Beaver trapping case heads to district court on appeal
Bill Widdicombe was found guilty in a justice court for unlawful beaver possession after a bench trial. Fourteen dried pelts and three beaver carcasses were questioned along with trapping books. The defendant posted a 65 dollar bond and the case was appealed with a likely October term hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Burke
Bill Widdicombe
Beaver
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Bishop
O. J. Paulson
Claude C. Gray
Bishop
Duane Hooper
Burke
Widdicombe
Don Myrstol
Dick Curtis
Anshelm Olin
Lester Mack
Crazy Mountain Goat Census Counts 320 Animals
An aerial census of Crazy Mountain goats during the first week of April tallies 320 animals including 90 kids. Montana biologist J E Gaab notes limited hunter success due to rugged terrain and recommends controlling permits to preserve the herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Crazy Mountains
J. E. Gaab
Livingston
Montana Fish and Game Department
Gaab
Cancer and dental care compare cancer risks and ACS drive
The article argues cancer seriousness outweighs toothache, notes many skip cancer symptoms, and urges periodic exams. It highlights seven warning signals, early treatment improves cure chances, and cites American Cancer Society campaigns urging chest x rays for men over 45 and breast and pelvic exams for women over 35, funded by the annual drive opening April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Cancer Society
ACS
The
Cancer Society
Good Friday service nets funds for hospital and cooperative projects
Representatives from five area churches concluded a successful Good Friday service by paying $75.07 in bills. A $25 reserve was set aside for joint church efforts, and $27.07 was sent to the Hospital Guild. Plans include a city-wide religious census and joint vacation church schools. a meeting is scheduled for May 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital Guild
Lions Pancake Day Feed Set For April 30
Pancake Day returns with all you can eat pancakes for 50c at the Legion hall. Clem Stirn chairs the committee for the Lions second annual event on a Saturday April 30. Pancakes served at breakfast lunch and dinner with optional sausage bacon and eggs. more cooking space planned to reduce wait times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
Clem Stirn
Bear season opens in HelenaMontana 1955
Helena Montana opens the spring bear season for black and brown bears on Wednesday. Hunters may take one bear per person. The season runs until May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Landmark on McLeod Street Relocated by Ely Construction
The old McLeod Street building, among the town’s oldest, is moved Sunday morning by Ely Construction Co. to a new site beside Gust Stenberg’s home near the Husky station. It previously housed a shoe repair and harness shop run by Tom Egeland after 1891, later taken over by Stenberg who will continue repairs there. The former site will host a Big Timber Building and Loan association office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLeod Street
Ely Construction Co
Gust Stenberg
Husky
Tom Egeland
Fish Parasites Said Harmless to Humans
Sheriff receives Montana State College letter confirming flatworm parasites found in four Yellowstone area whitefish are not harmful to humans. The Clinostomum yellow grub encysts in fish muscles after a life cycle involving birds and snails and does not affect people even if eaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Osborne
Montana State College Experiment Station
Osborne
Corwin Springs
Joe Gaab
Fish and Game Department
Yellowstone River
Park
C. J. D. Brown
Yellowstone
Former officer pleads guilty to manslaughter
Forsyth Jesse Harold Tuttle, a former Forsyth police officer, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Lilly Sitting Man Aug. 23, 1949. He had initially pled not guilty. The shooting occurred in Forsyth, and the victim died shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forsyth
Jess Harold Tuttle
Lilly
Marriage at Columbus Ties Omdal to Krone on Reed Point
Hans Omdal and Mrs Nora Krone wed on April 13 at Columbus with attendants Mr and Mrs John Stone. They will live on the Krone ranch at Reed Point. Also, Mr and Mrs Tom Brown and their three children returned to Missoula after visiting Mrs Brown’s parents Mr and Mrs Stuart Nicholson, staying through Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Omdal
Nora Krone
Columbus
John Stone
Krone
Reed Point
Missoula
Tom Brown
Stuart Nicholson
Local FFA Chapter Rates Superior at State Convention
Big Timber FFA delegation returned from the state convention with a superior chapter rating a bronze scrapbook award and a bronze sheep farming award won by Dean Gilbert plus a $25 check for improving agriculture and leadership over 600 FFA members participated in the event while the judging team placed well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber Ffa
FFA Lonvention
Dean Gilbert
FFA
Pancake Day and Rural Meet Planned for April 30
Clem Stirn announced at the Lions club that the second annual Pancake day will be held April 30 at the Legion hall. The rural track and scholastic meet will also occur that day with pancake breakfast for visitors. Maury Enright of the Billings Mustangs will join the next Lions meeting and will present 1954 World Series films at 8 pm at the Legion hall with no admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem Stirn
Lions Club
Legion Hall
Maury Enright
Billings Mustangs Baseball Club
W. K. Amery
Enright
The
Pythian Sisters Convene in Bozeman District Meeting
Fourteen Zenobia Temple No. 5 sisters from Big Timber attended the Pythian Sisters district convention in Bozeman. Highlights included balloting, district officers from Big Timber, and an educational program with exe mpli fication work by Livingston Bozeman Valley and Big Timber temples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Zenobia Temple No. 5
Big Timber
Bozeman
Livingston
Bozeman Valley
Margaret Hoey
Mabel Smart
Lillian Laubach
Frances Nevin
Hazel Brelsford
Ester Sorenson
Daisy Belle Cox
Zenobia
Myrtle Sell
Zenobia Temple
Ramona Mehlhoff
Kathryn Hoey
Verda Shriver
Bozeman Hotel
Mary Bryan
Cecelia Jones
Margaret McKenzie
Lucille Clark
Florence Ferris
Laurel Crest
Nora Johnson
Sylvia Northcut
Kathryn Lowry
Montana high school injury costs rise in 1954 55
Helena Montana executive secretary Dalley says the Montana High School Association paid out four thousand six hundred seventy five dollars for 35 student injuries in the 1954 55 school year. He adds 70 more claims, if approved, could add about one thousand dollars to the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Rex Dalley
Montana’ High School Association
Trucker Flash Signals Banned in Montana
The Montana Motor Transport Association Council of Safety Supervisors voted at Miles City to discontinue flashing of clearance signals by truckers. They cited risk to following drivers and agreed to a uniform discipline program, with an emergency signal of a designated number of flashes to be recognized only by truck operators.
