CHURCH OF GOD
ShddM Vik, Pastor
Sunday — 10:00 a.m. Sunday
Schael, classes for all ages. 11:00 a.m.
Moraiag Worship. Simultaneous
children's service. 7:00 p.m. FILM
“At Any Cost"! Underground Evan­
gelism film on the true story of
today's Christians behind the Iron
Curtain.
Wednesday —7:00 p.m. Prayer and
Bible Study.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH
418 East Fourth Street
Terrence W. Ryan, Pastor
Thursday — The Homeland Circle
will meet at 2:00 p.m.
Sunday — The Church School will
meet at 9:45. Morning Worship is at
11:00 a.m. A Light potluck lunch will
be served immediately following the
service. The Annual Meeting of the
Church, will be held beginning at
about 1:00 p.m. All members of the
church are especially urged to attend
this meeting.
SEVENTH DAV
ADVENTIST CHURCH
Saturday, Jan. 19— Sabbath School,
9:30 a.m. Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.
Speaker Fred McReynolds of Boze­
man. Fellowship dinner following.
ST. MARK’S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH'
4th and Hooper
The Rev. Robert E. Shelley, Vicar
January Services:
Jan. 13 — Sunday 11:30 a.m. Holy
Communion with Fr. Cookson cele­
brating.
Jan. 20 — Sunday 9 a.m. Holy
Communion.
Jan. 27 — Sunday 4 p.m. Holy
Communion with Bishop Gilliam
celebrating, with congregation meet­
ing and dinner to follow.
Weekdays — Morning Prayer
Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat. (except on
Holy days, Jan. 18, 25 and Jan. 11 &
12. no service).
Big
Timber
Churches
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BIG TIMBER
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
M A Everett
Phone 932-3301
Paator: Orville fbrreat
Sunday — Sunday School at 10:00
a.m. Come study the Word with us.
Worship Service, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday — Joy Fellowship second
& fourth Tues., 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday — Youth & Adult, 7:00
p.m.
ST. JOSEPH'S
CATHOLIC CHURCH,
910McLaad8t. '
Magrt Joseph GUsaak ,
Sunday Masses: Big. Hphar, Sat.
at 7:00 p.m. Sunday a; 7:00 and 9:00
o.m. Reed Heiat: Sunday at 11:60 a.m.
Confessions 30 minutes before Mass.
Week-day Mass: Big Umbo*. 7:15
a.m.
BIG TIMBER
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Fourth and Hooper
Eugene W. Nilsen, Pastor
Sunday, Jan. 20 — Worship
Service, 9:00 a.m. Sermon: I Believe
in the Christian Church". Nursery
provided in the parish hall during the
service. Sunday Schoql, 10:15 a.m.
Classes for age three through adults.
Junior Choir, 11:15 a.m.
Wednesday — Confirmation class,
4:00 p.m. Senior Choir, 7:00 p.m.
Senior Luther League, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday — ALCW Bible Study,
Pioneer Home, 10:00 a.m. Christian
Women, 7:30 p.m.
Friday — Men's Kogudus Retreat,
Laurel. Friday through Sunday.
Next Sunday our congregational
annual meeting will be held. Please
not the change in schedule: Sunday
School -10:15 a.m.; Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Congregational potluck
dinner • noon; Annual Meeting - 1:00
p.m.
All about
people
THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH
Rav.Eraia A M a.i
Sunday, Dec. 18 ~ —
lYagrep, 7 p.m. • Musical program,
fellowship time following program.
All invited to come.
THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH
* d A Bramble
Pastor, Msct a* Paterae*
Phaac 932-2395
Sunday Services — SmMUy Schaal
9:45 a.m., Warahlp 11:00 a.m.
Eveaiag aervice 7:00.
Wednesday services — Eva^aBcal
Ya*th 7:30 p.m. at Andersona. BMa
Study aad Church Prayar M irth*
7:30 p.m.
Other Services — ls t& 3rd Sunday
Pioneer Rest Home. S a ^ Sarvica,
5:30 p.m.; 3rd Tuesday, —gtHrsI
Women, 7:30 p.m. a t the Church.
EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH
4th a*d Everett
Garret vaa Weems, Paater
Sunday Schaal, 9:45, all ages.
Meraiag Warship Ham. 11:00 a.m.
nursery provided.
Eveaiag Worship Hams, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesdays—10:00 a.m. Ladies BMe
Study.
Wednesday — 7:00 p.m. Bible
Study aad Prayer.
Second Thursday — 7:30 p.m. Wo­
men's Missionary Society.
MELVILLE
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Eugene W. NOsen, Pastor
Sunday, Jan. 20 — Sunday School,
10:00 a.'m. Classes for nursery
through pre-teens. Worship Service,
11:00 a.m. Sermon: “I Believe in the
Christian Church".
