Local Social News Highlights from Dillon and Nearby
Dillon and surrounding communities report visits and events. Notable mentions include Mrs. Mary Jaeggers at Barrett hospital, Emma McGahan returning to Spokane business college, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Knight from Argenta spending the weekend in Dillon. Warden Bergstrom and guests noted at Dr. Winsel home. Mrs. Papworth honored by Warner with dinner and stories of Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma McGahan
Spokane
Jack Knight
Argenta
Theodore Bergstrom
Horace Sparks
Deer Lodge
I. W. Winsel
Papworth
Mary ‘Dawn
Warner
Bernice
Acknowledgment of sympathy for Samuel Burton Howell
The writer extends heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of her husband the late Samuel Burton Howell. Gratitude is given to the Masonic lodge and Rev J A Meeke who conducted the services, and to Mrs Maude Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Burton Howell
Masonic Lodge
J. A. Meeke
Maude Howell
CCC Costs and Feats Wave in Montana 1938 Report
Uncle Sam ran a 306720 grocery bill in 1938 to feed 1917 CCC workers in Montana. They offset costs with 43063 cable yards of levees and dikes, 378178 cubic yards of earth moved, 89466 trees planted, 12000 fish stocked, and 15578 man-days spent on forest fire work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
CCC
Montana
Washington, D. C
Hartwig Family Mourns Death of Wilbur Hartwig
Mr and Mrs W B Hartwig returned Monday from Helena after Wilbur Hartwig died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Helena early Saturday. He had visited Dillon several times. Interment was held in a Helena cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hartwig
Helena
Mr. Hartwig
Wilbur
Capital City
Dillon
Miss Charlotte Sharp to Wed Edward Wheeler Next Spring
New Philadelphia Ohio resident Miss Charlotte Sharp 22 will wed Edward Wheeler son of Senator and Mrs B K Wheeler next spring. Wheeler is a practicing lawyer in Washington DC and Charlotte is daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmett D Sharp of New Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Sharp
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Edward Wheeler
B. K. Wheeler
Young Wheeler
Washington, D. C
Emmett D. Sharp
Presbyterian Manse Society Meets At Mrs McCracken Home
The Presbyterian Manse society will meet Thursday at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs T Lee McCracken located at 521 South Washington Street for a community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Manse Society
T. Lee McCracken
South
Washington Street
Methodist Ladies Aid Meeting Set for Thursday
The Methodist Ladies Aid will meet in the church parlors Thursday afternoon. Hostesses are Mrs. Will Deputy, Mrs. May Forrester and Mrs. Stella Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Ladies Aid
Will Deputy
May Forrester
Stella Murray
Lutheran Ladies Aid to Hold Thursday Meeting
Members of the Lutheran Ladies Aid will meet Thursday at 2 30 in the afternoon. It will be a no hostesses affair and an officers section is scheduled to take place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Waldron Boger Hosts Holiday Dinner Party
Mr and Mrs Waldron Boger entertained several friends Friday night at their Atlantic street home. At a festively decorated table sat Miss Emma Lovinger Bozeman Miss Doris Pappin Great Falls Miss Janet Smith Anaconda George Melton Jr Bill Bayerd and Erwin Christen sen and the hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldron Boger
Atlantic Street
Emma Lovinger
Bozeman
Doris Pappin
Great Falls
Janet Smith
Anaconda
George Melton, Jr
Bill Bayerd
Erwin Christensen
Card of Thanks for Eliza Ann Black
The family expresses sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of Eliza Ann Black mother sister and grandmother They thank the Neighbors of Woodcraft the Presbyterian choir pallbearers Rev Paris E Wells and those who sent flowers Mr and Mrs Frank McFadden Mr and Mrs Harry Black Mr and Mrs Ralph McFadden Mrs Emma L Carhartt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Ann Black
Woodcraft
Presbyterian Choir
Paris E. Wells
Christmas gathering of the Connelley family
The Christmas holidays united many members of Mrs. Ed eomneley’s family from Pocatello Idaho and Sheridan California. Martin Connelley and family from Los Angeles Norah Connelley Daub were also present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Eomneley
A of
Pocatello
