Pioneer County Is man George M Tash Laid to Rest
Funeral services for George M Tash were held Monday at the Brundage chapel with Rev. John A Meeke presiding. Interment followed in Mountain View cemetery. Tash died Saturday in Dillon after a lengthy illness, leaving a wife Susan Gray and children Dale Ruth and two grandsons. He had been a Beaverhead resident 56 years, born December 24 1863 in Thayer Union County Iowa. He drove stage between Dillon and Virginia City, ran Bannack business and served as deputy sheriff and deputy U S marshal. He later ranches in Grasshopper valley before moving to Dillon in 1917. Survived by wife, son, four daughters, three brothers, three sisters and numerous relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M.tash
Brundage Chapel
John A. Meeke
Mountain View Cemetery
Ed Lloyd
Ross Nay
W. W. Hawkins
Sherman Sapp
Reed Featherly
Jim
Beaverhead
Dillon
Bannack
Thayer
Union County
Iowa
Dilton
Virginia City
Junior Riflemen Weekly Scores Led by Mallon
L Mallon led the junior riflemen with a 94 of 100 at Tuesday night’s shoot. Other shooters posted scores: B Koenig 92 F Lang 91 W Jones 91 D Peterson 91 D Tash 87 B Brundage 80 B Curry 75 B Grimes 72 B Stanchfield 71 T Ross 69 D Hoyrup 68 J Sinclair 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Mallon
B. Koenig
F. Lang
W. Jones
D. Peterson
D. Tash
B. Brundage
B. Curry
B. Grimes
B. Stanchfield
T. Ross
D. Hoyrup
J. Sinclair
Dillon Trapshooters Take Second in Standard Telegraphic Meet
Dillon trap team defeats Billings and Butte to stay tied for second behind Lima in the annual Standard telegraphic trapshoot. E. Peterson led Lima with a perfect 75 while Ross Emerick anchored Dillon with a 45 in the 50 target round. Other scores included 24 targets for C Orr and several 40s plus a 259 top in the Sunday Dillon Rifle club event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Butte
Dillon
Billings
Lima
E. Peterson
Gleed
Ted Renfro
Ross Emerick
Conrad Orr
Tige Talent
John Krause
Emerick
Steele
Jacobs
Schwab
Brundage
R. Smith
Talent
Boyer
Rice
P. Westergard
W. Jones
J. Jackson
J. Krause
R. Forrester
F. Eudaily
Mrs. Krause
C. Orr
Don Nelson
Dr. Free
S. Langdorf
Peterson
le Krause
Dillon Rifle Club
B. ‘Farrell
P. Lasich
H. Hignight
Depot Landscape Project Starts by Beaverhead DAR
Birch Creek CCC youths under Beaverhead National Forest officials began digging holes on the Union Pacific depot lawn for a landscaping project sponsored by the Beaverhead chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mountain ash trees honeysuckle lilac shrubs and other plantings have been placed on the lawn. Mrs. Fred Woodside and Mrs. W. B. Willey head the DAR committee promoting and funding the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birch Creek
CCC
Beaverhead National Forest Service
Union Pacific
Beaverhead
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Fred Woodside
W. B. Willey
English War History Told To Rotarians
Professor Rush Jordan of the Normal College outlined England’s wartime record from 1066 to World War I and beyond. He argued England often starts slow but finishes strong, citing Napoleon and World War I, while noting missteps in the Crimea and African colonies and criticizing recent British diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Rotary Club
Rush Jordan
Normal College
England
France
Jordan
Napoleon
Waterloo
Russia
Germany
Munich
Britain
Fay Erwin
Bill’ George
Dillon Rotarians
Frank Tyre
Tom Luebben
Lambert Eliel
Great Falls
Softball league formed for Dillon with six teams
Edwin R Buck announces a Dillon softball league with six teams Gleeds Eliels The Pheasant Safeways Winns and the Dillon Fire department. Practice sessions run May 15 to 30 and league games start May 30 alongside the junior baseball schedule. A Friday meeting at 8 pm in fire department HQ will elect officers and finalize practice plans.
