Angle from this Corner City Business Is the Taxpayers Business
A letter to the Big Timber City Council reflects on city progress including reactivating a sealed ceramic water line increasing daily treated water to 950 000 gallons and lowering electric pumping costs. The piece also notes a gas heat conversion at the pump house and extended life for a land filled garbage pit approved by the State Board of Health. It critiques the summer recreation program citing cost and limited measurable gains while praising pool tennis and softball as community benefits. Continued on page eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Schump
State Board of Health
Dirkson
Maggi Buttrell
Timber
Corps To Train At Dot-S-Dot Ranch
About 45 Peace Corps trainees from across the United States will arrive July 3 at Dot-S-Dot Ranch in Melville for eight weeks of training led by Montana State University staff. The program, entering its eighth year, focuses on agriculture and rural electrification in Ecuador with Spanish language and technical instruction, before two years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville
Montana State University
United States
Ecuador
Peace Corps
Bozeman
Robert G. Dunbar
Center For Intercultural Programs
Clean-Up Day Topic Of CIC Meeting
The Community Improvement Committee discussed the April 27 Clean-Up Day and gathered reports on participating groups. Plans included potential street planters for Big Timber and various organizations agreeing to join the effort.
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CIC
Grass fires trigger two-area calls near town
Fire crews from the Volunteer Fire Department responded Friday evening to a grass fire 11 miles west on the Alton Rucker ranch and extinguished it. Saturday afternoon the department aided Ira Decker of McLeod with a brush fire that had gotten out of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Rucker Ranch
Ira Decker
McLeod
Petajas Spend Weekend in Rapid City Trip
Mr and Mrs C E Petaja spent the weekend in Rapid City South Dakota flying from Billings on Friday and returning Sunday in a brief travel note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
C. E. Petaja
S. D
Billings
District Music Festival Sets Dates In Billings
Sweet Grass High School musicians and Paul Nelson join Friday and Saturday events in Billings for soloists ensembles and groups with adjudication. Superior ratings move on to the State Music Festival May 2 and 3 featuring solos ensembles and small groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass High School
Paul Nelson
Billings
Herders Win Track Meet Tuesday
The SGHS tracksters won a Tuesday meet at the athletic field against Columbus with the Varsity scoring 99 percent to 4544 and the Junior Varsity 88 percent to 42. The girls also swept events with Big Timber taking 89 and Columbus 29. SGHS invites four teams Red Lodge Harlowton Absarokee Columbus to an invitational meet today at 1 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Big Timber
SGHS
Red Lodge
Harlowton
Absarokee
Boys State Delegates Chosen At High School
Montana Boys State will be held at Western Montana College in Dillon from August 16 to 24. Nine delegates and a first alternate were selected by high school faculty from junior applicants. sponsors include Lions Club Moose American Legion Doric Lodge and Jaycees. Delegates will study self government through city county and state offices and run their own legislature courts and police. The program adds recreation with sports and groups for press law and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Boys State
Western Montana College
Dillon
Boys State
Walt Baylis
Lions Club
Bill Buster
Moose
Rick Henthorn
American Legion
Bill Smith
Doric Lodge
Ron Stutterheim
Jaycees
Ron Thomas
Registration At High School Next Week
Students set to be freshmen sophomores or juniors next year must register next Tuesday and Wednesday April 22 and 28 at Sweet Grass County High School.
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Sweet Grass County High School
High School Week Set At Montana State University
Four SGHS seniors Janet Adams Sharon Tollefson Chloe Vik and John Sandish attend High School Week at MSU Bozeman April 24 to 26. The event includes testing for state scholarship selection, campus tours, department programs, and a fraternity or sorority dinner. Last year 854 delegates from 166 high schools joined the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State University
Bozeman
SGHS
Janet Adams
Sharon Tollefson
Chloe Vik
John Standish
Big Timber
Tom Klindt
Wilderness Meet To Be Held May 1
The Wilderness committee of the Community Development Organization invites area residents to a county wide gathering on May 1 at the American Legion hall. Principal speakers will discuss the Wilderness Act and related procedures as outlined in the U S Forest Service Manual. The act requires a Interior review within ten years of Sept 3 1964 for roadless areas five thousand acres or more in national parks and refuges, with recommendations to the President. Continued on page eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Forest Service
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
Lamb Pool Sale Tops Last Year
Sweet Grass county lamb growers accepted a bid of 27.16 for 7 000 lambs from Monier Sheep Company of Montgomery Illinois. Bill Huber of Worland Wyoming represented the successful bidders among four bids. Growers named include Teddy Thompson Grant Duncan Louie Allestad Clark Engle Bob Jarrett Rasmus Boe and Erik Hammersmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass County
Monier Sheep Company
Montgomery
Bill Huber
Worland
Wyo
Teddy Thompson
Grant Duncan
Louie Allestad
Clark Engle
Bob Jarrett
Rasmus Boe
Erik Hammersmark
Salvation Army Fund Drive Kicks Off in Big Timber
The Salvation Army Extension Committee of Big Timber led by Oscar D Forsythe with John Ronneberg and Mrs Helen Hoem launches its annual appeal for funds the week of April 21 Harm Breukelman Intermountain Division state representative will visit to conduct the drive Funds fund local services and urge residents to contribute to Harm Breukelman or John Ronneberg treasurer at Citizens Bank and Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army Extension Committee
Big Timber
Oscar D. Forsythe
John Ronneberg
Helen Hoem
Harm Breukelman
Salvation Army Intermountain Division
Salvation Army
Citizens Bank & Trust Company
Neighborhood harassment and theft report in local area
A woman reports weeks of doorbell ringing phone harassment and rude remarks. A stereo was stolen from a locked car in a driveway last Tuesday. A school bus driver says a car driven by a woman made a poor pass near Big Timber. A drunken driver followed two teens from Hunters Hot Springs. Three boys seen leaving the high school. Continued on page eight.
