Outstanding Independent Tourney Brings Top Teams This Weekend
An independent basketball tourney showcases leading state teams at the new high school gym Saturday and Sunday. Opening games include Big Timber American Legion vs Harlowton at 7 p m with three other matchups in session one and a Sunday schedule of winners, with cash prizes for the top three. Admission: 50 cents for adults, 25 cents students, 10 cents grade students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber American Legion
Harlowton
Lewistown Mint Chips
Geyser
Livingston
Lewistown
Vaughn-Ragsdale
White Sulphur Springs
Bozeman
Funeral Services Held For Sadie Ray Bailey
Last rites for Sadie Ray Bailey age 62 were held Thursday at the Congregational church with Rev. P. N. Bennett officiating. She died February 20 at Deaconess hospital in Great Falls after a year and a half of illness. Interment followed at Mountain View.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie R. Bailey
Sadie Ray Bailey
Congregational Church
P. N. Bennett
Miss Bailey
Deaconess Hospital
Great Falls
A. Ronald McDonnell
Ted C. Busha
Ceryl V. O'Leary
Dorman Kelloge
Duane Hooper
Vic Christensen
Mountain View
Big Timber
Joseph W
Mary Ella Bailey
Little Timber Creek
Liberty School For
Anaheim
Calif
Eugene
Ore
Bailey
McLeod Street
Floyd Bailey
Herders Upset Hardin In District Tourney
Big Timber Sheepherders shocked defending champion Hardin 40 to 39 in Billings district action. Furstenberg delivered the winning layup with under five seconds left as Big Timber clawed back from a late Hardin lead. Billings Central took first, Red Lodge second, Laurel to join Great Falls state tourney field. Anaconda Central and Big Timber exited earlier after opening loss and later defeat to Laurel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Hardin
Bulldogs
Big Horn County Preps
Bill Medicine Tail
Jack Colstad
Furstenberg
Billings Central Rams
Red Lodge
Laurel
Billings
Great Falls
Anaconda Central
Much Improved George Fallat Visits Livingston
George Fallat of McLeod visited Livingston on Monday and Tuesday. He reports Mrs. Fallat is out of the hospital and much improved. W. S. of the E U B church will meet on Wednesday March 8 at 2 30. Mrs. Vernie Hathaway will lead devotions with emphasis on Christian and inter racial goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fallat
McLeod
Livingston
Red Cross Campaign Underway in Sweet Grass County
The 1950 American Red Cross fund drive runs through March with a quota of 950 for Sweet Grass County, 500 for local use and 460 for the national. Grace B. Severance chairs solicitors for Big Timber East and West with committees listed, plus rural contacts and a central outreach plan to reach all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American National Red Cross
Sweet Grass County
Grace B. Severance
Elsa Haas
Big Timber East
Frank Chase
Oscar McLane
C. T. Williams
Orvin Flare
Ed Braaten
Harold Boe
Kenneth Boe
Elsie Larson
Oscar Hauge
H. A. Anderson
Big Timber West
John Carney Jr
John Hager
Mary Jasper
Art Stephens
C. T. Irvine
W. H. Hatfield
Local Notes and Folks Return and Departures
Mrs Maris Nevin returns home from Billings after a week with relatives and friends. Visiting Mother Mr and Mrs Jerry Noon and son of Gallatin Gateway arrive to spend days with Mrs Noons mother Mrs Dora Craft. Nicholsons leave for San Francisco with Mr Walter Nicholson then to Saudi Arabia. Mrs Nicholson to follow later. Dr Milton Coutu returns home after a week at Fort Harrison hospital. C F Bond of Riverside Cabinets returns to Big Timber after months in Livingston. Ole Gausland departs for Fort Harrison to enter veterans hospital for medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Maris Nevin
Jerry Noon
Gallatin Gateway
Mr. Noon
Dora Craft
Walter Nicholson
San Francisco
Nicholson
Saudi Arabia
Milton Coutu
Fort Harrison
Big Timber
C.F Bond
Livingston
Faster Seal Sales Start March 9
Letters bearing colorful Easter seals are being prepared for sending into 150000 Montana homes to be purchased as an investment in the happiness and health of crippled children in their battle for normal life. George E. Snell of Billings president of the Montana chapter of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults announced a goal of 65000 for the 1950 campaign March 9 through Easter Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
George E. Snell
Billings
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Snell
Stahl Dismissed From Highway Department
The Montana Highway Commission dismissed State Highway Engineer C. E. Stahl in the interests of harmony. George Poore of Helena will become acting state highway engineer, moving from his current role as Stahl's assistant. Poore has served the department since 1920 in multiple engineering posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
C. E. Stahl
Harmony
Highway Commission
Lee M. Ford
Great Falls
Ford
George Poore
Stahl
Poore
Associated Press
John W. Bonner
Bonner
U S To Repay G I Money Order Claims
Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson announced the department will repay valid GI money order claims from overseas that were not received or cashed in the United States. He noted records may be destroyed after three years, but many wartime files remain stored beyond that period, some eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jesse M. Donaldson
Donaldson
National Amvet
American Veterans of
California U. Regents Demand Non-Commie Loyalty Oath
