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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1946

Page

5

Local Notes and Folks Attend Rodeo at Melville

Fergus County residents share updates from travel and family events. Mrs. J. D. Holmes attended a rodeo in Melville. Miss Sadie Bailey visited from Portland to see relatives. births, moves, and visits across Big Timber and nearby towns are noted along with local weather, canning, and community happenings.

Fergus County Argus J. D. Holmes Melville Portland Sadie Bailey Ore Floyd Bailey Grasfields Louis Grosfield Deaconess Hospital Billings Eline Louise Harry Murray Big Timber Creek Louie Nelson Clitherall Minn Nelson Anna Hermanson Wallace McArthur Dorothy Ann A. C. McDonald Big Timber American Legion Masonic Hall Copenhaver Legion Liebel Ranch Big Timber Fire Department Seattle Sanford N. Mackay Wash Whispering Pines Boulder J. J. Lacklen Oklahoma S. N. Lewis Ponca City Okla Floyd Highlanes Blackwell M. M. Bone L. L. Viers West Coast Sewell Lydia Sewell Chester Sewell Wayne Vermilion Grove Mr. Sewell Yellowstone Park Alton Manning Troutdale Richard Davis Richmond Calif Walter Osborne Lawrence Peterson Montana Oregon South Dakota

Splinters and satire in a wartime shop window rant

A wartime lumber yard column blends humor and policy jabber. The narrator mocks OPA rules while promoting stock including lawn mowers, chimney tops, Barn Paint and aluminum roofing. He notes supply delays due to labor shortages and calls out politicians and government spending with satirical quips.

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