Sweet Grass County MT Archives Newspapers.....June – Sept. 1936 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mt/mtfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joan Shurtliff, dirtdoc@hur.midco.net Tidbits and Tales, Part 16 June 1936 - September 1936 +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, June 4, 1936: Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Snyder of this city, May 30, a girl. Miss Hilda M. Rein, who is to be a June bride, was given a shower of gifts by a group of friends at the home of Miss Myrtle Stubkjaer Monday evening. The following Girl Scouts were entertained at Fireman's Island last Friday with a 6 o'clock supper given by their captain, Mrs. John N. MacFarlane; Evelyn Bieber, Mary Patterson, Jean Haynes, Maxine Woods, Helen Cort, Betty Jarrett, Alice Cameron, Kathleen Gottlob, Esther Steensland, Wilma Clayton, Delphine Greig and Alice Kellogg. The Lions club made the following selections at Tuesday's meetings: Clyde E. Davis, president; W.K. Amery, first vice; J.D. Herries, second vice; Ross E. Shaver, secretary; S.H. Solberg, treasurer; Edward Douthett, tail twister; B.F. Henry, lion tamer; Mac Johnson, C.W. Haas and Ross Williams, directors. O. Nordstrom and John N. MacFarlane will represent the club at the convention in Providence, R.I. July 21-24. Reed Point: Mrs. Carl Imlay entertained in honor of the birthdays of her son, Vernon, and Charmaine Baxter, Saturday afternoon. Games were played and a nice lunch served. Those present were Joyce and Phyllis Groth, Bettie, Edna Maie and Don Schuyler, Billy Askwig, Charmaine Baxter, and Everett, Wesley, Vernon, Don and Junior Imlay. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, June 11, 1936: Bob Hart will open the summer dancing program at Melville pavilion Saturday night, music by Orleman's orchestra. Dances will be given each Saturday night during the season. Mrs. Burton Smith was pleasantly surprised last evening by eight women friends who called on the occasion of her birthday. The Joe A. Webb circus put on an evening performance in this city Tuesday; notwithstanding it worked under difficulties. The heavy rain of Monday night made it impossible to come from Harlowton by the cross country road, consequently a detour was made to Ringling, down to Livingston and here. Then there was a tieup until late in the afternoon over a license of $125, but that was paid and the show went on. It drew a good crowd and all seemed satisfied. They had but one large elephant and three clowns, but many other good features. The kids were there in abundance, and the elephant and clowns would have satisfied them. The only disappointment was that a large part of the country people decided there would be no show, from street reports, and went home early in the evening. Bridger Creek: Agnes Terland was a weekend guest at the John Barstad home in Big Timber. Agnes Krone and Hilda Bue are guests of Rev. and Mrs. Holbeck in Big Timber where they will attend Bible school for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hausserman and family and Mr. and Mrs. Signey Fraser Jr. and son Billy, and Lyle Bayers attended the circus in Big Timber Tuesday evening. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, June 18, 1936: Intimate friends of the late John Nordby, buried in a snowslide near the head of the Boulder, January 5, uncovered the body Tuesday afternoon. Funeral service is being held this afternoon at the Lutheran Church by Rev. A.A. Holbeck, internment to be in Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Adolf Myrstol was in the city yesterday from her home on Work creek. Grasshoppers and a gray beetle are doing much damage to growing crops in that vicinity. John A. Brekke, on the old Clouse ranch on the Boulder, south of this city, was in town Saturday and stated that grasshoppers at his place are dying off. He attributed it to excessive rains, as so far he has used no poison. Reed Point: A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitford Thursday morning. Mother and baby are doing nicely at the Jeff Whitford home. Lester Faw has just about completed the tearing down of the old stone block cafe building and is moving it to his ranch. Mesdames Harold Mosier, H.H. Marlow and Eystein Birkeland were cohostesses at a miscellaneous shower at the gym honoring Mrs. Donald Todd who had recently been married. Many beautiful gifts were left for the bride. The afternoon was spent socially, and a lovely lunch served to Mesdames Carl Bue and Bernice and Hilda, John Hiner, Guthrie, Floyd Ferguson, C.P. Milt and O.E. Schuyler, George Berrie, Cliff and Les Booth, Hollingsworth, Neumann, Collings, Langford, Roobol, and the honor guest and Marjorie Marlow. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, June 25, 1936: Elias Holen of Howie was exhibiting a real black widow spider in this city Monday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Laubach of Springdale, June 17, a daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Tucker, Big Timber, June 25, a daughter. So far as we have been able to learn, Vern Duncan holds the record for the largest fish caught in the Boulder up to now. His catch was made on Monday near Campbell ranch, a six-pound Lochleven. Thelma Egeland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Egeland, and George Hauge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thorvald Hauge, were married in the Lutheran church Tuesday by Rev. A.A. Holbeck. Attendants were Ellen Osen, Gwendolyn Egeland, Harold Boe Jr., Emil Hauge. Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride, and the newlyweds then left for a visit in Billings. A bridal shower was given in honor of Mrs. Ward Bruffey last Friday afternoon at the Grosfield home. Miss Gilma Grosfield and Mrs. Bill Thornby were hostesses. The afternoon was spent in working dishtowels, after which a delicious lunch was served. Reed Point: A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bradley Thursday at the Arthur Nutting home on East White Beaver. The Milo Collins family entertained at a fried chicken dinner at their home Sunday. Miss Margery Clouse of Big Timber, Donald Lamb and Billy Langford. Mr. and Mrs. L.N. Younger, Perry Moler and his grandmother and aunt, Mrs. F. Sharrer and Mrs. Julia Bertelsen, enjoyed a pleasant Sunday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weamer and daughter, Arbrutus, at their ranch. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, July 2, 1936: John Barstad, one of the boss fishermen of this city, exhibited eight Lochleven trout Thursday of last week, caught in the Boulder. They were long and well fed, totaling 19 pounds in weight. The grasshopper situation in this locality is best described by a statement of Dr. D. Claiborn, that he placed poison and killed a million, and ten million came to the funeral. John Feeley made a discovery on an island five miles west of this city Friday, a mother skunk herding eight little ones. He stated it would have made a pretty picture had he had a kodak. According to figures furnished by Helen Boggs, deputy assessor, Sweet Grass county is included in the growing list of autos and trucks, reported by other counties. In 1935 this county had 791 autos, 162 trucks; this year the increase has been to 850 autos, 197 trucks. David Herries, son of Dr. and Mrs. J.D. Herries, had a birthday party Monday afternoon with 10 little friends invited. He was four. In addition to grasshoppers, Misses Adeline Ellsion and Olive Satre gave a miscellaneous shower Thursday evening at the home of the former, for Miss Mildred Espe. The fifteen guests brought a number of lovely gifts, and enjoyed a delicious lunch. A.M. Grosfield, largest land and sheep owner in Sweet Grass county, residing on Swamp Creek, was brought to the Big Timber hospital Sunday evening, painfully injured in a runaway accident. While returning from a sheep camp near the Crazy mountains, the team he was driving refused to cross a ditch. He left the wagon and went to their heads to try and get them across. Something frightened them and they made a quick lunge, knocking him down. Before he could regain his feet the wagon wheels passed over his body, crushing his chest and breaking several ribs. Notwithstanding the intense pain, he rode horseback more than two miles to a camp, where the Clouse transfer picked him up and brought him to the hospital on a stretcher. Dr. L.W. Baskett was called and found the patient was breathing with difficulty. An oxygen tent was secured from Livingston and his condition improved rapidly the second day following the accident. He is 72 years of age. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, July 9, 1936: Bunny Beley returned Sunday from the Livingston roundup with his three horses, Sweet Music, Baldy and Dynamite, where they won the relay race on the Fourth and placed second the two previous days. A.M. Grosfield, patient at the hospital from runaway injuries, is able to sit in a wheelchair. Mrs. Nels Peterson was hostess yesterday afternoon for 20 guests who brought many lovely gifts for Mrs. Floyd Farr, a recent bride. The afternoon was spent in visiting, and a delicious lunch was enjoyed. A farewell party Sunday evening, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar S. Rostad, who left Tuesday for Long Beach, Calif., to reside, arranged by Mesdames P.E. Sektan, C.C. Nicholson and John Barstad, was attended by a large number of intimate friends and acquaintenances. Lunch was served and the remainder of the evening spent in social visits. The honor guests were presented with a handsome suitcase. Robert Grady Langston and Miss Leslie Baer were married in New York City on June 30, and have returned to Big Timber. Mr. Langston is a native of this seciton, his bride a summer visitor in the Melville country the past several summers. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, July 16, 1936: Eight couples surprised Mrs. E. L. Frang with a birthday celebration at her home last night. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Lowry, newlyweds, had a fine joy ride last night on Big Timber streets. The fire department was called to the George Swanson home yesterday to put out a blaze which consumed a shed in the back yard. W.N. Clayton suffered an eye injury this week when a staple broke under a hammer blow and a portion of the metal pierced the eyeball. He was taken to Billings for treatment, and while the injury is severe, may not lose the sight. Born, July 13, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry McCauley, a girl. A.M. Grosfield left the hospital in this city yesterday for his ranch home. Mrs. E.R. Patterson was surprised by eight friends on her birthday, Tuesday. They brought gifts and lunch. The 4-H Jolly Cooks of McLeod had a very successful meeting at the home of Bernice Tronrud on the East Boulder. The girls practiced yells and songs, also cooked a very nice lunch. The meeting will be held at Lydia Ewan's. Bridger Creek Breezes: Mrs. Fred Hausserman entertained the Woman's club Wednesday. Lunch was served on the lawn after the business meeting. Bridger Creek has a candidate in the political field this year that we all hope is elected and whom we feel is ably fitted for this office. It is Sidney Fraser, Jr., who is running for treasurer. Mr. Fraser is an honest, hard working young man and has a wife and child to take care of so deserves our support. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, July 23, 1936: Mrs. O.P. Zortman and daughter Lucille came down from Livingstone the latter part of law week to spend the remainder of the summer in this city. They have an apartment at the Louis Beley home. Mrs. D. Claiborn was hostess at a delightful afternoon affair on Saturday, when 50 friends called between the hours of 3 and 6 o'clock to meet her daughter-in- law, Mrs. Louie N. Claiborn of New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Mervin Sell and Mrs. O.J. Ellingson presided at the tea table. The fire department made a quick run to the E.L. Kepler home yesterday. Bob Kepler was working on an old engine when it backfired, covering itself and the nearby area with flames. Fire also got into a log pile, but was soon put out. Mrs. Kepler did efficient work with the garden hose before the department arrived. Leo J. Cremer, buckers, cattle and other equipment, is home from Butte where he played to another record breaking crowd every performance. The miners are at work, money is plentiful, and Mr. Cremer made a better killing financially than at Livingston, and it was good. Lady friends of Mrs. Harvey Clouse surprised her at her home Wednesday of last week, in honor of her birthday anniversary. Lunch and other entertainment were provided. The following attended: Mrs. William L. (Lefty) Wright, Mrs. Eller Holland, Mrs. Harry Clouse, Mrs. Theodore Murray, Mrs. P.E. Sektnan, Mrs. C.O. Loftsgaarden, Mrs. Clarence Loftsgaarden, Mrs. W.C. Dutton, Mrs. Onie Davis, Mrs. Grace Morris, Mrs. Thomason. Reed Point: Mr. and Mrs. Henry and Fred Hausserman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Fraser, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lay, and Mr. and Mrs. Narcie Blair of Gibson were the guests at a swimming party and picnic at the Chester Fraser home in Reed Point on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Krone and family spent Sunday on the Boulder fishing and also enjoyed a swim at McLeod. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, July 30, 1936: While returning to his home on the east end of Second avenue Sunday night, and below the Grand hotel, John Tobin, one of the earliest residents of Big Timber, was knocked down and run over by one of at least six boys in a bicycle race. He was unable to recognize any on account of the darkness. One of his eyes was badly damaged. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Harry Baker of Big Timber, July 27, a daughter. Several friends were invited to the J.J. Lacklen home on Friday afternoon by Mrs. Kenneth Tuttle for a shower for Miss Georgia Thorson, a bride of this week. The afternoon was spent with visiting and sewing, and opening the many packages of miscellaneous gifts present the honor guest. A delicious lunch was enjoyed. Jack Haas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clive Haas, had a party for a number of small boy friends, Monday afternoon, when he was five years old. Sweet Grass county girl's 4-H club judging contest was held at the courthouse at 2 o'clock on Tuesday, July 28. Donna Halverson and Martha Duffey of Grey Cliff won as the high point team and will represent the county at the state 4-H club judging contest to be held at the Great Falls fair. Lydia Ewan and Georgia Green of McLeod were second, and Irene Stole and Evelyn Sektnan of Big Timber third. Martha Duffey made the highest individual score, Georgia Green second and Evelyn Sektnan third. Other girls who took part in the contest were Ima Jean Holen and Ardell Hoiland of Howie, Bernice Tronrud, Lydia Green and Grace Esp of McLeod. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, August 6, 1936: C.W. Boges and Hans Tjaaland, prominent sheepmen of this county, state that sheep on the range are crazy over Mormon crickets and devour them on sight. They even fight over them. Answering an early morning call yesterday, Dr. L.W. Baskett, hurried Major G.H. Goosey, former mayor of this city, to Billings, where he was immediately operated on for a ruptured appendix. He is in serious condition. Reed Point: Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Myrstol entertained at their ranch home at dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Carl Myrstol and five children of Big Timber, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Peterson and two children and Miss Lorraine Collins of this place. A picnic was enjoyed along the rive of Ballard Bare's ranch Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. P.L. Mettling and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Askwig and son, Billy, Alex Howitt and Mr. and Mrs. Ballard Bare and children. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, August 13, 1936: A letter from Billings where Maj. G.H. Goosey is a patient at the Deaconess hospital, operated on last week for a very serious case of appendicitis, states that contrary to all expectations, he is doing well. Duck creek had a second shot from cloudburst last night. The ranch home of Tom Jarrett was flooded, forcing the family to move out with a new baby only a few days old. Kenneth Boe, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Boe, and Ellen Osen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Osen, living north of this city, were married in the Lutheran church Sunday evening by Rev. A.A. Holbeck. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. George Hauge, Miss Margaret Drivdahl and Miller Boe. After a tour of Yellowstone Park this week they will make their home at the Boe ranch east of this city. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Snyder of this city, August 7, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jarrett of Duck creek, August 8, a daughter. In addition to knocking aged people down with racing bikes, releasing air in tires and puncturing casing and inner tubes with knives, a bunch of kids who seem to be runing the town hog wild, have discovered a new form of entertainment. The first application of the new plan occurred at the Stubkjaer home Tuesday night. Miss Myrtle Stubkjaer, a teacher in the local high school, left a new car she had purchased the latter part of June outside for a time. The water was running on the lawn. Some kid or kids turned the water into the car, flooding it, soaking the cushions and doing other damage. Apparently it is considered a great joke, but the ones damaged cannot see the humor in it. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, August 20, 1936: Mrs. L.J. Wilder and Mrs. A. Holbeck were among the prize winners at the Billings fair last week. Mrs. Wilder placed with a three-piece chair set and crocheted mittens, while Mrs. Holbeck won first on tatting trimmed pillow cases, white fruit cake and dark fruit cake, and second on girls' wash school dress, negligee, cross stitch sampler and collection of six jellies. A party of Future Farmers, about 25 in number, driven by Rasmus Boe and under the protecting wing of Ben Slanger, left early yesterday for a three-day excursion to Yellowstone park. Ole Hoiland writes the Pioneer to send his paper to Helleland, Stavanger, Norway, where he will visit his old home, returning to Anaconda by the first of the year. A surprise party with 10 guests was the celebration prepared by Mrs. E.P. Fellows for her daughter, Donna June, on her tenth birthday, Monday. The guests enjoyed a dinner and theatre party. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, August 27, 1936: J.B. Hinds, principal, announces that registration will begin in the high school on Tuesday morning, September 8, at 9 o'clock. The enrollment fee is the same as in former years - $2.00 as a book and activity fund. Registration will not be complete until this fee is paid. Chauncy Irvine, of the local gas service, returned Sunday from Red Lodge, where he was the victim of a rattlesnake bite. He got along fine, except that he tasted snake for about four days after being bitten. Friends of Mrs. Harold Boe and Mrs. C.E. Smart enjoyed their hospitality last week on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Covers were laid for 16 guests each evening, for dinner, at the Boe home, then a session of auction bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Johnson entertained the 4-H Sewerettes club at their home, Friday. The club girls worked on their dresses. They will soon have completed the projects undertaken this year. After the regular meeting delicious refreshments were served. Stuart, third son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Ellison, is a patient in the local hospital with typhoid fever. Mrs. George W. Moore was the honored guest at a party given at the Albert Esp home on Sunday, celebrating her seventy-third birthday. The delightful affair was arranged by her children, Mr. and Mrs. Esp, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Willard McComb. Guests included old time friends from Big Elk and Twodot: Mr. and Mrs. Don Martin, Frank Williams, Mrs. Mollie Shumaker, Mrs. Anna Van Camp; and from this city, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Voges, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bryan, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Webber. Visiting and lunch were enjoyed. Cole Drug Co. Specials - Friday/Saturday/Sunday - Malted Milks or Banana Splits, 2 for twenty-five cents; Plate Lunch - twenty-five cents. Complimentary FACIAL by Miss Joan Ely of Elmo. