Edna Joann Boe Rites Held In Big Timber
Funeral services for Edna Joann Boe daughter of Mrs Louis Taylor and the late John Boe Jr were held at the Big Timber Lutheran church with Rev E S Tollefson officiating. She died Wednesday after a two month illness from leukemia at Lott hospital in Livingston after a stay beginning June 21. She was 14. Burial was in Mountain View. Survivors include her mother stepfather grandparents and a brother Billy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Joann Boe
Louis Taylor
John Boe Jr
Big Timber Lutheran Church
E. S. Tollefson
Livingston
Joann
Lott Hospital
Big Timber
Edgar
Bridger
Juneau
Alaska
Junior Luther League
Lutheran Junior Choir
Girl Scouts
A. Ronald McDonnell
Ted C. Busha
E. O. Overland
Ray
Kenneth Roe
Tom Osen
Harold
Don Tetlie
Sven Maitland
George Erickson
Ray Lee Traver
Mountain View
John Boe
Billy
Big Timber Rifle Club Prepares for Running Deer Match
The Big Timber Rifle and Pistol club readies its outdoor range for a September 4 running deer match. Secretary Louis Mysse notes the public event draws regional interest and prizes, with shooters urged to rely on speed over fancy rifles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber Rifle and Pistol Club
Louis Mysse
Football Practice To Start Soon For Local High School
All eligible boys are asked to report at the gym Monday at 1 30 to help draft a football schedule. Goal is a squad of 30 with about 12 lettermen returning. Roy Snyder of Macungie Pa is the new football coach. He played at Moravian College Lehigh and service football in Honolulu. Snyder plans softball also and will teach history and English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Snyder
Macungie
Moravian College
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Funeral services for Pvt Leonard Smart Aug 29
Funeral services for Pvt Leonard Smart will be held at 11 30 a m on Monday August 29 at the Custer Battlefield National Monument near Crown Point. Leonard son of Mr and Mrs C H Smart was killed in action in Czechoslovakia on May 9 1945.
Melville Rodeo Weekend Promises High Amateur Show Down
The 19th annual Melville rodeo features saddle bronc bare back team roping and calf roping with $100 purses per event plus entry fees. A Saturday night dance precedes the Sunday rodeo with $1.25 admission for both events. Dudes races and other events fill the schedule on grounds west of Melville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville
Insurance Dividend Forms Available At Big Timber Post Office
World War II veterans in Montana may share in a $2.8 billion dividend fund to be distributed to 16 million policy holders by the VA. About 58,000 Montana veterans qualify. lapsed policies count if in force for at least three months before end of 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Montana
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C
Ball Game Spurs Scout Troop Spirit on Monday
The troop met for a lively basketball game captained by Jim McCauley and Ronald Dahl with Dahl’s team winning. Darkness cut the session short after a brief business meeting. A two day Blue Lake camp trip over Labor Day was noted for first class rank scouts and higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim McCauley
Ronald Dahl
Blue Lake
Springdale Visitors and Local Roundup
Springdale social notes list visits and calls from Livingston and Bozeman residents. Donald Close returned to Tempe after summer with the Mosness family. The report notes multiple visits by Petersons Ergas Soiland family Preston and others to Livingston Roundup and Big Timber areas.
