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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1958
Page
1
Dorothy Traver urges voters to weigh the 20 year city mortgage for a sewage lagoon and land purchase. The plan includes 90 acres at 250 per acre, with 15 acres for the lagoon and 75 acres for future industrial sites and a city dump. The piece notes Tucker’s land as key for gravity flow and urges informed ballot decisions at noon to 8 pm at the fire hall or county courthouse.
McLeod school won the loving cup and Melville the combined trophy while Pine Hills took the track trophy. Awards were based on participant percentages with County Superintendent Margaret Deegan overseeing and Coach Ray Dodds directing track events.
The Hospital Guild hosts its annual plant sale on the library lawn Monday at 2 pm with tomatoes cabbage dahlia bulbs and many varieties. If bad weather the sale moves to the basement and aims to raise funds for the hospital through plant donations and buyer purchases. Andrew Larson son of Mrs Chris Albertson is visiting relatives in Big Timber and Bozeman after a fifteen year Army career and plans to re enlist following a three month vacation.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold Memorial Poppy Day in Big Timber on Saturday May 24 to honor veterans and aid disabled and hospitalized veterans. The issue includes the known story of how the Unknown Soldier was chosen, detailing the 1921 decision and the six World War I soldiers selected at random from Germany for the selection process in Chalons sur Marne France.
The American Legion Auxiliary judged Poppy poster entries from public school children. Winners include Edwin Webber McLeod first in rural seventh and eighth grades, Tommy Larson Glasston second, Dixie Warp McLeod honorable mention, Andy Voldberg Gibson first in rural fifth and sixth, Gerald Etzold Lower Dry Fork second, Wayne Larson Glasston honorable mention, Ray Lomeland Big Timber first and Linda Raisland Big Timber second in seventh and eighth grade group. No fifth and sixth grade entries. Posters to be displayed in Ben Franklin store window.
Lloyd Rein is named to national livestock issues at the convention which will attract 700 stockgrowers to Great meetings discussions and social functions. The event includes panel discussions and general discussions on the cattle picture at the present time.
Administrator Donald A Williams notes growing observance of National Soil Stewardship Week by individuals and groups. It is sponsored by National Association of Soil Conservation Districts and church organizations with expected higher participation than last year as districts and churches emphasize soil and water stewardship and responsible resource use.
The Big Timber Home Telephone Company announces upgraded equipment to improve service in Sweet Grass County. Central office facilities and long distance lines will reduce long distance delays. Big Timber gains sixty percent more lines, Melville gains three new toll trunks to Livingston. New prefixes WEbeter 2 for Big Timber and KEstone 7 for Melville take effect as Livingston converts to automatic operation around June 1.
Curtis and Spika Van Cleve admitted they were tossing ropes a little high yet won the team roping at the Park City jackpot roping contest Sunday. The Boy Scout benefit show drew 40 calf and team ropers from Montana and South Dakota. Floyd Peters won the calf roping with an average under 12 seconds, signaling tough competition.
Mrs Pearl Miller was chosen president of the American Legion Auxiliary at a regular meeting in the Legion hall on Friday evening. Other officers include Mrs F B Peterson as first vice president and Mrs Andy Strick pitched in as secretary.
George Sime of the Montana highway department outlined the interstate program at the Lions Club noon meeting. He reviewed developments since 1944, noted designations for routes 10 91 and 87, and discussed funding, right of way issues, and landowner negotiations amid criticism from Caude C Gray about public hearings. Local officials Swift Esp McDonnell Lindgren attended.
Mon tana State University Dean Andrew C. Cogswell announced the annual worthy scholar winners, including SGHS seniors John O. Drivdahl and Richard L. Nickel. Twelve scholarships of 120 dollars each cover tuition costs, marking SGHS’s first winners in five years of the program.
At its last meeting the Big Timber Junior Chamber endorsed the proposed sewage lagoon disposal system for the city as vital to growth. The group launches a get out the vote drive for the May 19 bond election with polling hours 12 noon to 8 pm. Free baby sitting and transportation are offered by the Jaycees and Jayceens.
Mrs Ruth Becks fourth and fifth graders toured an early morning train to Livingston. Ten had never ridden a train and enjoyed the trip while the conductor guided them through the train. They ate breakfast at Martin cafe and returned home by car.
Sweet Grass county high school ensembles earned multiple excellent and superior ratings at the Missoula state music festival. Superior honors went to Ed Hale and Florence Yost with various solo and ensemble groups, plus a lengthy list of Woodwind Brass and vocal performers. All-state chorus featured Carla Wulff Carol Rein Sue Ann Paulson John Stone and Martin Drivdahl while all-state band included Robert Crockett Ed Hale Cheryl Nevin Maurine Hager Florence Yost Clarnelie Day and Elizabeth Steensland.
Mr and Mrs Selmar Raisland announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Frances Kristine to Adrian Elgen son of Mr and Mrs Phillips Elgen of Grey Cliff The couple plan a June 7 ceremony at the EU church in Big Timber Frances is a Sweet Grass county high school senior Adrian is a 1965 graduate and works in ranching with his father
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