Dillon rodeo parade ends with queen contest and prizes
The 1953 Dillon three day rodeo features a Labour Day parade starting 11 am on Pacific street, a queen contest with a 1954 Admiral prize set, and nightly shows at the fair grounds. Events include bareback riding, saddle bronc, Brahma bull riding, bulldogging, calf roping, trick riding and clown stunts. Fred Brown serves as announcer with prize sash displays at Vaughn and Ragsdale.
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Dillon
Dailor
Todesa
Joe Smith
Nas
Saturca
SaturCar
Will de Gior
Puire
Alendal P
Mearight
Fair Grounds
Fred Brown
Beards and Western Wear Head Jaycee Rodeo Events
Beards sprout in a Jaycees contest while western apparel proves recommended as citizens prepare for a Dillon rodeo. A planned wagon train titled West Marie the Women is expected to arrive Thursday evening, escorted into town by a German band and the roundup committee.
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Kate
George Ward
Ed Hallv
Storn Bob Smith
Joe Smith
Fer
Olsor
Hewitt Martinell
Verl Saturtt
Ben Davis Jr
Elorais
Dsitit
Aho
Jaycee
Jaycees
Dillon
Sunawn
Annual Boys State Activities Close in Dillon
Montana’s 369 high school boys completed the nine day American Legion sponsored Boys State session at Western Montana College Dillon. They formed parties, ran primaries and a general election, and enjoyed social events. Leroy Wilkes Tompson Falls won the governorship with Pioneer party. Pete Rhinehart Missoula was Frontier nominee. Associate justices included Bill Blerrum and Charles Pilgrim defeated Steve Frankino.
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Montana
Western Montana College
Dillon
American Legion
Histone
Virginia City
Leroy Wilkes
Tompson Falls
Pioneer Party
Pete Rhinehart
Missoula
Frontier Party
Dylon
Bill Blerrum
Supreme Court
Blinker Light Installed at City Limits Intersection
Dan Mooney announces a new blinker light at the Dillon city north limits where US 91 and State Route 41 meet. US 91 through Dillon now features center stripes to guide through traffic.
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Dillon
Dan Mooney
Local 4 H Winners Crowned At State Congress
Eight Beaverhead Madison Jefferson 4 H members plus two leaders and county agents attended the state 4 H congress in Bozeman. Prizes included blue ribbons for Ruth Ann Brown and Claire Larson in dress revue and clothing events, red ribbons for Sylvia Ibey and Betty Hoy in agriculture and clothing, and other honors in foods sheep beef and home living categories. Margaret Ann Wolfe served as junior leader delegate.
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Beaverhead
Madison
Jefferson
Bozeman
Ruth Ann Brown
Claire Larson
Madson-Jefferson
Viola Jensen
Carol Lee Piper
Connie South
Dixie Martin
Kathleen Paige
Madison-Jefferson
Sylvia Ibey
Betty Hoy
Barbara Carlson
Evelyn Johnson
Jim Hanson
Janice Clark
Madison- Jefferson
Carol Cocanougher
Ethel Oliver
Wives of Dillon Jaycees Host Bake Sale Saturday
The Dillon Jaycees wives group will run a bake sale at Vaughn and Ragsdale’s Dillon store beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday September 5. Proceeds support club activities.
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Dillon Jaycees
Vaughn and Ragsdale
Dillon
Dillon Considers New Truck Route and Parking Improvements
Dillon plans a new truck route diverting northbound traffic east from Montana and Helena streets to Atlantic, then south to rejoin Highway 91 at Atlantic and Glendale. The project includes paving from Idaho to Atlantic and resurfacing Atlantic to Glendale with possible state aid, plus a Montana street angle parking zone from Bannack to the U P depot widening the street to 18 feet and adding about 25 parking spaces. Lt Gov Gosman Warren Stone and George M Melton met state highway officials in Helena to discuss the proposals.
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Dillon
George Melton
Montana
Helena
Atlantic
Glendale
Idaho Street
Montana Street
US 91
Bannack Street
U. P
George M. Gosman
Warren Stone
Beaverhead
Beaver Grid Squad Opens Practice as Sept 11 Butte Tilt Looms
Beaverhead county high school begins 1953 football preparations with coach Ben Tyrand listing 32 varsity prospects including John McCollum, Gunnar Kalsta, Jack Selway and Jack Zink. Added transfers Bennie Reynolds and Tom Glennon join a group of returning lettermen led by Don Weston and Gordon Donovan. The Beavers play the Butte Reds reserves September 11 at Millgante field in Dillon, renewing a tone of rivalry with MSU Grizzly ties.
