Airport bond issue eyed by Sweet Grass voters
Ian A. Elliot of Bozeman urges Sweet Grass residents to approve the June 4 airport bond for Big Timber. He praises proposed improvements, notes wind conditions and non paved runways, and expects grants to make the project pay off for town and rural taxpayers. Letters from Gilman Aller to Steve Elliot chronicle April notes from Vietnam near Saigon.
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The
Pioneer
Ian A. Elliot
Big Timber
Western Microwave
Bozeman
Sweet Grass
Livingston
Bozeman Pass
P.S
Rodeo Queen Contest Underway At Tea Gathering
Contestants Libby Anderson Elaine Kinsey Vicky Schiltz Diana Sargent Marian Whidden and Mary McConnell were judged on poise and personality at a tea hosted by Mrs. Bob Meinrod. Judges included Mrs. John Adams and others. horsemanship judging by Bob Fitzhugh Jack Cooper Victor Tormud Jr and Dudley Tyler occurs June 4 with results announced after the parade at noon June 9.
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Bob Meinrod
John Adams
Robert Rule
Ruth Beck
A. R. McDonnell
Libby Anderson
Elaine Kinsey
Vicky Schiltz
Diana Sargent
Marian Whidden
Mary McConnell
Bill Holt Named Rodeo Announcer in Missoula
Bill Holt of Missoula Montana is a renowned rodeo announcer with a decade of Pacific Northwest and Western Canada exposure. He has announced major events including the Winter Royal Washington State Fair Edmonton Calgary and Winnipeg shows. He also led Western Canada for Stauffer Chemical Co and presides over Alpine Sports Ltd while managing a registered quarter horse ranch in western Montana.
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Bill Holt
Missoula
Montana
Pacific Northwest
Canada
Holt
United States Marine Corps
United States
Mexico
Washington
Rev Barker Honored In Butte Lodge
Rev Brentwood Barker, former Congregational pastor, is linked to a Butte Knights of Pythias initiation held May 1 in a class named for him. Attendees came from Helena Anaconda and Livingston. Barker serves as moderator of the Butte congregation and mentions a pleasant visit from the Walter Knudsons and his daughter Cathy’s 14th birthday.
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Con Smart
Brentwood Barker
Congregational Church
Butte
Butte Congregational Church
Butte Knights of Pythias Lodge
Helena
Anaconda
Livingston
Barker
Walter Knudsons
Big
City Recreation Program To Begin
The city recreation program starts Wednesday June 12 with swimming set for around June 24. Two films titled 1000 For Recreation and Town and Country Recreation may be shown by clubs. contact Oscar Forsythe or Bob Hauck. The plan includes a men’s softball league, little league baseball, tennis, swimming, family swimming, golf, equipment check-out at night, dances, archery, and daily basketball to tetherball.
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Oscar Forsythe
City
Bob Hauck
Stage Wagon '68 by Mal Goose
The piece notes that about 150 years ago around 1816 stage coaches began across the United States. It highlights Concord coaches built in New Hampshire as early light strong frames and the Mud Wagon design. Relays carried gold seekers settlers and merchants across rough roads led by experienced drivers amid Indians delays and snow.
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Mal Goose
U.S. of America
Seaboard
Concord
New Hampshire
Services Held for James Woodward 55 in Whitehall
Funeral services were held at the Lutheran Church for James Woodward 55 who died Friday at Pioneer Nursing Home from multiple sclerosis Rev Ocee Johnson officiated Organ music was played by Mrs E O Overland and singing by Mrs Margaret Busha and Mrs A R McDonnell The Mystic Tie lodge No 17 AF AM Whitehall performed graveside Masonic rites Burial followed at Mountain View cemetery Woodward born August 5 1912 in Whitehall was a 1931 Whitehall high school graduate and later worked at Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park before farming in Cardwell He married Sigrid Haugstad February 17 1945 in Big Timber Survivors include his wife one son Eugene two sisters and three brothers plus nieces.
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Lutheran Church
James Woodward
Pioneer Nursing Home
Ocee Johnson
E. O. Overland
Margaret Busha
A. R. McDonnell
Dorothy Woodward
Seattle
Wash
Ruth Reeder
Camas
Robert Woodward
Columbus
Ohio
Howard
Ralph Woodward
Jaycee and Jayceens Convention Held in Billings
A Big Timber delegation including Mr and Mrs John Renneberg Jr Mrs Don Henke Mrs Stan Todd John Green Gordon Sargent Jim Hanson Kenny Hanson and Don Blair attended the largest Montana JC convention in Billings. Big Timber earned third in the parade of cities for their refreshed fire truck with a telegram praising Montana JC's Big Timber for its historic impact and porting dugouts to the Jefferson Memorial Arch dedication.
