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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1940
Page
5
In Lima a local caller identified as Mrs. B. G. Lang was mentioned in city records as the last seeker. The note appears in a small, fragmented item from the era.
A series of social notes records visits and activities across Dillon and surrounding towns. Individuals mentioned include Bernard Williams business visitor in Butte, Frank Sawyer shopping in town, Carl Hart at Barrett hospital, Miss Mildred Schuler and Marguerite Gaddie visiting relatives, and several others from Lima, Beaverhead, Reichle, Ennis, Ogden, Belgrade, Stevensville, and Ziegler Springs. A hospital birth and An appendicitis operation are reported alongside a leadership change in county schools with Miss Silva Briner named superintendent.
A state hearing heard claims that inheritance tax and other federal revenue measures have increased valuations fivefold in western states. The speaker blamed forest service and settlement administration policies for the rise, noting federal encroachment, and urged reform. Music at the event featured a high school group led by Miss Mary Castles, with several named students and T. W. Sargent as chairman. Rotarian guests from Great Falls, North Battleford Saskatchewan, and Dillon attended.
The roundup foreman will supervise from an airplane to cover the vast tundra as reindeer are gathered. Burdick will then decide ownership where animals lack branding and ownership certificates are scarce. A percentage plan based on sound judgment will ensure fair distribution, after which deer will be redistributed to islands for Eskimo livelihoods.
Normal College Bulldogs edged by Billings Polytechnic 34 to 30 in a gritty Montana college conference matchup. Davison led Normal with 12 points, while Morin sparked the Crusaders with late baskets to push the lead. The game featured several fouls and five players ejected during rough play.
The wedding of a Anaconda daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Smith and Berg Christensen of Dillon was held with Rev H Roddey officiating. Ushers Waldyon Dell Lloyd and Don Gilbert attended. The bride, a graduate of Anaconda High School with Montana State Normal College credentials, taught previously in the Big Sky Basin and Neihart. The groom, Beaverhead County High School and State Normal College alumnus, studied design in San Francisco and owns Brigin's Ladies Apparel. The couple honeymooned on the coast and will reside in Dillon with many locals in attendance.
Dr. W. H. Stephan announces a new phase of the Finnish relief drive with banks placed in Dillon stores for donations of any amount. The effort is voluntary, not house to house, aimed at aiding Finland as it fights against overwhelming odds.
The Montana Supreme Court unanimously holds Standard Oil Company of Indiana must pay the state chain store tax under the 1933 law on service stations leased to individuals. The ruling says the firm controls stations via product distribution, cooperative advertising, and station identification, noting the tax is a license levy.
The Presbyterian Manse Society will hold its next meeting at the apartment of Mrs Emma Carhart in the telephone block at 2:30 on Thursday afternoon.
Rev J A Meeke of the Methodist church gave an opening address with welcome by George Bowring Troop No 14 introduced by J W McCracken. Larry Holloran of Troop 14 read entries. Harmony Four sang. Paul R Anderson spoke Plain Talk. Dr R D Curry presented contest awards. Albert Erickson served as toastmaster.
Under Dil lon Teamster's Union 833 sponsorship a benefit dance for Finnish relief will be held at city hall Saturday night. Shell E. Martin chairs the committee with John Roberts and Paul Grace assisting. Net proceeds go to Finnish relief fund via collectors. Jud Best and his band provide music.
Marion Kruzic, Butte Lima high school instructor and coach and former Normal college athlete, has been appointed to the U S Air Corps. He departed for Fort Missoula and then Glendale California to begin training as a flying cadet. Kruzic is a Butte High School and Normal College alumnus with a degree from the University of Montana.
Beaverhead county high school schedules a benefit dance at the gym Saturday night after the Deer Lodge game to raise funds for hospital bills of Ernie Good star forward and captain who suffered a deep knee gash in the January 5 incident. Other athletes also required medical and dental care during the football and basketball seasons.
William J. Harris Jr. of Dillon and stationed at Moffett Field has been transferred to Flight E of the First Photographic Squadron, Bolling Field. The unit, part of a newly organized photographic squadron, will handle aerial mapping and free tactical units from specialized photo work. Harris attended Butte High School and Dillon’s Normal College.
Reorganization of the local Townsend club will be held Thursday at 8 o'clock in the courthouse. Mr A Swift of Butte and several Townsendites from the Mining City will attend the session open to all interested in old age pensions.
The Methodist Ladies Aid will meet in the church parlors Thursday afternoon with hostesses Mrs. Charles Bonni field Mrs. William Gordon Mrs. H. G. Rodgers and Mrs. Ed Wayne-ae guiding the gathering.
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