Absarokee News Highlights Holiday Events and School Honors
Local residents share Christmas and New Year memories with visits from Elz Thelander and families. Absarokee hosts a basketball doubleheader Friday Jan 5 at the gym. A New Year dance, club meetings, and Masonic installation fill the week plus an honor roll list for high school students including Marie Thompson and Doris McBride.
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Huntley Brumfield
Earl Friend
Elz
Thelander
Bozeman
Staten
Absarokee
Swan Lind
Fred Neilseon
Earl Jones
William Richards
Charles Basik
Perry Moler
Elmer Binder
Butte
R. S. Eudaily
George Broadwater
Shirley
Stillwater Divide
Lloyd
Staten Stumbaugh
John Rash
George Deeney
Howard Askwig
C. D. Luper
Dwain
F. M. Webb
Marian
Mr. Tatham
Huntley
Casper
Wyo
Emigrant
Carl Hillard
John
Livingston
Carl Mosse
Ambrose Bruinfield
Delos Geiger
Crescent City
Cailif
Fidelia Geiger
Delila Flesher
Columbus
Sol Brumfield
Raleigh Brumfield
William Golden
Lewis Guthrie
Marion van Campen
Home Demonstration Club
Arthur Sibbitt
Neumann
Lon Hollingsworth
W. M
A. Leuthold
S. W
Ed Timmons
Charles Kenfield
Marie Thompson
Doris McBride
Helen Mysse
Martha Bare
Joe Bare
Bill
Christmas News Shines In Bridger Creek Program
A large crowd attended the community Christmas and school program led by teacher Barbara Duffy and three pupils. Families hosted Christmas dinners with relatives visiting in from Absarokee Billings Gallatin Gateway and Melville. Light snow fell and the week felt more like Christmas after unseasonably warm days.
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Barbara Duffy
Carl Bue
Alfred Ostrum
Absarokee
Ralph Moats
Raymond
Roukema
Dorothy
Shewster
Anton Krone
Ike
Willie Lay
Fred Hausserman
Henry Lindberg
George Bailey
Oliver Myers
Carl Krone
Henry Hausserman
Presley Sanders
Billings
Sidney Fraser, Jr
Newton Lay
Gallatin Gateway
Nepstad
Everett Keefer
Floyd Nepstad
Melville
Johnson
Melville residents and visitors noted in Big Timber events
Mrs. Robert Ward of the Crazy mountains visits Big Timber this week. H Robert Hart left Thursday for Detroit to buy a Dodge. Mr and Mrs Donald Kloeckner and Mrs Frank Kloeckner were business visitors in Big Timber Tuesday. The Big Timber basketball benefit dance at Stockman Inn Melville drew a large crowd last Saturday. Louise and Esther Allman remain at home with Victor and Mrs Allman through the holidays. they attend Harlowton High. Mr and Mrs Harry Hart hosted friends west of Melville last Saturday. dancing and a delicious lunch followed.
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Robert Ward
Crazy Mountains
Big Timber
H. Robert Hart
Detroit
Donald Kloeckner
Frank Kloeckner
Stockman’s Inn
Melville
Louise
Esther Allman
Victor All
Montana State Confirms Tie With Omaha in Basketball Series
Montana State rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat Omaha University 37 to 35, tying the two game series. Reed led with 13 points, supported by Brickley with seven and Bowman eight, while Omaha’s Salyards had 11. Reed broke a 31 31 tie with six minutes left and MSU led the rest of the way.
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Omaha
Neb
Montana State
Omaha University
Staters
Reed
State
Brickley
Bowman
Salyards
Local Students Earn Honors At Junior High And Primary Levels
School reports honor rolls and honorable mentions across grades with names such as Louise McBride Hilda Bue Edna Mae Schuyler Harold Schmitt Pauline Bare Phyllis Groth George Deeney Margaret Westervelt Barbara Nute Betty Broadwater Tom Schuyler. A village charivari for newlyweds Arthur Van Oosten followed by a Christmas program at the gym highlighted by Santa Claus and songs directed by faculty.
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Arthur van Oosten
East White Beaver
Henry Evenson
Sol Brumfield
Floyd Ferguson
Harry Schmitt
Harold
George Dee
Pauline Bare
Mrs. Santa
Roger Phipps
Barbara Nute
Lewis Schuyler
Donald Lamb
Bess Deeney
Anabelle Peterson
Jemima Harper
Jean Hill
Santa Claus
Local summaries of community news and obituaries
Local items report Mrs. E M Conger returning home to McComb after a visit here. Rev Claire L Harris and families visiting churches in Livingston and Billings. George Mason named deputy clerk of Park county to fill a deceased clerk’s term. Deer Lodge trip ends Woodward store operations. Ellingson family loses luggage on Billings trip. Church events include prayer meetings and candle service. Red Lodge Eagles to play Merchants. Merchants win 39 29 over White Sulphur. George Morris noted as Park county pioneer, with history in Livingston since 1882. Obituaries for Mrs Elizabeth Barnett Keirsey. services held in Livingston with Eastern Star rituals. survivors listed plus burial in Mountain View.