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Dillon
Edwin R. Buck
Gleed’s
Eliel’s
the Pheasant
Safeway’s
Winn’s
Dillon Fire Department
Mercury Hits 67 for Spring Mark in Dillon
Spring arrives in Dillon with temperatures hitting 67 degrees in the afternoon at the Dillon Civil Aeronautics station.Residents shed coats as sunny skies and warm air signal the season's early approach after a string of delays in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Dilton Civil Aeronautics Station
Dillon
Beaverhead County High Heads to Missoula Track Meet
Beaverhead County High School sent its track team to Missoula for the annual interscholastic meet. Captain Eddie Wilcox Tom Pierce John Burgess Monte Kamps Bil Hubbard and Dale Willey lead the squad with other athletes in tennis golf and declamation. Faculty and student staff from The Beaver join the trip as they compete and attend the Montana Scholastic Press association meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Missoula
Montana
Harold Babcock
Beaver
Eddie Wilcox
Tom Pierce
John Burgess
Monte Kamps
Bil Hubbard
Dale Willey
Dillon
Sheridan
Howard Smith
Wallace McMannis
Margaret Ann Ames
Betty Barry
John Wenger
June Johnson
Ate
Conrad Orr
Babcock
Frances Bovee
Fay Kirkpatrick
James O'Connor
the Beaver
Beaverhead
Montana Scholastic Press Association
Jo Ann
John Wedum
Joe Taylor
Stanley Bradley
A A U W Members Attend Montana Conference
Four Dillon A A U W members attended the seventh biennial Montana division conference held in Havre on Friday and Saturday last week. Attendees were Mrs H E Davis state vice president and international relations chair man Miss Evelyn Rimel local president and state board member Miss Genevieve Albertson local vice president and membership chair man and Mrs I W Vinsel local program chair man. Miss Jessie Duboc was unable to attend. Delegates are expected from the 13 Montana branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
American Association of University Women
Montana
Havre
8. E. Davis
Evelyn Rimel
Genevieve Albertson
I. W. Vinsel
Jessie Duboc
Billings Youth Wins Oratorical Contest
J Scott Pennepacker Jr of Billings Polytechnic won first in the 19th Montana college oratorical contest held at Normal college auditorium. Lloyd Willey of Carroll college Helena took second and Mary Jane Utter of Northern Montana college Havre took third. William Scott State University Missoula won first in extemporaneous speaking with Walter Niemi State University second and Howard Morse Normal college third. Winners received cash prizes and Billings Polytechnic earned the silver trophy for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Scott Pennepacker, Jr
Billings Polytechnic
Montana College
Normal College
Lloyd Willey
Carroll College
Helena
Mary Jane Utter
Northern Montana College
Havre
William Scott
State University At
Missoula
Walter Niemi
State University
Howard Morse
Normal College M Day Plans Include Spring Whitewash
Members of the Normal college activity committee are perfecting plans for M Day featuring a spring whitewash of the M west of town. The event aims to celebrate campus tradition and student involvement.
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Normal College “Acctivity Committee
May Fete Set For Friday At Normal College
Annual May Fete will be staged Friday evening at the Normal college gymnasium. The event features the coronation of the May Queen and Fairyland themed dances with characters such as Cinderella and Pinocchio. Local students Dorothy Davis Delon Desta Fisher Mildred Harrington and others participate with Delphite Chorus Little Symphony under Ralph McFadden providing numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal College
Dorothy Anne Davis
Dilon
Desta Fisher
Missoula
Mildred Harrington
Chateau
Madalyn McDonnell
Manhattan
Ruby MacLean
Butte
Marjorie Hamer
Magnete
Rose Conwell
Betty Craver
Doris Spoonemore
Maudlow
Loriie Johnson
Belt
Viola Sullivan
Charlo
Dorothy Lee Shelton
Art Club
Little Symphony Orchestra
Ralph McFadden
Water safety certificates awarded to fifteen students
Fifteen members of the life saving and water safety instructors school at the Normal college pool last week, directed by Louis P. Bruso of the American Red Cross, passed their tests. Certificates were awarded to Florence M. Hellman, Bill Davis, Swen Larsen, Don Wheat, Fred Rife, Ray Gallant, all of Dillon, plus Frances R. Bovee of Great Falls, Madalyn McDonald of Three Forks, Valaree Sheldon of Roundup, Doris Spoonemore of Maudlow, Corabelle Trask of Deer Lodge, Elmer Tuomi of Sand Coulee, Elizabeth Craver of Butte, William Newton of Plentywood, and Mildred Harrington of Choteau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal College
Louis P. Bruso
American Red Cross
Ray Gallant
Red Cross
Florence M. Hellman
Bill Davis
Swen Larsen
Don Wheat
Fred Rife
Dillon
Frances R. Bovee
Great Falls
Madalyn McDonald
Three Forks
Valaree Sheldon
Roundup
Dillon Woman Named A. A. U. W. President
Mrs. Sheldon E. Davis of Dillon was elected president of the Montana division of the American Association of University Women at the Havre biennial conference. Dillon was chosen as site for the 1942 conference. Other officers, including Mrs. A. D. Brewer of Bozeman as vice president and Miss Jessie Duboe of Dillon heading the social studies committee, were elected unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon E. Davis
Dillon
Montana
American Association of University Women
Havre
A. D. Brewer
Bozeman
Leo Smith
Great Falls
Clifford Catlin
Lewistown
Davis
Jessie Duboe
Couple United in Marriage at Courthouse
Jonathan Booth Marsh age 38 of Ogden Utah and Frances Alexander age 24 of San Angelo Texas were wed at the courthouse Saturday by Judge George Opp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan. Booth Marsh
Ogden
Utah
Frances Alexander
San Angelo
Texas
George ‘Opp
Methodists Hold Quarterly Meeting in Missoula Parlor
The fourth quarterly conference of the Methodist church met May 1 in the church parlors with Dr. Charles G. Cole presiding. A potluck dinner followed. Dr. M. K. Farmer was elected conference secretary and Mrs. Lee R. Light was chosen four year delegate to the annual conference with Mrs. H. H. Bates as alternate. Dr. J. A. Meeke was invited to return for another year by unanimous vote. Dr. Cole left for Deer Lodge to conduct another conference session.