Ihaho
Martin Connelley
Sheridan
Arthur Connelley
Fot
Los
Angeles
Norah Connelley
New Cab-Over-Engine Truck Debuts Here
A Ford designed cab-over-engine truck stops in Dillon with a 101 inch wheelbase yet equal load capacity to a 134 inch wheelbase model. D A Galt of Bergeson Beaverhead touts its space saving cab over engine design. An endurance test of 5000 miles runs through five states in December and January to publicize the new construction. The arriving unit carries 11500 pounds of parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillqn
Ford Motor Company
D. A. Galt
Bergeson Beaverhead Company
Car crash on main highway near Dillon injures none
On New Year’s Eve two cars narrowly avoided serious injuries when Joe Lackner of Dillon sideswiped Carl Guidici of Beaverhead on the main highway four miles north of Dillon. The Guidici car had just entered the highway from a side lane. The Lackner vehicle suffered heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lackner
Dillon
Carl Guidici
Beaverhead
Guidici
Lackner
Former County Nurse Promoted to State Supervisor
Miss Luella Stickney, formerly Beaverhead county health nurse and last two years Western district supervisor, was promoted to acting state supervisor of public health nursing. Dr. W. F. Cogswell announced the appointment last week and she began her new duties at the start of the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Stickney
Beaverhead
W. F. Cogswell
Montana Board of Health
Miss Stickney
P N G Club Hosts Card Party at Birch Creek
Members of the P N G club traveled to Mrs. Pete Hiden's Birch Creek home Tuesday. After a 1 30 dinner and business meeting, four pinochle tables played for prizes won by Mrs. Kate Murphy and Mrs. Ruth Ann Dart. attendees included Mrs. Susan Findling, Mrs. Jessie Taylor, Miss Hazel Conger, and others, plus guests Mrs. Mary Jane Rodgers, Mrs. Martha Quackenbush, and Mrs. Salomi Schleicher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. N. G. Club
Birch Creek
Pete Hiden
Kate Murphy
Ruth Ann Dart
Susan Findling
Jessie Taylor
Hazel Conger
Nellie Nelson
Mabel DuBois
Ida Olson
Selah Frakes
Muriel Tyre
Naomi Gordon
Elma Wright
Lillian Biden
Mary Jane Rodgers
Martha Quackenbush
Salomi Schleicher
Forgery Sextet Sentenced in Dillon District Court
Dick LaCroix pleaded guilty to forgery before Judge Henry G. Rodgers and received a three year sentence. Three other men who allegedly passed bad checks with LaCroix in Dillon and Armstead were sentenced earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick LaCroix
Henry G. Rodgers
Dillon and Armstead
LaCroix
Diana Rebekah Lodge Meeting for Officer Installations
Diana Rebekah lodge will hold a meeting Thursday evening at 8 o clock for installation of officers. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diana Rebekah Lodge
Wheat brothers depart for studies at University of Washington
Harold and Don Wheat left early this week for Seattle to resume their studies at the University of Washington. They are expected to enroll in courses and continue their work at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Don Wheat
Seattle
University of Washington
Visit Highlights Local Social Circuit This Week
Mrs. Frank Marchesseau of Polaris visits Dillon on Tuesday. Andy Forsyth, Centennial Valley, spends Tuesday in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank “Marchesseau of
Polaris
Dillon
Andy Forsyth
Centennial ‘Valley
State Lands Earns 150000 From Crop Sharing Rentals
Montana collected 150000 this year from farm lands rented on a crop sharing basis, state land commissioner Nanita B Sherlock said. The figure, the highest in years, comes mainly from north central and eastern Montana and will be added to the state's income and interest fund for distribution among land grant institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Nanita B. Sherlock
WPA rolls see large turnover in October and November
Butte Montana December 29 U P Joseph E Parker says WPA workers did not make a career of their jobs noting a turnover of 9375 on and off administration rolls in October and November Of the total 2605 left WPA rolls to enter private industry 3328 who lost private jobs and had been on the rolls reentered the rolls
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Butte
Mont
U.P
Joseph E. Parker
Woolgrowers to Meet in Butte for January Convention
