Santa Plans Visit Here On Saturday Dec 16
The Choteau Chamber of Commerce schedules a visit from Santa on Saturday December 16 to follow a free children’s movie at the Roxy Theatre starting at 2 p.m. The chamber also bought 60 trees to light downtown and requests volunteers to help set them up Sunday at 1 p.m. near the quonset by Lee’s Grocery.
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Choteau
Santa
Chamber of Commerce
Roxy Theatre
Chateau
Lee's Grocery
Chamber
Court House Oval
Jaycees
November highway and city patrol reports in Chateau and Teton
The November report shows Teton county highway accidents at 10, near the yearly average, with 3 injuries. Patrol summons fell to 26, 8 tickets for no license, 6 for unsafe driving, and multiple two violations for speeding and other infractions. Chateau Police issued 14 summons and 50 warnings, mainly speeding and underage beer possession, with several minor violations and warnings for equipment, curfew, and license issues.
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Teton County
Ray Farrell
Montana Highway Patrol Board
City of Chateau
Chateau Police
Christmas Concert Planned by Chateau High School
Chateau High School Music Department will present its annual Christmas concert Sunday December 17 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The choir modern choir and band will perform several numbers under director Lloyd Reynolds. A complete list of numbers will be published next week.
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Chateau High School
Lloyd Reynolds
Funeral Rites Held for Grant H Shoquist in Fairfield
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Grace Lutheran Church Fairfield for Grant Harmon Shoquist 44 of Fairfield died Friday December 1 at his ranch home one mile northwest Fairfield Rev August Borchardt officiated Pallbearers Art Anderson Pete Lear Roy Meyer Richard Mast Ole Vervick and Chet Hartz Honorary pallbearers Melvin Beck Bill McInerney Leo Wilke Ray Carlson Floyd Eastwood Jack Scott Zwerne man Mortuary arranged service Shoquist born July 20 1923 Fairfield lived there all his life married Esther Tweet March 16 1945 Farmer served on Fairfield School Board 4 H leader and ASC committeeman Survivors include widow sons Michael Darrell daughter Connie parents John A and Mrs Shoquist Fairfield brothers John Great Falls Donald Fairfield Kenneth Portland Ore sisters Doris Menghini Twin Falls Ida Carol Tuerman Coloma Calif Also E M 2c Robert M Denison home on two week leave from Long Beach California.
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Grant Harmon Shoquist
Grace Lutheran Church
Fairfield
Shoquist
August Borchardt
Art Anderson
Pete Lear
Roy Meyer
Richard Mast
Ole Vervick
Chet Hartz
Melvin Beck
Bill McInerney
Leo Wilke
Ray Carlson
Floyd Eastwood
Jack Scott
Zwerneman Mortuary
Esther Tweet
Grace Lutheran Church Council
ASC
Michael
U. S. Army
Korea
Darrell
University of Montana
Missoula
Connie
John A. Shoquist
John
Great Falls
Donald
Kenneth
Portland
Ore
Doris Menghini
Twin Falls
Idaho
Carol Tuerman
Coloma
Calif
Robert Brastrup Named to Head Wheat Board
Robert Brastrup is named chief of the Division of Wheat Research and Marketing in Montana. The appointment by Norris Hanford and C. Lowell Purdy formalizes the Wheat Research and Marketing Committee leadership under the wheat commission law. Brastrup has 15 years as a county agent, degrees from NDSU and MSU, and is a North Dakota native and WWII veteran with a large family.
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Helena
Robert Brastrup
Montana Department of Agriculture
Norris Hanford
Fort Benton
C. Lowell Purdy
Purdy
Wheat Commission
Brastrup
Joliet
Carbon County
Montana
First National Bank
Great Falls
Hanford
Bastrup
North Dakota
North Dakota State University
Montana State University
Verna Lannoye
Devils Lake
N. D
Army Announces Special Program Operation Holiday
The Army launches Operation Holiday a December enlistment program allowing men to enlist between December 6 and 29 and take leave for the holidays. Women in the Women's Army Corps enlisting between December 26 and 29 receive leave through January 2. Ser gt Allee offers details at 13 Second St North Great Falls or by calling 453 8461.
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Army
Guy Allee
Women’s Army Corps
Allee
Second St. North
Great Falls
Choteau Bulldogs Claim Invitational Crown Over Browning
Choteau Bulldogs won the home tournament by beating Simms 72-64 and Browning 75-54 in the finals. Browning earned second place and Nevins took the free throw trophy. Fairfield took consolation with a 67-54 win over Simms.
