Bulldogs Open Season With 100-Point Pair of Wins
Teton Bulldogs dominated Augusta 63 13 and then crushed Cardin als of Dutton 44 18 in two early season showings. Starting guards Dahlin and Scott led a balanced attack while Rose hit key long shots. Free throw accuracy stood at 60 percent with 13 of 22 attempts. Conrad Cowboys visit Friday bringing a strong returning lineup from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton Bulldogs
Augusta
Bulldogs
Agusta Boys
Cardinals
Dutton High
Dutton Boys
Glenn Hansen
Mortana State
Teton
L. Dahlin
Scott
Nelson
Hinman
C. Dahlin
Rose
Tean
Conrad Cowboys
Conrad
Choteau
Nick Mariana
Great Falls
Navy Vets Returning Home in Magic Carpet Move
Advance notice from the Public Information office lists John W. Fuller and other sailors among high point men to return aboard the U S S Maryland and Diphda. Discharges include Richard A. Conklin Charles Nesbit and Lynn Johnson with assignments to Squadron 4 Moffett Field. A letter from Becker reports travel delays and plans to reach Camp McCoy within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Fuller
USNR
Esther Fuller
Public Information Office
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Fuller
U. S. S. Maryland
Office of Public Information
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Washington
U. S. Navy
Richard A. Conklin
Charles K. Nesbit
Becker
Camp McCoy
Tax collections progress reported by County Treasurer
County Treasurer Gordon Monk reports current year tax collections are very satisfactory. Taxpayers have paid promptly and funds are in hand. Details of the tax business are being completed and the books are being closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Monkman
Army nurse home again Ruth Irvin returns from Pacific service
Miss Ruth Irvin daughter of Mr and Mrs W G Irvin has come home after serving with the U S Nurses Force in the Pacific She held a lieutenants commission and saw duty in New Guinea the Philippines and other Pacific theatres
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Irvin
W. G. Irvin
Pacific
U. S
Irvin
New Guinea
Philippines
Fish Planting Report From 1945 Highlights Local Efforts
The Teton County Sportsmen Association helped plant 190 410 trout in county waters in 1945. J M Colley of the Great Falls Hatchery sent a detailed planting report to Sportsmen Secretary James Van Cleave. Distribution included Deep Creek 5680 and Black Spotted No Fork Teton River 48000 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County Sportsmen Association
James van Cleave
J. M. Colley
Great Falls
State Fish and Game Commission
Teton County
Battle Creek
Teton River
Fork Teton River
Turkey Shipment Shows High Quality Birds From Local Producers
The Teton County Shipping Association loaded turkeys yesterday with a small total weight of 3 000 to 4 000 lbs. Matt Decker said the marketed birds were tops. Herbert Moon graded the birds. packing was by Decker, Oliver Manseth, and Paul Mathis. Harriet Cushman from Montana State College assisted. The birds will be trucked to Crystal Ice Co in Great Falls for storage before marketing through the Northwest Turkey Growers Association in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County Shipping Association
Matt Decker
Association
Herbert Moon
Pendroy
Decker
Oliver Manseth
Paul Mathis
Harriet Cushman
Montana State College
Crystal Ice Co
Great Falls
Northwest Turkey Growers Association
Salt Lake City
Open House at Great Falls Air Base Sunday
Air Base at Great Falls will host a second open house this Sunday December 9 with Gov. Sam C. Ford and senior Army Air Force officers attending. Visitors can tour fighters bombers and cargo aircraft including B 29 B 24 B 17 C 46 C 47 Black Widow and a jet fighter. tours run 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Buses from Paris Corner will shuttle every half hour on the hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Paris
Hentges Sells Deep Creek Ranch to Yeager Brothers
