Death Summons James E Grace
James E Grace of 364 East Broadway died in a local hospital after an illness. A Wisconsin native, he lived in Butte many years and worked as a miner. Survived by two brothers and two sisters in law, William Grace of Mineral Point Wisconsin, Edward Grace and his wife of Venice California, nieces Mrs Charles Poole, Mrs Orlo R Thomas of Butte, Mrs Francis Winninghoff of Philipsburg, and nephew Charles Poole of Butte. Also numerous nephews and nieces in California Indiana and Florida. Body at Duggan's Merrill mortuary.
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James FE. Grace
East Broadway
Wisconsin
Butte
Mr. Grace
William Grace
Mineral Point
Wis
Edward Grace
Venice
Calif
Charles Poole
Orlo R. Thomas
Francis Winninghoff
Philipsburg
California
Indiana
Florida
Duggan
Merrill Mortuary
Pioneers Club Plans Initiation of Six Candidates
The Butte Pioneers Club will meet at its hall Tuesday evening at 8 o clock for initiation of six candidates for membership. The applicants are Mrs Anna Karwiese, Mrs Carrie Fox, Dollie Mae Dement Butler, Mrs Peter Merila, Mrs Winifred Rowe and Sidney Rowe. The meeting is open to members and their friends. The club’s annual memorial services will be held.
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Butte Pioneers Club
Anna Karwiese
Carrie Fox
Dollie Mae Dement Butler
Peter Merila
Winnifred Rowe
Sidney Rowe
Ages of Camp Fire Girls Range From Seven to Eighteen
The ages of Camp Fire Girls span seven to eighteen, outlining the program's reach across youth stages.
Gang Chieftain Escapes Death Near Fairfield Shootout
Dellas Wylie was shot three times at a Fairfield highway gas station but Earl Shelton escaped unharmed. Big Early Shelton and Wylie were among Sheltons linked to a Prohibition era clan blamed for a string of killings. The violence hints at lingering vendettas from 1920s bootlegging wars.
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Fairfield
Ill
U.P
Shelton
Little Earl Shelton
Dellas Wylie
Flora
Little Earl
Big Early Shelton
Here
Wylie
Big Carl Shelton
Bernie Shelton
Peoria
Lascal
Sheltons
Illinois
Rangers Probe Camp Fire Negligence Near Thompson Park
Forest service officials opened an inquiry after a reported abandoned camp fire at the foot of Roosevelt drive in Thompson Park Sunday evening began to spread before a passing motorist extinguished it. The blaze was checked by 9 pm using water from a nearby stream. Foresters urged the public to fully extinguish camp fires before leaving.
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Forest Service
Roosevelt Drive
Thompson Park
Visitors From Tacoma Visit Butte Then Head For Milwaukee
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bloeser of Tacoma Washington spent several days in Butte visiting relatives and friends before departing Monday for Milwaukee and Chicago. Bloeser, a former Butte resident, left to join World War I service as part of the famed Second contingent that left Butte in September 1917 for Camp Lewis. He had been an employee of the ACM company's bureau of safety during his Butte days.
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H. A. Bloeser
Tacoma
Wash
Milwaukee
Chicago
Bloeser
Butte
Camp Lewis
Bureau of Safety
ACM Company
Navy trims Annapolis officer training and appoinments
Washington report states the Navy will reduce training of new officers at the Naval Academy Annapolis Md and cut from five to four the number of appointments each Congress member may make to the academy.
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Washington
The
Navy
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Congress
Academy
Butte Couple Earns Master’s Degrees at WSU
A Butte couple Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Edward McCartan received master of science degrees May 28 at Washington State College in Pullman. He, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McCartan, lives at 1015 Delaware. He holds a Montana State University degree and attended Carroll College. she earned a master’s in home economics while he earned one in psychology.
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Butte
Arthur Edward McCartan
Washington State College
Pullman
McCartan
Patrick McCartan
Delaware
Boys Central High School
Montana State University
Missoula
Carroll College
Helena
Increase Is Noted in Postal Receipts Butte May totals rise
Butte post office reported May total business of 43414.71, up from 40906.94 in 1949. May was the second highest for 1950, surpassed only by April's 43815.49. Postmaster Joseph E. Parker said the figures indicate a healthy local economy.