Regents of the University of California demand a non-Communist loyalty oath and give professors until April 36 to sign or face action. They vow to safeguard university freedom against subversive minorities in the body politic such as the Communist party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California U
Berkeley
Calif
University of California Today
Communist Party
Lions Plan Grade School Tourney Booklet
Lions Club meeting outlines a cheaper 80 page booklet for the fourth annual grade school basketball tourney March 10-11. Sponsors join on a shared page in Sweet Grass county promotional ads to fund youth activities and county advertising. Housing chair Henry Klindt asks for local cooperation for housing and a large crowd is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Sweet Grass County
Clarence Loftsgaarden
Hubert Becken
Henry Klindt
Tournament Housing Committee
Ray Dahl
New Lions Club
Livingston
Big Timber
B. Olness
Lions Fall to Harlo Grade School Quint
Harlowton Ortwein scored 21 as Harlo beat Big Timber 29 to 20 on Tuesday night. Big Timber led 9 to 8 after one period and 14 to 15 at half, but Ortwein and Taylor sparked a final-period surge. Miekush led Big Timber with support from Hults Hoskinson Dahl and McCauley, while free throws hurt both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlowton
Ortwein
Big Timber Lions
Big Timber
Lion McCauley
Harlo
Taylor
Miekush
Hults
Hoskinson
Dahl
McCauley
Me and My Shadow Junior Play Slated for March 8 9
A comedy by Bruce Abbott titled Me and My Shadow will be staged by the junior class on March 8 and 9 under Miss Gertrude Conwell. The cast includes Samuel Lewis Jack Armstrong Beverly Lewis Evelyn Strand Kate Lewis Edith Engle Julie Lewis Bess McLure Harry Jordan Albert Brough ton Velma Gordon Doris Hoem Will Warren Stephen Ollestad Gramma Lewis Evelyn Sloan Don Farley Jos Roemer Alice Merrill Fritzie Haddon. The plot follows Harry Jordan and Will Warren trying to buy Lewis property for an airport, Lewis’s plane hatred, twins complicating land deals and Gramma Lewis’s word confusions for comic effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Abbott
Gertrude Conwell
Samuel Lewis
Jack Armstrong
Beverly Lewis
Evelyn Strand
Kate Lewis
Edith Engle
Julie Lewis
Bess McLure
Harry Jordan
Albert Broughton
Velma Gordon
Doris Hoem
Will Warren
Stephen Ollestad
Gramma Lewis
Evelyn Sloan
Don Farley
Jos Roemer
Alice Merrill
Fritzie Haddon
Mr. Lewis
Lewis
Churchill couple plans midweek return from Mesa
Mr. and Mrs. Will Churchill state the Pioneer couple will leave for Big Timber midweek after spending several weeks in Mesa Arizona.
Dr Renne to Address Sweet Grass Farm Bureau Meeting
Dr Renne president of Montana State College will speak at the Sweet Grass County Farm Bureau meeting in the Lutheran parish hall Tuesday March 14 He will compare the 1948 Aiken farm measure with the 1949 agricultural act An open discussion follows Dinner at 1130 am Business session starts 230 pm A county president and directors will be elected Quorum required for Farmers Service business urged full attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renne
Montana State College
Sweet Grass County Farm Bureau
Lutheran Parish Hall
Moose Banquet Draws Large Crowd with Initiations
An unusually large Moose gathering last weekend drew about 260 meals at the turkey banquet Saturday evening. O B O'Dell Frank Peterson J O Dah and Thos Prather were initiated by the Columbus lodge degree team. Governor Tope Strobel presided at the special meeting following the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Lodge
O. B. O'Dell
Frank Peterson
J. O. Dah
Thos. Prather
Tope Strobel
Legion of the Moose
Moose Hall
Annual Meeting of Farm Loan Assn Announces Dividends
The Stillwater-Sweet Grass National Farm Loan association held its annual meeting in Fraternity hall Friday with over 80 attendees. Leif Anderson presided as president and announced a total dividend of 2100 dollars for farmer-owners, noting the cooperative's goal of sharing earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Loan Ass
Stillwater - Sweet Grass National Farm Loan Association
Fraternity Hall
Pythian Sisters
Sylvia Hoskinson
Joel Story
Donna Hunter
R. L. Tolson
Citizens Bank
Paul
Ronan
Carbon-Yellowstone National Farm Loan Association
F. B. Peterson
Chisholm Trail
Leif Anderson
Federal Land Bank of
Spokane
National Farm Loan
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
C. €. Upton
Federal Land Bank
M. B. Yates
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farmers Service
Odie Nevin
Harold Mct
Auchlan
Ozzie
Farmers Service Organization
Herders
Red Cross
Auf
Palmer Finsvik
Wright Ewan
Jake Plaggerman
Torger Redland
Gilbert Opland
Dora Doig
D. McCormick
Ray Becken
John Plaggemeyer
John Yost
Clarence Flattum
Max Forster
Rasmus Boe
Sam Duffey
Ronald Halverson
Eva Hausserman
Vern Trueblood
Bob Lindgren
Wayne Faw
Helen Hoem
Ralph Jarrett
Art Grosfield
Geverance
Cub
den Mothers
Ben Olness
H. McIntyre
Earl Bouse
Edwin Patterson
Roy Sandage
Clive Haas
Mal Goosey
Theron Fowell
The
Lutheran Brotherhood
Rev
E. Tollefson
Virgil Gust
Ole Gausland
Veterans Hospital
B. E. Berg
Timber
Powell
Louis Grosfield
Maurice Knutson
Powell, Wyo
Wyoming
Norman Markuson
Worland
Wyo
C. F. Ullman
Forrest Ullman
Billy Magelssen
Ullman
Lydia Gates
Floyd
Pierce
Duane Maxson
Dennis
John Maxon
Gates
Highway Department
U.S
G. I
Lions
Harle
Quint
Will Churchill
Mesa
Ariz
Dr. Renne
Farm Bureau
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