John W. Hentges sold his Deep Creek ranch in Teton county to Ed Harry and Sid Yeager. The 10,000 acres of deeded land plus 6,000 acres of leased ground include the former Chris Salmond and H. L. Stafford units. The Yeagers will operate the ranch and sheep separately. Hentges plans to stay in Choteau and visit relatives in Cedar Rapids over Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
John W. Hentges
Chateau Hardware Co
Deep Creek
Yeager Bros
Harry
Sid
Chris Salmond
H. L. Stafford
Miss Stafford
Mrs. Hentges
Choteau
Firemen Date Dec 31 For Popular New Year Eve Ball
Choteau plans its annual New Year Eve ball sponsored by the Choteau Volunteer Firemen's association. Proceeds fund fire department needs including insurance and supplies. The event promises New Year features, favors hats and horns with extra music from Walt Bakers top four piece orchestra at Mountain View pavilion. tickets are $1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Choteau Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Committee On Music
Walt Baker
Mountain View Pavilion
School Census Completed in Teton County 1945
The 1945 school census compiled by district clerks shows 922 boys and 832 girls aged 6 to 21, totaling 1937, up 19 from last year but down 168 from 1937. Preschool counts total 731 with 369 boys and 362 girls, up 20 from last year. preschool high was 758 in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Muriel Reiquam
Teton Conty
Navy Seabee Dick Conklin Returns Home
Dick Conklin, a carpenter in the U S Navy construction battalion, the Seabees, arrives home to join his wife Clarice Knudtzon. He served 28 months, 19 overseas in the Pacific, with training at Camp Perry and Camp Endicott before Pacific duty including Pearl Harbor Guam Tinian Okinawa. He returns to work at Knudtzon Lumber Co. on the 15th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Conklin
U. S. Navy
Seabees
Clarice Knudtzon
Pacific
Camp Perry
Camp Endicott
BR. I
Camp Parks
California
Pearl Harbor
Hueneme
Calif
Guam
Tinian
Okinawa
Knudtzon Lumber Co
Stock in Teton County Should Have Iodized Salt
Teton county needs iodized salt for livestock to prevent goiter and hairlessness in newborns. County Agent Zim notes potassium iodide mixed with salt prevents iodine loss, and stabilized potassium iodide salt blocks offer effective protection against weather exposure compared to older iodized black salt.
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Teton County
Zim
Teton
Girl Scouts Present Impressive Program at Woman's Club Meeting
At the Choteau Woman's Club gathering on November 20 in the grade school auditorium the Girl Scout Troop showcased a Brownies group of 30, read papers on their activities, and performed skits The leaders include Mrs Marion Huffman Velma sen Ruth Pike Margaret Armstrong Viva Ann McLeod and Muriel Reiquam served as chairwoman
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Choteau
Choteau Woman’s Club
Marion Huffman
Velmasen
Atchison, Topeka
Sana Fe
Ruth Pike
Margaret Armstrong
Viva Ann McLeod
Rena Nelson
Muriel Reiquam
Miss Helen Dinsmore Withdraws From Teton High
Miss Helen Dinsmore, a Teton High student since the start of the year and previously enrolled last year, has withdrawn and returned to her Roundup home. She has resided with Mrs. Kuckuck, county welfare agent, during the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roundup
Helen Dinsmore
Teton High
Kuckuck
Teton
Teton Helps State Go Over Top In Final Bond Drive
Teton county led a Victory loan drive with a 186 percent completion, a 2.7 percent gain. Arnold Hanusa was local director. Montana reached its E-bond quota, but North Dakota edged ahead in total performance as 22 of 56 counties stayed below 100 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton
STATE
Teton County
Arnold Hanusa
State War Finance Committee
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Sheepmen Favor Airplanes to Cope with Coyote Pest
