Service Man Thompson of Dillon Joins 5th Fleet
Rayburn E. Thompson 33 fire controlman third class USNR of Dillon Montana serves with the 5th Fleet occupation forces aboard the USS Colahan Tok yo Bay Delayed. A veteran of the Tokyo strikes Okinawa invasion and the July August strikes against Japan he married Barbara Grey and has two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colahan
Tokyo Bay
Rayburn E. Thompson
USNR
Kentucky Ave
Dillon
Mont
5Th Fleet
Thompson
Tokyo
Okinawa
Navy
Missoula County
Montana State Normal College
Alma Thompson
North Railroad Ave
Elvin
Barbara Grey
Polson
Russell
Marshall
Discharged Army Air Base Sergeant George D. Kurtz Honored
Sgt. George D. Kurtz son of Mrs. Bertha M. Kurtz Dillon completed 38 months service with the Seventh Ferrying Group A T C at Great Falls Mont receiving an honorable discharge under the point system with 82 points. He flew as aerial engineer on a C 87 Liberator Express and made 130 hump trips with the India China division of Air Transport Command at Chabua and Assam. He earned the Asiatic Pacific theater campaign medal with three battle stars the air medal the distinguished flying cross the good conduct medal and a unit citation. Prior to service he worked for Warner Food Store Dillon. He is married to Mrs Thelma Banning Kurtz of Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Dee Pigman Dies at Local Hotel at 53
Dee Pigman 53 World War I veteran died Monday morning at a local hotel after years of poor health. Born February 10 1892 in Prestonburg Kentucky he lived eight years in Beaverhead County and worked at the Lowell Smith ranch near Armstead. He served with the 323d Field Artillery April 29 1918 to May 26 1919. Survived by brother Dudley and sister Jennie of Prestonburg. Funeral held this afternoon at Brundage chapel with Beaverhead American Legion in charge. Burial in Mountain View cemetery Legion plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Pigman
Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital
Prestonburg
Beaverhead County
Lowell Smith
Armstead
323D Field Artillery
Dudley
Jennie
Brundage Chapel
Beaverhead
American Legion
Legion
Mountain View Cemetery
County War Fund DP Far Short in Beaverhead
Beaverhead county has collected 2135.30 toward a 4843.50 War Fund quota. County chairman Lew D. Brundage warned the goal is 2708.20 away and unlikely to be reached this month. Four communities have not reported: Argenta Wisdom Dell and Reichte. Additional Dillon area contributions are hoped this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
National War Fund
Lew D. Brundage
Brundage
Argenta
Wisdom
Dell
Reichte
Dillon
Beaverhead Federation Plans Dillon Fall Meeting
Beaverhead County Federation of Women’s Organizations will hold its annual fall meeting in Dillon on Saturday November 3. Delegates from Wise River Wisdom and Shakespeare clubs attend, with reports from officers and committees, a Dillon Youth Recreational Center briefing, luncheon, and afternoon talks by Prof. Rush Jordan and Mr. Paul Anderson of the Normal college faculty. Two dozen Colorado blue spruce trees were planted on the Normal campus this month with favorable growth and health observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County Federation ‘of
Dillon Shakespeare Club
Dillon
Wise River
Wisdom
Shakespeare Women’s Clubs
St. James Guild Hall
R. L. Jones
Dillon Youth Recreational Center
B. H. Davis
Alma
Guild Hall
Rush Jordan
Normal College
United Nations
Paul Anderson
Olive Kennedy
Presbyterian Manse Society Plans No Hostess Meeting
The Presbyterian Manse society will hold a no hostess meeting at the home of Mrs. Frank Tyro on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Manse Society
Frank Tyro Thursay
Fall clinics for crippled children announced in Montana
Dr. Edythe Hershey announces fall clinics for crippled children across 12 centers in Montana to discover diagnose and recommend treatment. Clinics include an orthopaedic surgeon and a pediatrician with follow up by Public Health Nursing Service to ensure ongoing care and potential welfare assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Services For
Crippled Children
Montana State Board of Health
Edythe Hershey
Montana
Public Health Nursing Service
Division of
State Board of Health
Butte
St. James Hospital
Powell
Deer
Marine sergeant aided by bar patron recovers lost billfold
Sgt. Sidney P. Hodges of Memphis lost $80 and papers in Dillon after stopping en route to Helena. A restaurant attendant recognized Hodges from a picture in the billfold and directed him to the man who had found it in the bar next door. The finder refused reward, saying Hodges earned it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney P. Hodges
Memphis
Tenn
South Pacific
Diogenes
Dillon
Bremerton
Wash
