Two Choirs Present Easter Cantata from Handel and DuBois
The combined choirs of Choteau Methodist and Trinity Lutheran present Easter cantata Sunday at 8 p.m. in Choteau high school auditorium. Soloists include Averill, Gravdal, Squires, Alf, Gronberg, and Engdahl. selections from Messiah and The Seven Last Words, with no radio broadcast this year.
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DuBois
Christ
Choteau Methodist
Trinity Lutheran
Choteau High School
Dutton
Marge Hanusa
Charles Averill
Hazel Gravdal
Lyle Squires
Vernon Alf
R. W. Gronberg
H. L. Engdahl
Leon Anderson
Tkac
Liddle
Robert Gronberg
the Christ
O’hara
A. B. Gravdal
Franck
Lord Most
Holy
Hendel
Handel
Day Marshal Will Enforce Traffic Laws in Chateau
By public demand the city of Chateau appoints Clyde Darby as day marshal after approval by Mayor Ken Sturgis. The post will oversee traffic violations water use dog license tags fire plugs driveways hospital parking and no truck parking on main street with a focus on traffic infringement checks. Darby will serve six days per week and has prior experience as a liquor vendor.
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Chateau
Ken Sturgis
Clyde Darby
Sturgis
Darby
Street Signs Planned for Chateau On Two Options
Ed Obernolte chairman of the Lions club civic improvement committee outlined two street sign plans for Chateau. One uses 1 by 6 boards painted white with black letters by the Choteau high school LOAG department. nominal cost. The other would buy aluminum signs from a Texas firm at 50 cents per house sign, with homeowners paying for numbers and letters, aluminum signs free if numbers are purchased. Obernolte awaits word from the company before deciding.
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Chateau
Ed Obernolte
The
Lions Club
Lo Ag
Choteau High School
Obernolte
Texas
Yeager to Graduate With Two Degrees at Kinman
Walter Yeager son of Mr and Mrs Earl Yeager of Chateau will graduate from Kinman Business University Spokane on April 15 receiving a Master of Accounts and a Bachelor of Commercial Science in Advanced Accounting He is a member of Pi Rho Zeta honorary fraternity and has served as treasurer of that organization
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Walter Yeager
Earl Yeager
Chateau
Kinman Business University
Spokane
Yeager
Pi Rho Zeta
Assessments Due Warned by County Assessor
County Assessor James Dellno warns property owners that 1949 personal assessment blanks, once filled out, are due and must be mailed to the assessor's office.
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James Dellno
Darby Resigns as Vendor in Choteau Post
Clyde Darby, liquor vendor for the state at Chateau for seven years, resigns to become day marshal in Choteau. Harry Van DeRiet of Fairfield named to succeed him. Darby recalls seven year totals and profits while noting higher sales compared to peers. city will retain Charles Fowler as night marshal.
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Darby
Fairfield Man
Clyde Darby
State Liquor Control Board
Chateau
Ken Sturgis
Harry van DeRiet
West Slope
Fairfield
Choteau and
Vicinity
Choteau
Chateau Liquor
Cha
Teau
Montana
Charles Fowler
City of
Grass Field For Football Is Planned At Chateau High
Crews of Western Geophysical Co with General Petroleum approval finished a water well at the south end of Chateau high school football field. The well is donated to the athletic department to maintain a grass field for use next fall. Seed and subterranean piping will keep the lawn watered. a four inch pipe lowered 20 feet through gravel, perforated near the bottom. Coach Howard Ruegamer said the project also includes bleacher painting soon.
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Western Geophysical Co
General Petroleum Corporation
Wolk
Chateau
Howard Ruegamer
Ruegamer
Postponed Amateur Show With Moose Lodge In May
Moose officials announce the amateur show scheduled for May 6 is postponed to an unspecified later date due to the junior prom held on the same day.
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Moose Lodge
Moose
Board Rejects Highest Bid for Teton Memorial Hospital
The Teton Memorial board rejected Dale Blakely’s $326,965 bid as over budget by more than $100,000. With a lack of affordable masonry options, the board will seek alternate construction methods and a new architect after canceling Corwin & Company’s contract. Federal aid remains safe if construction starts promptly.
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The
Teton Memorial Hospital
Dale Blakely
Chateau
Corwin and Co
Corwin
Joseph Pahl
Great Falls
Robert Munsenrider
State Board of Health
Corwin& Company
Pahl
Free Cancer Films at Roxy Saturday
Albert Finley science teacher at Chateau High School will present four films at the Roxy Theater this Saturday at 3 o clock in the afternoon. The program covers seven common cancer danger signals and three accepted cures. The public is invited to attend the free screenings.
