Fall Meeting of P T A Held Monday Night
Members of the P T A held their first meeting of the school year at the Bagley building with about 125 in attendance. Superintendent Laurence Walker spoke on hot lunch programs and a committee was formed to study establishment details. Members were urged to save silverware coupons for a future purchase and a delegate was chosen for the state convention in Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P-Ta
Bagley
Ernest Pewe
Norman Ovitt
Lasich
Ovitt
Henry Meinie
Paul Boetticher
H. W. Wheat
C. L. Fitzsimmons
O. K. Moe
Laurence Walker
Walker
Weldon Payne
L. L. Lindley
Supt. Walker
Dan Ibey
Margaret Gransberg
William Straugh
Payne
Great Falls
Richard Burns
Dan Carpita
J. Womack
T. W. Sargent
O’reilly
Womack
Dillon Elks Sponsor Youth Boxing Classes and October Events
E R Hilger exalts Dillon Lodge 1554 BPOE announces boxing classes for boys from eighth grade to high school with sessions each Wednesday at 6 30 PM in the Elks hall. Coaches are Wes Strasser Kenneth Brown Norman Downing. October activities include square dancing social nights initiation visits and a Halloween dance with a smoker and basket social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Hilger
Dillon Lodge
B.P.O.E
Elks Hall
Wes Strasser
Kenneth Brown
Norman Downing
Foods Allocated To Lunch Program in Montana
Canned peaches and process cheese join the list of commodities allocated to Montana for the School Lunch program. Peaches total 67 425 pounds and will be distributed from California, while about 60 000 pounds of cheese will come from Wisconsin. Purchases use funds under Section 6 of the National School Lunch Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Production and Marketing Administration Office
California
Wisconsin
Sivalion
WMCE Bulldogs Set For Carroll Gridders Sunday
Nancyann Petersen was installed Monday night as worthy advisor of Dillon assembly Order of the Rainbow for Girls in the Masonic temple. Other officers included Elizabeth McCollum as worthy associate advisor and Elaine Anderson as charity, with a long list of officers and installing officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wmce Bulldogs
Carroll
Nancyann Petersen
Rainbow Assembly
P. C. Petersen
Dillon Assembly
Order of the Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Elizabeth McCollum
Worthy
Elaine Anderson
Charity
Beverly George
Hope
Jeanette Watkins
Faith
Carolyn Sargent
Charlotte Redburn
Myrna McCarthy
Confidential Observer
Pat Richardson
Outer Observer
Elizabeth Ann Orr
Joyce Sneed
Geneese Cook
Anne Ruth Peterson
Nature
Sharon Lindley
Immortality
Jean Sanborn
Fidelity
Alice Lessey
Janet Brown
Service
Nancy Shafer
Ann Ronnemose
Verna Marie Jenkins
Barbara Flitton
Joan Dumke
Billie Lessey
R. D. Curry
Dotty Kneeland
Marshall
Marilyn Mockel
Rev Belle Long Returns to Buffalo Mission Field
The Rev Belle Long leaves Dillon after twelve years to resume church missionary work in Buffalo New York. She will join Prospect Avenue Baptist Church and previously helped establish the new Baptist church building the Christian Rest Home and El Bethel summer camp. Her Dedication influenced local welfare and youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Dillon
Belle Long
First Baptist Church
Prospect Avenue Baptist Church
Long
New Baptist Church
Arthur W. Allen
Christian Rest Home
South Washington Street
Edna Blackburn
el Bethel
Argenta
Coroner Loses Trigger Finger in Saw Accident
Coroner Raymond Schwartz lost his trigger finger in a power saw accident at his home Sunday while sawing fireplace logs. He says three other fingers on his right hand can be learned to use. He was hospitalized at Barrett Hospital and released after a day under observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Schwartz
Schwartz
Barrett Hospital
Lt Porter Returns on Leave From Korean Zone
1st Lt. Jack R. Porter of the Air Corps came home on leave after 17 months in the Korean War area. He is headed to Kelly Field near San Antonio Texas for a new assignment. He traveled with his wife and infant son and stayed with his grandmother Mrs Ollie Porter and his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs James Farrell from San Angelo Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Jack R. Porter
Air Corps
Rean War
Porter
San Angelo
Ollie Porter
James Farrell
Bulldogs Meet Carroll College Saints In Season Opener
Coach Bill Straugh's Bulldogs host Carroll College Saints Sunday at Vigilante stadium for the first pigskin contest of the season. The probable WMCE lineup features Neubauer Deer Lodge left end through Vandegrift Dillon quarterback with a deep rotation. notable substitutes and injuries listed. booster tickets available at the gate with parking inside the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Straugh
Bulldogs
Carroll College Saints
Carroll
Helena
WMCE
Wayne Neubauer
Deer Lodge
del Valentez
Livingston
Mark Snow
Butte