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Choteau Bulldogs
Chuck Peck
Simms
Browning Indians
Fairfield Eagles
Browning
Fairfield
Chateau High School
Eda Schiller
Gary Nevins
Tentative Opening Date Set For Teton Pass Ski Facility
Officials for Teton Pass Inc set a tentative opening date for the new ski run west of Chateau for Saturday December 16. Volunteer work is invited this weekend with high school students welcome to help clear slopes using saws axes and chain saws.
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Teton Pass, Inc
Chateau
Leonard Blixrud
Blixrud
Bulldogs to Play Helena and Polson In Weekend Games
The Chateau Bulldogs travel to Helena tonight for a class A game with Hele na Central, then meet Polson Friday at Polson. Coach Chuck Peck calls both opponents strong in their divisions. The B squad joins the A team in Helena with two Great Falls Public High School teams to follow. Friday games start at 6:30 pm, open to the public, no admission.
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Chateau Bulldogs
Dan Jacobs
Ron Lehnert
Doug Sabo
Lance Krone
Brad Gunderson
Browning
Fairfield
Eagles
Indians
Nevins
Lynn Schenk
Bob Dirkes
John Huckins
Jim Kennedy
Pat Schildt
Gary Nevins
Helena
Sportsmen’s Meeting Set for Tuesday at Court House
The Teton County Sportsmen’s Association will meet Tuesday December 12 at 8 p.m. in the court room at Chateau Court House. Dr. Michael Kelly says the event is open to the public with a 30 minute movie and refreshments. Representatives from Fish and Game will discuss year round fishing and access to children’s areas, and possible hunting openings for Teton Spring Creek and Sun River preserves, currently needing legislature action.
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Teton County Sportsmen's Association
Court House
Chateau
Michael Kelly
Fish and Game Department
Kelly
Teton Spring Creek
Sun River
Former Power Man Keith J. Hane Dies in Great Falls
Keith J. Hane, 75, longtime Power area resident, died last week in a Great Falls hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday with Rev. H. R. Anderson Jr. officiating. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery. Born January 15, 1892 in New Berlin Ohio, he homesteaded in Power in 1913 and moved to Great Falls in 1957, remaining connected to farming. He was a member of the Dutton Masonic Lodge.
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Keith J. Hane
Great Falls
Power Area
Rev. H. R. Anderson Jr
Highland Cemetery
Hane
New Berlin
Ohio
Power
Dutton Masonic Lodge
License plate number renewal deadline stated by Teton County treasurer
Persons wishing the same license numbers for their vehicles in 1968 must submit registration cards and a signed check to the treasurer's office promptly. Marie Stenson, the county treasurer, warns that no numbers will be saved unless materials are in her office by December 20.
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Teton County
Marie Stenson
Stenson
Farm Management Conference Slated In Falls Next Week
A Farm Business Management conference sponsored by Montana State University Cooperative Extension Service and the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce will be held December 11 and 12 at the College of Great Falls Theatre. Topics include farm labor records insurance coverage land value and credit and machinery economics. LeRoy Luft will close the meeting with a summary.
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College of Great Falls
Cooperative Extension Service of
Montana State University
Bozeman
Agricultural Committee of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce
Montana
LeRoy Luft
Montana Cooperative Extension Service
Luft
Teton County
Bessie Cornett Funeral Rites Here Today
Funeral services for Edith Bessie Cornett age 80 are set for 2 p.m. at Banks Funeral Chapel with Rev. C. Fred Crowe officiating. She died Monday in Teton Memorial Hospital after a three week illness. Interment in Chateau Cemetery. Survivors include granddaughter Edith Everson of Fort Benton, a sister and a brother in Philadelphia, and another sister in Leeds England.
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Banks
Edith
Bessie) Cornett
Death of Paul Dean Ties Choteau and Cut Bank
Paul Dean father of Mrs Darrell Lowrance and grandfather of Mrs Bob Dunckel died after a long illness in Cut Bank where he resided. He was formerly a Choteau resident.
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Paul Dean
Darrell Lowrance
Choteau
Cut Bank
Bob Dunckel
Allum Funeral Services Held On Wednesday
Clarence R. Bill Allum 68 died Saturday at his Fairfield home. Funeral at Banks Funeral Home Choteau with Rev C Fred Crowe officiating. Burial in Choteau Cemetery. Pallbearers: Yeager Yeager Meadows Hodgskiss Hodgskiss Hodgskiss. Survived by widow and many children and grandchildren across Fairfield Choteau Columbia Falls Bremerton Kalispell Augusta Brady and Franklin, plus sisters and a brother.