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Albert Finley
Chateau High School
Roxy Theater
World War II hero buried with military rites in Choteau
Pfc. Donald E. Jacobson 19, killed in Okinawa on June 18, 1945, buried in Choteau cemetery with military honors. His flag-draped coffin arrived from Oakland, Calif., for services at Trinity Lutheran Church, with Veterans of Foreign Wars pallbearers and Rev. A. B. Gravdal presiding. He was the son of Mrs. John Jacobson and survived by five sisters and several nieces and nephews.
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Donald E. Jacobson
Okinawa
Chateau
Oakland
Calif
Trinity Lutheran Church
John Jacobson
Choteau
A. B. Gravdal
Teton County
Fort Douglas
Camp Roberts
Camp McQuade
Persidio of
Monterey
Fort Ord
Hawaiian Islands
Saipan
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Jacobson
Dutton Sentinel
Teton Citizen
James Brewster
Don Score
Albert Gebhart
Pendrey
Dorothy Jacobson
Butte
Hazel Jacobson
Tacoma
Wash
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Choteau Cemetery
Pacific
Grass Fire Ravages Area Near Chateau and Great Falls
A grass fire began around 10 AM at the Odenwald or Bob Clark place two miles south of Chateau. Fueled by a 40 mile per hour wind, it crossed three highways and burned toward a field owned by Henry Freeman before burning out around 3 PM near a jump hole east of Highway 89.
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Odenwald
Bob Clark
Chateau
Highway 89
Henry Freeman
Augusta
Great Falls
Easter Egg Hobbyist Paints Kine Figures
Mrs Crowell creates over a hundred egg figures for Easter using a unique technique. She holes the eggs, blows out the interiors, coats with enamel, and adds decorations to give animated appearances, a method unlike common dyeing.
Sadie Hawkins Day at Chateau High with Dog Patch theme
Girls dress as Daisy Mae and Li'l Abner on Friday April 23 at Chateau High School. After class, Daisy Mae will tag Li'l Abner and escort to the football field gates by sunset for a hay wagon ride to the old barn dance ending at midnight. Organized by F H A and F F committee with listed chairmen and volunteers.
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Chateau High School
Daisy Mae
Li'l Abner
F H. A
F. F
Marjorie Samson
Claudia Engdahl
Don George
Joanne Green
Robert Breere
Albert Carlson
Jean Raymond
Marble Contest Slated Soon For Youngsters
The Chateau Lions club will send one youngster to the Montana state marble tournament in Great Falls on May 7. Both boys and girls under 15 before July 1 may enter, with local contests run by Choteau schools under Supt. R. C. Graham. The Choteau winner earns a $15 entrance fee coverage and a banquet, lodging, city tour, and show. Great Falls winners receive a bicycle, tennis rackets, and other prizes, with awards also at Chateau.
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Chateau Lions Club
Great Falls
R. C. Graham
Lions
Chateau
Sturgis Buys Ranch Near Farmington
Mayor K E Sturgis of Choteau buys the Everett De Rusha farm a 640 acre property two miles north of Farmington on the Agawam road.
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K. E. Sturgis
Choteau
Everett de- Rusha
Farmington
Agawam Road
Choteau Plans July Fourth Events Pending Chamber Approval
The Choteau chamber of commerce July 4 committee outlines a full day of activities including a rodeo, a 9:30 to 11:30 am trap shoot, a noon parade with prizes, a 2:30 pm rodeo, and a 5 to 6 pm water carnival sponsored by the Lions club. An $800 fireworks display at 10 pm with 175 aerial shells and 25 group effects is recommended, followed by a dance and possible World Series ticket prizes. The schedule awaits full chamber approval at the May 3 meeting.
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Choteau
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Easter Sunrise Service Planned At Priest Butte
Easter Sunday dawn service at 5 30 a m will be held atop Priest Butte by youth from the Lutheran and Methodist churches. The event features speakers musicians and a clarinet solo with a breakfast for attending youth at 7 30 a m in the grade school lunch room.
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Priest Butte
Butte
Methodist Epworth League
Bonna Lee Maynard
Phyllis Dale
Denna Anderson
Peggy Corbett
Valerie Lindseth
Sylvia Hanson
Leslie Arensmeyer
Jack Payne
Methodis’ Fellowship
Montana State College
United Council of Church Women
Missing Girl Found Asleep On Sand Bar
More than 300 friends and neighbors joined search efforts after Culleen Ferris, seven miles east of Chateau, was reported missing from the Ferris farm. At 10 p.m. LaVern Peterson found the girl sleeping on a Teton river sand bar, a quarter mile from the farmhouse, after she wandered outside when a gate was left open.
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Culleen Ferris
Jim Ferris
Ferris Farm
Chateau
Choteau
LaVern Peterson
Teton River
Easter Breakfast for Teen Agers Set for Sunday Morning
The annual Easter breakfast for teenagers of Choteau and vicinity will be held in the public school lunch room after sunrise services this Sunday morning. The Breakfast will be sponsored by the United Council of Church Women of Choteau.
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Choteau and
United Council of Church Women of
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