City awards contracts for new pump unit and sewer extension
The city council awarded contracts to furnish and install a new pump and motor for the Chateau Water department at the municipal pumping station. A sanitary sewer extension contract was also let for Special Improvement District No. 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Water Department
Teton Plumbing and Heating Co
Lesler - Wyomont Supply Co
Fairbanks-Morse
J. L. Blakely
Chateau
Present for Catholic Deanery Meet in Choteau
The Kalispell Deanery No. 2 of the National Council of Catholic Women held a spring meeting with a luncheon at St. Joseph's church hall Choteau. About 110 registered though weather kept many from attending. 140 lunches served. Officers elected: Mary Beaudry president Charles Willard Augusta Norbert Majerus Valier J Phillips Sweet Grass treasurer. A talk by Mrs. Hugh Campbell highlighted the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
National Council of Catholic Women
St. Joseph’s Parish
Choteau
Glenn Moffatt
Kevin
St. Joseph’s Church
St. Matthias’ Church
Augusta
St. Patrick’s Church
Bynum
T. J. Gannon
Conrad
Fairfield
Cut Bank
Shelby
Sunburst
Walier
Browning
Maguire
al Hensley
Our Lady of Fatima
Barbara Zgoda
Jean van Auken
Mary Beaudry
Mabel Pings
Williams
Charles Willard
Norbert Majerus
Valier
J. Phillips
Sweet Grass
Hugh Campbell
Helena
N.C.C.W
Cleveland
United States
St. Margaret’s Guild of Cut Bank
al Shelmerdine
Catholic Ladies Auxiliary of
Chateau
New Board Members Listed for Districts After School Election
Certificates of election for 23 trustees in Teton county school districts were filed with County Superintendent Muriel S. Reiquam. The complete list shows new trustees and their terms across districts including Dist 1, Dist 4, Dist 5, Dist 6, Dist 8, Dist 11, Dist 12, Dist 16, Dist 21, Dist 23, Dist 26, Dist 28, Dist 30, Dist 45, Dist 51, Dist 61, Dist 62, Dist 74, and Dist 75 with terms of three years or one year for some incumbents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Muriel S. Reiquam
Leslie Burns
E. C. Hensley
James Peebles
Wilbur Zeigler
Cedric Maurer
Clifford Paddock
Rummage Sale for Hospital Starts Friday
The Choteau Soroptimist club hosts a fourth rummage sale Friday afternoon and all day Saturday in the Legion hall Choteau. Items include clothing furniture household goods and bric a brac all usable with cleaned clothing and minor repairs. Proceeds aid Teton Memorial hospital funding incubators nursery furniture and church gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau Soroptimist Club
Legion Hall
Choteau
Teton Memorial Hospital
Community Church of
Augusta
Fairfield
New Teton Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth Banks
Chateau
Crippled Children Clinic Set for Great Falls Next Week
The Montana state board of health division of services for crippled children will hold a case finding clinic at the Civic Center in Great Falls on May 2 and 3. G D Carlyle Thompson announced the spring clinic serves Teton Cascade and South Chouteau counties with free diagnostic service for under 21s. Children from Teton county should report at 10 am May 3 for examinations. physicians may refer patients to an orthopedic surgeon at the clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Services For Crippled Children
Montana State Board of Health
Civic Center
Great Falls
G. D. Carlyle Thompson
Teton
Cascade
South Chouteau Counties
Teton County
Montana
Clothes Wanted for Korea Donation Drive Urgent
Donors are urged to phone 4459 to contact Mrs. Robert Hamilton and donate new or used clothing. Local pickup will be arranged. The appeal notes favorable responses last week but stresses a continued need for garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Robert Hamilton
Leo Murphy Named Candidate for Lions District Governor
Leo Murphy secretary of the Choteau Lions club and zone chairman was named candidate for district governor of Lions International district 370 at the Choteau Lions club meeting. The club supports Murphy’s candidacy for the Calgary district convention May 16 17 and 18. Freeman Daley of Cut Bank is another possible candidate. Delegates from clubs in Montana and Alberta will vote at the Calgary convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Murphy
Choteau Lions Club
Lions International
Murphy
Lions ‘International
Calgary
Freeman Daley
Cut Bank
Halvor Daley
Choteau
James Cheetham
Dutton
Ray Nelson
Lions
Montana
Alberta
Choteau Lions Club Board of Directors
Lions Club Hall
Charlie Bowers
Chateau High School
Joan Knowlton
Jean van Auken
Dick Swartzel
Lyall Crary
Milton McNea
Chateau Lions Club
Clarence Foss Takes Over Local Auto Body Shop
Clarence Foss formerly of Malta assumed operation of the Schuchard Auto Body shop next to Holt Chevrolet Co. under the name C. P. Foss Auto Body Works. A World War II veteran, Foss served from 1939 to 1945 with overseas duties in the Pacific. He previously ran the Flaxville garage and was foreman for the Malta Motor Co. Ford dealer. He is married with a one year old daughter and resides in Jack Broder's cabin on the north side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Foss
Malta
Schuchard Auto
Holt Chevrolet Co
C. P. Foss Auto Body Works
Foss
Pacific
Flaxville
Mont
Guttrom Odden Dies After Long Illness In Montana
Guttrom Odden died at Falls Hospital in Great Falls Monday after an extended illness. Funeral was held at Dutton Lutheran church with Rev. A B Graydal presiding and burial in Dutton cemetery. Born February 27 1860 in Minnesota he moved to Montana in 1910 and lived in Dutton. Survived by two sons Goodwin and Bennie of Dutton four daughters Inga Henderson of North Dakota Mrs Fred Schafer of Great Falls Masone Bolland of Dutton and Mrs Exiburta with 24 grandchildren and many great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guttrom Odden