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Lewis T. Poole
Ben Tyrand
George Scott
Beaver
Beaverhead County High Chool
Tyrand
John McCollum
Bill Bierrum
Gunnar Kalsta
Jack Selway
Joe Turner
Jerry Dumke
John Nelson
Bob Loveridge
Dan Pendergast
Jack Zink
Beaver Letterman
Don Westad
Jack Kenison
Letterman
Kenison
Bennie Reynolds
Butte
Tom Glennon
Twin Bridges
Cii
Pri
Beavers
Butte Reds
Jackson Dillon Road to Be Fixed
State highway commission to open bids September 16 for grading and surfacing the state road between Dillon and Jackson starting at Carroll Hill and extending 72 miles toward Dillon. Highways department seeks improvements on the congested link.
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Jackson-Dillon Road
State Highway Commission
Dillon
Jackson
Carroll Hill
Lima Man Serves with Army In Japan
Pfc. Robert L Sawyer of Lima appears as he looked earlier this summer while typing reports for an army division on a command post exercise in Japan. A clerk typist in the adjutant general's section of the 24th infantry division, he is part of U S security forces in the Japanese islands. A former Lima high school student, he joined the army in August 1952 and arrived in the Far East in February 1953.
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Robert L Sawyer
Lima
Japan
Tant
24Th Infantry Division
U. S
Lima High School
Army
Far East
Tax unchanged in Beaverhead and neighboring counties
The Montana Taxpayers' Association reports Beaverhead Park and Powder River counties kept their 1952 to 1953 tax rate at 37 per thousand. Twenty eight counties lowered levies while twenty five raised them, highlighting regional tax stability and changes.
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Beaverhead
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Park and
Powder River
New York Life Agent June R. McFadden Tops Sales
Beaverhead county representative June R. McFadden ranked 13th nationally in accident and sickness sales for July at New York Life Insurance. She was the company's top woman agent of the month in accident sickness and hospitalization insurance sales.
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R. McFadden
New York Life Insurance Company
Beaverhead County
Sam McDowell Listed Among Korean War Wounded
The Office of Public Information announces Pvt. Sam R. McDowell, son of Mr and Mrs Frank McDowell Wisdom, is on the army casualty list of Montana men wounded in the Korean area, Aug 30.
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Office of Public Information
Department of Defense
Pvt
Sam R. McDowell
Frank McDowell, Wisdom
Army
Montana
Clarence McCart Hurt in Accident
Clarence McCart of Dillon was critically injured when logs he helped load onto a truck near Hamilton fell on him. He was taken to Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton with injuries not yet determined. The incident occurred on the Skalkaho Pass road between Hamilton and Anaconda.
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Clarence McCart
Dillon
Hamilton
Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital
Skalkaho Pass
Anaconda
Freed DWI Man Faces Beaverhead Auto Theft Charge
A man released from custody in Beaverhead county was jailed again after stealing a gasoline truck and driving toward Idaho. He admitted theft of the truck after a medical surgery and is held for return to Beaverhead county to face auto theft charges. The truck contained gallons of gasoline and 100 quarts of motor oil and was recovered by Lloyd Davis and Sheriff Paul.
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Beaverhead
Lloyd Davis
Dillon Station
Blackfoot Idaho
Yellowstone
Blacks
Bledsoe
Dillon
Davis
Paul
Blankets Shipped To Greece by Dillon Jaycees
Dillon Jaycees and Jayceens report Greek island earthquake relief efforts with blankets. The Dillon junior chamber continues work on the annual college scholarship drive. The 1952 drive raised $1500 for scholarships. the 1953 drive is nearly complete.
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Greece
Jaycees of
Dillon
Dillon Junior Chamber
A Merce
Jayceens
Pioneers to Hold Annual Meeting in Virginia City
The Bonlety of Montana Pioneers and Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers will meet in Virginia City September 10 to 12. An annual banquet is planned for September 11. Members born on or before 1868 are eligible for membership. information on dues is available by telephone.
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Dour Tatler
Weil
Ashiul
Atere
The
Bonlety of Montana Pioneers and Sons‘and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
Virginia City
Uet
Montana
SDMP
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