Montana tele phone mic wave system in operation
Montana's largest single telephone project began operation with a Denver to Great Falls radio-relay microwave link. The network supports 600 voice channels across fourteen Montana towers, linking to installations near Columbus and Bozeman and routed south through Wyoming to Denver. The system aims to relieve intercity wire lines and handle long haul traffic.
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Montana
Denver
Great Falls
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Big Timber
Columbus
Bozeman
Telephone Company
Billings
Wyoming
Home Telephone Co
Rural Students Join Jaycee Basketball Program
Twenty three rural school boys joined a Sunday session for Jaycee rural school basketball instruction. The program runs weekly through February ending with a tournament. Interested rural boys in grades 1 through 8 should come to the high school gym at 2 pm with a towel for the towel program.
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Jaycee Rural School
Christmas Concert by School Bands and Choirs
The high school presents its annual Christmas Concert Tuesday December 17 at 8:00 p.m. in the gym with the concert band mixed chorus and girls chorus. Admission is free. pieces include Winter Wonderland Fanfare for Christmas Day Silent Night and Parade of the Wooden Soldiers with audience singalong.
Herders Split Weekend Conferenc e Games
The Sheepherders defeated Forsyth 72 to 52 then fell to Lodge Grass 71 to 68. Voges and Smart led with 20 points each in the Forsyth win, while Lodge Grass’s Red Wolf topped the Indians with 26. Big Timber hosts Huntley Project and Harlowton this weekend with a Jaycees broadcast.
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Voges
Smart
Miller
Boe
Gee
Ronnéberg
Johnson
Moulden
Nelson
Goosey
Flanagan
Herders
Lodge Grass
Big Timber
Bee
Red Wolf
Indians
Huntley Project
Harlowton Engineers
Harlowton
Big Timber Jaycees
Junior Rifle Training Courses At Big Timber
Forty seven youths join the Big Timber Rifle and Pistol club training. Twenty eight beginners meet Thursdays at 7 p m at the indoor range in the high school gym. A 19-student second year class starts at 8 p m with about 15 cents per evening for ammunition. Kenneth Elgen heads the program with help from Robert Groom and Teddy Thompson. Over thirty juniors plan to join the hunters safety course beginning after the year starts.
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Big Timber Rifle and Pistol Club
Kenneth Elgen
Robert Groom
Teddy Thompson
Rifle Club
Hunters
Jaycee Christmas Tree Sale Chooses Andy Strickland Chair
At a Jaycee meeting Andy Strickland was reappointed chairman of the annual Christmas tree sale. Proceeds fund the Jaycee stopping tour and youth activities. Trees of all sizes and prices are for sale in the building next to Lowry’s office, with price tags on each tree. Payment can be made at Egeland's Plumbing and Heating or to any Jaycee.
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Jaycee
Andy Strickland
Jayccees
Lowry
Egeland
Foster homes urged by Sweet Grass County leaders
Mrs. Marah Grist, Billings district child welfare supervisor, spoke to the Lutheran Ladies Aid on expanding foster homes. She noted Sweet Grass County lacks any foster homes and urged residents to contact local case worker Mrs. Helen Heem for information. The meeting also covered annual reports and upcoming Christmas party details.
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Marah Grist
Billings
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Sweet Grass County
Yellowstone County
Montana cattlemen attend MSGA tax study meeting
About 50 Montana cattlemen met in Helena at the Montana Stockgrowers association tax study committee session. Roy S. Moore of Big Timber Lloyd Rein and E M Adams of Melville were among attendees. The group agreed to continue the tax study work and form two committees to review property classification laws and potential state sales tax impacts on the cattle industry.
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Helena
Sweet Grass County
Montana
Montana Stockgrowers Association
Roy S. Moore
Big Timber
Lloyd Rein
E. M. Adams
Melville
MSGA
Elsie Ellingson Named in Nuclear Weapons Program
Major Elsie O. Ellingson of Big Timber Montana participates in the Air Force program at Kirtland AFB New Mexico to mate nuclear and thermonuclear weapons with delivery systems. She serves as administrative chief of the technical operations division of the Air Force special weapons center and has firsthand experience with nuclear testing.
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Kirtland Afb
N. M
Elsie O. Ellingson
USAF
Big Timber
Montana
Air Force
New Mexico
Air Force Special Weapons Center
Kirtland
Air Research and Development Command
Ellingson
Air Transport Command
Okinawa
Japan
Maj. Ellingson
Montana State College
U. S. Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey
Calif
Jaycees to Broadcast Big Timber High School Games
The Big Timber Jaycees will broadcast all away high school basketball games this season starting December 14 against Harla. Broadcasts use telephone hook up and gym loudspeakers with no admission, but a hat pass will help cover expenses. Road games listed include Harlowton Absarokee Lewis Town Red Lodge Roundup Bridger and Columbus with no stated end date depending on fan interest.
