Choteau Little Leaguers Win Invitational Baseball Tournament
The Choteau Traveling team won a four day invitational with 23 2 season record. They defeated Conrad 6 1 in the final to repeat as champions with Rusty Dailey earning his sixth win and Kelly Hirsch hitting well for the series.
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Choteau
Triangle
Choteau City
Chateau
Conrad
Fairfield Whites
Geraldine
Chateau City
Power
Browning
Fairfield Gray
Sunburst
Fort Benton
Shelby A
Gray
Shelby
Kelly Hirsch
Hirsch
David Hoge
Fairfield White
Jeff Richmond
Fairfield
Russell Mills
Mills
Rusty Dailey
Forrest Mathis
Will Rasmussen
Dailey
Zales
Zales Davidson
Kirk Dunckel
Haase
Davidson
Hause
Mathis
Rasmussen
Cascade
Huck Finn Day Set by Choteau Jaycees in City Park
The Choteau Jaycees sponsor Huck Finn Day this Sunday in the city park for children through age 12. Registration begins at 10 a.m. with fishing from the bridge area near Moose Hall to the rodeo grounds. Weigh-in starts at 2 p.m. Prizes include a new bicycle for the largest fish, sleeping bags for best Huckleberry Finn costumes, and tackle boxes for runners-up. About 100 youngsters are expected. refreshments and gifts will be provided.
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Choteau Jaycees
Choteau Area
Choteau City Park
John Conatser
The
Jaycees
Conatser
Moose Hall
Rodeo Grounds
Ingrid Gebhart Dies Wednesday at 60 in Bynum Area
Ingrid Gebhart wife of Arthur Gebhart died Wednesday Aug 8 at her ranch home five miles east of Bynum. Graveside services were Aug 11 at Bynum Cemetery with Rev. Lowell Stordahl. Burial in the family plot. Survivors include husband Arthur and three sons Edwin Roy Walter and twelve grandchildren.
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Bynum
Arthur
Ingrid G.) Gebhart
Lowell Stordahl
Fairfield
Banks Funeral Home
Gebhart
United States
Norway
Choteau
Louis Erickson
Arthur Gebhart
Shelby
Edwin
Power
Roy
Walter
Headquarters
Idaho
Social Security Benefit Increase Set at 5.9 Percent
Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 5.9 percent raise in their June 1973 CPI over 1972 figures, with checks starting in July 1974. Great Falls Social Security manager Raymond Pedersen explains the rate aligns with the June CPI and updates the prior 5.6 percent estimate.
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Raymond Pedersen
Great Falls
Pedersen
Light Purchased For Emergency Room At Teton Memorial
Thelma Nauck announced a new movable examination light installed in the emergency room at Teton Memorial Hospital. The light costs 258 dollars and was bought with Memorial Fund money to aid doctors, with more purchases planned from Memorial funds.
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Teton Memorial
Thelma Nauck
Teton Memorial Hospital Association
Lightning Strikes Coghill Home Causes Minor Damage
Lightning hit the home of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Wehrmann in Coghill Addition on Monday evening damaging the water heater a breaker box and burning out their TV set. Firemen responded as a precaution but no fire occurred. The storm also brought wind rain totaling .10 inch at Cho teau.
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LeRoy Wehrmann
Coghill Addition
Choteau
Forrests and Stensons Return From Alaska Trip
Mr and Mrs Bill Forrest and Mr and Mrs Snappy Stenson returned last week from a month long Alcan Highway trip to Alaska. The party logged about 6000 miles round trip visiting Fairbanks Anahim Lake and Jasper Park. Mrs Jurgens former Mary Lou Forrest hosted them in Anahim Lake B C and they report a fine time with good travel conditions.
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Bill Forrest
Snappy Stenson
Alcan Highway
Alaska
Charles Cohoe
Imogene Moss
Fairbanks
Co. W. Jurgens
Anahim Lake
B. C
Jurgens
Mary Lou Forrest
Forrests
Montana Green Belt Act linked land tax plan explained
Dennis Burr of the Montana Department of Revenue outlines Senate Bill 72, creating a productivity based tax for agricultural land. Applications must be filed by Oct 1 with a 25 dollar late fee option, or within 60 days after Oct 1.
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Montana
State Department of Revenue
County General Fund
Chester O. Baker
Teton County
Harvest Season Drives Grain Prices to Record Highs
Grain prices surge as Montana farmers harvest 112 million bushels of wheat and 75 million of barley. General Mills Elevator and GTA report record paying prices with barley at 4.85 per hundredweight and durum wheat around 8 a bushel. Boxcar shortages threaten marketing amid Burlington Northern’s record grain flow and 18 million dollar hopper car purchases. Governor Judge urges rail relief.
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Russ Barner
General Mills Elevator
Barner
Ralph Groth
GTA Elevator
Groth
GTA
General Mills
Montana
Thomas Judge
Burlington Northern
Northcentral
Judge
Crowds Gather for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Filming in Chateau
Large crowds watched Clint Eastwood’s Malpaso unit film a scene for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot in Chateau. Jeff Bridges acted in place of Eastwood, playing a car theft sequence near Taylor Motors while crews from about 60 staff and local authorities coordinated the shoot. Filming continues in nearby areas with a two month Montana schedule and a local release anticipated.