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Clarence R
Bill) Allum
Fairfield
Banks Funeral Home
Choteau
C. Fred Crowe
Harry Yeager
Ed Yeager
Fred Meadows
George Hodgskiss
Lloyd Hodgskiss
Wilson Hodgskiss
Allum
Hardy, Neb
Chateau
Dorothy Culp
Colfax
Wash Allum
Hazel Westfall
Jefferson
Ore
Elizabeth Emerson
Sharon Larson
Ruth Bullock
Columbia Falls
Verna Larson
Elementary School Plans Open House
Principal Robert Gormley announced an open house at Chateau Elementary on Friday Dec 15 at 7 30 P M for parents to visit the school and see Christmas decorations by the children Refreshments will be served. Wi Mo Da Si Club meets Dec 9 at 2 P M at Mrs Mae Richem home with Mrs Vera Ferris as co host for a Christmas exchange of gifts. Civic Social Club meets Dec 12 at Mrs Dewey Huffman home with co hostesses for a Christmas party members to bring a gift.
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Robert Gormley
Chateau Elementary School
Mae Richem
Vera Ferris
Civic Social Club
Dewey Huffman
Gladys Nelson
Julia Monkman
Art Mitchell
City Council Hears Multiple Ordinance Revisions
The council held the first and second readings on several ordinance amendments with a final reading set for Monday December 18. Ordinance 162 raises salaries for city offices including mayor aldermen clerk treasurer police magistrate water collector fire chief attorney and parks superintendent. Ordinance 163 allows bars to offer live music up to five pieces from 7 PM to 1 30 AM with a $5 permit and revocation after hearings. Other ordinances address bans on floor shows and obscene entertainment in dance halls sidewalk construction in local additions and a DUI driving standard clarifying being in actual physical control. Approval of three new firefighters was also announced.
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Sherburne
Chateau High School
Looney Tract
Hospital Block
Martha Seufert Dies at Home Services Friday
Funeral services for Mrs George Seufert Martha 69 will be Friday at 2 pm at Choteau Methodist Church with Rev C Fred Crowe officiating. She died at her home in Choteau and burial will be in Choteau Cemetery. Pallbearers are Frank Zgoda Thomas Moore Art Weist Ernest Wueist Russell Larson and Gene Armstrong.
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George
Martha) Seufert
Dee
Choteau Methodist Church
C Fred Crowe Wall
Seufert
Choteau
Buri
Queen Rebekah Lodge
Methodist Church
Women’s Social Civic Club
Teton County
Old Timers
Virginia Martha Hunt
Denver
Winnifred Leora Peters
Dupuyer
Audrey Iona Davidson
Chateau
Alex
Edwin
Emil Dorr
Long Beach
Calif
Ann Yeam
Emma McMasters
Hilda Stewart
Yuma
Ariz
Teton Memorial Hospital
Farmers Union Oil Plans Special Meeting on Sale Proposal
Stockholders of the Farmers Union Oil and Shipping Association of Pendroy will meet January 3 at 2 pm to consider selling its Pendroy property to the Farmers Supply Coop of Conrad. A resolution would authorize directors to transfer all assets and liabilities in exchange for capital stock or stock credits in the Conrad firm.
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Farmers Union Oil and Shipping Association of
Postmaster Urges ZIP Code Use In Christmas Mail
Postmaster Gibson Monkman asks Choteau residents to include ZIP Codes on all Christmas mail. He cites growing mail volumes and says ZIP Codes speed sorting, cut handling costs, and help the post office manage a record deluge through the holiday season. Early shopping and mailing are encouraged.
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Post Office Department
Gibson Monkman
Choteau
Monkman
Scouts to Deliver Wreaths Saturday
Chateau Girl Scouts will deliver Christmas wreaths to everyone who ordered one on Saturday Dec 9. If a wreath is not received next Saturday, notify Mrs Glenn for delivery.
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Glennbody
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E.M
Robert M. Denison
H. M. Denison
Wheat Board
Bulldogs
Helena, Polson
Power Man
Bessie Cornett
Martha Seufert
George Seufert
FU Stockholders
Bags
Cliff Hansen
Hansen
Deep Creek
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