Festive American Legion event honors newlyweds and guests
The American Legion hall hosted a Sunday gathering for post members and their brides Earl Van Houten and Charles Miller, with pinochle prizes won by Mrs. Gary Pomeroy and J.H. Scofield. Casseroles were given as souvenirs and a midnight lunch followed. Numerous local families shared Thanksgiving meals and visits across nearby towns, with many attendees listed at various host homes and gatherings.
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American Legion Hall
the Post
Zunit
Post
Earl van Houten
Charles M. Miller
Gary Pomeroy
J.H. Scofield
Grover Helm
Ing
Charley M. Miller
Reichle Pinochle Club Hosts Thanksgiving Fun at DeLeon
Reichle residents welcomed guests for a Saturday pinochle party at the DeLeon hotel with high scores won by Frank Spehar and Mrs. Dan Piccone and low by Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Poole. Father Clifford of Lima led services Sunday at the Fred Hartwig home. Thanksgiving traffic included O Learys from Helena and Dillon visitors at various homes. Several Reichle locals planned travels to Calgary and Idaho Falls, while others moved between Dillon Butte and Deer Lodge for holiday visits.
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Cy Swartz
Wisdom Hotel
Mary Roberts
Butte
Ivan Shaw
R. J. Somers
Deer Lodge
Leo Walsh
Sheila Gay
George Cottrell
H. S. Armitage
Reese Armitage
Bremerton
Wash
Big Hole
Darby
Fred Francis
Will Knudsen
Mary Shaw
Garrison
Hosea Connick
Jane For
Ole Heglund
Lucy Lawrence
Billy
Barbara
Corrine Willey
Weldon Else
Lester Else
Arthur Klessing
Frank Bacon
Ed Green
Charley York
DeLeon Hotel
Joe Greco
Frank Spehar
Dan Piccone
Lyle Poole
Father Clifford
Lima
Fred Hartwig
Ralph O'Leary
Bob O'Leary
Helena
Mary O'Leary
Mabel O'Leary
Lee O'Leary
Minnie Buhrer
Louise Buhrer
Dillon
Genevieve Buhrer
John Cummins, Jr
Neil Cummins
Tom Larsen
Spencer
Idaho
Reichle
Larsen
Consolidated Farm Company
Fay York
Fay Gransberry
Oakland
Calif
William Briggs
Carey
Almon Taylor
Briggs
Taylor
Charles Marsh
Calgary
Canada
Rudolph Polish
E. W. Stainer
Wisdom
Arbour
Jim McCullum
Glen Walters
Paul Fallon
John Verdance
Raymond Gransberry
Nick DeLeon
Veronica Hartwig
Elsie Garrison
Bill Garrison
J. C. Ferguson
Sidney Shafer
Keith
Henry Shafer
Bon Acord
John Shafer, Sr
R. B. Caswell
Sheridan
Ermont Mines
A. H. French
George Hartman
Scotty Graham
Leonard McDowell
John Thuleson
Argenta Springs
Ernest Knapp
Carl Shafer
Homer Pilon
George Knapp
Mary Best
Harry Renz
Thanksgiving Gatherings Highlight Jackson Area Feasts
Thanksgiving was celebrated with home gatherings across Jackson. Families hosted meals for 14 at Wenger and Zebarth homes, with relatives from Dillon Idaho Falls Butte and Van Nuys visiting. Birthday parties and a St. Margaret's guild dance also marked the holiday in the community.
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Cuthbert
Idaho Falls
William Melogue
Arthur Soren
Fred Hirschy
Butte
Mr. Comforth
Twin Bridges
Tom Clemen
Martin Jackson
Addie Barber
Dillon
Ray Moye
van Nuys
Calif
Ida Olsen
Roy Zebarth
Fred ‘Nelson
Dysart-Gowen
Lois
Sam Peterson
Sanford Shepherd
John Hutchens
Conrad Woffe
Spokane
EH. R Linquist
Dick Hirschy
Billy Nelson
Nelson
Billy
Jimmie, Edwards
Esta Husted
Montana Welfare Board Grants Aid to 13 Counties
Thirteen Montana counties received direct relief funds totaling 33 050 as the state public welfare board met in Helena. Grants ranged from 100 to 13 000 with Lake Missoula Silver Bow and Roosevelt among recipients and future monthly relief projections shown for December through June. The board noted counties owe 133 765 31 to the state department for the welfare program costs.
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Welfare Board
Montana
State Public Welfare Board
Helena
Cascade
Daniels
Deer Lodge
Lake
McCone
Missoula
Musselshell
Ravalli
Roosevelt
Sheridan
State Department
National Guardsmen to Start Seven Day Field Courses
Twenty-one units of the Montana national guard will undertake seven day field work courses in December under War Department orders. Adjutant General John W. Mahan confirms the plan and notes the training aims to improve mobilization, discipline, and readiness.
