Wildcat drilling in Montana Basin signals oil boom
Shell Oil engineers drill a Montana wildcat near Richey to test the Williston basin. The operation involves building access roads, assembling a full rig, and 24 hour mud circulation as crews study cores, gas tests, and formations. Only one in ten wildcats hits oil, but success could reveal a major field and trigger development plans.
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Montana
North Dakota
Shell Oil Company
Wall Street
Williston Basin
Dakotas
Saskatchewan
Richey
Shell
Awards Assembly recognizes students across disciplines
Awards in music art tennis and track highlight the ceremony with Barbara Mullen Dan McKeel James Scofield Claude Ankeny Ronald Lee and many others named. A memorial service was held for Adelaide H Miller head of physical education for women at Chadron Teachers College, noting her career and education milestones. Carl Kambich of Glen was in town for business.
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Barbara Mullen
Butte
Dan McKeel
Thompson Falls
James Scofield
Dillon
Claude Ankeny
Victor
Ronald Lee
Hamilton
Bob Howard
Norman Jacobson
Whitefish
Larry McClung
Wilsall
Dick McGuire
Ennis
John McMahon
Deer Lodge
Bill Moir
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Floyd Vandegrift
Dan Connors
Jim Carr
Missoula
Howard Hickey
Frank Hull
Joe McDonald
St. Ignatius
Melvin Miller
Savage
Bob Nilson
Custer
Charles Russell
Boulder
Barbara Bateman
Lima
Betty Sorenson
Drummond
Chadron Teachers College
Adelaide H. Miller
Shadron
Nebraska
Western Montana College of Education
Miss Miller
Madison General Hospital
Madison
Wisconsin
Columbus
University of Wisconsin
Columbia University
Finals Recap of Men's Bowl Tournament at Lou Esta Lanes
The event crowned champions across divisions with D Tash winning singles and top team honors led by Big Dipper. Singles medals awarded to D Tash 659 and McGovern 653 while Puyear led doubles with Stanchfield 1223. Special trophies for bull throwers and multiple donors noted.
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Big Dipper
Lou Esta
Harvey Appliance
Montana Motor
D. Tash
J. Harr
Buckingham
H. Highnight
Herman
Harr
Myers
Lasich
W. Taborski
Metz
W. Myers
P. Puyear
First Presbyterian Church Holds Vacation Bible School
Rev. H Warren Kunkel guides a church week with Sunday worship at 11 am and a sermon on God Recommends a Vacation. Trustees meet at noon after service, with additional sermons and services at Wisdom and Jackson. Vacation Bible school runs 9 am to 12 noon Monday through Friday for children ages 4 to 14.
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H. Warren Kunkel
Wisdom
Jackson
Wisdom Beulah Neidt Correspondent Highlights Local Socials
Wisdom various club activities and community events are reported. Pinochle nights award high and low scores to Mrs. Henry Wenger and Mrs. Fred Waldhly with Donna Carrigan honored. Maryellen Johnson’s ninth birthday dinner. parish and lodge gatherings led by Dell Lloyd and a full slate of visits to Dillon, Kalispell, and Missoula for graduations. A farewell party for Grover and Mary Helming marks a community in transition with donations, decorations, and a midnight lunch. The Wisdom Cemetery association elects officers and plans cleanup and a joint donuts and coffee meal for workers.
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Floyd Brown
Gildford
Tom Hillier
Twin Bridges
Sharon Zoske
Darby
Marjorie Lane
Dillon
Charles Russell
Boulder
Chanticleer Club
Matrix
Matrix Society
Rosemary Morse
Missoula
Mary Lou Burgess
Butte
Mardella Bieber
Townsend
Dan Sweeney
Claude Ankeny
Victor
Monger
Jordan
Harley Iverson
Betty Austreng
Rush Jordan
Walter McGuire
Elvera Stefanie
Dorothy Gelhaus
Harriet Taft
Carl Ferguson
Henry Wenger
Fred Waldhly
Donna Carrigan
Wisdom Lodge No. 61
A. F
A. M
W. M. Dell Lloyd
All Star
Clarence Helming
Harry Helming
Ted Woodward
Jack Anderson
George Helming
Kate Hurley
BCHS
John Helming
Harold Nelson
Donna
Kalispell
John
John Cheek
Jake Neidt
Raymond Johnson
Peter Rasmussen
Amy Stephens
Carrigan
J. M. Neidt
Frenchtown
John Neidt
Harry Rutledge
Frank Hoffman
Dell
Earl Willey
Carl Shiner
Wisdom
Joe Stocken
Anaconda
Don
Ald Stoken
Clark Huntley
Sue
Missoula High School
Stanton
Vernon Nelson
Ed Glassey
Maryellen
David
Raymond Stephens
Terry-Jo Stephens
Barbara
Stanley Rasmussen
Johnson
Ralph Huntley
Clayton Huntley
Dick Hirschey
Frank McDowell
Bob McDowell
Walter Stewart
Grantsdale
Pete Rasmussen
Roger Fish
Fish
Bill Muldowney
Ranger
Ekalaka
Montana
Muldowney
Patty
Wisdom School
Bighole Battlefield
Wisdom Cemetery Association
Eddy Bacon
James F. Paddock
Claude Anderson
Weldon Else
Civic Center
Grover Helming
Perma
Helming
Legion Rooms
Oters
Harvey Johnson
Charles Miller
Don Anson
Chet Bruns
Legion
Warner son returns to Dillon to run family food store
Robert M. Warner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Warner, after graduating from L. I. S. Business College in Salt Lake City, will join his father in operating the Warner Food store in Dillon.
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Robert M. Warner
Harold Warner
L. I. S. Business College
Salt Lake City
Dillon
Warner Food
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Western
Beverly Grant
Miss Grant
Belgrade
Ed Monger
Twin Badgesee School
Thursay
Manse Society
Roy Forrester, Jr
Carl Kambich
Glen
First Presbyterian Church
Wisdom Beulah Neidt
Rogers Farm
Rogers Bros. Seed Co
Paige
Bie
Rogers
KEMP
Dillon, Montana
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