Shelby Team Wins Annual Acantha Track Meet
The Shelby track team captured first with 59 points at the Choteau Acantha meet on Saturday, outpacing Conrad's 53 and Browning's 49. CHS coach Fay Buck credited a broad, versatile roster and standout performances by Pat Whealy, Andy Jordan, Lonnie Kelly, and others before Shelby heads to Havre for another North Central Division invitational.
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Shelby Thinclads
Conrad
Browning
Choteau
Sunburst
Fairfield
Walier
Dutton
Fay Buck
CHS
Buck
Chateau Thinclads
Pat Whealy
Fort Benton
Big Sandy
Chester
Malta
Chinook
Choteau Girls Take Fifth Place At Track Meet
The Choteau High School and Grade School girls placed fifth in an eight team invitational at Shelby last Saturday. Coach Robert McNeel noted many key members were absent, impacting both high and grade school results.
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Choteau
Shelby
Browning
Cut
Robert McNeel
Chateau
Caroline Scott
Toni Maltby
Judy Connole
Carol Peterson
Cecile Passmore
Bonnie Bremer
Barbie Scott
Susan Taylor
Norma Bouma
Kari Hanson
Karen Kuster
Karen Allen
Margaret Wearley
Janet Dale
Choteau Lions Hear Sande Lecture on Biafra
Daryl Sande a Choteau High School teacher and former Peace Corps volunteer presented to the Choteau Lions Club detailing Biafra life with slides. He described modern cities and primitive bush areas and a question period followed. Darwin Armstrong and Don Passmore were installed as new members with Bob Gormley as installing officer and Oscar Ekstrom and Henry Smith as sponsors.
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Daryl Sande
Choteau
Biafra
Peace Corps
Choteau Lions Club
Sande
Darwin Armstrong
Don Passmore
Chateau Club
Bob Gormley
Oscar Ekstrom
Henry Smith
Cattle Rustling Alarm in Montana Steady Rise
Montana ranchers face increasing cattle theft as spring calves become prime targets says William Cheney of the Montana Livestock Commission. He advises recording license numbers, reporting losses to authorities, and noting any strange vehicles to aid tracing calves stolen before branding.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Livestock Commission
William Cheney
Cheney
Chenney
Doheny Backs Territorial Integrity For Co op Benefit
Charles Doheny a Democratic candidate for the House from Teton County tells the Acantha he favors Territorial Integrity Legislation to let public and private power firms set service area boundaries. He cites Montana laws shielding investor owned utilities from rural co op invasion and notes losses hurt rural customers.
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Charles Doheny
House of Representatives
Teton County
The
Acantha
Joyce Copenhaver
Brady
Democratic Women’s Club
Copenhaver
Montana
Doheny
Incentive payments for 1969 Montana wool sales set at 65.1 per cent
Montana State ASC chairman Joel P. Antrim announced incentive payments on unshorn wool sold in 1969 will be 65.1 percent of the $65.10 per $100 realized, with 1969 lambs paid at $1.09 per hundredweight and deductions of 15 cents per pound for shorn wool. The scheme targets a 69 cent per pound level and mirrors 1968 rates, with payments to begin once processing is ready in Kansas City.
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Joel P. Antrim
Montana
ASC Committee
Antrim
ASCS
Kansas City
Pitch Hit and Throw contest signup in Choteau
Area youths aged 9 to 12 have until May 16 to register for the PH and T event at the Choteau Baseball Complex on May 23. Ben Hoge of Big Sky 66 and Glen Stoudt of Phillips 66 sponsor the free entry, with winners advancing to district and division rounds, ending in a July 14 All Star Game showcase and a Hall of Fame plaque in Cooperstown, NY.
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Choteau
Ben Hoge
Big Sky 66
Glen Stoudt
Phillips 66 Bulk Dealer
Hoge
Stoudt
Phillips Petroleum Company
National Baseball League
Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
Ph&t
Hall of Fame
Weather Data For Week Ending April 27
Daily readings show highs from 41 to 56 degrees and precipitation totals. Week summary lists a weekly high of 80 last year with a low of 24 on April 27 and year to date precipitation at 266 inches versus 180 inches last year.
Homemakers Meet in Dutton With Guest Speaker and Skit
The Dutton Meth odist Church hosted the Homemakers Spring Council meeting on April 23 at 2 pm led by President Audrey Stenson. Jeanetta Gunderson spoke on the Associated Country Women of the World meeting with 56 countries present. The Drama Club of Dutton High presented a skit about Harold Klunkenheimer. door prize was a zodiac mold. Lou Horak reports.
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Homemakers
Dutton
Audrey Stenson
United Nations
Marge Mathison
Paul Kolste
Cut Bank
Jeanetta Gunderson
Michigan State University
Scotland
Kathy Gardner
Dutton High School
Harold
Local Firemen Answer Grass Fire At Bleecker Home
The Chateau Volunteer Fire Department responded to a grass fire at George Bleecker's home last Friday afternoon. Firefighters quickly contained the flames with no damage reported to the property. Subscribe to the Acantha.
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Bleecker’s
Chateau
George Bleecker
Homemakers Hold Spring Council Meet At Dutton
Mrs. Roger Stenson presided at the Teton County Extension Homemakers Council spring meeting held April 23 at the Dutton Methodist Church. Reports covered Cultural Arts, Family Life, International, Publicity, Safety, Scholarship, Historian and Community Service, and district activities with guest speaker Mrs. Gus Gunderson recounting the 1968 ACWW meeting in Lansing. Sharon Johnson and Grant Anderson from Dutton Drama Dept presented a playlet and host clubs served picnic fare. officers include Stenson president and Boehm vice president.
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Roger Stenson
Teton County Extension Homemakers Council
Dutton Methodist Church
Paul Alzheimer
Martin Alzheimer
Eugene Baquet
William Briggs
Mike Horak
Jack Scott
James Gray
District Extension Homemakers Council
Paul Kolste
Catherine Gardner
Gus Gunderson
Conrad
Lansing
Mich
Sharon Johnson
Grant Anderson
Dutton Drama Department
Diamond Valley
Collins
Fairfield
David Boehm
Floyd Mathison
Dutton
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