Poore 92 Dies. Longtime Montana Rancher Funeral Held
Columbus Marshall Poore 92 of Choteau died at Teton Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. He was a retired rancher and funeral services were held Thursday at Banks Chapel with Rev. Dale Sawyer officiating. Burial followed in Choteau cemetery. He was born December 23, 1867 in Shelby County Missouri and married Nora Poor in 1900.
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Columbus Marshall
Grandpa
Poore
Choteau
Teton Memorial Hospital
Banks Chapel
Dale Sawyer
Conrad
Shelby County
Nora Poor
Gallatin and Shields
Montana
Teton County
Baptists Borrow Episcopal Church For Easter Service
Baptists will worship Easter Sunday morning in the Episcopal Church of Chateau with Rev. Ernest J. Schwenke, pastor of the local Baptist parish. Rev. du Bois of the Episcopal Church will assist and offer church facilities for the Baptists services at 11 oclock. Schwenke invites Chateau and area residents to join, the sermon titled Christ Is Alive.
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Episcopal Church
Rev. du Bois
Great Falls
Episcopal
Schwenke
Chateau
Baptists
Christ
Chateau High Band Car Wash Today
Members of the Chateau High School band hold a car wash at several town service stations today, Thursday, to raise funds for band activities.
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Chateau High School
Conservation Reserve study finds little home and shopping impact
A Agricultural Research Service report based on five area interviews finds most reserve farms keep living patterns, with farm population decline and larger farm sizes continuing. It notes retirees stay on farms, some nonfarm workers remain, and spending shifts offset by reserve payments.
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Sturgis
Conservation Reserve
Rainbow Girls Easter Lilies Sale For Easter Seal Drive
Rainbow Girls will sell miniature Easter lilies Saturday in downtown as part of the Easter Seal campaign for the Montana Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Chairman Robert Woodahl says funds support rehabilitation services for Montana’s handicapped, including children and adults affected by arthritis cerebral palsy polio muscular dystrophy MS and other conditions. The drive aims to meet rising demand and expand care to help recipients lead useful, happier lives.
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Rainbow Girls
Monitana Society For
Robert Woodahl
Montana Society For Crippled Children
Montana
Woodahl
Montana Society For
Stearns Pair Leave Texas for Phoenix on Homeward Route
Frank Stearns and his wife report they have left Texas and are now in Phoenix, Arizona, en route home. They convey the update via a card to The Acantha.
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The
Acantha
Frank Stearns
Mrs. Stearns
Texas
Phoenix
Ariz
Two Choteau Boys Selected for Boys State Program
Choteau High School juniors Dean Baker and Jim Crane be sent by C. James Smith Post No 6 American Legion to Boys State at Western Montana College of Education in Dillon from August 20 to 28. The program aims to cultivate citizens by exposing youths to state and local government operations and leadership opportunities.
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C. James Smith
American Legion
Choteau
Dillon
Dean Baker
Chester O. Baker
Jim Crane
D. B. Crane
Choteau High School
Western Montana College of Education
Chateau
the Legion Post
Registration for Primary Closes April 22
County clerk Gordon Monkman says the primary election on June 7 requires no re-registration for electors who voted in November 1958 and have re-registered since. Those who did not vote in 1958 and have not re-registered must register by April 22 at the county clerk's office, with deputy registrars, or via notaries or justices of the peace.
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Gordon Monkman
Justice of the Peace
Obernolte Leads Great Falls Firm in Distributors Choice
Ed Obernolte attended a sales conference for the F C Russell Company in Chicago last week. Crown Lifetime Building Products of Great Falls has been named northern Montana distributor for Rusco windows and doors. Obernolte is owner and general manager of Crown Lifetime Building Products.
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Ed Obernolte
F. C. Russell Company
Micago
F&nd
United States
Crown Lifetime Building Products
9Th Ave. No
Great Falls
Montana
Rusco
Oberwolte
Work Day At Eureka Next Week
The Teton County Sportsmen's Association meets Thursday April 21 at 8 p.m. in the lower Legion Hall to plan a work day at Eureka Lake the following Sunday at 2. Docks, launching lagoon, and swimming beach will be improved. Great Falls Skindivers’ Group may advise on needs. Lowell Meyers leads beach work, Jim Ferris docks, Elmer Knaff gravel and loading, Jim Hamilton equipment. Twelve trucks and an additional loader needed. county equipment offered. Residents expect strong turnout to ready facilities for summer.
