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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1949

Page

8

Local Notes and Folks Gather for Community Event

The Ropin n Ridin club will meet at Howard Forsythe ranch Sunday at 1 PM with a horseshoe tournament pony rides for children and other games. The public is invited. Several visiting families arrive for rodeo weekend and stay in Big Timber attending events and visiting local residents.

Ridin Ropin’ ’N’ Ridin Howard Forsythe Ranch Ullmans Forrest Ullman Sterling Degner Billings Minnesota Frank Greegan Frank Cocklin Austin Flying Carls Jene George Carl Murphys Bill McAdams al Huizenga Minot N. D John Murphy McAdams Murphy August SanRomani Donna Denison Anderson McPherson Kans B. Olness SanRomani Big Timber

Rodeo weekend draws crowd with awards and motorcycle meet

Thousands attended a rodeo Sunday with prizes including a Geronimo leather suit for the winner and $5 awards for Audrey Berg Joan Hakes and Mrs. Reno McComb. A first motorcycle meet drew crowds despite timing delays and a few spills.

Geronimo Big Timber Dept Audrey Berg Joan Hakes Reno McComb Paul van Cleve Traver Smith Rosa Furstenberg W. K. Amery Hubert Becken Ross Williams Troy Georgeson Harlowton Great Falls Georgeson Moose Hall Legion’s New

United States economy could lift weekly family income by 1960

The Twentieth Century Fund released a report saying a steady 8 percent annual rise in output for the next ten years could lift the average American family income to 60 dollars a week by 1960, enable half of all children to attend college, and allow clearance of slums nationwide.

New York Economic Research Bureau Twentieth Century Fund United States

Economic growth goals and highway courtesy drive

A Twentieth Century fund report argues the US could expand output significantly by 1960, potentially erasing poverty with a $6 billion lift in capital goods. It outlines higher family incomes, universal high school completion, and broader medical care as outcomes. Separately, Montana officials tout August highway courtesy aims to cut deaths, linking discourtesy to about 25,000 yearly fatal crashes and promoting the Mind Your Motor Manners campaign.

E. H. England Montana Highway Patrol Mr. England National Safety Council England

Families Seek Decent Comfortable Homes Policy Aim

The plan pledges to provide every family with a decent comfortable home. Officials emphasize housing quality, affordability, and steady improvements to living conditions across communities. The proposal outlines standards, funding, and oversight to ensure consistent delivery.

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