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Big Timber
Highway Patrol
Hunters Hot Springs
Services For Mrs. Fred Lunceford Held
Funeral services were held Saturday at the Dowling Chapel in Hamilton for Mrs. Fred Lunceford a former Big Timber resident who died Thursday in a Hamilton hospital Rev Louis Yost officiated Burial was in River View cemetery in Hamilton Survivors include her widower six sons and four daughters plus a brother two sisters thirty six grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren
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Dowling Chapel
Hamilton
Fred Lunceford
Big Timber
Louis Yost
River View
John W
Livingston
Ernest
Florence
Mont
Edwin
Kellogg
Idaho
Calvin
Oak Ridge
Ore
Tom
Deer Lodge
Charles
Blackfoot
Geo
Blanche) Mielke
Bill
Bertha) Williamson
Isabelle) Dickinson
Ovando
Henry
Hughena) Sandsness
Jim Ross
Billings
John Burke
Ben Morse
Seattle
Wash
Cleanup Planned At Courthouse
Sweet Grass County Commissioners plan exterior restoration for the courthouse. Proposals include brushing and cleaning the stone, shellac coating on East and South rock surfaces, patching cement walls, and repainting in a pleasing color to preserve the period piece while modernizing Big Timber’s appearance.
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Sweet Grass
Fred Swift
Peace Corps Placement Tests To Be Held In Bozeman
Big Timber area residents are invited to take the Peace Corps Placement Test at 1 30 p m on Saturday April 19 in Bozeman Room 125 Federal Building 32 East Babcock The test assesses general aptitude and language learning potential no preparation is needed and there is no pass or fail
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Big Timber
Peace Corps
Bozeman
Federal Building
East Babcock
Brother Harmala Funeral Held for Emil Harmala
Funeral services were held at 2 p m Tuesday at Olcott Funeral Chapel Roberts for Emil Harold Harmala 46 who died Thursday afternoon at his ranch five miles west of Roberts the apparent heart attack survivor list includes his brother Arnold Harmala of Melville
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Olcott
Roberts
Emil Harold Harmala
Arnold Harmala
Melville
Clean-Up Day Set For April 27
The Girl Scouts and Civic Improvement Committee launch Community Clean-up Week on April 27 at 1 p.m. at the Dugout. Volunteers should bring rakes gloves trucks and picnic lunches for a 1:00 to 5:30 p.m. session ending at the city park. Contact Mrs Art Sell or Mrs Stan Todd for dump-haul arrangements. Also local dogs topple garbage cans prompting residents to secure lids or braces.
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Girl Scouts
Civic Improvement Committee
Art Sell
Stan Todd
District Fuzz In Local Shoot-Out
Montana highway patrolmen from Dist. 42 gathered at the Big Timber rifle range for a district shoot-out in the high school gym. The event aims to form a five man pistol team per district and later a statewide contest, with around 30 rounds focused on time and rapid fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Col. S. W. Hancock
Montana Highway Patrol
Helena
Ernest DeDycker
Billings
Thomas Joseph
Livingston
Dale Stinson
Warren Meade
Bridger
Clarence Owen
Leroy Keto
Bernard Brest
Robert Waldo
Columbus
Philip Henzel
Harlowton
Leroy Hertz
Ray Livingston
Charles Murdock
Richard Henthorn
Weekend Guests Span Family Ties in Big Timber
Weekenders Mr and Mrs Wayne Tichenor hosted his brother Daryl Tichenor and family from Shelby. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Harry Clouse from Pasco Washington for the wedding of Penny Mosness to Eldon Blaylock at the Lutheran church in Big Timber.
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Wayne Tichenor
Daryl Tichenor
Shelby
Daryl
Shelby Promoter
Harry Clouse
Pasco
Wash
Penny Mosness
Eldon Blaylock
Big Timber
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Dot-S-Dot Ranch
The
Latin America
Africa
Asia
Montana
Herders
District 42
Top Row
Tony Henzel
Murdock
S. W
MSU
Lamb Pool Sale
Sheriff's Office
Dennis Henthorn
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