Mrs Beaupre Celebrates 88th Birthday at Chateau
Mrs Josephine F. Beaupre known as Aunt Josie, longtime Chateau resident since 1893, celebrated her 88th birthday with about 20 prominent ladies of the area in her Beaupre hotel suite. Born in Crown Point Indiana in 1859, she married Henry Beaupre in St Cloud Minnesota and later moved to Helena then Chateau where the Beaupre hotel stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine F. Beaupre
Chateau
Beaupre
Josie
Jen Ralston
Odd Fellows Hall
Francis Vadra
Patricia Hill
Henri Gorham
Nice
Jack Duffey
Junior Class To Present Play Wednesday
Chateau high school junior class directed by Annabelle Cruikshank will stage The Empty Room a three scene Christmas play by Dorothy Clarke Wilson. The show is set for next Wednesday December 17 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Seven performers Floyd DeRusha Sydney Forrest Robert Lindseth Walter Edwards Joanne Cardell Fred Gray Shirley Stillman head the cast with Jim Jackson leading general arrangements and production staff as stage manager assisted by Albert Carlson Don George and Robert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau High School
Annabelle Cruikshank
Dorothy Clarke Wilson
Floyd DeRusha
Sydney Forrest
Robert Lindseth
Walter Edwards
Joanne Cardell
Fred Gray
Shirley Stillman
Jim Jackson
Albert Carlson
Don George
Robert
Mrs Minnie Nehring To Be Buried Friday In Choteau Cemetery
Mrs Minnie Ayres Nehring a 61 year old resident of Bynum will be buried Friday at 10 a m in Choteau cemetery after funeral services at St Joseph s Parish Choteau The Great Falls hospital death ends a nine month illness born May 3 1886 in Cincinnati Ohio she homesteaded in 1912 and left a daughter Mrs Marion Trexler
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Nehring
Choteau Cemetery
Minnie Ayres Nehring
Bynum
St. Joseph's Parish
Choteau
J. J. Sheerin
Nehring
Great Falls
Cincinnati
Ohio
Marion Trex- Jer
Drunk Driving Charges Faced By Four Drivers
Patrolman Henry Hels this week arrested four motorists for drunken driving all given stiff penalties or fines. Joe Nedeau of Choteau fined 125 dollars or 62 days in jail. he is serving time in the local crow n bar hotel. Others include John Hoeffner of Augusta who forfeited a 100 dollar bond. Lloyd M. Randall of Augusta fined 102.50 including costs. and Thomas Young Man of Browning serving 50 days in Glacier county jail. Licenses revoked until obligations met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hels
Joe Nedeau
Choteau
Crown Bar
Nedeau
Jim Sulgrove
John Hoeffner
Augusta
Clarence Reasman
Lloyd M. Randall
Thomas Young
Browning
Glacier County
Helf
Peter Larkin
Reserved seats go on sale for Choteau basketball season
Fans may buy $5 season tickets for guaranteed seats at all Choteau High School home games in the Chateau gym. Each ticket secures one seat from Dec 15 to Feb 16 for games against Hamilton, St. Marys, Simms, Fairfield, Big Sandy, Fort Benton, and Cut Bank, with seating held 15 minutes after tipoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Howard Ruegamer
Choteau
Hamiton
St. Mary’s
Simms
Fairfield
Big Sandy
Fort Benton
Cut Bank
Choteau High School
Ruegamer
Sportsmen's Meeting in North Central Montana December Date
Te ton county sportsmen and other locals are urged to attend the North Central Montana Sportsmen's Association district three meeting in Great Falls on Sunday December 14. An elk management plan aims to cut the herd to 2600 and elk licenses to about 5600, prompting urgent action. A preliminary meeting is set for Saturday December 13 at 2 PM in the Saddle Club rooms. Vv. Earl Hellar, Secretary. Dr. E M Phillips attended a chiropractor meeting in Great Falls.
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Teton County
Montana
District Three
Great Falls
Saddle Club
Chateau House
Teton County Sportsmen Association
Earl Hellar
Teton Tuberculosis Drive Sets Bulldogs to Host Hamilton
Chateau faces the Hamilton Broncs next Monday night at home in a heavyweight Class B showdown. Hamilton, last year’s Montana Class B champions, arrive after a nonleague tuneup at Great Falls and bring most of their 1946 roster, led by Paul Tschache and Harold Maus. The game, at 8 pm, will be a costly yet potential bid for state honors with a strong crowd expected to defray expenses.