The Montana Woolgrowers association schedules a three day program in Butte January 16 to 18 with Governor Roy E. Ayers delivering the banquet address on the second day. The agenda includes tours of mines and a meat packing demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
U.P
Montana Woolgrowers Association
Roy E. Ayers
Scobey Farmers Combat Wind Erosion in Montana
Scobey Montana December 28 Farmers in Daniels county are taking steps to curb wind erosion in the Little Dust Bowl area. County Extension Agent Hart W Bjork reports hedges planted at night along prevailing winds and thousands of acres seeded with crested wheatgrass. Bare fields were contoured and planted with millet to stabilize soil and reduce erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scobey
Mont
U.P
Daniels County
Montana
Little Dust Bowl
Hart W. Bjork
Bjork
Former teacher Mrs Roy A Neitz dies
Mrs Roy A Neitz of Philipsburg and former Beaverhead county teacher died Sunday in Rochester Minnesota. The former Vera F Norton graduated from Montana State Normal college in 1920 and taught in Lima and Drummond before her marriage. She was married to publisher of the Philipsburg Mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy A. Neitz
Philipsburg
Beaverhead County
Rochester, Minn
Neitz
Vera F. Norton
Montana State Normal College
Lima
Drummond
The
Philipsburg Mail
Destruction of Gambling Tables After Raid at The Eagle
Gambling tables and devices seized during last summer's Eagle raid were burned last week by the sheriff's force under a court order. Eighty dollars eighty cents taken from the tables was turned over to the county poor fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
County Poor Fund
Wind Chargers Installed At Armstead Area Cafes and Ranch
Parke T. Scott reports two new wind chargers at the Reno Cafe and Coy Brown ranch near Armstead. This brings the total wind electric plants in the Armstead area to five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstead
Holland
Reno Cafe
Coy Brown Ranch
Parke T. Scott
Mrs Cashmore Returns From Helena Visit
Mrs W F Cashmore returned Tuesday evening from a several days visit with her son and family in Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Cashmore
Helena
Presbyterian Choir Guests at Christmas Party
The Presbyterian choir members were guests Thursday evening of Miss Jean Bishop and Mrs. Leslie Thompson at a Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Choir
Jean‘ Bishop
Leslie Thompson
Montana Art Is Entered In Competition
A dozen Montana artworks were shipped to Denver for a regional Rocky Mountain exhibition to select works for New York World Fair display. Entries from Montana State College include Doris Wogler Big Timber and others in oil, sculpture, drawing, and watercolor categories judged by Hannon Redmond and Bartholomew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Denver
Rocky
New York
Montana State College
Doris Wogler
Library Receives Several New Books At Dillon
Miss Mary Innes reports the Dillon public library has received new books from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Titles include The Federalist by Hamilton Jay and Madison, European Summer by Emma G Sterne, The Rocky Road to Dublin by Seumas MacManus, West Indian Odyssey by Charles B Farmer, Notes on a Drum by Joseph H Jackson. The volume notes include photographs by the authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Innes
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Dillon Public Library
Federalist
Dublin
Seumas MaManus
Ireland
Charles B. Farmer
Caribbean
Joseph H. Jackson
Guatemala
Legion membership nears quota for year in Montana
Montana American Legion reports 1939 quota of 5883 nearly reached with over 5000 enrolled by December 1. Posts hitting or surpassing quotas include Butte Livingston Dutton Fairfield Belt Homestead Plentywood Whitetail Opheim Chinook Harlem Gildford Turner Walters Conrad Cut Bank Galata Canadian American Big Fork Libby Superior Corvallis Deer Lodge Dillon Anaconda Philipsburg Sheridan Wisdom Bozeman Big Timber White Sulphur Springs West Yellowstone Manhattan Three Forks Harlowton Moore Winifred Miles City Baker Ismay Forsyth Hardin Red Lodge Columbus Huntley Clarks Fork Belfry Hysham and Laurel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Corvallis
Deer Lodge
Dillon
Anaconda
Philipsburg
Sheridan
Wisdom
Bozeman
Big Timber
White Sulphur Springs
West Yellowstone
Manhattan
Three Forks
Harlowton
Moore
Winifred
Miles
City
Baker
Ismay
Forsyth
Hardin
Red Lodge
Columbus
Huntley
Clarks Fork
Belfry
Hysham
Laurel
