Wheat farmers reject tighter federal controls on production
In Sweet Grass county 138 ballots were cast with 101 opposed to marketing quotas and 24 in favor. 13 challenged ballots will be reviewed Friday. Nationally, voting showed 46 percent in favor of the plan, 483,696 against, marking the first such rejection in 13 referenda and affecting farm policy outlook. The plan would set 1964 planting at 49.5 million acres with 10 percent reductions and new bushel quotas.
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Sweet Grass County
Freeman
Sidney Fraser Jr
Gerhard O. Schulz
Albert Osen
Washington
Kennedy
Orville L. Freeman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles B. Shuman
Shuman
Farm Bureau
Congress
Astronaut Cooper
Services Today For Danny Shay
Daniel Daggett known as Danny Shay was found dead on the Bill Donald sheep range after missing since April 29. Coroner says natural causes. committal at Mountain View with Rev. Ocee Johnson presiding. Pallbearers listed. sister Mrs. H B Morgan attends. Born October 3 1895 in Mitchell South Dakota.
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Daniel Clare Dagget
Shay
Bill Donald
Cremer
Wayne Edmonds
Lenard Thompson
Leo Cremer Jr
Danny
Dean Lowry
Daggett
Ocee Johnson
Mountain View
Claude Fahlgren
Wesley Dewson
John Deegan
Ervin Overfelt
Chas. Harper
Mitchell, S. D
George H. Dagget
Winners Named At Big Timber Ropin n Ridin Event
The Big Timber Ropin’ n Ridin’ club staged a successful Sunday race and roping show with plans for a summer event. Johnny Benson led the chariot race and Calf roping winner Jim Sage. other victors included Bill Dick, Edith Blair, Jim McKay, George Myers, and teams from Lewistown Ennis and Harlowton. Judges were Lee Smoot and Arvid Larson. prizes included equipment from local shops and a $100 drawing winner Hank Jones.
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Big Timber
Johnny Benson
Rapelje
Bill Dick
Absarokee
Jerry Spalding
Lloyd Howard
Belfry
Barre
Edith Blair
Mary K. Baxter
Typdot
Jim McKay
George Myers
Jim Sage
Dave Holt
Larry McComb
Buck Chaney
Don Blair
Douglas Mothershead
Dick Senger
Bud Kneer
Lewistown
Bob Fitzhugh
Bud
Hank Jones
Weekend Visit Ties Ellsworth Merkle to Olness and Ellis
Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Merkle of Butte spent the weekend visiting Dr. and Mrs. Ben Olness and Mrs. Millie Ellis. Mr. Merkle serves on the staff of the Butte Standard.
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Ellsworth Merkle
Butte
Ben Olness
Millie Ellis
Merkle
The
Butte Standard
Crosses Visit Big Timber Before Moving to Sunnyside
Mr and Mrs George Cross of Fairview Missouri arrived Thursday and visited through Monday with the Lewis Larson family and friends around Big Timber. The Crosses, former residents, sold their Missouri ranch and plan to settle in Sunnyside Washington where their daughter resides.
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George Cross
Fairview
Lewis Larson
Big Timber
Crosses
Missouri
Sunnyside
Wash
Heas Family Takes Day Trip to Cody Wyoming
Mr and Mrs Don Heas and family drove to Cody Wyoming for a day of sightseeing and a brief flying outing.
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Cody
Don Heas
Wyo
Grade School Commencement Program and Performances
The program lists the ceremony events with invocation, welcome, class history and prophecy, torch passing, and a series of musical pieces. Performers include Judith Grosfield and Thomas Simmons eighth grade ensemble, Mary Ann Klindt and others, Victoria Egeland for the class poem, and the Woodwind Ensemble directed by Supt. A C McDonald Byron Manley and Rev. Ocee Johnson.
