Beaverhead County Grants Record Election Turnout
Beaverhead county on election day set an all time high with 3,664 electors voting and 300 plus absent ballots. County officials certified returns to the secretary of state, listing Roosevelt leading with 2,153 votes and Landon 1,304 for president, along with detailed tallies for Senate, House, governor and local offices.
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Beaverhead
Albert S. Baker
Helena
Baker
The
United States
Alfred M. Landon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Norma Thomas
William Lemke
D. Leigh Colvin
Earl Browder
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Roy E. Ayers
J. P. Cavanaugh
David J. Ryan
Arvo Fredrickson
Rotary meeting highlights Armistice programs and events
Dillon Rotarians led by Frank Tyre discuss Armistice Day songs and a Red Cross roll call. George Gosman notes Grizzly Dons football tickets while Marjorie Wetmore announces a fall fun fest. A high school swing band performs as Superintendent Henry references American Education week and school protections on Armistice Day. Dr. Robert Albright analyzes France’s political shift and last week’s election results.
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Frank Tyre
Dillon Rotary Club
Andrus
Tom Luebben
George Gosman
Grizzly Dons
Butte
Marjorie Wetmore
Merle Schmittroth
Jo Ann Deputy
Louis Schmittroth
Charles Henry
American Education
American Legion
Dillon
Henry
Montana
Robert EB
Albright
France
Torrey Lodge Formal Opening At Birch Creek
A largely attended housewarming marks the completion of the Birch Creek recreation lodge. The event, held Sunday, celebrates the formal opening of Torrey Lodge built in summer and fall by the Women's Athletic Association of the Normal College.
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Birch Creek Lodge
Birch Creek
Normal Studen
Torrey Lodge
Women’s Athletic Association
The
Normal ‘College
Rodgers Holds Large Lead in Fifth Judicial District Race
According to Tribune figures H G Rodgers won Beaverhead by 46 Jefferson by 153 and Madison by 560 votes totaling a 759 vote district margin. Dillon volunteer firemen fought a small blaze Friday morning at Henry Gleed home on North Pacific street with minor damage behind the kitchen range.
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Tribune
H. G. Rodgers
Fifth Judicial District
Beaverhead County
Jefferson
Madison
Dillon
Henry
Gleed
Pacific Street
Beaverhead County Awaits Red Cross Roll Call Response
Beaverhead county residents are urged to support the annual Red Cross roll call, aiming to match last year’s high standing in the state. The campaign, opened Wednesday, seeks to fill quotas with aid data from a year when the Red Cross assisted 131,000 families across 39 states, and provided extensive disaster relief, health, and education programs nationwide.
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Red Cross
Beaverhead County
American Red Cross
T. HE. Luebben
Beaverhead
The
Luebben
Red Cross Public Health
Five-Cent Bet Wins Ten Dollar Return
In a heated pre election wager, Frank Esterwald of Horse Prairie won a two hundred to one bet against Al Charlton of Bloody Dick that Roosevelt would be elected president. Esterwald laid five pennies versus Charlton's ten dollar bill at George Smith's bar, and the winner awaits collection.
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Frank Esterwald
Horse Prairie
al Charlton
Old Hickory
Bloody Dick
Roosevelt
Hesterwald
George Smith
Education Week Observed With Student Performances
Dillon schools mark National Education Week with a Friday program in the training school auditorium. The program features episodes on Indian and Colonial education, Negro education, pioneer and modern themes, dances, solos, and assembly songs led by local instructors and students from Beaverhead County High School and Montana State Normal College. A separate notice lists a New York apartment dog-walker charging five dollars per month.
