Go Western to Boost Big Timber Rodeo Support
The Big Timber Jaycees and the Ropin n Ridin club urge residents to Go Western from June 9 through rodeo week to boost attendance. Wear western attire and place rodeo signs around town to advertise the event, with sign pickup at The Pioneer office Big Timber Cleaners or Citizens Bank.
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Big Timber Jaycees
Ropin’ ’N’ Ridin
Rodeo Committee
Pioneer Office
Big Timber Cleaners
Citizens Bank
Jaycees
Ropin’’n’ Ridin’ Club
Rodeo Board
Visiting Hours At Small Hospital Emphasized
A small hospital asks visitors to respect patient rest and schedule visits like time at home. Avoid mornings before 10, meals, or late nights. limits given for newborns and recovering mothers. Preferred visits are 10 to 11:30, 1:30 to 5, and 7 to 9.
PeeWee Home Game Opens Season at City Park
The Big Timber PeeWee baseball team hosts the Livingst on Pirates for its first home game Saturday at 7 30 PM. Admission is free with a hat pass. City park hosts the contest as 40 children in two classes enroll in the program. The Klindts plan a trip to Big Springs Nebraska to visit relatives.
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Big Timber PeeWee
Livingston Pirates
Livingston
Jim Schneider
Swift Wins Renomination In Lone Local Primary
In Sweet Grass County's only primary race Fred B. Swift defeats Vic Gee for county commissioner on the Republican ticket 435 to 254. Voter turnout reaches about fifty percent amid winter weather and a single local race. Other totals include State representative Orvin B. Flare 609 to Claude Gray 222 for the Democrats.
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Swift
Gee
O. J. Paulson
Hubert Becken
Roy S. Moore
Margaret Deegan
Dorothy Traver
Dean Lowry
Sweet Grass
Fred B. Swift
Vic Gee
Orvin B. Flare
Claude C. Gray
Dick Armstrong
Kenneth Thompson
Orville Wulff
Ranchers Invited On Spray Tour In Montana
A spray plot tour begins at 1 30 p m on June 11 at the Lee Smoot ranch on the Boulder with all ranchers invited. Six plots opened May 24 last year and four more on October 14 with varied materials and spraying rates. Weed specialist Gene Heikes from Bozeman will explain the project and kill rates alongside County Agent F B Peterson and three other sprayed plots on Victor Tronrud Anna Tronrud and Edwin Webber ranches from May and early June last year.
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Lee Smoot Ranch
Boulder
Gene Heikes
Bozeman
F. B. Peterson
Victor Tronrud
Anna Tronrud
Edwin Webber
Change In Dialing Phone Numbers
Telephone subscribers are advised in this week's Pioneer that a change in equipment has been made to make it more convenient for local calls in Big Timber and Melville. The prefixes WE and KE need not be used when calling local numbers. They must be used at other times including long distance.
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Home Telephone Co
Big Timber
Melville
Combined Bible School to Start in Big Timber This June
The Episcopal and Congregational churches join for Daily Vacation Bible School in Big Timber beginning Monday June 9 at 9 30 a m and running for two weeks at the Congregational church. Rev R R Price and Rev Helmuth Fichtler lead. Mrs Walter Huffman superintendent with Mrs Fichtler as assistant. Courses cover Jesus life and teachings using Judson Baptist Press material in a four year cycle. Eligible youths aged four through eighth grade may enroll or visit.
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Episcopal
Congregational Churches
Big Timber
R. R. Price
Helmuth Fichtler
Congregational Church
Walter Huffman
Fichtler
Judson Baptist Press
Jesus
Dick Armstrong
A. Lillibridge
R. Smith
van Moschelle
Byron Grosfield
Bert Ritchie
Ruth Shepardson
Shirley Scheel
Sharon Palm
Price
Claude Dolgart
Jane Gust
Elaine Paulson
Rita Lolland
Sue Paulson
Nancy Ullman
High School Honor Roll Is Announced at Sweet Grass
Principal A R Collins releases second semester and fourth quarter honor rolls for Sweet Grass County High School. A honor roll includes top students with GPAs from 4.00 to 3.00, listing names such as John Drivdahl Sharon McKenzie Vivian Larson Carla Wulff Gloria Boe Earl Bouse Elizabeth Steensland Nyla Opland Oddlaug Stone and others.
