Reed Point Society Notes and Local Moves
In Reed Point Mrs. Marion Van Campen is mentioned among births and visits. A baby girl at Columbus hospital weighs 81 pounds, and the county selects W. D. McBride for school board duties. Lt. Carl Ostenson and Pvt. Herbert Stewart are noted, with church services led by Rev. Strutz and a potluck dinner. Various local visits, receptions, and social events fill the page including card parties and the Soldiers Boys Memorial Library club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cy Hatfield
Columbus Hospital
Billings
George Berrie
W. D. McBride
Herbert Stewart
Brownsville
Tex
August Westerhaus
Gus Westerhaus
Strutz
Lizzie Galaway
Roy
Robert Daniels
Galaway
Lodge Grass
William Langford
Carl Smith
Langford
Jack Collins
Livingston
Clifton Booth
Grey Cliff
Walter Lamb
Laurel
Petrine Peterson
Wayne Eder
Palmer Peterson
Melvin Peterson
Norman Peterson
Carl Eder
Holland
Oscar Peterson
Ellen Peterson
Nettie Lamb
O. L. Shutes
Percy Huntley
Waydine Cummins
Howard Shutes
Marion Turner
Sidney
P. G. McKeith
Shirley Marlow
Eva Mae Deeney
Mary Hornsby
A. P. Brumfield
A. C. Brumfield
Mable Farr
Selma Eder
L. L. Walker
Pearl Imlay
Gladys Deckert
Ruth Farr
Jane Albin
Alberta Ornsdorf
McKeith
Shutes
Wardine Cummins
Soldier Boys Memorial Library Club
McBride
Dean Robb
O. L
Utes
iMrs
Arthur Sibbit
E. O. Overland
Big Timber
China
Fred B. Swift
Henry Miller
Thomas Hovland
Sophia Guthrie
Overland
Harry Schmitt
Clarence Ford
Nina Mae
William Ferguson
Henry Evenson
Sol Brumfield
Robert Cunningham
Art van Oosten
Patricia
Margaret
Maxine
Mary Albin
van Oosten
Albin
Patricia Westerhaus Secord
Mien
Langford Rites Held In Reed Point For Billings Native
William H Langford died at St Vincent's hospital in Billings on January 14 after a year of illness not previously alarming. Funeral services were conducted at the Evangelical church in Reed Point with Rev E J Schroeder officiating. Burial followed in Reed Point cemetery beside his mother. He was born November 15 1873 in Panaca Nevada and later worked as a foreman for Gov Stark's Shoesole outfit in Nevada and Idaho. He trailed 500 horses to Williston New York in 1896 and later settled at Reed Point in 1909. He married Chloe Booth February 1 1922 in Bozeman. He is survived by his widow, one son William H Langford Jr and three brothers Clifton Booth Leslie Booth and Dwain Booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Langford
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Billings
Evangelical
Reed Point
E. J. Schroeder
Laurence Aber
Columbus
Gov Stark
Nevada
Idaho
Williston
N. Y
Town
Chloe Booth
Bozeman
William H. Laneford, Jr
Stensons
Clifton Booth
Deer Creek
Leslie Booth
Bend, Ore
Dwain Booth
Local notices and travel updates from area residents
Local items report O A Sippels leaving for Ontario for three weeks and sailors Emmett J Deegan and Earl Green Jr visiting home for 10 days while their boat is repaired. Billings shopping trip for Golden Rule store includes 300 lines of ready to wear. Captain Payne Templeton, former Plathead county principal, now Allied military government officer, trains in England with Allied, English and Russian officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett J. Deegan
Earl Green Jr
San Francisco
B. F. Henry
John E. Cameron
Agnes Hereim
Billings
Golden Rule
Henry
Lameret
Tuesay
Robert L. Benson
Paul Fischer
Pacific
Templeton
Margaret Bryan
Wm. Churchill
Montana
Payne Templeton
Plathead County
Helena
England
Reynolds
Greenville
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Yale
Camp Reynolds
Bad Fire Destroys Sheep Sheds at McKenzie Ranch
A Sunday morning blaze destroyed four sheep sheds at the W. D. McKenzie ranch west of town on the Yellow Stone. 1200 sheep were kept in a corral beside the sheds but were saved as winds carried flames away. A tractor blower was damaged yet saved. only end burned. Insurance exists on buildings, none on feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. McKenzie
Yellowstone
Donald
Clark McKenzie
McKenzies
Cattle Growers Press Meat Industry Board Shift
The association urged Congress to place meat management in the war meat board with enforceable authority, oppose subsidies and price rollbacks, and stop agricultural adjustment payments for soil and range programs. It also asked removal of labor shortages in meat packing and announced new officers led by A. D. Brownfield of Deming as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
War Meat Board
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
A. D. Brownfield
Deming
