Beaverhead County Agricultural Conservation Elects New Leaders
At a Beaverhead county agricultural conservation meeting in Bernard Williams office J C Ferguson Reichle was elected president succeeding J H Keenan. Floyd Kenison Dell is vice president and William Carroll Jackson is third board member with Luther Smith as alternate. Committees were elected in four districts with named chairmen. Inspections for the 1938 range program begin January 1 and farmers must complete practises by then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Williams
J. C. Ferguson
Reichle
Ferguson
J. H. Keenan
Floyd Kenison
Dell
William Carroll
Jackson
Luther Smith
Wisdom
Herb Armitage
George Harrison
Polaris
B. J. McMenamey
Armstead
W. A. Price
Beavers Snap Into Running On Idaho Trip
Beaver head cagers win two games in Idaho over the weekend asserting title-contending form for the upcoming Montana interscholastic season. Friday night the Idaho Falls Tigers 1937 champions led early but fell 31 to 26 as Cashmore sparked a Beaver scoring spree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Head
Idaho
Gem
Oith the Beavers
Cash
Christmas Vacations Start For Local Schools
Holiday recess begins for Normal college and grade schools on Friday and for the high school on Wednesday, with Christmas programs winding up the week. Teachers plan holiday trips to Billings Red Lodge Miles City and Bozeman while Dillon hosts faculty at home. Grade School and High School programs featured carols recitals and a pageant directed by Miss Violet Eastman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Eastman
Cathleen Henkel
Billings
Ruby Bogness
Red Lodge
Helen Dahlberg
Harold Babcock
Miles City
Mary Castles
Superior
Dillon
Conrad Orr
W. J. Bierrum
Fay Kirkpatrick
Song
We Three Kings of Orient
Page Hight
Plans Made to Issue License Tags for 1938
Beaverhead county officials announce the 1938 auto license plates will be issued after the new year under a new method. Registration starts January 3, since January 1 and 2 are holidays. Plates will be obtained from County Treasurer Miss Bertie Mathews instead of the state registrar at Deer Lodge. Taxes for 1938 must be paid before licenses. owners present their 1937 registration card to receive two state prepared registration forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Bertie Mathews
Deer Lodge
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Dillon Churches Plan For Joyous Christmas
Beaverhead County hosts a community Christmas with services across Dillon churches. Activities include a Baptist church Christmas Eve tree program with gifts for children, carols, films, and Santa. First Lutheran offers Christmas Day festival services at 10 30 a m with hymns and a gospel reading. Postlude follows as A W Nelson leads the pastor and choir in an observance continued on page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Dillon
the Baptist Church
Angelus
Popeye
Santa Claus
First Lutheran
W. W. Hawkins
A. W. Nelson
Gustave Wagner
Roy Zeigner
Farm Bill Moves Toward First House Vote
Washington committee chairmen maneuver the March farm bill toward its first congressional vote. The move tightens rules on marketing quotas for wheat corn cotton rice and tobacco with voluntary contracts and possible compulsory controls if referendums fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marvin Jones
House Agriculture Committee
House
Wisconsin
Gerald Beil‘call
Boileau
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Wales
Former Dillon Supervisor Elevated to Assistant Regional Forester
E. D. Sandvig, ex supervisor of Beaverhead Forest at Dillon, is promoted to assistant regional forester of the range management division in Missoula. The move takes effect January 1, 1938, with Glen A. Smith transferring to Ogden Utah to assume new duties. Sandvig's career spans Montana Oregon Idaho and national forests with a 1923 forestry degree from the University of Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Forestry Department
Evan W. Kelly
Missoula
E. D. Sandvig
Beaverhead Forest
Glen A. Smith
Ogden
Utah
Sandvig
Forest Service
Sanding
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
State University of Montana
Custer National Forest
Billings
Kelley
Smith
Intermountain
Beaverhead Spuds Capture State Awards at Billings Show
Irvine and Cottom potato farm from Beaverhead County led the Montana State Corn Seed and Potato show with top honors in the certified seed division and multiple awards in the commercial class. Their entries Netted Gems Bliss Triumph White Rose Katahdin Chippawa Red McClures and British Queens drew praise as among the finest on display. The exhibit topped the overall show and plans for future entries in Ogden Utah were noted as likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Irvine and Cottom
Montana
Billings
Irvine
Cottom
Utah
Sandary
Yule Theme Dominant As Dillon Rotary Club Plans Event
The Dillon Rotary Club’s Christmas party at the Andrus hotel featured Rev. J. A. Meeke delivering a Yuletide address about Christmas as a living spirit of peace. Mrs. E. Hazel sang solos, and officers welcomed new member E. J. Hazel.
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Andrus Hotel
J. A. Meeke
Meeke
Rotary International Movement For Peace
Cadman
Beautiful Lady
E. Hazel
W. H. Stephan
Former resident dies. Belgrade claims long time resident
Mrs Alvin Owen of Armstead returned home after caring for her mother Mrs James T Scollard in Belgrade. Mrs Scollard a former Dillon resident died December 12 and left eight children 27 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Owen
Armstead
Belgrade
James T. Scollard
Scollard
Dillon
Fathers and Sons Enjoy Annual Stag Banquet
The Beaverhead County High School Future Farmer group hosted its annual father and son banquet in the high school music room last Saturday night. More than sixty attendees heard speakers including A. W. Johnson from Bozeman, H. B. Sager of the Dillon Production Credit Corporation, Principal Conrad, Orr D L Johnson, the high school ag supervisor, and Floyd Pahnish. The event featured a program followed by a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Johnson
Bozeman
H. B. Sager
Dillon Division
The
Production Credit Corporation
Conrad
Orr.d. L. Johnson
the. High School
Floyd -Pahnish
Also Mentioned on This Page
J.C. Ferguson
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Cashmere
Gem State
Beaver
the Tribune
Dillon Churches
Christ
Bethlehem
E. D. Sanding
Rev. Meeke
Dillon Rotary Club
Sam Wilkinson
E. J. Hazel
T. L. Sargent
Alan Bradley
Future Farmers
Future Farmer Group
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