Dillon Boy Scouts Observe Week with Court of Honor
Impressive ceremonies opened Dillon’s Boy Scout week with a court of honor at Beaverhead county courthouse presenting 37 badges to 24 scouts. The program included flag ceremonies, pledges, various merit and advancement awards, and remarks by Edwin R. Buck. The event concluded with related tributes and closing prayers as Father and Son banquet actions were announced for Wednesday.
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Dillon
Beaverhead County
Bill George
David Curry, Jr
George C. Farrell
Dale Tash
David Curry
Harry Dodd
Harold Bedder
Edwin Ashworth
Lew Sage
Bill Hawkins
Bill Curry
Bill Wagner
Dee Smith
Sylvester Meade
Dale Pettit
Paul R. Anderson
Dale Dart
Dick Evans
Laurence Holloran
Bruce Kitts
Robert McGinnis
Benny Reed
Bob Stanchfield
Conrad O. Orr
J. W. McCracken
John Bowring
Fielding Graves
Jack, Davis
Teddy Vanairsdale
Richard J. Evans, Jr
Board of Review
Jack Davis
Francis Pettit
Life
Eagle
W. G. Gilbert, Jr
Charles Henry
Edwin R. Buck
Daniel Boone
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Buffalo Bill Cody
Boy Scouts of America
Charles Schulich
Percy Frazier
Butte
Taps
Bill. George
R. D. Curry
Court of Hionor
Alvin M. Jones
Richard J. Evans
Methodist Church
America
Americanism Program Is Planned Here
Dillon lodge 1554 BPOE outlines a weeklong Americanism observance starting February 18 with a special February 21 meeting featuring George M. Gosman of the American Legion. The program includes Elks chorus performances, an Americanism class, and school assemblies. Miss Jo Ann Faller, a local student, ranked forty fifth on her university honor roll.
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Dillon Lodge
L. Ott Gordon
George M. Gosman
The
American Legion
Elks’ Chorus
Vera Cooke Hazel
L. A. Gregory
Scize
Normal College
Frank Lasich
Gordon
Burness Farrell
Homer Faust
Jo Ann Faller
J. C. Faller
Miss Faller
State University At
Missoula
Dillon youth named to engineering frat
Bozeman Melbourne L. Jackson of Dillon will join Tau Beta Pi at Montana State College during formal initiation tomorrow night, among four junior members. Eligible students rank in the top eighth scholastically and are judged on integrity leadership and activities. Jackson is a versatile musician, playing clarinet in the college band and saxophone in a dance orchestra.
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Bozeman
Melbourne
Jackson
Dillon
Tau Beta Pi
National Engineering
Montana State College
Quill and Scroll Initiates Thirteen New Members
Thirteen students at Beaverhead County High School were inducted Tuesday into Quill and Scroll journalism honor society with a ceremony in the public speaking room. New initiates include Boyd Koenig Eileen Grimes Fred Chapman Stanley Bradley and others. The program featured musical ensembles led by L A Gregory and fellow students, with remarks by Paul Anderson superintendent and Albert Erickson presenting pins to the editor and business manager.
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Quill and Scroll
Beaverhead County
Boyd Koenig
Eileen Grimes
Fred Chapman
Stanley Bradley
Jerry Hutchins
Ray Wolf
Don West
Tom Welborn
Don Smith
Albert Smith
Grace Knox
Ruth Koenig
Barbara ‘Holloran
Joe Taylor
Genevieve Albertson
Normal College
Jo Ann
John Wedum
Pat Peterson
Patrick
Merle Schmittroth
Paul, Simons
Helen Kennedy
Bob Gregg
Marjorie Decker
Gladys Burteh
Vereecken
A. Drowsy
Lemont
Paul Anderson
Dillon School
Albert Erickson
Fauconier
Atherton
Barbara Jean Tash
Marjorie , Stauden
Bagley Treasra School
District Hoop Tourney Pairings Set at Sheridan
Draws announced at Sheridan name Beaverhead to face Sheridan in opening round of District 16 tournament to be played February 22 23 and 24 with Whitehall Lima Virginia City St Peters Twin Bridges Ennis also in first round and Dillon Sheridan in same bracket as Twin Bridges Ennis.
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Sheridan
Beaverhead High
Sheridan Quint
Whitehall
Lima
Virginia City
St. Peters
Twin Bridges
Ennis
Dillon
Sheridan High School
Dillon-Sheridan
Hiney Lund
James Taylor
Frank Balogh
Dillon Beavers
Scrappy
American Legion Auxiliary Holds Regular Meeting
Mrs. D W Paddock presided as the American Legion Auxiliary held a regular meeting last Monday. A library shelf was allotted for Legion and Auxiliary literature, and a poppy poster contest was planned for local schools. Members attending the Townsend district convention included Mrs Harold M Warner and other officers.
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D. W. Paddock
American Legion Auxiliary
Ben Davis
Americanism and National Defense Committee
John O'Leary
Barbara Holloran
George Farrell
The
Evening Star
Alice Davis
Kenneth Featherly
United States
Wilma Wright
Nellie Poole
Townsend
Harold M. Warner
C. J. Hovren
D. V. Paddock
Paul Temple
F. G. Lyon
Lincoln's Birthday Closure Impacts Banks and Offices
Business paused at Dilloch county and federal offices on Monday in observance of Lincoln's birthday the legal holiday. City schools held programs honoring the Great Emancipator across several departments.
