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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1929
Page
1
Beaverhead county's three day fair ends as a success with packed grandstand on the final day despite showers. Exhibits from all county areas show grains vegetables and crafts while livestock displays highlight local industry. Over 700 awards total nearly 2000 dollars.
Masses will be held at 7 8 and 9 a m next Sunday morning for the dedication of Dillon s new St Rose Catholic church with solemn services conducted by Rt Rev George J Finnigan bishop of Helena diocese Prominent churchmen will attend and Bishop Finnigan will speak at the dedication Dr Hoff will also be involved in the ceremony
Be av erhead county fair nights drew crowds to Dillmont park for Baxter Tonrey orchestra dances. Despite showers and chill, pavilion crowds remained large with scores of cars outside. Prizes included coal donations from Standard Lumber and Beaverhead Lumber, plus merchandise from Montana Mercantile. Out-of-town guests attended all three nights.
Emerson Hughes and Emery Smith, Dillon pilots, made two dead stick landings on a trip from Dillon to Miles City. Their Waco aircraft lost power near Livingston and Hysham, forcing landings in plowed fields to avoid a crash.
The Rev Philip J May and his wife from West Cameroun Africa will be honored guests at the Ellen May Guild fourth annual party. The event is at 8 pm Thursday September 26 at 418 Idaho Street, hosted by Mrs John F Bishop with Mrs L A Thompson Miss Lenore Thompson and Miss Jean Bishop assisting. All church members and the congregation are invited.
Mrs. S. A. Williamson departed last Thursday for her old home in Missouri after being summoned by the illness of her mother, who is seven years of age.
Students from all Montana sections head to Dillon to enroll for the autumn quarter at the Montana State Normal college. Most arrive Sunday or Monday with many registering Saturday September 28 to avoid opening day crowds. The campus and dormitories are ready. Faculty return this week, with Miss Genevieve Albertson resuming duties Monday after a year’s leave.
Beaverhead County federation to meet in Wisdom for its semi annual gathering hosted by the Wisdom Woman's club. Mrs Warren Hughes of Wise River will preside as federation president at the morning session starting 10 o'clock on Saturday October 5.
NBC announces plans to air every 1929 World Series game between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Athletics on a nationwide NBC System network starting Tuesday, October 8 in Chicago. veteran broadcaster Graham McNamee will provide play by play of the key moments across all contests.
Dr Linetzen of the national bureau of livestock husbandry visited Dillon from Washington D C with his wife, guest of Sheriff W C Orr. Lambert Eliel returned from Chicago, and Cannonball Baker, famed endurance driver, raced a Franklin sedan on the Beaverhead county fair track amid muddy conditions.
M. P. Moe from the office of supervisor of public instruction spent last Thursday in Dillon from Helena. He inspected Beaverhead County High School and stayed with his brother O. K. Moe, coach at the Normal college. Mrs Lena Meyers arrived from Denver to visit Susan Findling.
A detailed list of prizes and first place awards for Best mare over four, shorthorn cattle, Hereford, Guernsey, Jersey, Holstein, Ramboulett, Hampshire, and various grades. Included are first and second prizes with dollar amounts, awarded by entities such as B H Co Poor Farm, J C Harrison Est, A C Bayers, C D Hocking, L H Rumbaugh, Roy Hansen, Selway Sheep Co., and others, with a continuation note for Page 2.
A transport seaplane trial was held in flight above Jamaica Bay with Judge and staff aboard. Defendant William Alexander faces manslaughter charges after his plane struck Coney Island beach, killing two children and injuring others. Court proceeding continues.
Admiral Hilary P. Jones of the U S Navy, leader of the naval delegation to Geneva in 1927, expresses strong support for reducing naval armament amid widespread press coverage of officer opinions.
Beaverhead county high School football squad impresses with heavy fast players under Coach Breeden. First game at Twin Bridges next Saturday in a rare home date. Veterans average 169 pounds as new material shows promise for first string. Beavers face Butte high Butte Central Bozeman and Whitehall next month. Second game with Anaconda on October 6.
Hundreds of Nobles from Bagdad Temple will travel to Dillon for a Saturday night pilgrimage. The event brings Shriners from Butte to the city for a ceremonial gathering and procession.
More than a hundred Bagdad temple nobles of Butte plan a pilgrimage to Dillon to honor George W. Dart, immediate past potentate. Butte Shriners will ride the Oregon Short Line train, arriving at 7:18 P M, and leave on the 1:30 A M return. Weather shifts favored rail travel over motor trip.
Karl J. Bryan of Anaconda reported a leaking gas tank caused a Studebaker coupe to burn south of Melrose on Sunday night. He heard an object strike the tank, plugged the hole, then drove until a smell of smoke forced him to stop. At about 80 miles per hour the rear caught fire and, despite efforts by Bryan and another motorist, the car was completely destroyed as flames swept through. The blaze is believed to have started from the leaking fuel ignited by the exhaust.
RS. W. H. Stephan won the Dillon Country Club women’s blind bogey tournament last Sunday with a score of 80, nearest to the blind bogey 71. Mrs. Ned Goza was second with 81 and Mrs. D. A. Galt third with 82. continue on page 8.
Dillon residents attended the Broadway theater in Butte last Friday to hear Harry Lander. Among the audience were Dr. F. M. Poindexter, Frank Bulger, Tom Scott, Terry Browning, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Woodburn, Mr. and Mrs. James Dodd, Miss Glenn Vance, Miss Miller Adams, Miss Clara Adame, Jeanie Covall, Mrs. B. W. Emerick, Mrs. Ralph O’Leary and several others.
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