Memorial Day softball and baseball games open at county fairgrounds
Memorial Day program draws large crowd at the county fairgrounds with a parade led by the Dillon drum and bugle corps. Mayor D A Galt starts the games by pitching to A F Waldorf, with Gleed's beating Eliel's 8-7 in softball and Dillon's Junior Legionnaires defeating Butte Legion 3-1 in baseball.
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Dillon's
County Fairgrounds
Dillon
D. A. Galt
A. F. Waldorf
Gleed’s
Eliel
Ditty
Greene
Gleed's
Farrell
Bayerd
Butte
Driscoll
Carl Davis
Don Smith
Walker
Pederson
F. Davis
Weger
Red Cross appeals for doubled war relief fund
Beaverhead Red Cross executive board votes to double efforts for War Relief fund as Norman Davis from national headquarters urges exceeding the initial 10 million dollar minimum. Dillon banks and post office booths will collect weekly on Mondays and Saturdays, with plans to expand in other county communities.
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Red Cross
War Relief Fund
Lee R. Light
National Red Cross
Europe
Dillon
Light
Andrus Hote
Norman Davis
American Red Cross
France
Dillon Player Returns From Missoula Plans Marquette Next Fall
Harry Colfer returns from Missoula where he earned a B A degree in pre medics. He plans to attend Marquette University in Milwaukee in the fall.
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Harry Colfer
Dillon
Missoula
State University
Marquette ‘University
Milwaukee
Dillon gunners sweep class titles at Idaho state meet
Dillon shooters C. L. Boyer and W. E. Tallent led in Sun Valley. Tallent took Class B with 195, Boyer won Class D with 183 and swept singles doubles and handicap. The Idaho event drew competitors from Idaho Utah Montana and Nevada. Ted Renfro and B. Gleed competed for Lima with Renfro hitting 98 to win a trophy event.
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Dillon
C. L. Boyer
W. E. Tallent
Sun Valley
Tallent
Boyer
Idaho
Utah
Montana
Nevada
Ted Renfro
BE B. Gleed
Lima
Renfro
School Nurse Resigns After 21 Years in Dillon
Katherine Mac Gregor resigns as Dillon's school nurse after 21 years of service. A World War II era nurse, she joined the Normal College staff in 1919 and also served the public schools until last June. Her retirement is met with regret from friends and colleagues.
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Dillon
Katherine MacGregor
The
Normal College
American Legion
Federation Women's Clubs to Meet Here
The Dillon Shakespeare club and Montana State Normal college host the eighth biennial Montana Federation of Women's clubs convention opening today and running through Saturday. Delegates from 138 federated groups attend, with state officers presiding at morning sessions in the Normal College auditorium. A Montana products luncheon, district dinners, and a banquet are planned with speakers from Helena Anaconda and Havre among others.
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Dillon. Shakespeare Club
Montana State Normal College
Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs
Presbyterian Church
Board of
Normal College
H. S. Mussigbrod
Howard Bogart
A. E. McLeish
C. E. Sime
Bozeman
W.G. Lewis
Dillon
Federation
U. H. Morrow
Moore
Dorothy Ann Davis
Beaver Rock
S. E. Davis
The
Lucy Carson
Dillon Shakespeare Club
Gladys E. Heinrich Knowles
Anaconda
Anaconda Junior Woman's Club
Montana Products
College
Shakespeare Club
F. D. Willis
Lutheran Church
American Citizenship Department
Howard A. Johnson
Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Vesta O. Robbins
E. Sklower
Malta
Knowles
Montana
F. F. Bossuet
Havre
Jacob W. Forbes
Montana Division of Foods and Drugs
Department of Legislation
J. W. Gunn
Davis
Wisdom and
Wise River Clubs
County High School
H. M. Brundage
Myrtle Savoy
Forty-Third Annual Graduation Exercises Held
The college held its forty third commencement with alum ni participation as 65 two year diplomas and 14 bachelor of education degrees were awarded by President Sheldon B. Davis to the class of 1940. The program featured orchestral pieces, vocal numbers, and addresses by Urban F. Isaacs Kleis Larsen Lucile Peck Fred Pilling and others.
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Sheldon B. Davis
Tannhauser
Wagner
Little Symphony Orchestra
W. G. Lewis
St. James Episcopal Church
Sullivan
Dorothy Hagler
Giannina Mia
Firefly
Friml-Riegger
Women’s Glee Club
Urban F. Isaacs
Great Falls
North-Central Alumni District
Southwestern
Normal College Alumni Association
Robert Hamilton
Bozeman
State
Lewis
Elgar
Lima Woman Is Taken By Death
Mrs. Sarah E. Van Housen aged 81 longtime Lima resident died at her Lima home early Monday Born June 13 1858 in Pennsylvania she had lived in Lima 42 years Surviving nieces and a brother-in-law J D Brandenburg of Lima Funeral services were held at the Van Housen residence in Lima Wednesday at 2 pm Rev W G Lewis of St James Episcopal Church officiating Interment in Lima Cemetery
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Sarah E. van Housen
Lima
Pennsylvania
J. D. Brandenburg
van Housen
W. G. Lewis
St. James Episcopal Church
Valley rancher Harry Schuler dies at 62 in Dillon
Harry Schuler, longtime Beaverhead valley rancher, died at his Dillon home after months of illness. Born March 19 1878 in Newark Ohio, he moved west as a child, married Anna Reece in 1910, and ran stock on Beaverhead ranches. He leaves wife, six children, siblings, and was a Masonic, Royal Arch, Knights Templar, Shrine member. Funeral Thursday at Grace Methodist with Blue Lodge graveside rites. flowers omitted.