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Teton
Eureka
Lowell Meyers
Jim Ferris
Elmer Knaff
Jim Hamilton
Teton County
Eureka Lake
Richardson Sets Glider Record in Washington Flight
Joseph W. Richardson son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Richardson of Chateau flew a motorless glider from Enumclaw to Snohomish Washington a 52 mile flight in 1 hour 54 minutes marking the longest such flight west of the Cascade Mountains. He is a member of the Boeing Employees Gliding and Soaring Club which serves Boeing Aircraft Company Seattle staff. The Schweizer soaring plane operated at altitudes between 2500 and 4200 feet during the journey.
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Joseph W. Richardson
Gilbert Richardson
Chateau
Enumclaw
Snohomish
Wash
Cascade Mountains
Washington
Richardson
Boeing Jmployees
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
Services Held for James Reilly 73 in Choteau
James Reilly 73 of Choteau died Sunday after a short illness. Requiem Mass was held Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Parish with Rev Fr Thomas Gannon officiating. Rosary was recited Monday evening. Burial in Chateau Cemetery. Survived by son Walter of Deer Lodge and three grandchildren. Reilly, born December 9 1886 in St Paul Minnesota, homesteaded near Byam where he ranching and herded sheep. Pallbearers named Gwe McKee Archie Hickman Joe Fallon Jim Mullaney Otto Swanson Walter Armstrong.
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St. Joseph’s
Choteausi
Thomas
Gannon
Chateau Cemetery
Gwe “McKee
Archie
Hickman
Joe Fallon
Jim Mullaney
Otto ‘Swanson
Walter “Armsttrong
Reilly
St. Paul
Minin
Byiaum
Walter
Loilee
Redn
Patrol Report Highlights County Auto Deaths in 25th Montana Patrol
Teton county shows 38 fatal traffic accidents in 25 years per the Montana Highway Patrol annual report submitted to Governor J Hugo Aronson. Statewide deaths total 4431. Cascade leads with 293 while Carter records 10. Peak Teton fatalities occurred in 1956 with eight deaths. 1946 and 1953 saw four each. Most years in the county had three to zero deaths. nine years had no automobile fatalities.
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Teton County
Montana Highway Patrol
J. Hugo Aronson
Cascade County
Carter County
LPG Demonstration Planned in Dutton by Local Groups
Dutton Farmers Mercantile Co and Dutton Volunteer announce an LPG handling and properties demonstration led by Montana LPG Association executive VP Crawford. The event at the Women’s Club Rooms in Dutton starts 8 p.m. and includes a film on LPG fire control. Attendance invites public. special invites extend to firemen, enforcement officers, and officials.
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Dutton ‘Farmers Mercantile Co
Dutton Volunteer
First Department
Montana
Cl. Crawford
Montana Lpg Association
Dutton
Vand. Sars. Ralph Hickman Heads North for Frontier Sask
Ralph Hickman leaves for Frontier in Saskatchewan Canada for the summer to farm.
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Vand
Ralph ® Hickman
Frontier
Sask
Canada
CHS Trackmen Lead Opening Meet At Home
Choteau High School won the invitational track meet with Leroy Yeager scoring 31 points leading in multiple events including the 100 220 440 high and low hurdles and on the winning relay team. Fairfield placed second while Augusta Simms and other teams followed with point totals and event results listed.
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Choteau High School
Leroy Yeager
Yeager
Choteau
Chateau
Fairfield
Augusta
Simms
Power
Cascade
Centerville
Dutton
Belt
Brady
Kermit Young
Jim Loomis
Fred Jackson
Jackson
Chuck Peck
Fay Buck
al Finley
Ed Schiller
Stan Rathman
Bob Laumeyer
Dick Moore
Mike Snyder
Jerry Asay
Rich Wilson
Wilson
Dan Hansen
Hansen
Marvin Olson
L. Yeager
M. Olson
J. Warehime
L. Thorne
R. McCauley
J. Loomis
N. Johnson
L. Nordahl
S. Joramo
Cho
Erickson Runs for Clerk of Court in Democratic Ticket
Elmer Erickson longtime Chateau president and former editor for Choteau Acantha announces candidacy for Clerk of the District Court on the Democratic ticket. Born in Hamilton he has worked for Montana and other state papers, served in the Census Bureau, and is active in Choteau civic life. He and his wife have two sons, one serving in the navy.
