Last Rites Held For Ole Solberg
Funeral services were held at 2 p m in Lowry Chapel for Ole Randol Solberg 58 who died Thursday at Fort Harrison after a short illness with leukemia Rev Ocee Johnson officiated burial was in Mountain View cemetery Organ music by E O Overland Pallbearers Donald Moore Ludwig Allestad Palmer Hauge Clav Stenberg Axel Voldberg Carl Kjarmo American Legion conducted graveside services color guards led by Stanley Hanson A R McDonnell Thorvald Simonson Clem Stirn Firing squad led by Rudolph Mosness Solberg born Feb 28 1909 Moi Norway came to the United States in 1929.mili He married Kristine Mysse in Billings Feb 9 1942 served in the Pacific theater 1942 45 in the U S Army They lived on various ranches near Big Timber and bought their present home 17 years ago He was a member of the Lutheran church American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Moose Lodge He is survived by his widow his father Berent Solberg Moi Norway three brothers Trygve Solberg Big Timber Gabriel and Bjarne Solberg Moi two sisters Anna Solberg New York and Mrs Ruth Royland Moi an uncle Anton Solberg Big Timber an aunt Mrs Hanna Kempton Glendive and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowry Chapel
Ole Randolf Solberg
Fort Harrison
Ocee Johnson
Mountain View Cemetery
E. O. Overland
Donald Moore
Ludwig Allestad
Palmer Hauge
Clav Stenberg
Axel Voldberg
Carl Kjarmo
American Legion
Stanley Hanson
United States
Kristine Mysse
Billings
Pacific
U. S
Big Timber
Lutheran Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Moose Lodge
Berent Solberg
Moi
Norway
Trygve Solberg
Gabriel
Bjarne Solberg
Anna Solberg
New York
Ruth Royland
Anton Solberg
Hanna Kempton
Glendive
S.G.H.S. Herders Split Wrestling Matches Last Week
The S.G.H.S. Herders won 28 20 against a Livingston JV varsity group then lost 36 14 to Billings Central. Standish and Ellison led wins and pins across multiple weight classes. two wrestlers are out due to grades and illness ahead of a four team tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.G.H.S
Livingston
Herders
Billings Central
Varsity
Standish
Orestad
Rule
Rue
Hanson
Halverson
Jim Ellison
Stuber
Willson
Loren Ellison
Baylis
Bainter
L. Ellison
J. Ellison
Camp
Denton
Livingston Jv’s
Stanford
Big Timber
Bergquist
Weinfurter Wins In Denver For National Wool Show
Charlotte Weinfurter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Killian Weinfurter of Melville, won first in the junior wool show for targ heeewe fleeces at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver. She also placed fifth in half blood combing fleeces and is a freshman at the local high school active in 4H with a long sheep breeding project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Weinfurter
Killian Weinfurter
Melville
Denver
Porcupine Butte Club
Conquer Uterine Cancer Clinic February 27
Doctors Standish and Ivey with a Billings pathologist volunteer for Sweet Grass county women. The Conquer Uterine Cancer Program offers PAP test pelvic and breast exam at a reduced $5 fee on February 27. Call Mrs. Norman Starr or Mrs. Jim Graham to arrange prepayment certificates.
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Standish and
Ivey
Billings
Sweet Grass County
Norman Starr
Jim Graham
Broadview student to speak at county meetings
Bob Conover of Broadview, SFYE student to Equador, will speak Thursday. He will address the high school in the morning Melville schoolhouse in the afternoon and the Legion hall in Big Timber at 8 p.m. The evening talk will be followed by the Farm Bureau monthly meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Conover
Broadview
SFYE
Melville
Legion Hall
Big Timber
Farm Bureau Organization
Rosebud Cafe commends well behaved youth group
A note from Cliff and Dick Warner and Alma Simons of Absarokee’s Rosebud Cafe praises a visiting group of young people for their exemplary conduct last Saturday calling them the best behaved group it has ever been their privilege to serve and urging a pat on the back for the youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. McDonald
Cliff
Dick Warner
Alma Simons
Rosebud
Absarokee
Concordia College honors 895 students on Dean's List
Miss Linda Lee Fellows, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Fellows of Melville, is among 895 students earning academic honors at Concordia College for the first semester with a 3.00 GPA or better. Miss Kathy Johnson, visiting from Deer Lodge where she works as a pharmacist, returns home for the weekend to see her parents Rev and Mrs Ocee Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Johnson
Deer Lodge
Ocee Johnson
Linda Lee Fellows
James Fellows
Melville
Concordia College
Melville Church Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Melville Lutheran church held its annual meeting last Sunday electing Kenneth Flare as treasurer Norris Johnson as secretary Howard Hanson as trustee for three years with Bill Sargent and Borddie Green as holdover trustees. Nomination committee members include Carl Anderson and Terrill Tollefson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville Lutheran Church
Kenneth Flare
Norris Johnson
Howard Hanson
Bill Sargent
Borddie Green
Carl Anderson
Terrill Tollefson
John Johnson
Morris Tronrud Jr
Joe DeCock
Stanton Brannin
Danny Elton
Duane Tronrud
Charles Rein
Joe Bryce
Teddy Thompson
Volunteers and Inductions from Sweet Grass County 1967
