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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
8
Buckingham Palace announced the christening of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s son Prince Charles Philip Arthur George of Edinburgh. The ceremony will be held tomorrow at the palace.
The Reed Point Womans club held a Friday meeting at Mrs. Clyde Farthing’s with 50 members, two guests, gifts and a program led by Mrs. W. Baker. Youth Fellowship met at E U B church for Bible study and games. Wayne and Bob Campanella hosted a birthday and homecoming with prizes. Campanella returned from Guam after 22 months. Various families visited and P T A meetings at high school featured student songs and a Star of the East solo, with a large lunch for attendees.
Clarence Francis of General Foods told Congress that demand softening in the sellers market points to further price declines in farm and food products. Wholesale prices dropped eight tenths of a percent last week led by farm goods, while labor data show a first drop in five weeks. Francis cautioned that wartime profits may persist in some sectors until peace returns.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. shows an annual stockholders meeting at its Big Timber Montana office on Tuesday January 11 1949 at 8 p m. Directors will be elected and other business may be transacted. R L Tolson cashier. Publication dates December 16 23 30 January 6.
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Big Timber Building & Loan association will be held at the Citizens Bank & Trust Co. in Big Timber Sweet Grass county Montana on Monday January 10 1949 at 7 o clock p m. Said meeting is for electing directors and handling other proper business. Harold Boe Secretary.
Temperature sank to 31 degrees below zero at Browning as a cold air mass chilled north central states. Montana records listed Cut Bank at 24 below zero as the official low, with Lewistown -15 Havre -12 Great Falls -11 Drummond -10 and West Yellowstone at 18 above as the warmest Montana reading.
Forecasters warned the cold spell will linger for several days with Montana in subzero conditions. Overnight lows may drop from 10 below to 15 above, highs from 10 to 30 above. Great Falls stayed below freezing. Cut Bank reached 1 above and Havre 2 above as snow fell across most Montana points. Ground depths measured 87 inches at Mullan Pass on the Idaho border.
A historical note states there were only fifty newspaper presses operating in the American colonies by the year 1775. The detail highlights the limited print infrastructure preceding the American Revolution.
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