Leos praised by visitor as session winds on
Ben Miles and his daughter Myrtle visit the state capitol and praise the two Leos in Sweet Grass county for lively work in the legislative session. The piece notes Esp's opposition, Cremer's taxpayer defense, and a pay raise bill moving through the House with detailed amendments and final vote 49 to 34.
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Ben Miles
Myrtle
Sweet Grass County
Leos
Ben
Helena
Esp
Cremer
Senate
Silver Bow
House
Sweet Grass
Smorgasbord Night Boosts Lutheran Fellowship Fun
The group reports good spirits after a fellowship night where Clarence Erickson led a strong showing and others like Hubert Becken and Ben Tetlie were noted for their value at the Ladies Aid Smorgasbord on the 19th. Trainers warn against overtraining as they prepare to sample the menu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Fellowship
Clarence Erickson
Hubert Becken
Ben Tetlie
Clarence
Ladies Aid
Rifle Club Members Make Better Scores
Members of the Big Timber Rifle and Pistol club shot forty rounds each at the Moose indoor range testing accuracy with NRA Ranger targets. Top scorers included Leo L. Ray Otto Stenberg Louis Mysse Henry Elgen John W. Goosey Oscar N. Elgen and Q A Fallang Jr with 300s.
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Moose
Big Timber Rifle and Pistol Club
N. R. A. Ranger
National Rifle Association
Sportsmen’s Service Bureau of
New York City
Leo L. Ray
Otto Stenberg
Louis Mysse
Henry Elgen
John W. Goosey
Oscar N. Elgen
Q.A. Fallang Jr
Kenneth Boe
W. H. Osborne
Arvid E. Larson
Theodore A. Thompson
Monte Beck
Walter J. Martinz
O. A
Audrey Groom Bridal Shower Held at Mrs Randall Groom Home
A bridal shower for Audrey Groom was hosted at Mrs. Randall Groom’s home last Thursday. Guests enjoyed visiting and a luncheon served by the hostess with assistance from Mrs. Charles Wilson and Mrs. Roy Webber. Audrey received many lovely gifts as she prepares to marry Fred Benson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Groom
Audrey Groom
Fred Benson
Charles Wilson
Roy Webber
Forest Ranger Alban Roemer Returns Home After Hospital Surgery
Alban Roemer, a forest ranger, was operated on Friday at Deaconess hospital in Billings. He returned home Wednesday and is recovering satisfactorily.
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Alban Roemer
Deaconess Hospital
Billings
Sweet Grass Sheepherders post 14 win season and stats
The Sweet Grass Sheepherders finished the regular basketball season with 14 wins and 10 losses. They scored 930 points to opponents 880 and averaged 38.75 to 36.7. Gunderson led with 312 points in 23 games, while Wagner had 222 and Boyd 159. Gunderson also won the free throw trophy with 58 percent. Several players depart after graduation. returning lettermen include Patterson, Elmer Johnson, Norris, and Furstenberg.
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Sweet Grass High School Sheepherder
Eddie Gunderson
Elmer Johnson
Norris Johnson
Robert Wagner
Larry Furstenberg
Gaylord Wheeler
Ray McArthur
Gordon Boyd
Dick Patterson
Bobby McDonald
Frank McElwain
Billy Townsend
Jack Armstrong
Sweet Grass Sheepherders
Bob McDonald
Gunderson
Wagner
Boyd
McElwain
McArthur
McDonald
Wheeler
Elmer
A A A Meeting Scheduled in Sweet Grass County
Sweet Grass county A A A will hold a meeting on March 11 at the courthouse at 1 o clock to discuss practices for the county. All ranchers are urged to attend and county committeemen seek opinions on local needs.
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Sweet Grass County
Court House
County 4-H Council to Hold Annual Meeting
The county 4-H club council meets March 5 at 10 a m with State 4-H Club Leader Thompson in attendance. Officers will be elected and the year’s program planned.