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The
Methodist Church
Charles G. Cole
Missoula
M. K. Farmer
Lee R. ‘Light
H. H. Bates
J. A. Meeke
Cole
Deer Lodge
Choral Club Introduces Child Artist Donna Lee O'Leary
The Dillon Choral Club gave a public spring concert at the high school auditorium led by Mrs. W G Gilbert. Donna Lee O Leary of Butte aged nine sang three numbers to win hearts, with accompanist Isaac Van Grove predicting Metropolitan opera prospects by age fourteen.
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Donna Lee O’leary
Butte
Dillon Choral Club
Donna Lee O'Leary
Bowes
New York City
Isaac van Grove
Grace Moore
Metropolitan Opera
W. G. Gilbert
Hildach
Edwards Riegger
D. Buck
Sullivan
Dorothy’ Hagler
Peter de Rose
Gershwin
Louise Boger
Nancy Wheat
Frances Waldorf
Vagabond King
Marietta
Rose Marie
Curran
Panis Angelicus
Franck
Janet Christiansen
Kiwanis Charter Banquet Draws Statewide Kiwanis Leaders
Kiwanis members from many Montana sections gathered in Dillon for the charter banquet of the local Kiwanis club. Earle N. Genzberger of Butte presented the charter in the absence of John A. Keefe. About 300 attendees heard remarks on friendship and community service as George E. Snell of Billings spoke and local officials welcomed guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Montana
Dillon
Earle N. Genzberger
Butte
Kiwanis International
State Normal College
Gernzberger
Kiwanis
John A. Keefe
Billings
Beaverhead County
Jack Barrett
Dillon Club
Anaconda
James W. Uncles
Keystone of
George E. Snell
Leonard Thompson
Wallace A. ‘Orton
D. A. Galt
Leonard Schulz
O. B. Silvey
Leutenant
Beaverhead Sportsmen to Host May 11 Meeting
Beaverhead Sportsmen's association will host an annual meeting on Saturday night May 11 at 8 o'clock in the city hall auditorium. Delegates are expected from Butte Anaconda Sheridan Deer Lodge and Lima to discuss the proposed federal fish hatchery at Lima. Some visitors will stay in Dillon to tour the site the next day. Entertainment includes hunting and sports films musical numbers and dances by Claudia Faust pupils. A lunch will follow the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead Sportsmen’s Association
Jack Keenan
City Hall
Butte
Anaconda
Sheridan
Deer Lodge
Lima
Keenan
Dillon
Claudia Faust
John Troupe
Vic Westergard
W. B. Frame
Ott Vandegrift
Wayne “Meyers
Charles Price
Ed ‘Hilger
Henry Deutsch
Leslie Smith
Juanita Hieronymus of
Hamilton
Pone
Kappa
Zeta Nu
Motorist Fined for Drunken Driving
Donald Young of Kalispell pleaded guilty to drunken driving in justice court before Judge Louis Stahl and paid a $50 fine after his car wrecked between Lima and Monida. He and his young son were uninjured when the vehicle overturned en route to California, following a highway patrol arrest by Robert Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
Louis Stahl
Donald Young
Kalispell
Young
Robert Wright
Lima
Monida
California
Beav erhead County High School Math Club Names Winners
Betty Barry won first place in the annual algebra contest of Beav erhead County High School Mathematics Club and will receive a sterling silver pin. Other finalists passing the preliminary test were Pat Curry Elvira Stefanic Mary Elizabeth Spegar and Betty Ann McFadden. Miss Helen Dahlberge was elected president of the state council of girls advisors at the meeting in Bozeman last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Barry
Beaverhead County
Pat Curry
Elvira Stefanic
Mary Elizabeth Spegar
Betty ‘Ann McFadden
Helen Dahlberge
State Council of Girls’ Advisors
Bozeman
Also Mentioned on This Page
George M. ‘Tash
Dillon Trapshooters
Beavers
Methodists
Campbell- Tipton-Treharne
Choral Club
Berlin
Wilma Wright
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