Stockmen Gather in Dillon for 4-H Baby Beef Show
Beaverhead and adjacent counties host a Saturday livestock meeting in Dillon. Morning features the 4-H baby beef show judged by Paul Orcutt with a free Kiwanis lunch at noon. Afternoon session includes a livestock meeting with talks on beef cattle, wool and lamb markets, state livestock legislation, and Bangs control, led by W. G. Gilbert.
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Beaverhead
Dillon
Fairgrounds
Dillon X<lwanis Club
Paul Orcutt
The
State College
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Rascoe Cornell, Jr
Gosman Drug Store
City Drug Company
A. G. Williams
E. A. Phillips
Helena
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Paul Etchepare
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
T. E. Gilbert
Beaverhead County
Rainbow Girls Install Officers at Masonic Hall
The Order of Rainbow for Girls installed elective and appointive officers after a regular meeting at the Masonic hall on Wednesday night. Ethel Jean Curnutt served as installing officer, with Giovannina Cardinale as worthy advisor and Elizabeth Saunders as worthy associate advisor. The color unit and choir were also named, listing multiple members within both groups.
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Order of Rainbow
Masonic Hall
Ethel Jean Curnutt
Giovannina Cardinale
Elizabeth Saunders
Dorothy Anne Gosman
Charity
Ethel
Mary Forrester
Hope
Hileen Grimes
Annabel George
Mary Ann Luebben
Inter Observer
Evelyn Gregg
Outer Observer
Dorothy Davis
Idaho trapshoot set at Sun Valley this weekend
Sun Valley Idaho hosts the annual state trapshoot Friday Saturday and Sunday with entries including notable shooters from Beaverhead and other clubs as the event draws sports gun enthusiasts.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Melrose Death Investigated Suicide of Walter Schussler
Sheriff and coroner investigated a death by own action found by fishermen along the Big Hole river near Melrose. The body of 60-year-old Walter Schussler a Butte music teacher was shot in the head with a .22 caliber pistol and appeared to have been dead about two weeks. Beaverhead and Silver Bow counties ruled the case a suicide and no inquest will be held.
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Melrose
Paul Temple
Raymond Schwartz
Big Hole
Walter Schussler
Butte
Beaverhead
Silver Bow Counties
Memorial Day 1941 Pledge of Duty to Those Who Built Blessings
The speaker notes world contrasts of security and independence earned at a dear price. He honors the sacrifices of fathers and sons, citing Arlington and Flanders crosses, and urges gratitude and duty to them on Memorial Day 1941.
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Arlington
Flanders
Memorial Day Exercises Set at American Legion Plot
The annual Memorial day program at Mountain View cemetery Legion plot begins at 7 30 p m with 30 to 45 minutes of band music speeches and ritual. Nearly 100 veteran graves will be decorated as Legion members and helpers participate. A steel flagpole erected by a veteran detail led by Jay V McCarthy and C A Bechler anchors in concrete for raising and lowering. The event, coordinated by McCarthy Raymond Schwartz D V Paddock and Walter Stamm, follows years of growing attendance and will use the public address system again.
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American Legion
Mountain View Cemtery
C. A. Bechler
McCarthy
Raymond Schwartz
D. V. Paddock
Walter Stamm
Butte
Beaverhead County Sent Strong at Stock Growers Meet
Beaverhead county was well represented at the stockgrowers convention held last Thursday through Saturday in Great Falls. Attendees from Dillon included Dr and Mrs I W Vinsel Dale Metlen and Mr and Mrs Emmett Jones, and from the Big Hole basins came Huntley brothers Mr and Mrs Fred Hirschy Don Albee Warren Shaw and F R McDowell.
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Beaverhead County
Stockgrowers Convention
Great Falls
I. W. Vinsel
Dale Metlen
Emmett Jones
Dillon
Mark Clemon
Huntley Brothers
Fred Hirschy
Don Albee
Warren Shaw
F. R. McDowell
Big Hole
Track Stars Honored by Rotary Club
Dillon Rotary Club honors Bull dog track squad and coach William Straugh for state titles at the Montana Intercollegiate Conference in Helena. Team members include Tom Pierce Ray Schultz Bill McKeon Sam Pollard Ed Schultz Tin Kipp George Aitken Charles Schulich Bill Behder D Aitken John Burgess Gene Hinton. medals and ribbons awarded.