N. M
Brownfield
Frank Boice
Sonoita
Ariz
William B. Wright
Death
Nev
A. A. Smith
Sterling
Colo
Andrew Johnston
Alpha
N. D
Sheldon Potter
San Francisco
Joe B. Matthews
Albany
Texas
John Arnold
Birney
Mont
Parodies and Poems by Jerome Williams
Jerome Williams presents Parodies and Poems priced at fifty cents for overseas military readers. The note highlights his seven grandchildren and two sisters Mrs Cynthia Hartman Reed Point and Mrs Anna Ray Beatty Nev along with several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Williams
Cynthia Hartman
Reed Point
Anna Ray
Beatty, Nev
For Sale and Wanted Classified Notices and Thanks
A collection of small ads lists items for sale including gas conversions, trucks, ranch equipment, and cattle. notices seek 100 head of cattle. services like permanent waves are advertised. ranch and Hereford cattle are offered. a note of thanks to Bridger Creek Womans clubs accompanies the notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridger Creek Womans Clubs
Ladies Aid hosts Jan. 21 parish hall gathering
Mrs Clarence Erickson and Mrs Monte Riter will entertain Big Timber Melville and Deer Creek Ladies Aids January 21 at the parish hall in a community social event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Erickson
Monte Riter
Big Timber
Melville
Deer Creek
Parish
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Jacob Wagner
The Wagner families express gratitude to friends for kindnesses during Mrs. Jacob Wagner’s long illness and for flowers music and expressions of sympathy at her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Wagner
Wagner
Rummage Sale by American Legion Auxiliary Saturday
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a rummage sale in the Ryan building on Saturday January 22. Doors open at 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Ryan Building
Americans Down 152 German Fighters
Allied airmen say they shot down at least 152 German fighters in a record sky battle near Berlin. The Eighth Air Force reports 60 bombers and five fighters lost, with another raid on two targets and three aircraft centers southeast of Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Eighth Air-Force
Lutheran Parish Service Schedule and Meetings
Axel Anderson, Pastor. Sunday Jan 23 Sunday school 10 am Divine services 11 am. Divine services Melville 2 30 pm with Holy Communion. Annual congregational business meeting after services and meeting of the Ladies Aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BIG Timber Lutheran Parish
Axel Anderson
Melville
Ladies Aid
Church Service Times And Schedule
Pastor Aree CHURCH H. S. Tool lists worship hours at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Sunday school at 10 a.m. League at 8 45 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aree Church
H. S. Tool
St Mark's Episcopal service schedule set by Vicar
Rev George N Taylor the vicar announces evening services at 8 oclock on the first third and fourth Sundays each month and Holy Communion at 11 am on the second Sunday at St Mark's Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Mark’s
Congregational Church Services and Sunday School Times
Rev. Clarence Covell conducts Sunday school at 10 a m with evening worship at 7 30 p m each Sunday. Additional services and church activities are announced by the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Clarence Covell
Soldier Dies? Noting Survives Injury in Highway Crash
Soldier John M. Mulcahy, 19, sustained serious spinal injuries in a Saturday night highway crash about 13 miles east of Timber. Mulcahy, en route to Billings hitchhiking from Bozeman College, was aided at the scene by local residents and later transported to a hospital. Driver Vincent I. Miller, Russell Miller Milling Co. district sales manager, was fined $100 for drunken driving after a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Mulcahy
Highway 10
Timber
Mulcahy
Bozeman College
Billings
Livingston
Vincent I. Miller
Russell Miller Milling Co
Big Timber
Grey Cliff
John Weidinger
Mysse
Cody Bovee
Chas. Christensen
Donald Mysse
Orvin McKeith
Community Hospital
Baskett
Helene
Army Post Hospital
Miller
Justice of Peace Holly
Elizabeth Mulcahy
28Th Ave
Minneapolis
Ration Stamp Dates Extend Through Early 1940s
The bulletin lists expiration and validity dates for various ration stamps including gasoline coupons A-9 and A-10, sugar stamps No. 30, shoes stamp No. 18, airplane stamp No. 1, meat and fat stamps R to U, brown stamp V, and processed foods Green stamps D to F and G to J.
