Protest Against Elk Slaughter in Gallatin Canyon
Local sportsmen and ranchers protest a proposed December 27 elk harvest in Gallatin Canyon. The Fish and Game department plans to open the Gallatin Game Preserve with 1,000 special hunting permits despite injunctions and contested elk counts. Officials defend the plan while residents accuse haste and misrepresentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallatin
Montana
Fish and Game Department
Gallatin Game Preserve
Yellowstone Park
Montana State
Gallatin County
Dunkle
Porcupine District
Elkin Area
Fish and Game
Canyon
Helena
F&g
Hospital Notes Summarize Admissions and Injuries
Mrs Jack Halverson admitted the 25th for medical care and released Tuesday. An unnamed man admitted Sunday and released Monday after an ice slip fractured his wrist. Charles Fallang, C C Gray, and Henry Sandsness admitted for medical care on Sunday Monday and Wednesday respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Halverson
Ommand
Charles Fallang
C. C. Gray
Henry Sandsness
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Charles Story
Mr and Mrs Charles Story announce the birth of a daughter on December 27 at Community hospital. The baby Lyn May weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces at birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Story
Lyn May
Timber Tops Meet and Install Officers in December Queen
The Timber Tops held a Monday night meeting with Mrs Henry Elgen as installing officer. Mrs Kenneth O Dell was crowned queen of December and named loser of the week. The next gathering is set for Tuesday January 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Elgen
Kenneth O’dell
Mae Headington Funeral to be Held in Warm Springs
Mae Dillon Headington died Monday morning at the state hospital in Warm Springs after a five day stay. Funeral services are set for today at 2 pm from Lowry Chapel with Mountain View burial. Born August 23, 1898 on Lower Deer Creek she moved to Big Timber, worked as a Northern Pacific railroad telegraph operator until retirement four years ago. Survived by three sisters Grace Goering, Frances Livermont, Gertrude Scribner, plus two nieces and many cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Headington
State Hospital
Warm Springs
Lowry Chapel
Mountain View
Mae Dillon Headington
Lower Deer Creek
S. R. Dillon
Big Timber
SGHS
Headington
Northern Pacific Railroad
Eastern Star
Grace Goering
Hardin
Frances Livermont
Los Angeles
Gertrude Scribner
Stockton
Calif
Judge Nat Allen Hale and Hearty
Livingston judge George Allen died at 57 last week, misidentified in The Great Falls Tribune. Nat Allen is alive and active in court and a minstrel show. He and Mrs. Allen were reportedly invited to dinner by Roberts Funeral Home in Roundup.
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Harlowton
George Allen
Livingston
Great Falls
Allen
Roberts Funeral Home
Spent Holiday Here by Mr and Mrs Jim Wood Jr
Mr and Mrs Jim Wood Jr formerly of Big Timber visited last week for Christmas with family. Wood recently transferred from Yellowtail dam site to Toledo California, and left Monday. They visited his parents Mr and Mrs Jim Wood Sr and her parents Mr and Mrs H M Crain along with sisters Mrs Vern Dodge and Mrs Kenneth Moore. Mrs Bennetlie moved from the ranch to a new Big Timber home during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Wood ,Jr
Big Timber
Wood
Yellowtail Dam
Toledo
Calif
Jim Wood Sr
H. M. Crain
Vern Dodge
Kenneth Moore
Minnesota
Leslie Pribula
East Grand Forks
Minn
Chris Albertsons
Great Falls
Billings
Pribula
Clark
Local Notes Share Visits and Holiday Tales Across Town
Local residents recount holiday visits and travel from Williston to Billings and Rudyard to Missoula. Families such as Olness Goosey and Flattums face snow storms while Mosness kin hire a hall for Christmas Day feasting and music.
