Jack Rees Ends 36 Year Banking Career at First National
J W Rees vice president of the First National bank in Dillon retires next Tuesday Nov 30 after 36 years with the bank begun in 1918. Gordon Berry will assume executive duties pending the stockholders meeting and officer elections. Rees, born in Brigham City Utah, started with the Express Company in Salt Lake City and later moved to Dillon as an agent before joining the bank. A testimonial dinner honored him and his wife at the Andrus Hotel highlighting his long service and wide circle of friends across Southwestern Montana.
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Jack Rees
First National
J W Rees
First National Bank of Dillon
Gordon Berry
Rees
Bank
Furst National
B . White
Montana
Legendar Bank Execuives
Jack Rees Bor
Brigham City
Utah
Salt Lake City
American Express
Salt Lake
Jack
Express Company
Express
Butte
Dylon
Anaconda
White
Beaverhead
Madison
Andrus Hotel
Beaverhead Group Attends Wool Growers Meeting
Fourteen Beaverhead delegates attended the Montana Wool Growers convention in Helena. Resolutions urged drastic thinning of the big game and legislative action to enable the Fish and Game commission to act. The group backed wool tariffs, incentive payments to original wool producers, and funds for range and laboratory projects. A. C Grande Lennep was re elected president. Beverly Dee Young and Phyllis Brown won senior and junior Make It Yourself With Wool divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Montana Wool Growers Convention
Helena
S E Whitworth
Roscoe Cornell
Homer Turner
Joe Roe
Harold Briggs
Berg Christensen
Ben Slanger
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Bankhead-Jones
Montana Range Sheep Experiment Station
Montana Wool Laboratory
Montana Veterinary Research Laboratory
A. C Grande
Lennep
Melvin Bartz
Barber
Montana Wool Growers’ Association
Beverly Dee Young
Missoula
Phyllis Brown
Custer
Carol Cocanougher
Butte
Scout Committee Plans Monthly Dillon Meeting
The Beaverhead Ruby Valley district Boy Scout committee in Dillon will hold a monthly meeting starting Friday, November 29. The group, drawing from institutions sponsoring Scout units, will plan activities under six aims including training leaders, camping, health and safety, advancement, and an annual finance drive. About 12 active units serve roughly 245 registered scouts in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Beaverhead
Ruby Valley
Willard Murfin Appointed Secretary Manager of Wyoming Commerce
Willard Murfin, formerly of Dylon, resigns as Cheyenne chamber of commerce secretary to take the post of secretary manager for the Wyoming department of commerce and industry. He brings broad promotion and public relations experience including leadership in the U S Highway associations and prior work as chamber manager in Canon City and Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Murfin
Dylon
Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Wyoming
Cheyenne Murfin
Dion Chamber
Beaverhead Museum
Chamber of Commerce
Colorado
Murfin
Cheyenne Chamber
Wyoming Chamber Executives
Local Elks Honor Deputy Ace Irvine Tonight
Exalted Ruler Walter Delaney and Dillon lodge No. 1554 plan a stag dinner at 6:45 and an initiation meeting and dance to honor District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Ace Irvine visiting from Western Montana. Gandrud orchestra will provide music. admission is restricted to current Elks members.
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Walter Delaney
Dillon Lodge No. 1554
Benevolent and Protective
Ordr of Elks
Ace Irvine
Gandrud Orchestra
Elks
Irvine
Montana
Thanksgiving Holiday Observed by Dillon Locals
Most Dillon business houses observe the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow. Public offices banks and stores will close for the day. Special services are planned at St James Church Union services at First Presbyterian Church St Rose Catholic Church and Christian Science Church with times listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Court House
St. James’ Church
Arthur Lord
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian
First Baptist
Assembly of God _ churches
St Rose Catholic Church
Timothy Clifford
Christian Science Church
South Washington
Pump Irrigation Feasibility Discussed in Melrose Meetings
Meetings on pump irrigation held at Dillon City hall and Actis hall in Melrose November 18 and 19 sponsored by the Vigilante Electric Cooperative. The program covered feasibility costs efficiency and FHA water facility loans with four topics and answered farmers questions. Dan Pendergast attended adding commentary and Bruce Watters Ray Bergstrom Mike Britton and Ben Bethke led the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon City
Actis Hall
Melrose
Vigilante Electric Cooperative, Inc
Dan Pendergast
Viglante Electric Cooperative, Inc
Bruce Watters
Ray Bergstrom
Mike Britton
Ben Bethke
Fairbanks Morse Co
December 15 Declared Safe Driving Day by Officials
Highway Patrol Supervisor Glenn M. Schulz designates December 15 as Safe Driving Day across the state with heightened safety measures. Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Thomas, Beaverhead county director for the day, notes the month’s danger peaks around December 24 and aims to curb traffic deaths.