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Thompson
Virgil Gust Buys Robbins Interest in Big Timber Store
Virgil Gust purchases C E Robbins interest in the Big Timber Department Store. Gust, employed there since shortly after the Robbins brothers bought the store, will work with J Q Robbins. Due to C E Robbins health the sale was arranged and stock will be restocked to a full line soon. The Robins had modernized the shop and offered high quality men women and children apparel and other goods.
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Virgil Gust
C. E. Robbins
Big Timber Department
Gust
Robbins Brothers
J. Q. Robbins
Robbins
Services Held For Niels Jensen
Funeral services for Niels Jensen 73 died in a Livingston hospital were held at Lowry chapel in Big Timber with Rev E E Tollefson officiating. Pallbearers from the local Moose lodge included Joe Widdicombe Bill Widdicombe O A Thomason Bob Wilson Albert Ellison and Anton Vander Voort. Burial was in Mountain View. Jensen born February 18 1876 in Rogen Jutland Denmark came to North Dakota in 1918 later moved to the county and worked on ranches before living with the Olsons. He had no known relatives.
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Niels Jensen
Livingston
Big Timber
Lowry Chapel
E. E. Tollefson
Moose Lodge
Joe
Bill Widdicombe
O. A. Thomason
Bob Wilson
Albert Ellison
Anton Vander Voort
Allan Thompson
Mervin Sell
Mountain View
Mr. Jensen
Rogen
Jutland
Denmark
North D
Tom Olsons
Historic saddle bags tied to Braughton mail route
Virgil Broughton used a pair of historic saddle bags on his mail run from Kraft's corner to McLeod and back during a storm. On three trips he used a team and sled. when drifts were too deep he rode a saddle horse with the old bags. His father Andrew Braughton carried mail and payroll through Cumberland Gap Kentucky in the 1890s. Earlier his grandfather Henry Braughton carried dispatches for the Union army in the Civil War using the same bags.
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Virgil Broughton
Kraft’s Corner
McLeod
Andrew Braughton
Cumberland Gap
Kentucky
Virgil
Henry Braughton
Shower for Huysers Honors Warm Community Gathering
About 65 neighbors and friends gathered at Evangelical United Brethren church Monday night to show sympathy for the John Huyser family with a shower of household necessities. Cake and coffee followed a short program and opening of gifts as many useful items were received. Also notes mention Mrs. Pearl Brown returning from California after funeral services for her son Lt. Tom Brown, killed in an airplane crash, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fischer of Dean visiting the Scott Hoskinson home.
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Huysers
John Huyser
Evangelical United Brethren Church
California
Pearl Brown
Tom Brown
400 X Ray Tested By Unit Wednesday
Four hundred people passed through the mobile X-ray unit on Wednesday. One hundred sixteen 4-H members received complete physicals by local doctors with dental and eye exams provided by listed physicians. The unit will be in Big Timber today and Reed Point tomorrow with hours 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. No appointment needed.
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Reed Point
Big Timber
Longhorns Fall in Hockey Match at Great Falls
The Melville Longhorns lost 4 to 6 at Great Falls Civic Center against the Great Falls Juniors. Handicapped by two players and three weeks without practice, they had Carl Anderson scoring in the second period, Kermit Anderson adding two, and Floyd Nollmeyer debuting with a point.
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Melville Longhorns
Great Falls
Civic Center
Longhorns
Carl Anderson
Kermit Anderson
Floyd Nollmeyer
Great Falls Vfw
Bellview
Can
Blue Shield Drive Gets Underway in Big Timber
Local civic groups and doctors announce the Blue Shield Blue Cross enrollment starting Tuesday March 1. The program is nonprofit and run by area physicians and hospitals with 400 plus doctors and 50 Montana hospitals. John Delano will head enrollment from the Montana Power Co. office for two weeks.
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Big Timber
Blue Shield
Blue Cross
Montana
John Delano
Montana Power Co
Ross Williams
Pontiac price cuts announced by General Motors
Ed Braaten, a local Pontiac dealer, says GM has reduced list prices on all Pontiac models by 15 dollars with immediate effect. GMC trucks drop as much as 196 dollars, pickups down about 180 dollars.