Col
G. D. Jackson, Jr
Helena
Washington
Sgt
Hodges
Sgt. Hodges
Bud
Liberated Prisoner Visits His Sisters in Dillon
Hugh Shields, freed from a Japanese prison camp after Wake Island fell, arrived in Dillon this morning to visit his sisters Mrs. J. C. Fuller and Mrs. Harold C. Murray. He has gained 60 pounds since liberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Shields
Dillon
J. C. Fuller
Harold C. Murray
Wake Island
Armistice Day Observed Across Beaverhead County
Armistice Day events mark the WWI end with Dillon holding a 9 45 a m program at Beaverhead County High School Auditorium led by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars in charge. The U S Army film War Comes to America will be shown, tracing the nation’s entry into war after Pearl Harbor. The high school band, directed by Fred Honeychurch, will perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Police Department
Hallowe’en
American Legion Auxiliary
Roxy Theatre
Elza E. Patrick
Dan Mooney
George Oes
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
American Legion
Lloyd Whipple
Veterans of Foreign Wars
U. S. Army
America
United States
Fred Honeychurch
Dillon Hide and Fur Co In New Hands
Harry Kamber sells the Dillon Hide and Fur Co after 15 years. Howard Rundle will take over and plans to bring in a partner who is also a veteran. Rundle, a discharged veteran with five years service including three years four months in the South Pacific with the 163rd Infantry, says he will stay permanently and guarantees a square deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kamber
Dillon Hide & Fur Company
Howard Rundle
Mr. Rundle
South Pacific
Montana
163Rd Infantry
New Guinea
Philippine Islands
Dillon
Dance at Dell to feature Jimmy Fay orchestra
Muggs new dance hall at Dell hosts another popular dance Saturday night November 3 with Jimmy Fay's orchestra providing the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell
Jimmy Fay
Elks Lodge to Honor Zone Chief in Dillon Visit
Peter E. McBride district deputy of Montana West B P O Elks will visit Dillon lodge No 1554 on November 14 A banquet is set for 7 PM at St James guild hall with reservations due by November 10 through Sol Sabolsky or David Hier After the banquet a lodge meeting will follow with initiation of a class Harold C Murray named to Montana State Elks past exalted rulers committee Joining committee members J L Angstman Havre W J Whelan Butte Phil Johnson Kalispell and J P Wegesser Glendive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter E. McBride
Anaconda
Montana West
B.P.O. Elks
Dillon Lodge
David Hier
St. James Guild Hall
Elks
Sol Sabolsky
Bond Grocery
Eliel’s
1.C.C.F. Hall
Harold C. Murray
Montana State Elks Association
James M. Garey
Kalispell
Jesse L. Angstman
Havre
William. J. Whelan
Butte
Phil Johnson
J. P. Wegesser
Glendive
Beavers 10 Battle for Zone Title
Beaverhead County High School Beavers meet Anaconda Central in a Four Rivers district football final to decide the district title and potential Southern regional fate. Last year the Beavers won 20-0 over the Saints and tied Laurel 6-6 on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Beavers
Anaconda Central
Four Rivers
Saints
Laurel
Fannie B. Jones 75 Dies in Dillon After Ill Health
Mrs. Fannie B. Jones 75 wife of Thomas W. Jones died at her Dillon home at 8 15 this morning after years of ill health. Born Ithaca New York July 5 1870 she came to Dillon in 1882 and later lived in several eastern states before moving here from Chicago ten years ago. Surviving are her husband a brother in law Mr and Mrs A W Butts Butte and a sister Mrs Lula Matteson La Mesa California Funeral arrangements pending at Brundage funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie B. Jones
Thomas W. Jones
Dillon
Ithaca
New York
Mr. Jones
Palmyra
N. Y
Chicago
A. W. Butts
Butte
Lula Matteson
la Mesa
Calif
Brundage Funeral Home
Seniors stage scene from Arsenic and Old Lace at Dillon Rotary
Beaverhead county high school seniors presented a scene from Arsenic and Old Lace at the Dillon Rotary Club dinner. Cast members Margot Luebben, Lois Burt, Virginia Fuller, Stewart Burwell, and Bob Jackson performed. Director Fred Honeychurch, assistant Kathleen Mundt, and Rotary officials attended the event with guests Kenneth Smith and Stewart Burwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Dillon Rotary Club
Joe Shaw
Margot Luebben
Lois Burt
Virginia Fuller
Stewart Burwell
Bob Jackson
Fred Honeychurch
Kathleen Mundt
Pres
W. J. Bierrum
Rotary International
Dillon Club
Sam Wilkinson
Jack Rees
Rotary Magazine
Sheldon E. Davis
J. H. Mikkelson
Albert Erickson
Kenneth Smith
Mrs Bertha Baker Dies At Dillon Home
