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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1938
Page
5
Melrose and Dillon residents frequent visitors and travelers in town. Teachers, scholars, and family members from Missoula Great Falls Billings and Seattle are noted, alongside club meetings, travels to Phoenix and Vancouver, and local incidents and appointments.
Gustave Wagner leaves Wednesday afternoon for Rowan to take over as manager of the Gaity theatre. Miss Billie Ann Rife returns to Spokane to resume studies at Kinman Colleges after holidays with her parents in Medicine Lodge. Louise Almy returns from a holiday trip. Jack Barrett returns to the University of Minnesota as a student. Mr and Mrs B G Bayerd host New Year dinner guests including W W Hawkins family and Mrs Grady of Butte. Leonard Pearne of Butte. Mrs Sipple. Miss Doris Pappin of Great Falls guests of the Bayerds.
Mrs Harry Andrus hosted the Busy Bee club at Mrs Farnum Schuyler home on Tuesday at 1 30. Better Homes club met at Mrs William Gordons 319 S Atlantic street on Wednesday January 5 at 2 00 dessert.
Guy Combes Jr hosted twenty eight friends at his home for a New Year’s Eve party. The event featured dancing and games with a lunch served at eleven.
About eighteen members and friends of the L. D. 8S. Relief Society gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Smith on Thursday afternoon to honor Mrs. Marie Jensen. The afternoon featured games and singing, with gifts and a tray lunch served at the close.
Mrs Morse Waldorf hosted a 1 30 afternoon bridge luncheon in honor of Miss Gertrude Whipple and Miss Marjorie Stevenson visiting Billings. Stevenson won high score with Miss Jean Bishop low. guests included Miss Marjorie Hamer Georgia Mathews Jardine Rife E L Poindexter and Mrs Fred Waldorf.
The Danish Brotherhood held its annual Christmas party at the I O O F hall starting at 8. Santa Claus distributed candy nuts and apples to children. Dancing with the Bachelor Club orchestra began at 9. A lunch followed at 1 prepared by Mr and Mrs Berg Christiansen Mr and Mrs Nils Nissen and Harry Nelson.
Miss Harriett McFarland married William Harrison Welborn in a Sunday ceremony at the McFarland home Terry Montana at which only close family attended. The bride, a Terry High School graduate, will train as a nurse in Bozeman. The groom is a Dillon High School and Normal College graduate. They will reside in Dillon. Attendants included Bradford McFarland of Billings and Miss Maxine Anderson of Santa? Mr and Mrs Welborn were noted.
A marriage license was issued Friday at the clerk of court's office to David Hickman of Butte and Jané Gill of Wise River. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Cah, well known ranch people of Wise River.
Sheldon E. Davis, president of Wheel State Normal College, spoke at the Butte Rotary Club Thursday on the Follies of 1937. He covered notable news events of the past year in a summary presentation.
The college announces one open period for men and one for women for the winter swimming season due to low demand. Additional periods possible if fifteen tickets are sold. Library receives Foreign Relations of the United States Russia 1919 and Technological Trends and National Policy publications. Winter quarter registrations expected to be slightly higher than autumn, with winter attendance typically higher than fall or spring.
A Sunday ski trip gathered a large group including Mr. and Mrs. Flock, Winns, Wheat, Bergeson, Wedums, and others to Thief Creek. Snow depth reached eighteen inches to two feet. the group skied a newly discovered hill and enjoyed a buffet at O A Bergeson’s home. The club invites newcomers via O A Bergeson or Elmo Winn with no charges. They plan regular Sunday outings, likely to the same area next week.
The Montana fish and game commission announced an elk hunting opening in Broadwater county from January 9 to 31. About 300 elk are in the herd and 50 to 100 are expected to be killed. One elk per hunter allowed. The Yellowstone herd season is expected to close next Saturday after reaching the target.
Beaverhead Mining association members met last week and formed two committees. John Collins, president, will appoint personnel. The mining group announced the committee for Montana Mining association meetings and entertainment with chairman Willash Logan and members George Gosman Ge Fuller Ben Davis and Fr Ge Lyon.
Sheriff Pau Temple reports two suspects captured near Nissler junction after the Pheasant robbery in Butte county. Entry via back door led to cash register theft and liquor loss. Police recovered a gun, two skates, and two ladies’ handbags from the Metlen hotel area.
Dillon spent a safe and sane New Year’s holiday as police and sheriff records show. No disturbances were reported and no new bookings or incidents occurred during the weekend, with careful driving and no serious accidents recorded.
Beaverhead county delegates Bernard Williams and Floyd Kenison attended a Bozeman meeting called by H. B. Mills to seek federal help for grasshopper and Mormon cricket control. No guarantee of aid was given as infestations rise. 30 tons of bran aided poison bait. resolutions urged Montana representatives to push for a new appropriation.
The report shows a drop in forest range animals from about 280000 to 198356 animal months, with no new permits and many stockmen removing livestock early. Weather data from 1910 to date links precipitation to available forage, noting peaks in 1915 and significant drops in 1919 and 1924, with further fluctuations through the 1920s.
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