Tragedy strikes Great Falls as 10 year old dies in car crash
Joan Groth, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Groth, was killed on Tenth Avenue South when a car driven by James F. Coady jumped a curb and struck her. Coady, 35, Fort Benton, faces manslaughter charges in the death. Groth girl, Montana's 131st highway fatality this year, died after the impact dragged 150 feet. She is survived by parents, a brother and three sisters, and grandparents in Minnesota. Funeral held at Trinity Lutheran Church Chateau with intern Noel Petersen officiating.
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Joan Groth
Tenth Avenue South
Great Falls
Miss Groth
Ralph Groth
Raymond Jacoby
James F. Coady
Fort Benton
Coady
Corrine Schlehr
Gene Daly
Cascade County
Groth
Montana
O. E. Groth
Ogema
Minn
Anna_ Stock
Richwood
Camp McCoy
Committee Seeks New City Dump Site
Duane Reisch of the Chateau Chamber of Commerce said a special committee with the City Council is inspecting potential dump sites. Reisch and Enoch Stroh checked one site Monday night and planned another inspection Tuesday night. Harold Bouma noted Pat Hume acquired land for a sawmill. Chamber members also briefly discussed the new minimum wage law effective Sept. 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Reisch
Chateau Chamber For Commerce
Reisch
Enoch Stroh
Harold Bouma
Pat Hume
Bouma
Hume
Chamber
Reception Planned for Dr Michael Kelly by Catholic Ladies Auxiliary
Dr Michael Kelly will be honored at a reception in the basement of St Joseph's rectory on Sunday August 11 from 7 to 9 p m. The Catholic Ladies Auxiliary invites the public to attend.
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Michael Kelly
Catholic Ladies Auxiliary
St. Joseph’s
Petersons Spend Weekend in Neihart with Granddaughter
Mr and Mrs Cap Peterson visited Neihart for a family weekend with their granddaughter Mrs Neil Peterson and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap Peterson
Neihart
Mrs
Neil Peterson
Lion Swimmers Shine At Montana State AAU Meet
Chateau Lions Club swimmers placed 24 events and eight medals earning 88 points to finish ninth among 14 teams at Helena state meet. Crocker set 100m backstroke record. Camden became first Chateau swimmer with three state medals. multiple finalists and relay thirds highlighted strong showing as 384 swimmers competed.
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Chateau Lions Club
Helena
Montana
Billings Y
Great Falls Y
Choteau
Crocker
Tom Crocker
Havre
Sandy McLean
John Camden
Camden
Villager Grand Opening Saturday At Chateau’s New Store
The Villager, a new 9000 square foot hybrid hardware drug and jewelry store with Tree Top Restaurant, will open Saturday from 6 am to 10 pm. Grand prize is a three day Flathead Lake vacation. other prizes include a vacuum cleaner and veterinary gift packages.
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Flathead Lake
Villager
Milton McNea
John Davison
Victor Sargent
Davison
McNea
McKesson
Holiday Inn
McNeal, Davisons
Sargent
Dr Jordan Wins National Art Contest in Motorola Event
Choteau dentist Dr Andrew Jordan was named one of six winners in Motorola's national nonprofessional art competition. His winning watercolor Waiting for the Thaw depicts a winter scene and follows his status as a national finalist earlier this year. Jordan has been in New York for dental studies and is expected to return to Choteau next week.
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Andrew Jordan
Chateau
Motorola
Jordan
Choteau
New York City
Miss Schiller to Attend All-States Encampment
CaraLynn Schiller of Chateau will join 627 other girls in the 17 day All-States Encampment starting August 11. She is the sole Big Sky Council representative and earned selection through eight years of scouting and complete badge and rank work. She will help survey sites and study new uses for camps while contributing to wildlife sanctuary planning and leader training as part of a three year national effort to broaden camping access.
