Open letter urges gun legislation rethink from Montana citizen
Byron Grasfield denounces proposed gun laws and urges Senator Metcalf to resist registration and restrictive measures. He argues criminals will obtain guns anyway and that laws coddling crime harm honest citizens. He also mentions contacting Senator Mansfield and appeals for restoring law and order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Metcalf
Byron Grasfield
Montana
Congress
Supreme Court
Mansfield
Cooperation Requested by The Big Timber Pioneer
The Big Timber Pioneer asks readers to have mail ready by 5 o clock each Wednesday to ensure timely delivery. If the post office misses the deadline, papers will be picked up the next day at 5:00. Early reporting of news events and advertising is requested.
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Big Timber Pioneer
Swim Schedule Is Announced For City Pool
The city pool opens Saturday June 29 at 1 pm with Craig Snodgrass as lifeguard and instructor. Two lifeguards will be on duty, Bob Hauck and Snodgrass, with swimming lessons Tuesday to Friday mornings and open swim 1 pm to 4 30 pm Tuesday through Sunday. Glen Westervelt begins riflery July 3 at 7 pm, with rifles and ammo supplied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Red Cross
Bob Hauck
Glen Westervelt
City Recreation
Services Today for Mrs. Zindler in Rapelje
Funeral services for Elizabeth Zindler 84 will be held Thursday at 2 30 PM from the E U B Church in Rapelje. Rev Duane Haidle will officiate with burial in Rapelje cemetery. Lowry Funeral Home of Big Timber is in charge. She was born March 5 1884 in Bergdorf Russia and moved to the United States in 1911. Survivors include two sons four daughters a sister and sixteen grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.U.B
Rapelje
Elizabeth Zindler
Sweet Grass Community Hospital
Duane Haidle
Lowry Funeral Home
Big Timer
Zindler
Bergdorf
Russia
Adam Hoffman
Wilhelm Zindler
United States
Goodrich
N. D
Wheat Basin
Rudy
Chris Zindler
Amelia Ricbe
Golden Eagle Permits Required for Gallatin Forest Campgrounds
Forest Supervisor Lamb announces that a $7.00 Golden Eagle permit or a $1.00 daily permit becomes mandatory for Gallatin Forest campgrounds starting June 22, 1968. Compliance checks will occur at listed sites. permits enable non commercial vehicle entry to National Parks and Forest campgrounds through April 1, 1969 with all occupants. Permits available at Bozeman Supervisor's Office and Gallatin ranger stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamb
Gallatin Forest
Aspen Grove
Bakers Hole
Battle Ridge
Beaver Creek
Chief Joseph
Colter
Falls Creek
Hicks Park
Hood Area
Langhor
Moose Creek
Flat
Pine Creek
Red Cliff
Snow Bank
Soda Butte
South Fork
Spire Rock
Swan Creek
National Parks and National Forest
Bozeman
Brother of Mrs Rose Crockett Still Missing
Armor B Martin former Montana Power official and Pacific Water Power vice president is missing with pilot Larry Peck after failing to arrive at Orofino Idaho during a Beech Bonanza flight from Spokane. 30 to 50 planes scoured rugged Bitterroot terrain as search efforts faced difficult conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armor B. Martin
Larry Peck
Spokane
Bitterroot
Idaho-Montana
Orofino
Idaho
St. Joe National Forest
Lewiston
Martin
Montana Power
Butte
Pacific Water Power
Rose Crockett
Billings
Forsythe
Robert Martin
Lake Oswego
Ore
Pacific Power and Light Co
Donald Makela
Seattle
California
Carl Martin
4-H Members Headed to Minnesota Across State Lines
Fourteen 4-H clubs from Sweet Grass and Wheatland counties travel by chartered bus to Sibley County Minnesota. Thirty members plus chaperons Lloyd Berg Bill Sargent Art Lammers and John Olson join the trip financed by livestock listing ads. They will return June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass County
Wheatland County
Sibley County
Minn
Minnesota
Local Church Forms New Evangelical Group in Montana
Montana laymen form the Evangelical Church of North America after dissension with the United Methodist Church merger. About 11.9 percent voted for union in Montana with 89.1 against at the March conference. Withdrawal decisions were made June 14 in Billings, with 57 Oregon and Washington churches also leaving, risking loss of local church properties to the merged conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Evangelical Church of North America
EUB
United Methodist Church
Dallas
Texas
Oregon
Washington
Robert Strutz
Billings
United Methodist
Boulder
A. J. Lindley
Mail Schedule Change In Big Timber
Starting Monday July 1 incoming mail will arrive in Big Timber at about 8 10 am via a new star route from Billings. Star routes to McLeod Melville and Gibson depart by 9 30 am. The Springdale star route leaves Big Timber at 1 pm. Other mail departs Big Timber after 5 pm to Billings. Post office lobby opens at 8 am. Patrons urged to mail early and often.