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Dilloch
Lincoln
Alaska Reindeer Roundup Led by Burdick Under Ickes Plan
Charles G. Burdick of the U S Forest Service, named by Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes to direct Alaska’s Arctic roundup, sails from Wrangell to Nome to coordinate a government funded effort to purchase and distribute reindeer to native people from the Yukon to Point Barrow. The program, funded with 720000 for purchases and 75000 for admin, aims to restore reindeer herds to serve native communities, with the Indian Office overseeing management.
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Alaska
Siberia
Arctic
Pole
Charles G. Burdick
U. S. Forest Service
North
Ww. J. Clark
Bureau of Indian: ‘Affairs
Burdick
Montana
Juneau
Charley
Washington
Seattle
Ickes
Nome
Congress
Indian Office
Bureau of the Interior Department
Jones Tops Rifle Shoot at Dillon Club Match
Mel Jones led the Dillon Rifle Club Sunday with 261x300, followed by Pete Westergard 239x300. Other high scores include LeRoy Gilbert 236x300 and Burnice Farrell 223x300 as regular shoots are set for Wednesday and Sunday with junior club range use and team registrations coordinated by club officers.
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Mel Jones
Dillon, Rifle Club
Pete Westergard
LeRoy Gilbert
Burnice Farrell
R. Buckingham
Elmer Devaney
Pete Lasich
Claude Lay
B.cashmore
Dillon Junior Rifle Club
N. W. Jones
Charles Banks
B. L. Chism
Farmers Hear Reports at Sunday Meet
The Beaverhead-Silver Bow Farmers Union held a meeting in Lavon with 37 members. Art Hasbrouck and Bud Gransberry discussed January training at Great Falls, while Frank Bayan spoke on officers school. A series of Lavon hall meetings to study farmer issues was planned for March.
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Lavon
Art Hasbrouck
Great Falls
Bud Gransberry
Frank Bayan
County Union
Lavon Hall
Edward Saunders
A. J. Rife
B. F. Thrailkill
Department of Agriculture
Helena
Death of C. D. Foster in San Diego Survived by Wife
Walter Foster received word of his uncle C. D. Foster's death in San Diego California last night. The deceased lived in the area from 1898 to 1914 serving on the police force and running a dryland farm. He visited his nephew here last summer. He is survived by his wife.
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Walter Foster
C. D. Foster
San Diego
Calif
Visit Relatives in Helena Spurs Family in Oregon
Mr and Mrs Joe Sprinkle returned from Helena where they visited relatives. Bob Atkeson is gravely ill at Barrett hospital after a recent operation. His brother Arthur L Atkeson was summoned from Oregon.
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Joe
Sprinkle
Helena
Bob Atkeson
Barrett Hospital
Arthur L. Atkeson
Oregon
Drive On For Dillon Chamber Membership Campaign
The Dillon Chamber of Commerce launches a February drive aimed at the largest membership in its history with eight teams led by H W Bond Harry J Andrus Lambert Eliel C A Bechler Paul Temple Bert Megquier George M Gosman L A Schulz and Bernard Williams Each division will interview prospects and no quota is set while the effort targets expanding chamber activity and local business ties.
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Dillon Chamber of Commerce
J. L. Mayland
Chamber
Retail
H. W. Bond
Civic
Harry J. Andrus
Lambert Eliel
C. A. Bechler
Paul Temple
Bert Megquier
George M. Gosman
L. A. Schulz
Bernard Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Harold M. Warner
George Metlen
State Highway Commission
Regional Forestry Office
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Helena
Armstead
Montana- Idaho Line
Warner
Highway Department
Armstead- Leadore
Elmer Selway
Horse Prairie
E. W. Bond
Harry Andrus
Dillon Rotarians Attend 25th Anniversary Celebration
Mr and Mrs Frank Tyre and Mr and Mrs T E Gilbert of this city joined several hundred attendees at the Finlen hotel to mark the Butte Rotary clubs 25th anniversary Paul P Harris founder of Rotary spoke as Dillon Rotary president Mr Tyre and Dillon Rotary secretary Mr Gilbert served as local representatives
Dillon Rotary hears Dillon taxes talk by County Assessor
County Assessor Judson P. Best told the Dillon Rotary club that Dillon and Beaverhead county have among the state's lowest tax rates with Dillon city ranking lowest among 43 principal Montana cities. He cited tax delinquencies, 1918 peak valuations, and illustrated property classifications, noting a 10 percent cut for Union Pacific in Beaverhead and that state power to tax local matters rests with county commissioners.
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Judson P. Best
Dillon Rotary Club
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Montana
Beaverhead
Best
Board of
Union Pacific Railroad
Butte
Union Pacific
Milwaukee Railroad
County Board of Commissioners
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Boy Scouts
Elks
Leone Cashmore
Bill Bonnifield
Harry Tash
Gladys Burtch
Louise Bonnifield
Peggy Quackenbush
Rachel Smith
Mr. Gregory
Beavers
Wrangers
Jones
Silver Bow
Farmer’s Union
Farmer's Union Hall
California
Commerce Club
Rotary
Air Tae
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