Local Social Roundup From Bynum and Nearby Areas
Wesley George and Clifford Hansen motored to Great Falls Monday. Easter visits and family gatherings filled the week with trips to Toston and gatherings at the homes of Talifsons, George, Stott, Peters, Deaver, Shelmerdine, and others. The Bynum relief society held its annual party while other residents visited friends and tended ranch duties in the vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley George
Clifford Hansen
Great Falls
Tobias Talifson
Raymond Talifson
Toston
Grace
Lillian
Roland Peters
Frank George
Ira Perkins
G. O. Stott
Glenn Stott
Jerry McClue
Elmer Roland
Bert Jensen
Leslie Stott
Jack Lemons
Chateau Hospital
Gene Shelmerdine
Lester George
Bert Stott
J. J. Deaver
Relief Society
Frank Humble
Bozeman
Bynum
Issac Vance
Fairfield
Tularemia Found in Dillon Area Hikes Beaver Deaths
A mild tularemia outbreak has killed beaver in the Dillon region, state game warden James A. Weaver reports. A dead beaver tested by the state livestock sanitary board confirmed tularemia as the cause, with prior deaths in Hardin Roundup and White Sulphur Springs. The disease typically targets rabbits and ground rodents and may spread via contaminated water.
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Dillon
James A. Weaver
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Hardin
Roundup
White Sulphur Springs
Bighorn Sheep Population Rises in Glacier Park
Glacier National Park reports a recovery in bighorn numbers after a devastating epidemic. Census data show 268 sheep in 1985, up from 115 after a 1930s outbreak, with the Many Glacier band increasing from 17 in 1936 to 40 by 1940, including lambs.
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United States
Glacier National Park
Continental Divide
Federal rule aid to blind persons permits vending in post offices
Edwin G. Peterson, president of the state school for the deaf and blind at Great Falls, announced that a federal order will allow blind persons in Montana to operate vending machines in post offices. The state commission will license operators and designate post offices. Peterson, chairman of the blind commission, called the order a milestone and the commission is conducting a census to assess needed aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin G. Peterson
State School For the Deaf and Blind
Great Falls
Federal Commissioner of Education
Washington, D. C
State Commission
Peterson
Blind
Chateau Lions Club
Long Ridge Named Ridge in Lewis & Clark Forest Border
Historical note identifies Long Ridge a prominent high ridge near Deep Creek in T23N R8W beside the Lewis and Clark Forest boundary. Locally called Frazier Butte, with origins tied to Jack Frazier and old ranch sites two miles south on Deep Creek.
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Lewis & Clark Forest
Pend d’ Oreille
Barrett Creek
North Fork
Sun River
Battle Creek
Long Ridge
Richard Sanderville
Browning
Deep Creek
Eli Guardipee
Danger Butte
Teton River
Guardipee
Old Agency
Choteau
Vincent J. Ward
J. C. Salmond
Easter Activities and Local Birthdays Highlight Collins News
The Collins area reports an Easter party and egg hunt hosted by Mrs. George Alzheimer at Fitzgerald home. A birthday roundup notes Roy Coghill March 4, Charles Crane March 12, Mary Lou Montague March 96, Clyde Baquet March 20, Darwin Crane March 24 Easter Sunday. Community events include H D club all day meeting at Collins hall with officer elections and Lois Stephens in charge.
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Joe Ann Crane
Harold Crane
Peter Rabbit
H. D. Club
Collins Hall
Lois Stephens
Clem Walker
Bert
Missoula
Reo Coghill
Clyde Baquet
Emil Schlepp
Great Falls
J. A. Coghill
Fred Trudeau
Jack O’keefe
Tom Klette
Conrad Hospital
John England
Roy James Coghill
Myr
Charles Nevin Crane
Darwin Crane
Mary Lou Montague
Inge Crane
Chotera
Home Ec Club Plans Simple Fun Feed Tonight
Home Ec students stay busy preparing for the Fun Feed with simple yellow candle decorations. Ag boys assist with peeling carrots and setting tables while Jim Rose finishes apple rings sixth period. Freshman girls practice stitching, Sophomores plan home furnishing, third year students study consumer buying. Betty Green and Anna Mae Fills visit from Big Sandy and compliment the department. Jack Hodgskiss shows interest in the Big Sandy guests.
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Home Ec
Jim Rose
June Knotts
Betty Green
Anna Mae Fills
Big Sandy
Jack Hodgskiss
Jack
Poverty of Indians Told in Washington
Testimony before the Indian Affairs Committee in Washington described extreme poverty among Blackfeet on the Northern Montana reservation. Witnesses Levi Burd and W. J. Spanish cited dire conditions, including eating dog meat and lacking floors, as Congress weighs a 10 million dollar Indian relief bill.
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Blackfeet
Montana
Indian Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C
Levi Burd
Browning
W. J. Spanish
Montana Highway Deaths Decline This Year
Montana traffic fatalities fell two percent in the first two months, while six of ten western states saw increases. Patrol Supervisor Lo Sodecker urged a safety campaign under the slogan Help Make Montana Safe to urge motorists to drive carefully.
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Montana
Wesern
Lo Soedecker
Highway Patrol
North Star 4-H Club Holds March Meetings
The North Star 4-H club held its seventh meeting at Dorothy Dale’s home on March 19 with a rally discussion. Mae Gronberg demonstrated hemming a tea towel and Anna Lu Dauwalder demonstrated darning a stocking. The eighth meeting followed at Greta Bush’s home on March 26 with planning for the rally and more hem demonstrations.
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North Star
Dorothy Dale
Mae Gronberg
Anna Lu Dauwalder
Greta Bush
Busy Beavers 4 H Club Plans Next Meeting
The Busy Beavers 4 H Club met March 19 at Patty Breen's house. Members sang two songs and worked on their slips with plans to bring patterns and cloth. The next gathering is set for April 2 at Jan Carlson's house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Breen
Jan Carlson
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Ernie
Choteau Food Market
E. R. O’neil
Nash
J. J. O'Neil
U.S
Our Family
Collins News
George Alzheimer
Fitzgerald
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Knudtzon Lumber Co
Choteau, Mont
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Hugh Robinson
Chateau
Oliver Forseth
Farmington
Mont
Russell Mellon
Otis Mellon
K. _ turgis
Bill Ellsworth
L. E. Taylor Garage
Plymouth
Golden Shell Motor Oil
Shell Tenol
Shell Penn Oil
Breen Oil CO
Choteau, Montana
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