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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1964
Page
1
Choteau hosts Centennial Day on Saturday May 9 with a dress parade and competition. More than 50 merchants plan sales and door prizes while a county 4-H club contest awards two $10 prizes to winning clubs. 4-H registration and judge details are outlined by organizer Gale Isakson.
John R Armstrong Sr aged 69 died at Teton Memorial Hospital on April 22 after a month long illness from a heart attack. A retired Montana Power Co employee born in Shannon City Iowa he lived in Chateau since 1959 after retirement. Survived by widow two sons a daughter and five grandchildren. Rosary at St Josephs Church funeral Monday Rev William Morley officiating with pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named. Burial in Choteau Cemetery.
Jack Reiding was elected president of the Chateau Jaycees on Thursday April 16 and will assume office June 1. New officers include LaVerne Marr Charles Crane Don Passmore and Roger White with Walt Armstrong named to the board and Ron Hinman joining the board as outgoing president. An installation banquet is planned May 2 at 7 p.m. in Upper Legion hall.
Teton county treasurer Lorraine L. Maynard announced that the second half of 1963 real estate taxes is due on or before May 31. A two percent penalty plus eight percent interest will be charged after May 31, with seizure and sale possible if not paid within 30 days.
The Chateau Elementary School band will present its spring concert Friday May 1 at 2 45 p m in the high school auditorium The intermediate band will play five selections The Star Spangled Banner Allegro Adagia and Alleluia Redskin Rumpus Tangatoon and Helena Polka The beginning band will perform Bells of Avon and Its a Polka Frank Diener director invites all parents and the public to attend.
Mr and Mrs S A Pithoud spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Roy Johns in Simms. On Tuesday the Pithouds joined John Van Bolcum for a drive to Cut Bank to attend a Moose lodge gathering.
Choteau High School Buckskins face a tough Acantha Invitational with nine teams including Conrad Cut Bank Shelby Sunburst and Browning. Coach Chuck Peck cites injuries to Ron Gollehon Greg Curtis and Lonnie Dale while predicting Conrad may be strongest with Choteau short on manpower.
The Choteau Chapter of the Future Farmers of America will hold its second annual Slave Auction Monday May 4 in the Choteau High School auditorium. The event begins at 80 pm with members auctioned for any kind of work including calf wrestling lawn work spring clean up rock picking tractor driving and hay stacking. Proceeds fund chapter activities.
The storm delivered up to about 1.5 inches in parts of Teton County with Chateau receiving 0.92 inch. Winds piled snow into drifts as precipitation eased by Friday. Ray Kelly notes temporary benefits for winter wheat and range grass but subsoil moisture remains low. Reservoirs are in good condition. survey crews will release snowfall data next week. Farmers worry about sustained rain to saturate lower soils and plan for moisture timing.
Montana officials explain how 1964 wheat program affects eligibility for price support loans and certificates. Producers still eligible for higher loan rates based on a national average of 1.30 dollars per bushel, with certificates valued at 70 cents domestic and 25 cents for export. Compliance deadlines remain July 11 for full seeded wheat and July 24 for spring seeded wheat.
The Chateau Jaycees plan an ambulance auction on May 16 to raise funds for the Choteau area service serving Power Dutton Fairfield Pendrey Dupu yer and Bowman's Corner. Donors urged farmers and ranchers to provide salable items in working condition with proceeds split 15 percent for items over 50 dollars and full price for items under 50. The Jaycees will collect donations. Anderson Chevrolet won the ambulance bid at 1961.85 dollars and organizers report over 900 dollars raised so far.
Democratic candidate Dr. Roland R. Renne outlines a eight stop tour across Teton County on Tuesday May 5 with visits to Greenfield School Sunny Slope School and Parkway Cafe among others. A Fairfield dinner at 6 30 p m in the American Legion hall will feature his address broadcast on KFBB at 8 15 p m.
Bob Gronberg announced pink flyers will solicit funds for the American National Red Cross from Citizens State Bank. He said Alaska earthquake disaster depleted Red Cross funds with about 800 families seeking aid, including food clothing maintenance and home repairs. The Red Cross plans to stay on the job until all in need receive aid.
