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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1933
Page
3
Amid a tight Illinois repeal race, prohibitionists and repealists rush last minute appeals to churches, press, and streets. Each side warns against overconfidence and links Illinois vote to Indiana’s Tuesday outcome. Clergy and speakers press for heavy turnout despite uncertainty.
Thompson Falls Red and Gun club sponsors a pest eradication contest in school district No 2. Targets include great horned owl goshawk groundhog Magpie crow Columbian squirrel and pocket gopher. First prize is a repeating target rifle with two additional prizes being single shot rifles. The eradication committee overseeing prizes comprises O K Goodwin F E Brown and Ed Fitzgerald.
The late William H Harrington and William D Ritz have funeral services planned this Monday afternoon. Edwin B Scott aged 69 died yesterday at 1041 South Wyoming Street and his viewing is at the Merrill mortuary. Mordecai Freeborn aged 76 died yesterday at his son’s Boulder residence with arrangements pending.
Merrill Mortuaries Gateway Branch lists Pat R Gagner as Receiver with a contact phone and address at 213 N Montana St. The fragment indicates an official appointment or notice involving the mortuary business and a receiver.
Funeral services for J. H. Burks age 67 were held at the Corvallis Methodist church with Rev C J Tabor officiating. A quartet sang Beautiful Isle and We Are Going Down the Valley as mourners filled the church. Survivors include one son three daughters two brothers and one sister and four grandchildren. Sister Mrs R B Hadix Stevensville and brother William Burks Missoula named as survivors.
Dr and Mrs G A Gordon depart for a multi city trip visiting Detroit Chicago and Thamesford Ontario They will see their son Dr Donald Gordon at Ford hospital and the Century of Progress exposition Miss Patricia Ellis joins to visit relatives in Minneapolis Chicago Osage and Chicago area as a graduation gift joining Hamilton families for the trip leaving Monday by auto
Mr and Mrs Leo Walsh visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Ray Bowers last Sunday. Ethel Anderson left to join University of Idaho Moscow graduation exercises in domestic science. Ogelvie and Donahue will not return to Jackson school this year. Ogelvie to a Great Falls high school while Donahue has unknown plans. Lapham Shephard and Peterson families drove to Dillon to see sons graduate high school. Mrs Harry Davis and family returned from Missoula after schooling there. Helen Anderson Anna Lee Shepherd Junior Woody and Helen Scheumaker won prizes for most books read in grades eight seven six and five. Helen Anderson and Junior Holleran completed eighth grade and earned diplomas.
Corvallis hosts include Mr. and Mrs. John Gregory of Anaconda and nephew Alfred Holt of New York City visiting Mr. and Mrs. James Moore. The Hart family departs for Monida to manage a local ranch. Lasater family and Whitesitts visit Missoula relatives for illness. High school teacher Vera Phelps from Sidney visits the Fierces.
Mrs Clarence Helming visited her Deer Lodge valley relatives for three days. Mrs Herb Armitage hosted a friend gathering with Mrs H L Capehart winning first prize and Mrs Don Francis the consolation. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs Marshall Ramsey’s home. Mrs Louis Givogre sought dental treatment in Butte. Rhododendron trees 20 feet tall reportedly found in the Himalayas.
Hamilton crews shoveled ten inches of snow to clear the Big Hole road allowing the first car of the 1933 season to pass. Fred Bernatz notes the road remains snowfilled two and a half miles past the arch but should melt to passable in days. Forest service tractors widened the path from the bottom to the snowline as Darby to the foot of the mountain stays in good condition. The tripters were Bernatz Frank Rouse C J Carlstrom John Affleck and Gordon Laridon.
Mrs. William Pendergast hosted a Wednesday contract bridge event for Mrs. John W. Mountjoy Mrs. Howard A. Griffin and Mrs. J. A. Riedel. Irvin N. Tuttle and Miss Alice Dawson visited friends in Whitehall Tuesday while Earl Watts and family traveled to Helena for a weekend visit. Rev. A. J. Harrington of Whitehall and Jack Payne of the Windsor hotel were seen in Boulder midweek.
Fifty four members of the Montana School of Mines Alumni Association gathered for an annual reunion at the Silver Bow club banquet room. President Prof E A Adams led talks and reminiscences as attendees shared experiences from mining in the United States and South America, with notes on faculty and graduates now employed abroad.
Mining district unit of the American Legion auxiliary will convene in Butte next Saturday with a 10 30 a m business session at the Y M C A. Lunch at First Baptist church requires reservations by Wednesday via Mrs Joe Shugert. Officers and delegates to the state convention in Great Falls August will be elected. Banquet at Silver Bow club and a Legion hall dance close the day. Music contest features include Mrs W B Kearns and Mrs A Ross.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for George Clark at the family residence 801 Hornet Street with Rev. A. B. Bristow officiating. The home was crowded with friends as Miss Elsie Daniels provided music. Interment followed in Mount Moriah cemetery. A baby was born in a Glasgow street car recently.
Registration opens Thursday at the Finlen hotel with tours and golf as entertainment. Dinners at the Finlen and Meaderville, a ladies tea, a dance, and a morning parade follow. International President Charles F. Hatton arrives from Wichita to present a charter at Silver Bow club. Governor’s ball, treasure hunt, and grand banquet cap the events with toastmaster George Hoyt and a main address by the international president. Baby girl born to Clarence and Mrs. McCauley yesterday at Murray hospital. Kilby prison shirt factory in Montgomery turns out 3,500 dozen shirts weekly.
Jack O'Neil alias C E Wilson arrested early yesterday morning charged with passing a fraudulent check. He claimed to be from Pocatello Idaho and allegedly tried to pass a 76 50 dollar check at the Crown bar on East Park Street. He will be turned over to county authorities today.
June 4 Twin Bridges society column lists Mrs E E Seyler and Mrs Wilbur McCourt visiting Bozeman to see McCourt’s brother F R Marshall. Funeral attendance for John H Dawes in Bozeman involves M J Lott and Clifford Dawes from Booth Harbor Maine. Doris Seyler and Earl head to PeEll Washington, and multiple dinner guests gather at Burdick and Carstensen homes with local residents attending a party honoring Ethel Moser.
Edwin B. Scott 69 native of Burlington Wisconsin died after a long illness at 1041 South Wyoming Street Butte He was among the last old time cab drivers later ran a motor cab Contemporary of Fat Jack He belonged to the Butte Pioneers Club Survived by two daughters Florence and Alta Scott a brother and relatives in Wisconsin Body at Merrill Mortuary pending funeral arrangements
Thompson Falls May 4 Special Commencement exercises were held Friday evening in the high school gymnasium. Twenty four graduates received diplomas including Adelbert Alvord Ray Austin Everett Barrett Elizabeth Bemis Andrew Boyack Milton Brown Elmer Carroll James Clark Alvin Cobeen Noreen Dishman Marie Eplin Isabel Florin Wylie Garard Berlin Luke Bert Macho Catherine McKeel Clara Milleson Donald Saint Vera Send Arthur Turk Katheryn Ward Alva Weber Robert Williams Keneshi Yoshihara The program included processional high school orchestra invocation by Rev Nellie Phillips salutatory by Catharen McKeel valedictory by Andrew Boyack and a commencement address by Dean Robert F E Line of the University of Montana.
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