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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1940
Page
3
A collection of quotes about home and domestic happiness from authors like Goethe Henry van Dyke Mary Baker Eddy Holland Montloster and Christopher Harvey. The passages emphasize home as a center of love, friendship, rest, safety, and spiritual growth.
A son was born Sunday morning to Mr. and Mrs. William Straugh at Barrett hospital. Mr. Straugh serves as athletic coach at the Normal college.
Mrs. J M Patterson leads the annual Red Cross roll call with strong local participation. The column lists numerous Wise River residents and visitors from Dillon and Anaconda visiting farms, ranches, and relatives during Thanksgiving, noting travel, hospitality, and small business mentions.
Lima notes list numerous families visiting relatives for Thanksgiving and weekend travels. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Morden and son Johnny returned from Butte to visit Mrs. Ed Loc hrie. Miss Tayne and Benny Benson from Livingston stayed with Ed Tayne's family in Dillon.
Governor R E Ayers issued a proclamation urging all alien residents to register under the federal selective service act. The move follows a federal request and cites the Christmas mail rush as a reason postal workers may be overwhelmed. All aliens must comply per federal advice.
The Montana trade commission and state railroad commission received a request from textile retail dealers to establish a cost survey to determine the probable cost of doing business. The dealers, handling wearing apparel, aim to use the state unfair trade practices act.
The Montana textbook commission will meet in Helena on December 9 to receive bids for supplying texts for the 1941 school year. Bids will cover language reading and arithmetic texts for basal and supplementary grades.
Dillon residents hosted many visitors from Armstead Jackson Wisdom and Butte over Thanksgiving weekend. Local shoppers from Dell Melrose Two Dot and Whitehall spent the holiday in Dillon while L L Sparks bought 140 head of sheep to winter near Twin Bridges.
Miss Mary Louise Purdy, a local teacher, dislocated her shoulder after slipping on ice Sunday. She returned to Dillon Monday. Mrs. Paul Bramsman will substitute. Thanksgiving events at Armstead included school plays The Courtship of Miles Standish and America plus a Christmas benefit dance. Road conditions were icy after the storm with several cars sliding.
A Beaverhead county family hosted Thanksgiving with a modest spread and witty remarks among guests. Jokes circulated about newspaper comparisons to women, elocutionary felonies, and international tavern tastes, highlighting lighthearted regional humor and trivia from a past contest and college quiz.
The state fish and game commission will consider opening a few new elk hunting seasons at its November meeting to reduce herd numbers and improve grazing conditions in certain areas.
Prof Rush Jordan of Normal College spoke at a meeting of the local American Association of University Women at Mrs T E Gilbert home last Monday evening. His topic was Diplomatic Relations With Latin America.
Sunday worship at 11:00 with sermon That Great Name. Sunday school at :45. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30. Junior choir Thursday 4 00 p m.
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