Armstead News Updates Local War News and Community Happenings
Edgar Rife returns on furlough from Camp Lewis with others held back for new recruit training. Howard Lee of Leadore en route to enlistment in Butte. Hert McMenomey to Bremerton Naval Reserve. Armstead hosts a Red Cross drive and summer activities as ranch work and fishing reflect seasonal shift. Jazz Trio from Dillon to perform at Red Cross dance. river fishing remains good with rainbow trout reported.
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Armstead
Edgar Rife
Camp Lewis
Erhcc
Francé
Jesse
Howard Lee
Leadore
Idaho
Butte
Hert’ McMenomey
Bremerton
Wash
Naval Reserve
Service
Bert McMenomey
Red Cross
Dillon
Alf Decker
Salmony
Laverne Finlayson
McHessor News Briefs From Lee Carter and Others
Lee Carter and Mrs Davis visited on the beach last Sunday. Families of Kennedy Fred Page and K I Schmidt with Francis Brown and Sam Triplett visited at Ziegler springs and at the Davis homestead. Jess Reis home on leave from California. Charley Reis due from Camp Lewis. Joe Haden completes cabin and will move in soon. Spring wheat sowing nearly complete and thriving. Mrs Schmidt leaves for Chicago.
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Charley
Reis
Camp Lewis
Wash
Joe Haden
Mrs. Kennedy
Road Ranch
K. I. Schmidt
Chicago
Apple Apex School House Saturday Night Program
A speaking event at the Apple Apex school house is set for Saturday night with songs and music to close the program. Mr. B. L. McClean visited Dillon on business this week while Mrs. Frank Selleck traveled to Idaho due to her father's illness. George Barnes and family have relocated or are mentioned in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple + Apex
8. L. McClean
Dillon
Frank Selleck
Idaho
George Barnes
Winners in the Spelling Contest and Templar Reflections
The page lists spelling contest winners with full names and teachers from Dillon and surrounding towns. It also includes a lengthy excerpt arguing for the value of Templarism and its religious and charitable aims, stressing brotherhood and moral improvement. Numerous names from Dillon and other communities are noted for perfect or high scores, followed by continued coverage of other readings and observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Scott's Letters From March in the Army Homefront
A soldier writes a long letter noting a carpet fire and a costly home, mentioning an oak dining room sideboard and heirlooms. He reflects on almost a year in the army and plans to begin real work, lamenting paper waste from single-sided writing.
Verdun Halted by Holy Mission of French Boys
In a wartime account a captain dies after entrusting his sword to Private Perigord who leads troops of youths to defend Verdun. The German crown prince vowed to take Verdun on the republic’s independence day but 6,000 French boys knelt to seek Father Perigord’s blessing before battle. 4,600 fell, yet Verdun endures.
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Perigord
Verdum
Kin Goes Overseas as Y M C A Worker From Pittsburg
James W Kin of Pittsburg resigns as vice president of Washington Steel and Ordnance and Firth Sterling Steel to serve abroad as a YMCA worker. He leaves a prominent industrial position to join the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Steel and Ordnance Company
Firth-Sterling Steel Company
James W. Kinnear
Pittsburg
Teller Goes to War in Seaboard Bank Strike
A Seaboard National Bank teller in New York left earnings to enlist in the YMCA and serve with U S troops overseas after choosing war work over the bank job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard National Bank
New York
Ellworth, Ferreira
Knight Templars Listen 10 Sermons in Turbulent Era
The article questions the value of Templarism in a modern age, noting skepticism toward promises and a longing to move beyond venerating ancestors. It observes Masonry records as dusty and often ignored, asking what use Templarism holds for future generations.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Armstead News
Willow Creek Basin
C. Borglas
Cora Hails Weit
Dillda
Humphrey
E. ‘Connelley
McHessor News
Apex News
New York Herald
London Daily Mail
Chicago Tribune
T. R
Montana
Stars and Stripes
Tion
Raphael
Turner
van Dyke
Rubens
Michael Angelo
Tennyson
Longfellow
Milton
Shakespeare
Order
Templarium
Abou Benadhem
Ber’ Adhem
Abou
Ben Adhem
Bert Shortt
Laura McDonald
Pluma Tattersall
Ruth Barry
Maurine Webster
Eleanor Forsgren
Marion Kelly
Myr Curnutt
Dillon Opal Ford
Morton Geer
Leonard Innes
Mary R. Spehar
Dorothy Smith
Marjorie Williams
Anastacia Boger
Ethel Shalitzky
Mary Emily Elliott
Dorothy Hirschman
Delia Hudson
Marie Larson
Elvera Carlson
Mary Osterman
Evelyn Greenhalgh
Irving Orr
Eleanor Giles
Adelaide Gelhaus
Eleanor Selway
Mary Lee Tower
Katie Osterman
Selah Lenkersdorfer
Lavina Sweet
Guy Peterson
Ellen Sorenson
Margaret Reece
Dorothy Potter
Agnes Moore
Mary Lee Morton
Beach School
Frank Hunsaker
Margaret Roe
Bedrock
Lora Schroeder
Gibbons
Obed Shaw
Bristow
Dorothy Stephens
Gladys France
Rock Creek
Bernice Mast
Julia Gransberry
Blanche Pilon
Willow View
Myrtle Rand
Grant
Gladys
Kai
Gant
Genevieve Atic
Tribune Book Store
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N.J
Forda
Modis
Madawn
Beaverhead Motors Co
Montana Auto Supply CO
Teller
Templars
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