Improvements at Teton Memorial Hospital Highlighted by Staff
Nurse Margaret Olson and administrator Jim Humble outline numerous upgrades at Teton Memorial Hospital. New kitchen supervisor, dietary consultant, shelving in multiple rooms, a portable coronary care setup with a crash cart, a centralized monitor unit, medical records librarian, public areas repainted, new coffee machine, planned lighting, curtain dividers, a microscope, and access to a local pharmacist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton Memorial Hospital
Margaret Olson
Olson
Montana State Board of Health
Jim Humble
Board of Health
State Board of Health
Don Lussenden
State Board
George Higgins
Soroptimists Present Fashion Show at CHS Auditorium
The Soroptimist Club of Choteau and Vicinity hosts its Fashion Carousel of the 70s tonight at 8 in the Choteau High School Auditorium. Six local stores provide decor and clothing. models include Judy Swenson and Jackie Carlson among others. Admission is $1 with proceeds for civic improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soroptimist Club of
Choteau and
Choteau High School
Tom McCartney
Norma’s
Judy Swenson
Allen Schallenberger
Jackie Carlson
Ray Weist
Lori Barrett
Bonnie Barrett
Cecil Morey
Susanne Arensmeyer
Janet Otness
Anna Marie Gronberg
Ellen
Janet Truchot
Ray van Wichen
Hiedi
Amy van Wichen
Michelle
Craig
Brent Ekegren
Corral
Ronnie Wiseman
Rock Perkins
Christy Otness
Linda Smith
Doug Hanson
Gary Passmore
Lee McCauley
John B. Nordhagen
Ross Salmond
Tena Johnson
Jim Arensmeyer
Services Held For Mrs. Zgoda
Funeral services were held Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Chateau for Mrs. Pete Zgoda who died Wednesday April 8 at Teton Memorial Hospital after a week with a heart attack. Out of town relatives included sisters Mrs. Bernice Swanbeck Mrs. Hazel Fleming and Mrs. Glen McKinnley of Spokane, brother Hayden Hynes Genesee Idaho, daughters Mrs. Floyd Murr Poulsbo Wash Mrs. Judy Wilder Great Falls and Mr and Mrs. Jim Lohse. Rev. William Morley officiated. Interment was in Chateau Cemetery with pallbearers Barney McClue Wymond Duncan Richard Nordhagen LaVerne Murr Lowry Larson Jake Luinstra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Fern) Zgoda
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Chateau
Igoda
Bernice Swanbeck
Hazel Fleming
Glen McKinnley
Spokane
Hayden
Buck) Hynes
Genesee
Idaho
Floyd Murr
Poulsbo
Wash
Judy Wilder
Great Falls
Jim Lohse
William Morley
Chateau Cemetery
Barney McClue
Wymond Duncan
Richard Nordhagen
LaVerne Murr
Lowry Larson
Jake Luinstra
Teacher Burns to Attend Seminar at Bozeman
Mrs. L. C. Burns, business education instructor at Chateau High School, is chosen for a curriculum institute on vocational business education this summer at Montana State University. The program runs June 15 through July 3 and is co sponsored by the State Department of Public Instruction and MSU School of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
L. C
Mary Ellen) Burns
Chateau High School
Montana State University
State Department of Public Instruction
School of Commerce
MSU
County Cancer Drive Aims at Education
The annual American Cancer Society fundraising and education drive started in Teton County on April 1 led by chairwoman Margaret Olson. The campaign emphasizes cancer safeguards, including Pap tests and proctoscopy leaflets distributed by volunteers to homes and businesses, while pursuing public education, medical updates, and patient services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society
Teton County
Margaret Olson
Olson
Local Girls Observe National FHA Week At Choteau High
The Choteau Chapter of Future Homemakers of America observes FHA Week at Choteau High School. Virginia Haug says the week allows the club to inform the public about FHA functions for school and community. Projects by FHA members and photos from the Bozeman convention are on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Future Homemakers of America
Choteau High School
Virginia Haug
Miss Haug
FHA
Bozeman
Voter Registration Closes Ahead of June Primary
Gordon Monkman Teton County Clerk announces April 23 as the voter registration deadline for the June 2 primary. Any voter who did not vote in the 1968 general election and has not re registered must register to be eligible. Registration can be done at the county clerk's courthouse, with the deputy registrar, or before a notary public or justice of the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Monkman
Teton
Choteau Scouts Hold Winter Camp Out
Twenty nine Choteau Boy Scouts camped in Blackleaf west of Bynum for a weekend. Patrols competed in signaling compass problems height and distance judging and memory drill before a two mile hike and water boiling contest. Adults led by Dr Bill Patton and assistants Hinman Arensmeyer Alzheimer Yeager Armstrong and Johnson supervised the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Blackleaf
Bynum
Ron Hinman
Hinman
Chateau
Glacier Park
Missouri River
Bill Patton
Jim Arensmeyer
Paul Alzheimer
Glen Yeager
Darwin Armstrong
M. A. Johnson
Legionnaires Urged To Support Youth Program at Meeting Here
At the District 8 spring convention of the American Legion and Auxiliary in Choteau speakers urged Legionnaires to back youth programs to counter loud minority groups. The event installed district officers, announced Fort Benton as next fall convention site, and featured music by Choteau High School students and a tea by the Choteau unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legionnaires
Everette Robinson
American Legion and Auxiliary
District 8
Robinson
American Legion
George Carroll
Chris Beck
Ruth Nichols
Choteau
Les Otness
Bob Crocker
Cal Southard
Elmer Baker
Rex Peterson
Choteau High School
Ira Perkins
Bynum
Commercial Feed Lot Proposal Explored by Château Area Farmers
About 75 farmers and ranchers met at the American Legion hall to discuss a potential Chateau feed lot. Lyle Otness and Ray Habel led the session with Omar Stye noting cattle numbers, needed facilities, and a possible home barley market. A three member steering committee was formed to gather details for a follow up meeting on April 28.
