotary club endorsed holding the mining district basketball tournament this winter in Dillon after Principal A. T. Peterson’s positive briefing. The American Legion also supports the event. Payne Templeton will speak at the Montana Education Association meeting.
The class roll lists students such as Jan Anderson Carroll Evelyn Fairbanks Bee Forsythe Jane Herndon Margaret Jordan Georgia Metlen Laura Os borne Virginia Randolph Barbara Tower Ruby Wentworth Ethel Bell Georgianna Crouse Henry Gleed Albert Polish Rose Pedrot Mildred Schuler Louise Taylor Crystal Wentworth Ruth Wolfe.
Fragments describe a writer whose poems and stories appeared in local papers. The author’s favored themes include early day Angl denta characters, Indian battles, stage drivers, and road agents.
John Orr elected vice president of the Dillon Radio Club at its first regular meeting. C. W. Oberem named president with W. A. Graeter as secretary-treasurer. The club reports progress in finding interference sources and plans remedies. Members note improved radio reception and programs in the past week. A constitution and bylaws were adopted, signaling a promising future.
Hertha Lamberton, public health nurse, reports October activities including 157 school children visited and 157 children with defects, 95 corrected, 27 community disease cases, 13 classrooms inspected, 9 interviews for work, 5 talks to mothers, 2 mothers clubs organized, 67 parent consultations, and defect counts across vision, hearing, teeth, throat, and nasal passage, with 10 percent underweight.
Saturday schedule features The RCA Hour a balanced program of orchestral and vocal music with a fifteen piece orchestra led by Barbara Blanchard soprano and Margaret O Dea contralto and Wm Rainey tenor. It airs on KHQ KOMO KFOA KGW KGO KPO and KFI from 8 to 9 with the Russian Cathedral Choir then from 9 to 10 on KHQ KFI and Saturday Night Review with musical specialties on KOMO KFOA KGW and KGO.
The Big Parade arrives at the Hartwig theater for next Wednesday and Thursday showings. The film replays 1917 1918 combat scenes with doughboys officers and a mass Argonne push in intimate realism, focusing on the soldier and the girl behind the lines.
The article highlights George Walker’s film The Big Parade and its blend of action and humor. It notes the Argonne setting and the cast including Laur ence Stallings John Gilbert Karl Dane Tom O'Brien and Renee Adoree. It cites the influence of American Legion posts and French collaborators.
Clara Sorenson and Crystal Wentworth represented High School at the Pageant of Promise staged Friday by State College students. The event featured 200 delegates in scenes depicting various vocations, followed by a dance in the college gym and a Friday reception.
The Christmas number features Health Poster Contest by Sara B Moree executive secretary of the Montana Tuberculosis Association and The Value of Bible Study in General Education by J OL McLaughlin of the American Bible Society. Mrs J H Gilbert of Dillon delivers greetings to P T A members urging spiritual training for children. The issue lists local association presidents and offers program suggestions and books for children.
A brief column explores the value of optimism and civic mindedness, urging readers to seek positive actions and community improvement. The piece highlights everyday examples of kindness and practical steps individuals can take to foster a better town and stronger neighbors.
A campus dance event on Wednesday night welcomes many pledges who will be initiated and brought into the chapter. The gathering signals a milestone in ongoing fraternity activities and membership growth.
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