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Chateau Bulldogs
Hamilton Broncs
Hamilton
Chinook
Hardin
Montana
Bisons
Great Falls
Paul Tschache
Harold Maus
Chateau
Fanton
Larry
Cub) Potter
Montana State University
Bronco
Dick Anderson
Gordon Philip
John Gerike
Robert Roy
Wendell Sheets
Virgil Viai
Bob Berry
Robert Wagner
Dale Malum
Robert Davidson
Tony Wayland
Tschache
Church Groups Install Officials At Ceremony
Members and friends of the Methodist church attended a Sunday service for the joint installation of 1948 officers for the Woman's Society of Christian Service and the Wesleyan Service Guild. Officers installed included Marion Averill president and Dora Overcast president of the guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Wesleyan Service Guild
Eileen Graham
Harold L. Engdahl
Marion Averill
Rosalie Briscoe
Gay Marie DeRusha
Claudie Engdahl
Mary Lee Bauleh
Gibson Monkman
M. L. Bechtel
Gay Franklin
Floyd McFarlane
Dora Overcast
Willard Paulus
Surveyor Tells Plans For Teton Road Work
Carroll Maynard county surveyor reports two location parties in Teton county for winter road work. Bud McGiffin leads a party mapping new alignment from Farmington to Agawam, after finishing Choteau to Farmington last winter. Don DeVore and his team start at Kenneth McLean's corner and head toward Fairfield along a seven mile Sunny Slope route, with PRA plans to extend east then northeast avoiding a large coulee toward Albert Bull's place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Carroll Maynard
Maynard
Bud McGiffin
Farmington
Agawam
Choteau
Don DeVore
State Highway Engineering Department
Fairfield
Sunny Slope
DeVore
Kenneth McLean
PRA
Public Roads Administration
McLean’s Corner
Big Coulee
Albert Bull's Place
International Singers to Appear Here This Sunday
The Oil Field Male Chorus International will perform at the high school auditorium Sunday at 5 p.m. under Prof V P Mauritsen. Admission is free with a free will offering. The 25 member international group rehearses in Sunburst and Shelby weekly, with members driving long distances. The program features works by Grieg Bach Mozart Brahms and more, directed by Mauritsen with Walter Hitchcock as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oilfield
International
Chotheau
V. P. Mauritsen
Woman's Society of the Methodist Church
Ernest Lunden
Sunburst
Lunden
Oregon
W. P. Mauritsen
Walter Hitchcock
Harold Smith
Charon Taft
Public School Christmas Program Set at Chateau
The Chateau grade school will present its annual Christmas program Friday December 19 at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium. It features carols from many countries a reader led story chorus and orchestra with pantomimes. Directed by Wilbert Maynard music director for the Choteau schools.
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The
Chateau Grade School
Wilbert Maynard
Choteau
Tax collection by county treasurer as of November 30 1947
The county treasurer reports 5432179 dollars of 742137.19 taxes paid by November 30 1947, a 73.20 percent collection. Real estate payments stand at 71.38 percent, personal property at 97.76 percent, with November 1946 delinquents totaling 6106.49 and other delinquents 1120.64. Vehicle and driver licenses for 1948 will not be issued before January 2 1948.
ACA to Elect 1948 Committee At Meeting
Chairman Roy F. Morgan announces the 1948 ACA committee will be elected at a county convention at the Chateau Courthouse on Tuesday December 16 at 2 pm. Delegates were chosen December 3 from 13 communities. The county committee administers agricultural conservation sugar and price support programs and may oversee marketing quotas and other actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy F. Morgan
Teton County
ACA
Chateau
Community Agricultural Conservation Association
Secretary of Argiculture
Morgan
Jake Luinstra
Choteau
Jerome J. Toenyes
Power
Ben N. Loch
Dutton
W. G. Dauwalder
L. F. Robinson
Chest X-Ray Drive Aims to Stamp Out TB Local Project
A Montana TB drive in Teton county, run with the Tuberculosis association and the state health department, seeks volunteers and citizen participation. Mobile units visit Fairfield and Greenfield December 19 20 Chateau January 5 6 7 8 Dutton January 9 Power January 10.
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Teton County
Tuberculosis Association
Montana Department of Health
Leo Murphy
Fairfield
Greenfield
Chateau
Dutton
Power
Murphy
Iona Zgoda
Oscar Mehl
Emily Stuart
Firemen Stationed at Choteau Games for Safety
Choteau fire department will have three members attend all basketball games this season to provide emergency supervision. An open north gym exit will aid orderly fan egress if needed. Deputized by deputy state fire marshal Eddie Wyse and led by Chief Gus Thompson, the three will wear badges for easy fan access. Arnold Hanusa to chair New Year dance ticket sales for the fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Choteau Fire Department
Eddie Wyse
Conrad
Gus Thompson
Choteau Fir
LeRoy Anderson
H. B. Swanson
Dick Conklin
Fire Department
Arnold Hanusa
Chateau
Women Plan Pre Christmas Party at Public School
The Chateau Women’s Club invites members to a Christmas party at the public school next Tuesday night December 16 at 8 o’clock. Program chairmen are Mrs. Marion Averill and Mrs. Paul Kropp, with Mrs. Beverly Davidson in charge of refreshments. Members should bring food and used clothing for county welfare work, to be collected by Marion Warneke, county welfare supervisor. L. E. Taylor and F. G. Curtis attended a two day Montana Automobile Dealers Association convention at Bozeman that week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chateau Women’s Club
Marion Averill
Paul Kropp
Beverly Davidson
Marion
Warnekeé
L. E. Taylor
F. G. Curtis
Montana Automobile Dealers Association
Bozeman
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L. C. Stephenson
Sunburst Oil Company
Sportsmen’s Meeting
E. M. Phillips
Teton Tuberculosis
Bulldogs
Don Passmore
Jack Wellenstein
Pendroy
Las Vegas
Teton Road
Oilfield Chorus
Alberta
Shelby
Grieg
Merrill
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