29 Oct 1941
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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1941
Page
1
A collage of items from Los Angeles and beyond notes tongue tasting wine Gossips about inventors seeking solar energy fame a possible school for firing lot attendants and a study of brain power predicting football results. It also mocks shortages smoke memories and a child prodigy who studies calculus Homer and marriage while lampooning fashion and politics in brief humorous vignettes.
Normal College Bulldogs travel to Anaconda to face Carroll College Saints at 7 30 p m under lights in the first intercollegiate gridiron contest in the Smelter city. Knights of Columbus sponsor. advance seats brisk. Mitchell Stadium hosts the game as Dillon fans buy blocks at Gosman Drug. Tickets 75 cents tax included.
Legion committee led by D. W. Paddock organizes a day of events at Beaverhead High School. The program includes a patriotic program in the auditorium, a football game at the fairgrounds, a 6:30 p.m. veterans banquet with speakers, and the 9:30 p.m. Armistice ball at City Hall. Beaverhead Post also hosts an open house for World War veterans and service members at the Metlen hotel dugout.
Beaverhead Madison and Jefferson county members gather at Lavon hall for a two day session on agricultural issues with outside speakers. A social customs study is planned for next Saturday from 1 to 3 30 pm led by Eleanor Nelson.
Wilhelm Jensen and Fred Bridenstine drove cars that collided at the corner of Jack’s Street today. Neither occupant was injured but both vehicles suffered substantial damage.
Exalted Ruler Homer Faust of the Dillon Ells lodge announced that the regular lodge meeting set for Nov. 11 will be held Saturday, Nov. 8. The gathering opens the winter social season with an old fashioned dancing and card party chaired by Herman Schwab.
A large crowd gathered at the Hereford stock show held beside the county fairgrounds grandstand in ideal fall weather. Bud Harrison of Polaris won the stockmen's judging contest, with Mrs. H B Sager second, Jess Tope of Wisdom third, and Mrs. Tom Clemon of Jackson fourth.
Ott Gordon of Dillon, long employed as an electrician at the Bremerton government shipyards, earned his second class rating as his probation period ended and anticipates another promotion soon. He was active with the Dillon Rifle Club and notes rifle matches at Seattle with high scores using iron and tele scope sights, including a 91x100 off-hand and 97x100 prone.
Mizpah chapter No 13 O E S held Past Matrons Night at the Masonic hall with a 6 pm reception and a Rainbow Girls banquet in the dining room. Mr and Mrs Jardine Rife chaired the lodge meeting while past matrons filled most chairs. Mrs Waldron Boger and Mrs Erwin Christensen organized the music program.
The Dillon Rotary Club noted Navy Day at its last night meeting in the Methodist church supper room. A. L. Koch of the navy recruiting station at Butte spoke, with T. Lee McCracken presiding. He traced naval history and Roosevelt’s support for a strong navy.
The Dillon chapter of the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers schedules its banquet and dance for Thursday, November 6 at the guild hall. Mrs Channing of Ennis will address members as Montana Pioneers Society president, joined by Lester Loble of Helena, state president of the Society of Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers, with several local speakers to follow.
Don C Gilbert 24 son of Mr and Mrs W G Gilbert Dillon completes basic flying at Moffett Field Air Corps Basic Flying School joining a class of about 170 cadets He will attend the Phoenix Arizona advanced flying school for final 10 weeks then receive his commission as a second lieutenant After graduation he may serve in a tactical unit or as an instructor Gilbert arrived August 18 from Palo Alto School King City California and is a Beaverhead County High School and Montana State University graduate member of Sigma Chi fraternity
Wary pheasants and Hungarian partridges held their own against hunters in Beaverhead valley Sunday. Deputy Game Warden Charles R. Pride ran three checking stations with over a hundred cars checked. No violations or arrests were reported and no accidents occurred despite a large turnout.
Coach D L Johnson says the Beaver squad will travel to Anaconda Friday night for a non conference game against St Peter s. A large group of students and local fans plan to accompany the team. The Armistice day opponent here has not yet been decided.
Navy Day was observed in Dillon with flag displays and window decorations in local businesses. Programs were held at the schools while A. L. Koch from the Butte navy recruiting station spoke to Rotarians, and T. Lee McCracken distributed posters and literature as county chairman.
Beaverhead county farmers are asked to plan production for dairy poultry and pork under the Food-for-Freedom drive and sign up on forms. The survey links with the annual Triple-A sign-up moved up six months, aiming for full county participation and clear production goals across milk eggs meat grains and vegetables.
A eight girl II junior club rifle team fired the first of four matches in a national postal contest at the high school indoor range. Scores posted Monday include Chickie Ross 86 Pat Stamm 86 Betty Lou Christensen 84 Betty Barry 80 June Pendleton 73 Viola Nissen 62 with Hilda Long and Loretta McDowell not shooting Other teams listed include Ames 78 Rice 67 Spence 63 McNamee 61 Routledge 60 Anderson 52 J Stamm 46.
Kenneth Dilley, 25, a U. S. Army private from Dillon, died from a gunshot in Calaveras county after being reported AWOL from Fort Leonard Wood. Found with a 38 caliber revolver nearby, coroner John Gardella said death appeared self-inflicted. Dilley, a Dillon native, had lived there until moving to California last April to enlist. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Oren C. Dilley.
A. C. Bayers' entry record at the Hereford show earns Grand Championship, best general exhibit, best pair, and top placements. He offers 75 high quality Hereford bulls in a sale at the new Butte stockyards on Sunday, with Fred Reppert of Decatur, Indiana as auctioneer. All sale offerings come from the Bayers Hereford ranch at Twin Bridges.
Beaverhead county will send seven men to the Missoula induction station on November 5 at noon. The group includes a California transfer and five Montana residents: Andrew H. Anderson Dillon Peter H. Sweeney Dell Walter B. Nettick Frank P. Abish Dillon Harold J. Scriv Wise River and Lawren Knudson Wisdom. J C Fuller clerk of the local board announced the report time and location. State selective service quarters ask employers to list needs with the nearest employment office to aid reemployment of Montana men released from service.
The Republican Women's club held a well attended meeting last Friday in the court room at the court house. Mrs. J. P. Best presided and named committee members for the year across program publicity hospitality membership and related roles with numerous members listed.
After two weeks of warm ideas the region saw a weather change with clouds and snow flurries and a chilly north wind. Hunters watched for tracking snow and the flight of northern ducks while residents hoped for a short spell. The lowest temperature reported was 15 above.
Wallace Hobbs was sentenced to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to forgery in district court before Judge H. G. Rodgers on Monday. He was arrested after attempting to cash a $21.50 check drawn on Roy McNinch of Dell at McCracken's. Hobbs claimed his home was in Wyoming.
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