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Butte
Joseph E. Parker
Parker
Butte Briefs Fire, births and visits fill Murray area
Sunday and Monday events include births at St. James and Murray hospital, a coal of fires on East Aluminum and Utah streets, and a series of cordial visits by residents from Missoula Dillon and Polson. Notables include the Tobin athletic coach and a Navy Academy graduate.
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Butte Fire Department
East Aluminum
Utah
Mauna Loa Eruption Sends Lava Rivers To Sea
Mauna Loa erupting for the fifth day sends multiple lava rivers pouring into the sea near Kona. A third stream bursts from the summit and speeds toward the shore, with authorities briefing ranch residents to prepare evacuations if needed. Police report lava entering the ocean near Kealakekau as an additional flow veers toward the sea.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Kahuku Ranch
Kona
Kealakekau
Ernest Morton
Timberline
Wisconsin Man Dies by Poison in Miles City Hotel
Wisconsin man A. Kammholz, about 30, died Sunday morning after ingesting between eight and ten ounces of potassium cyanide in a Miles City hotel room. Coroner Ralph Bray, Sr. said no inquest will be held. a jar of cyanide had been bought locally. A claim check to Fargo and $9 were found on the body. motive unclear. The body will be sent to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where relatives live.
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Miles City
A. Kammholz
Ralph Bray
Kamholz
Fond du Lac
Wis
Custer County
Bray
Kammholz
Kammbholz
Fargo
N. D
Flyer Qualifies on Aircraft Carrier
Thomas R. Weir son of Mr and Mrs Irma Larson RFC No 1 Whitehall recently qualified for landings and takeoffs in aircraft carrier operations aboard the USS Cabot cruising in the Gulf of Mexico He is a naval aviation cadet Entering the Navy as an enlisted man in 1945 Weir reported to Pensacola Fla the Annapolis of the Air and since has completed a stringent schedule in military academic physical and flight training He will take advanced training at Corpus Christi Texas then is scheduled to receive his Navy wings of gold.
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Thomas R. Weir
Irma Larson
Rfc No. 1
Whitehall
Cabot
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Weir
Pensacola
Fla
Annapolis
Corpus Christi
Texas
First American fair said to have been held in Richmond 1742
A claim from a historical note places Richmond Virginia as the site of the first American fair in 1742. The assertion highlights Richmond as an early center for regional trade and public gatherings.
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Richmond
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James E. Grace
Usher
Jos. Garneau Co., Inc
Pioneers Club
Firestone Bikes
Birestone
Galena
Wyoming
Montara
Deeler
Great Falls
Elmer M. Lofstrom
Church of the Incarnation
Epis
Century Club
Se Ratte
National Distillers Products Corp
Murray Hospital
John H. Colvin
Edwards
St. James Hospital
Thomas Tobin
Colorado
Tobin
Montana School of Mines
Maurice Barry
Silver Bow County
Gregson
Butte-Anaconda
Stanley Richards
Hiawatha Council No. 4
Degree of Pocahontas
IOOF
Dolly Waters
Mayme Foote
Ruby Gerald
Mortimer Jules Richardson
Riverside
United States Naval Academy
George W. Richardson
West Porphyry
Ronald Lee Hills
Nora Kallas
John S. Cote
Esther M. Sullivan
Boys Central Mothers Club
Edward Courtney
James R. Rogers
City
Bozeman
Twin Bridges
Millie Lyon
Deer Lodge
R. E. Lambert
Grand
Montana Points
Leo T. Haeg
William M. Norton, Jr
Wise River
John C. Kenney
Billings
Divide
E. E. Dupuis
M. K. O’brien
Alder
S. J. Davis
Warm Springs
Leggat Hotel
W. H. Peterson
A. E. Williamson
Polson
L. A. Lyman of
Dillon
Gilbert A. Scriven
W. L. Murphy
Finlen
Mr. Murphy
Sheridan
Wesley Elser
Robert and
Alyce Hutchins
Acoma Hotel
Thomas L. Walker
Electric City
A. J. Guenther
Olivia Ann
Oakland
Sons and Daughters of the
Montana Pioneers
West
YMCA
McCarroll
Beauty
USNS
Gales
Flyer
Hennessy's Mail Order Dept
Butte, Montana
Mars
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