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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
5
The St Rose guild announces a food sale set for September 14. Mr and Mrs W S Tash of Grasshopper valley were visitors in the city Sunday.
Montana ranked second in unemployment compensation paid with 2.689 million dollars in benefits and 2.955 million in collections in the first year of operation. A balance of 6.11 million was in the fund as of July 1. The column also reports visits from Mr and Mrs John Kroll, Ms Elizabeth Oliver heading to training in San Francisco, several local residents returning from trips, newborns at Barrett hospital, and community notes including Jamian Fellowship’s fall meeting at St James guild hall.
The Leaders association of the Girl Scouts will convene Friday afternoon at 2 30 at the home of Mrs Fred Kerr. All previous leaders and prospective leaders are urged to attend to organize regular Scout work starting next week if enough leaders are available.
Royal Neighbors will meet Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at the I O O F hall. Juveniles will meet at 6 30.
Attorney General H J Freebourn ruled that each political subdivision of the state may levy one half of one percent for emergency relief funds under Montana law. The levy may be made each year and at any time, the ruling states.
A brief item notes that the James Guild coed group will hold a meeting at St James. Details are sparse in the fragment.
The Beaver issue received a superior rating from the State University of Montana for all school papers in the 1939 40 year. Editor Miss Jo Ann Deputy, business manager John Wedum, and advisor Miss Faye Kirkpatrick guided the publication.
The Baptist Ladies Aid will meet at the cottage Thursday at 3 o clock for an important business session. Mrs Augusta Campbell and Mrs Mina Perkins will host. Miss Belle Long and Mrs Nellie Lanner will lead the social program.
The Ladies of the Lutheran Aid will meet Thursday at 2 30 at the ranch home of Mrs Matt Telin at Point of Rocks. Rev Thompson and Mrs Ernest Pewe are handling transportation for attendees.
The St. Rose guild will hold its season opening meeting Thursday at 3 p.m. at Mrs. J. C. Fuller’s home on East Glendale street. Co hostess is Mrs. Harold Murray and all members are urged to attend.
Ernest Armstrong was jailed in county custody after his justice court conviction in Lima for reckless driving. He received a 20 day sentence by Judge L. C. Ford and was transported to Dillon by constable Lawrence Peterson.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shaffer died Thursday afternoon at Barrett hospital. A private funeral was held at 4:30 Friday at Brundage chapel with Miss Bell Long presiding.
Albert Francis Gaskill son of Mrs Anna Gaskill Peters has been accepted by the U S Navy recruiting office for enlistment in the U S Navy according to reports reaching here.
A practice session is scheduled for Thursday at 5 PM at the Country Club traps to prep for the merchandise shoot set for Sunday in Lima.
Townsend club announces a meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'clock to be held in the courthouse.
The Just-A-Mere club schedules a Thursday meeting at 2 PM at Mrs. Oliver Kurtz’s home for its gathering.
John W. Spear aged 27 and Betty Bar gar aged 22, both of Dillon, were married on September 4 at the clerk of court’s office in a ceremony performed by Judge Louis Stahl.
A son born September 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Meeds at Barrett hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shaffer of Argenta welcomed a son at the hospital on Thursday.
We sincerely thank friends and neighbors for sympathy and kindness at the death of our beloved husband and father, the late Anton Boka. We especially appreciate floral sprays, the Moose lodge, the pallbearers, and Rev Father Lechner for their support.
A Beaverhead National Forest report shows 4,789,000 board feet of dead timber were cut free by 855 users in the year ending July 1 1940.Region one totals exceeded 43 million board feet with many acts of personal use wood removal aiding fuel supply and fire hazard reduction.
Kiwanis members met Thursday night to review the club’s financial status presented by treasurer Malcolm Stone. The session opened with group singing led by Carl Olson with Jack Gavan at the piano and included piano and dance numbers by E. C. Beck and daughters. A board of directors meeting followed.
University of Idaho and several graduates list including Miss Bert Shortt with B. S. M. A. from Columbia University Miss Rachel Smith with a B. A. from Vassar College Miss Ruth Smith with an A. B. from State Teachers College Greeley Colo M. A. from the University of Iowa.
Bridger Service club will sponsor the first Carbon county corn and seed show this December in Bridger. Open to farmers 4 H members and vocational agriculture students with entries judged by Ralph D Mercer Bozeman extension agronomist. committee includes N J Montgomery L R Mondt Howard Hodges Leonard Burns and Frank Farias.
Under the Dillon Country Club captaincy of H. M. Brundage and W. B. Hartwig male members will play an 18 hole dining tournament next Sunday to close the golf season. Pairings include Barrett versus Baker Langdorf versus Waldorf Watson versus Wheat and more with dinner at 7 o'clock and the losing team hosting.
Adjutant General John W. Mahan reported that the 41st division guard, fresh from a 21 day Washington training, would be mobilized about mid September for duty at Fort Lewis. The move follows a new Congress law authorizing presidential calls for extended guard training.
The Red Cross sewing room under Mrs. Stella Murray reopens in the training school at the head of the stairs on Sebree street side. It will be open Tuesdays and Fridays from 2 oclock throughout the winter, with additional materials available and more women urged to attend.
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station issues a bulletin titled Range Improvement Through Conservation of Flood Waters. Written by irrigation engineer C. W. Monson and animal husbandman J. R. Quesenberry, it details progress in runoff control and notes copies are available via county extension agents or by writing to the station.
The 20th annual Montana Kiwanis convention will be held in Glasgow September 19 to 21. Highlights include addresses by Dr Charles Copeland Smith and Hon David Elton and a tour of Fort Peck dam. More than 300 delegates and visitors are expected with special entertainment for wives.
Dr and Mrs Wed Romerse and family have returned from a two weeks motor trip to Battle Lake City.
A Dutch lunch will follow the Beaverhead post meeting at the Metlen Hotel Legion quarters tomorrow evening. New officers to be installed include Commander Dr F M Poindexter Vice Commander Luther Smith Executive Committeeman C A Bechler Chaplain Raymond P Jones Sergeant at Arms H L Hatton Historian Parke T Scott. The session resumes after a two month recess and many department and district officers are expected to attend.
Great Falls Montana September 10 U P Montana Democratic leaders plan a state platform convention focused on Senator Burton Wheeler as keynote speaker. Dr Harry J McGregor says the convention to be held September 14 will frame the platform to keep control of congressional and state Democratic organizations.
The main show features Montana Young Democrats and the Democratic women's organization scheduling conventions. The state central committee will pick a new chairman after A. F. Lamey’s defeat in the July primary race. Senator Wheeler and Rep. O’Connor were away but expected to attend. Wheeler won the nomination with 75,498 votes, beating Harrison J. Freebourn for attorney general and leading the party slate in a tight contest.
Mr and Mrs B A Jones of Jackson were among the Big Hole basin callers in the city Tuesday. Mrs Dan Henneberry is a patient in a Spokane hospital where she recently underwent a major operation. Miss Eileen Jackson and Miss Byrne Mikkelsen have left for Bozeman.
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