Wisdom Community News Highlights Local Gatherings
Wisdom residents feature in club events and visits as the community hosts dinners pinochle parties and meetings. Notables include Mrs Mae Peterson visiting relatives in Fishtrap and Anaconda, plus the Junior Women's Club opening 1938 39 with guests Montana Federation leaders and regional officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Women’s Club of Wisdom
Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs
Mary Mussigbrod
Ted Woodward
Eric Maybee
Lester Robbins
Marion Hurley
Roy Baker
Roberta Roberts
Lillian White
Evelyn Stewart
Warren Lowery
Harold Nelson
Tom Clemon
Peter Rasmussen
Argyl Stephens
Lawrence Schoutlz
Hubert Sneed
DELL Residents Gather For Community Week in Dillon
In Dillon area news, Mr and Mrs C F Peter son and others from Dell attended events this week. A head on collision occurred in front of the Joe Birrer residence with Bill Fleming and a Dillon Furniture employee driving, both cars badly damaged. Families visited relatives in Dell Snowline and at the Earl Cantrell home, including Mrs Ettie Holderman and the Mabel White of Salmon visiting George McClain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Dell
C. F. Peterson
Oscar Gravely
Floyd Kenison
Joe Dowling
Nell McKnight
Steve Taylor
Asa Mecham
Clifford Birrer
Leslie McNinch
Floyd Poe
Joe Birrer
Earl Cantrell
Ettie Holderman
Tom Cantrell
Mabel White
Salmon
George McClain
Bill Fleming
Dillon Furniture Store
F. E. Poe
R. L. Poe
Snowline
Montana youth wins Major Bowes hour prize
Osborne Back a 21 year old from Corvallis Montana rode 7200 miles on a motorcycle to win the Major Bowes hour amateur radio contest. He appeared on the September 29 broadcast as a yodeler and singer and was named the winner among 25 contestants from Ohio. He plans to attend college and work at his guinea pig business on returning home to Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne Back
Montana
Akron
Ohio
Young Buck
Geological basis for oil and gas in Beaverhead County
The article surveys Beaverhead County's geologic history from Paleozoic to Mesozoic, noting anticlines that trap marine fossils and organic deposits. It argues crude oil and natural gas formed from marine life and later vegetation, and predicts oil and gas potential in western Montana, including Beaverhead County, with areas near Jackson and Shelby showing similar formations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Beaverhead County
North American
Dillon
Lima
Armstead
Medicine Lodge
Monida
Snow Crest
Montana
Sheaverhead County
Idaho-Montana State Line
Bitterroot Mountains
Jackson
Fallon County
Montana- North Dakota
Shelby
Local families visit Dillon and Melrose
Mr and Mrs Edward Gransberry and family of Dillon and Mr and Mrs Isaac Dodgson of Melrose were guests at Fay Gransberry home Sunday. Mrs Julius Hartwig and son Carl and William visited in Dillon Tuesday. Miss LaPreal Van Dyke of Utah accompanied them home and will visit a few days. We have had rainy fall weather and crops are mostly in except potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Maybee
Belva
Billy
Frank Pendleton
Don Cressler
Lucy Lawrence
Jack Miller
Warren Shaw
Warren Hughes
Ted Woodward
Harold Capehart
Wallace Francis
Clark Huntley
Ralph Huntley
J. Russell
Butte
Don Anson
Asa Willey
Dillon
Elaine
June Willey
Florence Rice
Big Hole
Lawrence Schoultz
Lillian White
Wisdom
George Monroe
Malta
Bowen
Amelia Murray
Reese Armitage
Bremerton
Wash
Lager
Edward Gransberry
Isaac Dodgson
Melrose
Fay Gransberry
Julius Hartwig
Carl
William
LaPreal van Dyke
Utah
Darrel Weaver
Ralph Harrison
Gerald i
Frank Marchesseau
Delia
George Harrison
Betty Harrison
E. P. Marchesseau
Rose Marie
Norman Nelson
Nelson Ranch
Frank Judge
E. BE. Hazel
Elkhorn Springs Lodge
Leon Beese
R. D. Marchesseau
Berry
Will Welbourne, Jr
Theft of Horse Brings Two Year Sentence
Robert Nash pleaded guilty in district court to stealing a horse and was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary by Judge Henry G. Rodgers. Nash had been returned from Tooele Utah by undersheriff John Troupe. The horse was alleged to have belonged to Andy Forsyth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Nash
Tooele
Utah
John Troupe
State Penitentiary
Henry G. Rodgers
Dillon to Entertain 1940 PTA Conclave
Dillon will host the 1940 district meeting of the Montana Congress of Parents and Teachers after action by the biannual convention in Bozeman. Local delegates included Mrs. Holloran Mrs. Curry Mrs. Tyre Mrs. Vanairsdale and Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Miller Smith of Helena was elected district two secretary. resolutions supported liquor referendum 40 opposition, endorsed highway debenture bonds 41, opposed a national lottery, and backed permanent federal aid to schools.
