Geyser Independents Win Local Basketball Championship
The Geyser Independents defeated Livingston 51 to 44 to win the American Legion basketball tournament final. Big Timber finished fourth after a 60 to 59 semi final loss to Bozeman. Geyser’s McDonald led scoring with 65 over three games. Deegan and Deegan added double digits as attendance remained strong.
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Geyser Independents
Livingston
American Legion
Big Timber
Bozeman
Harlowton
Geyser
Lewistown Chips
Lewistown
Vaughn- Ragsdale
White Sulphur Springs
McDonald
Boyd
al Deegan
Bob Deegan
Wonders of Red Tape How Government Speaks
A Washington Post columnist Jeremiah Kluttz catalogs common government terms revealing that status quo often masks chaos and note and initial hides responsibility. Phrases like under consideration mean searching files while a conference substitutes labor and thought.
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Uncle Sam
Jerry Kluttz
The
Washington Post
Kluttz
Interoffice
Big Timber Notes Hear from Local, State Visitors
Local notes report Roger Whidden traveling to Beverly Farms for a wedding usher role for Gordon G. Coogan, with Coogan tied to Big Timber connections. Other items include solo flight by John Viets, a car and motorcycle accident near Springdale, and community club activities.
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Laurel
Vernon Bryan
Michael
Pamela
Bryan
Beulah Patterson
Arthur Michels
Roger
Whidden
Beverly Farms
Mass
Gordon G. Coolgan
Florence McKean
Henry Pratt McKean
Mr. Coogan
Whidden Ranch
Fourth Annual Grade School Tournament Opens Friday at New Gym
The Fourth Annual invitational grade school tournament begins Friday at 10 a.m. with Columbus vs Reed Point and Absarokee vs Belgrade. Big Timber and Wilsall start the second session at 1 15 p.m. with Gardiner facing Three Forks. Lions sponsor the event and plan a new booklet featuring county attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
The
Lions
Columbus
Reed Point
Absarokee
Belgrade
Big Timber
Wilsall
Gardiner
Three Forks
Deegan
Harlowton
Livingston
Sweet Grass
Bill Knebel
Three Forks Quint
Bob Polston
Ronald Dahl
Donald Kinsey
John Hager
Ben Berg
Donald Miekush
Ronald Widdicombe
Tommy Hoskinson
Jack Myers
Jerry McCauley
Sammy Sparr
Richard Hults
Don Knapp
Pioneer
Sweet Grass County
Wandering Trophy Leader Emerges In Big Timber Rifle Meet
Ken Elgen, winner of the Wandering trophy last month, leads standings after the first shoot of the month at Moose range. Twenty five shooters competed last Friday. prone and standing scores were published with 25 entries, while sitting and kneeling were skipped to accommodate all participants.
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Big Timber
Martinz
Owen Moore
W. Moers
Ray Hoem
K. Elgen
Ray McArthur
Dick Nichelson
Ben Elgen
Lorn Fudwill
E. Elgen
T. Thompson
Don Moore
S. Fotland
L. Ray
S. Maitland
P. Elgen
B. Moulden
A. Lewis
C. Willard
L. Beck
O. Stenberg
W. Osborne
K. Boe
Ken Elgen
Moose Range
Clayton Returns Home After Week in Great Falls for Treatment
W. H. Clayton came home Saturday after a week in Great Falls for medical treatment. He is much improved though confined to his home most of the time.
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Missoula
Warren Lintz
W. H. Vinson
T. J. Manis
Warren
Utah
Vinson
Unit
R. E. Solander
Barbara
Terry
Missou
Solander
Avis Lintz
Clayton
Great Falls
Forger Nicky Donnivan Sentenced in South Dakota
Sheriff Osborne reports Deadwood South Dakota sentence of two years in state penitentiary for Nicky Donnivan on forgery charges. He was wanted in Big Timber for forging Leo J. Cremer’s name to a check and in Billings for four more. Also sought in Wyoming and a parole violator from an eastern state.
