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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
8
Reed Point community notes list visits by Marie Moler and families from Kellogg Laurel and Galesburg. Residents hosted dinners in honor of guests from Lewistown Billings and La Junta while others toured Yellowstone park and Cooke City. Local church women met July 3 to advance cross‑member visiting and study sessions.
Highs near 98 and lows around 56 for a July week with no rain. Reports from San Bernardino Cal and Waterman Canyon celebrate Albert Crest's eighty eighth birthday and Campfire Girls honors. Barn construction by A M Grasfield on Swamp Creek features a self built log machine and Bluford Bly's innovative logging gear. Carbella flat crash injures Fred and family. Livingston reports a critical condition. Rural electrification plans for Sweet Grass County advance, with Park Electric Cooperative seeking 125 500 dollars in Washington approval.
Governor Roy E Ayers welcomed Raymond Kelly national commander of the American Legion to the Montana state Legion convention in Glasgow and urged unity and readiness to keep out of war while strengthening defenses. Kelly warned against Communist and Nazi sympathizers and called for tougher laws to curb subversive activity.
Leon C. Olmstead expresses gratitude to supporters who backed his nomination in the primary race for senator.
A voter thanks friends for the complimentary vote in the Tuesday primary. The message from M. Kuhn and Dick Armstrong expresses appreciation for support received.
Hoke Smith 65 a former Minneapolis newspaperman and later a promoter of Glacier National Park died after several years illness at his home 726 East Twenty fifth street He helped persuade Louis W Hill of the Great Northern to develop the park as a vacation ground and spent years publicizing it Survived by two sisters Mrs Albert Dollenmayer Minneapolis and Mrs R A Conover Duluth
Chicago July 15 The New York Yankees world champion club may be sold within two weeks to a Ruppert estate led syndicate headed by James A. Farley Postmaster General. Attorney Jeremiah T. Mahoney said a 4 000 000 dollar price was submitted and the deal has moved into a realistic stage.
In a speech fragment Kelly urges national sobriety to bolster defense. He argues restraint and unity are essential before challenging powerful nations, calling for disciplined policies and measured diplomacy.
Fifteen hundred whiteface year ling owes for sale. First class con dition. For particulars call N. J. Tintinger, 207 W. Main St., Laurel, Mont. Phone 91. Found-In my pasture black mare Y bar C right hip bay mare brown mare gray gelding all branded lazy EN on left shoulder. Bob Langston Melville Mont. For Sale or Rent Small irrigated ranch 7 room house just outside city limits. Phone 32-K or Box 473. 19-tf.
Estelle Fraser Johnson and Newton Lay have not been well. Mrs. Lucy Harlan of Laurel visited the Henry Haus serman home. Teddy Thompson attended an American Legion meeting in Glasgow. Mr Kemp stayed with his daughter Mrs Oral Blankenship at Stockade. He is 91. Stanley Whitham and family visited the Sidney Fraser Jr. home. Stanley Fraser and family from Harlowton visited relatives here on Sunday. Mrs Herman Frey hosted the Womans club with nine members and four guests. Presley Lay of Hamilton, son of former resident George Lay, visited relatives for several days. The Terland young people and their guest Helen Ostgarden of Miami left for Yellowstone.
A large crowd applauded the president as his nominating speech ended, while speakers including Glass Colgan and Morrow faced interruptions. The platform praised the New Deal and opposed foreign war outside the Americas unless attacked, then the convention quickly moved to nominations after rejecting a third term amendment.
The notice lists evening and weekend hours for the summer. Mondays 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. with additional evening slots.
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