No Comment on Eisenhower Pre-Election Spending Debate
Washington reports indicate New Dealers fault the Eisenhower Administration for rising costs and inflation while accusing it of favoring big business. They note White House orders to cut federal spending and pursue tax relief only if a Treasury surplus exists, highlighted by a three day conference in Washington with 1000 private leaders and small firm representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Treasury
Congress
Dillon's Big Banquet For Montana Volunteers
George M. Melton recalls a 1898 Dillon banquet for Montana volunteers heading to the Philippines. The town laid out feasts along the depot lawn with beef roasts fried chicken pies cakes bread and butter as seven trainloads of soldiers passed. The emotional send off featured a blue uniformed company and a farewell band playing God Be With You Til We Meet Again as the trains departed.
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Cloyd Wampler
Big Hole Country
Big Hole
Dillon
Maine
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Montana
Helena
Union Pacific
San Francisco
Philipines
Company E
Montana Volunteer Regiment
Council Begins Street Sign Plan for North Montana Arterial
Dillon city council approved stop signs for all approaches to the new arterial highway along north Montana east Helena and Atlantic streets. A blinker will be placed at the Montana Helena intersection. Police report 36 arrests this month with $799 in fines. Mayor Lovell presided as Williams and Innes noted the crackdown continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Montana
East Helena
Atlantic
Helena
East Side
Williams
Evans Innes
Philip J. Lovell
Local Office Aids Handicapped In Finding Jobs
Dillon State Employment Service head Paul Stahl Jr notes Oct 6 12 is National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week with focus from President Eisenhower and Governor Aronson. He cites 61 local placements last year and urges employers to utilize handicapped workers as capable contributors benefiting individuals and the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Stahl, Jr
State Employment Service Office
Dillon
Eisenhower
J. Hugo Aronson
Stahl
Legion Auxiliary Fall Convention Held Here Sunday
The Mining District held its Legion and Auxiliary fall convention with district officers from both organizations present. Sessions occurred at Beaverhead Post clubhouse for the Legion and St. James Guild Hall for the Auxiliary, followed by a joint banquet at Elks Hall. State officials C. H. Papenfuss and Chet Shore addressed delegates during the sessions and banquet, as officers from Anaconda Helena Dillon and Butte were listed among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Auxiliary
Legion
Beaverhead Post
St. James Guild Hall
Elks Hall
C. H. Papenfuss
St. Ignatius
Chet Shore
Helena
State Department
Legion District
Tom McCarver
Anaconda
Ed Swetish
Dillon
Thomas A.kelly
Frank Harrington
Butte
Dorothy Koehler
Phil Lyons
Charles West
William Hughes
Tom Lake
Deer Lodge
Byron Gilliland
Charles Everhard
Philipsburg
H. W. Rodgers
Jim Womack
Hearing On Right Of Way Matter In District Court
Witnesses testified on land values in the highway condemnation case before Judge Philip Duncan in District Court. The proceedings condemn land owned by Les and Ruby Staudenmeyer and Ora and Mildred Roselle at Monida for U S Highway 91 on the new interstate system. Commissioners chosen to fix the land value are Herman Peterson Walter S Jones and Emmett Jones all of Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Duncan
Les
Ruby Staudenmeyer
Ora
Mildred Roselle
Monida
Beaverhead County
Herman, Peterson
Walter S. Jones
Emmett Jones
Dillon
Garry Again Heads Seal Sale For Beaverhead County
John C. Garry of Dillon is reappointed Christmas Seal Sale chairman for Beaverhead County by John H. Casebolt of the Montana Tuberculosis Association. Garry, a Western Montana College of Education assistant professor, urged residents to support the 1957 campaign amid six Beaverhead County TB cases reported this year, four in Dillon, compared with two a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Garry
Dillon
Beaverhead County
John H. Casebolt
Helena
Montana Tuberculosis Association
Garry
Western Montana College of Education
State Board of Health
Raids By Hungry Bears Keep Ranchers Hopping
Special from Polaris reports recurring bear raids on ranch properties along the Elkhorn area. Bears entered meat houses at Circle S pole cutter camp and R. E. Spence’s cow camp, disturbed garbage cans near Elkhorn Springs, and damaged Walter Pad dock cabin by tearing a storm door and overturning a refrigerator.
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Circle S
Elkhorn
Bruin
R. E. Spence
Elkhorn Springs
Elkhorn Road
Walter Paddock
Jack Miller
College invites community to form large concert band
Dillon area residents and students are invited to join a new community concert band at the college. An organizational meeting will be held next Wednesday Oct 16 at 7 p.m. in the college auditorium under director Ashford B Kelley. Instruments are loaned on site if needed.
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Dillon
Beaverhead
Ashford B. Kelley
Henry Mikkelson Receives National Award for Service
Henry J. Mikkelson Sanders county extension agent and Montana Association leader is named winner of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents Distinguished Service Award. The presentation occurs at the national meeting in Boston October 13 to 17.
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Henry J. Mikkelson
Sanders County
Montana County Agents Association
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
National Association
Boston
Mikkelson
Montana
Iraq
Montana State College
Belgrade
Columbia Sheep Breeders Association of America
Gallatin County
County Doctors to Administer Tuberculosis Tests in Schools
Beaverhead county physicians volunteer to perform tuberculin skin tests for about 1500 students teachers and staff as part of a School Certification program. Positive reactors will be referred to family physicians for full diagnosis with x rays funded by the Beaverhead County Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
American School Health Association
Dillon
Beaverhead County Volunteers Attend Cancer Society Workshop
Beaverhead representatives Mrs. J. H. Gilbert and Mrs. Dan Piccone will attend a Montana ACS workshop in Butte October 11 and 12. The session trains volunteers on new cancer control developments and implementation across the state division. They will vote on division directors at the business meeting and return with information to share locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer
Society
Montana
Butte
Beaverhead
J. H. Gilbert
Dan Piccone
Gilbert
ACS
Long
Pendergast Heads State FFA Group At National Meeting
Tom Pendergast, a 1957 graduate of Heaverthead County High School, leads more than 80 Montana Future Farmers of America members at the 30th annual national convention in Kansas City. Pendergast serves as State FFA president with Noel Emond of Malta as a state officer delegate.
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Tom Pendergast
Heaverthead County High School
Montana Assn
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
FFA
Pendergast
Noel .Emond
Malta
Treasure State
Gosmans To Hold Popular Rexall Sale Next Week
Gosman Drug Co announces a Rexall 1c sale running Monday October 14 through Saturday October 19. Buy two identical Rexall items for the price of one plus a penny, spotlighted by an on air musical by Pinocchio and an all star cast Sunday October 13. Publicized sales date back to Rexall Drug Co promotions to introduce merchandise.
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Gosman Drug
Rexall
George M. Gosman
Rexal Drug Co
Week's Arctic Weather Brings Snow to Montana
An arctic air mass spread across Montana causing a sharp weekly shift. Rain changed to snow, blanketing the region 4 to 6 inches deep and adding .82 inch of precipitation at the Western College weather station. Low this morning reached 33 degrees.
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Montana
Western College Weather Station
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George M. Melton
Council
Legion-Auxiliary
County TB Fund
Henry Mikkelson
Association
Cancer Society
Nat’l
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