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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1954
Page
1
Grace Renfield writes about a bull sale debate where local committees back Orvin for politics but doubt his inexperience. She argues for fresh, unbound representation over experienced politicians and quips about how experience can breed compromise and entanglement with interests.
Miles City Montana Secretary of the Army Robert T Stevens faced about 650 stockgrowers at the Montana Stockgrowers Assn 70th convention. He received a standing ovation and said he would speak only on the witness stand and would not resign. He praised President Eisenhowers support and confirmed he will remain in service. He left for Big Timber after the event, noting a ranch near Twodot.
A visiting party among Montana publishers toured the Carter Oil Co refinery east of Billings noting a 22 000 barrel plant, above ground piping, river water reuse, a new fluid coking unit and remote monitoring. The tour covered security measures and a venture into a Billings Spokane pipeline project.
The Sweet Grass county wool pool sold Tuesday afternoon for 615 cents per fleece. High bid came from Hallowell Jones and Donald of Boston, represented by W. E. Robinson of Lewistown. About 32,500 fleeces were in the pool with Thermond & Co. Wilkens & Co. and Draper & Co. also bidding. The final bid was 13 percent higher than the previous rejected high bid.
Mrs Ceryl OLeary presented a pupil recital at the Congregational church Monday evening drawing an unusually large audience. Thirty five students from beginners to intermediate performed ensembles with four at the piano plus trios duets and solos under her guidance.
George Tronrud underwent a major operation at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota on Friday and is reported to be getting along fine. His daughter Mrs Walter Dutton is with him. A separate note mentions five year old Jaylene Goosey hosting a birthday party with fourteen children, games, balloons and cake yesterday afternoon.
Captain C R Deegan and family were pictured after a 14 day round the world flight cap. The group from Larson Air Force Base aided in the Indochina troop airlift. The report notes Deegan’s postwar return to Big Timber teaching before recall to service.
May 27 1954 marked the Big Timber Public School graduation with a processional invocation class history and prophecy. The program included a will presentation band songs poems and diplomas. Honors were given to Elizabeth Steensland Jacqueline Bly Earl Bouse and Patricia Smart among others.
A list of students enrolled in the eighth grade includes Harold Aalgaard William Bivin Jacqueline Bly Kenneth Boe Earl Bouse Roger Bromgard Carolyn Dahl Clarielle Day Juanita Fallang Mary Harrington Sidney Helvik Joan Holland Billy Kremper Sharon McKenzie Chester Miller William Mothershead Philip Moulden Steven Nelson Cheryll Nevin Sharon Nevin Richard Nickel Ernest O'Dell Carl Patterson Frances Raisland Mary Ryan Patricia Smart Elizabeth Steensland John Stone Michael Stevenson Rolland Swendseid Inga Andem William Voges Samuel Widdicombe.
Sweet Grass county high school held an awards assembly in the gym Tuesday evening. Athletic honors were given by Coach W R Anderson for football basketball baseball and track. Senior bands and chorus earned awards from Mrs. Malcolm and Miss Mattila respectively.
Free Shrine circus tickets were distributed this week for the June 14-15 show in Livingston. Tickets cover matinee performances by the Gil Gray circus and do not require an adult chaperone. School students who didn’t receive a ticket can get one at the Livingston ticket office. This is the fourth annual event sponsored by the Livingston Shrine Patrol with new acts presenting. Matinees start at 2 PM and evenings at 8 15 PM.
The report lists a marriage license issued to John R. Deegan and Mary M. Camour of Big Timber. It also notes scholarships for Western Montana College of Education, Duchesne College Omaha, and University of Montana contestants, with several students named including Barbara Van Cleve and Teresa Drivdahl. Kay Johnson won first prize and Kathy Nelson second in the American Legion Auxiliary essay contest while a school girls trio and Kay Bee performed musically.
Softball teams for the city recreation league are set with six squads Jaycees Firemen Legion Lions 210 Engineers Moose and others led by presidents and managers. Practice runs through June with league games starting July 6 and a June schedule listing matchups from June 1 to June 30. Players may still register at the Solberg store.
Mrs Olga Muir returns home with her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Delmar Muir and son Rye after several months in Billings for medical care Delmar and family head to Seattle for a vacation trip Secretary of the Army Robert S Stevens visits Big Timber after attending a Stockgrowers meeting in Miles City He stays at a ranch near Melville before continuing to Great Falls and Washington to resume proceedings with Senator McCarthy
Herman Lind, 40, once of Columbus, was arrested Tuesday afternoon at Harlowton after a major man hunt for assaulting Mrs. Virgil Gullion of Melville. The search involved the local Sheriff's office, highway patrol, and sheriffs from Livingston, with Leo Cremer Jr. and Dave Johnson guiding the aerial probe.
Memorial Day ceremonies led by the American Legion are set for Sunday May 30 with a parade from the Northern Pacific depot to the Legion Memorial building and ceremonies at Mountain View cemetery and the Yellowstone Bridge. Separately Lind is charged with second degree assault after an incident near the Stanley Hanson ranch involving Mrs Gullion and her children, with a district court bond set at 3000 dollars and a history as a former Stillwater rancher now owning a wheat ranch near Shelby.
A Montana agreement between the Boulder Rod and Gun Club and the Montana Fish and Game Commission designates Ball’s Pond above McLeod as a children’s fishing area for those under 13. The club will supervise, teach sportsmanship, and ensure property protection before approving such juvenile waters. Commission Chairman Walter Banka cited the need for juvenile recreational outlets where other activities are limited.
Sister here of John Fox and wife Mrs. Fox from Los Angeles visit Mrs. Adolph Trondheim and mother Mrs. Jennie Hallowell who lies in hospital after a fractured hip.
Carl Oeting a piano tuner was arrested by Undersheriff Harold Midsness in Big Timber after a four day search by local officers and county deputies. He faced a 25 dollar fine and five days in jail with the sentence suspended on paying for a series of worthless checks including a 35 dollar check to Ben Franklin store. He had also written checks totaling 135 dollars to Davenport Motor Sales and to the McLeod Store. Investigators noted prior detentions in Great Falls Billings and Columbus on similar charges. He was located on Shields route north of Livingston before being found parked on Second avenue off McLeod street this morning.
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