Dusting Off the Old Ones From Pioneer Files
June 28 1917 notes Frances Sayre appointed a McA secretary with American troops in France and set to sail for Paris with 25 others. Mrs Lucinda Prather returns from the Pacific coast plans August residence. Charley Blakeley of Contact reports crops on the Boulder and fall weather may affect totals. John and Mrs King return with a Kissel limousine from Three Forks via Butte and California. Charley Voges notes 260 sheep averaging 101 pounds. wool at 50 cents per pound. Gugler Lake Fourth celebration planned with dancing hall and free dinner. Eva Mjelde visiting parents from Gordon. Grace Smith arrives from Minneapolis for summer. County Attorney Selters and family travel Livingston for road report. Edith Brown arrives to take up work in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Files
Frances B. Sayre
President Wilson
Paul L. van Cleve, Jr
Melville
A.m.c.a
France
Paris
Lucinda Prather
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Seattle
Charley Blakeley
Ruth
Perry
John E. King
Butte
Ed Davis
California
Charley Voges
Robert Gugler
Gibson Country
Gugler Lake
Eva Mjelde
Gordon
Gallatin County
Albert Keene Smith
Gibson
Big Timber
Grace Smith
Minneapolis
J. B. Selters
Livingston
Edith H. Brown
St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Paul
Montana
Columbus
Ernest Peterson
Callie Allison
Marysville
Calif
Allison
Harlowton
Sam Wood
Iowa
William Wood
Riverside
McMahan
Earl Wright
Boulder
Kepler
Wen Wright
Joe Crow
Los Angeles
Wright
Wright Ranch
Kenneth Wright
Russell Elliot
Clyde Park
Glasston Lake
Herbert Helen
South Bend
Perrine
Ed Hower
UM Professor Hunts Down Western History
University of Montana scholar Dr. K Ross Toole hunts for Montana history through original documents in southeast and south central Montana this summer with Red Lodge as base. He seeks diaries records and correspondence regardless of age for preservation via archives or microfilm. Local residents and former Big Timber figures are noted along with a Columbus air show winner and several visiting families in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
K. Ross Toole
Hammond
University of Montana
Toole
Big Timber
The
Montana Historical Society
Magazine of Western History
O’keefe
Hellgate
University of
Pioneer area notes and social updates from June 29 1939
Local items report Charley Blaser buying two heavy draft horses from County Commissioner Parker, Ronald Skillman visiting from Los Angeles, and Lloyd Rein and wife returning from a Canadian honeymoon. Entries cover band performances, a horn leave incident, marriages, a fishing tale, mining activity at Independence, and a river of travel between Montana towns with citizens moving to Billings and plans for reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Files
Ronald Skillman
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Bullock’s
Lloyd Rein
Melville
Glacier Park
Lake Louise
Banff
Alberta
S Dot Ranch
Jas. G. Stubblebine
J. Oscar Young
Newark
N. J
Montana
Robert Hiltz
Joyce
Wilmington
Calif
John Davis
Hiltz
Davis
Bus Driver Openings for Reed Point Melville McLeod Routes
Sweet Grass County High School seeks applicants for school bus driver positions for the Reed Point Melville and McLeod routes for the 1966 67 year. Applications and route details available from the principal and must be received by July 21 1966. The board may accept or reject any application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Sweet Grass County High School
Reed Point
Melville
McLeod
Violet Widdicombe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Erbe Jewelry
ST. Mark’s Guild
Rue’s
Radio-Tv
Owen McCleerey
S. G. Democratic Central Comm
Sweet Grass
Margaret Busha
Miss Brown
A. J
Brown
Charley Blaser
Parker
Margaret Franklin
Fred J Ellison
Ellison
Elmer O. Larson
Sonja
George Erickson
South Dakota
Park River
Larson
T. G. Blakeman
R. E. Yager
Duffy
Independence
Washoe
E. O. Overland
Clair Harris
Henry Lindberg
Irene Elizabeth Hausserman
Fred Hausserman
Floyd Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Harry Wordal
Milton
St. Paul
Chas. Bouse
Columbia
John Foster
Fosters
Big
Farmers Service Assn
Farmers Supply
Bar Fly
Robert Langston
P. O
Billings
Jess Langston
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company
Decatur, Ilinois
TWIN
Valencia
Califo
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