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Lower American Legion Hall
Chateau
Lyle Otness
Ray Habel
Omar Stye
Sun River
Stye
Albert Carlson
Leo Murphy
State Attorney General's Office
Crary
Harold Yeager
Otness
CHS Musicians Feted at Great Falls Music Festival
Chateau High School musicians earned top ratings at the 1970 Music Festival in Great Falls. The 170 voice modern choir led by Lloyd Reynolds performed works by Palestrina and Fahnestock, earning the festival’s highest rating. Several CHS groups, excluding the band, advance to the Missoula state festival May 1 and 2, with 29 students traveling.
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Chateau High School
McLaughlin Center
Great Falls
Palestrina
Fahnestock
Chateau
Jane Southard
Missoula
Dave Hartman
Gwen Gormley
Carol Luinstra
Carol Peterson
Robyn Crary
Lloyd Reynolds
CHS
Ted Schwinden To Speak At Court House April 20
Montana Commissioner of State Lands Ted Schwinden will address the public at 8 p.m. April 20 in the courthouse at Chateau. The talk, fourth in a non political public service series by the Teton County Democratic Club, will cover the Board of Land Commissioners and its handling of state lands and funds. Schwinden, a Wolf Point native and former grain grower, will take questions from the floor after the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Schwinden
Montana
State Lands and Investment
Court House
Chateau
Board of Land Commissioners
Anaconda Company
Lincoln
Schwinden
Wolf Point
University of Montana
Montana Grain Grower's Association
US Wheat Trade
Asia
County Schools Pass Tax Levies In Teton County
County residents approved all proposed school levies across districts in Teton County. Incumbent trustees were re elected in several districts including Farmington Pendroy Greenfield and Choteau High School districts. Three year terms were set for newly elected trustees across districts and nominations districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Muriel S. Reiquam
Reiquam
Farmington
Robert Davidson
Bynum
Lloyd Stott
Golden Ridge
Oliver Forseth
Leo Kiley
Dan Weist
Agawam
Weist
Harry Agee
Howard K. Fisher
Pendroy
Harold Gaarder
Greenfield
Lowry Larson
Choteau High School
Howard Fisher
Choteau
Wear Stott
Fairfield High School
Manuel Announces Price Support Loans To End This Month
Rex Manuel, chairman of the Teton County ASC committee, says price support loans for 1969 wheat barley oats and flax end April 30. Maturity is May 31 for loaned crops with reseal options for all but flax. Oats and flax from last year eligible. wheat and barley depend on farm participation in prior programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Manuel
Teton County
ASC
Commodity Credit Corporation
ASCS
Fun Day at Teton Pass Promises Slalom Races and Novelty Events
Teton Pass Inc sponsors a Fun Day at Teton Pass Ski Area on Sunday with grade school, high school, and adult slalom races. Novelty events include a slalom beer race and a furniture race where skiers ride household items down the slope, plus a trophy for the most unusual costume. Dr. J R Crabtree says the event honors winter customers as spring skiing continues through April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton Pass, Inc
Teton Pass
J. R. Crabtree
Crabtree
Mansfield seeks Senate reelection in primary challenge
The Acantha reports Montana's Mike Mansfield, Senate majority leader, has mailed his nomination for re election to the Senate. He faces a primary challenge from Havre rancher John Lawlor. Mansfield, a former University of Montana teacher, first won Congress in 1942 and the Senate in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acantha
Mike Mansfield
Senate
Montana
Mansfield
John Lawlor
Havre
University of Montana
Congress
House
Elizabeth A Strand Dies in Hospital Here
Elizabeth Amanda Strand, 53, died Monday, April 6, at Teton Memorial Hospital. Born June 1, 1916 in Muncie Indiana, she married Anne Strand in 1943 and worked as a telephone operator. The couple later lived in Choteau and Washington before Strand returned to Choteau to reside with Patricia Hamilton. Funeral services were held at Zwerneman Mortuary with Rev Allen Adams officiating. cremation followed at a Great Falls Mausoleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Amanda Strand
Teton Memorial Hospital
Patricia Hamilton
Zwerneman Mortuary
Allen Adams
Great Falls
Transplanting Expert To Visit Next Week
Orville McCarver horticulturist from Montana State University Bozeman will be in Chateau to lead a workshop on transplanting and pruning trees. The event occurs Friday April 24 with two meeting options at KOA Kampground Chateau at 9 am or Herbert Corey Ranch at approximately 10 am.
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Orville McCarver
Montana State University
Bozeman
Chateau
KOA Kampground
Herbert Corey Ranch
Local Pitch Hit and Throw Contest Opens for 9 to 12 Year Olds
Registration is under way for a national Pitch Hit and Throw contest for ages 9 to 12. Local winners advance through district and division rounds to the National PH&T Championship at the All Star game, with plaques jackets patches and a Hall of Fame inscription.
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Big League Baseball
Chateau
Big Sky
Glen Stoudt
Phillips “66
Ben Hoge
Stoudt
Ph&t
Phillips Petroleum Company
Cooperstown
Baseball Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame
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Chs Auditorium
Zgoda
Fernigoda
Harley Jordan
Jordan
Styes
Doug Crary
H L P
Manuel
M. Mansfield
Elizabeth A. Strand
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