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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1941
Page
5
Dillon and surrounding towns report a flurry of visits and errands with residents from Armstead to Medicine Lodge and Helena. Notables include births, honors roll students at Montana State College, and a Jerome Idaho wedding of Belle Fitzsimmons and William Nix with family attendance and a breakfast reception.
E G Kellner leaves this Sunday for Fort Worth Texas to begin medical studies at Texas Christian University He is an honor student from the local Normal College and has four years of pre med at the University of Montana He will live with his grandfather a Fort Worth pioneer businessman
Announcement made for a high school assembly to be held Thursday at 11 o'clock. The public is invited. Ladies of the Dillon Choral club will perform several numbers. Miss Dorothy Leewarts will render.
Beaverhead county high school debate teams returned to Dillon Sunday morning from Kalispell where they took part in a two day tournament hosted by Flathead county high school. Delegation members were J. W. McCracken Evelyn Gregg George Bowring Louis Schmittroth and Dorothy Davis with coach Don Sutton. They competed in six debates against Missoula A and B Kalispell Big Fork Whitefish and Troy teams.
Matt Kau was elected to the Masonic Society board of directors at a meeting Monday night. He succeeds Thomas W. Jones. The board will reorganize shortly, and several other business matters were discussed by members.
Ernest A. Peterson, legal counsel for the Montana highway commission and highway patrol, has submitted his resignation effective Jan 31. A former Gallatin County attorney and Bozeman resident, he plans to go back to Bozeman to resume private law practice.
A Beaverhead Mining association and Dillon Chamber of Commerce delegation led by J. B. Kelly Frank Madden E W Bond and J L Mayland attended the Mining Association of Montana biennial legislative meeting held January 22 in Helena.
Mrs Norman Giles hosted a 1 30 dessert luncheon for the W E pinochle club with card play after. High scores went to Mrs Wayne Myers and Mrs J G Mattingly while Mrs Harold Wheelbarger had the low. A potluck dinner is set for Jan 30 at Mrs Wayne Myers home at 7 with an evening of bridge to follow.
President Sheldon E. Davis will travel to Seattle in the week's second half to conduct college inspections for the American Association of Teachers Colleges and is expected to return by Saturday or Sunday.
The Wings honorary group of the Women’s Athletic Association has distributed a Montana circular for physical education teachers and high school pupils. It includes the W A A constitution platform intramural ideas play days and professional reading with recommendations for a state wide organization. Valaree Sheldon of Roundup chairs Wings and Alice Cameron of Big Timber is W A A president with Marjorie Hamer as sponsor.
Dillon council members plan Boy Scout week activities led by Fred Bridenstine. A scout court of honor will be held Feb 13 at the annual banquet with speaker from Butte sought. Dick Evans and George Farrell organize the court. Clifford Dougherty and board to review merit awards. Rededication to scouting to occur Feb 12 at the Wednesday meeting.
Joseph Patrick Maher of Butte and Miss Gertrude Wilhelm of Melrose united in marriage Friday night at St. Rose church in a small ceremony. Attendants included Burl Stephens and Dr. W. J. Romersa. The bride, educated at Manhattan Dental Assistant school, works for Dr. Romersa. groom holds an LL.B. from State University of New Jersey and was admitted to the Montana bar in 1940.
Miss Mary Innes reports several new arrivals at the city library including Pilgrim's Way by John Buchan and My Ten Years in the Studio by George Arliss. The library also received a $60 gift from the Shakespeare Club to support Lucy Hamilton Carson.
A full house attended the Dillon Fifle club weekly shoot at the high school range. Captain Ralph Slater of the Shelby Montana justice department demonstrated pistol marksmanship before en route to Camp Benning Georgia. Scores list varied from 161 to 268 with 24 competitors including H Hignight 253x300 and M Jones 268.
Beaverhead County High School groups present the operetta Pickles in mid March with Miss Mary Castles directing. Cast includes Irma Jackson June Johnson Marian Wiant Grace Frank Kurtz Robert Stanchfield Waie Boyd Koé and other students.
Butte Natural Gas edge Bulldogs 56 54 after trailing by eleven early in the second half. Buckovich sparked the visitors with a late burst as Good and Dupuis closed the gap, while Bradley and Burgess led Normal in scoring early.
At the American Association of University Women meeting in Mrs. D I Emerick’s home Miss Jean Bishop spoke on Pre Columbian Culture of Latin America claiming five thousand years of history. Mrs. Willey showed Mexican trip relics and artifacts gathered during travel. Business session followed.
Irene Megquier, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert Megquier of Dillon, is highlighted in Daily Variety as being paraded by Jack Carberry on the set of the B G DeSylva David Butler film Cana in the Draft at RKO yesterday. She is expected to receive a screen test. Megquier was a popular student at Beaverhead High School, later attended Spokane Kinman Business College, and has spent the past year working in различные settings.
Friday three couples obtained marriage permits in the afternoon at the Norman Giles district court office, a sharp rise from the first 23 days of the month. The couples were Charles Neumann 25 and Evelyn De Kay 26 of Blackfoot Idaho, Frank Michelish 21 of Logan Utah and Marjorie Winchell 19 of Blackfoot Idaho, Joseph Patrick Maher and Gertrude Wilhelm both of Dillon.
Kampus Kadets pledge 19 new members at a meeting last week. Most pledges are freshmen who will carry on club customs next year. Names include Irene Allen Stevensville Shirley Clark Butte Beth Graves Polson Jo Ann Deputy Dillon Barbara Molloran Dillon Carolyn Jackson Norris Ruth Lehwalder Butte Merle Rae Kohls Ennis Carol Miles Superior Pat Peterson Argenta Gwen Sherwood Wilsoll Eleanor Tiefenthaler Anaconda Jean Wilson McAllister Margaret Waynild Outlook Madge Owen Anaconda Rose Banovett Klein Cora Belle Trask Deer Lodge Jean Kelly Butte Eleanor Thompson Lewistown
The Normal college Booster club plans a winter quarter stunt competition on Saturday February 1. Ten campus organizations will participate with Miss Ruth Phelps and the Booster club committee in charge. Gargoyles handle stage management and related work for the vodvil to benefit the yearbook fund.
At a Friday preliminary hearing Paddy Donovan pleaded innocent to grand larceny and was bound over to district court. Judge Louis Stahl set bail at 1000 dollars. Donovan remained in custody after failing to post bond. He and Wilbur Abshire were arrested in Burley Idaho and brought to Dillon for alleged theft of guns owned by Jess Roberts.
The dilloe country club stockholders will meet at city hall council chambers on Thursday evening jan 30 at 8 o clock. Notices signed by president Dave Williams and secretary Glenna Vance state officers will be elected and plans for the coming season discussed.
A group of Republican Women met at the courthouse on Friday afternoon. Mrs Earl Opp presided and plans were made for a Lincoln Day program. Objects and aims of the club for the coming year were discussed.
Dillom Junior Rifle club held a weekly shoot Tuesday night with multiple shooters posting strong scores. Prone positions led the list with B. Kenig posting 95 and R. Conger 91, while S. Bradley 93 and W. Jones 81 showed solid totals amid siting and kneeling results.
Mrs L Johnson hosts Entre Nous Club members at her home at 605 South. The gathering features a bridge session with invited guests and light refreshments.
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