Local Happenings From Dillon Area Net Numerous Visits
L K Adams was a business visitor to Helena last week. Nellie McKnight of Dell spent Wednesday in Dillon. Many residents, including Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins, Mrs. W A Graeter, and Mrs. Henry Thompson of Dell, traveled to nearby cities for visits and duties. Sheriff Orr toured Centennial valley on official business. Families moved to ranches near Dell for summer. Several teachers and residents returned from Malta and Three Forks to Dillon for summer, with numerous short trips to Missoula Butte and Armstead noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Thompson
Dell
Dillon
Henry Birrer
Multiple Local Notices From Dillon Area
Bobby Forsgren recovers from pneumonia at home on Pacific street. Mrs. George Mudd arrives from Fishtrap and plans to stay in Dillon for a period. Mr. and Mrs. Nels Nelson return to Deer Lodge after several days in the city. A divorce decree was issued last Tuesday granting Lucy Webster a divorce from Emanuel T. Webster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Forsgren
Pacific Street
Mrs. Nels Nelson
Deer Lodge
City
Lucy Webster
Emanuel T. Webster
Tovey Family Takes Logan Trip For Business
W D Tovey and his father Dan left Wednesday by motor for Logan Utah on a business trip. Mrs Arthur Graeter returned from Butte Monday night after spending several days there. Mr and Mrs Gebhard Fassler of Melrose visited Dillon this week at the Gelhaus home. Mrs Henry Schoenborn and daughter Mary left last Saturday for Seattle to spend the summer. Mrs W M Oliver of Spokane came to Dillon for Memorial day and will visit the Hughes ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Tovey
Dan Tovey
Logan
Utah
Arthur Graeter
Butte
Gebhard Fassler
Melrose
Joseph Gelhaus
Henry Schoenborn
Mary
Seattle
C. Penny
Dillon
Will Pahnish
Wisdom
Earl Tash
DS Ranch
Adolph Pahnish
John Judge
Helen
Frank Gorman
Elkhorn
Rollin Thibodeau
Mr. Berry
Ralph Spencer
George Judge
Jake Neidt
Jesse Finsley
Camas Nelson
Levant Taylor
Fred Nelson
Lucy Jardine
Jim O'Connell
Wendell Jardine
Anna Jorgenson
Dan Pendergast
J. H. Wills
Jackson
Harry Helming
Anson Baxter
Neons
Beryl Woody
S. J. Johnson
Betty Clemon
Mary L. Purdy
Joseph Carrol
Harry Lapham
McGinnis and
Foussar
John Jackson
Wise River
John Wenger
Jules Wenger
Pioneer rancher Craig Cornell seriously ill in Beaverhead county
Craig Cornell, a prominent pioneer rancher of Beaverhead county, is seriously ill at his ranch home south of town. Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Gunderson left for Denver last Tuesday to spend their vacation. Emerson Hughes, from Miles City, is in the city a few days to conduct an aerial flying school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Cornell
Beaverhead County
B. J. Gunderson
Denver
Colorado
Emerson Hughes
Miles City
Beaverhead High School official visits Jackson
D. P. Thurber, director of the agricultural department at Beaverhead County High School, spent last week visiting Jackson to discuss agricultural programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Thurber
Beaverhead County High School
Jackson
Local News Notes on Travels and Visits
Mrs Ellen Sorenson and her daughter Clara visit relatives in Iowa for several weeks. Saxe Graeter and family depart Dillon by car for California after wintering here. Leo DeCelles returns to Butte from his sister Mrs James Kellys home. Mrs O M Best leaves for Battle Creek Michigan with granddaughter Helen Ida Best to visit in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Sorenson
Clara
Iowa
O. M. Best
Battle Creek
Mich
Helen Ida Best
Chicago
Commencement Held at Training School
Diplomas were awarded to a class of 28 eighth graders at the training school commencement held Thursday evening in the school auditorium. Lois M Schier gave the address. diplomas were presented by Superintendent Charles Henry and awarded by Leonard Eliel, school board chairman. Music included performances by the training school orchestra, girls glee club, and the class. invocation and benediction were by Rev. R C Shannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois M. Schier
Charles Henry
Leonard Eliel
R. C. Shannon
