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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1968
Page
1
Residents are urged to back the local Volunteer Fire Department in Sweet Grass County. The piece praises the firefighters for risking health and comfort, notes they work unpaid, and asks neighbors to contribute via upcoming envelopes to aid life and property protection.
Boise visitor P J Dawson stayed Friday to Tuesday with Mrs Twila Spurgin while in Montana. Mrs Hubert Becken had major surgery in Billings and will be replaced at Rapstad School by Mrs Helmer Branac. Dr L H Townsend and wife move to a new duplex and relocate his office. Grandparents Art Algard welcome Kurtis Arthur born August 29 in Helena, as George teaches science in North Eastern College, Miami Oklahoma. Brownlee guests Pat Wheeler of Pleasanton California enjoy Montana sightseeing and fishing with Tom Hoskinson. Dr John Killian hosts a farewell potluck before entering the Air Force, ending in St. Louis and Franklin North Carolina. Mrs Andrew Holland, 69, dies. funeral held in Plains. Attendees include Stene, Rapstad and Hoiland families. Reverend Joe LaDu and Mrs Ethel Davis attend Billings Democratic convention. Joe Hansen leaves for Pacific University Forest Grove Oregon. Mrs Wannahie visits Schuler and Johnson in Livingston. Harold Helen of MSU researches in San Francisco IRS. Connerton moves with family to Dennis Figen residence. Rae McEwan visits Livingston. Tallied horseback rides for Senior Girl Scouts hosted by Ray Esp. Richerts plan West Coast trip. Debbi to Trinity Junior College Langley BC. Barbara Richert joins. Albert Stoessel funeral at Lowry Funeral Home. burial Mountain View withNilsen officiating.
The Sweet Grass High School B football squad will hold a jamboree at the high school field starting at 4 PM on Monday September 16. Six quarters feature Big Timber Columbus Harlowton Livingston and each pairing. B team reserves are freshmen and sophomores and the games serve as future varsity training.
Albert Rostad fished Yellowstone and landed two large rainbows. The first rainbow measured 26 inches and weighed about 6.75 pounds with a Loch Ness like head. The second rainbow weighed about 2 pounds.
Funeral services for Lillie M Pederson age 78 were held at 2 p m Tuesday at Lowry Funeral Home with Rev Richard Kienitz officiating. Organist Mrs Myrtle Sell and vocalists Mrs Margaret Busha and Mrs Svend Maitland performed two hymns. Burial followed in Mountain View cemetery. Survived by husband Harvey Hollis five daughters one son a sister two brothers nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
G. E. Cissel, 56, of Livingston was electrocuted Saturday evening four miles north of Clyde Park while experimenting with a fish shocker for the Montana Fish and Game Department. He owned an electrical shop in Livingston and was working on the device when the accident occurred.
Mr and Mrs Joe Hajek and family recently returned from a two week visit in Oregon visiting relatives. They accompanied their son Robert to Billings to resume studies at Rocky Mountain College.
Sweet Grass County Herders host Huntley Project at 8 p m in their first home game. The Sheepherders add Mike Roberts Ed Gust and Bill Smith while Ken Hajek and Larry Willson recover from illness. Forsyth edged Big Timber 8 7 in season opener.
Graveside committal services were held at Mountain View cemetery at 3 p.m. Monday for Fred H Ennis 82 who died Wednesday at his home. Rev Eugene W Nilsen officiated. Ennis was born December 12 1886 and came from Buffalo New York to Montana in 1908. He worked for ranchers in the Big Timber area for many years.
Hilde Construction leads progress on dirt work and graveling for the airport project as officials from the county, city, airport board, Wenzel Engineering, and Hilde meet to resolve grade and road layout issues. They plan daylighting the top slope and discuss an overpass with the interstate. Future changes depend on the new highway. Air taxi service is projected to add 17 000 urban connections by 1972.
The Milwaukee Montana Mining Company, organized in 1899 with J M McNulty as president and acting superintendent, operates six adit tunnels on a main vein four miles from the Boulder river at Falls Creek. It owns ten claims in Natural Bridge district, about 35 miles south of Big Timber, with a five stamp mill and plans for ten more. twenty five men have worked this season, and tunneling totals exceed 1,200 feet with contracts for 1,000 more on two levels.
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