Service Men Home and Overseas News Update
The column lists service members connected to Beaverhead area returning home on furlough or awaiting duties. Pvt Donald Laden returns to Camp Ellis after visiting Dillon and Butte. Sir Floyd Butler departs for Navy duty in Miami. Pfc Donald H. Flint completes an Army welding course in New Britain and served since September 192 overseas. Cpl Martin Ambrose Jr expects furlough from Oakland Naval Hospital. Pvt Leonard Schultz travels from New Guinea with eye treatment. S/Sgt Mary Dawn Warner promoted at El Centro Marine base. Clifford Olson of Lima granted honorable discharge from Camp Bowie. Pvt Dan Henneberry remains with Seventh Army in France after Italy service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald H. Flint
New Britain
Hawaiian Islands
H. L. Flint
Monida
Cpl
Martin J. Ambrose, Jr
U. S. Naval Hospital
Oakland
Calif
South Pacific
M. J. Ambrose
Pvt
Leonard A. Schultz
Beaverhead County
New Guinea
Schulz
Idaho Falls
Clifford G. Olson
Lima
Selective Board
Camp Bowie
Texas
Union Pacific Railroad
Minnesota
Leaders of projects meet in Dillon community groups
Local organizations meet in Dillon and nearby towns including Lima Melrose Riverside Wise River and Reichle to discuss home arts homemaker initiatives. Notable attendees include Mrs Jess Brown Mrs Walter Bastian Mrs Ralph Quigley and others representing Dillon Better Homes club Home Arts Home Makers and Merry Mixers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Brown
Dell
Walter Bastian
Ralph Quigley
Jackson
John Krause
Harry Lapham
Lima
Donald Tash
J. A. Westerfield
Melrose
Bernard Lively
Reichle
Lars Kalsta
William Garrison
Riverside
Carl Hansen
Enos Hansen
Wise River
Walter Goose
Verne Stanchfield
Dillon
Better Homes Club
Ralph Liggett
Byron Nay
Harry McMannis
Ray McPherson
Fred Kerr
Harry Tash
Archie Green
Chris Peterson
Recreation Center to Open Friday with New Furnishings
The American Legion auxiliary recreational committee announces the recreation center will open Friday. Donations and old furniture will be renovated. ping pong sets are in demand and food donations are welcomed. Committees led by Gosman include Furniture Games and Food with named chairmen and members. A nickelodeon will be acquired for the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gosman
James Selway
Joe Shaw
Ted Hazelbaker
Jackie Coppin
Dale Pettit
Erwin Marchesseau
Shirley Stocker
Leonard Waldemar
Pat Carrigan
Jean Stamm
Bernice Gleed
Betty Lou Glassey
Mildred Nissen
Helen Burt
Nickelodeon
American Legion Auxiliary
Ben Davis
Local youth wounded. arrives in England before D-Day
A local youth reported wounded overseas in June arrives in England just before D-Day. He then reaches France the following month on his nineteenth birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Annual Seal Sale Co Opens Here Monday
Three Montana organizations endorsed the 1944 Christmas seal sale this week as Mrs. Selway announced the local drive. Montana Federation of Women's Clubs, Montana Congress of Parents and Teachers, and the American Legion Auxiliary urged citizens to buy Christmas seals to fight tuberculosis and protect family health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
T. E. Gilbert
W. B. Willey
A. L. McArthur
Montana
Selway
Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs
Montana Congress of Parents and Teachers
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Dee A. Patton
Dillon
Montana American Legion Auxiliary
Dean King
Kalispell
Federated Women’s Clubs
C.W. Gross
Helena
State Parents and Teachers Congress
Montana Tuberculosis Association
Beavers Prep For Busier Cage Season This Year
Beavers unveil a heavy December slate with seven home games and a long list of opponents from Salmon to Twin Bridges. Veterans lost to service leave Coach Johnson with a young nucleus led by Chuck Davis and Thompson, plus candidates Gosman Porter Bateman and Selway to cover key roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver
Salmon
Ida
Deer Lodge
Philipburg
Ennis
Butte High
Butte Central
Livingston
Sheridan
Anaconda Central
St. Peters
Bozeman
Anaconda High
Whitehall
Anaconda
Beavers
Dale Dart
Jack Davis
Dan Boka
Dee Smith
Dick Pierce
Chuck Davis
Thompson
Johnson
Gosman
Porter
Bateman
Selway
Davis
H. Smith
Blomquist
Burwell
McLaren
Concert to Be Given at High School by Local Talent
Alfreda Paddock Peggy Sutherland Marcheta McMenomey Miriam Morse Margot Luebben Pat McFadden Janet Curry appear on the program alongside Hewitt Martineel trumpe solos by the mixed hours trombone solos by Bruce Grimes soprano numbers by Miss Pat McFadden and three selections by the concert band The Sunday Evening Hour programs presented by the department have grown popular with Dillon music lovers since their institution by Mr Honeychurch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfreda Paddock
Peggy Sutherland
Marcheta McMenomey
Miriam Morse
Margot Luebben
Pat McFadden
Janet Curry
Hewitt Martineel
Bruce Grimes
Dillon
Mr. Honeychurch
Dillon Elks Set Sunday WWI Medal Tributes Nationwide
Dillon lodge No. 1554 participates with 300 Elks lodges presenting Medals of Valor to next of kin of Elks who died in service. Memorial services occur Sunday at 1,400 lodges. Rev. Lewis D. Smith delivers address. Memorial ritual and musical interludes featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Lodge
