Death takes old pioneer Joseph Duff in Dillon
Joseph H. Duff 77 a Dillon resident died at 603 South Washington Street Sunday Born June 29 1864 in Helena he lived in the state most of his life and spent about 50 years in Beaverhead county He drove stages in Yellowstone National Park He was a former rancher and a member of Dillon Elks Lodge No 1554 Funeral services set for 2 pm today at the Baptist church with Rev Belle Long officiating Elks to conduct their ritual Surviving wife sister nephew and sisters in law are named
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Joseph H. Duff
Dillon
South
Washington Street
Duff
Yellowstone National Park
Helena
Beaverhead County
Centennial Valley
Monida
Dillon Elks Lodge
Belle
Mayme White
Seattle
Bert Duff
Butte
Nettie Duff
James Graham
Billings
Baptist Church
Belle Long
The
Elks’ Lodge
Final plans posted for Dillon Hereford show and sale
Officials gathered at Bernard Williams office to approve the Dillon Hereford show and sale set for October 26 and 27. Attendees included George Harrison Bannack Tom Clemon A C Bayers Myron Beatty Bodine Herefords J D Harrison and many others. Breeders consignments include Jumping Horse ranch Ennis and Wonderland Herd Deer Lodge among listed participants.
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Dillon
Bernard Williams
George Harrison
Bannack
Tom Clemon
Jackson
A. C. Bayers
Twin Bridges
Frank Pendleton
Wisdom
Williams
Myron Beatty
Bozeman
Bodine Herefords
Clyde Park
E. H. Bodley
Hobson
Jesse Bradley
Chatterton Hereford Cattle Co
Clinc’ Bros
Manhattan
Gallatin Gateway Hereford Ranch
Gallatin Gateway
J. D. Harrison
Polaris
F. and
M. Hunnewell
Brooks
C. E. Kieckbusch
Townsend
E. C. Leap
Kolin
Spain Bros
Belgrade
Thomas H. Watson
Don Warren
Deer Lodge
Jumping Horse Ranch
Ennis
Milton Schaplow
E. H. Skinner
Steven and Guth
Wilsall
Wonderland Herd
Mountains Receive Blanket of Snowfall
The first snow of the season fell on upland hills and mountain ridges around Dillon over the weekend, the first since last April. Snow covered Beaverhead Centennial and Big Hole valleys with reports from Elkhorn Springs and Birch Creek. Butte and Bozeman were the only cities in business districts to record snowfall.
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Dillon
Beaverhead
Centennial
Big Hole
Elkhorn Springs
Birch Creek
U. S
Butte
Bozeman
Training schools enroll 469 pupils this week
Dillon training schools report 469 pupils enrolled this week according to Supt. Paul Anderson. He notes enrollment far exceeds last year and expects 10 to 15 more students, surpassing last year’s total by more than 40.
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Dillon Training Schools
Paul Anderson
Anderson
Dillon Rifle Club Opens First Meeting of Year
Dillon Rifle Club held its initial session to organize for the coming months with plans to use the high school basement as a target range. If arrangements succeed, the first shoot is set for next Wednesday night and representatives will attend the Anaconda registered shoot on Sunday, Sept. 14. Junior and girls’ rifle clubs will begin soon.
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Dillon’s Rifle Club
Henry Hignight
Anaconda
Anaconda Rifle Club
Latest Canning Methods Demonstrated by Nutritionist
A county meeting featured ex extension nutritionist Miss Bessie McClelland of Montana State college presenting canning methods for vegetables. The session drew local home demonstration units via county agent Bernard Williams with topics on frozen storage drying salting and brining.
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Bessie McClelland
Montana State College
Dillon
Bernard Williams
Police Recover Stolen Bicycle in Mining City
The bicycle stolen from the son of Beaverhead County deputy sheriff Frank Little was recovered in Butte last Thursday after deputies checked pawn shops in the Mining City. Sheriff Paul Temple coordinated the return of the bike to Dillon. The Little family has returned to Glendive where Mr. Little resumes coaching duties.