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Highway Patrol
Glenn M. Schulz
Lloyd Thomas
Beaverhead
Predator Control Committee Seeks $40,000 Funding
S. E. Whitworth was re-elected chairman of the governor's advisory committee on Predatory Animal Control at a Helena meeting. The committee urged the State Fish and Game commission to allocate $40,000 for predator control over the next two years, up $15,000 from the current appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Whitworth
Helena
Whitworth
Sheep Creek Basin
Montana Wool Growers’ Association
State Fish and Game Commission
TB Seal Sale Discussed At Rotary Meeting
Mrs. Sylvester Meade of the Beaverhead TB and Health association outlined advances in tuberculosis control during the Rotary club meeting. She spoke on the Christmas Seal sale, financials, local and state operations, and the need to reach American Indians and other minority groups with undernourishment issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Meade
Beaverhead
Harve Stanchfield
Ted Hazelbaker
Duane Simon
Sylvester P. Meade
Meade
Don Wheat
A. Evan Reely
Missoula
Montana
Honor Roll List At County High School Highlights Seniors
Eighty two students appear on the first quarter honor roll at the county high school with the senior class leading at 29. Juniors total twenty, sophomores twenty one, and freshmen twelve. Names for each class include a long list of students such as Shirley Bacon Carol McMannis and Lorraine Bastian.
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Shirley Bacon
Carolee Bonneau
Barbara Carlson
Wayne Contway
Geneese Cook
Lois Crouch
Gordon Donovan
Carolyn Fry
Laverne Henrie
Pete Hilger
Teresa Jakovac
Barbara King
Bob Loveridge
Carol McClennan
Elizabeth McFadden
Joan McMannis
Carol Mockel
Myrna Morrison
Don Murray
Joyce Ovitt
Carole Olsen
Elizabeth Orr
Elva Owen
Ann Ronnemose
George Slanger
Joyce Sneed
Luana Sorenson
Sharon Stanchfield
John Wilke
Dorothy Andersen
Bernice Benson
Craig Cornell
Jerry Dodd
Stephen Foster
Gail Gray
Margie Holland
Judy Holmlund
Verna Jenkins
Janet Johnson
Vonda Jones
Carol Lee Kambich
Carol McMannis
Darlene Reamer
Barry Remely
Beryl Remely
George Saito
Tom Thiel
Margaret Ann Wolfe
Roberta Wright
Lorraine Bastian
Kent Connors
Harold Contway
Diana Fredlund
Damie Jo Hart
Karen Hyde
Carla Jensen
William Jones
Cecilia Lavoie
Jim Megquier
Karen Neidt
Donna Nelson
Marsha
Hoppers Theater Lands 80 000 Acres in Beaverhead County
Beavershead county land totaling eighty thousand acres covers three grasshopper threat zones. A second area includes four counties in Golden Valley, Stillwater, and Sweet Grass. The third zone spans central Montana, especially Broadwater and nearby areas. None of the regions were precisely defined.
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Bea ‘ Head
Montana
Golden Valley
Broadwater County
Surme
Beaverhead County
Christmas Seal Sale Opens With Strong First Day
The 1954 Christmas Seal drive records a first day total of 163.50 versus 131 the previous year. Chairman Jonn C. Garry expresses optimism, noting early contributions may help reach or exceed last year’s total despite postal delays and letters being set aside temporarily.
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Jonn C. Garry
Seal Sale
WMCE Seniors Named for Who's Who Among Students
Three WMCE seniors Carolyn McFadden Ted Kato and Hollis Coon were selected for Who's Who Among American Universities and Colleges. McFadden graduates in August 1955 from Beaverhead County High School with top honors in music. Havre’s Kate Havre active in athletics and Boys State. Hollis Coon from Butte chairs Future Teachers of America chapter at Sheldon E. Davis and serves as yearbook staff rep while holding student leadership roles.
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Carolyn McFad
Ted Kato
Hollis Coon
Stude
Cell
McFadden
Beaverhead Corn School
Music Club
Ralph McFadden
Ted Kate
Havre
Pas
S' Hollis Coon
Butte
Sheldon E. Davis
Future Teachers of America
Chinook
Hollis
Mittee
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Beaverhead Group
Scout Committee
BPOE
Thomas
Dillon Nua
Mont
Web
Rotary
Beaverhead Coun
WMCE
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