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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
1
A Chateau Montana church group collects and ships clothing soap and school supplies to a Vietnamese infantry school. Capt Koonin reports grateful recipients and notes durable goods like light weight quick dry clothing are most useful.
Fire reported August 12 on the east face of Little Plume Mountain in the Teton District of Lewis and Clark National Forest. About 60 firefighters aided by two agencies contained the 13 acre blaze by midnight. campfire permits halted district wide with open fires only allowed at Cave Mountain and Summit Campgrounds.
Funeral services for Kermit Bjork age 58 will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Church in Choteau with Rev. Don Ian Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Choteau Cemetery. Zwerneman Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Bjork died Monday at Warm Springs. He was born February 21, 1910 in Luck Wisconsin and moved to Bole with his parents the same year. He worked for the Great Northern Railway and never married. He is survived by brothers Roy Butte John Simms Frank Great Falls Morris Great Falls and sisters Pearl Dirkes Fairfield and Rosella Yeager Chateau. Pallbearers: William Yeager George Dirkes Roy Bjork John Bjork Frank Bjork Morris Bjork.
The Dutton Grade and High School resume classes on Monday, August 26 with a full day and lunch served. New staff include Mr and Mrs Hugh Neill in grades four and seven Mrs Fern Wheeler grade two and Mrs Ruth Ann Linse home economics Football practice starts August 19 under coaches Sam Hunt and Wayne Elser.
Cha teau High School coach John Rose announced the first practice for sophomores juniors and seniors will be Monday August 19 at 7 p m Freshmen report after school starts The Bulldogs first game is Friday September 6 against Fairfield at Choteau
The July 15 1968 Montana farmers and ranchers index of prices paid reached 156 percent of the 1947-49 base, a new record high. Family living items rose to 143 percent, production goods to 147 percent, with motor vehicles and farm supplies up while livestock and machinery dipped. The U S index for June 15 1968 stood at 142 percent, up from mid-March and above June 1967 levels.
The Teton County Republican Women to hold a fall planning meeting Friday August 16 at 2 p.m. at the Cornell Hotel. Members needing babysitters should call Mrs. Bert Guthrie at 406-2063.
Choteau and other Montana communities received an invitation to enter the Annual Statewide Community Betterment Contest. Categories reward leadership and civic improvements across population groups with three prize winners per class. The J Hugo Aronson Sweepstakes Award goes to the top overall community. last year’s winners included Miles City, Glasgow, and Butte.
A five state conference on cattle industry problems will meet in Billings on September 10 at the Northern Hotel starting at 9 am. The agenda covers livestock inspection thefts information exchange with cattle thieves and Livestock Sanitary Board issues. William Cheney Helena Montana Livestock Commission executive officer will chair the meeting with reservations through the Northern Hotel Cheney.
Winter wheat harvest advances in most Montana counties as Aug 1 surveys show 10 percent complete nationwide. Dutton area and eastern counties near completion, while storms slowed the pace eight miles west of Dutton. Montana all wheat at a record 124.019 million bushels, with winter wheat near 84.413 million, yields around 310 bushels per harvested acre, and statewide conditions described as favorable though moisture gaps persist in northern regions.
Fort Shaw rallied to beat Choteau twice after an earlier loss to the local team to claim the Choteau Invitation Men’s Slow Pitch Softball title. Choteau took second with Augusta third as winds aided several home runs in the final.
The mourning dove debate resurfaces whether it is a song bird or game bird in Montana. States vary on status with hunts in California and calls to reclassify in Montana amid license revenue pressures.
The Chateau Jaucous sponsors Huck Finn Day with a fishing derby for children age 12 and under. Registration starts at 11 am with games, tug of war, costume judging, and free hotdogs ice cream and soda. Prizes include a bicycle for the largest overall fish and age group winners.
Glaucia Castalonga Seraphim a 17 year old from Cachoeiro de Itapemirim Brazil arrives in Great Falls Montana to live with the Stan Rathman family for a year. She will graduate Chateau High School this spring then return to Brazil to attend college and pursue English teaching and psychology.
The 22nd annual East-West Shrine football game will be played Saturday in Memorial Stadium, Great Falls. Parade at 1 30 p m, pre game activities 7 15 p m, kick off 8 15 p m. Reserved seats 2 50 3 50 4 dollars, rush seats 1 50. Friday dinner at Rainbow Hotel 7 p m 3 50 per plate. Chateau youth Doug Sabo in East squad. six touchdowns six extra points 42 points last season. He is the first Shrine game player from Chateau in years and stands 5 ft 10 in 170 lb as a power blocker and defender.
The USDA named fourteen wheat varieties as undesirable for 1969 price support due to inferior milling or baking quality. Hard Red Spring Pictic 62 is newly added to the 13 prior varieties, with discounts of 20 cents per bushel for 1969 purchases. Farmers should follow state extension guidance and plan operations accordingly.
The Choteau Lions Club Pool hosts a Beginner's Meet this Friday for 1- to 2-year swim team members who have not medaled. Coach Stan Rathman says the event awards ribbons and ends the 1968 season. Water polo tournament follows Sunday with Sfelena and Conrad.
A 1960 Corvair driven by John Daniel Bennett 17 of Great Falls struck the borrow pit after braking to avoid an oncoming car five miles north of Dupuyer Sunday about 7 pm. Passenger Marlene Joyce McMillen 17 was treated at Teton Memorial Hospital. Conditions were rainy and slick as Montana patrol investigates.
Two Chateau area women are among 61 summer quarter students at Northern Montana College who will graduate at term end. Susan Clark earns a vocational technical certificate in practical nursing and Carol Brownell a bachelor of science in secondary education in history and social science.
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