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Frank Little
Beaverhead County
Glendive
Butte
Paul Temple
Temple
Dillon
Little
Mr. Little
Freshmen Parade Stages Beaverhead High School Event
Beaverhead county high school freshmen staged a comic parade Friday afternoon through the city streets as a lead in to their annual initiation. The initiation followed by a mixer at 8 o clock in the high school gym under L A Gregory and featured diverse costumes.
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Beaverhead County High School
L. A. Gregory
Three Local Youths Apply for Enlistment in Navy
Three Beaverhead county youths Charles O. Schliecher Martin Thompson Jr and Charles Robert Quackenbush applied for U S Navy enlistment Thursday per Chief Signalman L G Short recruiting officer at the Dillon post office They will be sent to Salt Lake City for examination and if accepted to the Naval Training station at San Diego for training and final assignment Army Openings Sgt Nick F Hertges said many vacancies exist with openings in air corps infantry engineers coast artillery field artillery cavalry signals medical and chemical warfare at various posts and camps across the country
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Beaverhead County
United States Navy
L. G. Short
Dillon
Charles O. Schliecher
Martin Thompson, Jr
Charles Robert Quackenbush
Salt Lake City
Utah
Naval Training Station
San Diego
Calif
Army
Nick F. Hertges
United States Army
Federal
Sergeant Hertges
Air Corps
Jefferson Barracks
Infantry
Hawaii
Engineers
Alaska
Camp Roberts
Coast Artillery
Camp Callan
Field Artillery
Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kan
Fort Leonard Wood
Signal Corps
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Medical Department
Camp Grant
Camp Wallace
Texas
Chemical Warfare
Edgewood Arsenal
Boonville Notes Track Kemper Military School Return
Dougan Luebben returns to Kemper Military School in Boonville as the school enters its 98th year with enrollment at 540. The column lists several local residents visiting, traveling, or returning from trips to California, Montana, Canada, Chicago, and other places, with brief notes on their movements and visits.
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Dougan Luebben
T. E. Luebben
S. Pacific Street
Dillon
Boonville
Kemper Military School
Kempers
Dempster Tait
San Diego
Betty Hall
Thompson
Jack Hillary
Casterlines
Canada
Los Angeles
Calif
Tom Pyeatt
Glendale
Chris Bay
Robert Finch
G. E. Finch
South Carolina
Helen
Jake Rangitsch
Rangitsch
Montana State University
Missoula
Centennial Valley
Gebhardt Fassler
Dorothy
Mary
Melrose
Mary Judge
Bitterroot Valley
Glacier Park
Isabel Brenner
Grant
Lucy Clapp
Camilla McCormick
Jack Hagens
Brenner Ranch
Upper Horse Prairie
Wilson
Eleanore
Rose
Edward
Miller
Frank Gorman
Wilsons
John Hildreth
Deer Lodge
Donald Shaffner
Ray Childs
Camp Lewis
Wash
Glen Lyons
Howard
Brigham City
Utah
Jack Rees
Northwest
Morse Waldorf
Charles Pilgrim
Lansing Waldorf
G. H. Lenox
Butte
Alice E. Russell
The
Normal College
California
Mining Men Return From State Meeting
Frank Madden president of the Beaverhead Mining association sat on the resolutions committee at the Montana Mining group annual meeting held last week at Cooke City and Silver Gate. Bill Logan served on the committee to select the 1942 site and led the association's mining exhibit, noted as one of the finest on display. Joe Madden attended with the others, and all reported a constructive and enjoyable meeting.
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Frank Madden
Beaverhead
Montana
Cooke City
Silver Gate
Bill Logan
Logan
Joe Madden
First Lutheran Church Weekly Services and Choir Practice
Leonard Thompson pastor leads Sunday services on Sept 14 at 10 am with Sunday school at 11 am and Holy Communion in the sermon theme Thanking God. Choir practice on Sept 11 at 8 pm at the church.
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Leonard Thompson
Latter Day Saints Church Meeting Schedule News
Latter Day Saints Church announces Elder Officers and teachers meeting at 9 40 a m Sunday School begins at 10 a m with sacrament and talks to be given by the advanced juniors. Classes start at 10 45 a m with closing exercises at 11 25 a m.