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Montana National “Guard
War Department
John Ww. ‘Mahan
Thanksgiving visits and local notes across Argenta and Dillon
A string of Thanksgiving visits includes Earl Conklin and Julius Hartwig in Argenta, Maxwell and French relatives in Havre, and Shafer and Renz families in Dillon. Other items report cabin building progress, local shopping trips, funeral attendance, and a 1940 census plan with Montana officials training for enumeration.
Local liquor permit approvals urged before state review
Retail bar operators statewide were reminded by the liquor control board to secure local approvals from city councils or county boards before sending applications to the Helena offices. Administrator L. M. A. Wass noted the legislature changed the law to require local permission prior to state license issuance and urged prompt submissions.
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Liquor Control Board
Boards of County Commissioners
Helena
L. M. A. Wass
Wass
Unemployment Benefits Grow as Checks Reach Thousands
Barclay Craighead announced Nov 18 payments totaling 6928 to 660 workers, bringing cash benefits to 504,690. The commission has 1,063,000 earmarked for Railroad Retirement board payments. About 44,572 checks mailed in five months. 11,516 with benefits, over 5,900 obtained permanent or part time work. Employment service placed about 20,000 jobless in positions, 683 still receiving benefits.
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Barclay Craighead
Craighead
Railroad Retirement Board
Commission
Thanksgiving Gatherings at Harrison and Marchesseau Ranches
Thanksgiving at the Harrison and Marchesseau properties drew relatives and friends for dinners and birthday celebrations. Guests included Frank Marchesseau and family, Delia and Jane Marchesseau, Erwin Marchesseau, Ted Marchesseau, and George Pyle family, with Mrs. George Pyle ill and seeking medical care in Dillon. Also visiting were Dwight Harrison and baby, Walter McAndrews, and Olive M. Harrison hosting.
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George’ ‘Harrison
Harrisony Ranch
Ted
Frank Marchesseau
Delia
Jane
Erwin Marchesseau
George Pyle
Charley Stout
Erwin
Mra
Ted Marchesseau
Rage Marie
Andy Pyle
Marcheseau
Pyle Ranch
Coan
Dillon
Dwight, Harrison and Baby
Jackson
Walter McAndrews
Anaconda
J. D. Harrison
Olive M. Harrison
George Harrison
Sleeping sickness outbreak reported in Anaconda
The state board of health said no further spread was noted in the Anaconda mild sleeping sickness outbreak, with 15 total cases. Over 30 Delta Gamma sisters at Missoula were quarantined over the weekend pending diagnosis of a single suspected case, while the Anaconda epidemic has one death already recorded.
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State Board of Health
Anaconda
Delta Gamma
Missoula
Montana State Cash Balance Rises Past Year End
State Auditor John J. Himes reports Montana's cash balance on November 1 reached 7,786,944.45, up from 5,020,835.45 a year earlier. Overdrafts exist in the general fund and university millage fund but are expected to be covered when counties send in November tax receipts. Bonded indebtedness stood at 11,699,724.75 with investments totaling 18,437,548.82.
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Montana
John J. Himes
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Clarence Helming
Jack ‘Hurley
Roy Baker
Little Son
Harry Helming
George Helming
Grover Helming
Dorothy Hurley
Frances May Helming
John Helming
Maurice Helming
Joe Kramer
Eddie Nelson
Jay Barmosky
Harold Capehart
Arch Stewart
Murray
Margaret Murray
Leonard Haggerty
Marion Haggerty
Thelma Haggerty
Ted Haggerty
Walter Stewart
Evelyn Stewart
George Stewart
Helen Maryratt
Irene Maryatt
Bob
Harry
Duncan Stewart
Jess Tope
Walter Goose
Ralph Potts
Wise River
Ralph Tope
Clark Huntley
Huntley
Francis
Swan‘son
Wallace Francis
Ralph Huntley
William, Huntley
Joan Francis
Clayton
Gail Huntley
Henry Hendricks
William Gordon
Cecile Hirschy
Ted Woodward
Floyd McClennan
Harry Hopkins
Wilson Young
Wither
Mary Hden
Warren Shaw
Joanne
Joé
Jens Christiansen
al Beck
Shirley
Glenna
Basin
Audry-Tovey
Fred Anderson
Jay
Ora Freeman
Dave
Haugan
Mont
Azile Craddock
Buhrer
Bette
Jules Wenger, Sr
Lena Nelson
Charles Wenger
Dan Pendergast
Tom Clemow
Elizabeth Clemow
Betsy Clemow
Lewis & Walker
Butte, Montana
Argenta
Earl Conklin
Julius Hartwig, Sr
John Hand
Nelson Maxwell
Havre
Washington
U.P
W. EK. Frazer
Billings
EB. C. Simmons
William L. Austin
Census Bureau
Army of Enumerators
Frazer
Simmons
Paul Raftery
Montana Livestock Association
Bozeman Livestock Commission Co
Howard Raser
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