Montana Power rate case letter from J E Corette
A Montana Power Co executive demands fair rate changes explaining costs rising 100 percent in ten years. He argues the rate increase funds wages materials and new facilities to prevent service curtailment, and that returns would barely change even with normal operations. He urges action on reckless driving in Big Timber via a joint civic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Corette
Montana Power Company
Claude C. Gray
Helena
Gray
Anaconda Company
Montana
Montana Power
Big Timber Woman's, Club
Big Timber Woman's Club
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Wool Marketing Meeting Dec 11 at Big Timber Hall
The Sweet Pinea Wool Marketing Association will hold a December 11 meeting at 1 30 p m in the American Legion hall Big Timber. Coffee and lunch will be served Speaker Jim Drummond from Bozeman will discuss wool laboratory work Attendees of the adult evening school wool grading and marketing class are encouraged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natal
Sweet Pian Aa
Injured in Accident on Melville Highway
Mrs. Sidney Huyser and her two daughters Dianne and Barbara were treated for cuts and bruises after an auto accident on Melville Highway 19 near Emil Drivdahl ranch. The Huyser car, icy road, and a state highway truck driven by George Clouse left the vehicle with significant damage while Mr. Huyser escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Huyser
Dianne
Barbara
Huyser
Emil Drivdahl
G. O. Schulz
George Clouse
Rev Oppen Dies In Minnesota
Rev. Gilbert Oppen died Tuesday in Spicer Minnesota telegrams to Mr and Mrs F B Peterson said funeral services would be held Friday at Lake Crystal Zion Lutheran church where he served before retirement He was pastor of the Big Timber and Melville Lutheran churches from October 1952 to June 1953
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Oppen
Spicer
Minn
F. B. Peterson
Lake Crystal
Zion Lutheran Church
Oppen
Big Timber
Melville Lutheran
Ludvig Allestad
Montana Woolgrowers Association
Miles City
Eastern Star
State Hospital
Warm Springs
Byron Grosfield
Don
Monte Beck
Linda
Margo
Duane Maxson
Laurel
Pierce
Becks
Big Timber Ffa
John Stone
FHA
Gary Thompson
Chas. Lowe
Dean
Vonny
Dawson,Minn
Hood
Dawson
Lowes
Augustana Academy
Canton
S. C
Colorado
Charley
Whitewater
Last Rites For Mrs. Lina Opland
Mrs. Lina Opland 74 died Saturday in a community hospital after a heart ailment. Funeral services were held at Big Timber Lutheran Church with Rev. Ocee Johnson conducting and interment in Mountain View. Survivors include two sons and two daughters, plus siblings and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lina Opland
Billings
Big Timber Lutheran Church
Ocee Johnson
A. Ronald McDonnell
Ted C. Busha
Rugged ‘Cross
Den
Hvide Flok
E. O. Overland
Albert Strand
Emery Jones
K. Haugstad
Harold Roe
Johann Viets
George Carl
Mountain View
Helleland
Norway
United States
Big Timber
Martin Opland
Gibson
Opland
James Opland
North Bend
Ore
Gilbert Upland
Ward Bruffey
Martin Sorenson Jr
Harlowton
Lars Messing
Olara Barstad
Lloyd
Bernice
Red Heart Tag Day Is Saturday
Women of the Moose conduct their annual Red Heart Tag Day fundraising campaign all day Saturday December 7 under leadership of Mrs Paul Holcomb drive chairman. For the last 18 years the Montana group has held Tag Day for the benefit of unfortunate boys and girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the Moose
Paul Holcomb
Montana
Fundamentals for Rural Basketeers at Big Timber
The Jaycees sponsor fundamentals of basketball for rural boys from first through eighth grade. Directors include Jack Halverson, Bill Cole, Herb McCauley, and Art Dyer. Participants sign parent permission and liability waivers. a doctor certifies health. practice starts Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2 pm in the high school gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Jaycees
Jack Halverson
Bill Cole
Herb McCauley
Art Dyer
Sheepherders and Engineers win in invitational tourney
The Big Timber Sheepherders beat Belgrade 66-54 after overtime and down Stanford 66-46 in the invitational. Voges led with 28 in the Belgrade game, Smart 14, Gee 8. Herders and Harlowton Engineers also won, with Belgrade and Stanford as opponents.
