Dempsters Celebrate 50th Anniversary in Open House
C A Dempsters marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with an open house on June 16 hosted by their children at the Petaja home and the Dempster home. About 140 friends attended. nine grandchildren were present. Jerry Dempster sent Vietnam congratulations. The couple married June 18, 1918 in Roundup with Thomas Hennessey officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Dempster
C. E. Petaja
William Dempster
Kristine Solberg
Anne Petaja
Maria Dempster
Jerry Dempster
Vietnam
Thomas Hennessey
St. Benedicts’ Church
Dempster Family Ranch Life and Guests Across States
The Dempsters moved from Huntley Project to Fishtail in 1932, ranched until 1946, then retired to Big Timber. They lived there four years before buying the ranch now occupied by Scott Hoskinson, sold it in 1964 and moved to a new Big Timber home. Out of state guests included Ralph Brennan, Berkely Calif, Frank Dempster and Kay Dempster, Max Seedorff and Corinne of Arlington Town, Harold Aldrich of Batavia, Clinton Place of Waterloo Iowa, Ruth Brooks of Valley Station Ky, Viola Altermatt of St Paul Minn, plus friends from Billings, Columbus, Roundup, Absarokee, Fishtail, Roscoe and Yellowstone Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Point
Columbus
H. H. Marlow
Adelbert Eder
Edna Moran
Ruby Zindler
George Swindler
Ford Brown
Bill Mayo
Bud Deeney
D. R. Muir
Billings
Olga Muir
Big Timber
Jerry Moran
Laurel
Ford Brown Ranch
Jakie Bue
Beverly Earp
Garrison
Beverly
Cecil Earp
Jakie Buoth
Rudy Mosness
Pam
A. C. Brumfield
EUB
Bible School
John Ott
Julia Eggan
Danny
Absarokee
James Eggan
Helena
Mike Lesnick
Fishtail
Jim Barnum
Rex Bovee
Livingston
Cody Bovee
Paul Hedrick
Nora Hausserman
Gertrude Huff
Valley View
Eileen
Spokane
Wash
Eileen Ott
Kinman Business University
Norman Jordet
Frank Goddards
Ogden
Harold Thompson
Blue Diamond
Nev
Kenneth Long
Dalce
New Mexico
Grand Cayon
David Peterson
Jerry
Ronnie Guy Peterson
Don Trees
Judy
Susan Myers
Lee Brown
Marvin
Rudy Zindler
Huntley Project
Dempsters
Scott Hoskinson
Ralph Brennan
Berkely
Calif
Frank Dempster
Kay Dempster
Max _Seedorff
Stewart and
Corinne
Arlington
Town
Harold Aldrich
Batavia
Clinton Place
Waterloo
Iowa
Ruth Brooks
Valley Station
Viola Altermatt
St. Paul
Minn
Roundup
Roscoe
Yellowstone Park
First Hausserman Reunion in 44 Years
A large Hausserman family reunion gathered at the Henry Hausserman home on Bridger Creek on Sunday June 16. Attendees included many members from Washington to California with relatives from Absarokee Big Timber and Bridger Creek, plus friends from Billings Broadview Joliet Park City Mesa and Grey Cliff. Also noted is a public notice: The Melville Post Office has moved to the log building beside the previous location. Dorothy Ford, Postmistress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hausserman
Henry Hausserman
Bridger Creek
Fred Hausserman
Snohomish
Wash
George Hausserman
Kelso, Wash
Herman Hausserman
Lemmon
S. D
Preston
Sis) Sanders
Stockton
Calif
Stan Stenberg
Wallace McArthur
Big Timber
Charles Frey
Delbert Huff
Sherry
Carl Huff
Lynn Sanders
Herman Frey
Gene
Absarokee
Chester Fraser
Mesa, Ariz
Sid Fraser
Reed Point
Ida Lay
Emily Thompson
Mildren Hanson
Harry Murray
Art Ormsby
Billings
Max Forster
Kenneth Rook
Skip Boyer
Alex Ross
John Ross
Bill Brinkel
Broadview
John Rook
Joliet
John Fry
Park City
Sam Duffey
Grey Cliff
Burton Smith
Melville
Dorothy Ford
Hausserman Family Reunites After Forty-Four Years
Reed Point residents Telmer Terland Green Miller Guthrie Van Campen gather with the Hausserman family for a reunion marking their first gathering in forty four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telmer Terland
J. B. Green
Irvin Miller
