Thanksgiving visitors and local social events in Dillon
Dillon residents hosted and visited relatives during Thanksgiving. Notable gatherings included Busy Bee Club luncheons hosted by Mrs. F. M. Carr and several families hosting guests from Helena, Butte, Polari s, and other towns. Students from Montana State College in Bozeman and the University of Montana joined family dinners before returning to campus.
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James O. Melton
Idaho Falls
Busy Bee Club
F.M. Carr
Methodist Ladies Aid Meeting Set At Church Parlor
The Methodist Ladies Aid will meet Thursday afternoon at the church parlors. Hostesses for the afternoon are Mrs. Ed Ferris, Mrs. Lizzie Miku and Mrs. Elza Smith.
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Methodist Ladies Aid
Ed Ferris
Lizzie Miku
Elza Smith
Lutheran Ladies Aid Meeting Scheduled at Dysart Gowen Home
The Lutheran Ladies Aid will meet Thursday afternoon at 2 30 at the home of Mrs Dysart Gowen for a community gathering and social time.
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Lutheran Ladies Aid
Dysart Gowen
Arrest of William T Pinkerton on drunk and disorderly charge
William T Pinkerton aged 60 was arrested Tuesday by Dellar Gordon a sheriff's deputy and jailed on a drunk and disorderly charge.
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William T. Pinkerton
Dellar Gordon
St James Guild Hosts Thursday No Hostess Meeting
Members of St James guild will hold a no hostesses meeting Thursday afternoon at the guild hall. The event invites attendees to gather and discuss guild activities in a casual setting at the St James location.
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St. James Guild Hall
Hunter Shotgun Report Triggers Team Run and Hayrack Crash
Tom Evans aged 60 was riding a hayrack when frightened by a hunter's shotgun report. His team bolted causing the hayrack to overturn. Evans received treatment at Barrett hospital for a broken collar bone and multiple fractured ribs.
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Tom Evans
Evans
Barrett Hospital
Two Sentences Handed Down in Local Disturbance Case
Earl Kelly received a 15 day jail sentence after arraignment in justice court Friday on a disturbance charge. Mrs. William Pinkerton was given a 90 day suspended sentence on a similar charge.
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Earl Kelly
Justice Court
William Pinkerton
B B Club Meets at Mrs Sherman Hughes Home
The B B club convened at the home of Mrs. Sherman Hughes on Monday evening November 28 at 8 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Club
Sherman Hughes
Mrs Earl Fairbanks Hosts Lima Bridge Club Meeting
Mrs Earl Fairbanks entertained the Double-Four bridge club at her Lima home on Wednesday afternoon.
Meeting of Junior Auxiliary Rescheduled to Dec 9
The Junior Auxiliary meeting moved from December 2 to Friday December 9 due to conflicting dates. Miss Erma Lou Warner will host at her home at 7 o clock.
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Erma Lou Warner
Regular Meeting Notice for Diana Rebekah Lodge
A regular meeting of the Diana Rebekah Lodge will be held Thursday at 8 o clock in the evening. Election of officers will be the order of business.
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Diana Rebekah Lodge
Order of Business
Local Notices From Armstead and Nearby Areas
Mrs. Jim Campbell of Armstead and Mrs. William Gray of Lima were callers and visitors in town this week. W. S. Tash of Polaris conducted business while here early in the week. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Olson visited Melrose. Miss Hope Mathews returned to Sheridan to resume teaching after Thanksgiving. Mrs. M. V. Ring and son went home to Long Beach Calif after two months with relatives. Henry Schwab, Kremlin school instructor, spent Thanksgiving at home. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Burrell left for St. Anthony Idaho for a brother’s funeral near The Dalles Oregon. The Maylands returned from Great Falls and attended the Billings Great Falls state football game. Miss Dorothy Anderson of Dillon was chosen alto soloist for the Montana State College chorus concerts in December under L B Opp. Ruth Deputy of Colorado Woman’s College, also a Dillon student, appeared in an amateur stage show with a speed tap routine.