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A. R. Collins
Sweet Grass County High School
Honor Rell
John Drivdah
Sharon McKenzie
Vivian Larson
Carla Wulff
Gloria Boe
Andrea Rostad
Maurine Hager
Patricia Peterson
Earl Bouse
Elizabeth Steensland
Nyla Opland
Oddlaug Stone
Joan Lomeland
Martin Drivdahl
Cheryll Nevin
Honor Bell
Richard Nickel
Janet Fraser
Marvin Miller
Marit Orestad
Michele van Cleve
Sheryl Gee
Harold Kjarmo
Sue Ann Paulson
Carol Rein
Florence Yost
Donald Anderson
Elizabeth Grosfield
Lorayne Plaggemeyer
Gary Thompson
Betty Arseth
Gerald Braaten
Averil Goosey
Robert Steensland
George Algard
Sharon Palm
Carl Kjarmo
Merry Ruth Ryan
Patricia Smart
Faith Brennan
Alvin Ronneberg
Maxine Cosgriff
Rolla Davis
Bill MecLauchlan
Helen Rein
Donna Faw
Kathy Johnson
Judy Lenz
Diana Olson
Mary Plaggemeyer
A”Hener Roll
John Drivdahl
Sharon Menn
Andrea Rosta
Oddlaug Stene
Joan Lome
Missoula Death Claims Early Day Resident Mrs Vestal
Mrs. Jim Bell Vestal, longtime Sweet Grass county resident, died May 24 in Missoula at age 94. She and her husband once lived on the Briggs Ellis ranch across the Yellowstone, now owned by Elmer Armeson. her nephew Ray Parker survives.
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Jim (Bell) Vestal
Sweet Grass County
Missoula
Ray Parker
Briggs & Ellis
Yellowstone
Elmer Armeson
Patricia McIntyre to Wed Robert Wesel on September 7
Mr and Mrs H H McIntyre of Northridge California announce the engagement of daughter Patricia to Robert E Wesel son of Ernest Wesel of Nyack New York from a sixty guest pool party and buffet. Patricia attended Sweet Grass county high school and the University of Arizona and is Alpha Phi. Wesel earned a University of Michigan B S in engineering and will pursue graduate studies at Stanford Tau Beta Pi member. The wedding is set for September 7 at Christ the King Lutheran church.
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H. H. McIntyre
Northridge
Calif
Big Timber
Patricia
Robert E. Wesel
Ernest Wesel
Nyack
New York
Bob
Miss McIntyre
Sweet Grass County High School
University of Arizona
Alpha Phi Sorority
University of Michigan
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Tau Beta Pi
Christ the King Lutheran Church
Farm Bureau Discusses Insurance Plan at Sweet Grass Meeting
The Sweet Grass County Farm Bureau held its May meeting at the Legion hall with president Adams relaying a report from a May 21 Great Falls insurance committee meeting. Lloyd Rein outlined a Wyoming connected insurance program set for June 6 at Montana State College Bozeman to cover autos tractors and ranch liability. Members urged attendance to hear details from Wyoming organizers and Montana officers. The program aims to boost Farm Bureau membership in Montana potentially up to ten times current levels.
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Sweet Grass County
Farm Bureau
Legion Hall
Adams
Great Falls
Lloyd
Rein
Sweet Grass County Farm Bureau
Wyoming
Montana
Montana Faces Record Tuberculosis Rate in Northwest
The U S Public Health Service reports Montana leads the Northwest in tuberculosis cases. John H Casebolt of the Montana Tuberculosis Association notes 301 new Montana cases in 1967, with 241 active or probably active, yielding an annual rate of 36.32 per 100000.
