Christmas School Programs Brighten Big Hole
The Wisdom, Fishtrap, and Gibbons schools held festive Christmas programs with plays, recitations, carols, and piano solos. Students performed Christmas stories and songs while families and the community donated to the needy and joined in après events at local halls and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Hole
the Wisdom School
Masonic Hall
Jane Smith
Lana Rutledge
Johnny
Lizzie
Laurie Eliel
Santa
Gibbons
Bowen
Wisdom Women's Club Meeting Noted in Report
A Wisdom Women's Club event is described in a fragmented report noting the gathering and activities. The article mentions the group name and hints at community engagement but provides limited readable details about speakers dates or locations.
Local families return home for holidays
John and Donna Nelson Barbara and Stanley Rasmussen visit from Anaconda for the holidays. Mrs. Johnson and children are home from Anaconda. Also home are Mrs. Orville Sparrow and her children from Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Anderson
Anaconda
Jack Anderson
Jay An
Derson
John
Donna Nelson
Barbara
Stanley Rasmussen
Pays Stephens
James Kuula
Johnson
Orville Sparrow
Dillon
Earl Willey
Salmon
White
Dick Willey
Percy Willey
Willeys
RoyceBarth
Stanley Huntley
Harvard
Boone Sparrow
Princeton University
Harold Nelson
Clayton Huntley
Butte
Patti Gail
Patsy Golay
Peter Rasmussen
Tom Murphy
James F. Paddock
Hallie Stephens
Paddock Funeral Held at Wisdom Church
The funeral for Thomas Avery Paddock was held at Wisdom Church with interment at Wisdom Cemetery. Pallbearers included Clayton Lundine Clyde Thompson Charles Lundine and Donald Thompson. Tommy Paddock, born December 17 1952 in Dillon, died December 19 1957 at St James Hospital Butte. Visitors and relatives from several towns attended showing community farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Avery Paddock
Wisdom Church
Wisdom Cemetery
Clayton Lundine
Clyde Thompson
Charles Lundine
Donald Thompson
Tommy Paddock
Steve Paddock
Dillon
St. James Hospital
Butte
Bui Soon Wertene
Tangland
Soula
James P. Es Libby
Warren Sauby
Shelby
Bob Morey
Whitehall
Lee Jones
Dick Schmidt
Anaconda
Jerry Steen
Burton
Tom Murphy
William Ritchel
John C. Paddock
Mill Creek
Safety tips for holiday driving from the National Safety Council
The article warns holiday travel hazards due to poor visibility and darkness. It advises planning daytime driving, postponing trips in bad weather, driving slowly on wet roads, anticipating icy patches, ensuring car readiness, using chains on snow or ice, and not drinking if driving.
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Miss Smith
National Safety Council
Weather Bureau
Kearney Home Destroyed by Fire in Wisdom Weeknight Blaze
Clyde Kearney and wife lost their Wisdom residence in a Wednesday dawn fire between 3 and 5 am. The church survived thanks to Ed Glassey’s snowplane and Helming Brothers’ chemical cart. Jackson Fire Department helped, few furnishings saved. Local residents, travelers and visitors mentioned. community thanks extended. Weather notes and light humor conclude the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Kearney
Ed. Glassey
Helming Brothers Chemical Cart
Jackson Fire Department
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Briston. School
Bristen
Casey Pons
Dana Farris
Bill Pons
Howard Schonenberger
Fishtrap School
Fishtrap
Joy Anderson
Dennis Bacon
Fourth Trade
Mildred Ann Ralston
Chris Paddock
Sally Ralston
Bruce Bacon
Betty Lou Bacon
Mike Paddock
Judy Christiansen
Shirley Paddock
Argyle Stephens
Norman Vincent Peale
Mel McDowell
Christ
Town of Bethlehem
Mary Mussigbrod
Bob McDowell
George Helming
Clarence Helming
Carl Hartwigs
Carl Hartwig
Jake Neidts
Fred Rutledges
Washington, D. C
Japan
Missoula
Wisdom Women’s Club
The
Wisdom Womens Club
Young Ideas
Wisdom
Margaret White
Pete White
Idaho
Jeanne Smith
Dodge
Kearney
Mark Clemon
Monte
W. J. Neidt, Sr
North Fork
Beaverhead County
J. W. Sutherland
County
Beaverhead
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