School Census Indicates Decline in Sweet Grass County
Sweet Grass county reports a drop in residents under 21 with 815 youths aged 6 to 21 and 258 under age 6. District 1 Big Timber shows 521 youths 6 to 12, 264 boys and 257 girls, while totals across districts list 412 boys and 403 girls aged 6 to 21.
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Sweet Grass County
Big Timber
Violet Widdicombe
Basin Creek
Melville
White Beaver
Reed Point
Kent
Grey Cliff
Duck Creek
Dry Creek
McLeod
Rapstad
Pine Hills
Dry Fork
Knob Hill
Civil Defense Meet Set for Columbus
David L. Matovich will welcome participants to a Civil Defense emergency preparedness conference at the Stillwater county courthouse in Columbus on December 13.Officials from Stillwater Sweet Grass Carbon and Golden Valley counties are invited, with registration at 9:30 a.m. and sessions 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The MSU program aims to strengthen civil defense, featuring a demonstration on radioactive material.
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David L. Matovich
Board of
Stillwater County
Montana State University
Bozeman
Robert C. McCall
MSU
George Carlton
Sheepherder B squad schedules 20 games this season
The Sheepherder B squad will play 20 games this season under Coach Jim Graham. Opponents include conference B teams twice from each school, Livingston freshmen twice, and B teams from Bozeman Holy Rosary and White Sulphur Springs. The group, mostly freshmen, trains for future varsity play and focuses on fundamentals. The first test is Friday against the Absarokee B squad.
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Sheepherder
Jim Graham
Livingston
Bozeman Holy
Rosary
White Sulphur Springs
Graham
Absarokee B
Urgently Needed Special Parents Foster Home Call
Sweet Grass County Department of Public Welfare seeks caring individuals to become foster parents. The ad describes a special parent as loving communicating patient and capable of setting boundaries while offering a second chance to a child. Contact Karen Ford on Mondays Thursdays or Fridays for more information.
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Sweet Grass County
Christmas tree cutting rules issued by Gallatin Forest
Ranger Tom Ellis announces guidelines for selecting evergreens on national forest land. Rules urge trees be small under three inches, cut close to the ground, and kept well back from roads to preserve roadside beauty and prevent abuse.
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Gallatin National Forest
Tom Ellis
Custer National Forest
Billings
National Forest
Ellis
Big Timber
Boulder
Riese
Early Christmas Mailing Urged by Post Office Leader
Post master Harold McLauchlan urges nationwide cooperation to handle an expected Christmas mail load over eight billion pieces. He advises shoppers to mail early, use ZIP codes, keep address lists updated, prepare gift lists, and ensure proper packaging and clear return addresses to avoid undeliverable mail.
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Harold McLauchlan
Record Turnout For Rural Basketball
The Jaycees started a rural basketball program for boys in fifth through eighth grade, meeting Sundays 1 to 8 pm at the high school gym. A record twenty one players have practiced since November 13, with managers Ben Berg, Dave Refsland and Dick Sloan guiding efforts.
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Jaycees
Therogram
Ben Berg
Dave Refsland
Dick Sloan
Rick Gibby
Chuck Rein
Elton Atronrud
Tom Smith
Danny
Herders Split In Harlo Tourney
The Sheepherders defeated Harlowton Engineers 52 to 39 in the Harlo invitational opener then fell to Stanford 44 to 61 in the championship. Eric Fallang led with 16 points, Ted Plaggemeyer 12, and coach Bob Hauck praised hustle while noting many turnovers and free throw struggles. All 12 players saw action as Big Timber faces Absarokee Friday and Harlem Saturday with a B squad 6:30 prelim vs Livingston.
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Fuller
Simmons
Plaggemeyer
Richert
Charlson
Louis Plaggemeyer
Tyler
Mosness
Stone
Ludwick
Bob Hauck
Ted Plaggemeyer
Stanford
Dave Smith
Hauck
Spencer named land bank manager for Billings group
Herbert G. Spencer of Spokane is elected manager of the Billings group of the Federal Land Bank Association, succeeding Kenneth B. Todd who resigned. Spencer has been with the Land Bank System since 1959 and recently served as assistant chief reviewing appraiser for the Farm Credit Administration in the Spokane district. He is a Salmon Idaho native and Idaho University graduate.
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Herbert G. Spencer
Spokane
Billings
Federal Land Bank Association
Spencer
Kenneth B. Todd
Land Bank System
Farm Credit Administration
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Alaska
Salmon
The
University of Idaho
Drawings Set Terms For Montana Senate Members
Secretary of State Frank Murray explained that 55 newly elected Montana senators will be assigned 4-year or 2-year terms by drawing. Eleven of District 12’s 21 senators will have 4-year terms, while 10 will have 2-year terms, leaving 28 of the 55 overall to serve 4 years and 27 to serve 2 years.