Local winner Ron Pierre son of Mr and Mrs Leo Pierre was named Chateau winner of the Jaycees War Memorial Scholarship. He advances to the state level for a 250 scholarship based on scholastic record extracurricular activities and a typed essay.
Marion Averill was elected president of the Chateau Lions Club at the regular meeting Tuesday night and will be installed later replacing Rex Peterson. Other new officers include Tom McCartney first vice president Stan Rathman secondvice president Leo Murphy third vice president C Gibson Monkman secretary W W Scott treasurer Peterson. and new directors Dick Nordhagen Leonard Sheble. District Gov Bill McNeal from Alberta will make an official visit.
Eureka County Sportsmen Association conducts a weekend work session to clean and prepare facilities ahead of the new season. Volunteers organize tasks and patrols to ensure grounds are ready for opening.
Seventeen Choteau High School students earned superior ratings at the district festival in Great Falls to qualify for the State Music Festival in Missoula next week. The band received an excellent rating while the chorus was rated superior with multiple soloists ensembles and a saxophone quartet led by Linda Vance Gary Crane Janet Wood and others.
Pendroy buyers Jim Crawford Doug Crary Wilson Hodgskiss and Bill Jones purchase bulls at the Angus and Charolais sale held Monday and Tuesday in Stanford. The sale touts the largest LP.R. bull selection in America with top money going to Buddy Cobb of Augusta for over 5000 dollars.
Bill Fogarty of the Teton county Soil Conservation Service received $130 and a certificate of merit for his work on the Great Plains conservation program. The award was presented at an SCS banquet in Great Falls for efforts in Hill county and the Red Havre area. Fogarty works out of the Choteau office on the program with federal participation.
Mrs Mathis, 62, of near Choteau, died Wednesday night. Her husband, who died in 1961, and the couple farmed south of Choteau for many years. Methodist Church services were pending at press time.
All bids for a new Chateau post office were rejected last week by the U S Post Office Department. Bidders received letters stating bids were rejected and would be recalled later with no reason given. Paul Kropp, owner of the present building, said the lease has been extended for two more years.
Mrs. Jim Arensmeyer won the Toastmistress Council speech contest in Cut Bank and will advance to the regional contest in Spokane May 22 to 24. Winners from five states and two Canadian provinces compete for a Denver 1922 international berth. Arensmeyer defeated Helena Missoula Deer Lodge Kalispell Hungry Horse Shelby Cut Bank and Butte. Her speech titled Footnotes of Frantic Failures examined values in everyday actions. Also elected was Mrs. Dave Buchanan as council vice president. Chateau women presented a protocol workshop.
Public Works Manager Jack Samigray requests motorists to avoid parking on Main Street between the courthouse and Bella Vista Motel from 6 to 7 30 on Saturdays. He notes street crews need access to curbs to clear litter and dirt and hopes voluntary cooperation will keep Chateau streets clean and pleasant.
Mrs Albert Tesch paintings from Chateau go on display at The Willower starting Sunday and run through May 9. The display highlights her work shown previously at the Montana State Fair and Art in the Park and other venues.
George G Slanger aged 89, former Choteau area farmer, died in Great Falls Saturday. Born September 15, 1874 in Holland, he came to the United States in 1890 and to Choteau in 1908. Surviving sons Jack Choteau Ben Dillon and Joe Helena. daughters Mrs Bert Loucks Great Falls Winifred Slanger Denver and Mrs Marshall Ruth Lowell Kalispell. 14 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Chateau Methodist Church with Rev C Fred Crowe officiating.
G. L. Banks of Choteau was re elected secretary treasurer of the Montana Funeral Directors Association at the annual convention in Great Falls. Banks has served about 10 years and will leave next week for the mid year meeting of the National Conference of Funeral Service Examiners where he is director and past president. The meeting will be in New Orleans.
Mr and Mrs Frank Zgoda returned home last Thursday after visiting her sister in Dillon for several days.
In Teton county, 36 farmers plan to plant 39 575 trees this spring for shelter belts and crop strip wind breaks. MSU nursery price help and ASCS cost sharing support the program, with orders ranging from 50 to 13 300 trees.
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