Primary candidate slate for Sweet Grass county June 4
The June 4 Republican primary features Kermit Anderson versus Bjarne Bjorndal for county race. On the Democratic side Mal Goosey and Walt Huffman compete as precinct 2 West side committeemen. Goosey is the incumbent. The article lists all ballots including Senatorial District 12 and Representative 12B filings, plus U S Congress and Lt. Governor contenders across parties, with several incumbents noted as not filing.
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Kermit Anderson
Bjarne Bjorndal
Mal Goosey
Walt Huffman
West Side
Goosey
Sweet Grass County
Secretary of State
Musselshell
Golden Valley
Wheatland
Sweet Grass
Thomas Ask
Roundup
Jim Moore
Twedot
Willa Dale Evans
Ed Swanz
Harlowton
Gene Spilte
U. S. Congress
Gerald E. Hudson
James F. Battin
Forrest H. Anderson
LeRoy Anderson
Willard Fraser
Hanford K. Gallup
Eugene H. Mahoney
Merrill K. Riddick
Tim Babcock
J. Wellington Fauver
Ted James
Warren A. McMillan
Fred Barrett
Eddie Dussault
John Leslie Hamner
Thomas L. Judge
Mike Kuchera
Marian S. Erdmann
Gary Garrett
Wyatt Erp Haskell
Gary
Zenobia Temple to Host 33rd Pythian District Meet
Zenobia Temple No 5 of the Pythian Sisters will host the thirty third annual district meeting Saturday May 4 at the Fraternity hall. District deputy Mrs Darrel Laubach will supervise events with registration at 1 30 p m A banquet at Fryes Cafe at 6 30 p m followed by ritual work at 8 p m Also expected are visitors from Gateway No 14 Livingston and Valley Temple No 1 Bozeman.
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Zenobia Temple No. 5
Pythian Sisters
Darrel Laubach
Frye’s
Gateway No. 14
Livingston
Valley Temple No. 1
Bozeman
Harry Johnson Retires From Montana Fish Hatchery
Harry Johnson retires after 20 years with the Montana Fish and Game Department and seven years as an assistant at the local fish hatchery in Big Timber. He previously worked at Great Falls Emigrant and Fromberg hatcheries. The Johnsons will reside in Billings after buying a home.
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Harry Johnson
Montana Fish and Game Department
Big Timber
Great Falls
Emigrant
Blue Water
Fromberg
Johnson
Billings
Kermit Anderson Files For Commissioner
Kermit Anderson of Melville filed before the deadline on the Republican ticket for county commissioner. He is the eldest son of the late Tom Anderson a longtime Sweet Grass county commissioner and ranches with his brother Carl on the family home ranch.
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Kermit Anderson
Melville
Tom Anderson
Sweet Grass County
Kermit
Carl
ASCS
Melville Lutheran Church
Big Timber Yard and Scale Assn
Sweet Grass Community Development Assn
Andersons
Tommy Thompson
Sharon
Great Falls
Elaine
Big Timber
Jyl
Melville School
Services For Mrs. Leo Ray Held
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p m from the Lowry Chapel for Mrs. Leo Ray 49 of Big Timber who died Friday at Sweet Grass Community hospital after a stroke left her paralyzed then severely ill A Lutheran minister officiated with local vocalists and pallbearers named from Billings Burial was in Mountain View cemetery She was born February 1 1919 in Sweet Grass County and married Leo Ray in 1940 Survivors include her husband a daughter a mother three sisters two brothers and a granddaughter Stacey Marie Boe of Big Timber.
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Lowry Chapel
Leo
Josephine) Ray
Sweet Grass Community Hospital
Ray
Ocee Johnson
Big Timber Lutheran Church
Myrtle Sell
Margaret Busha
A. R. McDonnell
Old Rugged Cross
Hank Lee
Gene Spilte
Marvin Barber
Jim Long
Chuck Boe
Johnny Boe
Billings
Mountain View Cemetery
Sweet Grass County
John Clyde Farthing
Billings Business College
Leo Ray
Livingston
Citizens Bank and Trust Co
Big Timber
A. J
Bonnie Jean) Lundquist
Chula Vista
Calif
Etta Farthing
Oswald Nevin
K. C. Jones
Joe Weamer
Don Farthing
Jamestown N. D
John Farthing
Stacey Marie Boe
High School Week Participants Visit MSU in Bozeman
Principal Vance Ramberg escorted five high school seniors and juniors from SGHS to Montana State University for High School Week. Students from across the state stay in dormitories, tour campus, and dine with fraternities or sororities. They take a general test and a chosen area test, with results returning in a week or ten days for counseling use. SGHS did not place first, but the trip provided valuable experience for the students.
