Open House Dedication Marks Chateau Public Library Opening
More than 200 attend the dedication and open house for Chateau Public Library. Alma Jacobs of Great Falls Public Library delivers address praising community effort, Women’s Club, and Jaycees as pivotal to bringing the library to Chateau.
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New Chateau Public
Alma Jacobs
Great Falls
Chateau
Library Board
Jacobs
Public Library Service
Montana
Chateau Women’s Club
Lic Drary
Choteau Schools Schedule Spring Parent Teacher Conferences
Choteau Public Schools set conferences at Choteau Elementary on Friday April 30 and Choteau High School on Saturday May 1. Elementary students will miss Friday classes while high school attendees proceed. Two buses will transport high school students that day. Parents may request appointments with teachers through the respective school offices. The aim is to strengthen home school understanding to support student welfare and needs.
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Choteau
Choteau High School
Dellno
Milt van Auken
Pendroy
Stoudt
Les Stott
Farmington-Agawam
Forgiveness Day Slated at the Chateau Public Library
The Chateau Public Library plans Forgiveness Day on Saturday allowing patrons to return overdue books without fines. Librarian Mrs. Jim Sherman states the event will waive charges for all overdue items.
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Chateau Public Library
Jim Sherman
Former Local Resident Dies At Great Falls
Funeral services for 95 year old Rachel P Edwards were held in Great Falls. She died April 14 at a convalescent hospital where she resided the past three years after a stroke five years earlier. Born November 24 1875 in Stevenson Michigan she married Charles O Edwards in 1899. The couple lived in Plains Choteau and Great Falls before she moved to Great Falls five years ago to live with her daughter Laura Bateman. Survivors include daughters Mrs Walter Bateman and Mrs Burton Hollinshead seven grandchildren twelve great grandchildren and ten great great grandchildren.
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Rachel P. Edwards
Great Falls
Edwards
Stevenson
Mich
Charles O. Edwards
Oconto
Wis
Plains
Mont
Choteau
Walter
Laura) Bateman
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Walter Bateman
Burton
Lenora) Hollinshead
65 Donors Sought for Choteau Blood Drive Monday
Blood drive set for Monday April 26 at Choteau United Methodist Church from 2 to 6 pm aims to collect 65 pints, with Montana residents donating about 19 000 units yearly. Donors aged 18 to 65 in good health may participate. single males 18 to 21 need parental consent.
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Choteau United Methodist Church
Grant Curtis
Curtis
Red Cross
Montana
Spring Weather Halted by Snow Storm Across Region
Snow covered area Saturday after a spell of near spring warmth with several inches of snow and subsequent rain. Official records show a high of 74 on April 14 and moisture totals from the weekend storm plus Tuesday rain, with daily readings from Chateau Airport weather station.
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John Nordhagen
Chateau
H LP
B&b
RMC Singing Group To Lead Services At Local Churches
The Rocky Road Scholars from Rocky Mountain College Billings will perform at Chateau United Methodist Church this weekend under Dr. Robert Holmes. The four women and three men will host a Generation Dialogue at 7 30 p m Saturday in the church women s parlor then lead worship at Pendrey Community Church at 9 a m and Chateau United Methodist Church at 11 a m Sunday.
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Rocky Mountain College
Billings
Chateau United Methodist Church
Robert Holmes
Montana
Wyoming
Rocky Road
Pendrey Community Church
Parsonage Dedication Set by Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran Church will dedicate its newly purchased parsonage on Sunday April 25 at 10 a.m. An open house will follow from 2 to 5 p.m. on Highway 89 north of the city. Parsonage Committee chaired by Lloyd Pedersen and members Rex Peterson Kaare Larsen Bert Meadows Marjorie Cannon Pete Ekegren oversaw the purchase from the James Woodahl family in March.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Highway 89
James Woodahl
Lloyd Pedersen
Rex Peterson
Kaare Larsen
Bert Meadows
Marjorie Cannon
Pete Ekegren
Robert Gronberg
Marlow Engberg
City Removes Yard Waste in Spring Cleanup Drive
City urges Chateau property owners to place lawn raking and all disposal items by garbage cans for hauling to the dump. Service runs through May 15 before city crews resume hauling only regular garbage from premises.
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Chateau
Montana Fish and Game Director to address Jaycees banquet
Frank H. Dunkle Montana Fish and Game Director will speak at the Chateau Jaycee Jayceen Officer Installation banquet in Helena on Saturday April 24 at the Country Club. The evening features a 6 30 cocktail hour 7 30 dinner installation awards and a dance with tickets 6 50 per couple.
