Ice rink progress in Big Timber moves forward
The Corner Angles column reports local efforts toward building an ice skating rink behind Sawyers store. Teens and volunteers organize, secure county land, gather donations from merchants, and plan flooding by Christmas vacation if weather allows, with Moose Lodge backing and hopes for lights and a small building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyers
Moose Lodge
Carl Mosness
Chuck Schuler
Jimmy Myers
Sell
A. W. Miles Co
Christmas Mail Reaching Peak
Postmaster Harold McLauchlan urges early mail for Christmas to ease congestion. He notes parcel post for out-of-state gifts trails last year and recommends air parcel post for distant items. Citizens should use sturdy wrapping, legible addresses, and mail distant packages now while local delivery should precede a week before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McLauchlan
Parcel Post
Air Parcel Post
Big Timber
Strobel Family Weekend Visit in Great Falls
Mr and Mrs Dick Strobel and daughter Sharon of Great Falls were weekend visitors of his brother Tope Strobel and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strobels
Dick Strobel
Sharon
Great Falls
Tope Strobel
Wool Marketing Assn to Meet in Sweet Grass
The Sweet Grass County Wool Marketing Association holds its annual meeting Friday December 21 at the American Legion hall. Everett Shuey Montana State Wool Growers secretary will discuss wool problems and the sheep industry. Members are urged to attend to hear reports and discussions. Lunch will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass County Wool Marketing Association
American Legion Hall
Everett Shuey
Montana State Wool Growers
Hundred Dollar Gift Jumpstarts Sweet Grass Hospital Drive
Sweet Grass County Hospital Inc. begins its membership drive with a $100 check from Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hawks of Colorado Springs. President Karl Bryan says no solicitor drive this Christmas but applications and payment points are available in several county locations. Minimum $10 membership, one vote per household, no maximum. Temporary directors met to finalize legal matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass County Hospital Inc
Harold Hawks
Colorado Springs
Big
Hospital
Hospital Corporation
Bryan
Home Telephone Co
Citizens Bank
Victor Allman
Melville
Grey Cliff Store
McLeod Store
Karl Bryan
Wright Ewan
C. W. Haas
E. A. Bieber
Services Friday For Emma Schuyler
Funeral services for 70 year old Emma Schuyler of Reed Point will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Evangelical United Brethren church with Rev. E J Bott officiating. She died of a heart attack at home. Schuyler was born November 1 1886 in Roscoe Missouri and married Oscar Ellsworth Schuyler in 1900. She is survived by two sons Herman and Ervin D Schuyler two daughters Mrs Clarence Phipps and Mrs S E Hatfield. three stepsons Curly Milt and Yates Schuyler. eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was a member of the EUB church in Reed Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Schuyler
Reed Point
Evangelical United Brethren Church
E. J. Bott
Herman
Schuyler
Roscoe
Oscar ‘Ellsworth Schuyler
Ervin D. Schuyler
Sunnyvale
Calif
Clarence Phipps
S. E. Hatfield
Jackson
Wyo
Curly
Milt
Yates Schuyler
Billings
The
EUB Church of
High School Christmas Concert Presented by Chorus and Band
The annual high school Christmas concert airs Tuesday December 18 at 8 p m in the gym with no admission charge. Edith Malcolm Carter directs the band and chorus featuring classical and festive pieces and soloist Carla Wulff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fix
Moose To Celebrate Local Notes And Folks
Community notices list a Jaycee Christmas dance at the Legion hall with guests allowed and snacks requested. Kenneth Stricklands relocate to Othello Washington for construction work. Mrs Anna Berg undergoes minor surgery in Livingston and returns home. Ernest Parker travels from Billings to Springfield Missouri to visit relatives. Woolgrowers from Sweet Grass County attend a Montana state convention in Billings. Lutheran Ladies Aid host Christmas party with gift exchange cookies and a children's home gift. Big Timber Moose lodge joins 23 Montana lodges for statewide Christmas broadcast from Mooseheart with a public program and dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Legion Hall
Robert Burns
Albert Esp
Sweet Grass County
Emery Jones
Andrew Togstad
H. A. Anderson
Carl Myrstol
Rasmus Boe
Albert Strand
Ole Dahl
Helmar Branne
George Hauge
Big Timber Moose Lodge
Montana
Mooseheart
Ill
Moose
Docus
Montana High Court Reverses Strobel Manslaughter Conviction
The Montana Supreme Court in a 3 to 2 decision reversed a district court ruling convicting Frances Strobel of vehicular manslaughter in the 1954 collision that killed Gerald Little. The reversal rests on insufficient intoxication evidence and an improper jury instruction about left-lane movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Frances Strobel
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Strobel
Gerald Little
Laurel
U. S. Highway 10
Benjamin
Christmas Program at Big Timber Public School
The Big Timber public school will present its annual Christmas program on Thursday evening December 20 at 8 o'clock in the auditorium. The show features the band seventh and eighth grade chorus and the operetta The Magic Christmas Bell by first through sixth grades. The operetta portrays Santa Claus sleeping on Christmas Eve delaying toy delivery as helpers from many nations assist. A detailed program will follow next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber Public School
