Waterfowl Regulations Set 1946 Shorter Season Announced
Secretary Krug announced a 45 day duck season for 1946, cut from last year, with daily bag limit down to seven and possession limit to 14. Open seasons span zones from Oct 5 to Jan 6. geese limits two of any kind plus two snow or blue geese. Several states moved zones and some areas closed to wood ducks.
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Washington
Interior Krug
Krug
Kentucky
Iowa
Montana
Ohio
Arizona
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Beaverhead
Gallatin
Madison
Idaho
Atlantic Ocean
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Lake and McHenry
Indiana
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Essex
Clinton
Long Island
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
West Virginia
California
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Tennessee
Churchill Amery Grocery Changes Hands in Big Timber
The Churchill and Amery grocery store will transfer ownership to Theron Fowell and R. J. Niemi on September 1, forming the Fowell-Niemi Market. The firm opened in 1915, moved locations in 1933, and the new owners include Niemi who runs the meat department and Fowell, his brother in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill and Amery Grocery
Theron Fowell
R. J. Niemi
Niemi
Mr. Fowell
Fowell-Niemi
Churchill-Amery Partnership
Irving
Mr. Churchill
Big Timber Creek
Big Timber
Fergus County
Miles City
Big Timber Express
Walter Aitken
The
Pioneer
Billings Policeman Wins Livingston Trout Derby Big Rainbow
Virgil Malone of Billings, a police officer, won the $1,000 top prize in Livingston's National Trout Derby with a 3 lb 8 oz Rainbow Trout caught at 11 a.m. He beat about 1,500 entrants as the event crowned the nation's premier fishing classic.
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Billings Policeman
Livingston
Virgil Malone
Billings
Malone
Roy E. Berg
Bozeman
Gallatin National Forest
Janette Bryant
Livingston Post Office
Billy Kristensen
History of St. Mark's Episcopal Church Tells Early Big Timber Founding
Mrs Grace M Williams recounts the region’s church origins in Big Timber with names of founding figures like Mrs Ellen DeWitt Hatch and Mrs Emma B Rees. The piece traces services from 1884 to the 1895 church contract for a stone building, notes on confirmations, baptisms, and cross-church friendships between Episcopalians and Congregationalists.
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Grace M. Williams
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Big Timber
Henry Nicholson
Treadway
Victoria, B. C
Nicholson
Stuart H
Charles C. Nicholson
Emma B. Rees
Washington, D. C
Otto Maerchan
Ellen DeWitt Hatch
Yellowstone Valley
Spokane Publishing Co
Sweet Grass County
Thos. K. Lee
A. G. Yule
C. T. Busha
Alfred Brown
Livingston
Rees
Hatch
Congregational Church
F. B. Lewis
Bozeman
Joseph Pope
Congregational
Missoula
Guild
Homeland Circle
Pioneer
Livingston Enterprise
John L. Holmes
Pritchard
Shankshall
Episcopal
L. R. Brewer
George M. Hatch
F. O. Maeichan
W. L. Shanks
Episcopal Church
O. M. Lanphear
F. S. Hornbeck
Glendive Episcopal Church
Fourth Avenue
BE. O. Clark
Dillon Man Named State Chairman of G.O.P. At Platform Convention
Helena August 12 Montana Republicans named George M Gosman Dillon businessman and state senator as state chair man expanding the state organization to include subsidiary group chairs and adopted a platform backing world cooperation and free enterprise The two day meeting closed with a banquet featuring Carroll Leece national chairman as speaker Zales N Ecton spoke as GOP nominee for US senator in Montana Gosman succeeds Ashton Jones Reece voiced confidence in a Republican majority in Congress and a liberal program to restore government to the people warning against a Democratic Congress and a radical government as in Russia today
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Helena
Montana
George M. Gosman
Dillon
Carroll Leece
Tennessee
Zales N. Ecton
United States
Republlican
Montana Department of the American Legion
Montana Pharmaceutical Association
Ashton Jones
Broadus
Reece
Congress
Washington
Russia
Pheasants Released Across County By Local Rod and Gun Club
Six hundred eight week old pheasants, mainly roosters, were planted last Friday by the Big Timber Rod and Gun club with help from Deputy Game Warden John Burke and local sportsmen. Birds were released in areas known to support them including 200 along the Yellowstone River at the Prather ranch and 100 five miles up Big Timber.
