Wind Whips Big Timber With 100 MPH Gusts
Early Sunday Big Timber endured damaging winds exceeding 100 miles per hour. A 65 foot mobile home blew over near Frye’s Cafe, trees and haystacks toppled, poles and wires fell, and roofing and siding were torn from buildings. By Sunday evening most service and repairs began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Churchill
Big Timber
Frye
Treasure State Telephone Co
John Jacobs
Daryl Blumhagen
Blumhagen
Starr Ford
Retiring Con Smart Sells Big Timber Auto Firms
Two local businesses changed hands in Big Timber. Smart's Mobil sold to Dave Refsland and Dave's Enco sold to Jerry Hauge, becoming Daves Mobil and Jerrys Enco. Con Smart and wife Mabel retire after 52 years in the local auto and appliance trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smart
Witten
Smart’s
Mobil
Telephone Company
Con Smart
Reed Point
Big Timber Volunteer Fire Department
Sweet Grass County
Stolen Car Recovered In County Incident
A car registered to Larry McBride was reported stolen outside Frye's Cafe. Linda McBride found it missing at 1:35 p.m. A sheriff's broadcast led to Bozeman authorities recovering the vehicle by 2:15 p.m. Two Butte juveniles were taken into custody and the car was returned to Big Timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry McBride
McBride
Frye
Linda McBride
Sweet Grass County
Senior Citizens Work on Center in Big Timber
Senior Citizens progress on the proposed Big Timber Senior Center with President Ruth Moschelle outlining proposals and a near-future meeting to form a board and head director. She reported a Bozeman Center visit where they offered aid to start the project, aided by Helena’s Commission on Aging and inviting interested helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Ruth Moschelle
Moschelle
Bozeman
Commission On Aging
Helena
Retiring Reed Point Reporter Passes Byline to Nina Booth
Mrs Glen Barnum longtime Reed Point correspondent retires after nearly twenty years. Next week the area will feature a new byline by Mrs Lloyd Nina Booth daughter of Mr and Mrs L H Bryan of Big Timber. Booth is well connected in Reed Point and Big Timber and should carry on the strong local coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Barnum
Reed Point
Lloyd
Nina) Booth
Nina
L. H. Bryan
Big Timber
Barnum
Pioneer
Stranded Cattle Rescued by Sheriff's Posse Crew
Rescue crews and area men pulled 13 cattle from knee deep icy water on the Ray Elges ranch near Grey Cliff bridge after an ice jam on the Yellowstone River. A makeshift 100 foot bridge was built with planks and hay to guide the cattle to a new island, with eight crossing on first attempt and four more later. The sheriff's posse and local volunteers worked to reinforce the bridge while cattle were penned in a corral for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass County Sheriffs Department
Starr Ford
Lorn Pudwill
Amos Thompson
Elges Ranch
Citizen of the Year Eugene Peterson Honored by Montana Power
Eugene Peterson a Big Timber gas serviceman is selected as 1971 Citizen of the Year by Bozeman Livingston Montana Power Company employees. He and his wife Eudora will be honored in Butte at a February luncheon. Peterson active in Scouting Lions Club Toastmasters and volunteer fireman since 1968. He serves as assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 521 and spends extensive time with the Scouts including four overnight trips yearly. The family includes three sons Steve Floyd and Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Peterson
Big Timber
Bozeman-Livingston Division
Montana Power Company
Eudora
Butte
Peterson
Lions Club
Browning
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gambles
Boulder Gardens Floral
Courthouse
Livingston
Bill Ferguson
Thaber Photo Service
Dave Refsland
Humble Oil Co
Dave’s Enco
Dave's Enco
Dave
Refsland
Big Timber Lions Club
VFW
Toastmasters
Enco
Jerry
Jerry and
Jan Hauge
New Business
Smaan
I Timber
Don Smart
Marleneene
Mable
Darrel Laubach
Bill Kinsey
Ralph Weller
Ed ‘Webber
Ray Esp
Sheriff's Posse
Kenneth Thompson
John
Herb Elges
Elges
Petersons
Steve
Floyd
Boyd
Timber “Photo Service
Treasure
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