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Recent visitors at the Murdock Ranch north of Whitewater were the Jess Murdock families from Ely, Nev. They were Jess’ wife Becky, daughters Kathy and Tayler Brunson, May Radayczyk, from North Carolina, and three children Marlyn, 5, Jameson, 4, and Aly Audia, 1, who celebrated her first birthday. Mary’s husband, Will, is a Marine Corp. officer back east. Youngest daughter Jane also visited from back east. While the family was here, Becky's relatives from Alabama (sister and husband) and a nephew from Washington came to spend a few days at a c...
There were surprise visitors, Becky and Jess Murdock from Ely, Nev. on Christmas Eve. So there was a mini family reunion in the evening when Bill Murdock, Brenda, Greg and Colt Kornfeld, Zelda, Joe and Zeena Fox and her friend, Robbie, Clay, Cole and Cade Murdock (Brenda's boys). Lexie Haynes was also at the Murdock homestead for a Christmas Eve dinner. The Brent and Jett Andersons, Jenna, Troy, Stryker and Sienna Simanton and Debbie's mother Judy were Christmas guests of Rena and Bob, Cody and Michelle Math family. Hector and Pat Murdock and...
Jimmy and Nancy Murdock were called to Ohio last Wednesday on the death of Nancy’s younger sister, Penny Donahue. She leaves tomorrow with her husband, Albert, three grown children and one grandchild. Ree Simonson and a friend, Sharon Parker, who is from Washington, where guests of Royce Strabbe, Blake Ozark and Ty Murphy for a grandparent’s day at the Saco School. Eunice Simonson is home recuperating from knee surgery....
Cally Carlson, daughter of Kathleen (Murdock) and Charlie Carlson of Kadoka, South Dakota and Carter Uhlir were united in marriage Friday, September 1 in Kadoka. Those attending were Jimmy and Pat Murdock, Kate Webb and baby Calum, Lexie Haynes, Lacey, Jason, Rowdy, and Ridge Beil, Royce Strobbe, Billie Sky, Blake and Whit Ozark. Pat and Bobby Anderson, Sally Austin, Linda Berg, and Jim and Pat Murdock attended funeral services for Roger Ereaux on Monday. Roger was a class mate (1954) of Pat’s in Malta. He will be greatly missed by all, f...
Recent visitors at the Dunbar Ranch were Shelly Dunbar of Malta and her niece, Kari Sintler, a teacher from Nevada. Another visitor was 6-year-old Nolan, son of Mary Moore from Malta. Will and Mary Radycyyk (daughter of Jess and Becky Murdock) and their two children, Matelyn and Jamison, visited their great grandparents, Jim and Pat Murdock last week. Will is a marine stationed in North Carolina. Pat Murdock celebrated her birthday over the weekend at her home with lots of visitors; Ree Simonson, Sally Austin, Pat Anderson, Bill and J.W....
Nancy Jesson, her son, Ron and wife Barbara, from Ohio visited several days in the area last week. Her son Bill and wife Rana (Lefdahl) Jesson hosted a birthday party one afternoon in Whitewater. The Jesson family also visited Rana's family Vic and Mary Lefdahl at the Sleeping Buffalo, went to the Anderson – Obie wedding, and drove to the old Rusty Brown farm where the Jessons lived several years ago to visit with Lynn and Bruce Hill. Rain and small hail came fast and furious on the 11th bringing an inch of moisture, but also taking down s...
Shirley, Janet and Dave Dunbar were hosts at the ranch on Easter Sunday for guests: Pat and Bobby Anderson, Sandra Kalk from Dodson and Tyanna Dunbar, from Bozeman. James and Pat Murdock spent Easter at the Haynes Ranch north of Saco with the Ozark, Biel families and Nancy Murdock and Kata Calum (four months) Webb of Malta. Ree Simonson, Jim and Pat Murdock, Scott and Pat Anderson helped Nancy Murdock celebrate her birthday Tuesday at the home of Gordon and Kate Webb. Little baby Gray Rainn, daughter of Guy and Carli Simonton, was baptized...
Jim and Bill Murdoch and Davy Dunbar traveled to Scotland. They had a good time there, but they found that there and an uncle, the Hunters, had passed away and that was said. They said Scotland is a beautiful land. Brandt and Debbie Anderson went to Billings to see their son play basketball at that Homecoming game of the Yellow Jackets....
Jenna, Troy, Sienna and Stryker of Helena were here for Thanksgiving holiday grandma with Grandma Debbie and Brent Anderson. Jim, Pat and Hector Murdock had Thanksgiving dinner at Saco with the Haynes families; Lexie, Ron, Therese (Haynes) and Madison Taylor of Billings, Ozark and Biel families. Dixie Moore and family, and Janet Dunbar helped grandma Shirley Dunbar Thanksgiving at the Dunbar Ranch. Hector Murdock and his guest (and cousin) Jayce Murdock of Malta, celebrated Hector’s birthday Saturday by attending the National Guard’s Chr...
