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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1939
Page
8
At a Saturday carnival hosted by Wisdom Woman's Club the personality contest crowned Miss Wilma Givogre with a substantial margin. Attendants Mrs Ed Glassey and Mrs Clarence Helming also polled strong votes. event sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary and Junior Woman's Club.
About 25 friends and relatives attended a bridal shower for Mrs. Dwight Harrison at the John Jackson ranch. Guests included Elaine Willey Betty Harrison and Mrs Harold Nelson. Pinochle was played and a two course luncheon followed. Various locals from Grasshopper valley Wisdom and Dillon were mentioned with hunts and trips to Missoula Logan and Seattle.
Glacier National Park Montana reports 35 reportable fires for the fire season despite severe fire danger conditions. Officials note the figure reflects the park’s active fire suppression and monitoring efforts through the period ending October 30.
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn rules burial expenses are not among the necessities of life and a head of family’s wages cannot be attached to pay unpaid funeral bills. The opinion, written for Sheriff Angus McDonald of Granite County, notes state supreme court rulings favor liberal exemptions and defines necessities as food clothing and shelter for life support.
A bear kept captive for most of a year was released into the wilds near Blossburg this week. Rancher Guy Davis, who captured the cub, narrowly avoided prison as Montana law bans wild animal capture. He received a suspended one day jail sentence.
Montana agricultural officials say the 1939 potato crop will be smaller than last year but not glut the market. State Commissioner James Sparling attributes the decline to purple top disease and frost, predicting better prices for growers despite a smaller harvest.
The attorney general instructs the state examiner to prescribe a delinquent tax record for counties and require conformity with the official record. The directive emphasizes standardized reporting across jurisdictions.
A string of social events is recorded with attendees including Mr and Mrs Bart Tash Mr and Mrs Ww Tash Mr and Mrs Ross Nay Mr and Mrs George Harrison Jim Harrison Frank Nay John Judge Ralph Harrison and others. A miscelaneous shower honored Mrs Dwight Harrison at the John Jackson ranch home in Jackson. Brown and Marchesseau families traveled to the Dil lon area with Hazel Reinhart and others visiting Elk Horn Springs as hunting season opens.
State Auditor John J. Holmes says welfare expenditures stay within the appropriated budget. For July to November, costs totaled 768000 across programs including old age assistance and aid to dependent children, with November spending at 127000 and total funding including federal funds reaching 256278.43.
Glendive Montana resident Amund Amundson, 60, earned recognition as the champion raw egg eater in Glendive and possibly the state after downing four dozen raw eggs in a glass at a local bar, finishing with a beer.
Tentative plans to advertise Montana for the 1940 tourist season will be formed at a meeting of Montanans Inc at Butte on November 6. William G. Ferguson, manager of the state-wide agency, says members from every county are expected to attend.
The Buhrer school hosted a Halloween party at Mrs Genevieve Buhrer home with two plays and games for local children. The Beaverhead Silver Bow Farmer s Union dinner and program featured the Warehouse Wranglers and reports on rural electrification and cooperative hospitals. Nearby residents Mr and Mrs Ralph O Leary visited Reichle and Matt Polish hunted a deer early in the season amid light snowfall.
Montana set a birth surplus in September with 912 new residents, while 4 people died. Among the deaths were 3 infants under one year, 41 from automobile accidents, and 39 from communicable diseases, per the state board of health.
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