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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1973
Page
4
Coast to Coast Store at 117 McLeod Street plans to reopen this weekend nearly a year after a destructive explosion and fire. Owners Phil and Mrs Moulden, operating since 1966, prepared a larger building with expanded departments and staged a September grand opening. No injuries were reported from the blaze.
Big Timber streets will be sealed to curb deterioration with 19 blocks approved. Street Commissioner Harold Esp recommended the work and areas include Hart Street 1st to 8th, 2nd Avenue Hooper to Quarry, Stock Street 3rd to 5th, 6th Avenue Hooper to Stock, Sth Avenue McLeod to Poplar, and nearby segments McLeod to Hooper.
Mrs Rudy Alice Mosness named manager of the Big Timber Montgomery Wards Sub agency. Assisted by Mrs Forrest Selma Gibby, she will run the store purchased as of August 1 by Mrs Donald Toots Mosness of Livingston who operates a Wards agency there. The store will offer the same services and invites friends to stop in and get acquainted.
Sweet Grass County assessor Marvin Barber reports total taxable valuations at 7,068,160 dollars, up 392,741 or 5.9 percent from last year. Big Timber adds 1,549,958 dollars in valuations, up 39,813 or 2.64 percent, driven largely by livestock shifts and some land converting from grazing to cabin sites.
Local notes list many Palmer relatives attending a family reunion at the Dudley Tyler ranch in Big Timber Montana including Roy Van Pelt Gardena California and Clarence Palmer Ethlyn Missouri and Romanzo Palmer Sun City Arizona as well as other kin from several states. A new daughter Cheri Dawn born August 4 to Lowell Connerton and wife at Sweet Grass Community Hospital weighing 9 pounds 15.5 ounces.
Funeral services for 48 year old Warren J Coil who died in a one car accident near Big Timber Friday night are set for Thursday at Grave Funeral Home Miles City. Burial will follow at Custer County Cemetery Miles City. He was born January 31 1925 in Miles City and survived by three children five brothers and one sister. He served in the Merchant Marines in World War II and was in the U S Army during the Korean War. The Lowry Funeral Home handles arrangements.
A Big Timber man, Lawrence D. Smith, faces second degree assault charges after an incident at his home Monday night. County Attorney Conrad Fred ricks says a complaint from Smith’s wife, Sandra, prompted the filing. Smith is held in the Sweet Grass County jail in lieu of a $2,500 bond after allegedly firing a .38 caliber pistol several times.
Loren Ellison and William Hanson face kidnapping and second degree assault charges in a Crazy Ciew Trail court incident alleged to have occurred August 1. The case alleges forceful seizing and confinement with intent to secret the victim within the state and assault with a knife causing grievous bodily harm. Warrants were issued August 2 by Judge Jack Shanstrom and bonds were set and adjusted, with Hanson released and Ellison still jailed by Tuesday.
The Big Timber FFA sent livestock and range and soils teams to the Great Falls Fair. Livestock finished tied for fourth with four other teams, while range and soils earned second place in both events.
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