Thursday — Playcenter, 9:30 a.m.
Friday — Men’s Kogudus Retreat,
Laurel. Friday through Sunday.
Annual meeting next Sunday, Jan.
27. Please note the changed schedule:
Sunday School - 2:00 p.m.; Worship
Service - 3:00 p.m.; Annual Meeting 4:00 p.m.
The Spurge
Spread
Sheri Becken received straight A’s
for the Autumn 'quarter it was
announced today by the University of
Montana, thirteen percent of the
student body was named to the
Dean's List this quarter and only 3.7
percent were straight-A students.
The residents of Pioneer Nursing
Home wish a belated “Happy New
Year" and a very special “Thank you"
to all the people of Big Timber and
Sweet Grass County for all the things
they have provided and done for their
comfort and enjoyment during the
past year. One thing they discovered
was that you are never too old for a
visit from Santa Claus. Thank you,
Santa.
Much more than arts and crafts,
the residents of Pioneer Home love
entertainm ent. The Golden Age
Warblers sing and play for them
every third Wednesday and Mai
Goosey volunteers to play the
piano. Also, they have sing-a-Iongs,
bingo, checkers, wine and cheese
parties, a once-a-week reading hour,
Bible study on Thursday mornings,
and church services by rotating
groups Sunday afternoons.
"We still would like to have school
or Scout groups or individuals come
to visit us and Jisp'ay their talents," a
spokesman said.
The Youth in A rt traveling exhibit
will appear in Livingston beginning
Jan. 19. The competition judged last
October was sponsored by the
Montana State Department of Public
Instruction as a part of emphasizing
the Year of the Child.
Special interest to people in Big
Timber is an art piece executed by
Carol Littell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Littell and Laura
Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Don Anderson of H avre and
granddaughter of Mrs. Elmer Stole of
, Big Timber and Mr. and Mrs. Leif
1Anderson of Melville. The exhibit will
be shown from the 19th to the 29th.
Advanced publicity does not say
where it is to be held but interested
viewers may find out by.calling Mr.
Kunda or Mrs. Conner after the
opening d a te .,
A gold seal winner of the original
competition was P atty Willems,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Willems.
Mrs. Ruth Schuler is back home
again after being in Seattle for
Christmas. While there she was the
guest of her .son Rick, who is
employed at • the Post Office in
Renton, and nephew and niece, Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry McCauley.
She and Rick boarded the Christ­
mas Boat, a festive tourist excursion
and made the trip around Lake
Washington to enjoy the Christmas
lights, festivities and decorations on
water, a true highlight of her trip.
Dennis Moos, Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Conner and Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Snodgrass flow from Belgrade Satur­
day morning for Maui. Hawaiian
Islands, for a week of Montana
Redimix convention. They are mem­
bers of a 64 person expedition.
The Rev. and Mrs. Terry Ryan
returned last week from spending the
Christmas holidays at Thomas ton.
Conn., with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Billings, and her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John S. Rosengren.
Dan Burmeister, who is attending
Arizona State University a t Phoenix,
spent the Christmas hoh'days with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Burmeis­
ter. He was accompanied by Miss
Glenna Koppes of Phoenix, Ariz.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Schilling and
daughter JoAnna of McLeod, drove
to Litchfield, Minn., for the Christmas
holidays. They were the guests of
Roy’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Leander Mundt.
It was a special Christmas since all
the Mundt children were to be home
together. One son, with the State
Department, was home for a short
stay after being on a two-month tour
of duty in Havana. One of his friends
is now a hostage in Tehran.
The Schillings drove over to the
University of Minnesota campus to
deliver ten blankets made by Ellen
Myrstol of Big Timber for Lutheran
World Relief. While at the ware­
house. they were shown around the
operation and watched clothing and
blankets being processed in prepara­
tion for shipment abroad.
During their entire stay the
weather was foggy and that curtailed
their activities somewhat but they
did make a special trip to Newport,
Minn., before coming home. Newport
used to be Roy’s home town and they
visited relatives and old friends.
Miss Lori Minette left Dec. 17 to
spend three days with her mother in
Santa Rota, Calif., and on to Manilla,
Philippine la , to spend the rest of the
Christmastide with her father, Tom
Minette. Miss Lori is a student at
Montana State University.
Mrs. Joyce Becken left Dec. 17 by
jet to spend Christmas with her
'daughter, M ra Neva Jean Minette
and son, Toby in Santa Rosa, Calit
She flew back and returned Jan. 10. A
special side trip featured a visit with
the John Madills, former residents of
north Big Timber who now reside in
Rancho Cordova, Calif. The Madills
send greetings to their Big Timber
frienda
Gayle Jabs of Melville is featured
along with the other players in a
special booklet circulated by Eastern
Montana College on the Women's
Basketball team. The team finished
17-8 for the overall season and 8-4 in
Frontier Conference play and placed
second in the Conference this year.
