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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1968
Page
1
A letter from Arthur E. Ormsby dated July 3 1968 urges Senator Lee Metcalf to defend constitutional gun rights and recounts prewar gun registrations in France. The piece condemns destructive acts at the Angles City pool and stresses the value of safe recreation in hot weather.
Word arrives of Paul Branae death in Idaho Falls Idaho on July 8 Funeral services set for 2 p.m. July 12 at Lowry Funeral Home here.
The Big Timber sheriff's office investigates three break-ins during the long weekend. July 3 saw an attempted entry at Town Pump foiled by caretaker Walter Janke, who waited to report it. July 3 also saw Floyd Pierce report a stolen spinning red end reel from a Jeep on Highway 10. July 5 yielded a stolen U Haul 8 foot trailer from Stephens Auto Service, later found parked four miles west of town by Sheriff Thompson and a patrolman.
Miss Carol Deegan of Ogden Utah who recently graduated from Weber State College was chosen Woman of the Year. She is a journalism graduate now employed by the Salt Lake Tribune as an Associated Press writer and met Senator Robert Kennedy when he visited Salt Lake City.
The Jaycee Bicycle Rodeo takes place Sunday at 1 p.m. in City park with all Big Timber youngsters invited. It is part of the National Lite-A Bike safety program.
Two hundred seventy guests attended the Reed Point All-class reunion banquet at the Reed Point Gym on Saturday. The event gathered classes from 1925 through 1968, with open house earlier in the day, program leadership by Larry Aber and Glenn Cain, and remarks by Arthur Guthrie of Billings.
Hank See wins the aluminum piston event at the Livingston Fourth of July Model T races with a 58 minute 27 second time on a route from Livingston to Emigrant and back. Ed Hencz ties for top honors in the iron piston division with 1 hour 4 minutes 10 seconds. Don DeCock takes second in aluminum with 59.25 while Cort Stroble finishes third but is disqualified. Twenty four T s compete. three do not finish. A potluck picnic followed at G Street Park with Big Sky Pioneer Auto Club sponsorship.
The City Recreation Department shut the pool Sunday due to late Saturday night damage and reopened Tuesday. Parents are urged to supervise children under six during open swim. The Little League team beat Harloton 19 to 10 with Jim Graham pitching a four hitter and 18 strikeouts in seven innings. Petaja and Henthorn each had multiple hits and a home run. Upcoming events include field day, archery, free throws, and a tennis tournament with divisions for boys and girls singles, men and women singles, men and women doubles, and mixed doubles.
Mrs. W. C. Manley hosts Mr. and Mrs. Donald Moore and three children of Redding California this week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clouse of Pasco Washington visit Reed Point Livingston and Big Timber on their annual vacation trip. Dennis Johnson returns to North Dakota after a brief visit to collect his wife and baby with her parents and his own.
Jackson White of Costa Mesa California a longtime jeweler and businessman died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Tuesday July 9 while vacationing with his wife in Hayward California Friends report White worked at Flastad Drug store then owned White’s Jewelry later moved to Livingston Montana before settling in California Memorial service arranged by the Masonic body will be held in Hayward His wish was cremation with ashes returned to Montana and scattered at the George Trout ranch on the Sweet Grass
English guest Jane Atkinson arrived from London and will stay a month at the Dudley Tyler ranch. In Salt Lake City Mrs. Lavold enjoyed visits with Dr and Mrs Tronrud and others, and Roy Sandage spoke by phone. The Economy Store becomes a partnership with Mrs Ostenson and Lewis Tecca joining. Tecca family buys Ted Hetland home moving in by August. Fourth of July dinner included several Mosness relatives and others, with Randy Mossness on naval leave in California. Jerry Lukenbill joined family trip to Salem Ind for grandfather’s funeral as 125 workers are employed in local construction amid good weather.
Big Timber Volunteer Fire Department answered two calls last week. A highway blaze nine miles west, already under control, required no assistance. On Wednesday around 6 45 p m a fire at the Jim Howe ranch destroyed an outbuilding and part of an old house, with the department responding via Dispatch.
Oklahoma City report details Air Force Sgt. Robert Kellogg and Alice Ann Doughty exchanging vows at St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church with the Al Jennings Dixieland Band providing the ceremony music. The service blended sacred rites with jazz, featuring bass trumpet and other instruments, as Doughty noted it as a sacred tribute and a modern twist on tradition. The couple, both in their early twenties, wed after a ceremony that mixed traditional procession with a jazz-infused offertory and hymns.
Mrs. Hoyem and her two daughters visited Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wagner and other relatives in town after arriving late Thursday evening to spend Friday and Saturday with her parents.
A Bozeman Montana Highway Department release shows a five man crew led by Raymond W Esp outlines summer work in Sweet Grass County. Projects include 0 7 miles grading and aggregate surfacing north of Big Timber and 34 7 miles of re signing from Big Timber north plus preliminary engineering on about 40 miles of Interstate 90 south of Big Timber. Current work is paused due to safety project construction north of Big Timber.
Midland Electric Company of Billings was the low bidder and awarded the electrical contract for Schedule 2 on the airport project for 18 506 50. The bid let occurred on Wednesday July 3. Wilde Construction of Great Falls holds Schedule 1 and is already assembling equipment to begin work.
Grandson Brian Keith was born June 8 to Mr. and Mrs. Roland Christenson of Norfolk Virginia. Grandparents Mr and Mrs FE Hanson received word of the birth. News of visitors and a California camping trip rounds out the town notes for the week.
Charles R Lukenbill age 93 dies after an extended illness at the Pioneer Home in Salem Indiana. Funeral services set for July 13 at Mt Tabor Christian Church in Salem. He was born October 10 1874 in Salem and survived by a daughter Mrs Ray Fisher of Ft Pierce Florida and two sons C H Lukenbill of Big Timber and Lester Lukenbill of Billings who traveled with families to attend the services.
Grazing season starts on the GallaTin National Forest with 163 allotments and 53 000 animal months in 1967. Stockmen must manage salt, water, and fencing under a forest plan, with possible late entry or exit dates due to conditions.
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