Lewis D. Smith
St. James Episcopal Church
Nebraska City
Neb
Grand Lodge
Patricia. McFadden
Fred Honeychurch
O.K. Moe
A. S. Cashmore
Clarence Baril
William H. Mitchell
James A. McCollum
Presbyterian Services Set With Youth Program Sunday
The Rev. G. H. McCleave of Lewistown will lead the 11 o'clock Sunday service at the Presbyterian church. A youth program is scheduled for 5 PM with a social hour to follow. Sunday school meets at 10 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. McCleave
Lewistown
Presbyterian
Road System to Form Pattern For Feeder Highways
Montana will build secondary or farm to market roads after the war along existing county roads under state policy. State highway engineer Howard W. Holmes says the system will feed rural traffic to primary highways, ensuring maximal transport for growers and highway use. The federal aid secondary share is capped at 10 percent, setting feeder mileage at 6,800 of 68,000 total miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Highway Department
Howard W. Holmes
Holmes
Housing priorities listed here in Dillon area
Relief from the housing shortage is made possible as the National Housing Agency grants unlimited residential conversion priorities for Dillon. George W. Coplen says the area is eligible for remodeling existing dwellings into smaller units under War Production Board and NHA guidance. Applications go to the Federal Housing Administration in Helena. materials from the War Housing Critical List may be used and rents follow OPA rules. Occupancy not limited to war workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
George W. Coplen
National Housing Agency
War Production Board
NHA
Theederal Housing Administration
Helena
OPA
Mrs Patton Attends Legion Convention in Hamilton
Mrs Dee A Patton attended the district convention of the American Legion and auxiliary in Hamilton on Sunday, serving in her role as department president of the auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee A. Patton
The
American Legion and Auxiliary
Hamilton
Thanksgiving Gathering in Bozeman Spans Families
Dr. and Mrs. R. D. Curry and Janet joined Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hawkins and Donnie for a Thanksgiving visit with Pat Curry and Bill Hawkins in Bozeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Curry
Janet
W. W. Hawkins
Donnie
Bozeman
Pat Curry
Bill Hawkins
War Department Confirms Pvt Willis Wounded in France
Mrs. George Willis received a War Department telegram stating Pvt George Willis of the Army infantry was slightly wounded in action in France on November 12. Willis had been a Your Cash clerk in Dillon, with family in Dillon and Sheridan, and overseas service linked him to two other soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
George Willis
Pvt
Army Infantry
France
Davis
England
Willis
Andrew Ferko
Your Cash
Beaverhead
Madison Counties
Dillon
Sheridan
Community to Host Firemen and Ladies Dance
The city hall event will be private with firemen and invited ladies attending. The gathering will not be open to the public, though firemen may invite friends.
Funeral services for Dell resident Frank Burrell
The funeral of Frank Burrell a Dell resident for fifty years was held Friday afternoon from Brundage chapel. Mrs Edna Blackburn of the Baptist church officiated and interment was in Mountain View cemetery. Pall bearers were W L Peterson Harold Price John Sweeney Paul Martinell Edwin Whitworth and Harold Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Burrell
Dell
Brundage Chapel
Edna Blackburn
The
Baptist Church
Mountain View Cemetery
W. L. Peterson
Harold Price
John Sweeney
Paul Martinell
Edwin Whitworth
Harold Peterson
W W Wetzel Named Beaverhead Supervisor
W W Wetzel, a botany specialist at Montana State College Bozeman, is named Beaverhead Supervisor. He is a grazing and range management authority and known across southwestern Montana. Mr Hendren, a Washington native, studied forestry at Missoula and Washington, joined the service in 1921, and rose to assistant forest supervisor before transfer to Nez Perce in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
Bozeman
Seal Region
Montana
Mr. Hendren
Washington
Missoula
University
Lewis and Clark Forest
Nez Perce
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Roberts
Mulkey
Andrew Rasmusson
Williston
N. D
Donald Laden
Camp Ellis
Ill
John Laden
Butte
91St Field Hospital
Floyd Butler
Butler
Navy
Miami
Mary Dawn Warner
Ser
Geant
Marine Air Base
el Centro Calif
Harold M. Warner
Dan E. Henneberry
the Examiner
Seventh Army
Italy
Gee
American Medical Association
Council On Physical Therapy
J. J. Kelley
Butte, Mont
Luther Smith
P. D. Box
Dillon, Mont
Unite
Granite St
Service Butte, Mont
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte, Montana
Dane
Einar Holboell
America
United States
B. P. C. Ellis Medal of Valor
Dillon Elks Plan
Paler
Montana Power Company
Dillon Trio
Burrell Rites
W. W. Wetzel
Dillon Feed & Seed Co
WM. J
Bill” Bryant
NEW York Life
Wash
Mont
First National Bank
Sre
Northwest Encorporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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