Live Stock Bill of Sale Books at Pioneer Office
Local notice announces availability of live stock bill of sale books at the Pioneer office for public inspection. Records detail ownership transfers, cattle, horses and other livestock noted in ledgers. Reading room hours and contact provided for access requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Office
Major Chauncey Irvine Jr Promoted After Family Milestones
Eighth Air Force fighter Maj. Chauncey Irvine Jr 25 of Big Timber Mont now flies Thunderbolts on bomber escort missions over Europe He arrived in the European theater has completed early missions became father to a son born to Mrs Avis Irvine of San Francisco and received a promotion to major He is squadron operations officer and flight leader with service dating from February 1940 and training at Glendale Randolph and Kelly fields His aircraft is named The Rock
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAF
England
Chauncey
Irvine
Big Timber
Mont
Europe
ETO
Avis Irvine
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Sunset District
San Francisco
Cal
Sippel
Chauncey T. Irvine
Beatrix Potter Dies at 77 in England
Beatrix Potter author of the Peter Rabbit tales died December 22 at Sawrey England at age 77. She was the wife of English lawyer William Heelis but used her maiden name in writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Beatrix Potter
Peter Rabbit
Sawrey
England
The
Herald Tribune
Miss Potter
William Heelis
Sing Sing Warden Robert Kirby Dies at 55
Robert J. Kirby, 55, warden of Sing Sing prison in Ossining New York, died of pneumonia Saturday night in his official residence after an eight day illness.
News Notes From Boys In Service
George G. Webb of Liam arrives safely overseas with a Fleet Marines medical corps. Lee Overfelt transfers from Chadron to pre flight school in Iowa City. Bob Nunley in Italy promoted to sergeant. Staff Sgt Peder Terland moves from Camp Atterbury to care PM Newark. Marguerite Alden moves from Great Lakes to Chicago. Ernest A. Neumann moves from Camp Barkeley to Denver. Sgt Donald G. Dodge, wounded, assigned to a depot in Italy. Cpl Jonas Morland stationed at Fort Ord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Webb
Mike Webb
Liam
Fleet Marines
Lee Overfelt
Chadron
Neb
Iowa City
Bob Nunley
Italy
Peder Terland
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Care PM
Newark
Weather disaster toll in 1943 across Helena region
Helena weather bureau reports seven deaths and over 3.5 million dollars in property damage from blizzards and floods in 1943. The data released on Friday details the year’s severe weather impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Helena Weather Bureau
Join the WAC This War Time Recruiting Appeal
Advertisement urges women to join the Women's Army Corps to support war efforts. It highlights travel, new friends, learning, and vital work, urging applications at local Army Recruiting Stations or writing to The Adjutant General in Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
U. S. Army
Adjutant General
Munitions Building
Washington, D. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marion van Campen
O. A. Sippel
Ontario
Can
McKenzie Ranch
W. R. Stokes
O. J. Ellingson’s
Robert Skipp
McLeod
Hampshire
Adolph Tronrud, Jr
P. B. Madsen
Coy C. Valgamore
June Lang
Cole Drug Company
Wm. C. Bowman
Mason Ranch
McLeod, Mont
Hereford
C. L. Boggs
Skunk
Coyote
Badger
Weasel
Sam Cohn
Chauncey Irvine, Jr
Church of God
M. L. Lowe
ANSP
U. S. Marine Corps, Women’s Reserve
Butte
Missoula
Great Falls
America
Leig Ade
J. S. Solberg Company
Flasted Drug Company
Churchill & Amery
Braaten—Trucking
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