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L. H. Smith
Clubs Move to New Hall After Café Closures
Due to the Trail cafe closing and the Rotary and Kiwanis halls shutting down, the two service clubs will meet in Gleed's Rendezvous room. Rotary will meet tonight and Kiwanis tomorrow night with officials stating regular meeting places to be decided at these sessions.
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Trail
Rotary
Kiwanis
Gleed
Defense Savings Stamps Explained and Redeemability
Defense Savings Stamps can be redeemed for cash at face value or exchanged for Defense Savings Bonds. For example 75 of the 25 cent stamps total $18.75 may be exchanged for a bond worth $25 in ten years. Stamps began retail sale in Michigan on July 10 and are expanding nationwide. Buy at post offices banks or savings and loan associations or write to the U.S. Treasurer.
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Defense Savings
Michigan
Savings and Loan Association
United States
Washington, D.C
Montana Power Sponsors Historic Radio Program
Victor Arden, musical director for Montana Power company, debuts a new program titled Hot Dates in History. Thirty nine weekly broadcasts begin Sept. 14 on seven Montana stations, featuring words and music about events like the Birth of the Star Spangled Banner and the First Pony Express. KGIR Butte airs Sundays 7:30 to 7:45 p.m.
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Missouri
Victor Arden
Montana Power Company
Montana
Columbus
Football squad prepares for battered encounter
Linemen Walter Jones, Joe Bergeson, Jim Scofield, Bernard Harkness, Vern Hanson, Bill Mc Manus, Paul Lacry, Dave Curry, Lloyd Davis, Ben Wenger, Dale Dart, and Bob Stanchfield will provide options for Coach Johnson. The team hosts Beaverhead on Sept. 19, Anaconda Central on Sept. 26, and the Butte Reds visit Oct. 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Jones
Joe Bergeson
Jim Scofield
Bernard Harkness
Vern Hanson
Bill McManus
Paul Lacry
Dave Curry
Lloyd Davis
Ben Wenger
Dale Dart
Bob Stanchfield
Johnson
Hamilton
Beaverhead Boys
Anaconda Central
Butte Reds
D L Johnson Elected High School Principal
D L Johnson has been elected principal of the local high school. He previously led the vocational agriculture department and advised Future Farmers of America and 4 H clubs while mentoring athletes. C O Orr plans to depart for Missoula to join family real estate partners O B S Orr.
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D. L. Johnson
Page
Mont
Cavalier
Grafton
N. D
Future Farmers of America
C. O. Orr
Missoula
O. B. S. Orr
Local Lodge to Celebrate Anniversary
Members of the Bly of Montana lodge in Helena plan a ceremony to mark an anniversary. Attendees include Nellie Lanner Nellie Nelson Montana Gilbert Jessie Taylor and Ruth Ann Dart.
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Bly
Montana
Helena
Nellie Lanner
Nellie Nelson
Montana Gilbert
Jessie Taylor
Ruth Ann Dart
The Hope of Advancement Spurs Industry Quote
The note presents a brief quotation by Sir Henry Taylor about how hope for progress motivates work, distinguishing aspiration from achievement and emphasizing the driving force behind industrial effort.
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Sir Henry Taylor
Beaverhead Legion Post to Install Luther Smith
Beaverhead post plans to install Luther Smith as part of a program tied to the start of the new term. Absence of Commander Poindexter and Bechler’s recovery delay an out of town meeting and banquet, with Poindexter in Chicago for rail surgeons and Milwaukee for the Legion convention.
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Beaverhead
Luther Smith
Poindexter
Bechler
Chicago
American Association of Railway Surgeons
Milwaukee
National Convention of the American Legion
Montana
Wheatland Post
Harlowton
George M. Gosman
New Orleans
Dillon City Board Approves Traffic Plan and Vacancy
Dillon Kentucky council hears petition with forty signers on street naming and appoints George E. Baker as police magistrate after George Opp’s death. Chief Patrick seeks two hour parallel parking on Andrus hotel to Dillon Implement Co. to ease congestion from J C Penney’s to White Cafe. Firemen’s convention report from F C McFadden rounds out the session.