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Clint Eastwood
Malpaso
Chateau
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Eastwood
Great Falls
Jeff Bridges
Lloyd Bridges
Taylor Motor
Court House
Hobson
Ulm
Augusta
Bridges
Lightfoot
General
Teton County Sheriff's Office
Taylor Motors
General Mills
Montana
Roxy
Good Catch of Kokanee Salmon at Pishkun Reservoir
Bill Hill of the Fish and Game biologist team reports kokanee salmon caught at Pishkun Reservoir southwest of Chateau. Hill and assistant Mark Johnson netted with little luck, then trolled to land 10 fish averaging 14 to 16 inches. First planted in 1970, annual stockings total about 100,000 fry each year at Pishkun, with similar plantings at Bynum Reservoir and Lake Francis. Snagging season runs Sept 1 to Jan with 35 daily limit. regular season limit 10 fish. Pishkun is unusually low this year, possibly forcing shore snagging due to low water.
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Bill Hill
Pishkun Reservoir
Chateau
Hill
Mark Johnson
Pishkun
Bynum Reservoir
Lake Francis
Hill and Johnson
Inlet
Arthur Kelly Dies Monday
James Arthur Kelly 57 of Pendroy died Monday August 13 after a heart attack suffered while combining. Rosary was set for Wednesday at Banks Funeral Chapel Chateau with Mass Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Pallbearers listed. interment in Chateau Cemetery. Survivors include widow Edith Wenzel and a foster son plus three sisters.
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James Arthur Kelly
Pendrey
Conrad Hospital
Banks
Chateau
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
James Gannon
Michael Campbell
Jack Wellenstein
George Porter
Robert Brownell
Lloyd McKay
Don Nelson
Kelly
Peter
Eula Rowland Kelly
Pendroy
Edith Wenzel
Walier
William R. Christiansen
Alice Jenson
Spokane
Kathryn Stebbins
Kalispell
Ellen Davis
Cancer Fund Drive Is Successful In Teton County
Margaret Olson of Fairfield reports the Teton County Cancer Fund drive raised 2448.41 this year with 644.42 from Chateau Agawam and River Road, 91 Pendray area, 58 Power, 59 Bynum, 640.43 Dutton and Collins, and 400.50 in memorials. Memorials were down from 1972 but the total rose by 2.67 over last year as donations support the cancer cure effort.
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Teton County
Margaret Olson
Fairfield
School Registration Starts Next Week
Robert Gormley announced school registration next week with high school seniors to register Tuesday August 21 juniors on Wednesday 22 sophomores on Thursday 23 and freshmen on Friday 24. Elementary orientation for new students is Monday August 27 with sessions 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
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Robert Gormley
Chateau Elementary
Baptists Schedule Vacation Bible School This Week
Chateau Baptist Church announces Vacation Bible School August 20 to 24 with theme Jesus the Son of God from John 20 31. Classes for ages three to eighth grade run 9 to 1130 a m daily. Closing program Friday night August 24. Rev Howard Hogue invites children to attend.
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Chateau Baptist Church
Jesus the Son of God
Jesus
Christ
God
Howard Hogue
Vacation Bible School
20 Montana Counties Approved for Emergency Livestock Feed
Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz designated 20 Montana counties as eligible for government supplied feed grain at reduced prices. Counties include Deer Lodge Flathead Glacier Granite Jefferson Lake Lewis and Clark Lincoln Madison Meagher Mineral Missoula Pondera Powell Sanders Silver Bow Teton Toole Wheatland. Drought has caused forage and hay shortages, with precipitation 25 to 70 percent of normal. The program aids eligible farmers to preserve foundation herds and livestock amid deteriorating feed supplies.
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Earl Butz
Montana
Leo S. Kolstad
Montana Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Office
Deer Lodge
Flathead
Glacier
Granite
Jefferson
Lake
Lewis & Clark
Liberty
Lincoln
Madison
Meagher
Mineral
Missoula
Pondera
Powell
Secretary of Agriculture
Richmonds Kill Large Rattler in Chateau Yard
A 34 inch rattlesnake was found and killed in the Bob Richmond yard in Chateau last Sunday evening. Jeff Richmond alerted his parents, and the snake was killed with a garden hoe on the patio. Mrs. Richmond skinned the snake the next day to keep as a souvenir, prompting warnings for residents to watch for more snakes amid a dry spell.
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Bob Richmond
Chateau
Jeff Richmond
Richmond
Choteau
Janet Wedum
Fowler opens Choteau Photo in town
Jay Fowler starts Choteau Photo offering commercial photography including weddings portraits real estate and livestock with studio above Dayton Gallery. A swim team photograph on last week's front page was taken by Fowler and available as copies to order.
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Jay Fowler
Choteau Photo
Fowler
Dayton Gallery
Acantha
Bowling Meetings Set for City Association Leagues
The Women's Association meets Tuesday August 28 at A and E Lanes at 8 p.m. The Tuesday Evening Women's League follows. The Men's Association meets Wednesday August 22 at 8 p.m. at the Country Club with league meetings to follow. Refreshments served after.
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Women's City Association
Country Club
Mini-Fed Swim and Diving Meets at Chateau This Weekend
The Westcentral Mini-Fed Swimming and Diving meet comes to Chateau on Saturday and Sunday. Diving runs 9 a.m. to noon Saturday with eight age groups, followed by swimming at noon. Over 200 swimmers last year, more this year, with 22 teams participating. Awards include medals and ribbons for top finishers and high point winners. Volunteers are sought to assist housing and operations for Aug 17 18.
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Chateau
Westcentral
Westcentral Swim Federation
Westcentral Federation
Don Petrilli
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Choteau Little Leaguers
Huck Finn
City Park
Ingrid Gebhart
Forrests, Stensons
Thunderbolt and
Arthur Kelly
Baptists
Richmonds
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