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Adolph Tronrueé Jr
Melville
Ralph Adolph
Billings
Tronrud
Mary Anne Yost
George Yost
Henry Yost
Lower Dry Fork
Charles Norman
Joyce Eppens
Astrid Allestad
Charlotte Eppens
Kathryn Norman
Lawrence Allestad
Peterson
John B. Greay Jr
Springdale
Rzhway
Grov
Lowry Ambusier
Bruce Sanderson
Donald Arter
Broadview
T. B
Helena
Sweet Grass County
Big Timber Womans Club
Sweet Grass
Scott Hoskinson
Chas. Schuler
Osborne
Deadwood
S. D
Nicky Donnivan
South Dakota State Penitentiary
Donnivan
Leo J. Cremer
Big Timber
Wyoming
Capacity Crowd Attends Lutheran Brotherhood Father Son Event
About 125 fathers and sons gathered last Friday at the parish hall for the Lutheran Brotherhood annual father and son night. H. H. McIntyre acted as toastmaster, Fred Olness gave the response, and a German band performed alongside a barbershop quartet. Cub Scout awards and year pins were presented by local leaders including Palmer Finsvik and Lions president Dean Lowry, with Rev. E. E. Tollefson delivering the invocation.
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Lutheran Brotherhood
Brotherhood
H. H. McIntyre
Fred Olness
Joel Story
Jerry Chapin
Francis Ferris
EB. O. Overland
Henry Elgen
Dr. B. Olness
Clarence Erickson
Clarence McMahan
Ralph
Frank McElwain
Wolf
Kenneth Osborne
Sam Widdicombe
Alvin Renneberg
John Pronto
Lester Coil Jr
Dennis Sandage
William Voges
Steven Nelson
Richard Forsyth
Richard Sloan
Chuck Roe
Carl Patterson
Lion
Clarence Reidelbach
Delbert Sell
David Haas
Selecting Varieties For A Healthier Home Garden
The article stresses choosing vegetable varieties by earliness size and adaptability to your area. It advises planting multiple varieties to extend harvests and using succession planting for continuous supply. Emphasizes leafy greens and specific tips for carrots lettuce and cool temps for head lettuce.
Snowfalls Continue in Big Timber Amid Plunging Temps
A new snowfall kept Big Timber in wintry grip as temperatures dropped from a warm spring day. County Agent Peterson’s weekly readings show highs around the upper 50s and nightly lows in the 20s to 40s with 0.03 inches of precipitation by Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs H McIntyre and son Mickey traveled to Minneapolis for a short business trip after the weekend.
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Big Timber
Peterson
Minneapolis
Montana farmers to gain more funds for conservation practices
R J McKenna, chairman of Montana state PMA committee, announces higher conservation payments for 1950. About 117000 dollars expected for conservation payments this year, versus 3655000 last year. May 20 is sign up deadline in Sweet Grass County. plans available at the county PMA office.
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Montana
R. J. McKenna
Montana State Production and Marketing Administration Committee
Sweet Grass County
PMA
Montana State Spurs Attend Bobcat Grizzly Series
Boseman Thea Westre of Big Timber joined fifteen Montana State college Spurs in Missoula for the Bobcat Grizzly basketball series last weekend. Westre, a commercial science major at MISC, is a Kappa Delta sorority member. Spurs is a national sophomore women’s service organization.
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Boseman
Thea Westre
Mary Westre
Big Timber
Spurs
Montana State College
Missoula
Miss Westre
MISC
Kappa Delta Sorority
Sophonot
Organisa
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Rochester
Herman Holland
Mayo Clinic
Hans Algard
Lions Wight
Darlene Tucker
Derlene McCauley
Patsy Steensland
Patsy Snyder
Connie Strickland
Linda Olness
Kay Boe
Doris Stand
Donna Hunter
Claude C. Gray
John Viets
Walt Huffman
Big Timber Flying Service
John
Huffman
Grace Fest
Girl Scout Troop 5
Henry Sandsness
Donna Ronnivsz
Donna Ronning
Sabra Remning
Livington
Richard Caruso
Emil Caruso
Fire Methodist Chu Cn
Favor Conservation District
Soil Conservation District
F. B Petterson
Whceod
Bridger Creek
Moville
Diace
Hall
Junty Ag
T F. B. Isierson
Paul Orcutt
Curtiss Hughes
Bozeniar
Sherp
Berthrone
Don Miekush
Don Kinsey
Bernard Berg
Jack Robbins
Montana Resources Survey
G. J. Cravett
Dave Pouloit
Kenneth Fowell
Charles Osborne
George Hauge
Louis Goosey
Gold Arrow
Lester Coil
George Algard
David Riter
Stephen Johnson
Robert Kepler
Michael McIntyre
Jerry Kepler
James Kepler
Silver Arrow
Earl Bouse
Dean Larson
Stuart Tollefson
John Ronneberg
Donald Bray
George Bray
David Refsland
Pat Hager
Chuck Bray
Leonard Yager
Montana Extension Service
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