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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
5
Death claimed R. A. Waugh, 67, at the county farm Wednesday after a brief illness. He had lived in the county 18 years, working on various ranches. Born in 1882 at Newark Valley, Nev. Survivors include sisters in Fowler, California. Funeral arrangements not announced.
Mrs Lambert Elsi entertained friends at an informal Thursday tea at her home to compliment Mrs Mrian Hollingsworth, who had been a guest for the past week. Mrs Hollingsworth and her daughter Donna left Friday for Cleveland Ohio, with Mrs Eliel accompanying them to Butte.
Lawrence Albéry, who contracted tetanus by stepping on a rusty nail on a Horse Prairie ranch, has recovered enough to return to his Minnesota home. Physicians note recovery from tetanus is rare and welcomed by his family.
Frank H. Padrottt of Dubois Idaho and Marian Anderson of Spencer Idaho were united in marriage here Sunday in a courthouse ceremony performed by Judge Louis Stahl.
Mrs Dave Williams entertained 15 friends Thursday evening in a bridal shower honoring her sister in law Mrs Walter Stephan. The group played bridge and chinker chek with Miss Anny Belle Hartwig and Mrs Edgar Williams receiving score awards. Refreshments followed and linen pieces hung from a white silk umbrella decorated the table for the bride.
Montana State College band will depart September 12 for a 15 day swing covering over 3000 miles. The Bobcats will perform at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco and then play for two football games.
Contractors and crews finish upper Musselshell project as Two Dot canal and Martinsdale units ready for water. Visitors include Lloyd W. Flaherty of Salt Lake City and Walter T. Vance of San Diego. Dillon sees Mrs. Koenekamp and daughters pass through. Buck sustains a broken leg at Red Rock lakes refuge.
A large funeral service was held Tuesday at Brundage chapel for Mrs. Holcomb a longtime Lutheran church active worker and Dillon pioneer. Survived by two sons Benjamin F. Holcomb of Livingston Theodore J. Holcomb of Vallejo Calif and two grandsons Jack W. Paul of Seattle and Dirk T. Holcomb of Livingston. Interment followed at Mountain View cemetery with pallbearers F. C. McFadden A. F. Waldorf Andy Pyle George Lenox Frank Madden and William Ross.
Dillon city officials explore sponsoring a community music center to expand recreation offerings. Kenneth Mulholland and Ray Garing coordinated with Bob Holloran under Paul Anderson to locate quarters and a piano with help from the Work Progress Administration of Montana. The program aims to supplement local teachers and is a leisure time activity with no registration fees at 705 South Atlantic Dillon Montana.
In Billings, Montana, a weather test flight balloon recorded a surface temperature of 92 degrees while official data showed minus 62 at high altitude, a 154 degree divergence. Between 48,000 and 36,000 feet the instrumented ascent logged minus 62% with the burst occurring about 20 degrees warmer higher up.
The Beaver high school unveils new and reassigned staff led by Miss Ruby Rogness now in charge of the commercial department at the University of Chicago and the Gregg prise in Chicago. Miss Frances Bovee of Great Falls will teach history social sciences and physical education. Helen Dahlberg and Evelyn Rimel take over foreign language and related subjects. Other carries include Miss Ethel Anderson Faye Kirkpatrick Miss Mary Castles Mary Virginia Ballard D L Clancy Johnson Harold Babcock W J Bierrum and L A Gregory with assignments across home economics art Spanish music and band courses and athletic coaching.
Dillon Rotary president Frank H. Tyro names committee members for 1939 40 to serve until July 1, 1940. The roster includes chairs and members across club service program fellowship classification finance music vocational service international service community service boys work youth service community survey rural urban acquaintance transportation and public health.
Regular shipments of ore were being made from Florence Arizona on August 24, with ongoing production and transport activity reported for the facility.
Miss Anna Belle Hartwig and Paul Chumrau were married at 1 o’clock Monday at St James Episcopal church with Rev. W. H. Mitchell officiating. Attendants were Miss Sara Murphy and Charles Miller. Out-of-town relatives joined many locals for a floral ceremony and reception at 234 South Rife. The bride wore a brown beige suit for the trip. both graduates from the State University of Montana.
Katherine Virginia Steele and James Edward Prelate were married Friday at St James Church with Rev W H Mitchell officiating in a small gathering. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Don Nelson. The bride is the Steele of Dillon and the groom son of James Prelate. They will reside in Dillon after a short wedding trip.
The family thanks friends and neighbors for sympathy and floral offerings during the illness and death of their mother and grandmother Mrs. Kate Holcomb. Signed by T. E. Holcomb B. F. Holcomb D. T. Holcomb J. W. Paul.
Miss Alma Christensen daughter of Mr and Mrs Berg Christensen of Dillon wed Ralph Wilson Whitehall of Los Angeles on August 18 in the First Congregational church Los Angeles with Dr James W Fifield Jr officiating Attendants were Miss Phyllis Plummer and Joe Wahlin The couple will reside at 2227 Addison Way Los Angeles where Whitehall is employed by a furniture company.
The Maiden Rock hatchery’s Rainbow fingerlings arrived in Dillon for stocking. Six thousand went into lower Blacktail creek, with 6,000 more in Beaverhead river and 6,000 in holding for Estler lake and Scott lake. The Butte Anglers club plans 100,000 more fingerlings in the lower Big Hole near Point of Rocks and Glen. A second shipment of 100 Chinese pheasants will soon be released in the valley.
Dell residents and relatives are listed visiting relatives in Lima Reno Idaho and Butte. A Dell Home Demonstration club picnic drew a large crowd at the McKnight ranch. Birthday celebrations and vacations to Butte the western coast and the world’s fair are noted among families and friends.
A recent Malta Montana storm knocked down softball players, tore the church cupola, and started several fires. No injuries reported. Fire crews contained blazes and residents cleaned debris after the storm.
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