Sophia Guthrie
Marion van Campen
Reed Point
Hausserman
Naturalization Officer to Visit Livingston on June 27
Raymond G. Hoffeller announced that Gerald L. Crowley will be at the Clerk of the District Court office in Livingston on Thursday June 27 1968 from 1 00 p m to 1 30 p m to answer inquiries about immigration and naturalization Special attention to prospective citizens and those seeking proof of citizenship through parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond G. Hoffeller
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Helena
Gerald L.crowley
Court House
Livingston
United States
Made Assistant Manager Dick Liquin Promoted in Great Falls Store
Dick Liquin has been promoted to assistant manager at the Anthony store in West Gate Shopping Center Great Falls. He spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Renning and Shannon. Distinguished guests included Mr and Mrs Joe DeCock and the Mel Shepards hosting the Breeding family from Jacksboro Texas former Melville residents. Ed Bill and Shirley, children of the Breeding family, stayed with their aunt Mrs Mel Shepard. Ed, a former Texas A&M player now with the Washington Redskins, finished eighth grade at Melville school and pursued football. Bill recently graduated college and also played in college. Shirley just graduated high school. The trio drove from Texas to visit Melville and Harlowton, with a square dance at Cherry Creek schoolhouse Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Liquin
Anthony
Westgate
Great Falls
Lloyd Renning
Shannon
Joe DeCock
Mel Shepards
Mas
Bob Breeding
Jacksboro
Texas
Melville
Bill
Shirley
Mel Shepard
Texas A & M
Washington Redskins
Harlowton
Cherry Creek
Texas Steers Arrive by 6 000 Head to Phillips County
A Texas cattle herd of over 6,000 head arrived in Phillips County in under 36 hours. The steers unloaded at the Phillips ranch near Malta will be fattened on Montana grass and expected to double their 350 pound weight by fall before marketing. The El Paso firm L A Campbell Co used a dozen trucks for the 1 400 mile nonstop trip except for a snowstorm near Cody. The property is part of the Wellington Rankin estate, now owned by Jess Burder of El Paso and operated by his stepson M L Butch Stephens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Miller
Sec’y Mgr
Montana Press Assn
Montana
Texas
Phillips County
Phillips Ranch
Malta
Wellington Rankin
Jess Burder
el Paso
M. L
Butch) Stephens
L. A. Campbell Co
Cody
Wild horses near Montana Wyoming border eyed for sale
The Bureau of Land Management plans to auction the approximately 200 wild horses roaming federal land along the Montana Wyoming border near the Pryor Mountains. Public hearings have shaped options, with an auction likely reducing the herd to about 35. a final decision is due late this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana-Wyoming
Edward L. Roland
Bureau of Land Management
Pryor Mountains
BLM
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Arnold Breck Jr
Bob
Arnold
Boulder
Bob‘s
Bob's
Ford
Wisconsin
Draper
New Holland
America
Starr Ford, Inc
Gene Wood
Ronan
Mrs
Bill Wood
Wesley
Sigurd Svenson
Erling Svenson
Anaconda
Bob Cunningham
Ethel Smith
Bill Phipps
Ned Moffet
Sy Hatfield
Thermopolis
Wyo
Clarence Phipps
Bud Kerr
Jim Fahlgren
Polson
Floyd Ferguson
Chet Fraser
Narcy Blair
John Boe
Roy Lamb
Nettie Lamb
Palmer Peterson
David Peterson and Sons
Chas Goddard
Lebo Lake
C. A. Dempsters
the City Garbage Committee
Connerton Construction
Call
Bud Arneson
J. S. Solberg Co
Don Jones
Almeda’s
John Jacobs
General Electric
Big Timber Electric
Roger Thompson
Chas. A. Dempster
Bob Davis
Livingston Thurs
Erna Blair and
Lois “ “of
SeaSegret
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