Teton County sheepmen met at the county agent office to discuss control methods for predatory animals. They debated hunting and aircraft and voted to pursue plane-based control and a five cent per head assessment to fund necessary costs. A meeting will form an association once petitions circulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Court House
State Fish and Wild Game Service
E. E. Sayler
Havre
State Wild Life Service
Horticulturist Advises Winter Mulch for Strawberries
E. E. Isaac from Montana State College urges mulching strawberry beds after ground freezes in fall. Use coarse mulch like straw or potato vines, remove chaff if straw is used, avoid lawn leaves, and keep mulch to about three inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Isaac
Montana State College
Folke
Hospital Group to Speak at Diamond Valley Union Meeting
AHospital Service Association of Montana representative from Helena will address the Diamond Valley Farmers Union at the Dutton high school gym next Wednesday evening December 12. The speaker will outline the nationwide Blue Cross Hospital Plan and invite public attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Farmers Union
Hospital Service Association of Montana, Inc
Helena
Diamond Valley Farmers Union
Frank Loch
Dutton High Agnont
Hospital’ Service Association
Blue Cross
Former Choteau Police Chief Henry B Ashworth Dies in Cheney
Cecil D. Yeager learns of the death of Henry B. Ashworth a former Choteau resident. For ten years he served as Cheney police chief and his funeral in Cheney was on November 19 attended by William Yeager and Dervil's son. Buster Yeager traveled from Camp Farragut Idaho to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil D. Yeager
Cheney
Wash
Henry B. Ashworth
Choteau
Mr. Yeager
Mr. Ashworth
Wm. Yeager
Dervil
Wm. Or
Buster
Chateau
Camp Farragut
Idaho
Woman's Club Gifts for Veterans at Fort Harrison
The Chateau Bakery hosts a hospital drive by the Woman's Club and Montana Federation of Women's Clubs to send non wrapped Christmas gifts to Veterans Hospital Fort Harrison. Items include candy, tobacco, socks, cards, toiletries, razor blades, gum, memo pads, pencils, combs, matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Woman’s Club
Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs
Veterans’ Hospital
Fort Harrison
Woman's Club
Chateau Bakery
Californians visit Great Falls relatives this Sunday
Mr and Mrs J E Bass traveled from California with H H Bleecker to visit friends and relatives in Great Falls. Mrs Bass recently moved to Los Angeles while her husband has just received his discharge from the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Bass
H. H. Bleecker
Great Falls
Commissioners Hold Annual December Session Contracts Awarded
County commissioners in their December session completed items including awarding county printing to The Fairfield Times owned by Howard Cunningham, with The Chateau Acantha previously holding in 1945. Reappointments were made to the county high school board including T. B. Halvorson J. A. Swanson and Joel Otness. Positions for superintendent of the poor farm county physician and burial contract for county charges were filled at the June meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Acantha
Fairfield Times
Howard Cunningham
Acantha
T. B. Halvorson
J. A. Swans
Social Science Course Needs Real World Community Input
Principal urges parents and citizens to enrich social science in schools with practical knowledge from community members. He highlights aims like tolerance, social sensitivity, fact based judgments, cooperation, and respect for differences, asking for volunteering expertise rather than money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Boy Scouts
American Legion
Women's Club
Red Cross
Frank HB. Benbrooks
Firemen's Ball Ticket Offer Amid Community Notes
The passage mentions buying a ticket for the Firemen's Ball and notes Mrs. W. G. of Irving being seriously ill and in a Great Falls hospital since last Friday. It also reports the Chateau Woman's club Music and Literature group's Christmas program with Patricia Smith performing two violin solos and two piano numbers, accompanied by her mother Mrs. Bethune, plus reentry of Mrs. Armstrong into Columbus hospital for further treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G