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Vance Ramberg
Louise Smith
Susan Davis
Joe Hanson
Lois Huffman
David Kottong
Bozeman
Montana State University
SGHS
Ramberg
Rural Grade School Track Meets Set For Friday
The rural track meet and the Jaycee grade school meet are planned at the high school athletic field Friday May 3. Most Sweet Grass county students from first to eighth grade are entered. Rural meet begins 1 p.m. Jaycee meet at 4 p.m. weather permitting. Support urged for local youngsters.
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Sweet Grass County
Sweet Grass
Big Timber Girls Sweep Billings Invitational Track Meet
Big Timber High School girls track dominated the class B competition at the Billings Invitational. Sharon Tollefson led with three wins in the 100 yard dash 80 meter hurdles and long jump plus a leg in the relay. Jennie Lindeman won both the 880 and the mile as Vickie Gee Theresa Barber and Carol Westervelt also contributed strong showings.
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Sweet Grass County High School
Billings
Big Timber
Harlowton
Absarokee
Red Lodge
Billings West
Joliet
Sharon Tollefson
Miss Tollefson
Jennie Lindeman
Vickie Gee
Theresa Barber
Carol Westervelt
Sandy Anderson
Janet Carr
Miss Anderson
Jean Ann Spilte
Marian Whidden
Kathy Deegan
Claudia Woodhouse
Janet Adams
Chloe Vik
Diana Dutton
Connie Myrstol
Noreen Jacobs
Una Rae Raisland
Irene Peterson
Karen Hijelvik
Songstad Visit Amid Illness Near Max North Dakota
Seriously 111 Martin Songstad is visiting his brother Nels Songstad at Max North Dakota. Nels is seriously ill with leukemia. He is expected home in a few days.
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Martin Songstad
Nels Songstad
Max,n. D
Mrs George Alden Dies After Long Illness
Mrs George Alden known as Mommy Alder died Tuesday at Community hospital after a long illness. She would have turned 90 in July. Funeral arrangements tentatively set for Saturday May 4 at 10 am from St Mark's Episcopal church with Rev C Jack Faas officiating.
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George
Alder
Community Hospital
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
C. Jack Faas
Range Fire On Wildcat Creek
A grass and timber fire on Ludwig Allestad land along Wildcat Creek Tuesday afternoon drew the Big Timber Fire Department. About 15 to 20 men fought the blaze until after 11 p.m. When the county truck returned the fire was contained and the Allestads guarded it for the night. No wind aided the blaze.
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Ludwig Allestad
Wildcat Creek
Big Timber Fire Department
Laurence Allestad
Allestads
Taste Of Honey Prom Theme Graces High School Ball
The Junior-Senior Prom used Taste Of Honey as its theme with yellow and white décor and honey bee streamers in the gym. The Tijuana Trash provided music for a lively dance, and Miss Nancy Schilling and Hal Luttschwager, both seniors, were crowned queen and king after the grand march at 11 p.m. The event concluded with a post prom turkey dinner at Frye's Cafe.
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Tijuana
Billings
Nancy Schilling
Hal Luttschwager
Hal
Nancy
FDA Proposes Tightening Antibiotic Use in Livestock
The FDA released a plan to restrict streptomycin injections, combinations with penicillin, and tetracycline hydrochloride in animals. The rule would allow 30 days for comment and possibly more changes, with six months for selling existing supplies under a loan provision.
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Washington, D. C
Food and Drug Administration
Sheepherders Edge Engineers In Dual Track Meet
The Big Timber Sheepherders defeated the Harlowton Engineers 87 to 58 at the local athletic field. The Herd ers won 12 of 17 events led by Don Shepard with 21 points and Bill Buster with 20.
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Big Timber
Harlowton Engineers
Don Shepard
Bill Buster
Buster
Shepard
Ed Gust
Chuck Tange
Wayne Myrstol
Mike Ludwick
Jack Fuller
Rick Jarrett
Clyde Bainter
Hal Luttschwager
Einar Stone
Larry Hauge
Paul Lindley
Jim Luttschwager
Ken Jones
Billings
Harlowton
Columbus
Absarokee
Red Lodge
Swedish Singers At E U B Church May 8
Mr and Mrs Bertil Gotrich and the Swedish Sunshine Singers present music song and testimony on Wednesday May 8 at 8 pm at Evangelical United Brethren church A potluck supper at 6 30 pm in the church basement co hosted by the Evangelical Free church The program emphasizes Christian Family Week.
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Bertil Gotrich
Sunshine Singers
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Evangelical Free Church
Returned to Base After Ranch Help
S/Sgt. Richard Fredrickson and his family arrived at McChord AFB Tacoma Washington last week after spending ten days helping out at the ranch.