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Dillon Rotary Club
Trail Cafe
Montana
Helena
William Straugh
Ralph McFadden
Tom Pierce
Ray Schultz
Bill McKeon
Sam Pollard
Ed Schultz
Tin
Kipp
George +iAitken
Charles Sckulich
Bill Behder
John Burgess
Gene. Hinton
Graduation Activities at Montana State Normal College
Calendar outlines events from June 2 to 5 for Montana State Normal College with plays, concerts, exhibits, and ceremonies. Including the play Mr Pim Passes By on June 2, Little Symphony concert, art exhibit openings, junior promenade, baccalaureate on Sunday, and commencement address by Lowell W. Johnson, The Almighty Dollar.
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Montana Normal College
Montana State Normal College
Pim
College and Training School
Little Symphony Orchestra
Ground Broken for New Bowling Alley Building
Ground was broken last week for a one story brick building on South Montana street between the B. W. Emerick building and Dillon Examiner. It will house a bowling alley to be operated by Aiissell Smith and D. W. Paddock. This marks the first new structure in a year in the business district.
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B. W. Emerick
Dillon Examiner
Montana Street
Aiissell Smith
D. W. Paddock
Beaverhead Draft Quota Adjusted by State Ruling
A state ruling changes Beaverhead county transfers so six draftees registered here will join incoming transfers to meet the June 5 six man induction quota. Names on the Dillon sheet include John Kelly Joseph Loomis John Olson Lewis Higgins Earl Knutson and Howard Larson. Others scheduled for June 6 leave are held for June 16 calls. Carl Ankrum volunteered for June 16.
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State
Selective Service
Beaverhead County
Army
Beaverhead Board
Beaverhead
John Kelly
Joseph H. Loomis
John C. Olson
Lewis K
Higgins
Earl C. Knutson
Howard L. Larson
Donald C. Marx
Alfred J. Rider
Carl A. Swanson
Irvin H. Dumke
Myrel W. Flohr
Dillon
Albert B. Koske
Armstead
Carl D. Ankrum
Draft Board
Polling Places Set for Wheat Referendum Voting
Farmers in the county will vote Saturday May 31 on the wheat referendum called by Secretary of Agriculture Wickard. Polling locations include Reichle district Farmers Union hall Wychie 11 am to 4 pm Dell district Dell hotel 1 pm to 6 pm Dillon City Hall 10 am to 8 pm. Election committees are named for each district. Claude Cory AAA field man and C H Gray recheck engineer attended the meeting to explain the setup.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Reichle
Farmers Union Hall
Wychie
J. C. Ferguson
L. A. Taylor
Lee Joy
Dell
Floyd Kenison
Lefgren
Charles Reeder
Enos Hansen
Dillon
City Hall
Martin Thompson
John H. Rebish
Arnold Benson
Claude Cory
AAA
Bozeman
C. H. Gray
Dillon Man Injured In Highway Crash Near Melrose
Rufus Woods of Dillon was injured Sunday when his car left the main highway just south of Melrose and overturned. He was taken to Barrett hospital.
Masonic Past Masters Honored at Dillon Lodge Event
Past masters of Dillon lodge No. 16 A F and A M were honored at a final summer meeting. Ned Saunders led the arrangements. About 80 attended the banquet before the lodge session. St Elmo Knights of Templar members joined Sunday church service and heard Rev J A Meeke preach on Ascension.
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Dillon Lodge No
St. Elmo Knights of Templar
Methodist Church
J. A. Meeke
Alice Davis Wins Alumni Cup at 50th Beaverhead Graduation
Alice Davis, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Davis, won the Alumni Cup as outstanding senior in leadership, character and scholarship at Beaverhead County High School fifty years after first graduation. Ray Wolf gave the salutatory and Dorothy Anne Gosman was valedictorian as the class received diplomas from W G Gilbert after Principal Conrad Orr presented the graduates.