A 1967 list shows volunteers for service from Sweet Grass County including Lorents Grasfield Edwin Brannin Stanley Nevin Jerry Dempster Ronald Martin Forrest Ullman. Dale Camp to be inducted January 24. Enlistees Rudolph Hauge Johnnie Westervelt Garry Gets Gerald Etzold James Parrent. Inducted into Army Raymond Heem Bob Charlson Palmer Hauge James Myrstol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass County
Office of Selective Service
Lorents Grasfield
Edwin Brannin
Stanley Nevin
Jerry Dempster
Ronald Martin
Forrest Ullman
Dale Camp
Rudolph Hauge
Air Force
Johnnie Westervelt
Navy
Garry Gets
Gerald Etzold
James Parrent
Army
Grade School Lions Win Again Sets 3-0 A Team Record
The grade basketball squads A and B kept winning with Coach Bassett announcing a 3-0 A team and 1-2 B team records. Absarokee sent two teams and both fell to the Lions with the A game 45 to 43 in double overtime and the B game 20 to 15. The Lions host Columbus on February 10 at the high school gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bassett
Absarokee
Lions
Columbus
Forger Sentenced to Deer Lodge State Prison
George Edward Krueger, held on a forgery charge, was sentenced in District Court last Thursday to three years at hard labor at Deer Lodge State Prison. The court suspended all but 45 days, and Krueger was returned to the sheriff to begin serving his sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
George Edward Krueger
Annual CDO Meet Draws Crowd at Legion Hall
The Sweet Grass Community Development Organization held its annual meeting at the Legion hall drawing a large crowd. Ben Berg chaired, with reports from four committees: Youth, Agriculture Industry and Business, Religion and Education, and Recreation and Tourism, highlighting city park recreation funding and youth employment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass Community Development Organization
Legion Hall
Ben Berg
Joe LaDu
Albert Osen
Jim Graham
Bob Hauck
Tom Ivey
Clarence Pile
Howard Hanson
Lloyd Berg
Rasmus Roe
Vance Ramberg
A. C. McDonald
Byron Manley
Terrill Tollefson
Arthur Stephens
Ellis Williams
Don Hunter
Billings
Marvin Barber
Bill Sargent
John Jacobs
Oscar Forsythe
Jack Cooper
Dale Schott
Brannin Lands in Vietnam With 90th CS HV Materiel Support Unit
Eddie Brannin writes from Pleiku Vietnam where he is stationed in an engineer shop from 7 am to 7 pm with a half day off on Sundays. He describes tent housing, sandbag bunkers, barbed wire perimeters and a helicopter base nearby, cooler weather than the south, and limited amenities including two blankets at night. His APO San Francisco address is Pvt. Edwin R. Brannin RA 56637983 90th CS HV Mat. Sup. Co. APO San Francisco 96318.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Brannin
Jim Brannin
Vietnam
Pleiku
Saigon
NCO Club
Armed Forces Network
Armed Forces Network and Shows Outside At Night. His Full Address Is Pvt
Edwin R. Brannin
CS HV Mat. Sup. Co
APO
Ben Berg Receives DSA Plaque Boss of the Year
The nineteenth annual Big Timber Jaycee DSA and Bosses Night banquet at Moose Hall honored Ben Berg with the top young man’s service award. Russell Smith presented after concealing recipient identity. Berg is a Big Timber native, Montana State alum, veteran, former auto dealer staffer, and current Community Development Organization secretary. He is married with three children and has musical past with Frontier Inn and Yellowstone Park appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DSA
Ben Berg
Russell Smith
The
Lion's Club
Thomas Ivey
Kenneth Thompson
Richard Bullock
Big Timber Jaycee Dsa
Moose Hall
Don Henke
Big Timber Tions Club
Montana State University
Bozeman
On Farm Implement Company
Laurel
Billings
Big Timber
Javeee
Teas
Actie Aing
Cand
Kadeo
Frontier Inn
Yellowstone Park
Strimmis Awas
Legion Hall
Ben Bere
Te. Bennett
Dale Grosfield Cort Strobel
John Green
John Ronneberg
Dro Ives
Ward
Javeeen
Vic John Ronneberg
Stan Todd
Mie Timber
Jascees
Mal Goosey
Jon Hansen
KGHL
KWYS
West
Yellowstone
Transen
Hansen
Arnold Berg
Big Timber Jayees
Herders Lose Weekend Pair In Tight Conference Play
Big Timber Herders dropped two weekend games, 67-58 to Forsyth on Friday and 67-63 in overtime to Roundup on Saturday. Bill Buster and Chuck Hauge led with 14 points each. Plaggemeyer added 12 as fouls hampered key players.
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Sweet
Herders
Forsyth
Big Timber
Plaggemeyer
Fuller
Bill Buster
Chuck Hauge
Jead the Herders
Ted Plaggemeyer
Jack Fuller
Don Shepard
Page
Cosgriff Fund Reaches $1,677.44 Total
The Cosgriff Fund now totals 1677.44 dollars according to the latest figures from Citizens Bank. The update confirms the current balance and reflects recent deposits recorded by the bank.
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Cosgriff Fund
Cosgriff
Citizens Bank
Montana Hunter Safety Chiefs Convene at Billings Clubhouse
Henry Elgen Assistant Chief Instructor for Sweet Grass county attended the 6th annual Hunter Safety Chief Instructors meeting at the Billings Rod and Gun clubhouse. Fletcher Newby Montana Fish and Game Department praised instructors while Montana earned a top IAGFCC award for 1967 hunter safety programs.
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Henry Elgen
Sweet Grass County
Hunter Safety
Billings
Fletcher Newby
Montana Fish & Game Department
Montana
International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ole Solberg
Steve Johnson
Jaycee
John Renneberg
Charles McDonnell
Owen McCleerey
Pat
Melville Church
CDO
City Park
Committee On Industry and Business
Brannin
Big ‘Amber
Braaten Trucking
Ile
Steel Grass County
Charles VicDonnett
Hunter Safety Chiefs
George Damasco
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