We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Daisy and Violet Hilton first performed in England while children. Later they came to the U.S. to perform in vaudeville and even appeared in a couple of movies. They did a tour of the Midwest in 1940, appearing on August 6 at the Orpheum Theatre in Chinook.
Reporter's note: "I know this will sound like an odd question, but..." opened a letter from Stephen Stratton of Astoria, New York. The letter was emailed in early March to the Blaine County librarians in Chinook. After studying the letter a bit, the librarians handed it off to me suggesting, "This might be something that would interest you." It had to do with an event that might have occurred in the summer of 1940 in Chinook.
Not necessarily by my own choosing it seems my interest in local history has given me a reputation for chasing down answers for those "this might sound odd" kinds of ques...