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Alice Davis
Ben Davis
Dillon
Jo Ann
W. G. Gilbert
Conrad Orr
Ray Wolf
Dorothy Anne Gosman
Roscoe Cornell, Jr
F. M. Poindexter
Kiwanis Meeting to Hear World Affairs Talk
Normal College Professor Rush Jordan will address the Kiwanis on World Affairs this Thursday. The program includes two piano solos by Don Julion. Lieutenant Governor Martin P. Moe of Helena will visit the club this week, announced Dave Williams, club president.
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Rush Jordan
the Normal College
Kiwanis Club
Don Julion
Martin P. Moe
Helena
Dave Williams
Skeleton Found Near Bannack Identified as Missing Prospector
Officers tentatively identify a skeleton found in Grasshopper creek drift below Bannack as Frank Weber, a 70 year old German prospector missing since June 1928. Coroner said no positive identifiers were found and a .22 rifle lay beside the remains. Weber vanished after buying groceries at Hans Anderson ranch and leaving them unopened.
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Grasshopper Creek
Bannack
Frank Weber
C. Wall
Ralph E. Davis
Jerusalem Bar
Raymond Schwartz
Weber
Graduation at Bagley Grade School for 33 Eighth Graders
Graduation exercises were held in the Bagley auditorium for 33 eighth grade graduates who received diplomas. A patriotic play The Land of Liberty was staged with music directed by Miss Ruth Eklund and Douglass Vageg. The program included memorials, processional by the orchestra, diplomas by Superintendent Paul L. Anderson, and benediction by Rev. W. G. Lewis.
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Bagley Building
Russell
L. A. Gregory
Paul L. Anderson
A. F. Waldorf
Board of Education
W. G. Lewis
Opening Day Fishing Draws Crowds and Record Rainbow
Beav erhead county and Silver Bow anglers packed Beaverhead river and tributaries for opening day last Sunday. W. E. Johnson landed a 10 pound rainbow on the Big Hole river, exhibited at Dillon Meat company. Regulations set a Nov 17 to May 23 season, 5 am to 9 30 pm, with several Beaverhead closures and two mile buffer rules around lakes.
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Beaverhead County
Silver Bow County
Beaverhead River
W. E. Johnson
Big Hole
Dillon Meat Company
Decker
Armstead
Horse Prairie Creek
Reif
Rock Lakes
Brown’s Lake
Rock Creek
Elk Lake
Centennial
Methodist Fourth Quarterly Conference Held
The fourth quarterly conference of the Methodist church was held in the church parlors last Wednesday with members gathering for the meeting and related proceedings.
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Methodist ‘ Church
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Rainbow Girls
Dillon Order
Betty’ Blythe Stephan
Evelyn Davis
Gloria Good
Phyllis Davis
Pat Smyth
Pat Curry
Judy Chapman
Bunny Jackson
Winona Hollenbeck
Lois Hazelbaker
Marian Wiant
Erma Lou ‘Warner
Bonnie Jean Bourquin
Donna Trolinger
Marilynn Routledge
Ethel “Anderson
Deola Childs
Betty Lou Christiansen
Legion Plot In Cemetery
Rotary Club
Atate
Bagley School
Sheldon E. Davis
UF. A. Kelly
Vergie
Masonic
A. F
A. M
Ned Saunders
Ethel Mae Anderson
Margaret Lillian Banks
Wallace Hill Best
Dorothy Ann Boka
Edward Russel Brown
Sylvia P. Christensen
Lucille Gertrude Devaney
Lorraine E. Drgane
Richard M. Hansen
Sydonia Emma Houlbjerg
Patricia L. Kidwell
Llewellyn M. Lewis
Dean Lee Nelson
Mary Lou Nelson
Craig G. Olson
Eugene Dale Pettit
Richard Charles Pierce
James A. Rainsden
Virginia Mary Ries
Shirley
Charles Price
Methodist Conference
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