Social notes from Dillon and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Andy Hale spent Thursday in Dillon. Mrs Fred Sheely of Idaho Falls spent the weekend with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Woodrow Bybee and family. Mrs De e Cherry and Mrs Wilson attended a home demonstration meeting in Dillon. Many residents traveled for visits and business in Dillon and surrounding communities throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Hale
Dillon
Fred Sheely
Idaho Falls
Woodrow Bybee
Ben Proctor
Butte
Gwen Gustafson
Fred Hungate
Whitehall
Don Bramlett
Phil Lyons
Odel Jensen
Marie
Rochester
Minn
Jensen
Cecil Palmer
Lakeview
Lima
Delos Jenkins
Verna Marie
Dee Cherry
Wilson
Wilson McNinch
Bert McNinch
John Halligan
Leo Truax
California
E. C. Franks
Richland
Calif
Clinton Franks
H. C. Shaffer
Roy Smith
Don Tash
Mary Poole
Lungheon
C. L. Price
Gordon Réeder
D. T. Norman
H. C. Harshner
Bruce Westerfield
Jess Owen
Elva
Bob Detton
Woodcraft
Max Merrell
C. L. Calvert
C. R. Fuller
Helen Sullaway
Helen McDonald
Charles Reeder
Lem Mallory
Boise
Mary Morris
Adolph Still
Jimmie
Missoula
Julia Peat
Peat
Clyde Marshner
Pocatello
Ty Cobb
Chris Peterson
Bradley Bates
Clyde Hirshner
L. A. Dotts
Solomon Bittick
Shirley Brown
Susan Glaspell
Henrietta Brewster
Josephine Michelish
Stephen Brewster
Jack Brown
Mabel
Bonnie Cherry
Alice Waybury
Betty Raddatz
Shelia Waybury
Darlene Rush
George Connaught
Norman Empey
Geoffrey Chandler
Nellie the Maid
Mary Ward
Beverly Peterson
Marilyn Gordon
Stanley Rose
Arthur Smith
Leoan
Lima Community Notes and Veterans Auxiliary Events
The Lima area reports surface events from VFW and B of L F E auxiliaries. Initiations, meetings, and a Christmas party planning occur in Fordhall and Lima with candy for Fort Harrison boxes. Local residents visit Dillon, Butte, and Missoula for business and social activities.
Executive Council of the Greater University of Montana Meets
Pres Rush Jordan attends an executive council session in Helena to plan programs and budgets for submission to the state board of education in December with potential state legislature consideration. Kappa Zeta Nu hosts a gingham and jeans dance November 15. Gargoyle club presents TH Catalog on November 18 with local students performing. Payne Templeton to discuss world citizenship education November 20 in Helena as part of Youth programs by Montana Women’s clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Jordan
Helena
University of Montana
State Board of Education
Kappa Zeta Nu
Recreation Hall
Gargoyle Club
T. M. Morrow
Twilla Meyers
Poison
James Brockbank
Stanford
Marian Anholt
Plentywood
Paul Ho
Templeton J
American Legion
Germany
Women’s Clubs of
Montana
Montana Sister Kenny polio appeal seeks broad funding
The Montana State Chapter supports the Kenny Foundation campaign to fund polio treatment facilities and training. No heavy door to door push this year, but Montanans are urged to give generously as the need grows. W. W. Gail notes Montana has $10,000 on hand and a high per capita subscription rate. Kate Smith is national chairwoman and Rosalind Russell is women’s chair. Subscriptions go to Montana Chapter Box 1315 Billings.