Mrs Mabel Olson Dies at Big Timber Rest Home
Mrs. Mabel Olson died Saturday evening at the Big Timber Rest Home after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Lowry Chapel with J L Jespersen officiating. Interment followed at Mountain View. She was born September 14 1878 in Polk county Wisconsin and moved to Montana in 1910 before later marrying Theodore Olson. Survivors include three daughters, a twin sister, a sister, five step-daughters and three step-sons with many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Theodore
Mabel) Olson
Big Timber Rest Home
Lowry Chapel
J. L. Jespersen
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Bozeman
A. Ronald McDonnell
Margaret Busha
Ise
Mervin Sell
C. V. Mosier
Tom Anderson
Dick Armstrong
William Nevin
Lawrence Peterson
Palmer Lomeland
Mountain View
Olson
Polk County
Wis
James ‘Wilkin
Wisconsin
Vancouver
B. C
William Daily
Hayward
Montana
Otter Creek
Theodore T. Olson
Lewistown
Big Timber
Harry Murray
Pythian Sisters
Royal
John Hawk
Summerfield
Fla
Harry P
Etty) Jones
Basin
Wyo
Harry
Maude) Murray
Maude Colburn
Victorville
Calif
Jane, DePew
Coeur d' Alene
Ida
Memorial Services for Mrs Hart Held for 89 Year Old
Memorial services were held Tuesday for Mrs John W Hart 89 who died May 5 in Deer Lodge Rev Christopher Pratt of St Mark's Episcopal church conducted the rites on the Dot S Dot ranch west of Deer Lodge The Hart couple came to Montana after marriage and lived on the Hart home ranch until the late 1930s prior to Mrs Hart's death in New York City
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John Walker Hart
Deer Lodge
Christopher Pratt
New York City
John W. Hart
Montana
Hart Home
Driven by John Sr on One of Willow Creek
A fragment notes John Sr driving on Willow Creek road with reference to continuing on page eight, reflecting a brief, unreadable transit cue in the archival item.
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John Sr
Willow Creek
Grade School Track Meet Results
Grade school track meet results list participants by age and sex across 6 to 13 years. It notes event winners and relay teams for boys and girls, including 50 and 60 yard dashes and 75 yard dash scores, with multiple named competitors and relay lineups.
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Stevie Oiestad
Doug Field
Tommy McNulty
Joen Petaja
Debra Myers
Melanie Cameron
Kirk Schuster
John Cosgriff
Steve Mahlum
Sara Gust
Nancy Cole
Julie Etzold
David Moore
Ricky Dieterich
Jens Helvik
Barbara McKay
Carnell Jinkens
Louise Willson
Mike Long
James Carl
Jean Ann Spilte
Mary Lynn Stirn
Susan Davis
Irene Peterson
Cindy Cook
Mary Ann Klindt
Linda Fellows
Patsy Kolschefsky
Awards Presented at High School Honor Night Assembly
A list of honors and athletics letters given at the high school honor night includes recipients across organizations, sports, and senior awards. Notable names appear in categories for organization, basketball, football, track, and three year pins, highlighting Corale Beer as outstanding participant.
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Corale Beer
Susan Anderson
Shirley Branne
John Paulson
Linda Rein
Lois Riter
Linda Raisland
Betty Stephens
Nina Adams
Kristi Davis
Gerry Etzold
Mark Johnson
Margaret Lavold
Mary Ellen McDonnell
Diana Refsland
Linda Yost
Charles Baldwin
Barbera Beck
Connie Christ
Nancy Christensen
Erin Grosfield
Dennis Hale
Margaret Hanson
Mardi Hart
Nancy Hart
Sandra Hetland
Jeanette Holmberg
Mary Annn McDonald
Sharon McGehee
Larry Osborne
Rich Paulson
Ron Riter
Jim Sandsmess
Mary Standish
Ben Taylor
Pat Tronrud
Lamb Pool to Be Offered July 26 at Court House
The Boulder Mountain Lamb Pool will be offered for sale by contract July 26 at the court house. About 10 000 lambs mostly blackface born in April, expected to average 85 pounds in September. Eight bids were received last July with Bill Monier high at 18 06.
