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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1941
Page
8
Local column records social events and community news in Wisdom and nearby areas. Mentions vacations of Wisdom Telephone exchange managers, medical visits and operations in Butte, family announcements, birthday surprises, visits by Jim Paddock and Bill Holm, and deaths of Big Hole settlers.
Paddy Donovan and Wilburgb shire remain in county jail awaiting preliminary hearings on charges of grand larceny for alleged theft of several guns last fall from Jess Roberts. They were arrested by Burley Idaho authorities and returned to Dillon this week by Sheriff Paul Temple and Deputy Boyd Quick.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid will meet at Mrs. Chris Bay's ranch home with Mrs. Tom Pyeatt as co host. Miss Avis Thompson sister of Rev J H Thompson will speak about her work at the Lutheran Children's Home in St Paul where she has been employed for years.
United Press reports in Helena on January 17 note the purchasing agent awarding a flour contract to Livingston Mill and Elevator for Boulder training school. The Montana Supreme Court considers appeals from Glacier and Valley counties involving the State Bank of Cut Bank and the Valley County Fair Board loan dispute.
The Dillon Kiwanis will partake in Kiwanis International’s 26th anniversary alongside 2,131 clubs nationwide this week. Niles Jones leads the Thursday meeting program prepared by the Kiwanis education committee. Members will hear short talks on Kiwanis education from committee members and others. Kiwanis began in Detroit on January 21, 1915 and now lists about 110,000 members.
Mrs. Ruth Ann Dart traveled to Anaconda Tuesday evening to officiate at the installation of new officers of the Deborah Rebekah lodge. She was accompanied by Mrs. Nellie Lanner, Mrs. Mae D. Paddock and Miss Montana Gilbert.
Mrs T F McFadden entertained the M. M. club at her home for a 1 30 lunch today. An exchange of gifts highlighted the gathering as the group’s Christmas party had not yet occurred.
The St James guild will meet on Thursday with Miss Bertha Huber, Mrs Anna Thompson and Mrs Agnes Hansen as hostesses in the home.
Mrs. Nick DeLeon returns from Glendale after her father’s Jan. 1 death. Butte visitors include Mr. and Mrs. John Brakovic and Mrs. Elsie Garrison. Farmer's Union Trading Company stockholders meeting held in Butte with local attendees. Reichle PTA party at the school with games and refreshments. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson travel to Bozeman for federal soil conservation conference. Power line crews work, housed at the DeLeon hotel.
Mrs. O. W. Evans visited in Idaho Falls last Thursday. J. F. Harrison left for Calico Rock Arkansas to attend a stock show in Denver and visit relatives in Kansas City en route. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Birrer were Butte visitors Saturday, returning home with a new Nash. Dell guests this week in Dillon included Ray Martinell Amos Hanson Nellie McKnight J. B. Dockins P. J. Bimat Leslie McNinch Andrew Smilka Jean Gravely Mrs. W. A. Price Girtrude Price James Fleming and Floyd Kenison. P J Bimat left Saturday for Rochester Minnesota to enter the Mayo Clinic.
Mrs. George Woodworth of Long Beach Calif was surprised at a party given by friends at her Long Beach home recently. Attendees included Mr and Mrs H B Armitage D Wampler of Wisdom Mrs Hattie Bulen Bozeman Mrs Ann Sweet Holland Mrs M Me Hill and Gus O.
Seattle buyers viewed local feed lots including fat cows and steers contracted for later delivery. Notable attendees were Joe Speltz Idaho Falls Emmett Jones Dillon George Harrison Polaris Isaac Miller Denver Boss Emerick Skelton Dillon. Also community notices report health trips to Dillon and the Jolly Jackson Homemakers club with a cancer control program update and a birthday party at the Nelson home. Allen Spencer Plen Oneal hospitalized with pneumonia.
Mr and Mrs Fred Heffner, patients at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, are both recovering from illness.
Mayor R H Chadwick, first mayor of Kodiak since incorporation, describes rapid influx of workforce from construction and fishing arriving with the Navy base. He notes debt free status, housing strain, and rapid city-building with 400 temporary homes, a new bank reaching deposits near half a million, and eager investors.
Weekend activities include travels from Elk horn mine to Elkhorn Springs and Anaconda by auto. Several residents recover from colds and flu at home while others attend school and meetings. Community members, including 4-H club, survey road snow clearance, and note changes in residence and travel plans.
Glacier Silver Lead Mining plans extensive diamond drilling to map ore bodies 800 feet deeper. Russia rises to third in copper imports as Italy and Japan also boost purchases. U S smelter output up 27 percent. In Montana, ex convict Jack Sewell attempts jail break using mortar scraps and a bed sap before being sent to the state penitentiary.
Thursday afternoon the Home Harmony club met with Mrs. S. M. Davidson at 228 West Morse Street for a dessert luncheon. Co-hostess was Mrs. Leonard Childs. New members Mrs. Don Berry and Mrs. Ed Hollenbeck joined. Guests included Mrs. Stella Murray and Mrs. Dick Evans. Next meeting at Mrs. Berry's home with Mrs. Hollenbeck as co-hostess.
Members of the Wranglers club heard of a skilled labor shortage slowing the defense program as Ernest Loeb spoke on Labor and National Defense on Monday.
Incomplete OCR notes indicate a forthcoming St Rose guild meeting with reference to a mount page cue. The fragment suggests scheduling but lacks date time or location details.
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