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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
5
A flurry of social notes from Dillon and nearby towns lists visits by Hugh and Mrs Scully in Helena, Bernard Williams’ Seattle trip, and Junior Clark’s weekend with family. Licenses issued for Lyal Thompson and Alice Lewis in Ennis and Bozeman, and several aunts and uncles attend gatherings.
The home at 124 North Atlantic Street was struck during a thunderstorm Friday afternoon. A portion of the southwest wall was torn out and the house rocked as if by an earthquake. Mrs. Featherly inside at the time was uninjured. No fire started due to rain.
Effective October 5 the First National Bank and State Bank and Trust Co of Dillon will close Saturdays at 12 noon instead of 1. Weekday hours remain unchanged.
A sizeable audience of local women heard Jeanette Rankin, candidate for Congress from Montana's first district, speak at the courthouse Saturday afternoon about adequate defense for the shores.
The Presbyterian Manse Society will hold a meeting Thursday at 2 30 PM in the church parlors. Mrs Mary Paddock and Mrs Frank Tyro are named as hostesses for the event.
The Methodist Ladies Aid holds a meeting Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the church parlor. Hosts are Mrs. Elwood Morrison, Mrs. Ned Saunders and Mrs. Loren Spencer. All friends are welcome.
Police seek Pat O’Brien, a former Wilbur cafe cook, for stealing about $100 from the cafe till yesterday, per a sheriff’s office report.
The 8 and 40 salon of the American Legion Auxiliary met Tuesday at the home of Mrs. G D Combes with co-hostesses Mrs. Sam Cardinale and Miss Bernice Metlen. Mrs. Charity Hill of Jackson, president, chaired as plans were made for a unit membership drive.
The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during Peggy Westergard’s illness and death. Appreciation is given for floral offerings and support from pallbearers and the Dillon Fire Department. Vic Westergard and others send gratitude to Mrs. Mattie Green, Mrs. Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Westergard, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Hignight.
We express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy and floral offerings after the death of Ephriam Peterson. We also thank the musicians Rev. Thompson and the pallbearers for their services. Mrs. Ephriam Peterson and sons. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Birrer, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Renfro.
The Dillon Shakespeare club opens its season with the first play now available at Tribune Bookstore. Members are urged to purchase their copies as the first meeting is set for October 12.
The Dillon Rifle Club will hold a Friday meeting in the Fire Department rooms at city hall at 8 p m. Officers are to be elected during the session.
The Diana Rebekah lodge schedules a regular meeting for Thursday at 8 PM at the I O O F hall. The state board of equalization reports August gasoline tax receipts of 704884.52 dollars, the highest monthly total in its gas tax history. The state imposes a five cent per gallon motor fuel tax. President Horsman of Idamont Contracting Co. and contractors of the Interstate Mining and Milling Co. are noted.
Beaverhead river marshes yield above average birds as native ducks plentiful this year. Daily bag limits include 10 ducks with species restrictions and a three geese limit. hunters over 16 require migratory bird stamps. Sunrise to 4 pm hunting hours affirmed by Kenneth F. Roaden of Billings for Madison Hebgen and Red Rock lakes district.
The Montana State Corn and Seed Show will be held in Forsyth on January 7 to 9, 1941, with Frank Barnum as manager. Open competition includes 4 H club entries from the 1940 crop, classes for dent, semi dent, flint and hybrid corn, and a seed show for registered small seed and small grain. Samples come from Montana Seed Growers samples for grade, with automatic seed show entry and grade tags. A premium list is being prepared for distribution soon.
Fifty head of good grade Rambouillet yearling bucks for sale at 16 dollars each. Heavy boned blocky type with straight confirmation. Seller H. C. Hansen offers bucks from a ranch seven miles east of town.
Bernard Williams, manager, said the Dillon show will display 74 top bulls with a new brick tile sales pavilion adjoining the stock shed. The pavilion includes a show ring, auctioneer’s stand, and bleachers for 500 spectators, expanding room for entries and judging after last year’s well attended event.
The local Child Study club joins thousands of clubs across the United States in observing Better Parenthood week from February 23 to 29. Organized in March 1940, the group is for mothers of children born 1938 to 1940 and has 24 members, with vacancies filled by election. Mrs. Harry Andrus leads, with Mrs. Clifford Dougherty as secretary treasurer and Mrs. Robert Kilgore as publications chairman.
Beaverhead county Republicans joined a crowd welcoming Wendell L. Willkie Republican presidential nominee to Butte. After a parade through downtown, Willkie spoke at Butte High School stadium. A banquet hosted by the Butte Press Club honored him before departure with Major D A Galt of Dillon among honored guests on the platform.
The United States Civil Service commission announces open competitive examinations for positions including City planner at 3800 dollars a year with the National Capital park and planning commission in Washington DC, plant pathologist and plant geneticist series with salaries from 2600 to 3800 dollars, plus junior engineer at 2000 dollars. Employment covers all engineering branches except aeronautical naval architecture and marine engineering. Full details and application forms are available at the Dillon post office.
Governor Roy E. Ayers appointed W. L. Riddle of Baker to the state textbook commission to fill the unexpired term of K. R. Sonneman who resigned, with the term to expire.
Since its opening in 1897 the State Normal college has produced 3770 diploma graduates and granted degrees to 108 men and 102 women. Since degree granting began in 1932, a fifth to a fourth of state teaching positions have been held by Normal alumni. The first two classes in 1898 and 1899 had three graduates each, the peak class was 242 in 1927.
The Normal college began with 82 students in its first year, rose to 110 and 96 over the next two years, fell to 51 in 1900-01, then climbed to 250 in 1916-17. War cut enrollment to 129 in 1918-19, with a peak of 722 in 1926-27. In the last four years averages have hovered around 300, with 1940-41 expected near that level.
The Normal college offers flexible curricula with many electives for juniors and seniors. A new elective course, Americanism in Literature, is taught by Miss Lucy H. Carson this autumn quarter, stressing intelligent patriotism and dedication to American ideals.
Miss Grace Ryker, a sophomore from Manhattan, has been appointed textbook librarian. The role is a key student post, overseeing issuance of all textbooks.
After a three year delay due to funding shortages, the gravel pile in front of the 1937 residence hall is being repurposed into much needed sidewalks this week.
The Dillon group lists a year of programs and meetings from October to June. Topics include Voting Intelligently Our Government Helping to Shape Legislation Considering the Price of Peace and Evaluating Government Services. The year ends with election and installation of officers.
The state board of health notes a drop in polio cases in Montana with four new cases last week. Officials say the disease is not in epidemic proportion and cold weather should reduce cases further, easing public fear.
Jack Hay of Omaha Nebraska and Jim Branaman of Richmond Virginia spent the weekend visiting Lee Hoerning.
H. M. Shevnan, a noted expert, will appear at the Figlen Hotel in Butte on October 6 and 7 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. to present the Zoetic Shield method. He claims immediate results, claiming it strengthens weakened parts and closes ruptures in about ten days without straps, medicines, or medical treatment.
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