Beaverhead 4-H Baby Beef Auction Draws Top Prices
Beaverhead County stockmen and 4-H clubs showcased 14 of 19 baby beef head averaging $114 per head at the Kiwanis sponsored sale. Top price 16 cents per pound for Jerry Harrison's Duke at $136.70 bought by Safeway, with multiple calves sold to Safeway, First National Bank, Eliel's and others. A post sale meeting at the courthouse featured E H Phillips Paul Etchepare Paul Orcutt and Senator T H Gilbert as speakers.
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Beaverhead County
Montana
Dillon Kiwanis Club
Gosman Drug
Jim Hartwig
Rainbow
Blocky
Billie Harrison
City
Billie
A. G. Williams
Roscoe Cornell, Jr
Kiwanis Club
Kathryn Hartwig
Jerry Harrison
David Hartwig
Arnold Paddock
Estelle Marchesseau
Erwin Marchesseau
Paul Orcutt
Bozeman
Col. Luther Smith
Walter Foster
Kiwanis Committee
Frank Madden
Duke
Safeway
Beaumont
J. Hartwig
Howard
First National Bank
Smoky
Eliel’s
Red
State Bank and Trust Company
Red Luye
J.J. Hartwig
Chris Bay
Sly Ann
Joe Speltz
Idaho Falls
Joe
Pal
John
Idaho Livestock Auction Company
Sooner
Dave Hartwig
BE. E. Hazel
Curly
Laddie
Roberts Cash Market
Great Falls
E. H. Phillips
Montana Stockgrowers
Paul Etchepare
Montana Woolgrowers
T. H. Gilbert
Dillon
Wool pool fleeces bring top price in state sale
Seven thousand four hundred fleeces in the Beaverhead wool pool were sold Saturday to Arthur Ward of Helena representing the Forte Dupee Sawyer firm of Boston for a top price of 38 cents per pound. Four bidders competed as pool members cheered the record high bid, believed the highest in the state to date.
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Beaverhead
Arthur Ward
Helena
Forte - Dupee - Sawyer
Boston
Early Dillon Postmaster John Weightman Dies in Bedford
John Weightman one of Dillon’s earliest postmasters died in Bedford Virginia on May 13 at age 85. Appointed by President Arthur in 1881 he earlier ran Dillon to Bannack and Virginia City freight and mail lines. He later lived in Denersville Flathead county and Kaliswell and helped run Glacier Park stage routes. He married Katie Barnard in Dillon and survived by three daughters M J Salzman Bigfork Frank Worden Missoula and Waiter Bond Los Angeles.
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Ward
John Weightman
Dillon
Bedford
Weightman
Arthur
Bannack
Virginia City
Beaverhead
Denersville
Flathead County
Kaliswell
M. J. Salzman
Bigfork
Frank Worden
Missoula
Waiter Bond
Los Angeles
Memorial Day Rites Observed
Memorial Day rites under Beaverhead post of the American Legion were held Thursday night at Mountain View cemetery. George M. Melton former senator and Legion member spoke urging patriotism in service against today’s internal "isms." A parade to the Legion plot, band selections, opening remarks by Post Commander F. M. Poindexter, a prayer, and graves of foreign war veterans were decorated. Dillon businesses closed Friday for the observance. locals took weekend trips.
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Beaverhead
American Legion
America
Mountain View
George M. Melton
Legion
Legion Memorial
L. A. Gregory
F. M. Poindexter
Luther Smith
Dillon
Home Harmony Club Meets at 207 South Rife Street
Mrs George Miller hosts the Home Harmony club Thursday afternoon at her home 207 South Rife Street. The meeting was called for one o'clock.
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George Miller
Home Harmony Club
South Rife Street
Orelock
Baby Crowns Thursday in Union Ditch Funeral Rites
Funeral services were held Monday at the Brundage chapel for Patrick Roberts three year old son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Roberts of Union who drowned in the Union ditch near their home last Thursday. The Rev Belle Long officiated with interment at Mountain View cemetery. The body was found two miles below by Monroe Bears after water was shut off and a boat was used in the search. Patrick born March 15 1938 in Battle Mountain Nev is survived by his parents a brother Charles two sisters Gertrude and Ruth and grandparents.
