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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1968
Page
4
The Fairfield Hay Marketing Association began accepting applications August 26 in the Extension Office in Fairfield. Interested individuals may visit in person or call to have the forms mailed to them as the group seeks to help farmers in the area.
The Ferris family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for cards flowers food and acts of kindness during their bereavement They thank Dr Bosshardt Dr Kelly and hospital staff for excellent care.
Classified ad offers bookkeeping sets, ledgers, typing ribbons, and adder ribbons. Seller can provide on request or locate items as needed. Local pickup or delivery options to be arranged.
The Conrad Pupil Personnel Services Project begins its second year with full staff in Glacier Toole Pondora and Teton counties. The Title III program funded through Harlem Public Schools covers 10 Montana counties and aims to evaluate learning disabilities and plan remedial programs with parents and schools. The staff includes psychologist Horace Mann guidance consultant Charles Clikeman social worker Elise Oleinik and secretary Nancy Christians with two reading specialists assisting teachers.
Funeral services for Mrs Michael Bridgid Elizabeth Walsh 73 of Fairfield were held at St John the Evangelist Church. Rosary was recited and burial took place in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Survived by widower daughter Evelyn Hays two brothers in Ireland and siblings in Great Falls and Chicago. A son John died in 1944.
Mr and Mrs Robert Colley announce the engagement of their daughter Earlene Fay to Richard Ostberg son of Mr and Mrs Chester Ostberg Fairfield. Earlene is a 1968 graduate of C M Russell High School Ostberg works at Power Farmers Elevator and serves in the Montana Air National Guard No wedding date yet set.
Fairfield FFA soils judging team posted 410 points to win the state contest and qualify for the National Land and Range Contest in Oklahoma City next April. Chateau 361, Red Lodge 3rd. Lewis and Clark 4-H edged Judith Basin 4-H by one point for 4-H honors. Top individuals included Dick Holzer, Duane Gebhart, Bob Meyer, Chuck Dallas, John Stott, and Jeff Chaffie. Frank Carter noted possible travel pending funding. Charles Smith served as judge.
Dr. Leslie Chalmers from Eastern Montana College reports on attending a joint four day conference of the American Agricultural Economics Association and the Western Agricultural Economics Association at Montana State University Bozeman August 18 to 21. The event drew over 2400 economists addressing rural poverty world food issues and farm policy. Many attendees extended trips to visit Yellowstone Park with families before returning home.
Mr and Mrs J K Ralston of Billings recent visitors at Gordon Monkman home. Ralston a noted Western painter attended dedication of the St Louis New Museum of Western Art and the Jefferson Memorial Arch for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. His painting of the expedition hangs in the museum gallery. He was born on his father's ranch southwest of Bynum. Grandfather Samuel F Ralston owned land now Miller Hutterite Colony. They also attended the Montana Sons and Daughters of Pioneers convention.
Jimmy L. Stowe son of Mr and Mrs Clem H Stowe Rt 2 Toccoa Ga received the U S Air Force Commendation Medal at Malmstrom AFB for meritorious service as aircraft maintenance crew chief at Tuy Hoa AB Vietnam cited for outstanding professional skill and initiative He is now at Malmstrom in a unit of the Aerospace Defense Command The sergeant is a 1965 graduate of Stephens County High School His wife Jamie is daughter of Mr and Mrs Lynn McCann of
Montana residents seeking the Special Enrollment Examination must file by August 31. The test, for non certified public accountants or attorneys to represent clients in tax matters before IRS, will be in Helena on September 26 and 27. Obtain Form 323 and info from local IRS offices. mail applications and $25 fee to the Director, Audit Division, IRS, Washington DC 20224.
Farmers urged to use the price support loan for 1968 barley and avoid selling into low markets. Barley added to the 1969 feed grain program, enabling diversion to conserving uses for 1969 benefits. North Dakota Minnesota Montana South Dakota storage and terminal loans discussed.
A concise call to exam a driver’s courtesy on the road. It asks if you practice defensive driving by avoiding aggressive moves and yielding to faster vehicles when you lead a line of traffic, promoting safer highways for all.
In February 1968, 918 people in Teton County received $77,860 monthly in social security, up from 885 people and $64,465, a 3.7 percent rise in beneficiaries and 20.8 percent rise in payments. Most beneficiaries draw retirement or survivors benefits. 53 receive disability benefits. Social security representative Don Waldron visits Chateau at the courthouse on the second full week Tuesdays 10 am to 12 noon, next Sept 10.
The Central Flyway in Montana sets a 33 day duck season from Oct 12 to Nov 13 with hunting hours from half an hour before sunrise to sunset. Daily bag limit is three ducks with a post day limit of six. limits allow at most two wood ducks, one canvasback or one redhead, or two mallards per day and four wood ducks, one canvasback or one redhead, or four mallards in possession after day one.
A 75 day Central Flyway goose season runs Oct 5 to Dec 18 1968 with a daily bag limit of two geese and a 20 coat possession cap after day one. A mallard drake late season in Montana runs Dec 14 1968 to Jan 5 1969 with a four drakes daily limit and eight in possession after opening day.
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