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General Motor
Pontiac Motor Division
Ed Braaten
Pontiac
GMC
Annual Grade School Tourney Opens Here Tomorrow
The third annual grade school invitational tournament opens tomorrow and runs through Saturday with Columbus as favorites. Big Timber, Absarokee, Belgrade, Harlowton, Three Forks, Reed Point, and Wilsall compete as teams. Tournament booklets printed by The Pioneer detail lineups, schedules, and ticket prices.
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Lions Club
Pioneer
Columbus
Big Tim
AbSarokee
Belgrade
Harlowton
Three Forks
Reed Point
Wilsall
Big Timber
Lloyd Berg
Ronald Dahl
Larry Vanney
Daniel Murphy
Dale Beck
Jack Myers
Jerry McCauley
Don Kinsey
George Myers
Don Voges
Bill Huyser
Tommy Hoskinson
Grades Fall to Livingston Giants in Grainy Five Footers Tilt
Big Timber Lions lost 20 to 36 at home as Livingston junior high height overwhelmed local players. McCauley Beck Myers Kinsey Dahl Vannoy Huyscanon Hoskinson Vozos Myers and Loftsgaarden listed in the lineup with Clarence Loftsgaarden refereeing and Harry Coster as time keeper.
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Bob Deegan
Big Timber Lions
Livingston
Big Timber
Tot McCauley
Beck
J, Myers
Murphy
Kinsey Oo
Dahl
Vannoy
Annin to Speak Here March 11
James T. Annin national vice commander of the American Legion and past commander of Stillwater post No 34 will speak on Legislation and National Defense at Sweet Grass high school at 8 oclock on March 11. Public invited.
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James T. Annin
American Legion
Montana
Stillwater Post No. 34
Columbus
Legion
Annin
Sweet Grass High School
Van Cleve Undergoes Major Operation at St Vincent’s
Has Operation Spike Van Cleve undergone a major operation at St. Vincent's hospital in Billings yesterday noon. He and Mrs. Van Cleve drove to Billings Monday. Mr. Dwyer will join the engineering department of the bureau of reclamation at the Hungry Horse dam. Ed and Mrs Dwyer sold their Second avenue west home to Arne Grosfield and plan to move to Columbia Falls.
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Spike van Cleve
St. Vincent's Hospital
Billings
Hungry Horse
Ed Dwyer
Second Avenue
Arne Grosfield
Columbia Falls
Dwyer
Bureau of Reclamation
Hungry Horse Dam
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Dean
Ernest Fischer
Scott Hoskinson
Albuquerque
Walt Huffman
The
Big Timber Flying Service
Cliff Moffett
Gibson
N. M
Ber Lions
Stillwater
Livingston Cage
Lutheran Brotherhood
Palmer Finsvik
Brotherhood
P. N. Bennett
Congregational Church
W. K. Amery
Boy Scouts
Lions
B. Olness
E. EB. Tollefson
Bobcats
Donald Burmeister
Harold Myrstol
Robert Reidelbach
Clarence Reidelbach
Wolf—George Hauge
Leo Reidelbach
Edwin Lomeland
Louis Goosey
John Renneberg
Kenneth Fowell
Fred Olness
David Haas
Delbert Sell
Carl
George Bray
Fred Oiness
Dickie O'Dell
Silver Arrows
Clayton Hall
Kenneth Miekush
Dickie
O'Dell
Curtis Jacobson
Joe Robbins
Wesley Ryan
Lerry Esp
Donald Bray
Den
Bernard Lamach
Don Jimmy Snyder
David Refsland
John Hager
Palmer Finnsvik
Jim McCauley
Dale McLane
Dan Murphy
Robert Cort
Chuck Bray
Milt Zimmerman
Yellowstone Valley Council
F. C. Aitchison
Finsvik
C. V. Schuler
Sigrid Tollefson
E. O. Overland
George, Ward
Joel Story
Ge Chapin
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