Prohibition Speaker to Lecture in Dillon on Sunday
Dr Henry Van Valkenberg Montana Initiative Prohibition league field worker will speak at two Dillon Methodist services Sunday June 8 He formerly led Havre Methodism and was a temperance leader across Arizona New Mexico and Paso Texas His topic Americanism versus Nullification and he pledges informed remarks on Montana conditions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry van Valkenberg
Montana Initiative Prohibition League
Dillon
Methodist Church
Havre
Montana
Arizona
New Mexico
Paso
Texas
van Valkenberg
Memorial Day Observed at Mountain View Cemetery
Beaverhead post of the American Legion held simple exercises at Mountain View cemetery on Memorial Day. A squad fired salutes over graves of soldiers while flowers and flags decorated the plots. Chaplain J B Cluley led short services as military honors were given amid a crowded, well kept, flower filled grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
American Legion
Mountain View Cemetery
J. B. Cluley
Mountain View
Nelson School Picnic Brings Students and Neighbors Together
A Nelson school picnic in Birch Creek canyon hosted by parents and neighbors featured Miss Jeanette Watt and many families including Schuler Morrison Miller Willard Bell McAdams Watt Roberts Pace Hun Saker Lasich Albers Allen Nelson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson — School
Jeanette Watt
Birch Creek Canyon
H. Schuler
Frank Morrison
Maynard Miller
Luther Willard
Frank Bell
T. T. McAdams
Bert Watt
W. FE. Roberts
Joe Pace
I. F. Hunsaker
Frank Lasich
C. Albers
Noah Allen
Cakar Nelson
Mildred
Harriet Schuler
May Selway
Roberta Roberts
T. H. Dubois
John Albers
James Morrison
Wayne
Ashley Roberts
Beryl
Bruce
Charles Greene
Jesse
Loraine
Kinky
Miller
Elwyn ‘Ell
Bud, Lee
John Schuler
Doris McAdams
Evelyn Nilson
Barbara
Lee Hunsaker
Wilfred
Howard Nelson
Marriage of Carl A. Ross and Alberta M. Wheatley
The Rev. H. B. Ricketts of the Methodist church officiated Thursday morning at the marriage of Carl A. Ross and Alberta M. Wheatley, both of Missoula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Ricketts
Methodist Church
Carl A. Ross
Alberta M. Wheatley
Missoula
Mrs Mary Warner Returns Home From Rexburg Visit
Miss Mary Hester Warner returned to her Rexburg Idaho home last Tuesday after a several day visit with her brother Harold Warner of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hester Warner
Rexburg
Idaho
Harold Warner
Taylor couple visit kin in Dillon from Whitehall
Mr and Mrs C B Taylor motored to Whitehall on Wednesday to meet Mrs Davidson and Mr Davidson mother and brother of Mrs Taylor who are to visit in Dillon. Mrs Agnes Pierce bought the Robert Boone residence on Pacific street and Mr and Mrs Boone and family plan to move into the Washington street home owned by Mrs E O Selway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Taylor
Whitehall
Mrs. Davidson
Mr. Davidson
Mrs. Taylor
Dillon
Agnes Pierce
Robert Boone
Pacific Street
Shockley Family Heads to Fort Worth for New Home
Mrs. Walter Shockley and CG L Shockley left Thursday for Fort Worth Texas. Walter Shockley and the children also departed by motor the same day. They expect to make their home in Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Shockley
CG. L. Shockley
Fort Worth
Texas
Monica School Aims for Superior Name Plate Rating
In a push for better county and village schools, name plates honor standard and superior status. Red Rock and Apex earned Superior plates this year. Monida School, led by Miss Montana Gilbert, is praised for pupil efforts including erecting a flag pole and paving walks with cobblestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Red Rock
Apex
Monida
Montana Gilbert
Lincoln Miller
Ted Miller
Alden Tibbles
Blake Bean
Gordon Selleck
Muriel Edwards
Kathryn Rice
Dorothy Tibbles
Mrs Olmsted Returns From Malta After Fath ers Death
Mrs. T. D. Olmsted came back from Malta where she was summoned by the death of her father, a well known pioneer merchant of the city. Her sister Mrs. Gertrude Rathbone accompanied her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Olmsted
Malta
Gertrude Rathbone
Mr and Mrs George Dart Return to Dillon
