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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1927
Page
8
Registrations at Eastern Montana Normal school continued through the first days of the week as classes opened Wednesday morning with half hour periods. The enrollment exceeds 430 students and Dr L B Mc Mullen says another 200 are expected by quarter’s end.
Sourdough gulch near Bozeman and Dillon area history outlines the life of a long timeMontana resident who hunted trapped and ran hotels in Bozeman Butte and Dillon Surviving relatives include three daughters Angua MacLeod of Butte Bella Ware and Grate Gibbs of Detroit and several grandchildren The wife died years ago Funeral held in Butte last Saturday.
District sessions in Bozeman Miles City and Great Falls next month will feature five speakers from eastern universities. Payne Templeton and Chancellor Melvin Brannon will attend with Dr Ernest Horn Dr B R Buckingham Marjorie Hardy Anna Swenson and Clara Belle Baker slated to speak at various meetings. The convention runs from October 27 for three days.
The Dillon P T A Bulletin notes advertising in the magazine printed by the Examiner. State officers reside in Dillon. Mrs J H Gilbert presides over the Montana Congress and Mrs A F Waldorf serves as secretary. A T Peterson leads Beaverhead county high school education. Mrs H F Best heads the children's reading bureau and Mrs Forest Bayerd chairs literature. Montana PTA membership reaches 4500 with the Dillon chapter among the most active.
Beaverhead Post 18 plans a convention likely at the city hall and discusses an Armistice day celebration in Dillon. The event would feature a parade a speaking program a high school football game with an outside opponent a dance the night before the holiday a banquet for ex service men and a fireworks display.
The article notes Barrett Willis being admitted to probate amid legal notices. It also mentions Roy Ford of Jackson charged with driving a Buick using a Ford license and fined $25. Clarence Evanson is detained on fictitious checks and gun display charges at First National Bank. Anna Margaret Jensen of Dillon, born in Denmark, granted citizenship in district court.
The schedule lists 78 players in two ball mixed foursome drawings with pairings and match times from 2:40 to 3:40 p m. including Nancy Bar rett Ralph Tattergall Mrs W H Stephan J B Clurey George Melton and others.
Dillon man in air derby hops from Fargo with a scheduled stop. One competitor forced to stay overnight in Chicago. another woman passenger in the race landed at Auburn, Indiana. Several entrants withdrew and two were wrecked, causing two deaths amid a tense class B showdown between Miller and Meyers as they battled for first.
Glendive reports a fatal crash in Long Valley New Jersey after the start of the Class A air derby. Pilot R. E. Hudson from Marysville Michigan and mechanic Jay Radike of St. Clair Michigan die.
The local lamb market has seen great activity with growers earning about eight dollars per animal. The spring lamb crop was near normal and sheep men report substantial profits in this period.
The St James Guild will hold a food sale at the Waldorf Store on Saturday starting at 1 o clock. Proceeds support guild activities and community programs in the area.
Harold Cashmore a Dillon native and high school football star died after a high tension line incident while preparing his receiving set for a fight night. He was 18 and planned to attend Montana State College in Bozeman next January. He is survived by his parents five brothers and his grandfather in Dillon.
Funeral services for a young DeMolay member were held yesterday at St James Episcopal church in Dillon under the Beaverhead chapter’s auspices. Rev T W Bennett officiated with interment at Mountain View cemetery. Hundreds attended as a large procession accompanied the cortege. Pallbearers were school friends George Yost Roscoe Cornell Clyde Sewell Bernice Farrell Alden Mast Harold Contway. Relatives Fred Seager Mrs Axel Andruss and Mr and Mrs Clas Gray came from Ogden to attend.
Four high school girls hiking south of Dillon near Patterson Ranch were injured during a rock ledge mishap. Ethel Jean lost balance when a rock loosened, causing a fall that toppled two girls onto shale. One sustained a forehead wound and another a serious shoulder injury.
Wisdom Montana officials award fencing contracts to R Frey and B Dillie for multiple schedules totaling 1927 project work. Bids include galvanized wire, gates, and wall posts with completion by December first 1927. County clerk instructed refunds and contractor notification after bond filing and checks.
Dr R D Curry, dentist, has offices in the Telephone block rooms 3 4 and 5 with a listed telephone number 355 and a residence phone.
New and second hand goods harness and saddles pack saddles and bags anything made to order or repaired in the harness line quality and prices right Let Us serve you We buy sell or trade anything Call 805 J 88tf JOHNSON TRADING CO
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