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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1939
Page
8
John Bilwood separated from Harold Ellwood during a fishing trip in the Steel Creek area last week. The American Legion post organized a search party but Bilwood returned to the Steel Creek ranger station before help reached the timber.
The Ted Harper unit of the American Legion auxiliary met on Thursday August 4 with Mrs Pearl Barr as vice president presiding. Plans for the dedication of the American Legion hall were discussed and a motion to send in the per capita tax to headquarters was approved. Nearby visitors included Harland Capehart and Dick Marwin of Seattle staying at the Capehart cabin on Twin Lakes. Clark Huntley completed haying and moved equipment to the Dishno ranch to assist, while Wallace Hall of Butte suffered a painful ankle injury in a Thursday runaway at the Swanson ranch.
Ladies of St. Rose guild announce parish picnic at Dillmont park on Sunday August 20. An outdoor mass at 11 o'clock will feature special music. Mass will be followed by a picnic lunch and an afternoon program of small sports for all Catholic families of the parish.
Word arrives of Oscar Dunn’s death on July 24 after a four month illness. Dunn lived in Dillon 12 years and in Lima three, worked at Bond grocery, and left to settle in Kalispell 17 years ago. His widow Mrs. Dunn is visiting Dillon with John Sanner and W. J. Cushing.
Kenneth Seehurch, a Powell County High School senior in Deer Lodge, received 100 prize dollars and a Yellowstone trip for an essay on loan factors. The piece outlines three core factors: borrower character, ability and capacity to repay, and the security or capital backing the loan.
Diplomas were awarded to a list of graduates including Robert E. Arthaud Sidney Eleanor Bissner Anaconda Hileen E Butka Lane Wilma Forsyth Big Fork Margaret Gee Bozeman Loretta Grills Miles City John Haburchak Big Sandy Edythe Hickey Dillon Ed win Holst Browning Janette Howard Emigrant Fanny Jones Hot Springs L Ruth Lanagan Big Timber Maggie Lannen Hall Ella Melton Mussel shell Laura North Baker Marion Simpson Butte Luice Smith Ashland Leola Spanger Red Lodge.
Miss Mary Baker, soon to wed D I Emerick, was honored at an 8 oclock dinner and shower by Miss Violet Eastman at Miss Clara Plant’s home. Guests included faculty colleague Miss Mary Lyle Innes and many local residents with out of town visitors from Chapel Hill North Carolina Billings and Santa Barbara California.
Belleville Kansas residents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harroun and daughter Wanda visit sister Mrs. Dan Piccone in Reichle with mother Mrs. Sarah Harroun. They depart for Grandview Washington to join Mrs. Ruth Fleming for a family reunion at her home.
A baby daughter was born Tuesday evening to Mr and Mrs Les Lackey of Dillon at Barrett Hospital.
Mr Holloran will lead the camp personally and ensure safety for attending boys. Parents bear responsibility for unforeseen accidents. Two weekly camp groups limit 20 boys each. Eligible ages start at eight with nine to sixteen preferred. Interested parties should contact Mr Holloran early. civic leaders and business people back the idea. car volunteers needed for transportation.
A Dillon man Lloyd Davis reports his dog was poisoned last night marking a second attack in a year on his pets. A quick action by a retiree saved his eye and Spunky, the earlier dog, died from strychnine poisoning last year. Authorities warn residents to be vigilant for the Dillon dog poisoner.
EB W Johnson and William Lloyd will represent Dillon lodge 1554 BPOE at the Livingston state Elks convention later this month. The lodge plans its drum and bugle corps and ritualistic team to compete, with Dillon’s drum corps defending its title. A class of five candidates was initiated at the Tuesday meeting.
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn rules the grass conservation act passed by the last legislature is not unconstitutional or void. Phillips County Attorney Fred C. Gabriel of Malta had previously held a section unconstitutional that allows lands within a district to be fenced off if the owner does not want to come under the act.
The surplus commodities corporation bought 122 million pounds of butter for 34,500 dollars for distribution to the nation’s needy during the year ended June 30. In the last months of the year the agency distributed between 10 and 13 million pounds annually through state welfare departments.
The Gargantua the gorilla, billed as the world’s largest and most ferocious, will be shown in Butte on Saturday August 19 with performances at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. Doors open 7 p.m. The event features air conditioning, a redesigned tent, and a vast cast including Terrell Jacobs, 70 Kentucky high school riders, and The Greatest Show on Earth production.
The Normal college pool will be drained Saturday August 12 and unused until days after the autumn quarter opening on September 25. Residence halls close this week for renovation ahead of the term start. Miss Anna Moser is the new dean of women arriving around September 1 and will handle inquiries until then.
The state railroad and public service commission ordered Great Falls Gas to cut rates now, saving local users about $50,000 a year.
The state board of paroles approved nine first time prisoners for release during August from the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge in accord with state parole law.
Thursday notes detail visits and stays across Montana towns. Families such as Boughton at Nogales and Judge at Dillon, plus trips by Thornton from Oklahoma City and Rienhart from Elkhorn Springs, mark a weekend of hospitality and travel patterns among local residents and their kin.
The Dillon Camera club met Monday night to plan a traveling salon of amateur Montana photographs to be shown for a full week starting next Monday. Included are two photos submitted by Walter Stephan, club president, and Dr. R. D. Curry served as acting president. Next Monday will feature a member picture examination with guest critics present.
Announcement here Thursday describes the marriage of Miss Rose Porter and Pete Westergard, a well known Dillon couple, performed in Butte on Wednesday by Judge T. E. Downey. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Actus of Butte. Mrs. Westergard is the daughter of long time Dillon residents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Porter. Westergard is a Dillon businessman and noted sportsman and trapshooter. The couple will reside in Dillon.
Open competitive examinations for several United States government service positions have been announced. Applications must be on file before September 8. Positions include marketing specialist in livestock marketing supervision, marketing specialist, dietitian, and lithographic transferrer with salaries ranging from $1,800 to $4,600 annually. Full information is available at the Dillon post office.
Wallace Kaiser of the state horticulture division reported finding 2,258 marijuana stalks near Savage and Sidney Montana. Authorities noted irrigation ditch banks yielded the crop and the ground showed disturbance suggesting recent harvesting.
Leslie Earl Gray and Miss Lillian Wilkins of Idaho Falls were married Monday evening at the Presbyterian manse by Dr. Paris E. Wells.
After a brief visit with her sister Mrs. Albert Erickson, Miss Mildred Gerer left Monday for San Francisco where she will sail for Honolulu to teach school the coming term.
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