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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1934
Page
4
Ballots were delivered Tuesday to Albert Baker, clerk and recorder, with Moody Thersmere assisting. Eighty absent voter ballots have been mailed and over 100 more applications await return. Baker expects the lengthy absent vote process to continue as applications arrive.
Mr and Mrs Charles Moguist welcomed a son born last Sunday at their city home. Mr and Mrs Clyde Smith celebrated a birth at Mrs Lorin Davis's home on Monday. Mr and Mrs Ben Dallas of Dell became parents to a son last Thursday arriving at Barrett hospital.
Local residents and visitors are listed in a sprawling digest with names such as Frank Rife Alex Peyre Jack Lasich Ralph Streb Edwin Whitworth and Abe Foster. Reports include travel to Fresno Chicago Rochester and Jacksonville plus a marriage license issued to Abe Foster and Ethel Brady.
Stella Bakke Elsay Bakke and John S Bakke sue Farmers Union Trading Co and L Martinell in separate actions filed Tuesday in Butte district court over a July 24 motor vehicle crash on the Butte Dillon highway. Bakke seeks 3101,000 Bakke 35,000 and 30,000 respectively plus costs. The suits allege negligence by Martinsell driver for the trading company during the wreck.
The auxiliary pledges to supply 100 jars of jelly or jam to needy families this winter and holiday season. Members who miss committee visits should leave jars at Mrs. Hovren's before November 1, per the president.
Leslie Smith and his father John John T. Smith are believed to be the first Dillon hunters to return with deer this season. They bagged a four point and a two point buck Monday in the Bloody Dick section.
Notes from the town page record a Ladies Aid gathering in church parlors at 5 o clock Thursday hosted by Mrs. Ned Saunders Mrs. Lorain Spencer and Mrs. Dan Giudici. Read adjoining updates on local residents and events across the region.
The Beavers host Anaconda next Saturday afternoon in a anticipated matchup. Jane and others are urged to turn out and support the home team.
An executive committee chaired by J. E. Kelly R. E. Albright and Dr. F. M. Lexter forms subcommittees on consultation loans and publicity with members including C. J. Hovren J. C. Wedum L. Burles H. L. McCaleb and others. Future notices will share more details on the program.
Vance and Mangus are in custody again after a night. A woman accompanying them was released. Mangus faced no immediate charges. Vance will not return to Dillon and will be taken to Powell Wyoming to face charges of kidnapping a sheriff and two deputies after a robbery two months ago.
Dillon chapter of Future Farmers sponsors an all weights boxing card on November 8 at the high school gym. Participants must sign up by October 27 with Wallis Banning or James Freeman. Eligible boxers must be 20 or younger unless paired with a partner aged 20 or over and approved by the boxing committee. Geld medals will be awarded in each weight class and a large silver trophy will go to the best all-round pugilist. Awards have been secured and will be displayed downtown once obtained.
We extend sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy after the death of our loved father and brother. Thanks to the minister choir pallbearers and those sending floral offerings. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weber Mr. Ben Gilbert Billy and Donald Weber
Treasury of notes covers a Tuesday meeting led by Mrs Jeppson with attendance about sixty. Officers named include R D Curry as president and H Warner as vice president. The text outlines Housing program goals, Education Week dates, and bid procedures for a Montana state highway project with details on bonding, subcontractor rules, and plan examination.
Mr and Mrs J N McKown traveled to Dillon and Bozeman to visit Mr and Mrs Edmund Burke and their infant son with Mrs Sylvester Hirschman accompanying to Dillon. Social visits include a Dell Saturday dance with Mr and Mrs Harry Jeppe, Mr and Mrs Hollis Harrison, and George Montgomery. A birthday dinner hosted by Mrs Frank Marchesseau honored her mother Mrs Elizabeth Marchesseau with guests Mrs Mary Sheppard, Mr and Mrs John Judge, Andy Pyle, and S Tash. J E Shaw funeral attended at Wisdom Friday. E E Hazel and Charles LaPorte from Anaconda visited the Hazel lodge at Elkhorn Springs. Joe Booth returned from Dillon Sunday with dental work. Andy Pyle and daughters visited the Pahnish and Pyle brothers ranch Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Nora H Knoll and Elmer Hayswert returned from Dillon for the weekend.
Bids for Montana State Highway Commission project NRS 285 B to grade surface and build drainage on the Divide Wisdom Road Beaverhead County are due by 9 30 A M Oct 25 1934 in Helena. Contracts require subletting rules domestic materials and a minimum wage of 60 cents per hour for unskilled labor and 75 cents per hour for lowest skilled classifications.
Multiple notices warn creditors to file claims against the estates of David E. Stephens and Bessie B. Wall in Beaverhead County Montana. The Stephens notice appoints Henry Rodgers as executor and sets a four month claim period from first publication. The Wall notice, by executrix, requires claims within ten months at J E Kelly law offices in Dillon. Also included is a 1984 Montana district court summons for Margaret B. and James E. Matthew, with dissolution of marriage sought on wilful desertion grounds.
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