Death notice and community scene from Wisdom area
Mary N. Cottrell reports a cable announcing the death of Theodore Calkoen im Beirne of Switzerland, a 72 year old watchmaker who did defense work during wartime. The column also covers local society events, visits, club meetings, a bridge and pinochle round, 4 H club activities, travels, and a death in Anaconda with relatives en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Holm
Fishtrap
Theodore Calkoen
Beirne
Switzerland
Calkoen
Europe
Reichle and Reichle schools reopen after vacation
Miss Genevieve Green returned to teaching in Stevensville after visiting friends in Whitehall during a two week break. Fay Gransberry is ill and was taken to Barrett hospital in Dillon. E Gilbert died January first in Glendale Arizona and Mrs DeLeon travels there by bus. Mr and Mrs Melvin Fournier moved to Shelley Idaho. Raymond Gransberg and Bruce Kitts hosted gatherings and a taffy pull with lunch. Reichle PTA met January 8 after school. William Bryan and family spent New Year in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Glassley
Jack Millers
Raymond Johnson
D. J. Stephens
California
Malad
Idaho
Logan
Utah
Bryce Canyon
Zion Park
George Monroe
4-H Club of Wisdom
Betty Lu
Martha Schonenberger
Aileen Dewitt
Olga Schonenberger
Wanda Glassey
Frances May Helming
Wilson Young
Anaconda
Wisdom
Ted Pomeroy
Illinois
Alaska
Montana
Billings
Helena
Clyde Thompson
Fishtrap
Wisdom Women's Club
Ted Woodward
Harold Capehart
C. W. Francis
Will Pomroy
Max Lewis
Jack Anderson
Ed Gardner
Pomeroy
Mable Calvert
Ed Calvert
Galen
Clark Huntley
Clarence Helming
George Johnson
William Huntley
Penino
Wash
Ralph
Fay Gransberry
Barrett Hospital
Dillon
Nick DeLeon
E. Gilbert
Glendale
Ariz
Phoenix
Bruce Kitts
Kitts
Bruce
Reichle P. T. A
William Bryan
Butte
Anna Lee Shepherd
Business College
Claude Lapham
Fred Hirschy
Seattle
Jack
Dysart Gowan
Lois
Peterson
Ben Oneal
Swamp Creek
Elkhorn
Wendell Jardine
Jimmie Johnson
Joyce
Dick Hirschy
Bob Dunbar
Corrine Willey
Roy
Wayne Stocks
Idaho Falls
Fred Nelson
Winter and Summer Sports At Dillon Sunday
Outdoor recreation drew crowds as the 40 degree plus warmth and bright sun energized residents. Henry Lewis of Oregon wowed Elkhorn Hot Springs skiers with downhill runs and instructed large groups. At the municipal rink many skaters attended though rough ice kept some away. Dillon Country Club members played mid winter golf. Temperature records showed 41 on Sunday, 49 Thursday, and 46 on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Elkhorn Hot Springs
Henry Lewis
Oregon
Lewis
Dillon Country Club
Normal College Station
New Governor Inducted In Montana Inaugural Ceremony
Sam C. Ford was sworn in as Montana’s second Republican governor in 20 years in a brief ceremony at the statehouse. About 250 people attended including Ford’s family as Chief Justice Howard A. Johnson administered the oath, with Roy E. Ayers presiding over his final official act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Statehouse
Ford
Howard A. Johnson
Montana ‘Supreme Court
Roy E. Ayers
Local Notes From Dillon Area Reflect Community Life
George Harrison bought 75 head of cows from Carroll Bros and Martin Jackson at the Big Hole basin. Several residents, including J J Brown and the Marchesseaus, spent weekends at local ranches and the Elkhorn ski slide. A car collision near Harrison’s gate caused no injuries. Snow fell lightly in the valley, and visits and sick spells touched many families, with ranch projects and new homes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harrison
Big Hole Basin
Carroll Bros., Ranch
Martin Jackson
J. J. Brown
Dewey
Ted Marchesseau
E. E. Hazel
Dillon
Elkhorn Springs
Andy Pyle
Will Pahnish
Otto Pahnish
George Main
Wilbur Tash
Earl Tash
Elkhorn
Bob’ Marchesseau
Kartar
Wash
Archie Marchesseau
Freddie Nelson
Harrison Home Ranch
Nelson
Harrison
Ernest Sill
Nora Knoll
Elmer Hayes
Laurence Berry
Dewey Marchesseau
Delia
Jane Marchesseau
Frank Marchesseau
Marchesseaus
Dr J E Kelley Opens Dillon Optometry Office
Dr J E Kelley, optometrist and son of Dr J J Kelley of Butte, opened a permanent Dillon office at 25 South Idaho Street on January 15. He graduated from Northern Illinois College of Optometry and completed an internship at the Northern Illinois Eye Clinic. He has worked with his father in Butte for six months. A duplicate file of his father’s Dillon Sheridan Twin Bridges and surrounding towns patients will be kept in Dillon to aid prompt lens and frame replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Kelley
J. J. Kelley
Butte
South
Idaho Street
Dillon
Kelley
Northern
Ilinois College of Optometry
Chicago
Ilinois
Sheridan
Twin Bridges
Montana Legislature Opens With Economy Pledges
