Weekend Notes from Fort Benton and Surrounding Areas
Local notes summarize visits by Clarence Erickson and family in Fort Benton with prairie dog hunting plans canceled by rain. Guests includ e L R Moschelle, Vern Boddy, Don Hultberg, Daryl Glasscock, and out-of-state relatives. Memorial weekend gatherings featured Mrs Ed Thompson Sr. hosting guests from Bozeman Bozeman and Lewiston Idaho. An outing at Hebgen Lake included Dr Bob Brockway and Mr Bill Taylor with a belated birthday tribute. Linda McCauley bridal shower at the Evangelical Church basement honored upcoming marriage to Ron Zier. The Steady Workers 4 H club met May 27 at Virgil Gust residence to discuss docks painting and 4 H camp. A wise judge story ends column. The Big Timber Pioneer June 3 1971.
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Fort Benton
Clarence Erickson
George Erickson
Ed Thompson Sr
Don Hultberg
St. Paul
Minn
Daryl Glasscock
Lewiston
Idaho
Livingston
Howard Hanson
Cleve Williams
Harlan Farley
Hebgen
Louis Taylor
Hebgen Lake
Bob Brockway
Bozeman
Brockway
Bill Taylor
Linda McCauley
Evangelical Church
Coleen McCauley
LeAnn Lomeland
Sid Huyser
Kathy
Mary Kienitz
Ed Lomeland
Gertrude Wolfe
Miss McCauley
Herb McCauley
Jim Scholten
Guy Scholten
Gib Smith
Vernie Hathaway
Sidney Huyser
McCauley
Ron Zier
Billings
Steady Workers 4-H Club
Sig Tollefson
Virgil Gust
Glasston Lakes
Sara Gust
Kim Starr
Way Back When Hebgen Lake Fishing Venture
Edna Goosey recalls Isaac Waltons preparing gear on Hebgen Lake shore near Yellowstone Park. After a 175 mile auto trip they arrived around 6 a.m. and began fishing with flies night crawlers plugs and lures amid high hopes for a successful foray on the sandy Hebgen beach.
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Edna Goosey
Isaac Waltons
Hebgen Lake
Yellowstone Park
Homem and Circle season ends with officers installed and plans for open house
The Homeland Circle held a year end luncheon and installed officers Susie Matthews president Pat Garbe vice president Jane Patton secretary and Grace Severance treasurer. They announced an open house at the parsonage on Sunday June 6 from 2 to 5 pm followed by the installation of Reverend Steve Rohloff as minister of the Congregational Church.
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Homeland Circle
Susie Matthews
Pat Garbe
Jane Patton
Grace Severance
Steve Roheloff
Congregational Church
Thank you note from the Stenbergs
The Stanley Stenberg family expresses deep gratitude to the community for support since their son Steven’s cancer diagnosis. They acknowledge money donations and a May 22 Moose Club dance, praise the kindness of clubs, organizations, and individuals, and hope global headlines reflect similar goodwill.
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Steven
the Moose
Stanley Stenberg
Memorial Day address honors fallen soldiers and American freedoms
John Ronneberg delivers a Memorial Day talk urging renewal of memory for those who sacrificed in service. He contrasts daily distractions with reverence for the flag, pledges, and the American way of life, urging all to remember and honor veterans.
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John Ronneberg
Legion Club
Monetana
John F
Kennedy
Peace Corps
United States of America
Memorial Day hours extend at Montana Historical Society
The Montana Historical Society galleries and museum will open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily from May 30 through Labor Day. The library and offices remain on a weekday schedule. Visitor numbers this year already exceed 45,000, signaling a record season. The piece includes a patriotic address urging Americans to honor sacrifices and live the American ethos.
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The
Montana Historical Society
Sam Gillaly
Observations From a Traveler in Auckland and Australia
The writer notes private baths, inexpensive food like milk at 8 cents a quart and butter at 30 cents a pound, and eggs at 2 cents. They praise Auckland’s botanic garden and zoo, hunting and fishing opportunities, a Bay Bridge expansion, and Japanese involvement. They describe mild weather in Australia and cold in Wellington, plus locals who are kind and English-speaking.
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Auckland
Wellington
Australia
Japan
New Zealand Travel Notes and Forest Trail Closures
The writer reflects on New Zealand as a valued place with historic rail cars and active transportation options. In Montana's Big Timber District, Ranger warns forest users of trail closures on Trails 119 122 and 123 above Half Moon Campground Campfire Lake divide to motorized use under Agriculture regulations to protect horses trails meadows and avalanche zones.
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Big Timber District
Half Moon
Big Timber Canyon
Secretary of Agriculture
Campfire Lake
Memorial Day Weekend Visits Across Towns
Eugene Peterson family headed north to Chinook for Memorial Day weekend to visit relatives including Eudora's father Ted Kaufman and sister and husband Bob and Elizabeth Lux, returning Monday with rain and asparagus picking. Orvin Flare and family joined Helena visitors for the holiday to see Big Timber relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Peterson
Chinook
Eudora
Ted Kaufman
Bob Lux
Eugene
Elizabeth Peterson
Ted Peterson
Helena
Orvin Flare
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L. R. Moschelle
Vern Boddy
City of
Big Timber
Big Timber Veterinarian Clinic
Missoula Company
van Moschelle
John Clemens
Missoula
Big Timber Lutheran
Big Timber Lutheran Church
Alfred Anderson Jr
Christine Elgen
Julie Hauge
Albert Osen
Joan Halvorson
Shannon Ronning
Connie Myrstol
Kathy Deegan
Jerilyn Hauge
Helmar Branne
Kristy Deegan
Martin Songstad
Margo Beck
Olaf Brekke
America
Oregon
United States
U. S
Transportation
Stenbergs
Larry McBride
Elo Hill
Roberts
Ralph Nelson Lyman Moulden
Anne Petaja
Timothy Kalberg
Virgil Broughton
Sweet Grass County
Violet Widdicombe
New Zealand
Scott's Turf Builder
Scott
Kanzel
Scott's
Lutheran
Clarence Rostad
Legion Hall
Congregational Parsonage
Church of God
Lutheran Bible School
Bramble
Woman's Club
Clark's X Bar A Ranch
Monarch Range
Paul Halverson
Starlean
Monarch
Western Plumbing & Heating
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