The 6-foot sophomore had the
highest percentage from the field in
Frontier competition at 45 percent.
She was named the most improved
player and described as “a tough,
aggressive piayer inside, both in
rebounding and shooting."
This was Gayle's second year on
the EMC team.
Airman Fredrick L. Zink, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Zink of Melville,
has graduated from the U.S. Air
Force jet engine mechanics course at
Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois.
Graduates of the course earn
credits toward an associate degree in
applied science through the Commu­
nity College of the Air Force.
Airman Zink learned how to
inspect and repair turbojet and gas
turbine engine*. He is being assigned
to Kadena Air Base Okinawa, Japan,
for duty with a unit of the Pacific Air
Forces.
The airman is a 1979 graduate of
Sweet Grass County High School.
Leadership week
begins Jan. 20
More spurge from seed
By CLAIRE BARRETO
[This is the second of a 10-part
series on leafy spurge. Leafy spurge
is a perennial noxious weed found in
the northern United States and
southern Canada. An extensive root
system and a very efficient means of
vegetative reproduction make this
plant difficult to eradicate. It spreads
readily and has become a serious
weed problem; presently Agricul­
tural Stabilization and Conservation
Service estimates that 543,000 acreB
in Montana are infested with leafy
spurge.1
Leafy spurge has several means of
reproduction that enable it to invade
new land, maintain its hold and
spread to nearby areas. The two
primary means arc shoot buds on the
roots that emerge after the parent
plant has become established, and
seeds that arc in the soil and subject
to germination. This article will
describe seed germination and the
next article will discuss leafy spurge
roots and the growth of shoot buds.
The seeds are formed in a
three-lobed capsule which explodes
when dry, projecting the seeds as far
away as 15 feet. Once out of the
capsule, the seeds can be transported
to other locations, remain dormant, or
germinate the same season.
The most mature seeds are mottled
brown in color. During the matura­
tion process in the capsule the seeds
change from yellow to brown to gray
and finally mottled brown. Ripened
seeds capable of germination include
both gray and mottled seeds. The
seed is approximately two milli­
meters long and oblong in shape.
Various factors influence leafy
spurge germination, including age of
seed, temperature and light. Oneycar-old seeds usually have a better
germination rate than newly har­
vested or two-ycar old seed. Leafy
spurge seeds will last longer under
cool, dry conditions than under warm,
moist conditions. Between the second
and eighth years after seed forma­
tion. germination rate can still be at
least 10 percent. After this length of
time some seeds are still viable,
although germination rate drops
below 10 percent. If the seeds
undergo a period of drying during the
time of high temperature, the seeds
have a higher germination rate. The
drying period helps break dormancy
in even the oldest seeds.
Under laboratory situations seeds
germinated better at 90 degrees F.
than a t 72 degrees F. Best
germination occurred when the seeds
were alternately exposed to 72
degrees and 90 degrees over a
two-week period. Increasing the
length of time from two to four weeks
gave an even higher percentage of
germination. Germination does not
occur at extremely high tempera­
tures and is minimal at low
temperatures. Spring temperatures
often determine the exact time of
seed germination and maximum
germination occurs after several days
of high temperatures. Leafy spurge
germination is delayed during long,
cool springs. The seeds will germi­
nate thoughout the growing season if
moisture is sufficient. And they will
float and germinate in water.
Light retards, but does not inhibit,
germination of leafy spurge seeds.
The light effect functions over a wide
temperature range.
The number of leafy spurge seed
present in the soil in an established
patch varies between 3,500 and
11,000 seeds per square foot. The loss
of seed from the soil is only 13 percent
per year. This loaves a large reserve
of viable seed in the soil that can help
re-establish a stand after the
topgrowth Is killed with herbicides.
Leafy spurge seed cannot be
overlooked as a way the weed
spreads. Dormancy allows the seeds
to remain in the soil for an indefinite
length of time. When controlling leafy
spurge, both the seed being produced
and the seed in the ground should be
considered.
(The author is a graduate student
at Montana State University in Weed
Science. Anyone requesting further
information on leafy spurge or a copy
of the first article is encouraged to
contact the writer at the Plant and
Soil Science Dept., Montana State
University, Bozeman, MT 59717.)
FS sends
money to
county
Sweet Grass County has received
$27,478.14 from the Forest Service.
This revenue is a percentage received
from the FS for timber sales,
grazing fees, land use fees, recreation
charges, utility fees, mineral reven­
ues. and admission and user fees.
The base on which shares were
figured also includes credits made to
timber purchases for building roads
and funds used by the Forest Service
to improve timber sale areas.
