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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1941
Page
1
In a wide ranging column a Lawrence Black machine bicycle plan, government critique of gasoline use, rising living costs, spinach nutrition, sardine shortages, and war censorship are discussed. The writer muses on economy, personal finances, and cultural topics with a mix of humor and social commentary.
Harvesters trapshoot is scheduled for Sunday September 7 at Jackson. Shooting starts 10 am with 50 sixteen yard targets and a 3.50 entry fee. Prizes total 15 10 5 plus 2 optional and a 7.50 handicap event with five awards 35 25 20 10 10. Event based on 40 shooters.
Montana State Normal College opens Monday September 22 per Pres S E Davis. Registration is possible on Saturday September 20. No new teachers added. Kathryn Jean MacGregor becomes college nurse replacing Edna Greenwood who left to study at the University of Oregon. Margaret Hocking resigns as secretary to the president to study at Woodbury College in Los Angeles.
Sheriff Barney Larsen of Deer Lodge county was elected president of the Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association at the weekend session. New officers include Taylor Darroch Livingston as first vice president C B Alsup Shelby second vice president Paul Temple Dillon third vice president and John D Gillon Helena secretary treasurer Dan Stephenson Billings joins the board for a five year term. Holdovers are John Mountjoy Dillon Louis Boedecker Helena Phil Greenan Great Falls and Guy Palagi Great Falls.
Norman C. Johns, operator of a local Maytag shop, was released from Barrett hotel on Monday according to officials. Johns
Miss Mary Innes, city librarian, led a special children’s hour last Saturday morning to introduce new books for young readers. Children aged five to eight attended, enjoyed a talk, and viewed the new books on display.
Miss Margaret Sweeney announces the rural teaching roster for Beaverhead county for 1941 42 with assignments at Bannack Nelson Riverside Argenta Dewey Quartz Hill Grant Apex Wise River Bristow Polaris Wisdom Armstead Jackson Bowen Dell Reichle Blacktail East Fox Lakeview Monida and other locations. A meeting of all rural teachers will be held in Dillon on Saturday September 6 with a primary demonstration and discussion of programs and policies for the coming school year.
Joseph G. White, local automobile distributor, was introduced as a new member of the Dillon Rotary Club at a recent meeting chaired by T. W. Sargent. Robert Good gave the address on insurance, outlining its history from marine to modern practice and stressing the broad impact of fire losses on workers and business.
Tash T Hartwig and Jones top the championship flight as Dillon Country Club hosts rounds. Johnson falls to Tash two up. Hartwig beats Schulz four three. Jones defeats Jack four five. One more match between W B Hartwig and George Gosman awaits second round. Mitchell defeats Mayland one up in first round.
Beaverhead and Deer Lodge forests end the shovel, axe and bucket per car restriction due to July August rainfall and low fire danger. Forest supervisor W B Willey notes five fires so far this season with one recent class A blaze near Wade Lake. Campers and smokers urged to maintain extreme caution as dry grasses remain a risk.
Mothers with kindergarten children should bring them to the primary building Friday September 5 between 10 a m and 3 p m to register with Miss Elizabeth Shotwell. A child must be five by December 15 to enter kindergarten or six by that date to enter first grade.
Beaverhead county high school reached 250 enrollments at noon on the first day of school. The total is about fifty fewer than the same point last year, attributed to a rainy fall and reduced haying and harvesting time.
The third annual merchandise shoot is set for Lima on Sept. 14. Ted Renfro says 150 targets will be used with 100 at 16 yards and a last fifty at self handicap. Entry is $10.50 with shells and targets. shooters may pick segments. All shooting at the Lima Gun Club range.
The Beaverhead county local selective service board reports eleven registrants delinquent for failing to report by September 9 1941. Names listed include E F Massie D Berder Z Kempinski M Marshall J G Zarzyski T T Terry C E Palmer R E Hennagh T G Walker S Sandova and J G James. E M Birely Montana state director warns registrants to carry and display registration certificates to authorities.
County clerk Al bert S. Baker announced that tax deeds on all eligible properties will be taken at the earliest date. The office is prepared to start tomorrow morning, Sept. 4.
Montana sheriffs and peace officers gather for the fifth annual Sheriffs and Peace Officers convention in Dillon. Nearly 100 registered, with opening sessions at the Elks hall and a pistol shoot at the Dillon Gun club before a district trip to Bannack for the Vigilante celebration recalling the Henry Plummer era in 1862-63.
Beaverhead county selective service board selected seven local draftees to meet the September quota. They report September 29 at the federal building. names include Richard S. Tuttle Joseph N. Kluesner Charles O. Schliecer John R. Walter Harry M. Smith Clarence E. Marco Leo C. Flint. Transfers Alonzo J. Coffin and Ray G. Schulz inducted with local group. Classifications will be posted on the post office bulletin board.
St. Elmo Commandery Knights Templar meets after summer break at the Masonic hall to start autumn business with monthly first and third Tuesday meetings. Diana Rebekah lodge resumes at 100 C F hall tomorrow led by Martha Quackenbush reporting on the June state assembly and staff practice ahead of Assembly Warden Frannie J. Adams visit from Whitefish.
Local teachers plan new assignments as summer ends. Robert Gregg returns to Moore for a second teaching year. Paul Chumrau heads to Cut Bank as athletic coach. Mary Dawn Warner sails to Norris for her first year. Kenneth Berry to Missoula for teaching. Dorothy Ann Davis takes a Billings post. Morris Homme to Alberton junior high. Norma Paddock and Jack Scully go to Ennis. Kenneth Martin to Virginia City. Genevieve Squires to Butte. Frank Little to Glendive.
Anaconda Carmels defeated Petersons Ranchers 5 to 4 in the softball jamboree feature at the county fairgrounds. The Carmels capitalized on four Rancher errors in the final inning, adding a hit to push four runs and overturn a 2-1 deficit. Jack Scully sparked a seventh inning rally with a home run before Pat Connors and Smelterman finished the frame.
Five former Butte high school buddies held their first reunion in 25 years last Thursday night. John C. Wharton D. D. Richards Steve C. Fletcher Edgar Wild and John G. Evans gathered for a Meaderville dinner and a circus visit. They plan another meeting in 1946.
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