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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1976
Page
2
A prominent athlete earns All Frontier honors and visits a showcase of local merchants. The event features basketball figures and community business leaders highlighting regional talent and commerce opportunities.
Melville School Board met October 21 1976 with chair Kenneth Blackwell. Bills totaling shown for salaries and upkeep were approved. Policies on student records teacher evaluation and Child Find were adopted and posted. November meeting set for 7:30 pm at the school. Observers note Salvation Army dedication highlighted in closing remarks.
Mary Myers reports a busy slate from Reed Point area groups. Evangelical Women meet at the Reed Point Church basement at 1 30, a new Wednesday library hours after 3 to 4 with Mrs B Z Burton as librarian, and the Reed Point High School Student Council sponsors a winter pinochle series on the first two Wednesdays at 8 with games in the school lunch room. Several Thanksgiving gatherings are noted among residents and friends including Birkeland, Kerr, Myers, Huyser, Sims, Dorvall, Lay, Fraser, Iverson, and others with meals and hospitality. A pie joke about a blue apple pie is shared by Postmaster Ken Belcher. Mrs Catherine Boyee reports a Bronco accident leaving bruises and broken ribs. A Fiddlers Jamboree trip to Cody, Wyo from Alfred Qstrum and partner ends with bad road conditions.
The Tri County planning board comprising Stillwater Sweet Grass and Carbon counties has progressed since February. Smal group expanded to include a commission representative, two planners, and three planners. Grant of 75000 funded a consultant from John Short and Associates to review housing data in Big Timber and other sources. Short will use Censis Johns Manville reports and Carbon County master plan in January to craft recommendations. Meetings are public but irregular. contact Mike Sierz at the Nee Building or 932994 for alerts.
Mrs. A. T. Hibbard donates the Charles Russell original watercolor Roping by Moonlight to the Montana History Society in memory of her son Henry Sieben Hibbard. The painting shows an Indian warrior herding horses by moonlight and was a 1917 wedding gift to Mr. and Mrs. Hibbard. It will join the Mackay Gallery of Russell art.
Cheeta M Breeding and John W Ellison wed October 28 at 6 pm in the groom’s parents’ McLeod home. Rev Richard Kienitz officiated a double ring ceremony before blue white candle decor. eighty five guests attended a reception at the American Legion with white baby's breath and a three tier cake. The couple will live on the Ellison ranch. he will ranch with his father after graduating SGHS and MSU. the bride attended Park High School BBC Billings and VoTech Bozeman.
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