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Richard Fredrickson
McChord Afb
Tacoma
Wash
Music Students to Attend State Meet in Billings
Selected high school musicians travel to Billings for the State Music Festival at Eastern Montana College. Friday and Saturday feature soloists Carol Gallentine and Chloe Vik, the double brass ensemble, and all state chorus and band members rehearing with their groups for the all state concert Saturday night. The mass finale combines all three groups at the Eastern Ventana College Field House.
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Billings
Eastern Montana College
Carol Gallentine
Chloe Vik
Tom Klindt
Bill Holmberg
Kathy Deegan
Ted Huffman
Lois Wuffman
Carol Westerwell
Tim Hathaway
Mark
Bull Holmberg
Meg Movius
All State Chorus
All State Band
All State Orchestra
Pedestrian Killed After Hit Near Grey Cliff
Warren Thacker 32 of Billings died when he was struck from behind while walking west along Highway 10 about a mile east of Grey Cliff around 8 pm. The driver Gerald Allen Jr of Charleston Wisconsin remained at fault. Thacker, an electrical engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation, had recently launched a raft from near the Yellowstone bridge area and was returning to his pickup. Funeral services were held in Billings with burial in Watertown South Dakota. He is survived by his wife, his parents and a brother.
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Warren FL
Thacker
Billings
Highway 10
Gray Cliff
Gerald Allen Jr
Charleston
Charles Murdock
Bureau of Reclamation
Yellowstone Bridge
Grey Cliff
Yellowstone
Christ Schott Ranch
Lowry Funeral Home
Watertown
S. D
Keller To Preside At Gardiner Meet
Forest Keller, American Legion commander of district 7, will preside at the spring meeting Sunday May 5 in Gardiner. About 200 are expected from eight posts Bozeman Livingston White Sulphur Springs West Yellowstone Manhattan Three Forks Gardiner and Big Timber. The Legion and Auxiliary will hold separate sessions in the afternoon and join for a banquet in the evening. Posts will report on community service and Americanism programs, elect new officers and plan for the year ahead. State Legion officers are expected to attend.
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Forest Keller
American Legion
Gardiner
Bozeman
Livingston
White Sulphur Lpgs
West Yellowstone
Manhattan
Three Forks
Big Timber
Legion
Auxiliary
Quick Trip for Kathy Johnson Seeks Post Internship Work
Kathy Johnson daughter of Rev and Mrs Cece Johnson returned home Saturday then traveled to Miles City for interviews after finishing an internship in Deer Lodge in mid June. Mrs Johnson joined her on the trip and they visited Mr and Mrs John Olson and daughter Karen in Sidney.
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Kathy Johnson
Cece Johnson
Deer Lodge
Miles City
Johnson
John Olson
Karen
Sidney
Mrs. H. Ben Tetlie Rites Held
Funeral services were held at the Big Timber Lutheran church for Mrs. H. Ben Tetlie who died Monday in Livingston hospital after a month with complications from diabetes. Rev. Ocee Johnson officiated with organist E. O. Overland and singers Margaret Busha and Mrs A R‑M McDonnell. Burial was in Mountain View. She was born January 5, 1901, near Lewistown and later lived on the Svend Maitland ranch north of Big Timber. She married H. Ben Tetlie on October 12, 1925 in Minnesota and moved to Big Timber in 1964. Survivors include two sons Don and Harold, a daughter Sonia, a sister Assa Furstenberg, and several nieces and nephews.
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Big Timber Lutheran Church
H. Ben Tetlie
Livingston Hospital
Ocee Johnson
E. O. Overland
Margaret Busha
R-Mw McDonnell
John Adams
Hoe Et Boe
Lorn Pudwil Palmer Hauge
G. O Sehul
Calvin Lavold
Billine
Mountain View Cototots
Anna Bo Mauland Tethe
Big Tim
Mro
Svend Mauland
Lewis Town
Lewistown
Svend Maitland
Lutheran Ladies Seminary
Red Wine
Minn
Drs Lee and
Westby
Madison
H. Ben Tethe
Minnesota
Big Timber
Nels — Iverson
Oon
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Trio Club
Tethe
Don
Harold
Alice
Texas
Sonia
Columbia Falls
Assa Furstenberg
Red Lodge
Big Timber Hosts District 10 Joint Jaycees Session
Big Timber hosts the District 10 joint Jaycees and Jayceens session at the American Legion hall on Saturday May 4. About 100 members from eight clubs Bridger Columbus Absarokee Gardiner Livingston Red Lodge Laurel and Big Timber attend a 6 p.m. cocktail hour banquet and business meeting with district vice presidents to be elected.
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Big Timber Jaycees
Jayceens
American Legion Hall
Jaycees
Bridger
Columbus
Absarokee
Gardiner
Livingston
Red Lodge
Laurel
Big Timber
Don Henke
State Jaycees
John Muller
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MSU
George Alden
Norman
Conoco Station
E.U.B
Keller
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