Townsends Take Week Vacation In Cooke City
Dr. L. H. Townsend and Billy left this morning for Cooke City to spend a week’s vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke
L. H. Townsend
Billy
Cooke City
Ranger Roemer Talks to Veterans on Farm Training Class
Ranger Alban Roemer gave a detailed talk to O. A. Sip pel’s veterans last Saturday on forest range supervision management and improvement. The discussion explored the forest service’s role in maintaining ranges for stock and wildlife and clarified many issues. The local farm training program operates under Scott Hoskinson, the local vocational instructor at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alban Roemer
O. A. Sippel
Forest Service
Scott Hoskinson
Voag
Reed Point couple wed in Miles City ceremony
Ivan Krone and Miss Maxine Westerhaus united in marriage at the United Presbyterian parsonage in Miles City on August 2. The bride, a Reed Point high school graduate, wore white slipper satin with a coronet of orange blossoms and carried red roses. The groom, also a Reed Point native and Army veteran, works in Big Timber. They plan to reside in Big Timber after a honeymoon trip through the Black Hills, Denver, Old Mexico, Grand Canyon, and Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Westerhaus
Gus Westerhaus
Reed Point
Ivan Krone
Anton Krone
United Presbyterian Parsonage
Miles City
Coi
Black Hills
Denver
New Mexico
Texas
Old Mexico
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Utah
Big Timber
Reed Point High School
Columbus
Sweet Grass County
Gen. MacArthur
Sawyer
Montana Patrol Launches September Drive for Child Safety
E. H. England leads Montana highway patrol in a campaign to reduce traffic fatalities among school age children. He urges drivers to treat every child as a danger cue, especially in school zones and near playgrounds, and to give bicycles wide berth amid child riders and winter sledders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. England
Montana Highway Patrol
England
Bert Plaggemeyer Services Held Friday
Last rites for Bert Plaggemeyer pioneer rancher were conducted at the Congregational church with Rev J F Howlett officiating. The service noted a long illness preceding his Wednesday death and listed pallbearers and survivors including widow Winnie Sikema and nine grandchildren. Plaggemeyer, born in the Netherlands in 1865, moved to the United States at 16 and settled near Big Timber in 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Plaggemeyer
Sweet Grass County
Congregational Church
J. F. Howlett
Columbus
Lowry’s
Plaggemeyer
Howlett
Harry Wordal
Gerritt Scholten
Anton Solberg
Severin Nelson
Ole Langhus
Q. Hu
Grand Rapids, Mich
Community Notes Show Visits Travel and Local Gatherings
Reed Point residents share visits and trips as the Huntley and Langhurst families travel to Billings Red Lodge and Yellowstone park. Local clubs host events with 14 attendees at the Home Demonstration meeting.
Boe Family Visit Includes Livingston Stop Over
To Livingston Kay Boe daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Boe accompanied Mr and Mrs Joe Weamer to Livingston Saturday and will spend several days visiting there Visiting Bryans Visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Karl Bryan since Tuesday are her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Orville Knapp and her nephew and family Mr and Mrs William Knapp and sons Billy and Larry They are from Goodland Kans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Guthrie
Livingston
Donald Close
Tempe
Ariz
Kenneth Mosness
Jennie Peterson
Edith Erga
Washington
Jeanette Soiland
Rozanna Brown
National Park Bank
Jim Preston
Andrew Mosness
Magnus Erga
Harry Preston
Einar Solland
John Huhar
Billings
Moore
Betty Sharp
Goldbranson
Betty Martha Sharp
Mack Anderson
Lorraine
Phyllis
Myrtie Laubach
Dorothy Jarrett
Springdale
P. F. Peterson
Bozeman
Dean
Dale Gibby
Andrew Laubach
Masters
Fred Potter
Steele Nelson
Earl Garduno
Big Timber
P. A. Huntley
Sharon Huntley
van Nuys
Calif
Aug. Langhurst
Rosebud
Ed Langhorst
Yellowstone Park
Aug. Langhorsts
O. V. Williams
Miles City
Williams
Frank Deeney
Home Demonstration Club
Francis Cantrell
Huntley Brumfield
Alfred Woods
P. F. Lehrer
Bloomer
Wis
Mr. Lehrer
Roy Severin
Michael
Mae Severin
Wisconsin
Goman Ranch
Kay Boe
Kenneth Boe
Joe Weamer
Bryans
Karl Bryan
Orville Knapp
William Knapp
Billy
Larry
Goodland
Kans
Slogan Adoption by Authorities Sparks Safety Debate
A gram in cooperation with the National Safety Council has adopted no slogan: Protect our CHILD le. The fragment references a campaign effort focusing on child protection and safety messaging, but the garbled text limits specifics about the program or organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gram
National Safety Council
Montana Star Shines At Sweet Grass Race Meet Sunday
A busy race day under Sweet Grass Racing Association drew a large crowd and top horses. Montana Star, owned by Arvid Larson, won the 220 and 150 yard races and finished strongly in other events, while Milo Westervelt led the half mile and Antonette shone in the relay. Other top finishers included Butch, Star Dust, Bert Benear, and Denver in multiple sprint events.