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Clyde Casterline
Bethel Minger
Craig Olson
Glenn Salmonson
Lee Rumbaugh
Lawrence Dilley
David Woodside
Raymond Kreindell
Jess Wetzel
Montana State Normal College
Waters of
Minnetonka
June Johnson
Daniel Boka
Betty Henry
Isabel Ross
Lewis Berg
Jean Tash
Lois Hazelbaker
Alice Atkeson
John Bowring
Patty Stamm
Harold Patrick
Erma Lou Warner
Lila McClennan
Shirley Mae Paddock
Jack Davis
Rodney Sinclair
Jay Harold Jeppson
Irene Megquier
Ruth Deputy
Beaverhead County
Anna Jeanne Sockness
Veterans Armistice Day Observed in Dillon with Ceremony
Beaverhead post of the American Legion and the Legion auxiliary staged a morning Armistice program at Hartwig theatre. The event featured the high school band under L A Gregory, vocal solos, group patriotic songs, and an address by Conrad Orr on why Armistice Day matters. An afternoon Townsend football game, a veterans banquet at Andrus grill, auxiliary dinner, and a grand ball at city hall concluded the day's observances with a large crowd.
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Dillon
Beaverhead Post
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
Hartwig Theatre
L. A. Gregory
America
J. C. Jeppson
W. H. Stephan
Conrad Orr
Beaverhead County
R. H. Albright
Baptist Cottage
City Hall
Dillon Preaching Mission Unites Local Churches
Following the National Preaching Mission in Billings, Dillon's six churches unite for an eight day local mission November 15 to 22. United services are planned plus noon sessions at the Hartwig theatre and school assemblies with multiple pastors from Methodist Baptist Presbyterian Episcopal Lutheran and Catholic churches taking part.
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Billings
Churches of
Dillon
Methodist
Baptist
Presbyterian
Episcopal
Hartwig Theatre
High School
Normal College
Jesus Christ
Preaching Mission Committee
Ministerial Association
God
Dillon Preaching Mission Committee
United Services
Meeke
Columiat
Mecke
Loar
Schmidt
Tragitt
Nelson
Baptist Church
Normal College Assembly
Father Lechner
Lutheran Church
Hartweg Theatre
Presbyterian Church
High ‘School Assembly
Lear
Ford to be shown this Saturday at Bergeson-Beaverhead
Interest in local motordom centers on the display of the 1937 Ford in the Bergeson Beaverhead showroom this Saturday November 14. The new model offers a roomier body greater power improved motor efficiency up to date streamlining and greater economy of operation.
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Ford Company
Illness claims Jack Reeves long-time Dillon resident
Jack Reeves aged 80 year died after a lingering illness at his home in Dillon. A native of Illinois he came west as a youth and lived in Dillon for many years working as a cook on Beaverhead ranches and in local restaurants. Surviving widow, funeral held Saturday at Brundage chapel with Rev. F. X. Lechner officiating. Interment at Mountain View cemetery. Ted Oliver, elected constable in Dillon township, has ordered a star and billy club and warns offenders he will not tolerate infractions.
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Jack Reeves
Illinois
Dillon
Beaverhead
Brundage Chapel
F. X. Lechner
St. Rose Church
Mountain View
Ted Oliver
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Howard A. Johnson
Hugh R. Adair
Charles Pyatt
S. R. Foot
Harrison J. Freebourn
Leonard C. Young
Sam W. Mitchell
F. L. Sorenson
Ray N. Shannon
Geo. P. Porter
John J. Holmes
Elizabeth Ireland
Ruth Reardon
Charles L. Sheridan
Horace F. Casey
James D. Cox
W. G. Gilbert
George H. Montgomery
Joe Metlen
Henry M. Meine
D. F. Mooney
W. B. Hartwig
Paul H. Temple
James A. McCollum
Bertie Mathews
Fred Rife
O. M. Best
Thomas E. Gilbert
Mildred Schuler
Nell Doyle
George V. Elder
George R. Metlen
James BE. Phillips
Jack Fitzsimmons
F. C. McFadden
George Opp
Louis Stahl
L. C. Ford
Kant
Henry G. Rodgers
Rodgers
Turkey
Shakespeare
School System of America
James Daley
New York
Legion Post
Bergeson-Beaverhead Company
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