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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1937
Page
5
A long list of Dillon residents and guests is reported visiting the city and nearby towns, with many from Alder Jackson Lima Wisdom and Dell. Several professionals including Frank Willis and J. Collins are noted as callers or visitors. Also mentioned are farm price levels, nursing students from St James Hospital and extended tours by T E G Lynch of Digby Nova Scotia.
Mrs Mike Lauterbach hosts the Lutheran Ladies Aid at her ranch home on Thursday afternoon. The gathering invites members for refreshments and fellowship in a community church affiliated event.
Rainbow girls will meet Wednesday evening at 7 30 for an initiation. The event is scheduled to welcome new members and include the initiation ceremony.
Miss Amy Stephens of Wisdom completed final proof on a stock grazing entry at the office of Norman Giles, clerk of the district court, on Friday.
A Dillon delegation led by Maynard Miller Mike Lauterbach Mrs Jack Keenan and Bernard Williams county extension agent traveled to Twin Bridges on Monday night to attend a rural electrification gathering.
Mothers of Cub Scouts will hold a meeting at the training school on Wednesday afternoon at 3 30. Rev W J Loar will speak briefly. All mothers of cub scouts are requested to be present.
The Sweeney family thanks friends and neighbors for sympathy after the death of Patrick Michael Sweeney. Mrs. Sarah Sweeney, William Sweeney and family express gratitude.
Invitations mailed to lodge members invite guests to a dance at Dart's hall next Saturday evening. A drum corps will give a drill during the event.
Mrs. Tom Call of Ennis has an article in the Saturday Evening Post titled Sheep Bought It on Montana's sheep industry. She also authored Evesdropping in Eden in Scribners and won a Reader's Digest prize. Walter Crist, a Battery typewriter salesman, delivered six machines to the high school Friday. Ben Dean drove from Belgrade with his daughter Miss Helen Dean, who has a Belgrade post office job. Eldon Noble, a student at Utah Agricultural College, arrived to visit his mother, Edith Noble, and will stay a few days between terms. Frank Battie and family arrived in Dillon Saturday evening to visit relatives.
H Niblack, long a Dillon ready to wear merchant, observed a large anniversary sale starting Tuesday. He joined Dillon Dry Goods in 1909, branched out in 1914 to form Chas H Niblack's store, and became a progressive businessman known for seasonal market trips and a strong buying network in New York Minneapolis and Chicago. The store offers full men women and children lines with standard brands.
The WPA sewing class changed from the court rooms to the former Quick Print plant building on Idaho Street, consolidating community work in a single site.
Harry Colfer and Monte Melton departed on a world cruise through Europe and Asia. Friends hosted a farewell party Thursday night at the Canyon Resort before their departure last Saturday.
Bonnie Jean Bourquin notes Bitterroot Troop No 3 held a half hour of Morse code instruction followed by a business meeting and patrol corner divisions. The group learned the five points of health and closed with the song Taps.
Gerald Caskin assistant manager of the J C Penney store returned Wednesday from a district managers meeting held in Missoula. About 25 district managers from Western Montana and Idaho towns attended the session.
James E. Phillips veteran Dilton employment agent and county pioneer moves his headquarters from the Andrus hotel lobby to a small room in the same building that formerly housed John H. Bourquin the jeweler.
The American Legion Auxiliary reported about 150 dollars was realized from a Wednesday benefit dance. The funds will be applied to the debt incurred in buying the oxygen tent for Barrett hospital, with the Auxiliary as sole sponsor.
A large crowd attended the Methodist Ladies Aid meeting in the church on Thursday. Special music featuring a Scotch number was provided by Mrs H. H. Bates and Mrs J. A. Meeke, who wore costumes of old Scotland. Hostesses were Mrs Betsy Haines and Mrs Ralph Liggett.
A city library helps a tiny field mouse in Dillon after a bus stop rescue. A kind passerby transports the frightened creature to the library to release it in a nearby hole, sparking a small town tale.
The annual senior play Say It With Flowers by Glen Hughes is a three act comedy farce set for April 12. The cast includes Isabel Watson Blake Bean Pete Beat Valera Fairbanks Ruth Helen Albright Billie Ann Rife Betty Jo Jeppson Desmond Barrett Pete Bweeney Paull Decker and Patricia Gilbert.
A letter from Evelyn Thompson acknowledges seven quilts sent by the American Legion Auxiliary unit to Mrs. F. G. Lyons of the Fort Harrison rehabilitation committee. The note thanks the unit for the generous labor and praises the quilts as excellent with the right size.
Ted Renfro of the Dillon Gun club reports Spokane shooters changed the Washington State A T A event dates to May 29 and 30 to avoid clashing with the Montana State trapshoot in June. The Dillon club schedules its two registered shoots for April 15 and May 16 as announced by President Joe Lynch.
The Neighbors of Woodcraft celebrated 40 years since the order’s founding with an April 7 gathering at the I.O.C.F. hall. A committee prepared a program and refreshments were served. The event also honored Past Guardian Neighbor Night.
Rev H N Tragitt again sponsors a Latin essay contest at the high school offering prizes for the three best essays of the year. The aim is to increase interest in Latin among sophomore students who may write on any subject. Last year he sponsored a similar contest.
A sportsmen committee led by Lindley Phillips Dan Mooney and Peter Westergard met Beaverhead National Forest leaders W B Willey and K D Flock to discuss moving elk from the Yellowstone herd to a region south of Dillon Forestry officials back the plan and support the removal effort in the area forming a united stance on wildlife management
Dean Doak a former Dillon youth who was driving a car that left the highway and overturned near Deer Lodge Thursday night is resting easily in a Deer Lodge hospital. The accident injured Doak and five other Montana State University students.
Word reaches Melrose that Paul Fidler son of Mr and Mrs Frank Fidler won the middle weight boxing championship at the University of Nebraska last week. Fidler is a prominent athlete and student on the Lincoln campus where he made the university eleven and earned a place on the honor roll.
Funeral services for Patrick M. Sweeney, longtime rancher near Dell, were held Friday at 10:30 from St. Rose Catholic church with Rev. Father Clifford of Tima presiding. Interment followed at Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers included Joe Dowling, Paul Martinell, Floyd Kennises, Harry Andras, FLM Carr, and Lee.
The Dillon public schools announce four divisional winners from an American Legion auxiliary flag contest held at the training school on Thursday. Intermediate girls Betty Barry and Willard Casper won, junior high girls June Johnson and Donald Smith won, and they will compete in the county flag contest on March 27.
Dillon’s new authorized Gamble store agency at Center street opened Saturday, March 20, with O. H. Skabo and G. D’Evelyn managing. The shop features modern fixtures and a wide range of merchandise including automotive supplies, tires, batteries, paint, radios, and household necessities. This store is one of 1278 Gamble stores and agency shops in the middlewest.
Chief of Police Charles Nelson has issued summons to drivers failing to present city licenses. The crackdown led to several arrests and court time with one violator jailed for five days after resisting a ten dollar fine.
A breezy romantic comedy plot features a weather man who falls hard for a girl after a frosty reception. Starring Ralph Bellamy Ida Lupino and Walter Connolly the film blends charm and comic misunderstandings in a lighthearted tale.
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