John Wharton Dies on Wisdom Ranch at 65
John Calvin Wharton 65, prominent Butte family member, died Thursday afternoon while working on his ranch near Wisdom on the Big Hole river. A Montana Tech graduate and early agriculture winner, Wharton was married to Winifred Williams and survived by a sister and several nieces and a nephew. Funeral services were held in Butte with burial at Mount Moriah.
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Montana Standard
John Calvin Wharton
Butte
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Big Hole
Wisdom
Wharton
Northwest
J. R. Wharton
Elizabeth Noyes Wharton
Mr. Wharton
North Fork
Montana
England
Europe
Winifred Williams
Cleator Moore
Cumberland
Edgar Wild
Missoula
James A. Poore, Jr
Robert A. Poore
Donald Nelson
Milwaukee
Wis
John E. Wild
Helena
Jessie Wharton
Griffith H. Williams
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Great Falls
Richards Funeral Home
Mount Moriah
Electric scoreboard coming to Vigilante Field for Beavers and Bulldogs
Dillon Jaycees in cooperation with Western and Beaverhead High will install an electronic football scoreboard at Vigilante Field by October 5. The project, dubbed Crich field's Folly, is led by Chet Crichfield with a Jaycee committee including George Brown and Leonard Waldemar. Volunteers are invited to help at the Vo-Ag building after 8 p.m.
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Western Bulldogs
Dillon Jaycees
Western
Beaverhead High
Jaycees
Thompson Ave
Crichfield
Chet Crichfield
George Brown
Leonard Waldemar
Jaycee
Bill McCart
Larry Chaffin
Jim Lunny
Bil Wickham
Dick McCracken
J. R. Cumming
Ted Hazelbaker
Frank Davis
Hazel
Grace Methodist Church Announces Sunday Worship and Meetings
Grace Methodist Church schedules morning worship at 9 45 a m and 11 a m. The Women s Society of Christian Service meets Thursday Oct 4 at 3 00 in the church parlors. The MYF gathers Thursday Oct 4 at 7 30 in the evening.
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Grace Methodist Church
Z. A
Women’s Society of Christian Service
MYF
Montana Exceeds Western Tax Averages in 1955 56 Report
A Montana Taxpayers Association study shows Montana residents pay a higher per capita property tax than the ten western states in 1955 56. It details tax shares by source and notes education absorbs about 52 percent of property taxes, with total property tax of 67 958 151 dollars, up 142 percent in ten years.
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Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Montana
California
Wyoming
Oregon
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Arizona
Washington
New Mexico
Friday Deadline for Signing Wheat Agreement
Beaverhead farmers have until Oct. 5 to sign 1957 Acreage Reserve Program agreements, per Art Bay ASC chair. Agreements and program information are at the local ASC office. Spring wheat growers or those who normally plant spring wheat can sign before planting. Any regular wheat producer with an allotment is eligible to participate. Payment is earned by reducing wheat acreage below the 1957 allotment per the agreement.
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Beaverhead
Art Bay
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
Widow Payments Begin Under Revised Social Security Plan
The 1956 amendments extend widow benefits to age 62 from 65 for widows of workers covered by Social Security. Applications may be filed now, with earliest payments due November 1956. Widows must provide birth and marriage dates and may visit the Dillon Employment Service on October 11 or 25 between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m.
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Employment Service Office
Dillon
Dillon Woman Delores Spegar Hospitalized After Collapse
Mrs Delores Spegar a well known Dillon woman was taken to Barrett hospital Saturday night after she reportedly collapsed in the store and newsstand where she is employed Her condition on Monday was reported to be improved
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Delores Spegar
Dillon
Barrett Hospital
Duck Season Opens Saturday for Montana Hunters
Montana Fish and Game announces duck season starts Saturday Oct 6 lasting 75 days until Dec 19. Goose season ends Dec 4 after 60 days. Daily bag limits set at five ducks with specific species rules and a ten bird limit for coot and mud hen. Goose limits five with up to two dark geese. import rules for Canada explained and snow goose restrictions in certain counties to protect trumpeter swan. Hunters urged to field dress birds and keep plumage as proof of species.
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Montania
Canada
Madison
Jefferson
Beaverhead
Fish and Game
Andrew Danielson Dies at Barrett Hospital
Andrew G. Danielson 71 longtime resident of stead and vicinity died at Barrett hospital Tuesday night after months of ill health. A native of Sweden he worked as a carpenter and did extensive construction in Horse Prairie area. Survived by wife Olive and several relatives funeral Friday at 2 pm Brundage Chapel with Dillon Elks rites. burial Mountain View cemetery.
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Andrew G. Danielson
Stead
Barrett Hospital
Mr. Danielson
Sweden
Olive Danielson
Brundage Chapel
BPOE
Dillon Elks Lodge
Mountain View Cemetery
Naval Fleet Review Sees Sanborn and Backus Aboard Ships
Long Beach California hosts a massive naval review with 72 ships of the First Fleet and 160 Navy aircraft including the Blue Angels. Robert B. Sanborn radarman third class USN serves on the USS Bennington and James S. Backus seaman USN serves on the USS Columbus, both Dillon residents.
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U.S. First Fleet
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Blue Angels
Bennington
Robert B. Sanborn
USN
Byron. E. Sanborn
W. Reeder
Dillon
Mont
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Republican Central Committee
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