Purebred Hereford Bull Show Planned by Stockmen
A Dillon committee plans a Hereford purebred bull show on Sunday Oct 29 at the county stock pavilion to precede the annual sale. Bulls will be judged in three classes with a grand champion, prizes likely posted for winners, and 75 animals consigned from 25 breeders for the Oct 30 sale, led by auctioneer Colonel Fred Reppert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Fred Reppert
Tom Clemon
Frank Pendleton
A. ©. Bayers
George Harrison
Bernard Williams
Former Dillon Residents Visit Principal Flock Training Ties
Mrs. K D Flock a former Dillon resident visited the Norman Henry home. Mr Flock formerly assistant supervisor of the Beaverhead National Forest arrived from Ogden Utah after a training course. After a year of study in Washington DC he will be stationed at Missoula with the regional forestry headquarters in personnel training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. D. Flock
Dillon
Norman Henry
Flock
Beaverhead National Forest
Ogden
Utah
Washington, D. C
Missoula
University Women Plan Busy Year In Dillon
A well attended Dillon American Association of University Women meeting set the coming year’s plans. Miss Evelyn Rimel announced new committee chairs for library needs, fellowships, scholarships, and money making plans. Reports included Miss Forester on a national AAUW meeting and Miss Buss on the Five Point Library Plan. the group chose "Modern Fiction and Biography" as a study topic. A high school girls’ quintet conducted a brief musical segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon American Association of University Women
S. B. Davis
Evelyn Rimel
Dillon
Florence Davis
Genevieve Albertson
Montana
W. J. Bierrum
Ernest Luebben
Arnold Clair
Gladys Forester
Denver
Loretta Buss
I. W. Winsel
Beavers Lose to Pocatello in Idaho Clash
Beavers football team, coached by D L Johnson, returned from a Friday game in Pocatello where they lost 32 to 0. Pocatello, touted as one of the heaviest high school units, scored mostly through the air. Dillon, Montana state champions with 19 straight wins, was in town. Practice begins Monday for a game with St Peters in Anaconda later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Johnson
Beaver
Pocatello
Idaho
Beavers
Pocatello Mooses
Dillon
Montana
St. Peters
Anaconda
Active Year At Golf Club Ends Sunday
The Dillon Country Club concluded its season with a two-ball mixed four some event won by Sam Wilkinson and Mrs. B. W. Emerick who posted a 45 nine hole score. Leonard Schulz and Mrs. D. L. Johnson finished second with 46, Albert Baker and Mrs. Elsie Cornell third with 47. A luncheon followed and May 9 marked the start of several tournaments this season under the sports committees led by Mrs. Elsie Cornell and Leonard Schulz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Wilkinson
B. W. Emerick
Dillon Country Club
Leonard Schulz
D. L. Johnson
Albert Baker
Elsie Cornell
College enrollment to mirror 1938 figures
Registration figures from the State Normal college business office show enrollment nearly steady with 13 fewer students than last year after the Tuesday close of registration days. Regular classes resume Wednesday following placement exams. President Sheldon E. Davis addressed the convocation with speakers Paul Anderson and Anna C. Moser outlining the college course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal College Business Office
Sheldon E. Davis
Paul Anderson
Anna C. Moser
Beav erhead County High School Glee Club Members Listed
Personnel of Beaverhead county high school mixed chorus girls glee club and boys glee club announced. Twenty five students listed under Miss Mary Castles include Alice Davis LaVeet Crossley LaBeeta Crossley Elinor Johnson June Johnson Irma Jackson Loret ta McDowell Grace Knox Iris Gilman Patricia Smyth Alice Stau denmeyer Donna Trolinger Loma Steele Giovannina Cardinale Golda Talent Ray Conger Guy Combes George Bowring Alan Tait Rodney Smith Edward Swetch David Curry Gordon Hocking Bruce Kitts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Combes
George Bowring
Alan Tait
Rodney Smith
Edward Swetch
David Curry
Gordon Hocking
Bruce Kitts
ForgerY Draws Ten Year Sentence In District Court
Robert Nance age 39 pleaded guilty to a forgery charge in district court Tuesday and was sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary by Judge Henry G. Rodgers. The heavy penalty reflected prior convictions and an earlier September arrest when officers say he attempted to cash a forged Tony Boka signature check at a Beav erhead valley rancher establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Nance
Henry G. Rodgers
Nance
Tony Boka
Beaverhead
Valley Rancher
August Freight Rolls Upward at Dillon Facility
Union Pacific freight agent B L Chism reports a sharp rise in Dillon carloadings for August, with 220 tons handled versus 100 previous year, marking the busiest August on record. Inbound traffic included coal and lumber, while outbound shipments featured ore and livestock. wool shipments led in July, and plans exist to move 100 carloads of lambs and cattle by early October, with many loads to Armstead for Idaho lambs and Big Hole cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Chism
Union Pacific
Dillon
Chism
Idaho
Big Hole Basin
Armstead
Beaverhead
Ferry-Morris Company
Detroit
Mich
Roger Brothers
Montana Street
Rattlesnake Reported On Thomsen Avenue
Burr Erwin of Dillon spotted a large rattlesnake on Thomsen Avenue near the Daub residence. Paul Daub dispatched the serpent with a rake after being summoned, noting eight buttons on the reptile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomsen Avenue
Burr Erwin
Dillon
Daub
Paul Daub
Tourists Involved In Auto Accident Near Monida
A car driven by Ed Carruthers of Russellville Arkansas and with August Caster of Joplin Missouri as a passenger plunged from the highway near Monida after sideswiping a car driven by William Parrish of Lakeview. Parrish's car was not badly damaged while the Carruthers vehicle was nearly total loss. Carruthers and Caster received only slight injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Carruthers
Russellville
Ark
August Caster
Joplin
Monida
William Parrish
Lakeview
Parrish
Carruthers
Caster
Colleges Call Graduates of Local School
Beav erhead county high school reports 24 graduates pursuing further study. Eighteen enrolled in higher education and six in postgraduate work. The 19385 class mostly remains in state, with six from Dillon’s Montana State Normal College and credits sent to Montana State University Missoula and Montana State College Bozeman. Post graduates include Roy Ames and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Montana State Normal College
State University
Missoula
State College
Bozeman
Normal College
James Albertson
John Carr
Norma Jones
Howard Morse
John Orr
Helen Shaffner
Charles Burgess
Jo Anne Fuller
William Tower
Lloyd Whipple
Kathleen Buck
John Hartwig
Dorothy Irwin
Kinman Business University
Spokane
Evelyn Nissen
Eleanore Thompson
University of Idaho, Southern Branch
Pocatello
Glenn Pyeatt
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Roy Ames
LaRue Cantrell
June Patrick
Lois Rider
Marion Rider
William Tait
Beaverhead Forest Fires Level Off for Season
The Beaverhead National Forest reports 34 fires so far this season with no new blazes in 12 days. The last fire, Horse Prairie, was controlled by CCC youths from Birch Creek camp. Weather and lack of lightning reduced daily blazes. 13 fires were man caused and 21 from lightning, a high man made fire percentage for several years.