Irving
Great Falls
Chateau Woman’s Club
Cecil Passmore
Patricia Smith
Donald Bethune
Ketelbey
Thais
Massenet
Clair de Tune
Nebussy
Ai Waterlilly
MacDowell
J. R. Armstrong
Columbus Hospital
Funeral Held for Thomas Kloster Carpenter Pioneer
Thomas Kloster 81 longtime resident of the Chateau area died November 28 1945 at Chateau hospital after years of illness. Born July 1 1864 in Norway he came to the U S in 1888 living in Lacqui Parle County Minnesota Fargo North Dakota then Teton county near Chateau before settling in Chateau as a carpenter. Survived by wife predeceased 1925 daughter Mrs Harry Boutilier sons Ole Chateau and A T Vancouver B C, two grandsons Allan and Robert Boutilier in service. Funeral from Trinity Lutheran church December 1 at 2:00 with Rev A Bernard Gravdal officiating. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kloster
Chateau Hospital
Mr. Kloster
Norway
Lacqui Parle County
Minnesota
Fargo
N. D
Teton County
Chateau
Anna Mary Sabo
Kloster
Harry Boutlier
Great Falls
Ole
Geo. Thomason
Ole Lestrud
Ole Holland
Robi. Miller
H. B. Swanson
A McGinnis
Roy Morgan Renamed Head of AAA Delegates Name County Officers
Teton County Triple A officers for 1946 were named at the annual convention of delegates from 13 communities. Roy F. Morgan was re elected as chairman W H Wellenstein named vice chairman LeRoy F Rob inson re elected secretary and treasurer Other officers and delegates include M B Bell Adam Dahlman A O Reiquam J A Primus Martin Depner Ed Savik Paul A Mathis Jake Luimstra Jr Chateau Thor Svenby and others with each community choosing three local committeemen and one delegate to the county convention held in the courthouse
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Roy F. Morgan
W. H. Wellenstein
LeRoy F. Robinson
M. B. Bell
Adam Dahlman
Power
A. O. Reiquam
Collins
Bob
Charles F. Proff
Diamond Valley
Fairfield
Jake Luinstra, Jr
Chateau
Thor Svenby
Greenfield
Chateau Council Hears Plumber License Requests and Permits
The Chateau city council held a regular meeting Monday with the mayor present. Applications from Pat Granger and Tom Hammond for a plumbers license were reviewed as Granger forms Teton Plumbing Heating & Appliance Co. A building was planned on Main avenue near Koch carpenter shop. The Citizens State Bank bond was approved to secure city funds. Lights were to be cleaned and restored by Montana Power Co. Permits were issued for Jim Cook to build a 14 by 28 frame garage and Dr. H W Bateman to add 34 by 60 feet to his hospital property, contingent on prior Teton Memorial Hospital construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Granger
Tom Hammond
Granger
Browning
Hammond
Crane Co
Teton Plumbing, Heating & Applicance Co
Main Avenue
Chateau
Koch
Ehay
Citizens State Bank
Montana Power Co
Jim Cook
Jackson
H. W. Bateman
Teton Memorial Hospital
Legion Auxiliary Plans Gifts for the Yanks Meeting
The Legion Auxiliary meets Monday at 8 p.m. in Lutheran church parlors with hostesses Mrs. Muriel Requam Miss Lillian Urban and Mrs. John Dale. Gifts for the Yanks are collected at Chateau Drug with a December 10 deadline. Members should bring a prospective new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Legion Auxiliary
Lutheran
Muriel Requam
Lillian Urban
John Dale
Chateau Drug
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Conrad -Is
Lynn Cgc. Johnson
Dutton
Moffett Field
Naval Air Transport Service Command
Service Command
World Airways of Tomorrow
Squadron 4
United States
Navy
T. H
John R. Hilling
Mmi
Thomas Hilline
Hilling
San Francisco
Decemer
Delbert Boggs
Naval Service
Delbert
Alaska
Percy
TAK
Jim van Cleave
Turkey
J. W. Hentges
Big Deep Creek
The
Yeager Brothers
Carpenter
Pimce
H. B. Ashworth
Choteauite
Woman’s Club
Bakery
Tom Kloster
Roy Morgan
AAA
LeRoy Robinson
Treas
Legion Auxiliary
Episcopal Guild
C. W. Burns
Cora Cohoe
Ray
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