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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
8
Sergeant Alexander McClintock of Lexington Kentucky in the Canadian Army shares a first person account. The wounded holder of the Distinguished Conduct Medal describes his return home and intention to rejoin the fight for Uncle Sam and the Allied cause.
Sergeant McClintock recounts leaving Belgium for the Somme at Poperinghe and Calais with the Canadian overseas forces, describing Australian and Canadian interactions, training for open warfare, and the bombardment of Albert and Courcelette. He notes Major Gilday’s simple medicine and the grim sights of Poitiers and Regina trench action.
A business meeting of the Methodist Aid Society will be held Thursday afternoon August 30 at the church. All members are requested to attend as an election of officers is to take place.
Members of the junior class held a Saturday night picnic at Dillmont Park to honor Prof. Cluley the class basketball coach and Dr. Garver their class professor. Mrs. Garver was a guest.
Miss Helen McKay and Charles McGrath were married in St Rose Catholic church Wednesday morning by Rev. Father Foley.
Mrs. C Bronson entertained the Needle club on Wednesday at the Wedum residence with guests Mrs Lorenzo Cushing Mrs Wm Bernstine and Miss Young. A recent concert at the training school auditorium by Miss Poindexter Mrs Scott Miss Finch and Mrs Finch drew an unusually critical audience and the performers all acquitted themselves admirably.
A faculty reception at Garver Home Monday night honored Prof. Walter Scott who resigns as professor of chemistry and geographic science at Normal College to pursue a PhD at MIT in Boston. Prof. John B. Cluley will attend the officers training school in San Francisco.
Rev Father Foley united Miss May Ellen Henneberry and Mr Francis Joseph Tonrey in marriage at St Rose Catholic church. Bride wore white georgette crepe with silver trim and carried white roses. Attendants included Elfreda Williamson and Bruce Christman. After luncheon at the Henneberry home the couple left for Boulder Springs on a wedding trip and will reside here after September 1.
The ranch home of Mrs Amanda Giudici hosted a quiet Saturday wedding for Miss Anna Carrie Giudici and William F Schnell of Kalispell. Rev. Atwood of Bozeman officiated followed by a luncheon.
Our regular soldier fare is wholesome but not luxurious. The allowance is 41 cents a day for each man with butter three or four meals a week and jam occasionally. We never have jam and butter at the same time. No complaint of any sort can be made on the fare. It is clean, good and sufficient and we are healthy and well cared for.
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