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Brundage Chapel
Patrick Roberts
Jesse Roberts
Union Ditch
Roberts
Belle Long
First Baptist Church
Monroe Bears
Mountain View Cemetery
Barrett Hospital
Tat
Battle Mountain
Nev
Charles
Gertrude
Ruth
Butte Man Escapes Injury In Highway Crash
Emmett Shea of Butte skidded on a waterlogged pool on the main highway up Dubois hill north of the city, overturned several times but sustained only minor bruises and scratches. The crash occurred while returning from a fishing trip after heavy rain filled low spots with water. Patrolman Robert Wright found Shea and transported him to Dillon.
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Emmett Shea
Butte
Dubois Hill
Shea
Robert Wright
Dillon
Grade Summer Team Opens Monday
Summer school for grade children opens Monday at the training school under Mrs Octavia Graves. The six week program runs daily from 8 30 a m to 12 noon and offers observers a chance to watch expert teaching in action.
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Octavia Graves
Campships Awarded to Girls for Castle Rock Camp
The Girl Scout Council will grant $2 campships to each attending Camp Castle Rock this summer from July 13 to August 10. Eligibility includes at least one year as an intermediate Scout, 85 percent meeting attendance, and saving $2 for camp expenses. Transportation is parent’s responsibility. reservations with Mrs. Fred Kerr by June 7. Brownies are ineligible.
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Girl Scout Council
Camp
Castle Rock
Fred Kerr
Burnetts Visit Dillon Before Returning to San Francisco
Mr and Mrs J A Burnett and their son from San Francisco spent several days in Dillon visiting Mrs William Kearns at her home and left for home on Tuesday Henry L Tallent of Dillon enlisted in the U S Navy at the Butte station last month according to word
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J. A. Burnett
San Francisco
Dillon
William Kearns
Henry L. Tallent
U. S. Navy
Butte Station
Home Demonstration Council Holds Spring Meeting
The County Home Demonstration council met Monday in Beaverhead County High School’s music room. Attendees included presidents and vice presidents from 13 clubs, with Miss Nellie McKnight presiding and Miss Frances Smith from Bozeman discussing next year’s project.
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County Home Demonstration Council
Beaverhead County High School
Gladys Tofte
Nellie McKnight
Dell
Albert Streb
Melrose
A. J. Rife
Riverside Club
Frances Smith
Bozeman
Margaret Holloran
Trail Cafe
Follulus
Erwin Christensen
Dillon Merry Mixers
T. W. Sargent
Dillon Home
Margaret Streb
Uncle Sam
Lavon Evans
Nancy ‘Wheat
Frances Sewell
Evelyn McLaughlin
Sargent
Dillon Home Arts Club
Normal College Grants 64 Diplomas at Graduation
Commencement at Montana State Normal College awarded diplomas to 64 graduates and bachelor of education degrees to several candidates. The morning exercises in the auditorium featured a program with a procession, musical selections, a commencement address by Lowell W. Johnson, and diplomas conferred by President Sheldon E. Davis.
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Montana State Normal College
Sheldon E. Davis
Benediction
Rev
Lewis
Romaine March
Gounod-DeLamater
Little Symphony Orchestra
James Harold Albertson
Dillon
Rose Marie Banovett
Klein
Ronald Leroy Bassett
Melstone
Evelyn J. Bieber
Big Timber
E. Louise Birkholz
Helena
Glenn E. Blackburn
Hot Springs
Evelyn Boozer
Hamilton
Amelia Ruth Borden
Lonepine
Myrtle
Joyce Butte
Belknap
Alice E. Cameron
la Rea Cobb
Corvallis
Leona Katherine Counter
Gilt Edge
Mary Evelyn Deegan
Helen Marcia Dimmick
Missoula
Davie Apn Dye
Shirley Irene Erickson
Plentywood
College Summer Term Set to Open June 9 at MS Normal
Montana State Normal college announces a summer term starting Monday June 9 with registration available Saturday June 7. New courses appear in the bulletin. Entertainment includes Joyce Barthelson on June 24 and Gaye Marionettes July 31 and Aug 1.