Mr Dart attended a Shrine convention in Miami and then visited relatives in Michigan. Mrs Dart joined him in Butte where she had been visiting for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dart
Dillon
Mr. Dart
Miami
Michigan
Normal College Couples Tie Off In Spring Licenses
A marriage license was issued Tuesday to Kenneth Nichols of Superior and Melba Burke of Rivulet, both Normal college students. May trails, with 13 licenses issued that day and only 15 in the first four months of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Nichols
Superior
Melba Burke
Rivulet
The
Normal College
May
Jones and Brown Trade Morbid Cemetery Banter
Jones asks Brown where he has been and Brown replies to the cemetery. Jones asks if anyone is dead and Brown confirms that every one of them is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Jones
Rural School Honor Rolls and Local Visits Promote Attendance
Rural schools report one hundred percent attendance this month for Red Rock Jones Gibbons and Nicholia. April honor rolls list many pupils including Bobby Anson Bernard Knudsen Sandy Allen Alvin Millicam Bob Anderson Dorothy Hurley Marian Hurley and more. Effort list pupils include Richard Hummel James Jordan and Virginia Lee Wilhelm among others with recent visits and moves involving Dillon Wisdom Elk Horn and DS ranch noted by local residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rock
Jones
Gibbons
Nicholia
Bobby Anson
Bernard Knudsen
Sandy Allen
Alvin Millicam
Bob Anderson
Dorothy Hurley
Marian Hurley
Richard Hummel
Geraldine Shufelt
Albert Aiken
Jack Shepherd
Richard Shepherd
Anna Lee Shepherd
James Woody
Alice Inabnit
Eda Jackson
Virginia Woody
Peter Sweeney
Ethel Hansen
Doris Rogers
Wilimena Rogers
Mary Sweeney
Margaret Sweeney
Helen Fairbanks
Lincoln Miller
Ted Miller
Muriel Edwards
Kathryn Rice
Junior Kenison
Arthur Hansen
Mary
John
Howard Hansen
Leonard Hansen
James Jordan
Ray Moseley
Wesley Moseley
Virginia Lee Wilhelm
Argenta Creek Warning Spurs Dam Concern at Lakes
Commission er Ditty warned residents Thursday evening that the lake dam could break due to high water. Ranger Roemer was in Argenta. The town held its annual school picnic with races and prizes. Arthur Pilon family hosted and visited, while local baseball and mining company events were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner Ditty
Ranger Roemer
Argenta
M. Graeter
Arthur Pilon Jr
Arthur Pilon
Grasshoppers
Q. A. Pilon
Arcenta Mining Company
Piten
Polaris Students Take Eighth Grade Exams At School
Eighth grade examinations were held at Polaris school on Afon day and Tuesday last week with Mrs. Evelyn Pyle in charge. Polaris baseball lost to Armstead 5 to 6 in a fast Sunday game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polaris School
Afon
Evelyn Pyle
Polaris
Armstead
George Pyle
Hazel
Anaconda
Elkhorn Springs
Bud Jaggers
S. M. Starr
Dillon
Jackson News Bulletin of Visiting Residents and Local Events
Jackson residents and visitors frequent Dillon for business and shopping. Households hosted gatherings, a health program and essay contests engaged students, with prizes in pig calling and mooing. Local sports included a Wise River versus Jackson baseball game with Jackson winning 9 to 7.
Also Mentioned on This Page
L.K. Adams
Helena
Nellie McKnight
George Hopkins
W. A. Graeter
Butte Hospital
Mrs. Taylor .Bradley of
W. W
Hawkins
Baby
Salmon
Ralph Streb
Otto Adams
W. C. Orr
Centennial Valley
Ed Kenison
Frances Forsgren
S.F. Erwin
M. L. Mosley
E. J. Sloane
Lima
Alban . Roemer
Forest
ArErttb Sperit
Dilon
Emma. Staudaher
Bae
John ‘Judge
A. L. Hawkins of
Metlen
Bernard’ Garrison
Reichle
Jorgen Jorgenson
Big Hole Basin
Frank Kellum
the Salmon High School
E. O. Selway
Great Falls
Mary Heavey
Three Forks
Katherine O’dell
Maurine Parker
Townsend
Ira Wagner
W. B.whitworth
Clyde Webster
Bertha Huber
Kidd
George Mudd
Fishtrap
S. Main St
Mont
Bond Grocery Co
F.H. Bimrose
Saxe Graeter
California
Leo DeCelles
James Kelly
Training School
Dillon Bottling Works
Nelson School
Rural School News
Sam Langdorf
Charles Banks
Addie Barber
Argenta News
the Tribune
Jackson News
Broadway
West Broadway
Mrs. A. B. Clinch
Fighting
Gray’s Pool
Montana Street
Anderson
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