Troop 83
On January 7 troop 83 met at the
Congregational Church. We talked
about becoming juniors. Later we
decided to write to the hostages in
Iran. Melissa brought chocolate chip
cookies for treats. We ate them and
went home.
Floeay Drivdahl
Troop reporter
Leadership Week at Montana State
University, Jan. 20-23, offers an
opportunity for anyone interested to
study public issues and to sharpen
public speaking and communication
skills.
The week will be sponsored by the
Montana Leadership Development
Association (MLDA), an organization
formed to promote and finance
leadership development w h i c h
evolved from the Kellogg Extension
Education Project (KEEP). Jan
Counter of Big Timber is currently on
the Board of Directors of MLDA.
Participants will attend seminars in
three major areas: 1) Energy, 2)
Personal Development, and 3) Under­
standing and influencing state and
local government.
Registration forms and further
information on Leadership Week are
available at the MLDA office at MSU,
313 Linfield Hall Bozeman, MT
59717. (Telephone 994-3706). Regis­
tration. cost is $25 ($45 per couple).
Those who wish to take the optional
Public Speaking Workshop on Jan. 24
will be assessed an extra $5. Special
room rates as well as low-cost meals
have been arranged.
Leadership Week will begin with a
get-acquainted dinner for partici­
pants featuring Lt.Gov. TedSchwin-
den who will speak on Energy in the
State of Montano. Other people,
institutions and topics of Leadership
Week include:
Energy — Dr. Jerry Plunkett of
Montana Energy & MHD Research
and Development Institute on New
Sources of Energy; Dorothy Bradley
from th e National C enter for
Appropriate Technology,
Dr. Tom Power of the University of
Montana Economics Department on
the Economics of Energy:
Montana Power on Current Energy
Sources and Supplies plus Tips on
Energy Conservation;
The Department of Natural Re­
sources on How much Energy is
Needed?
Personal Development — Margaret
S tu a rt. Sociologist from Carroll
College on Parenting—Teenagers and
Young Aduiti plus a session on family
relatio n sh ip s with em phasis on
dealing with aging parents.
Deborah Huigen, Social Worker
and Counselor with the Bozeman
School District, on Sexual Roles in
our Society;
Physical Fitness Program - A
review of various exercise programs
to help you keep fit;
Value Clarification session;
Public Speaking Workshop con-
Public notices
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN TH E DISTRICT COURT
O F T H E SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
O F T H E STATE O F MONTANA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY O F
SWEET GRASS
IN TH E MATTER OF TIIF. ESTATE O F
FRANCES M . STROBEL. also known as
FRANCES CORT STROBEL. DC«*«*«!.
Fro SMC No. DP-80-001
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN th*t the under­
signed has been appointed personal representative
rf the above named estate. All persons having
claims against the said deceased, arc required to
present their claims »ilhrn four months after the
date o f the first publication of this notice or said
claims wifi be forever barred
Claims must either be mailed to Tope Strobcl.
the personal representative, return receipt request­
ed, atF.O . Bos 700, Big Timber. Montana, or filed
«flh the Clerk of the above entitled court.
ducted by members of the MSU
Speech Communication Department
(optional).
Government — The State Depart­
ment of Institutions — What it docs.
Special focus on the Division of
Corrections, Halfway Houses, and the
Pros and Cons of Institutionalization;
Taxes of the State — Representa­
tives from state and local government
will discuss how property taxes and
mill levies are determined;
The Public Service Commission —
What it does.
How to Influence State & Local
Government through Lobbying —
R epresentatives from the S ta te
League of Women Voters and the
Montana Association of Counties will
speak.
V
F iiv p it
4th Ave. at McLeod
Phone 932-3104
HA VE YOU TRIED OUR
EXPRESS LUNCH?
I T S GREAT!
Coating attractions for week
of Jan. 22-25
Big selection Salad B ar plus..
DATEIJ this 4th day of January. A.D. 1980.
TOPE STROBEL
PAULSON & TULLEY
By O J . PAULSON
201 McLeod Street
Big Timber, Montana
Attorney for Personal Representative
(Pub. Jan. 9. lb . 23. 1980)
NO TICE O F ANNUAL M EETIN G
The annual meeting of Sweet Grass Community
Hospital, Inc., wifi be held in the courtroom of the
courthouse in Big Timber. Sweet G nus County,
Montana. Mooday, January 28, 1980, at 8 pan.
Said meeting is for the purpose of electing two (2)
directors, and for the transaction of such other
business as may come before the meeting.
John Jacobs, Secretary
(Pub. Jan. 9. 16. 23. 1980)
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Wed.
Thors.
Fri.
Soup
Chicken
w/rice
Cream of
Broccoli
Vegetable
Beef
C iM
Chowder
Hot Dish
Ham 4k
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potatoes
Beef
Stew
Mocaroai
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Spaghetti
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