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Livingston
George Morris
Park County
Jerome Williams
Big Timber
Williams
Morris
Bozeman
Riverside
Morris Brothers
George
Lee
C. W. Voges
Episcopal Church
Smith
Orient Chapter
The
Eastern Star
June McCracken
Dan Miles
Charles Squire
C. E. Marshall
Frank Fryer
Lewis Terwilliger
Keirsey
Humansville
Monett
George Keirsey
Lander
Wyo
Clara
Bettye
Stanley Doyas
Seattle
Donald A
Los Angeles
Patricia
Mary Gooding
Package of Greenbacks Flies From Train Blast
In Malvern Arkansas a parcel burst at the railway station sending about $1000 in cash into the wind. Station workers chased the money as officials solicit help to locate $600 unaccounted from the same consignment to a Malvern bank.
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Little Rock
Ark
Malvern
Here
Federal Reserve Bank
Malvern Bank
Roosevelt names Myron Taylor Vatican envoy for peace efforts
President Roosevelt designates Myron C. Taylor as his personal representative to the Vatican to pursue peace and relief efforts amid the world crisis. He will have unofficial ambassadorial rank and meet Pope Pius XII through Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish faith leaders to discuss global issues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Pius XII
Francis J. Spellman
New York
A. A. Berle
Amleto Cicognani
George A. Buttrick
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Cyrus Adler
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
International Committee On Refugees
White House
Liberals Likely to Head Either Way
Secretary Ickes said liberals among Democrats and Republicans might call a national convention before 1940 to back a liberal head for either party. He cited talks with Senator Norris and La Follette and noted the decision could hinge on Roosevelt's third term. The move would not create a new party unless both sides ran reactionary candidates, possibly prompting a third party ticket in New York.
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Washington
Ickes
Norris
Independent
Nebraska
la Follette
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
New York State
Roosevelt seeks to trim defense bill amid war costs
President Roosevelt reportedly plans to cut defense department estimates by about 700 million dollars to keep next fiscal year defense spending near 2.1 billion. Army and navy budgets face reductions while expansion plans for 462 thousand troops and new shipbuilding continue under a tightened cost framework.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War and Navy Department
Congress
Navy
War Department
Vinson
Democrat
Georgia
House Naval Committee
Sleeping sickness less among state's horses
Montana livestock sanitary board reports 31 equine sleeping sickness cases in 1939 across 31 counties, a sharp drop from 11 849 cases in 1938 across 53 counties causing 4 213 horse losses. Factors cited include natural immunity from 1938, widespread use of equine encephalomyelitis chick vaccine, and an unknown mitigating factor reducing virus disease impact.
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Helena
Montana Livestock Sanitary Board
Montana
Wallace Defends Certificate Plan to Boost Farm Parity
Secretary Wallace argues the tax certificate plan raises farm income toward parity with other industries, boosting jobs and consumer purchasing power. He rejects charges of a regressive tax and says the program helps cotton and wheat producers adjust to domestic demand.
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Washington
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve System
Federal Treasury
Administration
Weir Case to Open in Helena January
Lawrence Weir former Silver Bow county sheriff faces an October indictment charging attempt to evade 8235.66 in federal income taxes across 1933 to 1937. He is to be arraigned January 10 in Helena with five felonies and two misdemeanors. max penalties total 27 years in prison and 70000 dollars in fines.
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Butte
Lawrence
Larry) Weir
Silver Bow
Helena
Weir
Federal Revenue
Relief irrigation plan to aid drought areas outlined
Federal agencies and relief programs prepare a counter-offensive against drought in several regions. The plan, urged by the Northern Great Plains committee, uses WPA labor and FS A supervision to settle and operate projects. Approved: B O rd-Trenton in North Dakota Buffalo Rapids No. 2 in Montana and Rapid Vary near Rapid City South Dakota. Water from the Yellowstone would irrigate about 8 000 acres at a cost of 1 450 000 dollars.
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Washington
Dreuth
Bureau of Reclamation
Works Projects Administration
Farm Security Administration
Northern Great Plains Committee
W.P.A
Fs.a
Buford - Trenton
North Dakota
Buffalo Rapids
Montana
Id City
Yellowstone River
Roosevelt studies plan to use merchant ships for weather and rescue
President Roosevelt weighing a plan to station six recommissioned maritime ships in the Atlantic to report weather and perform rescue work. The idea aims to provide better weather data for air and sea traffic, leveraging more capable ships with meteorological gear.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Maritime Commission
Coast Guard
Treasury
Weather Bureau
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