Dutton
Great Falls
Dutton Lutheran Church
A. B. Graydal
Dutton Cemetery
Minnesota
Odden
Montana
Goodwin
Bennie
Inga Henderson
North Dakota
Fred. Schafer
Falls
Masone
Marine Private From Choteau Describes Korean War Front
Private First Class Jack Strong of Choteau in the 7th Marines writes from the front to his parents. He details hill and mountain gains, the second battalion’s three companies Dog Casy and Fox, and a southward Chinese offensive as UN forces hold the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Jack Strong
7Th Marines
First Division
Steve Strong
Choteau
China
Strong
Gilbert Depner
Robert Reiner
Bert Reiner
Choteau Marine
Pfc. Strong
Lee
Seventh Marine Division
Chateau Marine
Military action brief from frontline correspondent
A frontline report states 35 enemy killed and 1 captured. The writer describes being 1000 yards from a Chinese battalion behind a large embankment and mentions an air strike over a plain as part of ongoing combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callet-An
Choteau Boys Earn Eagle Scout Rank First Honors
Richard Swortzel and Frank Olson, both of Choteau, were named Eagle scouts in a Lions Club Hall ceremony. Ted Daley of Fairfield presented the candidates as a board of review declared them qualified after earning 21 merit badges. Local officials and clergy spoke on life saving first aid and community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Swortzel
Frank Olson
Chateau
Lions Club Hall
Carl Olson
Charles Swortzel
Olson
Chateau High School
Swortzel
Gibson Monkman
Richard Swortzel
Choteau
Tenderfoot
Ted Daley
Fairfield
Bill Olsen
Eagles
Junior Prom Slated Friday At School Gym
The Chateau high school junior class selects an oriental garden theme for this Friday's prom at the school gym. Admission is $1.50 per couple or $1 per person with committees handling advertising lighting construction walls throne banquet program decoration and meal planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau High School
Howard Arensmeyer
Bill van Setten
Gerald Torgerson
Dick Swartzel
Edwin Gebhart
Stanley Gunther
Gay Marie DeRusha
Marlene Hart
Margaret Kelly
Barbara Zgoda
Jean Raymond
Lee Phillips
Eleanor Nelson
JoAnne Green
Joan Rowley
Tommy Stansberry
Frank George
George Higgins
Geraldine Zier
Irene Sessions
Joan Knowlton
Colleen Reardon
Bob Clark
Meal Bandon
Lyall Crary
Claudia Engdahl
Mother Daughter Banquet Scheduled at Choteau Church
The Choteau Methodist church will host its annual Mother Daughter banquet on May 10 at 6 30 p m in the church at Choteau. Tickets are $1 25 per plate and reservations are held by Mrs Emily Crary 6617 or Mrs Walt Henneford 5594. Attendance is limited to 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau Methodist Church
Choteau
Emily Crary
Walt Henneford
Social Security Farm Worker Reports Now Due
Stanton S Thompson of the Great Falls Social Security office explains regularly employed farm workers are covered by the new law. Farm operators must report cash wages for workers meeting two conditions: continuous work through Dec 31 1950 and full time 60 days in the quarter ending Mar 31 1951 with wages of $50 or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton S. Thompson
Great Falls
Social Security Administration Office
Thompson
Power High to Stage Dead of the Night This Friday
Power high school presents the annual senior play a mystery farce Dead of the Night this Friday April 27 directed by Mildred Stanfield. Curtain time is 2 oclock. Cast includes Evelyn Siebenaur Donna Grassman Albert Toeckes Helen Frisbee Paul Ernst Donald Stengrimson Shirley Maudlin Frank Timmerman Norma Bivens Bill Johnson Ralph Feeler and Florence Kjelligren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Power High School
Mildred Stanfield
Evelyn Siebenauer
Donna Grassman
Albert Toeckes
Helen Frisbee
Paul Ernst
Donald Stengrimson
Shirley Maudlin
Frank Timmerman
Norma Bivens
Bill Johnson
Ralph Feeler
Florence Kjelligren
Music and Literature Club Potluck and Elections
The Music and Literature group of the Woman's club hosts a potluck supper at Mrs. Jack Duffey's home on Tuesday May 2 at 8 p.m. Officers for the next year will be elected and all members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
Jack Duffey
Frank Healy Dies in New York Auto Crash
Frank Healy aged about 23 from New York City and son of the late Rev. Leon Healy of Choteau was killed in an auto accident in New York last Friday. Services were held Monday at Madrid New York. Healy had visited Kaare Larson at Choteau in recent summers and had many friends in the Chateau region. He reportedly graduated from Harvard at 72 years old and could speak five languages. He was employed by a Wall Street brokerage firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Healy
New York City
Leon Healy
Choteau
New York
Madrid
N. Y
Healy
Kaare Larson
Choteau J In
Chateau
Harvard
Wall’ Street
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John Hall
Lesler Wyemont Supply Co
Billings
C. EH. Anderson
Plumbing and Heating, Inc
Livingston
Pinski Bros
Fairbanks- Morse
Lesler-Wyomont Supply Co
American-Marsan Pylon Anu
F. O. B. Chateau
Deming Co
H.p
F. O. B. Choteau
James W. Stack
E. H. Blakeslee Construction Co
Gray Co
Crippled Children Clinic
Lions Post
Falls Hospital
Eagle Scouts
Fram
Social ‘Security
Federal Building
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