Montana Opens May 17 With Mostly Same Regulations
Montana 1953 fishing season begins at 5 00 a m May 17 Mountain time. Regulations largely unchanged, but Beaverhead county eastern brook trout limits revised to 15 fish up to ten pounds and one fish. Clarks Fork area uses general limits. All waters ban carp and goldfish bait unless heads removed. sculpins allowed. Winter rules apply in Sweet Grass county with Yellowstone season Dec 1 1953 to Feb 28 1954 and gear limits of one line with two size 8 hooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
R. H. Lambeth
Beaverhead County
Clarks Fork
Yellowstone River
Lambeth
Sweet Grass
Yellowstone
Sweet Grass County
Dancers Present For Eastern Stars Mother's Day Program
Mr. and Mrs. Wallis Schallock led a grade school square dance during the Tuesday Eastern Star meeting with about 50 present. Gladys O'Leary presided. Mary Lamp oldest mother, Rebecca Lynn youngest, corsages given. special music by Pat Personen Elaine Paulson and Adeline Baskett. Members plan to attend Rock Rose chapter in Columbus May 22 for Amanda Boston's homecoming. Boston is worthy grand matron of Montana Eastern Stars.
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Wallis Schallock
Order of Eastern Star
Robert Steensland
Jane Ann Beck
Larry Schallock
Linda Esp
Jerry Braaten
Krista Bly
Richard Hager
Peggy Jo Thomason
Billy McLauchlan
Sherrill Bryan
Gladys O'Leary
O. J. Ellingson
Norma Wordal
Adeline Baskett
Louise Ellingson
Olive Baskett
Mary Cole
Pearl Erickson
Sweet Grass
Rock Rose
Columbus
Amanda Boston
Boston
Eastern Stars
Montana
Service Held for Anton Grande
Funeral services for Anton Grande, who died last week of a heart attack, were held last Thursday at Big Timber Lutheran Church with Rev. Gilbert Oppen and Rev. E. E. Tollefson officiating. Music by Mrs. A Ronald McDonnell and organist E. O. Overland. Burial followed at Mountain View. Pallbearers included Leonard Esp Henry Esp Clarence Flattum Louis Grosfield and John Boe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Grande
Big Timber Lutheran Church
Gilbert Oppen
E. E. Tollefson
Fairfield
A. Ronald McDonnell
E. O. Overland
Mountain View
Leonard
Albert Esp
Henry Esp
Lodge Grass
Clarence Flattum
Louis Grosfield
John Boe
Weather Summary May Through May 13
Weather data shows temperatures ranging from 65 to 21 with precipitation totals of 0.21 inches on May 9 0.08 inches on May 11 0.16 inches on May 12 and a trace on May 13. The period records several cool days and variable rainfall.
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Nes
Real estate men seek Morse ouster in Oregon
Portland real estate broker F. E. Epton plans to mail petitions to President Eisenhower calling for Wayne Morse removal from Oregon. He would also urge an FBI investigation and report on Morse. Petitions circulating since October have gathered about 22 500 signatures. The push cites Morse's past record rather than party stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Portland
Ore
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wayne Morse
I-Ore
F. E. Epton
Eisenhower
FBI
Epton
Expiration of Your Montana Driver License in 1953
The Montana highway patrol urges drivers to renew every two years and notes the change from one to two year validity. If your license expires in 1953, act 30 days before it ends. Renewal requires sending the 1953 55 license to the county treasurer with a $3 fee, receiving a license receipt and blank form, completing the form, and mailing the form with renewal stub and license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Highway Patrol
Man Captures Cougar on Fishing Trip Picture Nightmares
Monte Lannoye alerted Elbert Ihrig and three cougar hounds after Sid Brannin suggested capturing the cub. Vern Samuelson filmed a four hour chase ending with the cougar caged at Thing's Mt. Pleasant fur farm on the Monroe road. Samuelson plans to show the footage at the Moose lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peninsula Record
Port Angeles
Wash
Monte Lannoye
Elbert Ihrig
Sid Brannin
Vern Samuelson
Mr. Cougar
Thing
Mt. Pleasant
Manrroe Road
Brannin
Deep Creek
Samuelson
Moose Lodge
Old N P Engine To Be Exhibited In Missoula
Northern Pacific engine No 684, a 70 year old American Standard locomotive, is being reconditioned for exhibition at the Northern Pacific Veterans association convention in Missoula June 12 to 14. The engine, with tender, weighs about 136 357 pounds and has eight wheels including four drivers 63 inches in diameter. It hauled grain between Nez Perce and Craigmont before retirement in 1934 and restoration at Spokane, Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Veterans Association