Mrs Bertha Baker 55 wife of Frank Baker died at her Railroad avenue home Wednesday at 4 20 pm after a year of poor health worsened by a July 1 fall breaking a leg. She was born November 24 1889 in Grantsville Utah and had recently moved to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Baker
Frank Baker
Railroad Avenue
Beaverhead Launches Victory Loan Drive with $250,000 Goal
Beaverhead county launches its Victory loan campaign with a $250,000 goal. W. W. Hawkins, county war finance chairman, to lead volunteers while E. W. Bond heads Dillon area operations and S. F. Erwin oversees out of county sales. County bond quota set at $90,000. Hawkins pledges continued unity from prior drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
W. W. Hawkins
Beaverhead
E. W. Bond
Dillon
S. F. Erwin
Hawkins
Noted Play to Be Given by Seniors
Beaverhead county high school seniors will stage Arsenic and Old Lace in the public speaking room next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 15 p m Margot Luebben and Lois Burt star as Abby and Martha Brewster Fred Honeychurch directs the production and rehearsals have run for a month Refreshments will be served between acts Tickets are on sale by senior class members led by Kath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County High School
Margot Luebben
Lois Burt
Abby
Martha Brewster
Fred Honeychurch
Dillon
Kathleen Mundt
Forest Service Training Camp Underway at Wisdom
Twenty members of the Beaverhead National Forest staff attend a timber management training school in Wisdom this week. Sup. W. W. Wetzel and A.Sup. H. H. Hendren lead sessions on timber sales policies, marking, cruising, and appraisal procedures. After the course, eight men will survey Swamp Creek's timber supply for two months, weather permitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead National Forest
Wisdom
W. W. Wetzel
H. H. Hendren
Swamp Creek
Wetzel
George Russell claimed by illness in Beaverhead County
George Russell 79 of Beaverhead county died Sunday after a brief illness at the county hospital following a stroke. Born December 25, 1865 in St. Lawrence County New York he homesteaded near Dillon in 1912 and later worked on county ranches. Survived by sisters Anna Bartlett Norwood NY Jennie House Norfolk NY and brothers Charles Boston Leslie Watertown Edward Norfolk Clark Potsdam NY. Remains sent to Norwich departing Dillon last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Russell
Beaverhead County
St. Lawrence County
N. Y
Stone Creek
Dillon
Madison County
Anna Bartlett
Norwood
New York
Jennie House
Norfolk
Charles
Boston
Leslie
Watertown
Edward
Clark
Potsdam
Theta Meeting Held At Mrs. Erwin Home
Theta met last evening at the home of Mrs. Mabel Erwin with Mrs. Florence Backus as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta
Mabel Erwin
Florence Backus
Plans for Beaverhead high school annual under way
Senior class leads yearbook planning at Beaverhead County High School with Ned Hatton as editor in chief and Kathleen Mundt as faculty adviser. The staff includes editors, sports and art editors, photographers, typists, and proofreaders across multiple students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Ned Hatton
Mildred Nissen
Joe Shaw
Kathleen Mundt
Jean Lay
Callie Carson
Shirley Stocker
Virginia Tovey
Stewart Burwell
Bruce Grimes
Bob Ryburn
Bill Harrison
Bonnie McMannis
General Pictures
Bob Wolf
Virginia Glassey
Miriam Morse
Margot Luebben
Pat Carrigan
Pat Talent
Rose Marie Marchesseau
Walter Scott
Mike O’brien
Bob Jackson
Mary Jacovac
Lois Burt
Virginia Fuller
Esther Ann Schmittroth
Lee Morse
Margot Lueben
Week of Marriage Licenses Issued in Idaho Town
Clerk Norman Giles reports licenses issued over the past week. Friday applicants include David Wade 21 of Tetonia and Fay Gardner 18 of Idaho Falls. George Orzalli and Vera Hill of Dillon. Saturday entries list Ray Chase 29 and Eva Gartin 26 of Rigby. William Thornock 18 and Elaine Hancock 18 of Blackfoot. Lovell Fox 23 of Ririe and Wilda Patterson 19 of Pocatello. William Gilbert 35 of Wilmington California and Louse Rowe 30 of Preston. Sunday couples Harold Gold 29 and Edna McCulloch 31 of Rexburg. Monday Ernest Dixon 29 and Elizabeth Cox 25 of Virginia City. Jesse Foster and Victor Idaho and Jose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David R. Wade
Tetonia
Idaho
Fay Rosetta Gardner
Idaho Falls
George A. Orzalli
Vera Ann Hill
Dillon
Ray F. Chase
Eva J. Gartin
Rigby
William Thornock
Elaine Hancock
Blackfoot
Lovell D. Fox
Ririe
Wilda Patterson
Pocate
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Mister
Hallowe'en
Ogden Livestock Show
Ray H. Wood
Ogden
Clemon Brothers
Ralph Fetty
Wispin
Johnny Harrer
Bozeman
Tennessee Marine
Elks Lodge
Rotary Meet
Dillon Home
Victory Loan Drive
Foresters OF
Geo. Russell
Beaverhead High
Norman Giles
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