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CaraLynn Schiller
Chateau
Miss Schiller
Ed Schiller
Big Sky Council
Vermont
Mrs Gitchel Dies After Pendroy Residency
Mrs. Elsie Louise Gitchel, longtime Pendroy area resident, died in Alhambra Wednesday night. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 p.m. in Banks Funeral Chapel. The Gitchels lived in Pendroy 46 years before retiring to Alhambra near Boulder where she had been in failing health for some time.
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Jay
Elsie Louise) Gitchel
Pendroy Area
Alhambra
Banks Funeral Chapel
Pendroy
Gitchels
Boulder
Gitchel
Tie vote in county soil and water board election forces new ballot
On July 23 equal ballots were cast for Elmer Knaff of Chateau Roy Page of Bynum and the other candidate for countywide soil and water conservation district supervisor. The tie requires the board of supervisors to set a new election date, announced Raymond Kelly county extension agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Knaff
Chateau
Roy Page
Bynum
Soil and Water Conservation District
Board of Supervisors
Raymond Kelly
Ferris Couple Attends School Reunion in Virginia City
Mr and Mrs Rollie Ferris attended her school reunion in Virginia City from July 26 to 28 They also visited her two sisters Mrs Florence Thomas and Mrs Helen Erickson during the trip
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollie Ferris
Virginia City
Florence Thomas
Helen Erickson
Chateau council considers consolidating ordinances and liquor rules
The Chateau City Council began ordinances consolidation to merge traffic and beer liquor rules into a single code and plans re enactment next meeting. They may raise bar closing time to 2 a.m. after consolidation. Council reviewed water restrictions and golf course/park maintenance, and discussed Little League diamond land on Hirshberg addition.
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Chateau
Leo Murphy
Murphy
Jack Sangray
City Public Works
Langray
Lions Club
Sangray
Bob Amick
Hirshberg
Funeral Rites Held for Dean F. Waterman in Collins
Dean F. Waterman 72 lifelong Collins resident died recently. Services were at Choteau Methodist Church with Rev. Bill Starling officiating. Burial followed in Choteau Cemetery. Born April 5, 1891 in Doland South Dakota, he came to Montana with his mother and sister about 1896. He helped pioneer Collins farming, bought Collins Mercantile in 1926, served as postmaster until 1961, and was a longtime Collins school board clerk. He was a Brady Methodist Church member and later admitted to St Marys Hospital. Continued on page 6.
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Dean F. Waterman
Collins
Choteau Methodist Church
Bill Starling
Great Falls
Choteau Cemetery
Doland
S.D
Frank and
Ida
Collins School Board
Brady Methodist Church
St. Marys Hospital
Bowling League Meets at Legion Hall Wednesday
The Chateau Men’s Bowling Association will hold its league meeting Wednesday August 14 at 8 30 p.m in Legion hall. Lunch and refreshments will be served.
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Chateau Men’s Bowling Association
Legion Hall
Bandows Host Guests In Conrad Dinner Visit
Mr and Mrs Ray Bandow were dinner guests Sunday of the Gale Bandows in Conrad. They also visited the Dick Bandow family during the same trip.
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Ray Bandow
Gale Bandows
Conrad
Dick Bandow
Morano retires after 49 years as section foreman
Domenick T Morano, a Choteau resident born in Montarossa Italy on February 2 1893, retires from the Great Northern Railroad after 49 years as a section foreman beginning in March 1915 at Craig. He and his wife Anna have 13 children and 32 grandchildren.
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Domenick T. Morano
Great Northern Railroad
Morano
Choteau
Railroad
Craig
Shelby, Pendrey, Power and Cascade
Montarossa
Italy
Anna
William Alzheimer Tops MSC A List In Spring Quarter
William Alzheimer was Choteau's lone straight A student at Montana State College during spring quarter. Other area students on the MSC honors list include JoAnn N. Chalmers Janica M. Jaumotte Charles L. Horak Collins Barbara J. Eisenman Jesse R. Gleason Charles R. Hartz Robert P. Lee and Allan L. Udin of Fairfield.