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J. W. Burrell
St. Anthony
Idaho
Mr. Burrell
Dalles
Ore
J. L. Mayland
Great Falls
Billings
Dorothy Anderson
Montana State College
Dillon
L. BE. Opp
Stone Heads Birthday Ball Celebration
W. M. Stone accepts chair manship of the annual celebration of the President's birthday to raise funds for infantile paralysis. Keith Morgan informed him of selection as county chairman. Leo Truax and George Legas head local committees. After Jan. 30 the National Foundation will form permanent county chapters. Funds from Beaverhead County events will be split 50 50 between the national foundation and the local infantile paralysis prevention chapter.
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W. M. Stone
Stone
Keith Morgan
Leo Truax
Lima
George Legas
Wisdom
National Foundation For
Beaverhead
Dances
National Foundation
Twenty Two Girls Practice For Water Pageant
Twenty two girls rehearse for the sixth annual water pageant The Wedding at Normal college on December 2 and 3. Fourteen contestants perform while guest swimmers from the training school and high school join. Director and author Miss Marjorie Hamer heads the Dolphins with guests Ray Gallant Russell Bay John Osborne and Wesley Sloulin.
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Normal College
Dolphins
Ray Gallant
Russell Bay
John Osborne
Wesley Sloulin
Marjorie Hamer
Orr Flowers and Gifts Opens on Montana Street
Dillon welcomes Orr Flowers and Gifts as a new up town floral shop in the former Western Union location on Montana street. The store showcases state greenhouse flowers and gifts with a fall and winter display including mums carnations roses and locally grown blooms. The opening occurred Wednesday night at 7 30 with public invited to view a special flower refrigerator display.
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Dillon
Orr Flowers and Gifts
Montana Street
Western Union
State Greenhouse and Floral Company
Montana
Superintendent Anderson Speaks at A A U W Meeting
Paul Anderson city schools superintendent and training director at the Normal college discussed Indoctrination. The Dillon American Association of University Women met at Mrs. Ernest Orr's home Monday night with assistance from Fay Kirkpatrick Loretta Buss Mary Castles and Evelyn Rimel. Gladys Forrester led the program committee.
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Paul Anderson
The
Normal College
Dillon American Association of University Women
Ernest Orr
Orr
Fay Kirkpatrick
Loretta Buss
Mary Castles
Evelyn Rimel
Gladys Forrester
Former embezzler freed after partial parole
Lloyd Kurth who was sentenced to five years in the Deer Lodge state penitentiary for embezzling funds from the Great Falls water department was released after one year. Governor Ayers commuted the sentence to two years and the parole board granted parole at half the term as a first time offender.
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Lloyd Kurth
Deer Lodge
Great Falls
Bitterroot Apple Crop Valued At 200000 This Year
Missoula Montana November 28 Bitterroot apple crop will gross about 200000 this year State Horticulturist George Knight estimated. The yield matches last year in quantity but higher demand boosts prices. McIntosh apples reach new markets including California for the first time with shipments to Pacific midwest and Atlantic markets.
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Missoula
Mont
U.P
George Knight
California
Pacific
Mid-West
Atlantic
Alva Garr of Dell Visited area
Alva Garr of Dell visited the area as a notable guest, with locals noting his presence and activities during the visit.
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Alva ¢ Garr
Dell
Patro l man makes Thanksgiving arrest
Bob T Woody was arrested on Thanksgiving Day by highway patrolman Robert Wright on a drunken driving charge. He was released on a 500 dollar bond and ordered to appear November 30. Officers said it was his third offense. Woody was driving on Highway 91 near the Nelson schoolhouse when arrested.
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Bob t.Woody
Robert Wright
Woody
Nelson Schoolhouse
Sweeney and Thatcher Wed in Salt Lake City Cathedral
Roger Sweeney son of Dell residents wed Elaine Thatcher daughter of Thatcher Idaho in the Cathedral of Madeleine Salt Lake City Thanksgiving eve. Rev Father Bradley presided. The groom, a Beaverhead county high school graduate, belongs to a pioneer Sheep creek basin family. Mrs Sweeney, Thatcher high school and L D S college graduate, works in civil service in Salt Lake City. Attending were sisters Miss Margaret Sweeney, Beaverhead county superintendent elect, and Mary Sweeney, Utah State College student at Logan.