Missoula
Northwest
Nez Perce
Idaho
Craigmont
Spokane, Wash
Poppy Poster Winners Named
The American Legion Auxiliary contest drew 47 posters from Big Timber Grey Cliff Sour Dough and Rapstad. Winners by class include Harold Nelson Sue Ann Paulson Bobby Widdicombe with honorable mentions such as Charles Lamach Jan Klindt George Algard Lois Odell and Oddlaug Stone in Class I and Edwin Lomeland Steven Nelson Lucille Fessenden in Class II. Rural divisions awardees include Dick Holm Lawrence Allestad Perry Nitey George Baldwin Inez Krone Bruce Johnson and Nesha Ann Bosshard. All posters will decorate windows the week before Poppy Day May 23 to promote the day’s purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Big Timber
Grey Cliff
Sour Dough
Rapstad
Harold Nelson
Sue Ann Paulson
Bobby Widdicombe
Charles Lamach
Jan Klindt
George Algard
Lois O'Dell
Oddlaug Stone
Edwin Lomeland
Steven Nelson
Lucille Fessenden
Carolyn Dahl
Bill Mothershead
Clarence Reidelbach
Robert Mack
Delbert Sell
Dick Holm
Lawrence Allestad
Perry Nitey
Sandra Bosshard
Lions Announce Club Committees At Tuesday Meeting
President Orvin Flare announced Lions club committee appointments during the Tuesday noon gathering. Named groups include Attendance, Constitution and by laws, Convention, Finance, Education and patriotism, Membership, Program and entertainment, Publicity, Roads, Youth activities, Health and welfare, Civic improvement and community betterment, Education, and Safety with listed members such as Ben Olness James Schneider Henry Klindt Wallis Huidekoper Palmer Finsvik C E Smart A C McDonald and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orvin Flare
Lions Club
Ben Olness
McLean Clark
O. A. Johnson
J. Paulson
James Schneider
Harold McLauchlan
W. K. Amery
S. H. Solberg
Wallis Huidekoper
Lions Education
C. W. Haas
Alban Roemer
Ray Frye
Ross Williams
P. R. Cox
Kenneth Davenport
Walt Huffman
Henry Klindt
Palmer Finsvik
C. E. Smart
C. F. Ullman
Ray Beck
Arthur Boettcher
E. F. Osterhout
Ed Braaten
Arthur Algard
Charles Schuler
Harold Roe
Dean Lowry
A. C. McDonald
Oscar Forsythe
E. A. Bieber
Hubert Becken
Ed Cole
Tope Strobel
Vic Gee
Corvine
Record High Births in U S Hospitals Reach 3.17 Million
A CMAH report shows 3,170,495 babies born in American hospitals in 1952, first time over three million, constituting 80 percent of the estimated 3,190,000 total births in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Chicago
Council On Medical Education and Hospitals
American Medical Association
Big Timber Night at Billings May 20 Marks Mustang Event
Maury Enright, business manager of the Billings Mustangs, spoke at the Lions Club noon gathering about Big Timber night on May 20 with O J Ellingson Co cooperation. He praised local support and noted last season’s 145000 attendance, outpacing Minneapolis and St Paul. A Philco radio prize was pledged for a Sweet Grass county resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Billings
Maury Enright
Billings ‘Mustangs
Lions Club
Mustangs
Billings Club
United States
Minneapolis
St. Paul
O. J. Ellingson & Co
Philco
Sweet Grass County
Enright
Orvin Flare
Mustang
Legion Hall
Annual Poppy Day May 23 Across Montana and Nation
On Saturday May 23 the American Legion auxiliary will offer veteran made poppies to raise funds for child welfare and veteran rehabilitation. Forty nine veterans at Fort Harrison VA Hospital produced 160000 poppies earning two cents each. Each Montana auxiliary unit and 20,000 poppies to Alaska support a 50 50 split between programs. In 1952 Montana spent 7000 for child welfare and 11000 for veterans rehab. About 40 million poppies were planned for sale nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
United States
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Administration Hospital
Fort Harrison
Montana Department
Department of Alaska
Department of Montana
Department
Vet Hospital Admission and Unclear Scholastic Results
August Pullman was admitted to Fort Harrison veterans hospital for medical care last Wednesday. Rural scholastic meet results from two weeks ago remain unavailable but should be published next week if ready. Mr and Mrs Clive Haas left Tuesday for Salt Lake City where Haas, a director, will attend a Mountain States Telephone meeting.
