Christmas News From Pioneer Files 1912
Miss Marion Nicholson spends holidays with her brothers in McLeod. Paul L. Van Cleve Jr. visits Helena. Mrs VanCleve joins holidays there. Mrs Mabel Nelson and Miss Alta Barbour visit Judge Barbour. Joy riders’ car crash near McCall ranch. Reggie Pederson injured. Don Solberg’s car loses wheel. Eline Adam returns from Glasston for Christmas, joins Adam ranch party. Bank of Citizens State hosts old fashioned Christmas dinner. Kathryn Adam joins sister Eline for basketball and dance then vacation trip to Adam ranch. Big Timber visitors include Willard, Carl, Bishop, Jones, Gugler, Hughes. Gurney and Samborn have Christmas turkey at Whitney home. Frank McComas to move to Florida. Star and Crescent societies perform at high school. Former Big Timber pupils home for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Nicholson
Herbert
Charles
McLeod
Paul L. van Cleve Jr
Melville
Helena
VanCleve
Mabel Nelson
Alta Barbour
Forsyth
J. E. Barbour
Dry Creek
McCall Ranch
Reggie
Pederson
Don Solberg
Eline Adam
Glasston
Adam Ranch
E. J. Mo
Citizens State Bank
Frank McComas
Grey Cliff
Florida
Star and Crescent Societies
Alice Esp
Clara Solberg
Signa Crest
Alvhild Crest
Alva Rees
Della Perrine
Gladys Davis
Myrtle Dodge
Lillis Dixon
Percy Webb
Susie Gottlob
Helen
Beatrice Busha
Big Timber
Selmer Solberg
Hubert Kellogg
Robert Coit
Harold Geiger
Lillian Scrogin
Atha Barbour
Inez Everett
Donna McCall
Winifred Richards
Ingrid Halverson
Mabel Busha
Stuart Nicholson
Harold Solberg
Tom Busha
Earl Perrine
Emma Pederson
Swamp Creek
Howie
Chloe Claiborn
Miles City
G. B. Pope
J. G. McComas
al Strickland
Lizetta
Lloyd Stokes
W. R. Stokes
Reed
Humphrey
Colorado
Mullen
F. C. Connolly
Butte
John Deeney
B. T. Deeney
Billings
J. Cline
Community Notes and Visits Across Reed Point
Local residents and visitors are listed with travel plans and gatherings. Emma Pederson travels to Howie for holidays. Chloe Claiborn heads to Miles City to visit G. B. Pope. Thanksgiving dinners and church benefit plays are noted, alongside numerous family visits and school departures from Reed Point and nearby towns.
Winter driving tips from local notices
Mr. and Mrs. George Prouty and two children of Laurel were dinner guests as Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lamb returned to Laurel with them. The piece urges caution in winter driving, noting any speed can be dangerous in poor weather or road conditions and advising drivers to ensure they can stop to avoid skids and accidents. Take time in winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Prouty
Laurel
Roy Lamb
Boxing Day gifts and the old Feast Pig tradition
The article traces Christmas gift giving from January and Boxing Day origins. It cites the Feast Pig earthen savings box and alms-box beliefs, with other theories such as gratuity or backsheesh. It notes the practice migrating to modern gift boxes and the long history among tradesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
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