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Sweet Grass Racing Association
Butch
Chuck Aaberg
Cameron
Mont
Big Pete
Denver
Lilly
Senator McCue
Montana Star
Arvid Larson
Nowata Star
King
Star Dust
Charley Robinson
Clyde Park
Bert Benear
Spike van Cleve
Melville
Milo Westervelt
Big Timber
Antonette
Bess
A. C. Shelhamer
Wissa
Montana
Bud Randall
Hardin
Alvin Mack
T. B
Paul van Cleve
Spik van Cleve
George Morey
High School Opens Sept 6 in Sweet Grass County
Sweet Grass county high school plans a September 6 start under Principal Gilman Aller with early registration on Saturday September 3 from 9 am to noon. Registration costs total five dollars including a book deposit and activity towel fees. Faculty includes most veterans, with replacements for three staff due to recent marriages and a fellowship.
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Sweet Grass County High School
Gilman Aller
Aller
Miss Lyons
Fraser
Fitch
University of New Mexico
Scouting age limits revised by Big Timber committee
H. H. McIntyre told Lions Club members that Big Timber scouting will reorganize with Cub Scouts eligible at age eight and overall scouting age at eleven replacing the previous nine and twelve. An Explorers unit opens for ages fourteen and up while remaining part of the troop. McIntyre sought leaders to assist, noting Scoutmaster Palmer Finsvik and Assistant Scoutmaster Chuck Schuler are already busy.
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Big Timber Scouting Committee
H. H. McIntyre
Lions Club
Explorers
McIntyre
Palmer Finsvik
Chuck Schuler
Mr. McIntyre
Recommended 700 Gallatin elk kill for fall
HELENA Aug 23 The upper Gallatin conservation committee recommends a fall elk cull of 700 head across the drainage. Reported by Robert F. Cooney director of the wildlife restoration division the drought has severely reduced range. Killing 700 would lower the Gallatin herd to 1500 the winter carrying capacity. The season would run Oct 15 to Dec 1 or until the target is reached.
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Helena
Gallatin
Upper
Robert F. Cooney
State Wildlife Restoration Division
State Fish and Game Department
Visiting Fischers Miss Ethel Ringhand of Harlow ton
Miss Ethel Ringhand of Harlow ton visits Fischers family as weeklong plans unfold with Mr and Mrs Victor Fischer of Melville.
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Fischers
Ethel Ringhand
Harlowton
Victor Fischer
Melville
Utah
Frank Carney
McLeod
Utah State Penitentiary
Helena
Betty Kremper
John Kremper
State Capitol
Mysse Martins High At Shhoot Mysse Martins High At Shhoot
Big Timber Rifle and Pistol club held a four position practice at Moose range Friday evening. Louis Mysse and Walter Martins led with 344 totals tied, off hand gave Mysse a one point edge. Leo Ray and Otto Stenberg each shot 337, with Ray ahead 60 off hand to Stenberg’s 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Moose Range
Louis Mysse
Walter Martins
Mysse
Leo Ray
Otto Stenberg
Leo
Otto
Henry Elgen
Walter Martinz
Louis Myysse Oon
Walter Marting
Leo Ly Ray
Jonn Gooey
O. A. Fallang JP
Teddy Thompson
Walter Osborne
Ruth Goosey
Clive Hasoun
O. A. Fallang Sr
Vernon Moers .Wu
Jo Ray
Truck crash injures woman and three children on Highway 10
A ten and a half ton truck carrying a woman and two children was involved in an accident 22 miles west on Highway 10. The incident happened when a semi driven by Joseph W. Haws of Springville Utah tried to pass the smaller vehicle driven by Bryan W. Halbert of Nampa Idaho. Halbert turned across the highway to turn around and the semi veered into the ditch. The two vehicles collided, pushing the Halbert truck down the road. Eleven people were aboard Halbert’s truck, including five children, and all suffered minor injuries.
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Highway 10
Joseph W. Haws
Springville
Utah
Bryan W. Halbert
Nampa
Ida
Halbert
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Ranger Roemer
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