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Big Timber
Belgrade
Stanford
Voges
Herders
Smart
Gee
C. Boe
Renneberg
Nelson
Johnson
Goosey
Hunters urged to return Montana game kill questionnaires
About 20 000 hunters are selected at random by the Montana Fish and Game department to receive kill questionnaires. Data from responses guides seasons bag limits and management. Wildlife coordinator Wynn Freeman urged prompt completion to improve state big game population management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Fish and Game Department
Wynn Freeman
Freeman
Grey Cliff Store Burglarized by Three Men in Custody
Three men from Billings face first degree burglary charges after a Grey Cliff store break-in. Wayne Colden Mervin Bellowmine and Victor R Hogan were arrested in Livingston by Sheriff Thompson and Undersheriff O Hair following a radio alert. Colden and Bellowmine pled not guilty before Judge Allen. Hogan to plead Friday. Bonds set at 2500 each. Colden pictured in yesterdays Billings Gazette promoting a boxing card and scheduled for a preliminary match at Shrine Auditorium tonight.
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Thompson
Grey Cliff
Wayne Colden
Mervin Bellowmine
Victor R. Hogan
Billings
Livingston
Fred White
Wally O’hair
Colden
Bellowmine
Allen
Hogan
Billings Gazette
Shrine Auditorium
Doctor to Open Office Here in Big Timber
Dr. George DeBelly of Manhattan Kansas has arranged to open an office in Big Timber He rented the Schallock house on Sixth avenue east He is in army service now due to discharge December 30 and plans to open his office about January 15 He is married with a 16 month old son.
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George DeBelly
Manhattan
Kan
Big Timber
Schallock
Sixth Avenue East
DeBelly
Funeral Services Held Here For Victims Of Highway Tragedy
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Woods and her four children, drowned when their car left a Livingston Yellowstone river bridge on Thanksgiving, were held at the Evangelical United Brethren church. Survivors include Woods and Mrs. Woods' parents, siblings, and the children's grandparents. Divers and local and state officers continued river searches into Friday with aid from Anaconda rescue teams.
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Charles Woods
Yellowstone River
Livingston
Evangelical United Brethren Church
J. D. Lindley
Lyla
Elda
Irene Westervelt
Jesus
James Scholten
Stanley and
Phillip Woods
Wibaux
Norman Patterson
Hubert Patterson
Billings
Tom Hammersmark
Jim Scholten
Sunset Gardens
Margery Lois Woods
James Patterson
Yellowstone County
Winnett
Town
Betty Ann
Bruce Richard
James Lee
John Lynn
Beach
N. D
EUB
Betty
Big Timber
Woods
Sylvia Stoddar
Yellowstone
L. W. Swanson
Fred White,Jr
Wesley Cloyd
Bruce
James
John
Helena
Tom Carter
Morrison-Maierle Construction Company
Ben Clark
Montana State College
Bozeman
Carter
Sheriff’s Department
Clark
Northern Pacific
Sheriff White
Luther
Wally O
Swansons
Hubert
Norman
Pattérson
Anaconda
Orin Eccleston
Keith L. Moran
Moran
Montana
Travis Massey
Charles W. Graves
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Angles Strom
Melville Hiway
Rev. Oppen
Minnesota
Red Heart
Kennedy
Sharp
Ronneberg
Audrey Lillibridge
Moschelle House
Fourth Avenue West
Alfred Pelletier
Justice Court
Strobels
Terry
Tope Strobel
Grey Clif
Guy Scholten
Thermopolis
Wyo
Ray Beck
Dale
Navy
Tony VanderVoort
Corby Tilton
Sheridan
Mont
Hank Sundby
O. A. Thomason
McLeod Street
George Domasco
Dim Dutton
Walt Dutton
Fort Harrison
Walt
Veteran's Hospital
Harold McLauchlan
Hardin
Emery C. Jones
Lester Jones
Karen Ronning
Millie Snyder
Lloyd Ronning
Ross Snyder
Minneapolis
Wm. A. Hood
Branteris
Roger Hauge
Sharon Anderson
Bob Alexander
Hoods
Concordia College
Moorhead
Pete Berland
Alf Stangaw
Irving Polland
Reed Point
Community Hospital
National Guard
Steve Ollestad
Thomas Hillier
Burton Amsberry
Armory
Olesses
Ben Olness
Chas
Eugene
C. F. Watkins
Dudley Dean
Fred Olness
Montana State University
Missoula
Hallie Gunderson
Ed Webber
Edwin
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Strand
Big Timber Lutheran Brotherhood
Livingston Brotherhood
Sheriff's Office
Donner
Granville Skillman
Lowry’s
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