Truck Crash Fatality Near Big Timber Claims Tyler Barrett
Paul Tyler died on arrival at Sweet Grass Community Hospital after a single vehicle crash on May 4. The two ton International truck driven by Paul Tyler left Highway 191 8:45 p.m. 19 miles north of Big Timber, rolled over in a barrow pit as Patrolman Richard Hert honing cited the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett Paul Tyler
Sweet Grass Community Hospital
Big Timber
Paul
Richard Henthorn
Barrow Pit
Morrison Named Head Basketball Coach at Sweet Grass High
Randy Morrison, formerly an assistant to Rod Hauck, is named head basketball coach at Sweet Grass High School for the 1973 season. He played for the Argos at the College of Great Falls, graduating in 1970, and has coaching stops at CGF, Chinook, and as a standout guard with MVP honors in 1967-68 and captain in 1969-70. A highway crash near Sweet Grass County left one fatality and a Silesia resident hospitalized.
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Randy Morrison
Sweet Grass High School
Morrison
Rod Hauck
Argo
College of Great Falls
CGF
Chinook
Argos
Argonauts
24 Kindergarten Graduates Celebrate 1973 Ceremony at Dugout
The 1973 kindergarten graduation was held Friday May 4 at 1 30 p m at the Dugout with 24 graduates and about 70 guests. Under Mrs Richard Henthorn the program featured Pledge of Allegiance, Mother Goose characters, Snow White, Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan and other roles. The group performed God Bless America and received diplomas while Tim Hauck and Kevin Wilson earned perfect attendance awards. Cookies and coffee followed.
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Richard Henthorn
Mark Berg
Jessie Connolly
Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs
Jane Esp
Todd Talkington
Seth Burns
Scott
Kevin McBride
Tim Hauck
Kevin Wilson
Gas stolen from county tractor on Otter Creek road
Over the weekend ten to twelve gallons of gas were reported taken from the county tractor on Otter Creek road. The padlock on the county gas tank was broken but no fuel remained. A stolen bike was reported from Bridger Creek after a school boy rode it to the bus and found it missing on return.
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Otter Creek
Bridger Creek
First Graders Invited to Visit Big Timber Grade School
Youngsters planning to enter first grade at Big Timber Grade School are invited to a visitation program on Thursday May 17 from 12 40 to 3 15. Children who will be six on or before September 1 should attend to meet the teacher and see the school. Parents may call the grade school if their child cannot attend to obtain information.
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Big Timber
Missoula Police Apprehend Suspects in Grant Duncan Burglary
Charges filed Tuesday by Sweet Grass County Attorney Conrad Fredricks against two men allege burglary at the Grant Duncan home on April 29. Suspects were arrested in Missoula after a car theft, and guns traced from the Duncan burglary via NCIC led to FBI-supported charges. Judge Jack Shanstrom authorized an arrest warrant. Burglarized property partly recovered. suspects held in Missoula County jail.
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Sweet Grass County
Conrad Fredricks
Grant Duncan
Missoula
National Crime Information Center
Duncan
FBI
Jack Shanstrom
Missoula County
Honor Student Initiation at Margaret Deegan Chapter
Seven students were initiated into the National Honor Society at a school assembly. Seniors John Elgen and Janet Stutterheim and juniors Eleanor Pile and Dan Tronrud earned regular membership. sophomores Marcia Berg Judy Braaten and Donna Laubach were named provisional members.
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Margaret Deegan
National “Onor Society
John Elgen
Janet Stutterheim
Eleanor Pile
Dan Tronrud
Marcia Berg
Judy Braaten
Donna Laubach
Lisa Boe
Leslie Bonnarens
John Goosey
Doad Tyler
Judy Berg
Julie Jange
Mark Hotchkiss
Jim Graham
Public Meeting Set on Pioneer Home Addition
Sweet Grass County commissioners and SCRHPC officials met in Billings to assess the Pioneer Home expansion. A public session is scheduled May 17, 1973 at 7 00 p m in the Sweet Grass County Courthouse to consider nursing home construction proposals for 16 additional beds.
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Board of
Sweet Grass County
Bjarne Bjorndal
Ray Esp
Ed Sell
South Central Regional Health Planning Council
Billings
Clete Huff
Pioneer Home
Planning Council
James M Toner
Scrhpc
Pioneer Nursing Home
Ronda Cremer wins junior division in Keep Montana Green contest
Ronda Cremer, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Cremer and Melville school pupil, takes first in the Junior Division of the southeastern division of Keep Montana Green. Her poster advances to statewide judging in Missoula on May 11. The south eastern division judges were Bob Steele, Bob Morrison, Clark Schenkenberger, and Tom Ellis. The program aims to educate students on forest and range fire hazards and conservation.
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Ronda Cremer
George Cremer
Melville School
Mont-Wye
Herders Face District Meet in Billings Friday
Sweet Grass County Sheepherders travel to Billings for the district track meet aiming to defend their title. Twenty SGHS athletes compete across seventeen events with the top five qualifying for next week’s divisional meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass County
Billings
Big Timber
SGUS
Paul
Briesh
Dan Burmeister
Kurt Kelderman
Hap Roberts
Clarence Clayton
Clayton Davis
Marty Flanagan
Daryl Stutterheim
Mark Argenbright
Lon Baker
Terry Blair
Jim Graham
Mike Henthorn
Ron Stief
Ken Tecca
Doug Mazza
Dan McCauley
Mike McCauley
Alan Petaja
Tim Rostad
Billings Fairground
Herder
City to Merge Police With County Sheriff in Big Timber
Big Timber approves a 14 point plan to consolidate city police with Sweet Grass County Sheriff. Al Bonnarens is hired temporarily as city policeman while draft contract details are finalized. The council votes to hire and seek hearings with an advisory City County Police and Sheriff Commission.
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Sweet Grass
al Bonnarens
Big Timber
Arthur Schump
Ray Becken
John Drivdahl
Clark
Oscar Stephens
Martha Taylor
Stan Todd
Lindley Patten
Stephens
Wm. B. Fanning
Drivdahl
City Hall
Dennis Beer
E. O. Overland
Dick Josephson
Harold Esp
Everett Charlson
Sweet Grass County
City of
S.S
Board of County Commissioners
Josephson
Kenny Thompson
City Police Committee
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Tyler
Michael Ludwig
Silesia
Montana
Hos
Mom
Pioneer
State Department of Health and Environmental Sciences
Secretary of Health Education and Welfare
South Central Regional Health Planning Council, Inc
Big Horn
Carbon
Golden Valley
Musselshell
Stillwater
Wheatland
Yellowstone
National Guard
John Womack
Helena
Adj
Montana National Guard
James Barfknect
McLean A. Clark
Fatten
Todd
Harold Shepard
Karsten Kolnes
Bob Hauck
Fam Starr
Linda Lukenbill
Hauck
Little Leaguers
Gary Propp
Boulder Street
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