Rural Track Meet Set at Big Timber High Friday
Sweet Grass County rural schools gather at Big Timber High on Friday May 4 for the annual Rural Track Meet. Field events start 1 45 p m with running events at 2 00 p m youngsters in grades 1 3 compete for ribbons and a traveling trophy. Defending champ Rapstad faces Bridge Grey Cliff McLeod and Melville in a weather dependent event.
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Sweet Grass County
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County High School
Edith Harper
Rapstad School
Bridge
Grey Cliff
McLeod
Melville
Big Timber High School
Keep Montana Green Poster Contest Winners
Winners announced by Tom Biglen Jaycees for the Keep Montana Green contest sponsored by the Keep Montana Green Association and locally by the Jaycees. Top finishers across Intermediate Primary Juniors and Senior divisions advance to the Billings Regional on May 4. about 80 Sweet Grass County youths entered judging on originality and fire prevention messaging.
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Ter
Ellis Faw
Keep
Montana
Big Tim
Keep Montana Green
Tom Biglen
Big Timber Jaycees
Keep Montana Green Association
The
Jaycees
Janet Myrstol
Patty Pedula
Robert
Holy Cross
Stacy McLees
Mike Maitland
Tim Stephens
Penny Fan
Rhonda Cremer
Melvin Haines
Martin Rostad
Billings
Grade School Meet Set By Big Timber Jaycees
The annual grade school track meet sponsored by the Big Timber Jaycees is planned for Friday at the high school athletic field, starting at 3 45 p m after dismissal. Sixty seven events will be run quickly with ribbons for the top three in each event, aided by high school coaches and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber Jaycees
Jaycees
Charles Bassett
Spring Concert and Jaycee Grade School Track Meet Highlights
The May 3 1973 spring concert features performances by the 5th and 6th grade chorus and bands with student accompanists. Distinct acts include Lee Buttrell performing Yankee Doodle Dandy and Youre a Grand Old Flag, and a 3rd grade Randy Higgens act. The text also notes the Jaycee Grade School Track Meet open to all eight grades with events such as sprints, relays, jumps, and throws, coordinated by Mr Charles Bassett. The track meet is scheduled for Friday May 4 at 3:45 pm with signups due by May 8.
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Lisa Nitcy
Nancy
Jaycee
Explorer Scouts Visit Fairchild AFB Tour
Seven local and four Livingston Belgrade and Bozeman Explorer Scouts joined a Spokane trip to Fairchild Air Force Base. Colonel Werner led the base tour while 38 youths and 6 chaperones stayed in base housing and ate in the mess hall.
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Vernie Hathaway
Livingston
Belgrade
Bozeman
Spokane
Fairchild Air Force Base
Big Timber
Patty Ames
Peggy Olson
Jim Yost
John Goosey
Mike Henthorn
Arlen Blumhagen
Doad Tyler
Werner
SGHS Dominates 1973 Annual Track Meet
The 17th SGHS Track and Field Meet on April 28 at the local field saw Big Timber Varsity win with 1204 points while Absarokee Jr Varsity led with 90. Individual event results highlight Holderman's wins in the 100 and 220 yard dashes and Flanagan’s 440 and relay performances, with multiple placings by D McCauley and Stutterheim.
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SGHS
Harlowton
Columbus Red Lodge
Absarokee
Big Timber
Absarokee Jr
Holderman
Briesh
Flanagan
McCauley
Burglary Reports Rise As Local Homes Are Targeted
In the past week residents report burglaries across area homes. Mercedes Kerr of Bridger Creek notes jewelry thefts after she found her house ransacked. Grant Duncan west of town says a clock radio and guns were taken through an unlocked back door. A third burglary occurred in the county with the Overland ranch last week. Also covered are Jayceens officers elected at an April 10 dinner meeting, school testing results for Stanford students, a Drama department performance, track results, and the recapture of a Miles City parole violator detained briefly Friday night.
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Mercedes Kerr
Bridger Creek
Kerr
Grant Duncan
Duncans
Duncan
E. O. Overland
Big Timber Jayceens
Gary Propp
Sox Ujlman
Oscar Stone
John Green
Bob Flick
Bob Cremer, Jr
Stan Nevin
Jessie Henke
Arkansas
Easter Egg Hunt Winners Named by Lion's Club
Between recent snowfalls the Lion's Club Easter Egg hunt was held Sunday April 29. Winners by division include PRE SCHOOL Crystal Olin Pam Frey and Danny Johnson. 1st 2nd GRADE Tim Stephens LeRoy Faw John Josephson. 3rd 4th GRADE Robert Holy Cross Brenda Grosfield and Mark Esp. 5th 6th GRADE Doug Beer Roger Olin and Sara Petaya.
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Lion's Club
Crystal Olin
Pam Frey
Danny Johnson
Tim Stephens
LeRoy Faw
John Josephson
Robert Holy Cross
Brenda Grosfield
Mark Esp
Doug Beer
Roger Olin
Sara Petaya
Sweet Grass County freshmen compete in Billings math contest
Five SGHS freshmen Sally Fellows Paula Olson Carol Pedula Sheryl Terland and Doug Brekke attended the Mathematics contest in Billings on Saturday April 28 sponsored by the Billings Regional Math Club. Sheryl Terland earned honorable mention and ranked in the top 25 percent in Class B. Other Class B participants included Billings Central Hardin Laurel Billings Lockwood Red Lodge and Billings Riverside.
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Sweet Grass County High School
Billings
SGHS
Sally Fellows
Paula Olson
Carol Pedula
Sheryl Terland
Doug Brekke
Ed Holmberg
Billings Central
Hardin, Laurel
Billings Lockwood
Red Lodge
Billings Riverside
School Spring Music Program Celebrates Nation’s Past
On May 3 at 8:00 p.m. the grade school gym hosts the Spring Music program titled Proudly We Sing. The event features classes choruses and bands performing songs reflecting the nation’s history and westward growth.
Snow Survey Shows Low Snowpack At Monument Peak And Independence
Mr Frank Biglen of the Soil Conservation Service with Mr and Mrs Dale Grosfield conducted the third snow survey of the season. Monument Peak reports 67 inches depth 13 inches below last year and 11 below normal with 22 inches water content. Independence shows 50 inches depth 4 inches added since April with 16 inches water content. Comparisons reveal 84 percent and 70 percent of 1972 depths, and 86 and 74 percent of 20 year averages. Soil office in Bozeman warns streams may run well below normal after melt. producers with late water rights may need to adjust plans for possible brief shortages.
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Frank Biglen
Soil Conservation Service
Dale Grosfield
Monument Peak
Independence
Bozeman
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Dick McLees
Penny Faw
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Dan Hotchkiss
Lloyd Rue
Glenn Ryan
Charles Duffey
David Standish
Springfield
Mary Barber
House of the Rising Sun
County Fair
Cowboy Tune
O Susanna
Lisa Jane
Little Brown Church
Randy Higgens
Bruce Blair
James Martinz
Lone Star Trail
Georgia Hansen
Susan Jacobs
Nancy Esp
God Bless
America
Carol Duffey
Doug Ferguson
Scott Langhus
Miss Leslie Maxson
Mr. David Boys
Fairchild Afb
Jayceens Elect
Stanford
Eastern Montana College Department of Drama
Davis
Sth
Petaja
Blair
Graham
Mazza
M. McCauley
Escapee
Miles City
Lions Club
Snow Survey
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