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William Alzheimer
Choteau
Montana State College
JoAnn N. Chalmers
Janica M. Jaumotte
Charles L. Horak
Collins
Barbara J. Eisenman
Jesse R. Gleason
Charles R. Hartz
Robert P. Lee
Allan L Udin
Fairfield
MSC
Vance Family Announces Wedding of Terry Vance
Mr and Mrs W H Vance invite friends to the marriage of their daughter Terry to St Michael Ray Tietge in Eau Claire Wisconsin. The ceremony is Sunday August 11 at 2 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church Chateau. Reception follows at 3 pm at the Vance home. No local invitations sent.
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W. H. Vance
Terry
St. Michael Ray Tietge
Eau Claire
Wis
Trinity Lutheran Church
Chateau
Vance
CHS Students Win Scholarships at State Science Fair
Chateau High School student Ronald Talmage of Havre won third place and a 150 scholarship for his Hydromagnetic Plasma Gun. David Shannon of Chateau earned 75 for fourth with Chemical Topology. Janet Wood of Choteau earned honorable mention in seniors. Charles Shannon and Jean Chalmers, also of Chateau, earned junior division honorable mentions.
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Chateau High
CHS
Anaconda Co
Ronald Talmage
Havre
David Shannon
Chateau
Talmage
E. R. Talmage
Shannon
D. L. Shannon
al Finley
Janet Wood
Choteau
Charles Shannon
Jean Chalmers
Finley
Weather: Dana Vails Spends Weekend at Waterton
Dana Vails spent the week end at Waterton, likely enjoying a leisure retreat. No further details available in the fragment.
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Dana Vails
Waterton
Mat Matland Dies at 92 in Rest Home
Mat Matland 92, former Sun River Project settler, died Monday in a Teton County rest home. Funeral at Assembly of God Church Fairfield Friday at 2 p.m. Born Jan 30 1871 in Haugesund Norway he emigrated 1888 worked at Great Falls smelter, returned to Norway 1898 married Martha Helgeson then rejoined in Great Falls. He homesteaded Sun River in 1909 farmed until 1933 retirement. Survivors include son Knute Cedar Falls Iowa daughters Olga Great Falls Christine Fairfield seven grandchildren eight great grandchildren and several relatives in US and Norway. Burial Highland Cemetery Great Falls.
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Mat Matland
Teton County
Assembly of God Church
Fairfield
Matland
Haugesund
Norway
United States
Giant Springs
Great Falls
Martha Helgeson
ACM
Sun River Project
Soren
Knute
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Olga Helgeson
Christine Nelson
CHS FFA Receives Gold Banner At State Fair
Chateau FFA members excel at the state fair with a gold banner for the collective booth. Team members Jim Larson Dennis Depner Bob Pearson led soils and range judging with Pearson top individual and Depner placing high. Individual winners earned multiple metal and wood craft prizes, totaling over 400 dollars in premiums.
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Chateau
FFA
Bob Nauck
Jim and
Jarry Larson
Dennis Depner
Bob Pearson
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Tim Meyers
Melvin McNea
Stuart Moulton
Jerry Luinstra
Darwin Abbott
Dave Taskila
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Dr. Jordan
Amick
D. P. Fabrick
Billy McCauley
Council
Frontier
Maurice Black
Gallatin Valley
Minnesota
D. Waterman
Dean Waterman
D. Morano
William McRae
Roy Maurer
Jack Nason
Richard Turville
Rudolph Bickhoff
Jorgen Hollo c
John Ammondson
Highland Cemetery
CHS Ffa
Oklahoma
Nauck
Teton’ County
Lyle Weist
Dave Stott
Danny Weist
Donnie Hansen
Dennis Rice
Kenny Rice
Charles Durr
Rich Ferris
Jay Cole
Russell Eklund
Albert ‘Lindseth
Jerry Larson
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