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Big Timber Jaycees
Jayceens
Billings
John Renneberg ,Jr
Don Henke
Stan Todd
John Green
Gordon Sargent
Jim Hanson
Kenny Hanson
Don Blair
Big Timber
Willard E. Fraser
Montana
Jc’s
Jaycees Attend Arch Ceremonies in St Louis
Four Big Timber Jaycees Don Henke Stan Todd Dick Stoan and Dennis Beer flew from Billings to join the Gateway Arch dedication. Representatives used dugout canoes modeled after Lewis and Clark to travel the Yellowstone River and were invited by the Lewis and Clark Trail Commission.
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Big Timber Jaycees
Don Henke
Stan Todd
Dick Stoan
Dennis Beer
Billings
St. Louis
Gateway Arch
Big Timber
Jaycees
Lewis and Clark
Yellowstone
Lewis and Clark Trail Commission
Rodeo Producer Reg Kesler Spans North American Circuit
Reg Kesler, a southern Alberta native, has spent 18 years producing rodeos and contracting stock from Canada to the USA. He is an All Round champion in 1948 1951 and 1953 and has backed Calgary Stampede and Montreal Expo stock among many events. Kesler’s operations include 2400 acres at his home ranch plus 250 Hereford cows and 250 rodeo horses with bulls and steer stock for annual seasons. He has appeared with Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh and Jaycees urge a Western start June 1.
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Reg Kesler
Alberta
Canada
Calgary Stampede
Star
Queen Elizabeth
Lethbridger Medicine Hat
Brooke
Montreal
USA
Bozeman
Big Timber
Radispell
Dillon
Montana
Salmon
Idaho
Deadwood
Spd
Bill Eaton
Big Horn
Wyoming
Fort Worth
Texas
Jaycees
Services Held For Mrs. Carrie Nontell
Funeral services were conducted at Franzen Chapel in Livingston for 69 year old Mrs. Carrie Todd Nontell who died Wednesday at Pioneer Nursing Home after two years as a patient. The Rev J C Bloebaum officiated and a Faith Rebekah ritual followed in the chapel. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. She was born July 6 1898 near Gallatin Gateway and taught shorthand typing at Park County Third School from 1924 to 1962. She married Harry Nontell Norlo in 1948 in Wibaus. He died May 10 at Pioneer Nursing Home. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Larry Vivienne Selby of Bozeman two sisters Mrs Ethel Todd Davis of Bre Timber and Mrs Kittie Todd Van Horn of Albuquerque N M two brothers Thomas B Todd of Bozeman and William L Todd of Caldwell Ida two grandchildren a great granddaughter and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by no sister and a brother.
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Franzen Chapel
Livingston
Carrie Todd Nontell
Pioneer Nursing Home
J. C. Bloebaum
Holbrook
Church of
Livigeston
Rebekah Lolze
Mountain View Cemetery
Nontell
Gallatin Gateways
Kittie Todd van Horn
Albuqueque
N. M
Thomas B Todd
Bozeman
William L Todd
Caldwell
Ida
Ullman to Vietnam service stationed at Cama Raher Bay
Forrest Ullman has left the State for Vietnam where he will be stationed at Cama Raher Bay. Sorority officer Miss Jane Cain, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Cain, elected first vice president of Gamma Sigma Sigma at the College of Great Falls. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Booth of Billings are the parents of a second son born Tuesday evening in a Billings hospital, maternal grandparents Lonnie and Mrs Bryan report.
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Forrest Ullman
Vietnam
Cama Raher Bay
Jane Cain
Wes James Cain
Gamma Sigma Sigma
College of Great Falls
Lloyd Booth
Bilings
Billings
Lonnie Bryan
Melville Church Dedication Adds Basement and Meeting Space
Melville Lutheran Church held dedication services for a recent addition including a basement with a kitchen and plumbing and an upstairs meeting room. Pastor Lyle Onstad delivered the sermon with 200 in attendance. responsives read by visiting pastors Ronald Johnstad and Marvin Holt. Church members contributed labor and funds as coffee and rolls were offered after the ceremony.
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Melville Lutheran Church
Lyle Onstad
Hope Lutheran Church
Bozeman
Onstad
Ronnald Johnstad
Wilsall
Marvin Holt
Harlowton
Ocee Johnson
Victor Tronrud Jr
Stairs
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Buitling
Melvile Sunday School
Kermit Anderson
James Hanson
Alex Bryce
Oxzee Johnson
Wicky Schiltz
Ape Diana
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