Poppy Poster Winners Named in Legion Contest
The Legion Auxiliary sponsored a Poppy Poster contest with about 86 entries from rural and city schools. Winners include Rural class I 4-6 Mary Jones first, Ronnie Braughton second, Roger Faw third, and Jean Eaton honorable mention, Rural class II 7-8 Jadwega Maitland first, Linda Warp second, Ellen Braughton third, Rosa Lee Daniels and Sharon Faw honorable mention, City class I 4-6 Calvin Ryan first Joan Lomeland second Ricky Hager third Mike McKay and Diana Olson honorable mention, City class II 7-8 Sue Ann Paulson first Carolyn Dahl second Cheryll Nevin third George Algard and Steve Nelson.
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The
Legion Auxiliary
Rural
Mary Jones
Sour Dough School
Dixie Warp
East Boulder
Ronnie Braughton
Roger Faw
Dry Creek
Jean Eaton
Grey Cliff
Jadwega Maitland
Rapstad
Linda Warp
Award Assembly Tuesday Evening at High School Gym
An awards assembly will be held Tuesday May 25 at eight o clock in the high school gym. The program will present all annual awards for scholastic achievement athletics music FHA degrees and ed college scholarships for designated seniors and community awards for yearlong achievements.
Homemakers Tour Billings Addrs Local Work Fields
Thirty Future Homemakers of America and advisor Miss Staudenmeyer toured Billings on Tuesday. They visited Security Trust and Savings bank Deacoress hospital the cafeteria and Homemaking department at Billings Senior High School The Billings Gazette Sweetheart Bakery Nehi Beverages Northern Hotel Taylor Distributing and Iseman's Trailer Houses. They learned about dietitian homemaking teaching demonstration dining room hosting and journalism among other careers. A fried chicken dinner at the Northern Hotel closed the day funded by concession earnings. The trip aimed to spark interest in home economics as a career.
Family Nabbed on Check Charge in Montana Visit
Under Sheriff Harold Midsness picked up James Ritter his wife their two daughters ages 5 and 3 and Barbara Floyd 18 in Big Timber yesterday. They were wanted for writing a worthless check to buy two pairs of cowboy boots and pocketing the change. The arrest followed a check in Livingston and a car stop near the highway after a suspicious drive. The family claimed Georgia origins with deep south accents.
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Big Timber
Harold Midsness
Livingston
James Ritter
Georgia
California
National Guard Rifle Practice At Big Timber
Livingston and Big Timber National Guard units with about 60 personnel held an outdoor rifle drill at the Big Timber Rifle and Pistol club. They trained with the M 1 and .30 caliber carbine, firing most of the day. Livingston supplied targets and about 1700 rounds. The unit plans to join Memorial Day events. Bill Dempster travels to Helena Friday for more equipment.
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Livingston
Big Timber National Guard
Big Timber Rifle and Pistol Club
Bill Dempster
Helena
Sweet Grass County High Plans Sports Day at McLeod
The annual Sweet Grass County High School sports day will be held at McLeod on Monday May 24. The general committee is led by student president John Yost. Activities are nearly ready and students providing cars will travel in a supervised group. dismissal from McLeod is at 4 PM.
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Sweet Grass County High School
McLeod
John Yost
Elmer Holland Takes Part in Spearhead Exercise at Fort Hood
Pfc. Elmer G. Holland, son of Mr and Mrs Elling Holland of Big Timber Montana, participates in Exercise Spearhead a major army training maneuver underway this month at Fort Hood Texas.
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Fort Hood
Tex
Elmer G. Holland
Elling Holland
Big Timber
Mont
For Sale Oak Table and Miscellaneous Items
Square oak dining room table with leaves for 15 dollars. Garden hose fifty feet for 2.50. Four rolls of fine mesh chicken wire like new for 10 dollars. Yard chair and other miscellaneous items. Contact Mrs. John Hart at 2-2474.
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John Hart
Mahoney Files Nomination For Congress Seat
State Senator Charles H. Mahoney of Garfield filed his nominating petition for the Republican nomination for representative in Congress from Montana's Second District. Born in 1906 in St Paul Minnesota he moved to Montana as a child and has lived near Jordan since 1910. He and his wife raise cattle and grain on a farm and he has twenty years in Montana's legislature including roles as doorkeeper in 1933 and assistant secretary of the senate in 1935. Mahoney served in the senate from Garfield county beginning 1936 and remained in office except for military service.
