County 4-H Clubs Hold Meet Here
Four dozen girls from Dillon and Armstead, Dell, and Riverside clubs attended a county 4-H jamboree at Bagley school. Skits by four clubs, a pot luck lunch, then games followed. Style show awarded ribbons for apron, washable dress, wool dress with several club members earning pins and certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Classic Cadets
Mountain View Club
Dell
Dillon Pied Pipers
Riverside Club
Helen Doyle
Patricia Smyth
Doris McAdam
Margaret Laden
Sylvia Christensen
Dorothy Ames
Dillon 4-H Clubs
Survey Highlights Birch Creek CCC Work Last Summer
A Beaverhead forest report by W. B. Willey details Birch Creek CCC camp projects, including 11.25 miles of new roads and 50 miles maintained. Roads connect Boot lake Pear lake and Brown’s lake areas, with planned loop routes and additional work at Vigilante Experiment Station and Tower Mountain. CCC crews also built ski slides aiding winter recreation and set up fire control stations while handling 12 fire calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Willey
Beaverhead’ National Forest
Birch Creek CCC
Birch Creek
Boot Lake
Pear Lake
Willow Creek
Rock Creek
Brown’s Lake
Brown's
Brown's Lake
Rock Creek Divide
CCC
Elkhorn
Wise River
Beaverhead Forest
Dillon Ski Club
Mill Creek
Selway Peak
Forester Leaves for Missoula Meeting
L A Vanairsdale of Beaverhead National Forest has left for Missoula to attend an accident prevention and first aid training school slated November 6 to 18 at the regional head quarters remount station near Missoula. A Red Cross national representative will oversee first aid and accident prevention with aims including fire control technique guard training and air delivery of supplies. Upon return he will be qualified to conduct training schools in the Beaverhead area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
Vanairsdale
Beaverhead
County AAA Meeting Set for November 20th
County AAA delegates gathered in Dillon as Bernie Williams announced the 1940 county convention to elect officers. Delegates include J C Ferguson Reichle Floyd Kenison Dell Luther Smith Dillon and Mark Clemon. Newly elected community committeemen listed for Reichle Dell and Armstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Ferguson
Reichle
Floyd Kenison
Dell
Luther Smith
Dillon
Mark Clemon
J. G. Pityan
Melrose
Carl’ Kambich
B. J. McMenamey
Armistice Day Call for Lasting Peace and Resolve
A plea to honor veterans and reflect on Armistice Day with gratitude and memory while urging forethought and resolve to ensure a lasting peace for the nation. The message emphasizes national unity and the duty to safeguard peace for millions of lives.
Armistice Day Plans Announced by Beaverhead Veterans
Beaverhead post leaders have announced Armistice Day activities including a morning program at Hartwig theatre and an evening banquet at the Andrus hotel. Events include band numbers led by L A Gregory, a ceremonial hour of silence, and a dances at city hall. The Auxiliary hosts a Metlen hotel banquet with a junior program and guest mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartwig Theatre
EB. Gilbert
Bard
L. A. Gregory
L.A. Gregory
America
Leonard Thompson
W. H. Stephan
Ralph McFadden
Amos Wright
American Legion Auxiliary
T. E. Gilbert
Mr. Gregory
Beaverhead Post
Andrus Hotel
City Hall
American ‘Legion Auxiliary
Dillon
Metlen
Observance of Education Week Noted
Education Week from November 5 to 11 is observed locally with programs in Eagles grade school Beaverhead County High School and Normal College. The Bagley building committee plans assemblies plays and readings with final program on November 10 led by Normal College faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Education Association
United States Office of Education
The
American Legion
Eagles
Beaverhead County
Normal College
Bagley
Rachel Smith
Ann Feley
Ruth Eklund
Anderson
Feley
Melissa Minger
Ralph McFadden
Arnold Clair
Rush Jordan
Dillon Couple to Mark Golden Anniversary in Dillon
Mr and Mrs Thomas Sherman Sapp long time Dillon residents celebrate their golden anniversary. They wed in Dillon on November 13 1889 just after Montana statehood. Their family of three daughters and a son remain in Dillon as the couple nears the state centennial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapp
Dillon
Beaverhead
Montana
Richard Z. ‘Thomas
Joseph Wilks
Methodist Episcopal Church
Martha’ EB. Mast
Legion Head Speaks at Rotary on Armistice Day