Grandchildren pallbearers at Dillon area funeral service
A Barrett hospital service on Wednesday morning preceded a Friday afternoon Brundage chapel ceremony conducted with Rev J A Meeker reading the benediction. Six of the deceased's eighteen grandchildren served as pallbearers: Richard and Ernest Nelson, Harold Contway, George Ashworth, William Hunter, and William Retalack, all listed from Dillon and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett Hospital
Social notes from Polaris and Dillon visits and activities
Mrs. E A Marchesseau and daughter O W Field visited Dillon for several days at the J J Brown home. Mrs Brown hosted a birthday gathering for Mrs Marchesseau. Local residents attended shows at Hartwig theatre and Bannack. Various family movements, schooling, and farming tasks are noted along with piano lessons in Polaris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Marchesseau
O. W. Field
Dillon
J. J. Brown
Brown
Marchesseau
J. D. Harrison
Allan
Helen Judge
Hartwig Theatre
Earl Tash
Mary Ruth Kelly
Betty Harrison
Bob Harrison
Clark Mills
Bannack
Grassfat cattle head for Armstead shipment this week
About 700 head of grass fattened cows and steers are starting for Armstead this week from Grasshopper valley. Cattle were bought by Brian O’Connell of Helena for Hormel Packing. steers bought by James Dodd of Dillon for Holly Sugar Landshare of Denver. Count reflects four years of Holly Sugar purchases from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstead
Grasshopper Valley
Brian O'Connell
Helena
Hormel Packing Company
George Harrison
Walter Paddock
Pahnish Livestock Company
Nay Bros
James Dodd
Dillon
Holly Sugar Landshare
Denver
Colo
W. S. Tash
Holly Sugar Company
Local Socials and Ranch Life Highlight Jackson News
Mrs S Jo Johnson and her son Harvey returned Thursday from a two week visit with her daughter in San Diego California. The Big Hole community saw numerous visits events and a farewell for Bill Harray at the Highland ranch. Cattlemen enjoyed top market prices as Elkhorn district herds returned in fine shape from grazing meadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
San Diego
Calif
James Johnson
Harry ‘Lapham
Phil. Murphy
Fred Nelson
Nelson and Son Ranch
John Dukart
Dillon
Barrett Hospital
Miss May Sprinkle
Alfred Peterson
Miss Sprinkle
Fred Hirschy
John Johnson
John Wharton
Bowen
Francis Shaw
Jack
Benny Johnson
Butte
Bill Harray
Highland Ranch
Jackson
Tom and
Mark Clemon
Wendell Jardine
Lucy Jardine
John Meyers
Harray
Big Hole
Ernest Goulay
California
Allen Danzie
Martin Jackson Ranch
Phil Murphy
Charlie Wenger
Tom Clemow
Logan
Utah
Elkhorn Mountain Meadows
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Mary
Cottrell
Ben van Hapten
Old Pioneer District
Montana-Idaho Line
Jack Anderson
Jim Paddock
Fishtrap
Fritz Waldhly
Jimmy Dodar
Henry Hendrickson
Poker Club
Ray Bowers
Hamilton
Harry Helming
Clarence Helming
Roy Oliver
Dell Lloyd
Marshall Ramsey
Eddie Gates
Bowers
William Harray
Hans Jorgenson
George Helming
Jesse Tope
Hans Lausen
Low
Lucetta Jardine
Earl Willey
Dan Pendergast
Lois Crighton
Amieta Murray
Dell Bacon
Fred Else
Margaret
George Else
Ernest Davis
Corvallis
Nettie Lawrence
George C. Sweeney
Herb Armitage
W. Davis
Hopkins
Heinie
Melba Francis
Dorothy Hurley
Miles Ramsey
George Cottrell
Leo Walsh
William Murray
Ladies Aid
Will
Walter White
Major Bowes
Ray E. Colton
Nash
Andy Forsyth
Polaris
Marie Nelson
Bozeman
Elizabeth Luebben
Mary Molleur
Tirzah Temple
Daughters of the Nile
Glassey’s Repair Shop
Ed Glassey
Chevrolet
Delco Service
Acetylene
Wisdom Barber Shop
Donald Cressler
Wincharger Corporation
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