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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
8
The Reed Point column details school waste paper drive, honors lists, and local visits. It covers the Lay golden wedding celebration at the Reed Point gym with guests from multiple towns, plus a long roster of local civic groups and attendees and a detailed toast program.
Operation Joe Liebel underwent major surgery at Mayo's hospital in Rochester Minnesota last week and he is reported doing well. Theo S Lavold relocates to Livingston with son in law Elmer Stahlman whose railroad shop job anchors the family. Raymond West and two children vacation with Arthur Berg. West runs Montgomery Ward in Livingston. Jerome Lee Pemberton sends greetings from Higginsville Missouri and plans to return. Ed Roussiang, tanker driver, fined $50 for drunken driving in Justice Holly's court May 6. company reassigned him to floor work. John R Deegan returns from Alaska army service on furlough to visit his parents. Lawrence R Peck of Bellflower California, president of First National Bank, fined $4,004 for income tax evasion. pleaded nolo contendere to eight counts. faces penalties and repayment of taxes. Fred Whitfield obituary notes harness shop days in Big Timber and passing in Sunnyside Washington after years with asthma. William Stewart Jr 41 dies in Rochester Minnesota at Mayo's after Mayo visit. local roots trace to Scotland. survived by family in Fromberg and miles City. two sons in the marine corps. funeral in Fromberg.
Warner Bros. release starring Humphrey Bogart opens Sunday at the State theatre. Bogart plays a French journalist jailed on Devil's Island who, with four prisoners, fights for freedom in a perilous mission against Hitler with director Michael Curtiz and a strong supporting cast.
Residents are informed that rubbish ashes grass clippings and similar debris must not be dumped in gutters or streets. Such heaps hinder the street grader. Chief of Police TED C. BUSHA issues the warning.
Tacoma on May 6 reports Washington state Republicans endorsed Thomas E. Dewey for the Republican presidential nomination. They recommended drafting him and elected 16 delegates to the national convention, all of whom favored Dewey.
Classified notices show houses for sale on McLeod Street near Seventh Avenue with or without furniture. Also Lavold house beside public library. Additional asks include electric range washer and stove trades and a registered Shorthorn bull. Ranch for sale near Reed Point on Yellowstone River and 160 acres Wisconsin grazing land for Montana trade. Also rental for a downstairs apartment with utilities and garage.
The McKenzie children express gratitude to friends who offered sympathy after the death of their father Charles R. McKenzie.
Mr and Mrs Ike Lay express deep gratitude to relatives neighbors and friends the Bridger Creek Junior Womans club and program participants for making their golden anniversary party a happy event Their children join in the appreciation The notice also lists church activities for the Bridger Creek Lutheran Parish and Melville service times and a Lutheran World Action offering.
Dog tax is due now payable at the City Treasurer office or to Police Chief Males. Fee is $2.50 for males and 21 live stock bill of sale books are available at the Pioneer office.
T Sgt Clarence D Jones left Italy for Corsica. Clarence Lamp advanced from sergeant to staff sergeant. Leonard Smart assigned to Camp Hood Texas. Cpl John G McCauley Jr moved from Tinker Field Oklahoma to Kelly Field San Antonio Texas. Pvt Walter A Dutton changes address from Fort Ord to care P M San Francisco. Pfc Ralph E Cosgriff transferred from Louisville Kentucky to Maxton Field North Carolina. Melvin H Flemming visited here then sent to San Francisco for coast guard duty. Pvt Benny L Hereim in Hawaii reports three copies of The Pioneer and is glad for news. In a letter dated April 30 received May 7 Herbert Wallum says he is now in the Marshall Islands weather bureau and has 41 letters in one batch.
Representative Mike Mansfield announced in Washington that he would file a petition for the Democratic nomination for Congress from Montana’s First district. He plans to run in the July 18 primary with Secretary of State Sam W. Mitchell.
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