Ree Simonson’s recent visitors were relatives of Sy Simonson (brother of S.A.) from Washington State. Bruce Hill, local artist, took part in the Art in the Park art show last weekend. He specializes in Indian portraits and Western scenes. The Haynes, Ozark and Beil families from Saco came to wish Grandpa Jim a happy birthday on June 2 and also Jim and Pat’s 62nd Anniversary! Carly Carlson, daughter of Kathleen and Charlie Carlson, and a four-year-old Alayna, Carly’s girl from Kadoka, S.D., and Grandma Margie Olson, Kate and Gordon Webb were...
Kathy Murdock (Jess and Becky, of Ely, Nev.) and two friends came to visit grandparents Jim and Pat Murdock for a week. Dixie Moore and Grandma Nolan of Malta were at Grandma Shirley’s last week and helped her get her garden planted. There were showers and wind over the weekend. Jim and Pat went to Saco on Saturday for their great-grandson Ty Murphy’s eighth grade graduation. He is Billie Sky (Haynes) Ozark’s eldest boy Lexie Haynes and grandkids, Whit and Blake Ozark, got Grandma Pat’s garden cultivated one day last week. Lynn and Bruce H...
Allie, Sue, Nancy and Margie Olsen, Trax Simonton, his folks, Carlie and Guy, Jim and Sue Higgins, helped Thyus Olsen and Claire Stahl celebrated their birthdays at the GN Hotel Wednesday evening Boy, did we get moisture, rain and snow! The sun came out finally Thursday morning. It was Bill and Jim Murdock who went to Mankota, Canada, late week to watch Bill’s grandson, Colt Kornfeld, sell his bulls. Billie Sky Ozark drove Grandpa Jim to Billings Monday for a check-up. It was good. Helen Austin came back from the hospital and is recuperating f...
Our faithful news-lady, Helen Austin, is in the Havre hospital with a broken hip. Get well soon Helen. Monte Mavencamp (80) was laid to rest at the Forks Cemetery on a rainy afternoon on April 16. Family and friends gathered at the church in Whitewater with Monte’s family. There was a wonderful rain Friday. The sun has been shining ever since and the grass is growing greener (EDITOR’s NOTE, because of timing, Pat was unable to add that snow, sleet and rain hit the area starting Sunday afternoon and is still going strong as of Monday mor...
Mrs. Lyle Hanson, (Evelyn Murdock) her daughter, Lori Haugen (Mrs. Curt), daughters Emily, Carlie and Macey, from North Dakota, visited over the holidays with sisters, Ree and Margie, brothers, Jem and Bice and families. They all spent the New Year’s Eve at the Murdock Ranch playing cards, visiting and eating. Korbyn and Emmett Scubina (sons of Laura Dunbar and grandson of Barb and Pat Dunbar) visited from Cascade over the holidays. They also got to visit with Great-grandma Shirley Dunbar too. Debbie (Math) Anderson’s mother, Judy Platte, fro...
Out of state (Idaho) Thanksgiving guests at the Olsen Farm were Carolyn and Lee Braenard, their three children, Kenny, Maggie and Katelyn and their spouses. The weather was mild so many of them got to ride horseback and move cows for Grandpa Ollie. All of Lynn and Eunice Simonson’s kids – Lora, Janel, Kerry, April and Jesse, spouses and their 14 grandchildren – spent the Thanksgiving holiday at the ranch hunting and visiting. Dixie and Julie Moore and Julie’s boy, Nolan, drove out to the Dunbar Ranch and helped Grandma Shirley decorated for Chr...
7-29. Macey Cox, who graduated from college in Havre, has accepted a job at a Billings bank. Margie Olsen and her great-granddaughter, Tatum, were in Havre on Tuesday visiting with Beverly Olsen Haugen. Hector Murdock passed his drivers test last Friday in Glasgow. Hector is helping out his Uncle Jimmy Murdock and grandfather, Jim Murdock, for the summer. The families of Stormy Johannesen visited with the Hammond and Olsen families on Friday. Visiting family included sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bob McVay from North Carolina, and a brother Mr and Mrs....
Ree Simonson and Margie Olson visited with Shirley Dunbar Sunday afternoon. Shirley had surgery (shoulder) last week in Billings and is doing well. Janet and Dave Dunbar went to a family reunion in Kalispell over the 4th of July with Janet’s relatives. Hector Murdock, from Dominica, son of Athlene and Jeff, is helping Jim Jr. and Jim Sr. with farm work this summer. Kolt Kornfeld, 14-years-old and son of Brenda and Greg, had the misfortune of breaking his collarbone while participating in the Calgary Stampede over the 4th. The Hill children ...