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Boulder Mountain
Court House
Teddy Thompson
Carl and
Herbert Boe
Rasmus Boe
Jack Halverson
Ludvig Allestad
Bud Clayton
Chas Sloan
Tope Strobel
Erling Svenson
Bob Jarrett
Grant Duncan
Bill Monier
Montgomery
Ill
Thompson
Ole Soiland Dies After Illness in Laurel
Ole Soiland 79 brother of Roy Soiland died at home in Laurel after a long illness. He was a retired carpenter and contractor. Survivors include widow a daughter Mrs. Stanley Ellingson of Laurel and several siblings and many grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Glendive with Roy attending. Born April 12 1684 in Stavanger Norway he moved to Glendive in 1906 later relocating to Laurel in 1962.
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Ole Soiland
Roy
Soiland
Laurel
Glendive
Stavanger
Norway
Anna Malm
Tacoma
Seattle
Wash
Stanley Ellingson
Elias
Billings
Big Timber
Martin
Columbia Falls
Marie Sake
Livingston
Tope Plans Parade Preparations for Big Timber Rodeo Event
Preparations are underway for a town parade with two women’s and two men’s units already signaling participation. Letters to local businesses seek contributions and float entries, with organizers optimistic about strong support and plans to announce prize lists and details as they firm up.
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Tope
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Danny Shay
Grady Chaney
George Milliken
Judith Grosfield
Thomas Simmons
James McGehee
Judith Carl
Martha Manley
Shirley Rostad
Kim Tyler
Theresa Barber
Tom Nicholson
Victoria Egeland
Woodwind Ensemble
Mary Lou Buster
A. C. McDonald
Byron Manley
O. J. Paulson
SGHS
John
Hamburg
Germany
International Christian Youth Exchange
Mabel Olson
Rest Home
Salutatorian
Ray Lomeland
Illinois
Ray
Elvind Lomeland
University of Chicago
Jack Hart
Ronald Pederson
Mark
Creston Crest
Creston
Ball Buster
Wayne Myrstol
Ted Plaggemey
Mike Bald
Margaret Lamach
Wally Papez
Monte Rud
Chuck Hauge
Diane Martinz
Vickie Schiltz
Theo. Egeland
Barbara Beck
Gary Collenborne
Donna Faw
Lois Hoem
Bob Klindt
Angela Kottong
Carol McBride
Gene Shepard
Margaret Voges
Tom Biglen
Rick Clark
Rich Fredrickson
Jerry Gee
Duane Hauge
Gene Langhus
Jack Prather
Sex Ullman
Glenn Berg
Bill Dempster
John Faw
Sarge Hoem
Wayne Larson
Larry McBride
Bob Movius
Dana Strobel
Cocapt
Glen Westervelt
Royal Westervelt
Mary Clark
Margaret Harper
Cheryl Woodhouse
Frances Woodhouse
Janice Johnson
Ronda Miller
Shirley Algard
Lynne Braaten
Krista Davis
Betty Haaland
Kathleen McKenzie
Patsy Nottingham
Mary Ann Papez
Carol van Cleve
Kathryn Kimdars
Elaine Anderson
Rose Anm Buster
Jane Faw
Joyce Faw
Peggy Gottlob
Tindy Hanson
Nita Hauge
Raymie Jarrett
Linda Loge
Linda McCauley
Richard Paulson
Ronald Riter
Kenneth Schilling
bin — Lynne Braaten
Cindy Hanson
Thor
Sam Hobbs
Gene Ross
Ed Schilling
Farmer Foundation
Ronald Roe
Betty Crocker Homemaker of America
Myrtle Camp
Linda Brewer
Yvonne Elliott
Nancy Ewan
Cindy Hancon
Joan Plaggemeyer
Lola Riter
Carol Ronneberg
Julie Strobel
Sharon Terland
Pam
Linda Brew Meek Polte Fallang
Ling
Erin Groefield
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