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Frank Murray
House of Representatives
40Th Legislative Assembly
Murray
United States District Court
Montana
Golden Valley
Musselshell
Sweet Grass
Wheatland
State 4-H Winners From Sweet Grass County
Louise Smith will receive a Sears Roebuck Foundation scholarship covering lab registration at a recreation laboratory and may choose among Northland Chatcolab Danebod or Black Hills laboratories. Danny Halverson of Grey Cliff wins a $100 Heywood Foundation cash award for excellence in 4-H sheep breeding projects.
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Sweet Grass County
Louise Smith
Gilbert Smith
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Louise
Northland
Chatcolab
Danebod
Black Hills
Danny Halverson
Jack Halverson
Grey Cliff
Heywood Foundation
Danny
Mrs Jimmie Helen Visits Livingston Family
Mrs Jimmie Helen spent the holiday as a guest of her daughter Mrs Louis Schollmeyer and family in Livingston. They drove down Saturday to bring her home.
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Livingston
Jimmie Helen
Louis Schollmeyer
Reverend Toney Accepts Call to Murphysboro Ill
Rev. Donald Toney pastor of the Evangelical Free church will leave around Dec. 15 for a new post at Pate Chapel Baptist Church in Murphysboro Illinois. He and Mrs. Toney have been active in community youth work and he will study part time at Southern Illinois University to finish his BA. A farewell party for the Toney family is set for 7:30 Friday at the Dugout with all friends invited.
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Donald Toney
Evangelical Free Church
Pate Chapel
Murphysboro
Ill
Toney
Southern Ilinois University
Planning Group To Meet Dec 5 In Big Timber
The planning group meeting to discuss county wide planning and development reconvenes Monday December 5 at 1 30 pm in the court room at Big Timber. They will draft a constitution by laws and plan the first county wide meeting. Officers listed are John Jacobs chair man Mrs John Yost vice chair man and Rev Joseph LaDu secretary.
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Big Timber
John Jacobs
John Yost
Joseph LaDu
Former resident dies in Livingston
Mrs. Ted Slettebo born June 18 1913 in Meridian Idaho died unexpectedly Monday last week in Livingston. She lived in Big Timber as a child and moved between Livingston Anaconda and Bozeman through life. Survivors include son Carl Yardat and daughter Betty Adams, plus siblings. Funeral services were held Saturday at Franzen Mortuary with burial in Mountain View Cemetery.
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Ted
Wilma) Slettebo
Big Timber
Livingston
Slettebo
Meridian
Ida
Theodore H. Yardat
Ted Slettebo
Anaconda
Clarica Howard
Miles City
Franzen Mortuary
Mountain View Cemetery
Dr DeBelly Accepts College Appointment
Dr. George DeBelly accepts a three year ophthalmology residency at the Medical College of Georgia, effective January 1, 1967, with Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital in Augusta as the program base. He previously practiced medicine in Montana for eight years, including two years in Big Timber before moving to Columbus.
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Columbus News
George DeBelly
Medical College of Georgia
Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital
Augusta
Georgia
DeBelly
Montana
Big Timber
Columbus
Employment in Sweet Grass County Falls 5 Percent
County Business Patterns shows Sweet Grass County employment dropped 5 percent from March 1964 to March 1965. Total employees in covered industries fell to 255 from 268, with first quarter payrolls down from 192000 to 175000. Retail trade accounted for 152 employees and 92000 in payrolls. services employed 36 with 25000 in payrolls.
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Sweet Grass County
U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of
Social Security Administration
Yellowstone
Cascade
Silver Bow
Missoula
Lewis and Clark
Montana
U. S. Government Printing Office
Washington
D. C
U. S
U. S. Bureau of the Census
Collision damages two vehicles at icy highway intersection
At the Anderson street and highway 10 intersection Tuesday morning a pickup driven by Steve Johnson was slowing to turn when a car driven by William Van Valkenburgh of Columbus collided from behind. Damage was about $300 per vehicle. Van Valkenburgh received fines of $15 for failing to drive carefully and $12 for no driver's license.
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Anderson Street
Highway 10
Thompson
Steve Johnson
William van Valkenburgh
Columbus
van Valkenburgh
Plaggemeyer Flies Home From Missoula For Thanksgiving
Tom Plaggemeyer flew from Missoula to visit his mother Delia Plaggemeyer and siblings for Thanksgiving. He returned with his mother to Missoula for a time.
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Missoula
Tom Plaggemeyer
Delia Plaggemeyer
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