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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1941
Page
5
In town visits from Grant Armstead Reichle and Polaris are listed. Residents include Miss Sophia Guyaz from Armstead and Mrs. Parke Scott from Armstead shopping here. George Gosman and Andy Forsyth noted as business visitors. Mrs Edna Wheat left for the Big Hole basin after in town Thursday.
Nes Devid and Mrs J D Lee and family traveled to Dillon to meet their new granddaughter Donna Rae Lee daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles R Lee of Wisdom H J Thompson of Billings returned home after visiting his niece Mrs James McCollum Charlie Burgess Grizzly basketball player visited relatives but could not travel with the team due to a leg injury Mr and Mrs Berg Christensen attend the National Woolgrowers convention in Seattle then visit California Alma Christensen Mrs Charles Burdick travels to Nome Alaska to visit her husband who works there Bert Orr named honorary colonel in the Montana National Guard and longtime member of the livestock commission
Mrs Edgar Johnson will entertain the Just-a-Mere club at Mrs John Hildreth home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. W. W. Hawkins will entertain the Entre Nous bridge club at dinner at 7 o'clock in her home south of Dillon on Friday evening.
The meeting named Ernest Nelson deputy-commissioner and Mrs. Fred Kerr secretary treasurer while praising Mrs. Bourquin and her committee for uniform drives. It approved sending the new commissioner to Butte for a council training session and reviewed the financial statement showing balances and expenditures from 1940 to 1941.
The Parent-Teacher association will meet Tuesday January 21 at the high school. The Dillon Choral club under Mrs W G Gilbert sings Indian Cradle Song Two Temples My Moonlight Madonna and Put on Your Old Gray Bonnett Moonbeams. A skit The Lighthouse Keeper's Beautiful Daughter is by the high school dramatics club directed by Don Sutton. A discussion on the new playground will be led by C A Bechler. 8 o'clock start.
Funeral services for Harry D. Black lifelong Dillon resident who died Wednesday were held at the Brundage chapel Tuesday afternoon with Rev. J. A. Meeke officiating. Burial followed at Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers named Fred Kerr Ray Megquier Herb Berry Frank Gorman John Hildreth Sherman Hughes. Many old time friends attended the last rites.
Mrs. B. W. Emerick oversees knitting and asks all women able to visit her home to receive materials and instructions for the work, as a fresh supply of yarn has arrived from Red Cross headquarters.
The family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness shown during illness and after the death of Harry Black. Special thanks go to Dr Meeke Mrs O K Moe the Modern Woodmen of America pallbearers and all who sent flowers. Mrs Sarah Black Mr and Mrs Frank McFadden Mr and Mrs Ralph McFadden Mrs Emma Carhartt.
Members of the Riverside club enjoyed a luncheon and an afternoon of sewing on Wednesday at the ranch home of Mrs. Jack Shaffner.
During January the Dillon branch of the American Association of University Women examined the tentative legislative program for 1941 43. Local leaders including Mrs T E Gilbert and group chairmen drafted reports to be presented at the national convention in Cincinnati next May.
Beaverhead county jury commission completed a 1941 panel from tax rolls. The list shows 1 812 eligible residents, up 235 from 1940. Names will be placed in metal capsules in a cylinder for future panel drawings. Commission members were W. B. Hartwig chair, Miss Bertie Mathews, and J. P. Best.
Several junior shooters posted solid scores in the weekly event. Stan Bradley Dave Curry and Boyd Koenig each made perfect fifties at one target. Prone and sitting positions yielded scores for S Bradley D McDowell L Anderson R Conger Curry Barrett Hansen Lacry Neal Koenig and Nelson with notable highs from Koenig and Neal.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Sisterson entertained at a dinner and pinochle party in their ranch home Tuesday evening A delicious dinner was served at four cards followed by pinochle. Scare ane Kegnan ang Tpep for ORs jean hoeancy.
Fred Bridenstine, active in scout work in Butte and Havre, was elected chairman of the Boy Scout citizens committee to succeed Paul Anderson. Dick Evans becomes chairman of the court of honor, Clifford Dougherty head of the board of review, and Ben Davis secretary-treasurer. Plans for Boy Scout week February 7 to 13 include church services a court of honor and banquet with no financial drive for months. The group also weighs continuing with the Silver Bow area council.
A Parent Teacher Association committee proposes a two night fiesta February 14 and 15 at City Hall chaired by Mrs. O T Vandegrift with aides Mrs J J Brown Mrs John Coppin and Mrs Dell Lloyd. The event includes games of chance contests kits and boxing to fund equipment purchases for the playground.
Mrs. Wesley Fairbanks of Birch Creek was rushed to Barrett hospital Tuesday after a .22 rifle discharged while she lifted what was thought to be empty. The bullet entered her abdomen and surgical attention was necessary.
Two cars side swiped on Clark's Canyon hill four and a half miles north of Armstead Saturday night. Ted E. Knickerbocker of Armstead drove the northbound car and Wesley H. Williams of Gunnison Colorado drove the southbound car. Both vehicles and a trailer were damaged. the Knickerbocker car was towed to Armstead. Robert Wright, highway patrolman, investigated.
Plans been made for a trio of one act plays by Dillon residents to aid a proposed playground. Miss Ruth Phelps directs the group sponsored by Beaverhead County High School Girls Athletic Club. Date not finalized due to unsettled planning and sponsorship details.
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