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Vet Hospital
Pullman
Veterans Hospital
Fort Harrison
Clive Haas
Salt Lake City
Utah
Haas
Mountain States
Baccalaureate Services Held at Big Timber Lutheran Church
Processional featured Hark the Vesper Stealing and Minor Report. Recessional included Kay Boe and Rev. Gilbert Oppen with High School Chorus and Rev. EB Brentwood Barker assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Boe
Gilbert Oppen High
EB Brentwood Barker
Gilbert ‘Oppen
Kay
Boe
Lutheran Hospitals and Homes society meets in Hot Springs
Howard Place regional administrator for Montana and Sherman Jackson attended the fifteenth annual Lutheran Hospitals and Homes Society meeting in Hot Springs South Dakota on April 29 and 30. The society operates 51 institutions including 45 hospitals and five homes for the aged across seven states serving over three million people with 1510 beds and 1297 staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Place
Montana
Lutheran Hospitals and Homes Society
Sherman Jackson
Society
Hot Springs
S. D
E. W. Mueller
National Lutheran Council
Chicago
Sweet Grass Memorial Hospital
Big Timber
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Wyoming
Colorado
Crippled Children’s School
Jamestown
N. D
Fishermen Urged to Record Catches for Montana Season
With the 1953 Montana fishing season opening May 17, fishermen are urged to use a free Fisherman's log booklet from the Montana game and fish department in Helena. The logs feed the annual creel census, gathered by Clinton Bishop, and ask for fish type count, length, location, hours fished, and related data to guide stocking and regulation.
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Montana
Montana Fish and Game Department
Helena
Montana Game and Fish Department
Walter M. Allen
Clinton Bishop
Park County Assessor Jeff Cowan Dead at 69
Livingston journalist J L Cowan longtime Park County assessor died Saturday in Livingston. He would have turned 70 on Monday after a 29 year tenure beginning with his 1934 election and re-elections through 1950. Survived by his wife and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park County
Eaveene Tone
Livingston
J. L
Jeff) Cowan
Cowan
22nd Desertion Tests Durability of Marriage in Erie
Esther Tait, 61, testified she was married 28 years to Newton L. Tait, 61, and he deserted her on 22 occasions. The Erie divorce suit resulted in a divorce being granted by Judge Samuel Roberts on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Esther Tait
Samuel Roberts
Veterans Hospital Care and Local Family Visits
In Fort Harrison, Lloyd Ronning receives medical care at the Veterans Hospital. In Roundup, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dempster visited friends last Thursday and Friday. Nieces Mrs. William Viebrock and Mrs. H. C. Viebrock of Douglas attended funeral services for their uncle, Anton Grande. Flattum underwent a major operation at St. Vincent’s last week and is reported to be improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Hospital
Lloyd Ronning
Fort Harrison
C. A. Dempster
Prieads
William Viebrock
H. C. Viebrock
Douglas
Anton Grande
St. Vincent's
Bae
Mount Chrome Mine Near Nye to Reach Full Operation by Summer
Estey A. Julian, president of American Chrome Co., announced that the Mount Chrome Mine near Nye aims for full-scale operation by late summer. Peak output planned at 1,000 tons daily with an eight year government contract for 900,000 tons of chrome concentrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount
Chrome
Nye
Estey A. Julian
American Chrome &Co
San Francisco
Ena
Chrome Company
Defense Materials Procurement Agency
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Julian
Riedesel i Construction Co
Billings
Stillwater
Rural Graduation Exercises Set For May 21 Evening
Rural school graduation exercises will be held next Thursday evening May 21 at 8 oclock in the high school auditorium. Graduates include Sharon Anderson David Anderson Sonja Bruffey Nesha Bosshard Roy Bookout Donald Burmeister Myrtle Orange Mary Jane DeCock Joyce Eppens Marilyn Fraser Dale Frederickson Dean Gilbert Jean Hart Dean Hausserman Bruce Johnson Inez May Krone Myrtle Laubach Nellie May Miles Joyce Hitchcock Ronald Thompson Herbert Uhrich Lyla Westervelt Jeannie Wedel Kathryn Norman Josephine Olson Jimmie Pederson Carol Jane Ray Laura Rule Larry Rule Larry Rash William Smith and Elmer Schott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Therogram
