Local social notes recount meetings and visits in age of small towns
Several residents attended a Pastime and Patrons meeting of the O. E. Twenty in Wisdom. Jackson Friendship club, Jackson Bridge club, and pinochle parties to benefit the Jackson fire department drew attendees, prizes awarded, and refreshments served. Nelson P. T. A. plans a December 1 meeting at the schoolhouse with invites extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Clemon
Thomas Luebben
Jardine Rife
Dillon
Wisdom
Une
O. E
Jackson Friendship’ Club
Ben O’neal
Jackson Bridge Club
Mark Clemow
Sanford Shepherd
Tom Clemow
Jules Wenger
Walter Clapp
Jackson
Marjorie Paddock
Pat Torney
Club Meeting Highlights and Upcoming Speaker
Discussion covered the failures of socialistic theories to explain conditions with the 1929 slump and war costs. Albright outlined NRAs response and rising employment, followed by a quartet performance of Shortnin Bread and De Coppah Moon. Next week Congressman Monaghan of Butte will speak at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Marx
Albright
N. R.A
Grant News Busy Week With Local Visits and Birth
Frank Esterwald spent part of the week in Dillon receiving medical attention. Mr. and Mrs. Biehler of Armstead were guests at the Mansfield home over the weekend. James Prohosky Roy Ward drove to Dillon Monday. M. R. Rand made a business trip to Dillon Monday. Jim Given of Armstead visited Grant Monday to review telephone lines. Joe Chaput spent Monday in Dillon shopping. Guy Stevens traveled to Dillon Monday. Geo C Hughes and son Emerson spent Monday morning in Dillon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Blair spent the weekend in Dillon visiting relatives. L. C. Stocker made a business trip to Dillon Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J E Hughes welcomed a one pound boy born Sunday named James Emerson. Mr. and Mrs. James N Mansfield went to Dillon Tuesday for a day of shopping. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Brenner visited Dillon Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J E Selway spent the weekend in Lemhi visiting friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Esterwald
Dillon
Biehler
Armstead
Mansfield
James Prohosky
Roy Ward
M. R. Rand
Jim Given
Grant
Joe Chaput
Guy Stevens
Geo. C. Hughes and Son
Emerson
Frank P. Blair
L. C. Stocker
J. E. Hughes
James Emerson
James N. Mansfield
Laura T. Scott
Helena
Claire Seage
Parker
Scott
Richard Freeman
Richard Bridwell
F. S. Irion
Douma and
Beekman
Community Pinochle Party Planned in Reichle
Glen P. T. A. members host a pinochle party Saturday evening December 2 at the Piccone home with Mrs Ida Hand and Mrs Piccone as joint hostesses. The section notes civic events, obituaries, and local visits across Reichle including miners at Hidden Treasure mine and several pioneer deaths in Madison county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen P. T. A
Dan Piccone
Ida Hand
Piccone
C. Carp
Hidden Treasure
McCarthy Mountain
Neil Cummins
Jacob Albright
Virginia City
Madison County
Sheridan Woman’s Library Club
P. W. Haynes
Right
Robert Julian
Helena
Car wreck death of Harry Harkins ruled accidental
An inquest by Coroner James E. Phillips found Harry Harkins died accidentally in a car wreck. Funeral services were held in Butte at Sacred Heart church. The Brotherhood of St. Andrew of St. James parish plans a dance Friday at the guild hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Harkins
James E. Phillips
Butte
Sacred Heart Church
The
Brotherhood’ of St
Scout Troop Relay and Merit Badges At Camp
Scouts from Troops 14 40 and 42 compete in a relay race collecting bags and performing tasks. Awards include merit badges for C E Hoover Don Gilbert Melbourne Jackson James Kelly Palms to Tom Luebben and camping honors to Winfield Best and Peter Best. Rev Tragitt delivers vesper and taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Hoover
Don Gilbert
James Kelly
Melbourne Jackson
Tom Luebben
Frank May
Winfield Best
Peter Best
Vesper
H. N. Tragitt
Taps
Win Best
Turkey shoot draws crowd at Harrison ranch
Social notes recount a Sunday turkey shoot at the Harrison ranch with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Somerville and family, and Miss Emma Bartels of Butte. Other visits report Clare Judge and Carl Knoll delivering horses to the Tash ranch and shipments from Dillon to Grand Island Nebraska this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Ranch
Gordon Somerville
Bartels
Emma Bartels
Butte
Andy Pyle
George Lenox
Ed Farley
Clare Judge
Carl Knoll
Harry Tash Ranch
Beaverhead
Nelson, Pyle, Pahnish and
Dillon
Grand Island
Nebraska
S. S. Patterson
John Judge
P. Marchesseau
Pyle Ranch
Carl L. Knoll
Andy Hays
Frank Marchesseau
Bill Pierce
George Pyle
Mr. Pyle
W. S. Tash
Frank Kellum
Jane and
Harrison
Harrison ‘Ranch
Leon Beese
Local notes and visits from Dillon residents
A Dillon community page reports Mrs. Lottie Kimmel Smith visiting from Indiana and recalling old friends. Farmers and townsfolk such as Dellar Gordon, T A Bradley, Alan, Eva and Annie Stocker, and many others are noted visiting, nursing updates, and local events. The piece also mentions legislative session attendance, county work projects, and a $250 reward for the arrest of a poisoner.
Remarkable Montana Meeting Advocates Religious Tolerance
A crowded event at the Fox theatre and an overflow meeting at the Knights of Columbus hall featured Rev. E. R. Clinchy Rev. F. J. R. Ross and Rabbi Morris Lazaron urging religious tolerance and brotherhood. Lazaron said America's strength comes from its diverse population and civic unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Fox Theatre
Knights of Columbus ‘Hall
E. R. Clinchy
New York
F. J. R. Ross
Town City
Morris Lazaron
Baltimore
Lazaron
Fox
America
Bear hunt record near Horse Prairie noted in town visit
Mr and Mrs Frank Esterwald visited from the upper Horse Prairie valley and reported bear hunting for the season is largely complete. He cleaned up all but three cubs and an older bear and plans to keep the two cubs for next season. He found the second mother Silver Tip fatally wounded, traveling a short distance from the shot site after he killed four bears in one sitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Esterwald
Upper Horse Prairie Valley
Frank
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Sam Peterson
Dysart Agowen
Jake Neidt
Nelson P. T. A
Selway Sheep & Land Company
D. Pe O. Laboratories
Holton
Kansas
D. P. C. Laboratories
Grant News
Reichle News
Charles Murray
Thomas Murray
Charles Barber
C. B. Barber
Barber-Tilton
Shendon
Society
the Sons and Daughters of Pioneers
Montana Lodge
A. F
A. M
Joseph
Richmond
Twin Bridges
George Ives
Catherine Beaber
Alder Gulch
Ruby Valley
Missoula
Robert Harkness
Harkness
Haynes
Miscoula
George C. Armitage
Mr.Harkness
Washington
Congress
Pathfinder
Order Pathfinder
Polaris
William and
Adolphe Pahnish
Virginia Gray
Guy Gray
Creek
Dellar Gordon
T. A. Bradley
Alan
Smith M. Ames
Eva
Annie Stocker
Guyar Rand
Jesse Brown
Jim Gravely
McLean
Elwood Morrison
Beaverhead Abstract Company
Pearl I. Smith
Dillon, Mont
Electrolite
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