City Election Set for April 1 and Water Bond Vote
The Chateau city council approved a revenue bond election for rehabilitating and improving the water system to run on April 1, the same day as the biennial city election for mayor four aldermen and a city treasurer. A prior water bond issue failed November 29. Council also tabled bids for a police car until February 18 and Mayor Ted Halvorson received a leave of absence starting February 15. The council aided House Bill 363 with Montana Municipal League funds and issued several building and TV antenna permits to local residents.
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Chateau
City Hall
Ted Halvorson
Montana Municipal League
Max Hansen
Sherburne
Francis Howe
Jackson
O. M. Johnson
Robert McGuire
William J. Breen
George W. Seufert
James A. Henderson
District Governor to Attend Lions Club Event Here
Cha teau Lions Club to host District Governor Co. H Linn on Tuesday evening Feb 12 1957 at 7 00 PM. Ladies night urged with all club members and guests from Great Falls Fairfield Dutton Brady and Choteau invited. Chevaliers will perform a 16 singer program. Charlie Linn district governor from Lethbridge Alberta to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. H. Linn
Lions Club
Chateau Lions Club
Lion
Robert Gronberg
Choteau Club
Great Falls
Fairfield
Dutton
Brady
Choteau
Chevaliers
Charlie Linn
Lethbridge
Alberta
Dutton Club
Bob Nauck
Howard W. Bateman
R. E. Nelson
Leo Murphy
Ladies of Moose Gather in Great Falls Convention
Mrs Marie Morey Mrs Marlene Kiser and Mrs JoAnne Pithoud attended the Ladies of the Moose convention in Great Falls on Sunday January 27 accompanied by A Pithoud. Six members of the Liliam Kemp class were initiated with local women taking part in the ceremonies. Mrs Kemp from Lewistown and Harlowton is noted among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Morey
Marlene Kiser
JoAnne Pithoud
Ladies of the Moose
Great Falls
A. Pithoud
Liliam Kemp
Kemp
College of Regents
Lewistown
Choteau
Harlowton
Blood Drive at Local Church Feb 18 Draw
A notice invites blood donors to the Methodist Church on Monday February 18 from 3 66 to 6 00 PM. The campaign targets 190 pints for the year. Donors aged 18 to 21 may give with parental consent. assistance may save lives.
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Gram
Chateau
Speech Meet at Chateau High School Feb 9
A debate and declamation meet will be held at Chateau High School on Saturday February 9 with three rounds at 9 10 and 11 am. Invited schools include Great Falls High Great Falls Central Shelby Cut Bank. The Wi Me Da Si Club meets with Mrs Rollie Ferris at 2 pm that day.
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Chateau High School
Great Falls High
Great Falls Central
Shelby
Cut Bank
Rollie Ferris
Two High School Tourneys Set for Choteau Gym
Choteau to host two divisional basketball tournaments this year the Northern Class B starting February 28 and the Northern Class C beginning March 7. Class B teams include Choteau Browning Cut Bank Conrad Fairfield Walter Sunburst with Cut Bank favored for a bye. Class C qualifiers will come from four district tournaments in Havre Lewistown Great Falls with state bids earned at divisional play in Choteau and Helena.
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Choteau
Browning
Cut Bank
Conrad
Fairfield
Walier
Sunburst
Great Falls
Helena
Havre
Lewistown
Chateau
Winifred
Stanford
Chester
Power
Simms
Oilmont
Belt
Moore
Brown Swiss Bull Shylock Bought by Bynum Rowley
Sun River Renown Shylock registered Brown Swiss bull, 127713, purchased from Purvis Bros Vaughn Montana. Report by Fred Idise secretary Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association Beloit Wisconsin. Mr and Mrs Krepp depart for Mewa Anna ere Sey to spend next month.
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Smoot Rowley
Bynum
Purvis Bros
Vaughn, Mont
Fred 8
Idise
Paul Krepp
Mewa
Anna
Road Facts From Wayne Proff On County Districts
Wayne Proff outlined road and tax data for Teton County at the Chamber meeting. He presented assessor reports by district, detailing taxable values, population, area, and secondary road mileage across Districts 1 2 and 3, with totals for 1955 and road funding breakdowns.
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Wayne Proff
Dutton Farmer
County Road Committee
Choteau Chamber of Commerce
Teton County Commissioners
Proff
Teton County
Choteau
Fairfield
Chateau
Pendroy
Agawam
Farmington
Collins
Dutton
Power
Congressman's Durum Wheat Bill Aims to Expand Plantings
Rep. LeRoy Anderson says action on a durum wheat bill is expected today before the House Agriculture Subcommittee. He notes durum brought Montana over 9 million dollars last year and is grown in 36 eastern counties. He pressed for action so eastern Montana farmers can plan spring planting, citing a companion Senate bill by Murray and Mansfield.