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Charles H. Mahoney
Garfield
Congress
Senator Mahoney
St. Paul
Minn
Montana
Jordan
Mahoney
Senate
Garfield County
Congregational Summer Schedule Announced
First Congregational church deacons approve two summer Sunday services at 8:00 and 10:00 starting May 30 with a half hour Sunday school. Special music duties assigned to different volunteers each month. No coats required in warm weather.
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First Cngregational
Fred Ellis
Walt Braaten
W. H. Hatfield
John Murphy
L.H. Townsend
Harry Wordal
Son of Harlowton publishers dies in bicycle accident
Requiem mass was said for William D. Stearns at St. Joseph's Church in Har lo wton. The 12 year old boy, son of Harold G. Stearns publisher of the Harlow ton Times, died Friday from a skull fracture after being thrown from a bicycle at the foot of a hill. Burial followed in Whitehall at 7 pm Monday.
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Harlowton
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
William D. Stearns
Harold G. Stearns
Local notes and visiting friends in town events
Bozeman visitors Johnny Griffen sits with David Lomeland while his parents attend a Seventh Day Adventists conference in San Francisco. Mr and Mrs C H Lukenbill and son travel to Alpine Idaho for a construction job after a winter in Big Timber.
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Bozeman
Johnny Griffen
David Lomeland
Seventh Day Adeventists
San Francisco
Idaho
C. H. Luxenbill and Son
Alpine
Ida
Lukenbill
Pancake Day Benefits Lions Club in First Annual Event
About 400 people enjoyed the Lions Club first annual Pancake Day with gross of 295 dollars and an estimated net around 200. Chairman Ben Olness proposed a larger cast iron griddle and cafeteria style serving for next year and noted seven o clock finish with one pancake left and eight gallons of syrup consumed.
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Lions Club
Ben Olness
Olness
Big Timber Track Team Competes In Missoula Meet
The Big Timber track team left town at 7 a m for the state meet in Missoula. Five athletes Ed Lomeland Armand Johnson Robert Reidelbach Ronald Dahl and Johnny Hart competed in events including the mile half mile shot put javelin high hurdles high jump and sprints. Lomeland placed 6th in the mile and 8th in the half mile. Johnson ran the mile and half mile. Dahl in shot put and javelin. Reidelbach high hurdles and high jump best 5 ft 6 in. Hart ran 100 yards and 220. Weather was perfect and no records were broken.
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Big Timber
Missoula
Ed Lomeland
Armand Johnson
Robert Reidelbach
Ronald Dahl
Johnny Hart
Ronnie Dahl
Birth of Daughter At Community Hospital
A daughter was born to Rev and Mrs E Brentwood Barker at the Community hospital this afternoon as the Pioneer goes to press. Mrs Andrew Holland from Plains visited with two nephews Berent Omdal and Berent Allestad before returning home by train tomorrow. The Royal Neighbor lodge held a regular meeting with Oracle Ellen Rich presiding. Mrs Josie Nyre reported on the Laurel district convention May 11. Two new members were initiated and Neighbors Opal Stephens Ida Hauge and Louise Zeleny served refreshments.
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Harmony Home Demonstration Club
Stella Lavold
Elsie Strand
Ellen Plaggemeyer
Elvira Peterson
May McKenzie
E. Brentwood Barker
Plains
Andrew Holland
Berent Omdal
Berent Allestad
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Ellen Rich
Josie Nyre
Laurel
Opal Stephens
Ida Hauge
Louise Zeleny
Cub Scouts Visit Local Telephone Office
Mrs Forrest Ullmans Cub Scouts visited the local telephone office after school on Tuesday. Don Haas explained to Cubs John Paulson Jimmie Brown Randy Mosness and Sex Ulman what goes on behind the switchboard.
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Cube
Forrest Ullman
Don Haas
John Paulson
Jimmie Brown
Randy ‘Mosness
Sex Ulman
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Jerry) Langman
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