Shanstrom Named 6th District Judge
Livingston attorney Shanstrom, Park county prosecutor since 1961, is appointed by Gov. Babcock to the Sixth Judicial District to succeed the late Judge George J. Allen. The term starts Jan. 1, 1965, running to the 1966 general election. Shanstrom will be the district’s only judge. Park County to appoint a new county attorney. He played a role in the 1962 Livingston police scandal case against former Chief Keith Moran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Jack D. Shanstrom
Park County
Sixth Judicial District
George J. Allen
Tim Babcock
Shanstrom
Keith Moran
Board of Public Employer Retirement System
Montana
Thomas Dignan
Glasgow
Ronald C. McPhillips
Shelby
Jack L. Green
Missoula
Park
Sweet Grass
Allen
J. Hugo Aronson
Park County High School
Montana State University
Air Force
476Th
Glasgow Air Force Base
David Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Harold A. Shanstrom
South Ninth
Audrey J. Felkner
Minneapolis
Sigma Nu
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Optimist Club
Holbrook Congregational Church
Elks Lodge
Glasgow Military Credit Union
The
Glasgow Jaycees
Wyoming Rites For Accident Victims
A coroner's jury found the December 23 1964 crash on U S Highway 10 near Big Timber killed Mr Harold P Moyer 24 a Missoula car salesman and former Marine Mrs Moyer and their infant die in the wreck along with a third party The group died after a Ford pickup driven by George Myers collided with a Corvair The Moyers were en route to Powell Wyoming to visit relatives at Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Moyer
Grey Cliff
Powell
Wyo
Moyer
Missoula
Mn Moyer
Willard H. Moyer
Dean Lowry
Big Timber
George Myers
Harold
Kathleen
Boy Moyer
Corvair
John Ronneberg
Oie’s
Upper Deer Creek Bridge
Myers
Barrow Pit
George
Shipton Golden Wedding Observed in Big Timber
Mr and Mrs Harry Shipton celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Lutheran Parish hall Big Timber with silver bells and a four tier cake. The couple married December 31 1914 in Big Timber and have spent all fifty years in town. Family and out of town guests attended including eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Harry Shipton
Everett Messing
David Wardell
Gerald Hauge
Ronald Hauge
Bob McDonald
Tom Childree
Debbie Lowry
Andrea Rostad
Gloria Bee
Shivton
Big Timber
Tom Shipton
Ella Gunderson
Ray Bryan
Shiptons
Olaf
Ida) Hauge
David
Della) Wardell
Harold Shipton
22 Rural Schools listed for 1915 16 year in Pioneer
The 1915 Pioneer edition lists 22 rural schools and several familiar teachers including Ellis Anna Hazelton Cavill Anna L Young Kath erine Adam Otter Creek Mar jorie Snyder McLeod Jennie Moore Basin Margaret Struth ers Lower Deer Creek Emma Pederson Cremer Eline Warner Duffy Mrs C Barnes Dutton Virgil Ragsdale Fish Creek Marian Hanson Grey Cliff Mrs Lena Schu mann Big Coulee Estella Iraser Howie Susie Gottlob White Beaver Lena Sleeth Homestead Selma Pederson Mrs Alice Webster Wormser Mary Sheridan East Boulder Marion N Cox Melville Margaret Lucas Dry Creek Mrs Jessie Evans Settlement Christine Sandsness Nine rural schools are operating this year.
Anniversary noted by Al Johnsons
Mr and Mrs John Jacobs hosted an open house Sunday Dec 27 from 3 to 5 pm honoring Mr and Mrs Al G Johnson on their silver wedding anniversary. About fifty friends called. The Johnsons have two children and six grandchildren and have lived in Townsend Helena Minnesota Montana Alaska Wyoming Thermopolis Cody and finally Big Timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jacobs
al G. Johnson
Howard Hanson
Ellen Plaggemeyer
Keith Harlan Jr
Johnson
Townsend
J & J Motor Co
Thermopolis
Wyo
Cody
Park County Country Club
Johnsons
Big Timber
Keith
Lorraine) Harlan Jr
Great Falls
Kim
Kyle Harlan
Norene
Dianne
Susam
Kevin Jacobs
Berg and Kemp Arden Berg Barbra Jean Kemp Wed
Berg and Barbra Jean Kemp were married at the Lutheran church Saturday afternoon by Rev. Ocee Johnson. The bride is the daughter of William R. Kemp of Bozeman and Florence Kemp of Livingston. The groom is the son of Ben Berg of Big Timber and Ann Bainter of Livingston. A reception followed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berg-Kemp Arden Mitchell Berg
Barbara Jean Kemp
Ocee Johnson
William R. Kemp
Bozeman
Florence Kemp
Livingston
Ben Berg
Big Timber
Ann Bainter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fish and Game Commission
Gov. Aronson
Nat Allen Hale
Hearty
Edna Goosey
Mrs
Glen Barnum — Monte
Gen Beck
Jerry Lukenbill
Ray and
Ryth ‘Beck
Erin Goosey
Small
Mal Goosey
Howard Skaggs
Erin
Rudyard
Helen Coryell
al Hobbs
Mickey
Ralph Prather
Jack
Arnold Johnson
Lois Williams
Ray Bieber
Carolyn Fry
Idaho
Alfred Egeland
Barbara Hart
Dean
Jacob Raney
Bill Cole
Vernon Standish
Jack Myers
Ted Hetland
Coryell
Ed Becker
Louie Taylor
Bill
Saigon
Bob Hope
the Statesman
Espana
Duane Hauge
Brown’s Institute of Radio, TV and Electronics
George Hauge
Jim Woods Jr
James Hash of
Roy Moore and Sons
Irene Pullman
Jane Fincher
Bob McComb
Jim Myers
Dillon
Olympia
Wash
Clarence Flattum
Russell
Flattums
Flattum
Morlan Flattum
Mosness
Fraternity
Lyle O’dell
Lennard Mosness
Rudy Mosness
Car
Arnold Mosness
Kenny O'Dell
Forrest Gibby
Bjarne Mosness
Ernest O'Dell
Donald Mosness
Lois O'Dell
Arnold
Robert Woolley
Calvin Lavold
Knute Lavold
Jonas Maitland
Pete Reidelbach
Texas
Edward Hale
Raymond Hale
Lubbock
Tex
Olga Muir
Delmar
Bud Deeney
Reed Point
Jack B. Hurley
Akron
Ohio
Justice of Peace
Lyman Moulden
Hurley
Jim
Pete Forsythe
Armand Johnson
Bruce B. Johnson
Henry. Sandaness
Scott James
Bruce RB. Johnson
St. Patrick's Hospital
Wyoming
Shipton
Bill Wardell
Phoenix
Ariz
Three Forks
Renton
Pioneer
AL Johnsons
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