Local Red Cross Appeals For Flood Relief Funds
Beaverhead County American Red Cross chairman Thomas E. Luebben seeks immediate funds as local chapter reports low reserves. Messages from national HQ urge doubling the quota and surpassing it, with 300 Red Cross workers and 350 nurses in disaster areas amid Ohio and Mississippi valley floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Luebben
Beaverhead County
American Red Cross
National
Ohio River Valley
Luebben
Dillon
St. Louis
T. E. Luebben
American Cross
Red Cross
United States
Cary
Grayson
Ohio
Mississippi
Cary T. Grayson
Emma Ann Oliver Dies of Pneumonia in Dillon
Mrs Emma Ann Oliver 61 wife of Fred Oliver of Dillon died at home on N Pacific street after several days illness. Born January 31 1876 in Gibbs Missouri she moved west in 1900 and settled in Dillon after time in Spokane. She ran a maternity home for many years and is survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Gladys Rice of Missouri a son Theodore of Dillon and sister Mrs R C Underwood of Moose Jaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Ann Oliver
Fred Oliver
N. Pacific Street
Gibbs
Spokane
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Gladys Rice
Missouri
Theodore
Moose Jaw
Expert Studies Radio Interference in City
Roy Hofstatter of Montana Power examined radio interference in Dillon at the Union Electric Company’s request. He found home appliances stokers and small motors largely cause the trouble and urged owners to call in a radio expert or electrician to fix defective devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hofstatter
Montana Power
Butte
Dillon
Union Electric Cmpany
Hofstatter
Jeppson Promoted to Lewiston Penney Store
J C Jeppson who for nine years managed the J C Penney store in Dillon has been transferred to Lewiston Idaho to head the Penney company there. Clyde Stieb will take over in Dillon after arriving Thursday and assuming duties. Mrs Jeppson and children will stay in Dillon for the time being due to the family home here.
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Penney
Lewiston
J. C. Jeppson
J. C. Penney
Idaho
Clyde Stieb
Dillon
Jeppson
D. A. “Galt
Butte
Lloyd Brown
Fier
Ster- Ying, DL
President's Ball to Be Gala Event at City Hall
Arrangements completed for the annual President's Birthday ball at the city hall auditorium. Baxter Orchestra will provide music with Mickey Spegar in charge of the check room and W. M. Stone as local chair. Proceeds benefit children with infantile paralysis. Admission $1 per couple adults, 50 cents per couple students. Assistants include Neil Doyle Norah Connelly and Norman Giles. Freddie Rife is official ticket seller.
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City Hall
Baxter
Mickey” Spegar
W. M. Stone
Mr. Stone
Neil Doyle
Norah Connelley
Norman Giles
Freddie Rife
Dillon Ellis Plans Bubble Ball Event This Saturday
Dillon Ellis announced completed plans for a Purple Bubble ball to be held Saturday February 6. Indications point to a community celebration with local residents and organizers coordinating activities and safety measures.
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Dillon Ellis
Ice jam floods Beaverhead area with widespread damage risk
Beaverhead endures damaging flood from an ice jam as water spreads widely and freezes, stranding vehicles on the Butte Dillon highway. Four homes evacuated, J P Best tourist camp diverted flow, Oregon Short Line bridge reached by floodwaters, with limited immediate danger to highway closure and ongoing salvage by local crews.
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Beaverhead
Butte- Dillon
J. P. Best
Chester Hale
Mary Molleur
James Jackson
Oregon Short Line
REBEKAH LODGE INSTALLS OFFICERS FOR 1937 YEAR
Rebekah Lodge No 42 held a 630 banquet at Diana Lodge with Teams 1 and 2 recognizing members. Ivy L Taylor District Deputy President installed elective officers Elma Wright and Mary Jane Rodgers with pink carnations. Present were visitors from Olive Branch Belt Montana and Silver Leaf Butte.
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Bekah Lodge
Nellie Nelson
Thomas Wildey
Wilma Holloran
Guardian
Blanche Haynes
Muriel Tyre
Elma Wright
Augusta L. Campbell
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Ivy L. Taylor
Kate Murphy
Olive Branch Rebekah Lodge
Belt
Montana
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Butte
Former Dillon Residents Listed in East Flood Zone
At least three former Dillon residents are in the east flood zone causing widespread damage. Names given include 2018 P., V. Lynch, and Lee Stone with Julia Anderson. relatives report all escaped by moving to higher ground as floods affected the area.
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V. Lynch
Lee Stone
Julia Anderson
Skating Rink Assured by City Action
Mayor D A Galt announced that city workers are building a municipal skating rink at the fairy grounds. The project will be free to all, though construction paused recently due to cold weather, giving local youngsters a much needed winter skating spot.
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D A. Galt
Fairy Grounds
Educators Hold January Meeting in Beaverhead
Members of the Beaverhead Local of the Montana Education Association gathered at the Andrus Hotel for a banquet. Miss Ruby Rogness spoke on Historical and Social Problems of Mexico, urging interest in modernizing education. Delegates to the Delegate Assembly in Butte were elected from the Normal college, Conrad Orr, and Lima with alternates named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry
Normal College Training School
Fairbanks
Louise Davison
Eileen Watson
McMullen
Lima
Mrs Floyd Davis Stricken by Death
Mrs Edith Alder Davis died Friday morning at home in Dillon after a brief illness. Born October 26 1910 in Midway Utah she lived in Salmon Idaho before moving to Dillon with Floyd Davis in 1936. She is survived by her husband three children eight siblings and several relatives with funeral services held Monday.
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Floyd Davis
Edith Alder Davis
Midway
Utah
Idaho
A. G. Alder
Floyd David
Salmon
Dillon
Davis
Delores
Hazel
Raymond
A. ‘G. Alder
May
R. C. Whitesitt
Ce Popejoy
Earl Prosser
Long Beach
Ene
Claude
Lémhi
Floyd
Don
Glenn
Prosser
Monaay
Dillon Rotary hears Hawkins on Mexico trip
W. W. Hawkins spoke to the Dillon Rotary Club on his recent motor trip to Mexico City. He described border inspections, the rugged highway, local courtesy and poverty, a thrilling bullfight, and Mexico’s slow progress toward a robust tourist economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Rotary Club
Mexico
Sam Wilkinson
Pocatello
Hawkins
Enuis
Mexico City
Larédo
Dillon
Montana
U. S
Mr. Hawkins
Agricultural Meet Held in Dillon
Beaverhead county participants and committees of the agricultural conservation program met with Extension Agent Bernard Williams to discuss his Bozeman meeting report and outline plans for county educational meetings in Dell Reichle and Dillon. Sessions were set for Dell Wednesday Reichle Thursday and Dillon Friday at 2 PM with local volunteers including Floyd Kenison B J MecMenomey Armastead J C Ferguson J G Buyan Carl Kembich Jack Keenan Holgar.
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Beaverhead
Office of Need
Bernard Williams
Bozeman
Dell
Reichle
Dillon
Floyd
Kenison
B. J. MecMenomey
Armastead
J. G
Buyan
Carl ‘Kem= bich
Relehle
Jack ‘Keenan
Holgar
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Pacific Street
J.C. Jeppson
The
American Legion
Dillon Lodge
A. F
A. M
Dillon Country Club
Dillon Wranglers Club
Parent-Teacher Association
Dillon Choral Club
Daniels Company
Best Cabin
Montana Auto Supply Company
Montana Highway Commission
Rebekahs
Diana Re
Dillon Man
Andrus
Members-of-the-Beaverhead—Local
Montana Education Association
W. W. ‘Hawkins
Southern
Republic
W. W. Hawkins
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