Sharon Anderson
David Anderson
Sonja Bruffey
Nesha Bosshard
Roy Bookout
Donald Burmeister
Myrtle Orange
Mary Jane DeCock
Joyce Eppens
Marilyn Fraser
Dale Frederickson
Dean Gilbert
Jean Hart
Dean Hausserman
Bruce Johnson
Inez May Krone
Myrtle Laubach
Nellie May Miles
Joyce Hitchcock
Ronald Thompson
Herbert Uhrich
Lyla Westervelt
Jeannie Wedel
Kathryn Norman
Josephine Olson
Jimmie Pederson
Carol Jane Ray
Laura Rule
Larry Rule
Larry Rash
William Smith
Elmer Schott
Fish and Game Officials Meet Here
Representatives of the Pittman Robertson program the state fisheries department and deputy game wardens met at the Legion hall Tuesday to discuss Montana fish and game topics. Major items included big game seasons range management beaver management current fishing regulations and field identification of fish. Attendees included Orville Lewis Dillon Herald Demaree Whitehall Joseph Townsend Dillon Wayne Fitzwater Helena Kenneth Sears West Yellowstone L C Clark Bozeman John F Burke Livingston Clyde V Christensen Columbus Norman N Wortman Bozeman J E Gaab Livingston Dick Hodder Gallatin Gateway Ross Snyder Big Timber Emmett Colley Fromberg Perry Nelson Bozeman Boyd R Ophheim Bozeman Vern Waples Red Lodge I L Todd Ennis Philip South Dillon and Gene Sherman Bozeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittman- Robertson
State Fisheries Department
The
Legion Hall
Montana
Livingston
Clyde V. Christensen
Columbus
Norman N. Wortman
Bozeman
J. E. Gaab
Dick Hodder
Gallatin Gateway
Ross Snyder
Big Timber
Emmett Colley
Fromberg
Perry Nelson
Boyd R.opheim
Vern Waples
Red Lodge
I. L. Todd
Ennis
Philip South
Dillon
Gene Sherman
20 Per Cent Cut For Reclamation Workers at Billings
Kenneth F. Vernon, regional director, said Region 6 faces a 20 percent payroll reduction for the next fiscal year. A total 192 bureau employees will be affected including 122 in Billings, with 169 to be reassigned within the bureau. Final totals depend on congressional appropriations. offices will run with skeleton staffs before June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Reclamation
Region 6
Secretary of Interior
Douglas McKay
Kenneth F. Vernon
Vernon
Billings
Congress
Interior Department
Countervailing duties on imported wool
Rep Wesley A D Ewart of Montana says foreign trade policies have cut Montana sheep numbers by 42 percent and pushed the industry to the brink. He notes Treasury Secretary Humphrey announced countervailing duties on Uruguayan wool and calls this the first reversal in 20 years. He had lobbied for the policy since the Truman era to protect domestic wool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Montana
Wesley A. D’ewart
D’ewart
Treasury
Humphrey
Truman
Students Presented In Recital At Congregational Church
Mrs. Ceryl O Leary presented piano pupils in a Monday recital at the Congregational church. Assisted by Mrs. Mervin Sell Mrs. Kenneth Davenport and Mrs. Harry Wordal the program featured organ preludes ensembles solos duets and a finale postlude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceryl O’leary
Congregational Church
Mervin Sell
Kenneth Davenport
Harry Wordal
Mrs. Sell
Jan Klindt
Gerry Braine
Bill McLauchlan
Donald Anderson
Lynne Braaten
Kitty
Helen Rae Strobel
Elaine Anderson
Pat O'Roosky
Bass Fiddle
Jerry Braaten
Diana Olson
Black Eyed Peas
Gail Flare
Gerry Branne
Cheryll Nevin
Sharon Anderson
Mrs. Davenport
Wordal
Sell
Damage Action Filed In Livingston
A lawsuit filed in Livingston district court seeks 26024 dollars in damages by Benedict J. Long and Rose H. Long of Chicago Illinois against Ray Yardley as administrator of the estate of William W. Hess Jr. of Gardiner. The Longs allege Hess drove recklessly and negligently on July 23 1952 causing the death of Joseph B. Long and three others near Carter's Bridge south of Livingston while Long was an invited guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Benedict J. Long
Chicago
Joseph B. Long
Carter’s Bridge
Ray Yardley
William W. Hess, Jr
Gardiner
Rose H. Long
Hess
Long
Ammoth
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Sid Brann
N. P
Dorothy Ann McArthur
Baccalaureate
Salutatorian
Frank Cosgriff
Dakota
Fish and Game
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