It rained close to 8/10” Wednesday afternoon. The rain also gave the Murdock Reunion at the Heartland resort an extra day of visiting. Those attending were the five Murdock kids, Jess, J.W., Lexie, Jeff and Kathleen and their families (grandkids and great grandkids), Jason Beil and Tyler Brunson, a family friend, who won the Norwegian Horseshoe Contest. Hector and Pat Murdock came in second. Jeff, Athlene, Daisy and Emma Murdock returned to New York and then on to Dominica, WI, on Friday. Hector, their son, is staying for a time with Grandpa a...
Another tragedy hit the community recently with the death of Jim and Sue Higgin's grand-daughter, who was killed in a car accident in Kansas. She was the daughter of Mike Higgins and wife. The Higgins family has been living at the Olsen farm for several years. Also, goodbye of an old and faithful friend, Arabelle McMullen. She and her husband Ray have lived north of Whitewater on the Brown farm for years. Monte, June, Jean Mavencamp and the Olsen families cleaned and decorated Forks Cemetery for Memorial Day. There are generations of Olsens...
Lu Besel and her sister, Anna Faye Simms, of Malta, drove out to the Little Rockies last weekend to honor the late Lucille and Newt Cummings with music and visiting. Lynn and Bruce Hill drove to Great Falls last Friday to attend the pinning and graduation of Anna Rose (wife of Mike Hill, a Whitewater alumni) who graduated from the College of Nursing. Mike’s mother, Lynn Hill, is retiring from Whitewater School after 28 years as the clerk. The best to you, Lynn, and thank you for a job well done. Lynn is training Michelle Math (Mrs. Cody) to t...
Hope everyone had a Happy Easter. Sally Austin, Jeanie Green and Jackie Cole went to Phillip Sudbrack’s funeral Saturday. Janice Reichelt and Shelly went to Kremlin recently to a Cancer Drive Cook-off named “Men who cook for Women who wine!” Joyce Austin and Denice Donovan’s two sons, Darby and Devon, won the cook-off. Jeanie Green went to Missoula last week to Carol Brown’s daughter’s wedding. Carol is a 1972 Whitewater graduate. Kate Webb and Pat Murdock drove to Great Falls last weekend and took in some art displays. They also visited Mor...
Allie and Margie Olsen drove to Assiniboia, Sask., Monday to the funeral of Denise Cox’s father, . Darrell Stianson. Supper guests of Ree Simonson Tuesday evening were Lu Besel, Margie Olsen, Jim and Pat Murdock and guest of honor, Evelyn (Murdock) Hanson who is visiting from North Dakota. The Murdock siblings, Margie, Ree, Jim and Pat, along with J.W. Murdock, Kate Webb, Dan and Judy Simonton enjoyed a fish supper with Bill and Brenda at their ranch last Sunday evening. They celebrated Bill’s birthday who went home on the train the next day...
Those attending the “Stalk to Emaesus retreat” in Billings were, Jim Stuurdock Jr., Jeannie Green and Julia Cole of Glasgow. Thursday, January 22 was “Senior Night” at Whitewater High School. It was a full house and KMMR broadcasted the games. The teams played well, the band was great and the Quilt Club served the meal, enjoyed by all. The weather was perfect too. The Andersons attended Jace’s ballgame in Billings last Saturday night. Also in attendance were Jake and Ashley Stewart, Mike and Debbie Hammond, Howie and Joann Hammond and Patty You...
Jeanie Green, Marge and Nancy Olsen, Ree Simonson, Zeena Fox and Bell Murdock were at the Shaunavon Hockey Rink Sunday afternoon to watch 13-year-old Kolt Kornfeld, son of Grey and Brenda Kornfeld, play hockey. Debbie and Brent Anderson were in Billings over the over the weekend to watch their son, Jace, okay basketball for Rocky Mountain College....
Rena and Bob Math, Debbie and Brent Anderson traveled to Grant’s Pass, Oregon to visit Debbie’s and Bob’s mother, Judy and Judy’s mother, Bonnie Walkins on her 90th birthday. They also went through Billings to Jace’s basketball games and on to Helena to Troy, Jenna, Stryker and Sienna Simonton’s home for Thanksgiving. Bill and Jim Murdock Jr., Ree Simonson, Margie Olsen and their cousin, Agnes Hunter Slavin from Moosejaw, drove to Aneta, North Dakota, for Lyle Hanson’s funeral on Saturday, December 6, husband of Evelyn Murdock Hanson. “Litt...