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Elmer Erickson
Chateau
Hamilton
Erickson
Montana
Minnesota
Washington
Dillon
Bureau of Census
Powell County
Choteau
Choteau Acantha
Great Falls
Incorporation filings by Montana Hutterite colonies
The Montana Supreme Court ruled that 11 Hutterite colonies including New Rockport Miller, King Spring Creek, Ayers Ranch, Deerfield, Birch Creek, Milford, New Miami, Hillsdale, and Rockport must pay the Montana corporation license tax. They filed incorporation papers at Helena under state law.
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New Rockport
Miller Hutterite
Montana
Montana Supreme Court
Montana Corporation
Helena
King and Spring Creek
Lewistown
Ayers Ranch
Grass Range
Deerfield
Danvers
Birch Creek
Walier
Milford
Augusta
New Miami
Pendroy
Hillsdale
Sweetgrass
Rockport
Delivery Date Set for Shelterbelt Trees in County
May 3 is the tentative delivery date for shelterbelt trees in Teton county. The Forestry Nursery at Missoula aims to supply all buyers by truck to the county agent’s office in Fairfield and the courthouse in Chateau on that date, with buyers receiving notice to confirm or adjust arrangements.
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Teton County
Missoula
Fairfield
Chateau
Tire Service Shop Opens in Choteau
LaVerne Murr, formerly of Cho teau Texaco, opens Choteau Tire Service offering new tires recap service tire sectioning and on the farm service. Located at Andy's Implement and Appliance the shop targets retail commercial fleet and wholesale customers with equipment ready except for a calcium chloride tractor tire pump.
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LaVerne Murr
Choteau Texaco
Choteau Tire Service
Murr
Andy
James Battin to Speak in Choteau April 27
James Battin a Billings attorney and Republican candidate for U S Representative from eastern Montana will speak in Choteau the evening of April 27. Time and place not yet set. James Crawford president of the Teton County Republican Club said the talk is sponsored by the club and the National Federation of Republican Women. The program will be open to the public.
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James Battin
Billings
United States
Montana
Choteau
James Crawford
Teton County
Republican Club
Battin
National Federation of Republican Women
Fairfield Wins Annual Fairfield Choteau Bowling Challenge
Fairfield claimed first place and the trophy in the two day meet pitting Fairfield and Choteau bowling teams. Winners include Fairfield in the men's first and second teams and the women's event with top scores from Art Schmidt Roy Nelson Mick ey Schaefer Jerome Toenyes and Jim Arensmeyer. The matches were held Saturday at Aragon Bowl Fairfield and Sunday at A K Lanes Chateau with six game totals and higher individual scores noted.
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Arnold Hamsa
JayCee
Upper Legion Hall
JayCees
Darwin Armstrong
Fred Scott
Donald Arensmeyer
Lewis Munson
Larry Dellno
Gradon Green
Harold Hinman
Fairfield
Choteau
Aragon Bowl
Lanes
Chateau
Pectany Fairfield
Gene’ ‘Converse
Jerome
Toenyes
Schmidt
Nelson
Schaefer
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Bozeman
Sharon Alzheimer
Edmund Alzheimer
Darlene Beadle
Cliff Beadle
Mona Kay Larsen
Kaare Larsen
Connie Poore
John Poore
Janet Moulton
C. M. Poore
Concord Christian Church
Sigbe, Mo
Edgar
Kansas City
Kenneth
Alaska
Arthur
Wilsoll
Floyd
Anacortes
Sun
Boys State
Ie Boys Nation
Boys Nation
Zovernoy
Pay
Dean‘ “Baker
Sim Crane
Obernolte
Joseph Richardson
James Reilly
Courthouse
Chambers of Commerce
Leo Pierre
Patrol
CHS
E. Erickson
Navy
Long Beach
Calif
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