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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1938
Page
5
Dillon and surrounding areas show a busy week with many visitors from Armstead Lima Alder and other towns. Local events include Easter gatherings, marriages in Pocatello and Deer Lodge, and awards for journalism students while CCC enrollment and a car theft case connect Beav erhead to wider regional activity.
Shakespeare club members planning to attend the annual dinner on Saturday evening must notify Mrs. Tom Gilbert by Wednesday.
The Manse society of the Presbyterian church will hold a meeting Thursday at two o'clock in the church parlors with Mrs. William Welborn as hostess.
The L. D. S. Relief Society will hold a meeting Thursday at two o'clock in the chapel with members expected to attend.
The Busy Bee club met on Tuesday for a 1:30 luncheon at the home of Mrs. Mary Molleur.
The Homemakers club convened Monday afternoon at 1 30 at the home of Mrs Joe Wedum with Mrs Wedum and Mrs John Troupe serving as hostesses.
A sizeable Dillon crowd attended the Percy-Granger concert Saturday night in the new Butte high school auditorium. The internationally renowned pianist performed to a full house, drawing music lovers from the area.
A surprise party honoring Mrs. George Lenox was held Sunday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Ed Farley. Pinochle provided the entertainment followed by refreshments.
The Wednesday meeting of the Better Homes club is postponed to Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The gathering will be at Mrs. Ella Boetticher’s home at 823 South Washington. Miss Lillian Stone leads. assisting hostess is Mrs. Mildred Gerner.
Ruth Stephenson serves as a field representative for the National Girl Scouts organization in Mississippi. She travels to local councils to assist with programs, recruitment, and community outreach, promoting Girl Scout activities and leadership opportunities across communities.
ONeidé and Tedesco discuss how the machine age influenced music and art. Tedesco notes Dillon’s large audience and frames art as prehistoric religious and machine age, asserting the scientist’s genius mirrors the artist and that science aids the arts.
A Friday night program at the Masonic hall closed the annual education week with addresses by Charles Henry city superintendent on American Education Ideal or Fantasy and Miss Genevieve Albertson of the Normal College. Students from training school high school and college performed music dress revue and tumbling acts with Mrs H E Hazel as soloist.
Thieves stole 6,000 feet of copper wire from a mile of block signal lines near Forsyth Montana. The disconnect was found moments before a through train arrival and flagged, delaying the train about 12 minutes. Rosebud and Yellowstone county officers searched for the thieves.
Faculty selects eight seniors three juniors and one sophomore as charter members of BCHS first National Honor Society chapter. Named seniors include Frank Bayerd Anna Christensen Arthur Christensen Earl Fairbanks Florence McBain Floyd Pahnish Frances Pickorick Don Wheat. Junior members Jo Ann Fuller William Tower Elizabeth Wilkinson, probationary sophomore Joe Taylor. Selection based on scholarship service leadership and character.
Vandals damaged a local Girl Scout hike station, tearing down a rustic bridge and damaging tables wash stand stove and flag pole. Fire wood was strewn about as workers had built the site with lumber donated by the CCC and local volunteers.
Miss Alyce Christiansen was honored at a farewell gathering hosted by Miss Ruth Wilberg on Tuesday evening. Friends presented her with a gift and a pleasant evening followed with attendees including Winifred Christiansen Dorothy Irwin Cathleen Buck Sue Tragitt Josephine Gravely Iola Robinson Eva Nissen and the guest of honor and hostess. The Christiansen family relocates to Kalispell where Mr Christiansen will serve as superintendent for Continental Oil Company.
Mr and Mrs Marcus Hilden of Glasgow announce the birth of a daughter on April 12. Mrs Hilden is formerly Mary Louise Taylor of Dillon.
Normal Giles, clerk of court, Tuesday issued a marriage license to be recorded as official record of matrimony. The notice signals a forthcoming union between engaged individuals.
Mrs Annabel Edinger discussed child welfare work and state women’s rights under WPA at a Wednesday club session in Butte. Picture cards of the state capitol complemented the theme while Miss Lorraine McGrath read, and cemetery project chair Dora Smith updated a drive that has not yet reached its $2400 goal, with several new donors listed.
About 20 county rural schools create child health display projects for Child Health Day. Projects will appear in Dillon store windows April 30 through May 2 under supervision of county nurse Miss Margaret Holloran and county superintendent Miss Nelle Doyle. Judges are Miss Mary Baker Miss Jean Ballard and Mrs. W J Bierrum. Bathroom scales awarded to the winning school.
Reports from Dr F I Terrill of the state tuberculosis sanitarium Galen say none of the 15 reactors at Beaverhead county high school are serious. Tuberculosis tests were given March 15 to 185 volunteers with readings by Dr Routledge Poindexter and X rays by Dr Stephan. Seals sales funded the program with 506 dollars raised. 65 percent allocated to the Guy Combes TB fund in Beaverhead County.
The article lists a large ensemble for a concert, naming each instrument and player. It includes violas from Dillon and Miss Katherine MacGregor, cellos from Anaconda and Dillon, bass, piano, flutes, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophones, trumpets, horn, trombones, drums, and a Men's Glee club with members from Dillon and neighboring towns such as Three Forks, Ringling, Philipsburg, Manhattan, Hamilton, Sheridan, and Big Sandy.
County agent Bernard Williams urged farmers and ranchers to curb ground squirrel crop damage. He noted plague reduced populations three years ago, but infestation is rising again. Poison bait, proven effective, sells for five cents per pound at the county agent's office and local cooperators in Basin, Goose Store, Wise River, Melrose, Dillon, and other outlets.
Business and Professional women press on the cemetery water project with Dillon’s departed graves in view. The drive aims for 2400 dollars with Chairman Dora Smith urging continued effort and prompt submission of contributor lists.
In Glacier Park Montana on April 14 rangers report a beaver colony has built a 140 foot dam across Bowman lake outlet. This raises the lake level by about a foot, storing roughly 2 500 acre feet of water. The beavers proceed unmolested as the National Park Service does not interfere with native wildlife.
A license was issued on Thursday to Ralph McDonough and Ada Chivrell of Ontario Oregon. They were married this afternoon in the courthouse by Judge Louis Stahl. PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION NOW.
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