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Helena
Montana
Usul
Dunkle
Frank H. Dunkle
Montana Fish and Game Department
Country Club
Oakmont
Lowstone Park
Fish and Game
State Department of Public Instruction
Jaycee
Dale Dreyer
Jack Clark
Charles Crane
Don LaBaugh
Jay Dunckel
Chateau High School Students Shine At Great Falls Music Festival
Ninety CHS students joined the District Music Festival in Great Falls. Superior ratings earned by soloists and ensembles will take eight performers to the State Music Festival May 7 and 8 in Great Falls. Seven CHS choir members earned all state chorus spots and Carol Peterson made all state band. all auditions were via tape.
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CHS
Great Falls
Chateau High School
Tim Engberg
Robert Peebles
Steve Jenson
John Nordhagen
Ralph LaRance
Lee McCauley
Andy Jordan
David Hartman
Gloria Russell
Robyn Crary
Gwen Gormley
Susan Rathman
Sandie George
Shirley Hodgskiss
Jeanne Kretschman
Debbie Denison
Nancy MceCauley
Nancy Thompson
Bonnie Barrett
Pam Baker
Teri Poore
Terri Guse
Jody Hamilton
Jeanine Hamilton
Wayne Lode
Ann Gronberg
Kris Wilkerson
Duard Dellno
Tom Hofeldt
Gary Alzheimer
Dave Hartman
Toni Maltby
Carol Jo Allen
Mary Hensley
Carol Peterson
Dick Dale
Mike Thronson
Robert Jenson
Jerri Barrett
Kurt Corey
Jenna Arnold
Verna Bremer
Carol Allen
Lloyd Reynolds
Chateau
Bobbie Lou Rice
Jean van Setten
Jane Southard
Mary Ann Dell
Chateau Chamber Plans Summer Events and Dues Drive
The Chateau Chamber of Commerce held a breakfast meeting at Sip and Sup Cafe to discuss buying a slide projector for the tourist information program. A new slide program committee will recruit civic volunteers to present tours in the city park pavilion, with nights per week based on volunteer turnout. Secretary George Higgins reported unpaid dues from several businesses, assigning members to contact them for the $15 annual fee, used to promote Chateau and support the July 4 parade costs. President Abbott urged more participating members to sustain chamber activities.
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Chateau Chamber of Commerce
Sip
Sup
Chamber
Chet Abbott
City Park
Abbott
George Higgins
American Legion
Daylight Savings Time Starts Sunday
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 am Sunday April 25 and ends the last Sunday in October. Readers are advised to set clocks ahead one hour before sleeping Saturday night.
James Peebles Sr. Dies at 87 in Choteau
Funeral services for James Peebles Sr., longtime Choteau resident, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at United Methodist Church with Rev. Allen Adams officiating. Peebles died Monday at his Choteau home after an extended illness at age 87. Interment will follow at Chateau Cemetery. He was born July 30, 1883 in Winnipeg and immigrated to the United States in 1890. He married Gertrude Stewart in Regina on March 2, 1921. He served as Teton County Commissioner for 18 years and held roles with the Odd Fellows Lodge, Montana Cowboys Association, and the Teton County Livestock Association. Survivors include his widow, sons James Jr. and John, and seven grandchildren.
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Jacobs
Jim Sherman
Chateau
Choteau High School
Lloyd Reynolds
Chuck Nauck
John Sulgrove
Allen Adams
James Dellno
Dellwo
Burr Huffman
Choteau
Bob Nauck
Chateau Women's Club
Jaycees
Nauck
Bert Guthrie
Walt Arensmeyer
James Crawford
Donald Bosshardt
Huffman
Esther Tesch
Emily Crary
Marlon Engberg
Library Board
Bud Olson
Martin Shannon
Roy Goodell
James Peebles Sr
Choteau Area
United Methodist Church
Peebles
Lloyd Hodgskiss
Tom Moore
J. C Salmond
Howard Truchot
Fay Lear
Leslie Burns
Dave Stonehouse
Woodrow Collins
Chateau Cemetery
Zwerneman
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
America
Gertrude Stewart
Regina
Saskatchewan
Teton County
Odd Fellows Lodge
Montana Cowboys Association
Teton County Livestock Association
James Jr
John
City Council Sets 10 Percent Sewer Charge For Residents
The council read an ordinance establishing a sewer rate equal to 10 of the monthly city water bill. The measure aims to fund sewer repairs by creating a dedicated fund. The second reading is planned for May 3.
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James Dellno
Acantha
City Water Department
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