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Orvin Flare
Big Timber Rod and Gun Club
Billings
Flare
John Burke
Yellowstone
Prather Ranch
Pioneer Picnic Set at Noon With 50th St Marks Anniversary
Arrangements are complete for the annual Pioneer picnic at the fairgrounds building Sunday at noon. President Will Churchill notes a pot luck dinner with cups and dishes to be provided. guests urged to bring hot dishes or salads and sandwiches. The 50th anniversary of St. Marks church coincides with the event. Members must have resided in the state 37 years or more. A group photo will be taken for The Pioneer. Attendance includes oldtimers from out of the county. Timber Creek Otter Creek and lower Sweet Grass are mentioned for a group shot location.
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Churchill
France
Belgium
Amery
Fairgrounds
Will Churchill
St. Mark’s Church
Seven Die When Army Bomber Crashes At Great Falls Fair
At the North Montana State Fair on Friday an air show ended in tragedy when two army bombers collided above more than 20 000 spectators. One plane plowed into a horse barn killing six including four crew and a civilian. The fire killed 17 horses and injured several more. Dorothy Szabo of Belt died, and Andy Seaman of Rexburg is missing. Lt Arthur P Pelletier and Lt D R Redman and two other fliers were killed or badly burned. The crash halted the fair program and the army air show.
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Great Falls
Army
Montana State Fair
Rac
Ing
Dorothy Szabo
Belt
Montana State University
Andy Seaman
Rexburg
Ida
Arthur P. Pelletier
Cleveland
Fairgrounds
Mure
D. R. Redman
Great Falls Army Air Base
Army Air Forces
Montana
Engineer Discusses Air Markings at Lions Club Meeting
Fred J. Wild, civil engineer with the Civil Aeronautics Administration in Seattle, told Lions members that clear air markings for towns and airports aid pilots as highway markers aid motorists. He noted pilots landing near airports due to poor markings and said markings boost town visibility and aviation interest. Wild praised Big Timber’s aeronautical maps and described marking components and CAA permissions for field use.
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Lions Club
Fred J. Wild
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Seattle
Wash
Mr. Wild
Wild
Big Timber
CAA
Mrs. Jennie West Dies in Portland at 93
Mrs. Jennie West, mother of Mrs. A. A. Lamp and grandmother of Mrs. Jimmie Broughton, died August 4 in Portland Oregon at age 93. Funeral was held August 7 at Rose Conservatory chapel. She was born October 30 1853 in Muscatine Iowa and married George West in 1874. The family lived in Muscatine Big Timber Livingston and Deer Lodge before moving to Portland in 1929. Survived by five children Warren Harry M D West Clara Saul and Mrs. A A Lamp plus 15 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.
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Jennie West
A. A. Lamp
Jimmie Broughton
Portland
Ore
Rose Conservatory
West
Muscatine
George West
Big Timber
Dry Creek
Livingston
Deer Lodge
Clara Saul
Body found in North Montana State Fair horse barn ruins
Police Chief Harold Mady said part of a seventh victim's body was recovered Saturday afternoon from the ashes of a horse barn at the North Montana State fair after an A-26 collision and fire. One victim identified Friday as Andy Seaman of Rexburg Idaho horse trainer via his wife.
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Great Falls
Harold Mady
Mady
Andy Seaman
Rexburg
Idaho
Seaman
Mrs Downing Visits Son-in-Law in Turtle Lakes
Here with her daughter Mrs W S Downing of Turtle Lakes North Dakota arrived Sunday to visit her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Jackson White.
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W. S. Downing
Turtle Lakes
N. D
Jackson White
16th Annual Melville Rodeo Draws 84 Contestants
The 16th Melville amateur rodeo drew over 2,500 attendees and 84 entrants. Events included calf roping, bareback riding, bronc riding, team roping, and various races with winners such as Loren Brewer and Paul Van Cleve. Awards noted for the best dude girl and boy riders. no champion for the dude steer rider due to no entries.
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Melville
Loren Brewer
Big Timber
Edgar Brown
Jefferson City
Ed Eppens
Virgil Isbell
Clyde Park
Paul van Cleve
Spike van Cleve
Allen Woosly
Bob Shellhammer
Wilsall
Luke Anderson
Harold Grafton
Hup Davis
Belgrade
Hunter
Martin Habel
Blair Goyins
Livingston
Meeker
Douglas
Wyo
Jack Rich
Wyola
Vernon Wilson
Savage
Mont
Hugh Stewart
Twedot
John Branger
Roscoe
Frosty Johnson
Pernot
Lewistown
Harriet Stokes
Baltimore
Harold Murray
Bob Hart
Barbara Bodan
Ginny Taylor
Edie Hall
Lazy K Bar Ranch
Jim Horwith
al Walle
J. S. Solberg Co
Johnson's
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Canada
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Arkansas
Louisania
Mississippi
Alabama
St. Mark’s
Wallace Bristor
Henry Daniels
Churchill & Amery
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Lee
Timber Creek
Otter Creek
Great Falls Fair
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