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Montana
Road Wise
Council of Safety Supervisors of Montana Motor Transport Association
Miles City
Three schools to present plays here
The Thespians of Sweet Grass county high school host one act plays with visiting Harlowton and Park City groups Monday and Tuesday in the high school gym. Park City presents The True in Heart Monday, Harlowton performs Antics Spring Tuesday, with local cast including Patsy Steensland and Kay Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thespians
Sweet Grass County High School
Harlowton
Park City
Mervin Wertz
Thoroton Wilder
Eastern Montana College of Education
Montana
Patsy Steensland
Kenneth Miekush
Carl Patterson
Shiela Widdicombe
Kathleen Beley
Ben Berg
Charles Emery
Kay Johnson
Florence Steensland
Curtis Jacobson
Frank Bivens
Billings
Harlowton’ Players
Francis Fitzpatrick
Robert Nail
Wertz
Albert Einstein Dies at 76 in Princeton Hospital
Albert Einstein, renowned for his theory of relativity, died after a four day illness in Princeton New Jersey at 1 15 a m. The Nobel laureate, who avoided publicity, helped spark the atomic age by showing how matter释放 vast energy. He remained a leading theoretical physicist and published the unified field theory in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Albert Einstein
Princeton Hospital
Einstein
National Guard Unit Demonstrates Readiness In Operation Minuteman
Co. B of the 210th Engineers mobilized rapidly for a one day national guard test alert named Operation Minuteman. Most personnel reported by 7 o clock with 15 ready to deploy, details sent to Yellowstone bridge, Bould er bridge, N P depot and the local airport. Lt Nyre praised community cooperation and emphasized the Guard’s mission to aid community, state or nation in peace or war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Co. B
Pat Breding
Nyre
Breding
Columbus
Yellowstone
Highway
Boulder Bridge
Highway 10
N. P
Barker Attends Space Conference In Rural Church Study
Rev. E. Brentwood Barker of the First Congregational church joined a three day space conference in Billings. Sponsored by the Congregational Christian board of home missions and the Montana Congregational conference the session explored religion in sparsely populated areas and rural church communication and shared leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Berreth
Carter County
Montana
Bradley Brehmer
Columbus
John Iliff
Plentywood
Gale Anderson
Ballantine
Herbert Wenz
Worden
Ralph Dixon
Big Timber
Donald A. Scanlin
Red Lodge
Harold Heckman
Broadus
E. Brentwood Barker
First Congregational Church
Billings
United States
Board of Home Missions
The
Congregational Christian Churches
New York City
Montana Congregational Conference
Edwin Berreth
Powder River Parish
South Dakota
George E. Stickney
Wesley Hotchkiss
Stickney
Fifth Annual Big Timber Square Dance Festival
The fifth annual Big Timber square dance festival will be held at the Legion hall Saturday night. Harvey Close will be master of ceremonies with guest callers from nearby towns. Local callers include Doris Thomas Wally Schallock and Harold McLauchlan. After the program the American Legion Auxiliary will serve lunch and dancing continues until 2 a m under Mr Close supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Legion Hall
Harvey Close
Doris Thomas
Wally Schallock
Harold McLauchlan
American Legion Auxiliary
Close
Provo 4S Sparrow Sparks Utility Work Battle
In Provo Utah motorists fume as utility workers clash with a persistent sparrow nesting on a traffic semaphore near Brigham Young University campus. For the second time this week crews climbed a ladder and removed the nest hoping the bird will abandon the spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provo
Utah
Brigham Young University
Theater Floods at Ritz as Water Drenches Waterfront Screening
In Brewton Alabama the Ritz theater endured a street flood after heavy rain leaving about three feet of water inside the auditorium where the film On the Waterfront was being shown. The flooded condition forced closure or partial disruption of the screening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewton
Ala
Furstenberg Graduates at El Toro Marine Air Station
Santa Ana California June ceremony honors Marine 2nd Lt. Lawrence Furstenberg Jr. son of Rosa Furstenberg and Betty Jo Loftsgaarden of Big Timber Montana. He completed a six week indoctrination course covering drill tactics instruction and administration at the air station. Capt. George J. Collins presented the diploma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Calif
el Toro
Marine Corps Air Station
Marine
Lawrence Furstenberg, Jr
Rosa Furstenberg
Betty Jo Loftsgaarden
Big Timber
Mont
Montana State College
George J. Collins
U. S. Marine Corp
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Good Friday Service
Landmark
Legion District
American Legion
Legion
Forest Keller
Herb McCauley
John Nicholson
Charles Nicholson
Ralph Prather
Stanley Hanson
Ernest Parker
Hanson
Elizabeth Clearwater
Prather
Jack Wulf
Agnes Cox
State Department
Guard
Barker
Square Dance Festival
Furstenberg Graduates
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