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Big Timber
Star
Billings
McLeod, Melville
Gibson
Springdale
Nation's Best Cowboys Shine At Big Timber Rodeo
Big Timber Jaycees hosted a premier rodeo drawing 110 entries with top 15 all around cowboys and Montana champions. Notables included Paul Mayo Shawn Davis Warren Wirthier Mark Schiiker Bob Ragsdale and Bill Smith as top contenders. Reg Kesler supplied quality stock. Bill Holt led with running commentary as crowds praised the show despite a postponed Saturday date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Jaycees
Montana
Paul Mayo
Bill Linderman
Shawn Davis
Warren Wirthier
Mark Schiiker
Bob Ragsdale
Jack Roddy
Bill Smith
Brockway Graduation Notice From Garfield High School
Mrs H L Brockway returned from Seattle after three weeks to attend the graduation of her grandson Robert Brockway son of Mr and Mrs D C Brockway. Robert graduated from Garfield High School.
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H. L. Brockway
Seattle
Robert Brockway
D. C. Brockway
Robert
Garfield High School
Gary Propp Wins CTA Scholarship for Montana Vocation Teachers
Gary Propp a Sweet Grass County High School vocational agriculture instructor is named one of five Montana winners of the Farmers Union Grain Terminal association scholarship selections by a Montana Vocational Teachers Assn panel. The GTA funds 1000 yearly to support instructors summer study and professional training based on character leadership and vocational promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Propp
Sweet Grass County
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
Montana Voag
Montana Vocational Teachers Assn
GTA
Association
Montana
FFA
Andrew Peterson Services Held in Livingston
Andrew Peterson 62 a N P railroad machinist helper here since 1944 and an NP employee 45 years died Sunday morning in Memorial hospital after a short illness. The Rev Wilbur Armagast conducted services Wednesday at the First Baptist church. Burial was in Park View Memorial Gardens. He was born May 4 1906 at Kilgore Idaho and moved to Grey Cliff as a child then to Livingston in 1944. He was a deacon and past trustee of the First Baptist church and a member of Livingston Lodge 168 Machinists Union. Surviving are his wife Ruby Carr a daughter Agnes Haines a grandson Dwight Haines two sisters and three brothers.
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Livingston
Andrew Peterson
N.P
Memorial Hospital
Wilbur Armagast
First Baptist Church
Lowry Funeral Home
Esther Wick
Earlene Bowers
Don Hiller
Lloyd Griffith
Charles Gilberg
Ted Schleicher
Lyle Hanson
Lawrence Carpenter
Park View Memorial Gardens
Kilgore
Idaho
Grey Cliff
Northern Pacific
Livingston Lodge
Machinists Union
Ruby Carr
Jack
Agnes) Haines
Dwight Haines
C. C. Gregory
Erwin Clawson
Whitefish
Joe
Frank
Big Timber
Lester
Beetle collecting visit to John Goosey home noted
Thursday visitors at the John Goosey residence were James Beley a San Jose State student and his sister Nancy Beley of Billings. They are son and daughter of Frank Beley of Billings. James joined John Goosey Jr to collect beetles for former studies.
