Dusting Off the Old Ones from Pioneer Files
Pioneer era notes cover Montana visits and local folks in Big Timber, with a moonlight picnic for Dr. Piedalue's birthday and multiple updates on residents, travels, and new farm machinery. Also notes draft resistance, a lynching burial, and Sweet Grass county draft examinations with turnout and quota details.
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Pioneer Files
J. H. Becken
Clifton
Tex
Peter Becken
Montana
Big Timber
Boulder
R. Piedalue
Belle and
Ann McDonnell
Beatrice Busha
Cora Veasey
Donna McCall
Tom Busha
Harold Solberg
R. J. Grady
Harry Lee
Piedalue
C. O. Loftsgaarden
Antonio Turco
Four Mile Ranch
Pat Vernon
Flint
Mich
C. W. Campbell
Oklahoma
United State District
W. P. McGinnis
New National Army
Butte
Frank H. Little
Iw.w
Dr. Claiborn
Lyons
Cameron
Sweet Grass County
Pioneer Classified Ad Sparks Health Column Sponsor
A Montana tuberculosis association sponsors a health column in a Pioneer Classified Ad to promote public welfare and wellness awareness. The message emphasizes community health outreach and preventative care through local media support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Tuberculosis Ass
Pioneer files highlight Montana summer visits and weather
Aug 10 1939 Pioneer notes from Montana report Grady and McDonnell family trips to Boulder area cabins, visits by Overfelt and McLauchlan, Crest reunion, Yellowstone and San Francisco Fair travel, and snow reports. 1949 items mention Reeves visit, silver anniversary celebration, and local club activities along with a Bonneville admin hiring of MSU engineers including Edwin Wheeler.
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Pioneer Files
R. J. Grady
St. Louis
Charles Grady
A. Ronald MacDonnell
Charles McDonnell
McDonnell
Boulder
Hugh Overfelt
Swamp Creek
Overfelt
Harold McLauchlan
Lennep
Phillip Philipson
McLeod
McLauchlan
Martinsdale
Carl D. Paulson
Edmund Fuhry
Lansing
Mich
Yellowstone Park
San Francisco Fair
Albert Crest
Sivert
W. H. Donald
Melville
Creston S. Crest
Lethbridge, Can
Fishcreek
Crest
Harry Palmer
Wilsall
Shields River
Harry
Ringling - Lennep
Harlowton
Big Timber
James Mendenhall
Absarokee
William Cosgriff
Grey Cliff
Roy Harris
Trio Club Plans Aug 17 Meeting at the Dugout
The Trio Club holds its regular gathering at the Dugout on Wednesday August 17 at 2 pm. Roll call asks members to share an account of "The First Fair I Attended." Hostesses are Mrs. Rena McComb Mrs. John Plaggemeyer and Mrs. Charles Dempster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trio Club
Rena McComb
John Plaggemeyer
Charles Dempster
Cayuse Hills 4H Holds Fitting Day At Terrill Tollefson Ranch
The Cayuse Hills 4H club met July 30 at the Terrill Tollefson ranch for Fitting Day and a meeting. Roll call used the phrase My Worst Summer Job. They planned to serve lunch at the Enoch Christensen sale and moved August meeting earlier to avoid county fair overlap. A picnic lunch followed fittings and showing projects with guidance from Mrs. Gilbert Opland, Mrs. W. N. Blair, and others on cooking sewing cattle hogs sheep and rabbits.
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Cayuse Hills
Terrill Tollefson Ranch
Enoch Christensen
Gilbert Opland
W. N. Blair
Barney Warp
Lloyd Berg
Danny
Kit Adams
Lynn Adams
Joel Hanson
Pioneer picnic set for August at the Dugout
The Sweet Grass Pioneer Society invites members families and friends to its annual pot luck picnic at 1 p m Sunday August 14 at the Dugout. Come prepared to share a good turnout and fellowship.
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S. G. Pioneer Society
Sweet Grass Pioneer Society
Wilitgro Garden Club Tour and Flower Show Planning
The Wilitgro Garden club gathers at the Dugout at 1 30 pm on Monday August 15 for a yard and garden tour then returns to Mrs Tom Lomeland’s home. Roll call lists flowers used in arrangements. Miss Grace Carney and Miss Ellen Plaggemeyer lead the planning the flower show. Mrs Lomeland and Mrs Belle Amery host luncheon.
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Wilitgro Garden Club
Tom Lomeland
Grace Carney
Ellen Plaggemeyer
Lomeland
Belle Amery
Club Meeting Notes with Bible Verse and Games
Mrs Susie Tjaaland opened the gathering as members shared a Bible verse and club song. Mrs Myrtle Sell gave the hostess dish towels. games produced several prizes. plans were set to visit the Pioneer Home with games and readings. Lunch was served by Mrs Susie Tjaaland with help from Mrs Agnes Refsland and Mrs Lillie Pederson.
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Susie Tjaaland
Myrtle Sell
Pioneer Home
Agnes Refsland
Lillie Pederson
Music and TB Risks Highlighted in School and Military Bands
An article warns that TB can spread via aerosols during singing and wind instrument play. It cites an Arkansas boys’ school choir outbreak and a British military band clarinetist who infected eight musicians. It advocates tuberculin tests and chest X rays for detection, with regular checks for teachers, drivers, and adults in close contact with children.
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New
Territory
Arkansas
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Metah Miselde
Idaho
L. W. Baskett
Fort Riley
Kan
Baskett
L. C. Melvin
Reed Point
G. B. Pope
Frances and
Harold
Billings
James W. Furnish
National Park
E. H. Peake
Masonic Temple
Klindt’s
Erbe Jewelry
Margaret Plaggemeyer
Pol
Richard W. Josephson
Republican
Billings High School
The
University of Montana
Montana Bar Assn
American Bar Association
L. L. Reeves
Witchita Falls
Robert Johnson
Winifred Johnson
Tude McComb
A. W. Strickland
Miles City
Friendship Club
Annie Solberg
California
Jordan
Herbert Tjaaland
Washington
Andrew Sleveland
Thorvald Morland
Anaconda
Lee
Irving
Arnold Sleveland
Jene Carl
Sacramento
Paul Hanson
Bob Hanson
Wayne, Neb
Linn Hanson
Cecil Carl
George Carl
Missoula
Helena
Lawrence Vaughn
Paul Carter
Bozeman
New Legion Hall
Gallatin
George Swanson
Frank Gibson
Ronald Swanson
Astoria
Ore
Ronald
Gloria
Rudolph Mosness
Vaughn- Ragsdale Force
George Ward
Mosness
Dillon
Ledyard Blakeman
Detroit
Phyllis Church
Carrie Sanborn
Tacoma
Wash
Alma Cort
James Broughton
Marcus West
Portland
Broughton
Montana State College
Bonneville Power Administration
Edwin Wheeler
Homer Wheeler
Merrill J. Collett
O. J. Paulson
H. M
Jack) Crane
H. M. Crane
Jim McKay
Democratic
Kerr Regular
Pierce
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