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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1936
Page
5
A flurry of travelers passes through Dillon this week with names like Sargent Chaput Owen Kennedy and Rodman visiting from Armstead Monida and Butte. Local residents travel to Yellowstone Great Falls and Salmon while marriages tickets and scholarships surface including Edward Campbell and Louise Fransen Dillon and Car roll College honor student Ryan Dodge.
A digest of local moves and travels includes Mr and Mrs M J Weenink returning from Minnesota after their wedding in recent days. Miss Katherine Lasich and Mrs Mary Gooding return to Los Angeles after two weeks in Dillon with their mother Mrs Steve Lasich planning winter in California. Mr and Mrs Harry Clark and Shorty Miller depart for New Hampshire to settle there for health and home. The Miller Transfer business passes to Bert Morrison, linked with the firm over a year. Bee Forsyth, former Rexburg Rexbury Standard staffer and now Rexburg guest at Edna Dietrich, visits with Nettie Garner amid a Dillon State Normal College summer term attendance by William Wolverton, a Dillon high school instructor. Mrs Mary Molleur leaves for the Montana Pioneers and Sons and Daughters convention in Deer Lodge with planned sessions and events from Thursday to Saturday.
Miss June Brown Armstead and Sherman Koontz were married at the Baptist church in Dillon with Rev. Willis J. Loar officiating. The bride, daughter of Jesse and Mrs. Brown of Armstead, and the groom, son of Ray and Mrs. Koontz of Dillon, plan a ranch home near Armstead after a Yellowstone honeymoon. Meanwhile Dillon Country club members prepared for the upcoming championship by completing qualifying rounds for both men and women in match play, with prizes announced.
Mrs. Maud Bennett hosts a Baptist Ladies Aid event on Thursday August 27 inviting friends. The campaign urges buying homes now to stop rent and prepare for school and winter with bargains on small houses and homesites. C. C. Newman, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Westergaard and Carl Mast visited Vic Westergaard at Murray hospital in Butte.
Ida Marie and W. H. Powell sue Phillip B. Cottom in district court seeking damages for injuries alleged from an automobile collision. The plaintiffs seek compensation for losses from the crash.
Dillon residents with housing for students to work for their board are asked to see county superintendent Nell Doyle. The article also notes a series of local items including a scooter accident, Admiral Farragut named ships, and civil service exam openings with salaries and contact details.
Sunday August 23 1936 churches of Christ and Christian Science study highlighted unity in the Bible passage First Corinthians ten ten and the Christian Science text Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures stressing one Mind one God and perfectibility.
Montanan community brief records trips and visits by residents and friends including Gosman Robinson Tello and McKnight. A marriage license is issued to Nels Palm and Olive Roan. The final item recalls Farragut’s 1864 Mobile Bay assault and the famous torpedo moment as Union ships passed Fort Morgan.
The Hayden family expresses sincere thanks for acts of kindness and sympathy during illness and death of their husband and father. They note appreciation for floral offerings and musical contributions and extend thanks to the Rev Lear. Subscriptions are requested to be paid.
At the Hartwig theatre Fury starring Spencer Tracy and Sylvia Sidney plays Friday and Saturday August 28 and 29 with intense drama and romance. The King Steps Out with Grace Moore and Franchot Tone screens Sunday and Monday August 30 and 31 in a musical comedy delight. A double feature follows Tuesday and Wednesday September 1 and 2 headlined by Yours For the Asking plus a six act vaudeville show by Hollywood Varieties. Thursday September 3 features I’d Give My Life with Sir Guy Standing Frances Drake and Tom Brown.
Miss Betty Jo Jeppson of Dillon visits Mayor Andersen and Mrs. Andersen with Mary Andersen for two weeks after a California stay. Big Hole basin residents attend Chas. Pinkerton funeral in Dillon. Fred J. Carr and daughter Isobel visit from Medford, Oregon with Gladys Carr returning from University of Washington. A sparrow ignites a barn fire on W. P. Wagener farm in Atchison, Kansas.
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