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Kentucky
Barnett
George Opp
George E. Baker
Baker
Andrus Hotel
Dillon Implement Co
J. C. Penney’s
Melton Elected Justice Post Amid Hold Order Debate
G. M. Melton wins the justice post as officials report steps already begun. The board agrees to waive a hold order while noting a claim of $612 reimbursement for allegedly stolen road equipment. Melton, a county raceliner with prior prison time in South Dakota, is set to return to face charges as his father seeks release of the hold order.
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South Dakota
Kiner
Andrus dies after long illness in I0l
Harry E. Andrus, longtime party member and civic figure, dies after a long illness. Survived by wife Margaret, a son and daughter-in-law Postmaster and Mrs. Harry J. Andrus, two daughters and sons-in-law, grandchildren, siblings, and numerous relatives. Funeral at St. Rose's church with Rotary Club Rosary service. active and honorary pallbearers listed.
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Critics Organization
Margaret
Inlaw
Harry J. Andrus
Carla
Donna
Farnum Schuyler
Dillon
O. C. Hyssop
Harry Colfer
H. B. Andrus
Boulder
Colo
Barbara Platt
Hot Springs
S. Dak
William Rosenbaum
Butte
Brundage Funeral Home
St. Rose’s Church
Rotary Club
T. F. McFadden
W. G. Gilbert
William Sweeney
W. S. Tash
Roscoe Cornell, Jr
Frank Madden
Soil building allowances and seed-bed work details
The text explains that participants have portions of their total allowance to earn, enabling time for soil building tasks such as seeding grasses if the seed-bed is prepared. Information on remaining soil building allowance for any farm is available at the local Agricultural Conservation association office.
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Agricultural Conservation Association
On the Bias A returns from Navy style humor and quips
A satirical column notes a man with seven sons in the navy enlisting, mocks sailor life, laments loss of sabers due to steel shortages, and jokes about age in Los Angeles picnics and a guaranteed alarm clock. It blends defense topics with advertising style lines and light mockery of military life.
Field Rental Schedule and Debt Reduction Highlight Banquet
The board outlines field rental charges and reservation rights. The Dillon Softball association reduced debt by 100 dollars, presented by Dave Williams of the Kiwanis to Lou Larsen at the annual softball banquet three weeks ago.
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Dillon Softball Association
Lou Larsen
Dave Williams
Kiwanians
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Joseph Duff
Ellis’ Lodge
Dillon Rifle Club
Mining City
First Lutheran Church
Latter Day Saints Church
Montana Power
Ram
Rambouillets
Hampshires
George Selway
Divide
Lincoln Ewes
Dillon City Board
G. M. Melton
Justice Post
Harry E. Andrus
Robert Barrett
Otto Schulz
Emery Keller
George Smith
Charles Burden
Hugh McCaleb
Frank Rife
J. H. Gilbert
W. J. Romersa
Albert Stamm
Harry Baumberger
Glen A. Decker
D. A. Galt
Sam Ditty
James Mansfield
W. D. Oliver
Henry Dowling
James Harrison
Elwyn Metzel
Fred Waldorf
Alf Cashmore
L. K
Emmett Carroll
J. W. McCarthy
Andy Williams
William Mockenhaupt
Rolf Henderson
George Gosman
C. P. Thomas
Fred W. Dart
Eugene Bond
Harvey Stanchfield
Sol Sobolsky
Fred Heffner
R. B. Caswell
A. E. Williams
W. D. Ross
S. E. Whitworth
Chris Peterson
Floyd Kennison
Walter Foster
W. H. Mitchell
Leonard Schulz
C. E. Nelson
Martin Jackson
Warren Shaw
Charles Brenner
George Hughes
Frank Bell
A. E. Scott
T. E. Gilbert
I. W. Vinsel
C. B. Marsh
Roy Forrester
Fred R. Chapman
H. G. Rodgers
Sam Wilkinson
S. A. Johnson
John Tessier
George Melton
Chester Hale
Navy
the Hall of Fame
Daniels
Clayton Elliott
Dillon Mont
Kugler
First National Bank
Northwest Bancorporation
AL Deposit Insurance Corporation
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