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Helena
Montana
Northwest
U. S. Public Health Service Division of
Tuberculosis Control
John H. Casebolt
Montana Tuberculosis Association
Northrea
Public urged to avoid molesting wildlife in spring
Montana fish and game officials warn the public not to touch or rescue young deer fawns and antelope kids. It is illegal to possess protected wildlife and mothers will return if left undisturbed. Such removals can endanger humans and animals, with some animals becoming dangerous when grown.
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Montana Fish and Game Department
Fish and Game
Good Response To Cancer Campaign
Mrs. W. H. Hatfield, local chair of the American Cancer Society, reports Sweet Grass county raised 787.59 during the 1958 Cancer Crusade surpassing its quota. She praises volunteers for life saving work and notes 25 percent of funds go to research while early detection in April aims to save local lives and prevent future deaths.
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Sweet Grass County
W. H. Hatfield
American Cancer Society
Hatfield
Cancer Society
United States
PTA
Resignation of Toole Accepted by Montana Historical Society
Helena trustees accepted the resignation of Dr. K. Ross Toole, director since June 1961, effective September 1. Toole protested the board of education's acceptance of Dr. Carl McFarland's resignation as president of Montana State University. The trustees directed president Howard Johnson to form a screening committee to review candidates and report to the 15 member board.
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Helena
The
Historical Society of Montana
K. Ross Toole
Doe
Toole
Board of Education
Carl McFarland
Montana State University
Howard Johnson
Butte
Poisoned Dean Travis Treated At Local Hospital
Dean Travis was admitted to Community hospital Wednesday of last week for spray poisoning. He was dismissed the following day.
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Dean Travis
Mansfield Wins Democratic Renomination in Montana Primary
Sen. Mansfield, Montana assistant majority leader, easily won the Democratic renomination for a second Senate term with a 20 to 1 edge as returns from 399 of 1,101 precincts showed. Lee Metcalf led the Western district's Democratic field but trailed Mansfield overall as the rain-soaked primary proceeded.
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Helena
Mike Mansfield
Senate
Montana
Lee Metcalf
Mansfield
Associated Press
Metcalf
James R. Shea
Walker
Holmes and
Thomas W. Gleason
Livingston
Leonard C. Young
Supreme Court
Thomas Kearney
Butte
David R. Kemp
Lewis and Clark County
Wesley Castles
U. S
John M. Nickey
Thomas G. Stimatz
Blanche Anderson
Louis W. Welch
U. S. House
W. M. Walterskirchen
LeRoy H. Anderson
Ashton Jones
Bert Adair
Paul T. Smith
Big Timber Rodeo Plans Move Forward for June 22
Plans advance for Big Timber's annual rodeo on Sunday June 22 with the Ropin n Ridin club and the Jaycees as sponsors. Parade begins at noon followed by rodeo events including saddle bronc bareback bulldogging calf roping and bull riding plus an open class girls barrel race with a $50 purse. Rodeo purse totals $875. Admission bleacher seats $1.50 reserved $2.00 children 75 and box seats $2.50 to $3.00.
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Big Timber
Big Timber Ropin
Memorial Day Holiday Toll Reaches New High
Traffic fatalities for the 78 hour Memorial Day period rose to 370, a new record for the three day holiday, with 127 drownings and 88 misc accidents pushing total deaths to 585. Montana reported one traffic death. Ned H. Dearborn of the National Safety Council cited impatience and indifference as factors behind the surge.
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National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Associated Press
Montana
Write-In Candidates Qualify For Ballot In Montana County Race
Montana Voges and Grace Carney qualified for the November ballot as write-in candidates for county treasurer and county superintendent after unofficial totals showed Voges with 74 votes and Carney with 136. The law requires five percent of the last election. Many ballots counted only where voters marked an X, causing many write-ins to be uncounted or split across tickets.
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Montana Voges
Grace Carney
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Jan Klindt
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Jean) Walterskirchen
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