Birthday Party in Grasshopper Valley Attracts Local Guests
Mrs Frank Ey Marchesseau hosts a grand luncheon birthday party for Mr Marchesseau at the Marchesseau ranch. Attendees include Mrs Jane Martin Frank Martin Mr and Mrs George Pyle Mr and Mrs John Judge Miss Stella Lee Miss Helen Judge Dwight Harrison Ed Pyle Leon Beese and Eugene Holloway. Some guests from lower Grasshopper could not attend due to illness and bad roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grasshopper Valley
Frank Ey. Marchesseau
Marchesseau
Mr. Marchesseau
Jane Martin
Frank Martin
George Pyle
John Judge
Btella Lee
Helen Judge
Dwight ‘Harrison
Ed Pyle
Leon Beese
Eugene Holloway
Grasshopper
John Knoll
Bill Pierce
Harry Tash Ranch
Beaverhead
Rainbow girls tea entertains families in Dillon area
Dillon Assembly No 18 of the Order of Rainbow for Girls hosted a tea Saturday afternoon February 27 inviting friends, mothers and Eastern Stars. The program featured a Dutch Garden solo, a Martha Washington talk, piano solos, and a Rainbow girl speech. Tea served by officers followed by red white and blue refreshments. 4 H club camps and achievement days drew large attendance in 1936 with thousands of participants and dozens of fairs and meetings. A 160 acre farm with a water right is offered for 6650 dollars with part cash and time terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Assembly
Order of Rainbow
W. G. Gilbert
Martha Washington
Jane Stallings
Mary Dawn
Warner
Ruby Rogins
E. Wayne
R. D. Curry
R. EH
Cameron
Yeader
Agricultural insights from Montana Extension Service notes
Montana extension service reports on winter feeding trials at Bozeman showing 15 pounds of hay per pound gain, 1937 agricultural conservation goals, 1936 4-H completion at 86.4 percent, and wheat market shifts. It compares ownership versus renting farms, benefits of shelterbelt tree plantings, and early application deadlines for Missoula forestry nursey orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Bozeman
D. W. Chittenden
State College Animal Husbandry Department
Montana
E. B. ‘Isaac
Missoula
Legislation to ban sales of firearms debated
Former Commissioner Whalen of New York backs a prohibition on firearm sales to block criminals from obtaining guns. The piece argues no gun law would stop a professional crook who would smuggle or bribe his way to weaponry. It notes registration would demand vast inspectors and still leave criminals with arsenals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whalen
New York
Acadian Country Opens to Motor Tourists on U S 90
New Iberia La residents praise the newly improved U S 90 route linking Florida to California as it opens the Acadian country spanning St Martin St Mary Vermilion and Iberia parishes. The Evangeline Scenic Association safeguards the region famed Avery Island jungle gardens Evangeline's oak and historic St Martinville sites while anglers and hunters benefit from acclaimed hunting and fishing areas. Hundreds already visited since the highway opening with more expected this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Iberia
United States
St. Martin
St. Mary
Vermilion
Iberia
Louisiana
Nova Scotia
Avery Island
E. A. McIlhenny
St. Martinville
Evangeline
Evangeline’s
America
Longfellow
Evangeline Scenic Association
U. S. 90
New Orleans
San Antonio
Houston
Texas
Florida
California
E A. McIlhenny
Beliefs and cinema notes at Hartwig Theatre in 1937
A column blends reflections on ambition society and humor with upcoming Hartwig Theatre attractions. It highlights a Crac k up melodrama with Peter Lorre and Brian Donlevy, a College Holiday musical comedy, Love on the Run with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, Sins of Children drama with Eric Linden, and flood relief by the U S Navy. It also notes new yacht Ranger for the America's Cup and historic Ranger ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartwig Theatre
Twentieth Century- Fox
Peter Lorre
Brian Donlevy
Helen Wood
Ralph Morgan
Thomas Beck
Hartwig
Jack
Benny
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Mary Boland
Martha Raye
Ralph Rainger
Leo Robin
Bert Lane
Ralph Freed
Joan Crawford
Clark Gable
Europe
Gable
cable_ dispatch
Franchot
Charles M. Sheldon
Eric Linden
Cecilia Parker
United States Navy
Norfolk
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Red Cross
Harold Vanderbilt
Ranger
John Paul Jones
Continental Congress
U. S. S. Ranger
Stubborn youth diary excerpts reveal school and life lessons
A fragmented week of a youngster recounts school discipline, mischief with teachers, family conversations, and daily observations. The diary notes attempts to learn, early money concepts, modern ideas, social interactions, and health concerns, reflecting everyday rural or small town life.
Local Notes From Dillon and Surroundings
Miro and Mrs. Fred Sindeney visited their son Jack at school in Bozeman on Monday. Mrs Harold Nelson and infant John Harold returned to the John Jackson ranch. Jim Dodd came from Dillon to buy cattle from several ranches. Mrs Harry Lapham hosted the bridge club with prizes won by Mrs Charles Wenger and Mrs John Krause. Friendship club gathering hosted by Mrs Phil Murphy and Mrs Roy Zebarth. Mrs Kenneth Peterson visited Dillon, returning Friday. Guy Gray was a business visitor in the valley last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miro
Fred
Bozeman
Jack
Bridge Club
Charles Wenger
John Krause
Phil Murphy
Flood irrigation projects planned in Montana totals 921
Between 1932 and 1936 Montana extension agents planned 921 flood irrigation projects. Of these, 530 were completed at an estimated cost of $89,004 and will irrigate 28 278 acres. Operating savings and rising crop returns total about $162 261 annually. A record year saw 206 projects completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Montana
G. H. Bingham
Bingham
Northern Pacific Adds Daily Train Between Twin Cities and Glendive
St Paul Minn Feb 25 Northern Pacific Railway announces an extra daily train between the Twin Cities and Glendive Montana starting mid April to boost passenger traffic. The Alaskan Nos 3 and 4 schedules will be sped up with the westbound departure from St Paul at 1040 PM and Minneapolis 1105 PM, and the eastbound through service from Glendive will arrive Minneapolis about 845 PM and St Paul 920 PM linking with Chicago night trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific Railway Today
Twin Cities
Glendive
Mont
E. E. Nelson
Northern Pacific
North Dakota
Minneapolis
St.Paul
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Claude Brown
Dillon
Farley Ranch
Frank Marchesseau
J. J. Brown
Rainbow
C. C. Newman
Richard McCarthy
East
Butte
Beaverhead Abstract Company
Association
Extension Service
R. E. Cameron
Maine
Rhode Island
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Clyde Howard
Howard
J. Renfield Morley
Rivers
Skool
Steecher
Ant Emmy
Brekfast
Unkel Hen
Jane Agen
Elsy
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