Montana's 1941 legislative assembly convened in Helena with commitments to strict budgeting and full cooperation with Governor Sam C. Ford. Senate and House leaders promised careful handling of appropriation measures as the session began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Legislative Assembly
Helena
Sam . C. Ford
Senate
House of Representatives
Dowling Entertains Guests at Dinner in Dillon
Mr and Mrs Joe Dowling hosted a Thursday dinner with J F Harrison Mrs Clara Phillips and Mr and Mrs Joe Birrer present. The Myron Rommell pinochle club night ended with Joe Dowling taking high prize Oral Evans low and Walt Peterson all out. A lunch followed. Visitors to Dillon this week included J B Dockins Mrs George Lefgren Alma Henderson Amos Zianson Floyd Kenison and Nellie McKnight. Andrew Smilka and wife welcomed a baby daughter Friday at Sage Creek home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Dowling
J. F. Harrison
Clara Phillips
Joe Birrer
Myron Rommell
Oral Evans
Walt Peterson
Dillon
Dell
J. B. Dockins
George Lefgren
Alma Henderson
Amos Zianson
Floyd Kenison
Nellie McKnight
Andrew Smilka
Sage Creek
Grasshopper Forecasts Put Pondera County First in 1941
Glasgow Montana January 13 1941 Pondera county would have Montana's heaviest grasshopper infestation and Valley county the second heaviest according to Charles E Jarrett Valley county agent. forecasts based on egg surveys by the bureau of entomology and a 38 percent infestation for Pondera and 34 percent for Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Mont
U.P
Pondera County
Montana
Valley
Charles E. Jarrett
Bureau of Entomology
Jarrett
Pondera
Wise River Man Spends Tuesday in the City
W R Allen of Wise River spent Tuesday in the city. He visited local shops and met residents during the daytime excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Allen
Wise River
City
Great Falls to host Montana Woolgrowers convention
The Montana Woolgrowers association plans its annual convention January 16 to 18 in Great Falls with speakers from the National Wool Marketing and National Woolgrowers groups. J. Fawcett will speak January 17 on defense effects on wool. election of a new board of trustees is set for January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great’ Falls
Mont
Tan
U. P
Montana ‘Woolgrowers' Association
J. Fawcett
Boston
National Wool-Marketing Association
F. R. Marshall
Salt Lake City
National Woolgrowers’ Association
R. R. Renne
Agricultural Economics
Montana State College
R. T. Clark
Curtis Hughes
College Animal, Husbandry Department
W. G. Gilbert
Dillon
Montana Woolgrowers
Sylvan Pauly Deer
Lodge
National Association
Julius Wuerthner
Great Falls
Fawcett
State tax revenues rise nearly 1 million in 1940
Montana’s state board of equalization reported total tax collections for 1940 up about 1,000,000 from 1939. Gasoline taxes reached 6,378,038.82, with other increases in corporation taxes income levies and sector receipts including coal, cement, oil, chain stores and electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
U.P
State Board of Equalization
Bozeman Denies City Liability Over Sign Removal
Bozeman officials deny responsibility for removing a sign linked to a November 1 auto crash. City Attorney Walter Aitken told Lee Chadwick of Breton North Dakota the sign was taken without city knowledge and Bozeman cannot be liable for injuries to Chadwick and his family when their car collided. The sign was found in a room vacated by two Montana State College students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Mont
U.P
Walter Aitken
Lee Chadwick
Breton, N. Dak
Chadwick
Aitken
Montana State College
Cattle buyers active as week opens in local feed lots
Cattle buyers show interest in local feed lots with fat cows sold to George Harrison. Fat stock from Mrs. Jack Husted John Neidt and Martin Jackson weighed at the stock yard Monday. Families travel to Dillon Bozeman and Butte for business and education. Epidemic of chicken pox abates with some quarantines and illnesses noted. PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION NOW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harrison
Jack Husted
John Neidt
Martin Jackson
James Johnson
Bridge Club
Harry Lapham
John Krause
Sanford Shepherd
Esta Husted
Harvey Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter Stewart
Ands
Reno
Nev
Will Knudsen, Jr
Wallace Francis
Wisdom and
Jackson
Mr. Francis
Hans’ Jorgensen
Harry Helming
Charley Wenger
Jack Miller
Tommy Williams
Argyle Stephens
Will Knudsen
Eddie Holm
Ameera Murray
Thomas Roberts
Reichle
Buhrer
Genevieve Green
Whitehall
Stevensville
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Alfred Lunt
Cranberry
Derry
Americas
Berger
New Wyorks
Colony
Pilgrim Fathers
Polaris
George Pyle
Agnes Cassidy
RE. P. Marcheseau
Bannack
DR. Kelley
Come Inc
J.W. Walters Garage
Paul Etchepare
Dan Pendergast
Darlington
Margaret Holloran
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