Dan Connors
Ed Norm Jacobson
Kalispell
Durkin
Anaconda
Ed Mattix
Hot Springs
Ted Wenger
Polson
Floyd Vandegrift
Dillon
Stan Smith
Ft. Benton
Kevin Johnson
al Taylor
Ted Kato
Havre
John McDonald
Don Foley
Bill Bennett
Arnold Barnett
Larry McClung
Wilsall
Frank Hull
Bill Moir
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Almond Deer Lodge
Joe McDonald
Mission
Jim Hebnes
Charles Russell
Boulder
Ron Kenison Dillon
Butch Mueller
Dell Armstrong
Rigby
Idaho
Bill Salo
Wally Landon
Beaverhead Men Called for Pre Induction Exams
Darwin Peterson Bruce Jardine of Jackson Clayton Huntley of Wisdom Patrick O Ball of Dillon were called to Butte Monday for pre induction physicals per J C Fuller secretary of the local selective service board Also Bruce Helming of Wisdom and George M Knapp of Argenta now in Butte will be inducted on Oct 24 with six more to undergo physicals Oct 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin Peterson
Bruce Jardine
Jackson
Clayton Huntley
Wisdom
Patrick O. Ball
Dillon
Butte
J. C. Fuller
Selective Service Board
Beaverhead County
Bruce Helming
George M. Knapp
Argenta
Oil Tanker Strikes Sheep Near Point of Rocks
An oil tanker operated by the Bryce line plowed into a flock of 72 sheep owned by Tom Novich near the new river bridge at Point of Rocks in Madison county. The tanker was en route from Billings to Dillon with gasoline when the accident occurred Thursday night. the driver notified authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce Line
Tom Novich
New River Bridge
Point of Rocks
Madison County
Dillon
Billings
Matt Allen Veteran of 2 Wars Claimed
Matthew J. Allen a Dillon resident and veteran who served in the Spanish American War and World War I died at his East Sebree street home after a long illness. Born October 7, 1866 in Boston he worked as an engineer with General Electric before joining Todd Shipbuilding in Seattle in 1919. He married Mayme F. French in 1919 and is survived by his widow, sisters, and in-laws. Funeral is Friday at St. Rose Catholic church with Rosary Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew J. Allen
Dillon
East Sebree Street
Boston
Mass
Mr. Allen
Harvard
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Navy
Admiral McCullough
Panama Canal
Seattle
Wash
Todd Shipbuilding Company
Mayme F. French
Beaverhead
Todd's
Nell Collins
Adam McBain
Gertrude French
Frank T. Sullivan
St. Paul, Minn
St. Rose Catholic Church
F. X. Lechner
Brundage Chapel
Marines Arrive in San Francisco for Replacement Duty
Sgt. Francis W. Pettit son of Mr and Mrs George W Pettit of this city is among 2000 combat Marines arriving in San Francisco last week for a replacement division. He has been fighting on the Korean front for a long period and has earned an indefinite leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Pettit
George W. Pettit
San Francisco
Ranch hand beaten in cabin by two strangers
Two young men in a black 1940s Chevrolet ambushed ranch hand Andy Hayes at his Grasshopper cabin near Polaris. They beat him, rifled the cabin, stole a Savage rifle and a .22, then fled in Hayes’s car, abandoned near the scene. Hayes was taken to Dillon for treatment. footprints and torn papers are the only clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Hayes
Hayes
Polaris
Paul Temple
Burl Stephens
Oregon
Arizona
Temple
Coulter Given Ranch
Stephens
Dillon
Given Ranch
Bishop Daniels in City for Services
The Rt. Rev. H. H. Daniels of Helena conducted regular services at St James Episcopal in Dillon last Sunday and attended a vestry meeting on Saturday. Mrs. Daniels accompanied him. A successor has not yet been named for Rev. Arthur B. Ward who left with Mrs. Ward and their three children for Appleton Wisconsin where he has taken a post at All Saints church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Daniels
Helena
Montana
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Visitors from Wisdom in city Friday
Visitors in the city Friday from Wisdom were Michael E and Richard W Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisdom
Michael E
Richard W. Green
Former Dillon Contractor Roswell Wemple Dies in California
Roswell T. Wemple, longtime Dillon builder who teamed with Jay Holtz, died Monday in San Diego after the family moved to California in the early 1940s. The funeral will be held in San Diego under Masonic auspices with interment there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell T. Wemple
Dillon
Jay Holtz
San Diego
Calif
J. C. Fuller
Dillon Lodge No
Wemple
California
Masonic Lodge
Dillon J C Charter Meet Set for Thursday
Dillon Jaycees announce charter meeting Thursday noon October 4 with Lee Price Jr. as principal speaker. Price, 33, is a U S Junior Chamber of Commerce president and former FBI agent, slated to confer the charter on Montana’s Dillon group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Price, Jr
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