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, September 3, 1936: Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Refsland, August 29, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. Jake Westre, September 1, a girl. Announcement was made this week of the marriage of Miss Rose J. Huyser and Donald (Porky) Bray, at Cody, Wyo., on June 8. Mrs. Bray is manager of the Big Timber hospital, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Huyser of Wormser. "Porky" is a son of Mrs. Margaret Bray. They will continue to make their home at the hospital, many surprised friends extending congratulations. Fire started last evening in the Douthett coal house, on the railroad right of way, but did no damage except the burning of a hole in the floor. Twenty-four friends of Mrs. C.F. Ullman were invited by her on Monday evening to dinner at the Big Timber cafe, and cards in hew own home. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, September 10, 1936: Born, to Mr. and Mrs. William L. Widdicombe of Grey Cliff, September 8, a son. Mrs. Max Officer and two babies most fortunately were uninjured when their car upset on the highway just west of town last week. They were helped through a broken window and came out unscratched. Alva Coleman, aged about 23 years, is in the county jail with a charge of burglary or grand larceny hanging over him, it all depending on the value of saddle and bridle he stole from the John F. Clark ranch about McLeod. The first theft was a saddle at White Sulphur Springs, which he took up the Boulder and sold to Mason. On the way back he took a saddle and bridle from the Clark barn, driving to Dillon and disposing of them to a second hand dealer. At that place he took a third one, driving back here. He was taken into custody at the Oie garage by Under Sheriff McAllister, and his taken to the court house implement yard. There is a dispute at Dillon over the Clark saddle, the sheriff there locating the bridle but not the saddle. This morning Sheriff Bartels and Under Sheriff McAllister left for Dillon to indentify the saddle and return it here. Friends of Maj. G.H. Goosey will be pleased to hear that he arrived home this afternoon from Billings where he had been confined in a hospital several weeks. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, September 17, 1936: Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Van Cleve, III, April 12 at Harlowton, a son. The eight pound youngster has been named Paul, making four generations bearing that family name, and all residing in Melville. The eldest Paul is now in his 83rd year and still a hale man. Harlowton Times: Some excitement was caused in the west end of town Thursday morning when Peter Hoem of Big Timber drove over the high bank near the Wyman home on Birch street. He was under the impression that he was negotiating the turn on the Big Timber road but made the turn a block too soon. He sustained a wound on his scalp and a crushed thumb. The car, a Chevrolet, was badly smashed. Following the lead of the Yellowstone Park association in closing its hotels, the Hotel Transient, in the jungles adjoining the dump ground, has voluntarily closed by the absence of hobos. W.A. Griffin, in charge of the dump ground, says the hotel did a much smaller business this year. Reed Point Notes: Fred B. Swift moved his household goods Saturday to the ranch, having sold his bungalow to Mr. and Mrs. George Deeney who began moving in the first of the week. +++ From the Big Timber Pioneer, September 24, 1936: Clarence Lamp lost the spare tire from the rear end of his car as it stood in front of the high school last evening. Whoever took it evidently needed it badly in an inflated condition as the rim was damaged in removing the tire. Paul Greig, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. William Greig, has a small ankle bone broken as a result of a fall while playing on an iron fence at the E.R. Patterson home. The fence has looped panels on top, and in falling his foot caught in a loop. Last Saturday was the eighteenth birthday of Vincent Hannah, who observed the day by a trip to Bozeman for matriculation in the State college. A party of old classmates drove to the John Boe ranch Thursday evening of last week and gave Mrs. Kenneth Boe, nee Ellen Osen, a miscellaneous bridal shower. An enjoyable evening was spent. Mrs. Jerry Erickson and children left yesterday for Wheatland, Wyo., where Mr. Erickson is employed in a sugar factory. On Tuesday evening 30 of her friends gave her a handkerchief shower, and enjoyed a pleasant evening with visiting and lunch. The championship of the local golf club will be played off next Sunday by A.R. McDonnell and S.H. Solberg who defeated H.M. Haas and J.B. Hinds in last week's matches. The last two named will play for third and fourth places. In the first flight Vic Christensen, Jack Watt and H.A. Anderson will play the winner. A dance will be held at the Rainbow Garden in Grey Cliff, Saturday, September 26, music by Roy Williams and his 8 Rythmaires 8, tickets 50 cents. +++ This page was last updated 23 October 2006. It was created on 14 June 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Joan Shurtliff.