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Beaverhead
National Forest
Dillon
Horse Prairie
CCC
Birch Creek
Beaverhead Forest
Mrs George Melton Returns From Victor Visit
Mrs George Melton came back Tuesday evening from Victor after visiting her son Monte and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Melton
Victor
Monte
Willful men Washington like thunder heads gather
A historic March of Time meditation on U S neutrality and the looming clash over arms embargo policy in 1939. Debates pivot between isolationist Borah and administration advocates, with Lindbergh urging stay out and a spectrum of figures crossing party lines.
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Borah
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
U. S
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
France
Britain
Dillon Youth Home from Europe Returns
Harry Colfer, a Dillon youth who was in Europe at the outbreak of war, arrived home Thursday after six weeks in Philadelphia and a speedy 11 day crossing on the American freighter Black Heron. He visited relatives of Father F. X. Lechner in Dillon and friends in Dusseldorf and plans to re enroll at the State University of Montana Missoula this fall where he was an honor student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Europe
Harry Colfer
Young Colfer
Philadelphia
Germany
F. X. Lechner
Dusseldorf
Poland
Rotterdam
Harry
The
State University At
Missoula
Beaverhead Stock Judging Team to Enter National Meet
Beaverhead County High School senior livestock judging team will travel to Kansas City to represent Montana in national contests tied to the Royal Livestock show. Members John Hartwig LaRue Cantrell and Dennis Smith will be escorted by D L Johnson and A W Johnson with D L McDonald. The team won top honors at Bozeman last April beating 50 state teams with Dillon scoring 2653 points Billings 2598 Miles City 2597 Deer Lodge 2570.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Montana
John Hartwig
LaRue Cantrell
Dennis Smith
Vocational Agricultural Department
D. L. Johnson
A. W. Johnson
Bozeman
D. L. McDonald
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Billings
Miles City
Deer Lodge
Rotary District II Dillon Meeting Highlights Speech and Music
Dillon Rotarians heard a district governor Payne Templeton of Helena discuss Rotary internationalism and the war, stressing internal justice and peace. K D Flock spoke on his Washington study and southern livestock methods, followed by performances by a county high school girls quintet directed by Mary Castles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Montana
Whitefish
Kalispell
Glacier Park
Canada
Templeton
United States
Flock
Washington, D. C
Deep South
June Johnson
Eleanor Johnson
Grace Knox
Irma Jackson
Alice Davis
H. M. Brundage
DAR CHAPTER NAMES 1930-40 COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
Mrs. W. B. Willey announces Beaverhead chapter D A R committee chairs for 1930-40 including American music American Indians advancement of American music and approved schools. Other officers named are vice regent secretary pro tem treasurer registrar historian and librarian. Meeting resumes October 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Willey
Beaverhead
Daughters of the American Revolution
D. L. Johnson
Johnson
Advancement of American Music
J. F. Woodside
Jessie Duboc
Woodside
L. A. Thompson
D. Av’r. Mbrary
EB. L. Poindexter
D. A. R. Manual For Citizenship
Thompson
D. A. R. Museum
Miss Duboc
G. D. Combes
Ellis Island
T. E. Luebben
Filing and Lending Bureau
E. L. Poindexter
Poindexter
Good Citizenship
Pilgrims Club
Jean Bishop
Duboc
Carolyn White
National Defense
National Historical Magazine
Rodgers
T. F. McFadden
Red Cross Cooperation
Willey
H. G. Rodgers
O. A. ‘Bergeson
Bergeson
Better Homes Club and Merry Mixers Meet at Mrs W Home
The Better Homes club and the Merry Mixers met on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. Details of activities or outcomes are not provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Homes Club
Merry _ ‘Mixers
Wool top price paid for Madison area clips reaches 35 cents
Encouraging wool news reports 80 000 pounds from A R Smith and Sidney Smith clips sold for 35 cents f o b Boston. Sam Ditty of Dillon on behalf of Munro Kincaid Edgehill paid the price, the highest locally since 1937, with earlier summer top at 24 cents and averages around 22 to 23 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
A. R. Smith
Sidney Smith
Sam Ditty
Dillon Commission
Munro,Kincaid and Edgehill
Schulz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beef Trust
Wilkinson-Emerick
Beaverhead High
of Higher Learning
Washington
U.S
Congress
Beaverhead County High School
Royal Livestock
Rotary II
Payne Templeton
Madison
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