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Roger Sweeney
William Sweeney
Dell
Elaine Thatcher
H., E Thatcher
Thatcher, Idaho
Madeline
Salt Lake City
Father Bradley
Groom
Beaverhead County
Sheep Creek Basin
Sweeney
Thatcher High School
L. D. 8. Business College
Civil Service
Margaret Sweeney
Mary Sweeney
Utah State College
Logan
Paleontology Exhibit Donated for Montana Fair Display
Fort Peck paleontologist Darwin Harbricht gifts Montana a notable array of dinosaur fossils pine cones fossil figs and related geological material for the San Francisco 1939 world fair exhibit lodge. The display will be integrated with other Montana history and recreation exhibits.
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Darwin Harbricht
Fort Peck
Montana
Job Insurance Fund Nearing Half Million in Montana
Montana's unemployment compensation fund, funded by employers, is projected to reach about $4.75 million by month’s end, per Barclay Craighead, chairman of the bureau. He notes that when the unemployment compensation law takes effect, covered workers will become eligible for benefits under the provisions.
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Montana
Barclay Craighead
Bureau
Architects Chosen for Billings High and Grade Schools
District No. 2 Billings selects Cushing and Terrell as associate architects for a 1.5 million high and grade school project and joins with Link and Cohagen for a 200 thousand dollar city hall design, both due to begin by January 1. Ralph H. Cushing is a local son who recently joined Everett O. Terrell.
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Billings
Cushing and Terrell
Ralph H. Cushing
Lorenzo Cushing
Everett O. Terrell
Billings Council
J. G. Link and Company
C.C. Cohagen
Beaverhead County High Names First Honor Roll for 1938-39
Beaverhead County High announces its first honor roll for the 1938-39 term led by Eleanore Thompson with three points. Notable attendees include Mary Ann Luebben, John Hartwig, Joe Piazzola tied for third, and J W McCracken in fifth, with a long list of other listed students earning distinction.
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Beaverhead County
Eleanore Thompson
Mary Ann Luebben
John Hartwig
Joe Piazzola
J. W. McCracken
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Howard Morse
Ray Wolfe
Jo Ann Deputy
Dorothy Davis
Joe Taylor
John Wedum
Bessie Knox
Glenn Pyeatt
William Tower
Maurice Sullivan
Sue Tragitt
Alice Davis
June Patrick
Burlene Shaver
Ruth Jackson
George Bowring
Jo Ann Fuller
Jean Burch
Marguerite Johnson
Grace Knox
Marian Rider
Dorothy Ann Gosman
Katherine Steele
Eileen Grimes
Evelyn Nissen
Evelyn Gregg
Louis Schmittroth
Patricia Smith
Barbara Holloran
Alice Mae Staudenmeyer
Martin Thompson
Otha
Education talk by Dr Curtis L Wilson on research role
Through the Student Activity committee Dr Curtis L Wilson of the School of Mines spoke this week on Scientific Research as an Implement of Higher Education. He has given several talks in Dillon and is regarded as an excellent speaker. Dr Sheldon EB Davis will attend a University Executive Council meeting in Helena later this week where inter institutional matters will be discussed. The council includes executive heads of six university institutions and Dr H H Swain, executive secretary of the University of Montana, who oversees the Helena office.
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Curtis L. Wilson
School of Mines
Wilson
Dillon
Sheldon EB. Davis
University Executive Council
Helena
H. H. Swain
University of Montana
Normal students injured in Montana auto accident
Three Montana State Normal College students returning to Whitefish for Thanksgiving were bruised and cut when their car overturned on an icy stretch 20 miles south of Whitefish. Occupants Jess Whitney, Helen Gibb, and Harold Dugan suffered injuries. Whitney had a severe head wound needing seven stitches. The Dugan owned car was badly damaged after overturning three times.
