Normal College Patriotic War Work Program Adopts Liberty Bonds
May 16 convocation highlights plenty of patriotism as Normal College reports show students and faculty investing in Liberty bonds and Thrift stamps. Details cover per pupil spending, total bond and stamp purchases, and Red Cross activities by alumnae and staff, with emphasis on sewing and knitwork for war relief.
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Normal College
Evelyn Weenink
Miss Weenink
Butte
Turner
Dillon
Mame Barry
Normal College Thrift Club
Light
City Training School
Rural Training School
Larson
Red Cross
Red’ Cross
Junior Red Cross
Interest grows in Beaverhead Lamb Raising contest
Dillon and Beaverhead county youths show strong uptake with about fifty wanting to enter the Lamb Raising contest. Adults seek lambs to raise for the cause, some offering wool for Red Cross. volunteers discuss feeding costs, donated fuels, and expert guidance.
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Dillon
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Red Cross
Beaverhead Lamb Raising Club
Humphrey
Pearl I. Smith
Jensen
Red Cross War Mercy Fund Surpasses Half of Goal
Washington D C May 22 Nearly half of the 100000000 Red Cross war mercy fund had been subscribed by the end of the third day of the campaign. District totals reached 44070555 though figures were incomplete. Dillon drives under Dr Walker raised about 3800 and a Red Cross dance at Dillmont Park added roughly 300. George Melton quoted Senior Selway regarding the drive’s progress.
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Washington D. C
American Red Cross
Geo. Melton
E. 0. Selway
Beaverhead Red Cross
Tribune
Dillon
Dr. Walker
Red Cross
Dillmont Park
Montana Normal College 1918 Commencement Schedule
The twenty first annual Montana State Normal College commencement runs May 25 to 29 with Baccalaureate service by Rev. H G Humphrey, Alumni Tea, Class Day, and commencement by Supt W E Maddock. 69 member class. diplomas issued as courses complete. Senior Sunday includes Graeter Grocery aiding floor donation and L A Gregory’s band performances.
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H. G. Humphrey
Vester
W. E. Maddock
Butte
Montana State Normal College
Class Day and Commencement Schedule at Roberts College
The program outlines a campus event sequence with invocations, glee club performances, solos, and benedictions. Activities include a vesper service at 7 pm, informal receptions at Mrs. Catherine Paxton Willis’s home, Pow Wow details, and Commencement on Wednesday May 29 at 10 o’clock in the college auditorium.
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América
Father D. Foley
Roberts College Glee Club
H. G. Humphrey
Frances Higbee
Rathbone
R. J. Jensen
Catherine Paxton Willis
G. E. Finch Fay Min
Cceeesee Een
R. J. Jensen Boalan
Cs Cag Ceete
Jean Bishop
Glee Club
Bea Neglige le
Garver
Edith Johnson
Wheatless Days and Sugar Restrictions Alarm Dillon Residents
The food administration in Montana issues strict rules for meals including wheatless days on Mondays and Wednesdays and limits on sugar with a one third ounce per serving. Public eating houses must remove sugar bowls and serve sugar in specified amounts only, with examples of coffee, fruit, and cereal paired to the limited sugar.
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Dillon
Food Administration
Montana
Federal Food Administration
Scott's Letters From Over There Amid Slang and Canteen Crumbs
Soldier writes from the front lines recounting a day of gas runs and letters home. He mentions a cat by the fire, wearing slippers, and a cough of humor about censorship, leaving for forbidden places, and gifts from family while noting mail and jam canteen supplies.
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Fern
Hugh Tolman
Hugh
Uncle Sam
San Jose
Saturday Evening Post
Portullo
Cat
Carrie
YMCA leaders head to France from U S sports scene
Fred Jacklitsch once catcher for the Boston Nationals. Fred Quinby a Yale standout. Jack Magee ex Bowdoin coach. and Sparrow Robert son, a sporting authority, travel as YMCA physical directors bound for France.
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Fred Jacklitsch
Boston Nationals
Fred Quinby
Filling Them Up
The Y M C A purchased 150 tons of chocolate 100 tons of cocoa and 175 tons of condensed milk for American soldiers overseas.
M C A Sends 120 Million Aids Overseas to Soldiers
The American C C A has shipped 120 million aids of goods overseas for soldiers. The movement aims to supply comfort items and essentials to armed services personnel abroad.
Christmas Boxes and Mail From Home at Billet
A soldier writes from Billet on March 23rd describing excitement over Christmas boxes received from home. He notes some donations were damaged after arrival and contrasts mail handling with New York shipments. He mentions packages marked do not open until Christmas and hints at a guard or hidden observer near his location.
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Carrie
New York
Parke
Recruiter Rebuffs Local Man at Navy Examination
Frank Gosman went to Salt Lake City Sunday for a Navy enlistment examination but did not pass and returned to Dillon Riverport.
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Frank Gosman
Salt Lake City
Navy
Dillon Riwrpiaat Ae
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Graeter
Netter
L. A. Gregory’s Boys Band
United States Food Administration
Scott
Lieut
France
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