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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
8
Reed Point details Christmas gatherings in the community. Furloughs from Italy and Farragut are noted for Don Trees and Virgil Best. Several residents visit relatives in Laurel Billings Sidney and Livingston as Christmas events unfold across Montana towns.
Roundup residents Emmett Overfelt and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Thompson and son Dennis spent Christmas with relatives in Roundup. A Billings wartime fair and exhibition is planned for August 13 to 18, 1945 with Cavalcade of Amusements rides and various acts. A deputy from the internal revenue service will assist farmers in Big Timber January 6 and Livingston January 11–15 to file 1944 income tax, with extensions for ranchers and quarterly filers coordinated with final payments due January 15.
Updates from service members include Ever ett in India promoted to sergeant Raymond Bieber advancing to seaman first class Lt. Lester V Green arrives in Iceland Pfc Harry Preston with MacArthur's forces on Leyte Dan Officer seeks home friends after six months in Hawaii T 5 Arthur C Ward transferred to a San Francisco APO R J Frang and Pvt Thomas Névin receive New York APO numbers Also Cornelia Tanzi, Mussolini mistress, convicted of collaboration and sentenced to 30 years in Rome.
Students to room and board. House by the library. Strayed or stolen from Busha ranch a 3 year old red Shorthorn heifer. For sale 200 tons mixed timothy and alfalfa hay. Large circulating heater coal or wood. Radio repair service with 23 years experience. Norwest Radio Laboratories Shelby Montana. Wanted mechanic or helper. Card of thanks for sympathy after loss of Gordon Amery. Big Timber Lutheran Parish services January 7. Norwegian service at 2 pm Melville service 3 pm.
Montana livestock receipts and price ranges reported by Billings Market Livestock Commission Co on December 23 1944 show cattle hogs and sheep trading firm. Cattle receipts 1477 head with varied grades from choice steers to good plain and cutters offering prices from 6 to 15 per cwt. Hog receipts 109 head with 180 to 240 pound hogs at 14.05 top and heavies 13 to 13.50. Sheep receipts 404 head with choice fed lambs 12.75 to 13.50 and ewes down to 3.50. Opening sale for 1945 set for January 2 with daily sales at 1:00 p m on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.
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