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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1939
Page
5
Vig Christianson returns from trip. Ambrose Brown of Armstead and many Dillon residents are noted visiting and shopping. Several locals travel to Butte and Helena while others host guests. A hospital update and a cancer control enlistment drive are reported.
Work on Highway 91 between Melrose and Nissler junction has resumed after a winter layoff. Charles Shannon of Butte has hauled dirt along the narrow broken roadway just this side of the Continental Divide as recent gravel and repairs continue on Moose Creek Hill.
Announcement in Spokane by Mrs. Virginia Weast Greggerson states the marriage of her father E. R. Weast to Dr. Lean ora May on March 7. Dr. May, once an osteopath in Dillon, moved to Spokane five years ago where she continues her practice. Weast runs an ice cream factory in Spokane and the couple will reside there.
Mrs Exilda Mitchell of Great Falls vice president of the Rebekah Assembly of Montana postponed her visit. A banquet and meeting planned for Wednesday in her honor will be held in the fall, the Monday announcement said.
Directors of the Dillon Chamber of Commerce met to hear updates from the road committee on improving the Dillon Twin Bridges road and from the water conservation committee on the proposed Daly Spur dam survey on the Beaverhead River.
The welfare board found 16545 from the Illinois relief commission after a commodities trade via the Montana commission. Attorney General H. J. Freebourn ruled the money can be spent on welfare before the next fiscal year.
The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after the death of infant Cecil Gottsch and his family member Vera Gottsch.
Sunday visitors Mr and Mrs E L Burles toured the Elmer Selway ranch on Trail Creek. The Lutheran Ladies Aid will hold a no hostess meeting Thursday afternoon at 2 30 at the church.
Efforts are under way to sponsor a United States Navy band appearance in Dillon next fall. Postmaster Harry Andrus and high school band director Lily Gregory reported the world famous band was considering Dillon on its itinerary. Gregory noted Wayne Barton, once Gregorys pupil, is now the Navy band tour director and Barton previously studied under Gregory 27 years ago in Chadron Nebraska.
After a city hall business meeting, American Legion Auxiliary members gathered at Mrs. L. R. Vanairsdale’s home for a social session. Miss Katherine MacGregor, public school health nurse, addressed the group on child welfare as part of the Auxiliary’s activities this month. Hostesses included Mrs. J. Hovren, Mrs. Rebecca Connelly, and Mrs. Carl Mast.
The Dil Jon post office announced on Thursday a special three cent postage stamp commemorating the San Francisco Exposition. Postmaster Harry Andrus described the vertical purple stamp featuring the tower of the sun at the fair.
Mrs Fay Gransberry of Reichle shopped in Dillon on Wednesday, highlighting local commerce and community activity. Her daytime outing reflects ordinary town life and interaction with merchants in the region.
The newly formed Milton Camera Club met at the federal building Monday night to discuss fundamentals of photography. Dr R D Curry spoke on lenses Ed Olson covered irises and shutters and Walter Stephan explained films. President Stephan announced a program committee including Lambert Olson Albert Erickson Curry and Stephan.
Dolly Richardson, formerly of Dillon, died March 30 in Las Vegas Nevada after a yearlong illness of diabetes and heart trouble. She left Dillon in 1916 and is buried in the family plot at Salt Lake City. Survived by six children and siblings Carl Mast, Martha Sapp, and Rebecca Connelley.
The next book for discussion Knickerbocker Holiday by Maxwell Anderson is now available at Tribune Book Store for $2.50. Members may obtain copies at the shop.
Mrs Edward Nettick and Mrs Edward Nettick are named as the parents of a son born Monday evening at Barrett hospital.
The city council met Wednesday for routine business. Glen Lyons asked for hours changes for beer parlors but no action was taken pending a copy of the enacted liquor hours statute. Official vote canvass is set for next Monday with reorganization planned for early May.
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