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Montana
Sister Elizabeth
Kenny Institute
Gail
Kenny
United States
Minnesota
Dakotas
Minneapolis
Sister Kenny
Institute
Kate Smith
Rosalind Russell
Billings
Veterans Affairs expands outpatient care and exams in October
The Veterans Administration Northwest branch reports a 51 percent rise in outpatient treatments and a 46 percent increase in examinations from September to October. Nearly 11,000 treatments and over 23,500 examinations were conducted by VA facilities and private physicians in the home town program, with fee basis doctors and dentists adding thousands more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration Northwest Branch Medical Service
Seattle approves parking stickers for amputee veterans
Seattle City Council authorizes windshield parking stickers for WWII amputee veterans enabling free metered parking and overtime exemption. Eligible veterans can obtain authorization letters from the VA office. Seattle Police issue the permits. VA cites $67,880,125 in lending for homes farms and business with average loan $4,327. VA also announces surplus 1.6 million books from the Armed Forces Institute to aid veteran education via colleges and libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
United States Armed Forces Institute
Library of Congress
Vets Romance Spans France to Open Seattle Beauty Salon
Cortez E. Williams met Violette Muller at a Christmas party in Rheims while he served with the 615th Quartermaster Battalion. They married despite language barriers, moved to Seattle, and now study at night to grow their skills in beauty culture. They plan to finish studies in France and return to Seattle to operate a real French beauty salon.
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G. I
G. I. Bill
Cortez E. Williams
Violette Muller
Rheims
France
615 Quartermaster Battalion
Williams
Seattle
Question on VA loan maturity limits
The VA does not set the maturity date for G I loans. The guaranteed loan's maturity cannot exceed the property's economic life. Loan term limits are 5 years non amortized, 10 years non real estate, 25 years for real estate home or business loans, and 40 years for farm real estate loans.
Veterans Use Terminal Leave Bonds to Pay Insurance
The Veterans Administration announced bonds may be used to pay premiums, reinstate or convert policies, or repay loans on National Service Life and U S Government Life Insurance. Bonds credited at face value plus interest through month end. VA offices offer assignment forms. Also noted is a surge in GI Bill veterans returning to Northwest colleges. enrollment rose from 30,776 to 61,946 by October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
U. S
Northwest
Veterans Launch Sky Photo Service in Seattle
Ernest and Malcom Jones, former Royal Canadian Air Force and U S Army Air Forces veterans, operate a Sky Photo Service in Seattle using a GI loan to buy a light plane. They are among 15,638 veterans who by October had obtained government guaranteed loans from Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Malcom Jones
Seattle
Royal Canadian Air Force
U. S. Army Air Forces
Malcom
G. I
Sky Photo Service
Northwest
G I Bill Provisions Not Deduced From Future Bonus
The question asks if using entitlement to attend school under G I Bill provisions affects future bonus payments. The answer states that this portion of the Service Men's Readjustment Act has been repealed.
Montana Governor Proclaims Thanksgiving Day in Montana
Gov. Sam C. Ford declares November 28 as Thanksgiving Day in Montana urging all to join a worldwide Bible reading program Christmas based on the text not by might nor by power but by My Spirit. The first postwar year sees Montana joining international efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Sam C. Ford
Montana
American Bible Society
United Nations Meeting Urged for World Peace
A proclamation calls on all thinking people to keep Thanksgiving as a central theme in the search for a firm foundation for permanent world peace during the United Nations meeting. The message emphasizes global harmony and civic responsibility.
Travel to the Orient with the Red Star Division
The 6th Infantry Division known as the Red Star Division has a storied wartime record from New Guinea and Luzon and now serves as a peacetime occupation force in Korea. Enlistment offers three year terms with overseas pay starting at 90 dollars a month for privates plus benefits. Open to men 14 to 34 with parental consent at 17. Local Army Recruiting Station provides details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
6Th Infantry Division
U.S. Army
Red Star Division
New Guinean
Luzon
Korea
6Th
Orient
U.S
Ufe
Army
Judge Voices Free Work Rights for America
The speaker argues that the nation’s riches vanish when the right to work in a free land is lost, urging preservation of individual labor freedom and ownership of natural wealth. The emphasis connects to calls for economic liberty and limited government control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
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