Jin
Santa Claus
Silver wedding anniversary dinner honors Hoglunds in Big Timber
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Severance hosted a dinner Sunday for Mrs Hoglunds brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Iver Hoglund of Great Falls as week end guests. The Hoglunds married December 6 1931 at the Severance home in Big Timber and have since worked at state fisheries hatcheries in Anaconda Lewistown and Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Severance
Iver Hoglund
Great Falls
Millie Snyder
Forest Keller
Ross Snyder
Hoglunds
Severance
Big Timber
A. Roukema
Anaconda
Hoglund
Lewistown
Idaho Falls TV Signal Aims to Reach Big Timber
Live TV from Idaho Falls is due in Big Timber soon. Mac Clark of TV Cable Assn says antenna work on Tin Can hill is underway and expects completion within 30 days. KOOK TV plans to double power after year’s start as equipment upgrades finish. West of Big Timber, Livingston and others already receive Idaho Falls channel via cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Big Timber
Mac Clark
TV Cable Assn
Tin Can Hill
Idaho
Kook TV
Livingston
Agate pioneer Bromley found dead near Springdale
Orlin W. Bromley, 85, noted agate cutter and dealer born Detroit 1871, lived in Livingston Springdale area since 1923. His frozen body was found in his cabin by sheriff after neighbors reported no activity. Coroner ruled death from natural causes. Burial at Mountain View. friends raise funds for a grave marker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Orlin W
Ben) ‘Bromley
Springdale
Wesley Cloyd
Bromley
United States
Charles F. Miller
Parchane
Portland
Livingston Enterprise
Tom Jarrett
Detroit
Mich
G. Melvin Walker
First Baptist Church
Cloyd Chapel
Lawrence Flaten
George Kamp
Oscar Nelson
Dick Frost
Weaver Gibby
Mountain View Cemetery
Outstanding Young Farmer program seeks top Montana operator
Don Cameron announces the third annual nationwide search for America's most outstanding young farmers of 1956. Eligible operators aged 21 to 35 are judged on farming progress conservation and community service with nominations via local sponsors. Local winner advances to state finals with a trip to the national program in Durham North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Cameron
Big Timber Junior Chamber of Commerce
America
American Petroleum Institute
Committee On Agriculture
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bank
Pioneer
Grey Cliff
McLeod Store
Reed Point Husky Station
Melville
Durham
North Carolina
ASC Committee Officers Elected
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation county committee officers were chosen by farmers and ranchers in the election ending December 5. The slate lists Kenneth J Boe as chairman, Elmer Arneson as vice chairman, George Crum as regular member, John Yost as first alternate, and Kenneth Elgen as second alternate. The committee will oversee ASC programs including acreage and conservation reserve, price support, wheat allotments and marketing quotas, and wool incentive in the county next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell C. Gibson
Kenneth J Boe
Elmer Arneson
George Crum
John Yost
Kenneth Elgen
ASC
Gifts with a Lift aids Warm Springs patients this Christmas
Montana residents are urged to donate personal gifts for about 2,000 patients at Warm Springs State Hospital. Men’s gifts are in high demand and suggestions include slippers gloves and tobacco products while women’s ideas include hosiery cosmetics and crocheting materials. Gifts should be mailed to the state hospital or delivered to 1104 West Broadway with the deadline December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Sanders
Butte
State Hospital
Warm Springs
Mont
West Broadway
Herders Take Two On Road Trip In Conference Play
The Sheepherders beat Forsyth 84 to 61 and Lodge Grass Indians 65 to 52 on a road swing. Key scorers included Rule 19 Berg 17 Nelson 17 Voges 16 Hauge 7 Lomeland 10, while Forsyth's McRae led with 19 and Tillett 18. Big Timber hosts Columbus and Absarokee Huskies this weekend, with a home court doubleheader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rule
Berg
Voges
Hauge
Lomeland
Forsyth
Nelson
Herders
Miller
Olness
Dodds
McRae
Tillett
McKinney
Patterson
Twede
J Schiffey
C. Schiffen
Big Timber
Lodge Grass Indians
Church of God Christmas Program Scheduled for December 17
The Church of God will present its annual Christmas program Monday evening December 17 at 7 30 featuring Sunday school children in recitations and songs and a 30 minute film Christmas Spirit. Alan Hathaway a ministerial student at Lee College Cleveland Tenn will speak at the Sunday morning service December 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Alan Hathaway
Lee College
Cleveland
Emergency Relief Appeal For Hungarians By Red Cross
The American Red Cross launches a 5 million dollar emergency appeal to fund a large Hungary relief effort. Planned daily meals for 200000 refugees in Hungary, continued aid for Austrian refugees, and support for Camp Kilmer arrivals are outlined. Contributions urged through Mrs. L. D. Severance or local banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Hungary
Red Cross
Red Cross Committee
Austria
Camp Kilmer
N. J
L. D. Severance
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Wool Marketing Assn
Edith Malcolm -Carter
den Bach, ‘Leidzeni
Grandman
Smith, Bernard
Bennett
Rodgers, Bennett
Dilley Bratton, Yoder Os
Esther O'Toole
Bach
Davis
Parker
Pierpont-Howorth
Holly and the
Ivy
Shaw-Parker
Christiansen
Carla Wulff
Joe Bare
Richard Bare
Scott Air Force Base
ASC Committee
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