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LeRoy Anderson
House
Anderson
Montana
Montana Democrat
Harold Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Carl Albert
Okla
Senate
James E. Murray
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Pair Grabbed on Drug Violations
Horace P. Hailey and his wife were arrested after attempting to pick up a narcotics prescription at Chateau Drug store. County charges accuse Mrs. Hailey of forging a prescription and her husband of passing a forged prescription. They were bound over to District Court on $1,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace P. Hailey
Chateau
Leo H. Murphy
Mid-Winter Band Concert Set for February 13
The Chateau Public Schools announce the Midwinter Concert on Wednesday February 13 at 8 00 p m in the Chateau high school auditorium The program features the Intermediate band six eight graders the high school Girls Triple Trio a flute trio Judy Davison Virginia McAuley Ruth Swanson the high school Mixed Chorus and a band finale with trombone soloist Carol Enderson and a trumpet trio Marvin Larsen Victor Perkins Harvey Hanson Tickets are available from band and chorus members or at the concert.
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Chateau Public Schools
Judy Davison
Virginia McAuley
Ruth Swanson
Court Decision Favors N. P. in Land Sale Suit
Federal Judge Charles N Pray granted the Northern Pacific Railway’s motion to quash actions that would have forced sale of land in McCone county at 2.50 per acre. The case began in Helena in 1955, with Morton claiming rights under 1864 acts and 1870 joint resolution, but the ruling centered on the joint resolution allowing settlement at the stated price.
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Montana
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Charles N Pray
Northern Pacific
McCone County
Helena
Keith C. Morton
Conrad
Great Falls
Morton
Congress
United States
Northern Pacific the
Railway Company
Udge Pray
Teton County You’re Free of Brucellosis
AP dispatch from Helena reports Teton and Wibaux counties qualified as modified certified brucellosis free areas. Montana’s eradication program showed progress in January with 36,903 cattle blood tested in 1,325 herds and 324 reactors, a 0.87 percent rate, plus 44,483 heifer calves vaccinated with strain No 19.
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Associated Press
Helena
Teton
Wilaux
John L. Wilbur, Jr
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Montana
Wibaux
Bulldogs Hold Second in Northern Class B Standings
The Chateau Bulldogs split two weekend games to stay 2nd in the Northern Class B standings. They lost 60 47 at Cut Bank to the Wolves, then beat the Valier Panthers 64 51 at home. Tony Jaconetty led Choteau with 20 points in the Cut Bank game, while Duke Crary led Valier with 19.
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Chateau Bulldogs
Cut Bank
Wolves
Bulldogs
Walier Panthers
Chateau
Tony Jaconetty
Choteau
Glen Wheeler
Wolf
Clark
Depner
Valier
Peck
Duke Crary
Bulldog
Jack Stokes
Panther
Walier
Collier
Sunburst
Stanford Wolves
Anna Stafford Dies in Mason City Nebraska
Mrs. Anna Stafford died in Mason City Nebraska on January 29. The last rites were conducted January 31. She formerly served as county superintendent of schools and long as secretary of the Teton County Democratic Central Committee. The Staffords held a 16 mile west homestead near Chateau and H McGinnis bought the retailment rights shortly after arriving from Iowa in the late teens.
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Anna Stafford
Mason City
Neb
Jons Hentges
Colorado Springs
Colo
Stafford
Teton County
Democratic Central Committee
Staffords
Chateau
H. McGinnis
Iowa
Observance of Boy Scout Week Begins in Choteau
Troop 51 of the Boy Scouts of America joins nationwide Scout Week with activities at Lions Hall. Scouts displayed Week displays in local store windows. Mayor Ted Halvorson urges public support as Feb 6 to Feb 12 marks Boy Scout Week and ceremonies at Lions Hall and church observances.
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Boy Scouts of America
Lions Hall
Choteau
Ted Halvorson
Chateau
Chateau Woman Attends Civil Defense Meeting
Mrs Jay H. Robinson National Executive Committeewoman for the American Legion Auxiliary of Montana flies to Washington DC for the National Executive Conference and Women’s Forum on National Security. Afterward she attends a five day Civil Defense school at Olney Maryland. She leads National Security Civil Defense and Finance for the Northwestern Division and chairs the membership committee for seven states.
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Jay H. Robinson
American Legion Auxiliary
Montana
Washington DC
Women’s Forum On
National Security
Civil Defense
Olney
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Robinson
State Auxiliary
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Alaska
Bill Pinnell
Larry Talifson
Pinnell & Talifson
Kodiak Island
Larry
al Hensley
Pinnell
Morris Talifson
Ladies of Moose
Choteau Gym
R. M. Hattersley
N. P
Nebraska City
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