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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
5
Numerous residents and visitors populate Dillon through the week with shopping trips and social calls. Notables include Mrs E B Long of Tim, Mrs A M Pate of Alder, Mrs Frank Blair of Grant, and Alfred Short of Birch Creek.
Baptist Ladies Aid gathering set for Thursday at 3 p m at the cottage. After the business meeting a short program will follow. Hostesses are the new officers for the year led by Mina Perkins president Frank Bassett first vice president Robert Frakes second vice president Maude Bennett secretary treasurer. All are welcome.
The St Rose guild will be entertained Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Mrs John Coppin and Mrs Leo Tallent at the Coppin residence 113 North Pacific.
The Royal Neighbors announce a regular meeting Thursday at 8 o'clock in the I O O F hall with initiation and a social hour planned. Juveniles will meet earlier at 6 30.
Mrs Walter Stamm will entertain Entre Nous bridge club at her home Thursday at 1 30. Ellen May guild meeting postponed from May 8 to May 23. Norman college to compete in track meet at Billings May 10 and 11 with track baseball and tennis teams. Dillon residents Joseph C Fuller Charles Pilgrim Edith Noble drawn for federal court jury in Butte. James Mansfield and James Kelly elected to student body offices at Montana School of Mines. W B Willey return motor trip details from southern states to Niagara Falls Chicago etc. Mizpah O E S members attend Wisdom O E S meeting with Eastern Star leader Hattie Hadzor. Dillon high school Kaimin picks new news editor Jo Ann Deputy.
The Dillon Rifle Club held a weeklong event with a total possible 300 points. Runner up M. Jones scored 263. Others included B. Cashmore 217 Stage 247 J Brundage 243 ER Seybold 247 R Gray 2838 K Fox 255 Hi Hignight 223 C Gordon 243 Langdorf 220 D Gordon 208 B Farrell 240 B Laaich 230 B Schmitt 232 B Sage 231 EB Nygren 217 Co Swanson 293 F Nay 161 WW Hignight 212 B Quick 226 Judge 184 T Judge 100 EB Hays 205.
Receipts from timber sales on U S national forests totaled 2 805 155 for the period July 1 1939 to March 31 1940 an increase of 928 109 over the prior year Regional Forester Evan W Kelley notes higher lumber production and demand as private holdings are cut out Northern Rocky Mountain region sales reached 334 186 with western white pine from Montana Idaho and Washington prominent Major Kelley stresses the broader impact including wage payments and community benefits as forests stabilize the lumber industry and ensure a permanent supply for mills and related businesses
Mrs. Smith Paddock and Mrs. Fred Kerr returned from Billings where they attended the regional Girl Scout convention. Paddock joined the nominating committee and the committee to select the next convention site. Mrs. C. C. Bintz of Salt Lake City was elected regional chairman for the coming year and Casper Wyoming will host the next convention. A banquet at the L D S church Thursday will honor all troop leaders with Mrs. Philip Cottom in charge.
Mr and Mrs L 8 Osborne announce the engagement of their daughter Della May to Ralph W Carl son of Mr and Mrs Charles W Carl of Milan Minnesota The couple plan to marry this summer Miss Osborne a graduate of local schools and Montana State Normal College has been teaching in Cut Bank where Mr Carl is employed with Montana Power Company
Jack Selway suffered head lacerations when his car ran off the road about a mile south of Glen Saturday night. A front tire blowout was reported as the cause. The vehicle was badly damaged but did not overturn.
Townsend club members will meet Thursday at 8 pm in the courthouse courtroom to discuss club affairs and upcoming activities.
Girl Scout leaders association will meet Friday at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. W. Talent. All members urged to attend as plans for the annual council breakfast will be completed.
A terse notice from the United States Civil Service Commission announces actions or openings. The fragmentary text provides no clear details on positions, dates, or locations, but indicates official government proceedings or announcements. The exact scope remains unclear due to missing context.
Dillon Kiwanis club celebrates its charter at a banquet with guests including Mark Harris Helena and W E Pierce Butte past governors Le Claire Fit Livingston district secretary Martin Moe Helena Howard Johnson Montana Supreme Court chief justice Alex Blewett Butte club president Horace Garrity Anaconda leaders Gene and Tony Dire entertained with accordion music and a Kiwanis Hillbilly band. A dancing party at the Elks ballroom closed the festivities.
Just-A-Mere club schedules a Thursday meeting at 2 PM at the residence of Mrs James McCullum. Members are advised to attend and bring any reports or materials for discussion.
American Legion baseball practice sessions will be held each Monday Wednesday and Friday at 5 o clock. M Casterline announced the event and urged all players over 17 years old to attend.
Regular meeting of the American Legion will be held Thursday evening at the Metlen hotel. The important business is the nomination of officers for the ensuing year. Regular election will be held at the June meeting.
Field agents from the federal bureau of animal industry and the Montana livestock sanitary commission test cattle in counties where tuberculosis-free ratings expire this year. Eight counties completed testing. more tests are planned. Most ratings expire next year. A county earns tuberculosis-free status if under half of one percent of cattle are free of disease over a three-year span.
Delegates and alternates were chosen at Thursday’s Rebekah lodge meeting. Mary Jane Rodgers is delegate with Martha Quackenbush as alternate to the Montana Rebekah assembly in Whitefish June 19 and 20. Wilma Holloran is official Diana lodge delegate to the Anaconda district meeting June 8 with Nellie Sanner as alternate. Jessie Taylor elected district deputy president.
Funeral services for Joseph C. King were held at the Brundage chapel Friday afternoon by the Dillon Elks lodge. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery. He succumbed here Wednesday morning following a brief illness. Pallbearers were Paul Schwab, Pete Westergard, Walter Banemose, Ed Johnson, Bill Cackus and John Selvide. Mrs. Vera Cooke Hazel sang several selections, accompanied by Mrs. Helen Wheat.
The Masonic Fraternal society announces an important meeting Thursday at 8 o clock. Secretary W T Scully provided the announcement.
The St James Episcopal guild will meet Thursday May 9 at 3 o clock in the guild hall Hostesses include Mrs Victor Lewis Mrs William Lovell Mrs Harold Snow and Mrs Susan Finding.
Montana will open the big game season on October 15 and close November 15 with local special seasons. Elk may be hunted until March 1 in southern Park County unless halted earlier by the state game warden James A. Weaver. No changes were made to mountain goat and bear regulations and a long list of counties remain closed to elk hunting.
The Montana board of pardons commuted Ted Reinhardt’s sentence from three years to two. Reinhardt, a Park county ranch worker, was convicted of horse theft from Fred Becker of Livingston and sentenced in Park county district court on April 28, 1939. Governor Roy E. Ayers recommended the reduction.
Health officials report ongoing spotted fever cases this week with another death in Missoula. The rising count shows several illnesses and a fatal outcome amid public health alerts.
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