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Big Timber Jaycees
Harlowton
Absarokee
Lewistown
Red Lodge
Bridger
Coumbus
Speakers at Lions Meeting Cover Recruitment Drive
Rev. Helmuth Fichtler spoke at the Lions club meeting on the National Guard recruiting drive and its advantages. Other speakers included John Drivdahl Marion Beley and Sharon McKenzie who read their articles on the I Speak for Democracy contest held at the high school.
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Helmuth Fichtler
Lions Club
National Guard
John Drivdahl
Marion Beley
Sharon McKenzie
Extension course ends tonight dinner at Fry's cafe
The extension course taught by E. H. Fellbaum meets one evening weekly at the grade school. Twenty one enrolled, including six teachers from Livingston. Three members take graduate credit. A dinner is held at Fry's cafe preceding the final session.
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E. H. Fellbaum
Fry’s Cafe
Livingston
Major Operation John Hager Undergoes Surgery
John Hager underwent major surgery at the Community Hospital this morning. The procedure was described as extensive and the medical team reports stable initial outcomes. Further updates will follow.
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John Hager
Cheer Leaders Chosen At High School Election
Four students were selected as B squad cheer leaders at yesterday’s high school election Karen Spilde Judy Langston Sissel Oiestad and CKris Bly named to the squad by the student body and faculty vote at the high school gym.
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Karen Spilde
Judy Langston
Sissel Oiestad
Ckris Bly
Sid Fraser Addresses Lions on Adverse Effects of Super Highway
Sid Fraser spoke to the Lions Club about the Yellowstone valley super highway impact on ranchers. He described how the Yellowstone Valley Protective Assn formed to oppose right‑of‑way bids and noted condemnation actions against five ranchers with court dates in Park County. The narrow valley and proposed 300 foot extra right‑of‑way threaten land and farming rights, forcing landowners to sign away crossing rights.
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Sid Fraser
Lions Club
Yellowstone Valley
Congress
Montana
Fraser
Yellowstone Valley Protective Assn
Yellowstone River
Reed Point
Livingston
Montana Highway Dept
Park
Northern Pacific Railway
Committal Rites Held for Burton Lysne in California
Committal services for Burton Henry Lysne who died suddenly of a heart attack on December 4 in Morro Bay California were held at Mountain View Cemetery in Big Timber yesterday. He was born October 31 1909 in Northfield Minnesota and later moved to the west coast with his family becoming part of the motel business in Montana before retiring to California. He is survived by his mother Mrs Hannah Lysne two sisters Marguerite Overland and Dorothy Lysne a brother Dr Myron Lysne of Minneapolis and pallbearers included Dr Gordon Overland Traver Smith Elmer Arneson H A Anderson Clarence Flattum and Russell Flattum.
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Burton Henry Lysne
Morro Bay
Calif
Mountain View
Big Timber
Lysne
E. O. Overland
Northfield
Minn
West Coast
Dorothy
Montana
Drummond and Bozeman
California
Hannah Lysne
Marguerite Overland
Dorothy Lysne
Myron Lysne
Minneapolis
Gordon Overland
Missoula
Traver Smith
Elmer Arneson
H. A. Anderson
Clarence Flattum
Russell Flattum
Open house marks debut of Roquet veterinary clinic
Dr and Mrs H C Roquet hosted a reception at their new veterinary clinic drawing many county residents. Visitors toured the lobby private office drug and supply area operating rooms isolation stalls cages and a corral linked stock chute to the rear site.
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H. C. Roquet
Dr Roquet
Roquet
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Sorner
Farm Bureau
Mr. Gray
the Pioneer
Wilfred Shaw
Ilinois
Big Timber Pioneer
County Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
AFBF
Kenneth Thatcher
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Mountain State Telephone & Telegraph
Willy
Davis
Jesses
Forsyth
Jjaycee Tree Sale
Kenneth Roe
Aid
Chas. Lowe
Roe
Carl Paulson
R. A. Gissler
Lutheran
Dean Lowry
Carl Kjarmo
G. O. Schulz
A. R. McDonnell
John Carney
Elsie Ellingson
Jaycees
Lions Meeting
Burton Lysne
Frye
Malcolm Goosey
B. Olness
Arthur Schump
Margaret Deegan
Orvin Flare
L. W. Baskett
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