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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1954
Page
4
Ben Tyvand announced that Beaverhead high Beavers will face the Butte Central B team on Vigilante field Saturday Oct 2 at 8 00 pm. The game was arranged last minute to replace the original Helena Cathedral clash canceled when Helena school scrapped its gridiron campaign.
Governor J Hugo Aronson proclaims Oct 3 through Oct 9 as Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. The notice urges employers to consider capable workers with physical handicaps and notes their contributions to communities and state.
The lost carrier pigeon that visited Pascal Bimat ranch is missing from its barn loft. Bimat said the bird resumed flight last week and did not return, its leg bands reading Right leg H686 or 989H and Left leg A-54 SRV 58. If it reaches its destination the two week delay may surprise observers.
The Veterans Administration reports automatic monthly increases in compensation and pensions effective Oct 1 1954 for about 3 3 million veterans and dependents. The increases cover service connected disabilities and non-service connected pensions with broader rises for World War I World War II and Korean conflict veterans, while certain specific rates remain unchanged.
The Veterans Administration reports 59 490 GI home loan applications in August, the fifth highest month in ten years. August appraisal requests reach 96 621 for proposed and existing homes, up from July, with rises in both existing and new-home categories. VA expects continued high loan activity through year end as appraisal requests climb. The five percent compensa tion increase voted by Congress will be auto applied and included in checks mailed at the end of October, effective October 1.
The text lists farm livestock by breed and owner for spring crops and poultry, including names such as Clark Cocanougher and Donnette Laden. It also documents Beaverhead County fair prize donations from Dr. Stanchfield and others, plus a candle light installation for Westminster fellowship officers at First Presbyterian church with named officers and commission leaders.
Bill White a 79 year old ranch worker died in a Lima hotel last Tuesday morning. Coroner Raye mond Schwartz ruled death from natural causes. Born March 6 in Tipperary Ireland he came to America as a child and later moved west. He lived in Beaverhead county for years and worked on several ranches in the Lima district. He is survived by two brothers John and Robert White and a sister Mrs Ma lord of Auburn New York.
The Montana Fish and Game commission issued a regulation announcing pheasant and Hungarian partridge hunting begins at noon on November 7 and runs until November 21. Hunters may take three cock pheasants per day with the same bag limits as last year. shooting hours follow migratory waterfowl rules from sunrise to sunset. Prohibited areas include highways and fenced boundaries, with specific zones near the Howard Light property and Pablo Reservoir in Lake County. The season adds one extra bird per day and ten more hunting days, though bird production was uneven across the state.
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