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John Goosey
James Beley
San Jose State
San Jose
Calif
Nancy Beley
Billings
Frank Beley
James
John Goosey, Jr
Mont. Fish and Game tops Yellowtail with large stocking
The Montana Fish and Game Department planted 1,044,530 rainbow trout fingerlings in Yellowtail Reservoir this spring. Two to three inch rainbows came from Bluewater hatchery near Bridger, while 243,680 two inch lake trout and 301,600 walleye fry were stocked from Miles City hatchery. Coho salmon were also added to Cooney and Deadman’s Basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowtail
Montana Fish and Game Department
Clinton Bishop
District Five
Bishop
Bridger
Montana
Cooney 9
Deadman’s Bastin
Cooney
Deadman’s
Lewistown State Fish Hatchery
Rodeo Parade Draws Crowd With Notable Entries
The county rodeo parade drew a large crowd though music units were unable to perform. Moose Lodge sponsored the event with marshals Tope Strobel Vic Schriver and Gilman Lake guiding the parade. Judges from Park county awarded prizes to Stage Coach, Big Timber Woman's Club, Flying Farmer Teens, Springdale Historians, Moose Lodge, Willagro Garden Club, A and W Root Beer, Rainbow Girls, and Doug Sommers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evers
Moose Lodge
Tope Strobel
Vic Schriver
Gilman Lake
Legion Auxiliary
Women of the Moose
Park County
Charlie Reed
Burnt Leather Ranch
Mal Goosey
Burton Robinson
Harold Faw
Livingston
Big Timber Woman’s Club
Flying Farmer
Springdale
Big Timber Jayceens
American Legion
Willagro Garden Club
A & W Root Beer
Rainbow Girls
Doug Sommers
Montana Clerks and Recorders Meet in Hamilton
The Montana Association of County Clerks and Recorders held its ninth annual convention at the Elk’s Temple in Hamilton on June 17 to 19 with over 40 counties represented. Speakers included George Pendergast, Donald Sorte, and State Sen W A Groff, plus James L Hahn who outlined land survey filing procedures and urged uniform statewide descriptions. The event closed with a final business meeting and officer elections chaired by Margaret Plaggemeyer.
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Montana Association of
County Clerks and Recorders
Elk’s Temple
Hamilton
George Pendergast
Helena
State Examiners’ Office
Donald Sorte
Montana Legislative Council
State
W. A. Groff
Victor
Joe Lennan
Joe Schmidt
Great Falls
Helen Kovich
State Legislative Council
Montana
James L. Hahn
Billings
Montana Land Surveyors Assn
Hahn
Margaret Plaggemeyer
Sweet Grass County
Everett Messings Move to Three Forks Spanish Creek Ranch
Former Wilsall residents the Everett Messings recently relocated to the Spanish Creek Ranch near Three Yorks after moving from the Wilsall area. Overnight visitors included Roy Ellison and wife from Little Rock, stopping in Big Timber on their way home from California. Mrs. Mabel Harper hosted her daughter Mrs. Hank Jones and three grandsons from Auburn, Washington, for ten days. they left by train on Friday just before the rodeo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Forks
Everett Messings
Wilsall
Spanish Creek Ranch
Three Yorks
Roy Ellison
Little Rock
Ark
Big Timber
Washington
Mabel Harper
Hank Jones
Auburn
Wash
Also Mentioned on This Page
4-H
New Corporation
John Holman
Doug Brown
Dave Hart
Bob Mayo
Marty Backstrom
Royce Smith
Jim Ivory
Ben Reynolds
Russ Gasser
Calvin Bohleen
Stan Harter
Clinton Small
Ken Schiffer
Ken Noddings
Gary Walker
Walt Linderman
Anita Woodbury
Mary Agness Carrahan
Joanne Nelson
Della Ogilvie
Betty Benson
CTA
Andrew Peterson Services
Absaroka
Hellroaring
Buffalo Fork
Forest Service
Yellowtail Reservoir
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