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Montana State Normal College
Whitefish
Jess Whitney
Helen Gibb
Harold Dugan
Whitney
Dugan
Eastern Stars Plan Card Party at Masonic Hall
Mizpah chapter of the Order of Eastern Star sponsors a public card party at the Masonic hall Thursday at 8 pm featuring bridge pinochle and chinker-check. Prizes refreshments and a full program are announced with Miss Elizabeth Shotwell leading arrangements.
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Mizpah
The
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Elizabeth Shotwell
Bannack Hosts Benefit Card Parties for Schools
Two card parties at Bannack school house raised nearly 43 dollars for Bannack schools. First party hosts included Mrs. Louis Thompson and others. high prizes went to Mrs. Ross Nay and Rayburn Thompson, low to Mrs. W. Smith and Louis Thompson. Second party hosts included Mrs. Kenneth Kenison and others. high prizes went to Mrs. Goodspeed and Jack Kettner, low to Mrs. K Clarke and Vernon Gilman. A turkey door prize went to Mrs. Morrison.
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Bannack
Louis Thompson
Rayburn Thompson
L. Ward
Richardson
Goodspeed
Egberg
Ross Nay
W. Smith
Kenneth Kenison
James McLaughlin
Hoffman
McGregor
Braddaw
Jack Kettner
K. Clarke
Vernon Gilman
Morrison
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John Snook
F. M
Carr
Busy Bee
Misa Eleanor Rodman
Butte
Wranglers
Robert Cla
Dewey Marchesseau of
Polaris
Helen Croft
Columbus
Maude Metzel
Alder
Harry
Andrus,’ Sr
Lawrence Hughes
Wise River
Callera
H. L. McCaleb
George Hughes
Camas Nelson of
Levant Taylor
Conrad Orr
Chateau
Irene Pipat
Garrison
Gladys Carr
Mildred Schuler
Mrs
Harry Schuler
Mildred Taylor
Eileen Jackson
Boulder
Anna Mautz
Twin Bridges
Joe Mautz
Cameron
Alfred Storey
Randall Storey and Son
Dean
Ed McAfee
Kermit Davis
Mark Wellman
Augusta, Mont
Helen Wellman
Normal ‘College
Georgia Mae Metlen
George Metlen
Tom Newnes
State Universty
Grizzly Band
University Pharmacy Club
Burton Bachenlor
Terry O'Hara
State Penitentiary
John Troupe
Denton Oliver of
Mrs. Farnum Schuyler
Mayme F. Allen
Gertrude French
M. P. Moe
O. K. Moe
Moe
Montana Education Associa
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Charles Osborne
L.S. Osborne
Melbourn Jackson
James R. Jackson
State College
Bozeman
Gilbert Hilde
Mutual Life. Insurance Company of New York
Methodist Aid
Lutheran Aid
ST. James Guild
Rebekah Meeting
Jim Campbell
Armstead
William Gray of
City
W. S. Tash
Willard Olson
Henry Schwab
Kremlin
Ruth Deputy
Colorado
Eleanor. Powell
Cecil
Carrol Lowe
McKendree College
Lebanon
Ill
Stone Heads
Anderson
Kurth
Taro Gaeve
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Eastern Stars
W. J. Romersa
Elizabeth Clemon
Florence Stone
Edith Herndon
Florence Backus
Mazie Davis
Jean Mulkey
Joe Mulkey
Elizabeth Boyer
Earl Fairbanks
W .B. Bretherton
Hazel Tash
Ruth Dart
Dorothy Mayland
Ann Chapman
Zetta Gosman
Bill Bradley
Rhea Meade
Sylvester Meade
Mable Erwin
Mary Rodgers
Mida Stahl
Frances Graves
Elizabeth Paddock
Iva Orr
Clara Graeter
Mrs. Poindexter
Elizabeth Best
Muriel Tyre
Winifred Emerick
Florence Wedum
Catherine Willis
Lois Hazelbaker
Hazel Kearns
Clara Opp
Ethel Holman
W. G. Squires
Elizabeth Rife
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