FBI
Coca Cola Company
Dillon Jaycee Organization
Beaverhead
Price
Swainsboro
South America
O.S.S
England
France
Germany
Norway
Montana
J.C
George Ward
Vaughn-Ragsdale
Dillon
U.S
Walters Registered at University of Montana Missoula
Mark Walters, son of Mr and Mrs J W Walters, has registered at the University of Montana in Missoula as a new student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark. Walters
J. W. Walters
The
University of
Miss Genevieve Albertson recalls London trip for Dillon Rotary
Miss Genevieve Albertson of Western Montana College of Education spoke to the Dillon Rotary Club about her summer in England and studies at the University of London. She described language similarities, wartime damage, food restrictions, exports, and morale, noting a high level of construction and the continent vacations of the well-to-do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
University of London
Dillon Rotary Club
Genevieve Albertson
Western Montana College of Education
Albertson
New York City
Dillon
London
Britain
U.S.A
Lambert Eliel
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lee Price
Ken Downing
Lindley
Livingston
State Board of Health
R. D. Curry
Ralph McFadden
Gregory Burns
Arleta Howard
Mrs Luebben Attends Butte Meet Of D A C Members
Mrs T E Luebben state president of the Montana Daughters of the American Colonists left to preside over the state meeting at the Finlen hotel in Butte. National president Mrs Jerome Powers of Huntington Ind visits during a western tour. Attendees include members from Billings, Bozeman, Shawmut, Havre, Great Falls, Missoula, Anaconda, Dillon and Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Luebben
Montana Society
Daughters of the American Colonists
Washington, D. C
Finlen
Butte
Jerome Powers
Huntington
Ind
West
Billings
Bozeman
Shawmut
Havre
Great Falls
Missoula
Anaconda
Dillion
T. F. McFadden
Luebben
Fred Woodside
Company G Begins Autumn Drills at College Gym
The Montana National Guard unit Co. G resumes drills Monday evening at Western Montana College of Education gym. Capt. John J. Womack returns from infantry school at Ft. Benning. New recruits may enlist at the armory in the gym basement, under M/Sgt. Lyle Louis. Draftees without pre induction physicals may join and be exempt from the draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Montana College of Education
Co. G
Montana National Guard
John J. Womack
Ft. Benning
National Guard
Lyle Louis
Womack
Ranch worker dies after tractor rolls on him near Glen
James B. Burns 61 dies from crushed chest and injuries after an overturned tractor pinned him at the William Garrison ranch near Glen last Friday. Roy Gransberg failed to free him in time. Coroner Raymond Schwartz and Undersheriff Burt Stephens led the investigation and body removal to Dillon. Burns, born in Davey Nebraska, had lived in Beaverhead county 18 years and is survived by his father two brothers and a sister with funeral held at Brundage chapel and burial at Mountain View Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Garrison Ranch
Glen
James B. Burns
Raymond Schwartz
Burns
Roy Gransberg
Gransberg
Bur] Stephens
Walter Brundage
Dillon
Davey
Neb
Beaverhead County
Warren Kunkel
Presbyterian Church
Mountain View
Pall
Husted
Wise River
Garrison
Lewis and Clark tribute marks 37th Beaverhead gathering
A Beaverhead county delegation held the 37th annual Lewis and Clark celebration at the Big Hole river bridge near Glen. Miss Jean Bishop chaired the event sponsored by the Beaverhead chapter of the D A R. Speakers reviewed expedition diary excerpts and local fur trade era notes, followed by singing and a picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Hole River
Glen
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Daughters of the American Revolution
Jean Bishop
T. F. McFadden
Leslie A. Thompson
Columbia River
Beaverhead River
Jefferson
Mrs. McFadden
John Work
Elwood Boucher
AAUW Local Branch Names Officers for Year
The local American Association of University Women unit elects D. I. Emerick as president with C. J. Horren as vice president I. W. Vinsel as secretary and Ruth Dillavoy as treasurer. Several committees are formed including education soci studies international relations creative arts status of women fellowship legislative publicity and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of University Women
D. I. Emerick
C. J. Horren
I. W. Vinsel
Ruth Dillavoy
Zella Flore
S. E. Davis
Jean Bishop
W. J. Bierrum
Hara Hendren
Status of Women
C. J. Hovren
Neven
Mae Howard Leslie
Ernest Luebben
Dorothy Gelhaus
Don Shaffner
D. J. Emerick
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dillon Elks
Korean Zone
Matt Allen
Sgt
Francis Pettit
Bishop Daniels
City
R. T. Wemple
Dillon’s
United States
Jaycees
Miss Alertson
Mrs. Luebben
Butte Meet
Daughters of Colonists
Garrison Ranch
AAUW
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