Angel on Tree Marks 66th Christmas Tradition
Augusta Montana December 28 A U P Mr and Mrs James Wilson tie a tiny angel to the Christmas tree each year for 66 years Mrs Wilson nearly 90 and Mr Wilson 96 have kept the same angel for every celebration since their first Christmas together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Mont
U. P
James]Wilson
Montana Death Rates Fall in 1937 Health Report
Montana's 1937 maternal and infant death rates were the lowest in state board history. The registrar reports a maternal death rate of ey per 1000 live births and an infant death rate of 50.2 per 1000 live births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Board of Health
Montana Doctor Foresees Plague Role of Crows
Associated Press dispatch from Richmond reports Dr. William L. Jellison of the U S public health station at Hamilton Montana told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that crows and magpies may influence sylvatic plague spread. He said research in 1936 and 1937 at Dillon showed scavengers reduce rodent hosts, slowing the disease as it moves eastward from the west coast. He also described a personal bout with a form of plague while visiting New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Associated ” Press
Richmond
William L. Jellison
U.S. Public Health Station
Hamilton
Mont
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Jellison
Dillon
Board Commended On Road Building
The state highway commission and engineers were praised for building a Montana road system efficiently and economically within funds. A resolution urged no new seven per cent mileage until current seven per cent highways are completed and opposed reconstructing large portions of existing seven per cent highways before approved projects are built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Montana
Stanford
Judith County
PCA Announces Annual Meeting in Bozeman
The Bozeman Production Credit association will hold its fifth annual meeting Saturday January 14 in Bozeman starting at 10 30 AM Beaverhead county residents plan to attend The cooperative chattel lending agency serves livestock operators and farmers in seven southwest Montana counties Including Beaverhead The current directors are Q A Briebach Wilsall president W E Westlake Bozeman vice president Howard Doggett Townsend second vice president Parke T Scott Armstead and George A Carkeek Cameron The association has lent 6 519 077 95 in five years and 1 277 284 03 in 1938 as of December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Bozeman Association
Montana
Beaverhead
Q.A. Briebach
Wilsall
W. E. Westlake
Howard Doggett
Townsend
Parke T. Scott
Armstead
George A. Carkeek
Cameron
Salmon catch at Flathead Lake exceeds two hundred tons
Fishermen landed about 200 tons of salmon from Flathead Lake this year per John W. Schofield hatcheries superintendent. Most fish went to individuals with a 50 pound daily limit. The game department collected around 20 000 eggs for culture and release. Six hundred seventy two fishermen participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flathead Lake
John W. Schofield
Fish and Game Department
Helena Considers Replacing Spire After Temple Sale
Helena city leaders face a dilemma as they weigh restoring a removed crescent and star finial from the Shrine temple turned city hall. Citizens protested the top design and pressure grows to replace the 20 foot ornament taken down during remodeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
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Mary Jaeggers
Barrett Hospital
Clarence Decker
Annie Mengel of
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Wesley Lantis, Jr
E Prouse
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Yates Center
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Oscar Gravely
Gravely Ranch
Dean McLaughin
Roy Whittaker
Sylvia Tait
Frank Gordon
Mrs. & Naylor
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Mrs. Naylor
Salt Lake City
H. M
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L. C. _McCrae
Carl Johnson
Net Lawson
Charles Rowning
Presbyterian
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Lutheran Aid
Frank McFadden
Harry Black
Ralph McFadden
Emma L. Carhartt
Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Germany
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Federal’ Deposit Insurance: Corporation
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PCA
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