State Commander George M. Gosman of the American Legion urges Rotary Club members to rededicate Armistice Day to democracy and peace. He notes veterans’ sacrifices on French fields and warns lack of preparedness risks future war, citing U S history of wars every 170 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
France
George M. Gosman
American Legion
Rotary Club
Europe
United States
Legion
Dillon Legion
Taxpayers receive annual Beaverhead county tax notices
Beaverhead county mailed 287 tax notices totaling $317638.48 to property owners. First installment due November 30. Some taxpayers have already paid. Fewer taxpayers on rolls than in past years as landowners without car licenses pay later in January. About 3600 taxpayers total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Bertie Mathews
Pioneer Day Observed by Dillon Group
Beaverhead county's newly organized chapter of Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers held a membership dinner and dance at the St. James guild hall Monday night. George Metlen spoke for the pioneers and Jack Selway Jr urged Montana's fiftieth statehood anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
St. James Guild Hall
Jean Bishop
George Metlen
Pioneers
Jack Selway, Jr
Montana
John Orr
Emery Smith
Mabel Erwin
George Mathews
Mary Molleur
Myrtle Larson
Nellie McKnight
A. H. French
Florence Backus
Howard Morse
Emma Bates
Ivy Taylor
Stella Murray
Dan Henneberry
Monte Mathews
Byron Nay
Harwood
Phil McGovern
M. A. Henneberry
Don Julson
Dillon
Royal Neighbors Set Past Oracle Night at I O O F Hall
Royal Neighbors plan a banquet at 6 30 at Totem cafe for all camps then meet for past oracle night at 8 at the I O O F hall. The program follows the lodge session and banquet. no juvenile meeting Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Totem Cafe
Florence Hughes
Helen Talent
Nellie Sanner
Lucille Hartwig
Sam Cardinale
Mesdames Wilma , Holloran
Rose O'Donnell
Sydonia Houlbjerg
Sylvia Halls
Lucy Walters
Emma Durgane
Mary Molleur
Lucila Bostwick
Best Named Beaverhead County Assessor
J P Best was appointed to succeed his father as county assessor by the Beaverhead board of county commissioners. He announced Sylvester M Meade will serve as deputy. Both men are familiar with all phases of the assessor's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J P
J. P Best
O. M. Best
Beaverhead
Squireses Welcome Daughter At Barrett Hospital
Mr and Mrs Wilber Squires announce the birth of a daughter at Barrett hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilber Squires
Barrett Hospital
Great Falls Firm Wins Dillon Twin Bridges Road Contract
Harold M. Warner of the Dillon Chamber hears that the Montana Highway Commission let a $24,870.40 contract to L. A. Woodward Construction Co. of Great Falls for a 3.441 mile section of the Dillon to Twin Bridges road in Beaverhead County. Construction aims to add drainage structures and a treated timber stockpass on section B beginning at the end of the current graded stretch and extending northeast. Chamber members express elation after long efforts for action on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Warner
Dillon Chamber of Commerce
D. A. McKinnon
Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Dillon- Twin Bridges
L.A. Woodward Construction Company of
Great Falls
Dillon-Twin Bridges
Beaverhead County
Chamber of Commerce
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City
Bagley School
Henry Deutsch
Lee Hoerning
Ethel Anderson
Mary Lou Nelson
Regina Melton
Betty Nelson
Marilyn Gordon
Armstead
Jessie Knox
Estella Hansen
Helen Christensen
Margaret Anne
Ames
Janet Gravely
Armatead
Gladys Tofte
Marcheta ’ McMenomey
Fujikio Mori
Jane ‘Gravely
Aureta McMenomey
Rosa Lee ‘Brown
June Koontz
Armstead Club
Betty
Lou Raddatz
Thea Hackett
Mary Hansen
Anna Hansen
Gertrude Knox
Heléni McNinch
Effie Brothers
Viola Cantrell
Lois Martinell
Alice Knox
Janet Peterson
Bessie Knox
Dell Mountain View Club
Roy Martinell
John Dowling
Margaret Anne Ames
Estella Hanson
Ralph Liggett
Glorianna Peters
Betty Jewel Nelson
Ernest Pewe
Ray Gallant
Elvira Stefanic
Margaret ‘Laden
Robert Melton
Bert McNinch
Smith Ames
Hugh Smyth
Birch Creek Crew
Civilian Conservation
Vigilante Experiment Station
Thief Creek Road
Tower Mountain
Forester
Missoula
Beaverhead Agricultural Conservation
Bernard Williams
M Tigo
Conserva
Mence
C. J. Hovren
Lucia Bostwick
Ella, Ries
Nellie Poole
Auxiliary
A. 8. Johnson
Arlington Cemetery
National Broadcasting Company
Val
Grace Redburn
Paul Anderson
Frances Huffman
Mr. and
Mrs
Thomas Sherman
Legion Head
Rotary Meet
Dillon Group
Sons and Daughters of
Twin Bridges
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