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Harry Schuler
Beaverhead Valley
Dillon
Mayo’s
Rochester
Minn
Barrett Hospital
Newark
Ohio
Anna Reece
Iowa
Schuler
Dillon Lodge No. 16
Royal Arch Masons
St. Elmo
Knights of Templar
Butte Bagdad
Grace Methodist Church
Anna
Harriet
Mildred
John
Lee
Harry
United States Navy
Porto Rico
Louis Schuler
Denver
Edgar Ferris
Elizabeth Mickus
Ed Cushing
Robert Bidstrup
Yakima
Wash
J. A. Meeke
Blue Lodge
4-H Club Baby Beef Winners Announced
A stockmen meeting sponsored by Beaverhead county Montana State College and the U.S. Department of Agriculture concluded with a 4-H club baby beef show at the fairgrounds. Susan, an Angus Hereford cross owned by John Hartwig, was named champion. second went to Bill, a Hereford steer owned by Jim Hartwig. Champion weighed 985 pounds and sold to Safeway at 12 cents per pound. second at 13.5 cents. Third was Little John, a Hereford owned by Jim Hartwig.
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Beaverhead
Montana State College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bernard Williams
Susan
John Hartwig
Fairgrounds
Bill
Jim Hartwig
Safeway
Carroll Livestock Company
Little John
Jim
Hartwig
C .H. Hartwig
Rotary Talk on If Hitler Wins by Dr Marlin K Farmer
Dr Marlin K Farmer of Montana State Normal College spoke to Dillon Rotarians on a possible world reformation if Nazi forces overrun Europe. He cited Mein Kampf and radio as bases for predictions including British empire destruction, puppet rulers in London, and shifts in colonial holdings. He noted invasion risk to the US was unlikely and outlined potential German Italian and Russian rearrangements, concluding with forthcoming Rotary picnic plans.
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Hitler
Marlin K. Farmer
Montana State Normal College
Dillon
Europe
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Africa
Italy
Bermuda
Newfoundland
Guianas
United States
Germany
France
Alsace- Lorraine
Mediterranean
Suez
Gibraltar
Russia
Denmark
Sweden
Flanders
Farmer
Fay Erwin
Frank Tyre
Joe Wedum
Harold Snow
T. Lee Mee- Cracken
R. D. Curry
Rotary
New Forestry Assistant Arrives in Beaverhead Forest
William G. Guernsey arrived Saturday from Grangeville Idaho to become assistant supervisor of Beaverhead National Forest with Dillon as headquarters. He previously served as assistant supervisor of the Nez Perce forest. He succeeds W W Wetzel who is transferred to the regional forestry office in Missoula on summer detail. Wetzel will later move to Grangeville to fill Guernsey’s vacated post. The exchange move aims to provide diversified training for forestry personnel.
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William G. Guernsey
Grangeville
Idaho
Beaverhead National Forest
Dillon
Nez Perce Forest
W. W. Wetzel
Missoula
Wetzel
Guernsey
Forestry Service
Melrose Hosts Inheritance Laws Demonstration Meeting
Home management specialist Mrs. Margaret H. Tuller and Miss Gladys Tofte led a session at Melrose on Montana inheritance laws. Dillon attorney John Collins spoke detailing state inheritance rules. Additional meetings with local lawyers to follow in the county were announced.
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Margaret H. Tuller
Bozeman
Gladys Tofte
Beaverhead
Melrose
Montana
John” Collins
Dillon
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Newton
Dillon Fire Department
Fire Department
Larson
Johnson
Lloyd
Winn
Evan Burrell
Burrell and Davis
Winn’s
Hignight
Wright
John Combes
Gleed
Indians
Fairground
Diamond
J. Ditty
B. Lee
L. Whipple
Burrell and Weger
d’S.s
Tf, Ditty
D. Lee
Burrell
F. Vandegrift
Vandegrift
Brown
F. Gibbons
C. Walker
Pheasant
Fire Dept
Chumrau
Fighting Irish
Bill Davis
O. T. Vandegrift
Dept. C. Johnson
D. Lloyd
H. Hignight
A. Wright
Umpries
Walker and Brown
Chapter of
Winn's
Eliel’s
Shean
Valley
Rebekah Meeting
Diana Rebekah Lodge
Walter French
Federation Women
State Normal College
Helen L. Allen
Roundup
Leonard Davison Baird
Ethel . J. Béauchamp
Cohagen
Bette
Jane Brogan
Phyllis Generidge
Tod Bridges
Elizabeth Leig’ Clark
Windham
Rose
Conwell
Red Lodge
Jeanne Collette Covall
Elizabeth L. Craver
Bill W. Davis
Frank A
Sen
Wyman
E.dupuis
Manhattan
Leona Durocher
Ann Margaret Evans
Robert W. Farmer
Deer Lodge
Helen Lucile Finkbeiner
Miles City
Desta
A. Fisher
Helen M. Gibb
Ruth Lorraine Reiter
Freid
Fred William Rife
Dorothy Asin Rossland
Dorothy Lee Shelton
Elenora
Helen Smith
Winifred
Ward R. Smith
Whitefish
Doris L. Spoonemore
Maudlow
Julia Viola Sullivan
Charlo
Lois Adeline Swenson
Farmington
Marjorie -Mary Tubman
Bainville
Betty Lou van Delinder
Belgrade
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