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State Normal College
Joyce Barthelson
Miss Barthelson
Gaye
Paul Anderson
Octavia Graves
Lee R. Light
Anna C. Moser
Genevieve Albertson
Ruth Phelps
Mary Baker Emerick
George Nightingale
O. Kay Moe
Marjorie C. Hamer
William Straugh
Phelps
Helen D. Luebben
Ralph McFadden
Vernon Taylor
Edna Moé
J. Ford McBain
Robert E. Albright
Marlin K. Farmer
Beaverhead Farmers Back Wheat Quotas Vote
Beaverhead farmers overwhelmingly endorsed wheat marketing quotas with only a single opposing vote, per county committee chairman J. C. Ferguson. National returns show a comfortable margin for federal imposition of rigid quotas on this year's wheat crop to curb surpluses and storage pressures. In the Dillon district, 48 farmers participated.
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Beaverhead
J. C. Ferguson
Agriculture Department
Rainy days trend hints at wet spring in Beaverhead
Old timers predicted a rainy June with 27 days of precipitation and the first three days support the notion. The Normal College weather station reports over an inch of rain each day, with .6 inches from a near flash flood Tuesday and .48 inches Monday. Beaverhead records show three inches in May, signaling a wet spring and early summer.
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Normal _College
Beaverhead
Dillon Chamber of Commerce Drives Active Membership
The Dillon Chamber of Commerce reports a strong response to a membership drive begun last week. Solicitors are in the field and the goal is expected to be reached soon. The group backs annual fundraisers and projects including a fall ball sale and show with cash prizes, road improvements, a Daly dam survey, a football game, a basketball trip to the national tourney, a WPA school session, and upcoming bull and ram sales.
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Dillon Chamber of Commerce
Dion Chamber of Commerce
Northwest
Daly Dam
Kansas City
WPA
School of Instruction
State Orphans Home Leader Praises Facility at Rotary Talk
George H. Davey, superintendent at Twin Bridges State Orphans Home, told Dillon Rotary Club the majority of residents do well after release with few returning to corrections. He cited 300 149 boys and 151 girls, eight true orphans, and explained an $82,500 annual state allotment funds food, clothing, education and activities. Children are kept under supervision year round with recreational programs during vacations. Many former residents join the CCC or Davy after release.
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Dillon Rotary Club
George H. Davey
Twin Bridges
Davy
The
CCC
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Tion
Normal College
Robert Gaylord Frost
Lewistown
Patricia Mary Gilbert
Carmen Charlotte Hermann
Maurice J. Hickey
Moore
Juanita N. Hieronymus
Morris L. Homme
Outlook
Claribel M. Houchen
Fairview
Theressa Hudon
Somers
Aileen Johnson
Belt
Donald B. Kingery
Molese
Irene Lillian Kuester
Ovando
Mary Margaret Lahiff
Billie Dee Linton
Ennis
Florence Joyce Lyall
Livingston
Lycia R. McCleery
Glasgow
Helen Dorothy McGrath
Janet Mary McLeod
Jack Mahood
Big Sandy
Grace Margaret — Malinak
Camas
Anna Manley
Montague
Leota June Myers
Deer Lodge
Gladys Evelyn Mosby
Sylvia O. Nelson
Anaconda
Pauline Julia Obach
Charlo
Marjorie
Marie Ohrmann
Drummond
Cora Mae Otness
Chateau
Norma Marie
Paddock
Marguerite G. Palmquist
Bernadette Jane Paul
Arlee
Andrew F. Pickolick
Lillian Emelia Presbitero
Red Lodge
Helen Ratkovich
Rofifidup
Harriet
Alexine Robertson
Ronan
Iris Zoé Robertson
Anna Margaret Rose
Grace Rykers
Manhattan
Charles Edgar Schultz
Fort Benton
Cora Valaree Sheldon
Roundup
Mary Elizabeth Smithson
Columbia Falls
Margaret Elizabeth Stark
Lillian A. Steinbacher
Virginia Ruth
Stinnett
Doris A. Swanke
Two Dot
Cora Belle Trask
Douglas V. Wagg
Saco
Mary Dawn Warner
Jane
Marie Welton
Harlowton
Adeline M. Wessel
Alder
Florence Patricia McBain
Kenneth R. Martin
Stanford
Alden Mast
Joseph W. Rife
Charles Carl Sckulich
Pim
Chamber of Commerce
State Orphan’s Home
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