Melrose Community News Roundup Highlights Local Moves
Melrose residents see a steady flow of visitors and departures. Mr and Mrs Lee Stohr, Leana and relatives from Absarokee and Nye travel to Butte after a Melrose visit with the Maclvors. Navy fireman Jim Adkins stops in with wife in Deweys Flat while Mrs Adkins recovers at home. The community notes ranching, schooling, and Rodeo activity with Melrose folks joining relatives in Dillon Anaconda Butte and Missoula for summer tasks and sacred Heart Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Stohr
Leana
Butte
Melrose
Jim Adkins
U.S. Navy
Claude Dodgson
Adkins
Dewey
Isaac Dodgson
Everett
Wash
City Beach
Hull
Willard Olson
L. T. Robbins
Taylor Grazing Service
Whitehall
Robpns
Offman
Alice Fox
Bear Gulch
Butte and Dillon
Connor
Vipond
Moose Camp
W. Kearns
Thomas Connor
Keith McCauley
McCauley
Violet McCauley
Floyd Smith
Dillon
Frank Gordon
John Maclver
Dorothy, Fassler
Margarearet Ann
Mary Jo Streb
Missoula
Sacred Heart Academy
Geraldine Frances McGann
Reichle
Everett Clark
Big Hole
Frank Moore
Wartime rationing and defense programs update
Wartime guidance covers War Ration Book II stamps start valid Sept. 12 with A stamp 16 points through Oct. 2 and brown stamps expiring monthly. OPA price controls apply to day loaders and farm equipment at 85 or 70 percent of new price. Overseas Christmas parcels, ration changes for lamb and butter, strawboard supply, prunes and raisins ration, and induction order from Hershey outline broad wartime actions and public compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Army Postal Service
U. S. Post Office Department
War Production Board
War Food Administration
Hershey
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Owever
U. S
Department of Agriculture
United States
Selective Service Bureau
WMC
Army
War Department
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Paul C. Cabot
WPB Salvage Division
Marriage Licenses Granted in Idaho and Nearby Towns
Charles E. Seybold of Lima to Julia Twiggs of Dillon on Sept 1. Andrew Earl Thompson of Pocatello to Une W Patterson of Pocatello on Sept 4. William H. Dent of Pocatello to Marjone Loomis of Pocatello on Sept 6. Royneal Millis of Pocatello to Pauline Kiniz of Pocatello on Sept 6. Leonard L. Peterson of Idaho Falls to Geneva Pearl Brown of Idaho Falls on Sept 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Seybold
Lima
Julia Twiggs
Dillon
Andrew Earl Thompson
Pocatello
Une W. Patterson
William H. Dent
Marjone Loomis
Royneal Millis
Pauline Kiniz
Leonard L. Peterson
Idaho Falls
Geneva Pearl Brown
Anson and Bergeson Attend State Board of Education Session
Rep Don Anson and O A Bergeson left early in the week to attend the State Board of Education session in Hel. The report notes their participation in education policy discussions and potential upcoming state action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Anson
O. A. Bergeson
State Board of Education
Helena
Family War Bond Claim Prompts Payroll Plan
A tough family dispute centers on paying war bonds through a payroll savings plan. The note urges individuals to figure out how to participate as part of a broader effort and personal finance strategy.
Oil Plate Your Engine For a War-Free Frontier Drive
A wartime drive feature urges motorists to retool for long trips to Canada and Quebec after Victory. It explains mileage rationing may harm engines and promotes Conoco Nth motor oil to oil plate engines, forming a protective layer against acidic combustion by Continental Oil Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Canada
Canadian Rockies
Quebec
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Wisdom Social Roundup Reflects Visits and Local Clubs
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Miller and daughter Michael Anne visited Wisdom friends and relatives. Mrs. Ralph Hunter of San Diego and twins stayed in Wisdom. Social events included Legion Auxiliary first meeting, Hunter twins entertainment, and a no host lunch at Hurley’s. The Wisdom Woman’s Club executive met with plans for the coming years. Many residents attended rodeos in Butte, Dillon, Hamilton, and Missoula, and children prepared for school in Corvallis. The Big Hole 4 H club held a meeting with a first aid demonstration and luncheon club planning continued with biweekly meetings and nutrition talks led by Mrs. Jack Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Miller
Michael Anne
Butte
Ralph Hunter
San Diego
Calif
Wisdom
Hunter
Helming Brothers
J. E. Hurley
Grover Helming
George Helming
American Legion Auxiliary
Hunter Twins
Hurley
Wisdom Woman's Club
Woman's Club
D. C. Morrison
Roy Oliver
Hilda Aho
Ted Johnson
Jane Jordan
Deer Lodge
Mary Shaw
Peggy Anne Golay
Walter Stewart
Bob McDowell
Dillon
Ralph Huntley
Clark Huntley
Raymond Johnson
Carl Regan
June Pendleton
William Rasmussen
Peter Rasmussen
Hamilton
Bob
Elmer Jensen
Bob Jensen
Caldwell
Idaho
Bob Melvin
Shirley
Jewell Deane Anderson
Bobby Holm
Betty Ann Hughes
Ta Thompson
Anderson
Long Beach Family Visits Dillon Office
Mr and Mrs Roy Grant of Long Beach California and their son Norman who serves as a bombardier with the Air Force visited Dillon last week Norman will report to Boise Idaho for further training next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Grant
Long Beach
Calif
Norman
Air Force
Dillon
Boise
Idaho
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Melrose Marguerite
LA Marche
Walter Eighorn
Highland
Theo Malloy
James Orrin Grose
Grose
Thomas Malloy
Brown's Gulch
James
William Grose
Cherry Creek
Roscoe Nelson
Nelson
Porter
Old Town House
Louis Hoffman
Jay Gleed
Paul Hoffman
Bernard
Hawaiian Islands
South Pacific
Ben
Dillon Implement Company
Pilsener Brew
Rel Toteta
Pichin
Rambouillets
E.c.walker
Panamas
Abe Bi
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