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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1972
Page
3
The street is decked with bunting and flags as a parade moves along, troops in campaign hats march stiffly over rough ground. Two large hayrack floats appear in the background while the Ross Dier Browning Mercantile building, built of native stone in 1902, shows damage from a disastrous fire at an unspecified date.
A scanned list details individuals and fines for traffic violations. Names include James Chirgwen Bozeman Thomas Mullins Billings Susan Hostetler Indiana Terry Tomlinson Utah Robert Tonsager Oregon Maynard Tibbits Wyoming Jim Bode Scott Earl Thompson Lucy Young Lohmater Columbus Stephen Schweitzer Minnesota Samuel Jones Washington Frankie Jackson Oklahoma plus noted offenses such as speeding following too closely improper passing and driving without license.
The Montana State Highway Examiner will visit Big Timber for driver licenses on the first, third and fifth Tuesday each month in July August and September.
The Big Timber Pioneer reports local events and notices for Thursday July 6 1972. Community happenings include civic updates, upcoming meetings and short notices from residents and local organizations.
The item highlights Pvt Vera L Lowe assisting senior Army chaplains at a ground breaking in Fort McClellan Alabama. It notes a bull fight stopper invention at a Montana Angus field day near Livingston. Other items mention performances by the Cass County Boys with Gene Autry, visits by families from multiple towns, a piano appearance on KOOK TV, a birth in Livingston, and postwar travels and reunions spanning Montana communities from Big Timber to Forsyth and Baker.
From the Pioneer files Ted Swainson an old West Boulder sheepman now selling sheep visited the city earlier this week. Cattle shipments from Sweet Grass county in ten days total 325 head with Crosser Meat Co Billings sending 227 and H Jaggers Omaha 98. McLeod hosts Fourth festivities with races greased polo ball game and a big dance. Charley Pruting recalls the Little Big Horn massacre eight and a half decades later noting Custer ignored orders. County officials report Montana state transportation funds of 4989.29 for district transportation reimbursements. Mrs Leon Bartalotti and sons visit from Santa Barbara for three weeks to reconnect with relatives.
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