Ray Ballantyne to Retire as Chateau Elevator Manager
Ray Ballantyne, longtime manager of General Mills Elevator in Chateau, will retire February 20 after 22 years with the company. He will be succeeded by Russ Barner, previously in Conrad, who has 14½ years with General Mills and roots in Lamont, Washington. Barner and Ballantyne plan to keep Chateau as home. Barner and family include his wife and two sons ages 10 and 12.
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Ray Ballantyne
General Mills Elevator
Choteau
Russ Barner
Conrad
General Mills
Ballantyne
Stanford
North Dakota
Chateau
Barner
Lamont, Wash
Lamont
Cub Scouts Plan Annual Banquet at Chateau LDS Church
The Cub Scouts schedule their Blue and Gold Banquet for Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. at the Chateau LDS Church with awards and entertainment. Den mothers organize food, and Dr Bill Patton Pete Ekegren and George Higgins will attend.
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Cub Scouts
LDS Church
Chateau
Don Passmore
Boy Scout Organization
England
Bill Breen
Bill Patton
Pete Ekegren
Webelos
George Higgins
J. R. Crabtree
Grant Curtis
Bob Davidson
The
American Legion
Connie Kuster Files for Office as Treasurer
Connie Kuster announced Monday she has filed for Teton County Treasurer on the Democratic ticket to succeed Marie Stenson who cannot serve another term. Kuster, born and raised in Choteau, has worked in the treasurer's office for three years and previously spent 10 years at Citizens State Bank. Also filing was Muriel S. Reiquam for re election as Teton County Superintendent of Schools, an office she has held since 1942.
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Connie Kuster
Teton County
Marie Stenson
Kuster
T. J. Dellno
Choteau
Citizens State Bank
Muriel S. Reiquam
Band and Choir Concert Planned Next Week
The Chateau High School Music Department will present a mid winter concert next Sunday February 22 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Lloyd Reynolds says both choir and band will perform. The concert will be heavier with more classical pieces and the Modern Choir will sing several western numbers.
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Chateau High School
Lloyd Reynolds
CHS
Reynolds
Singers Sought for Easter Cantata by Joint Choirs
Lloyd Reynolds announces open invitation for singers of any faith to join the combined Methodist and Lutheran church choirs for the Easter Cantata No Greater Love by John Peterson. First practice tonight at 8 in the Lutheran Church. Thursday sessions planned at 8. Methodists meet at 7 and Lutherans at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Reynolds
John Peterson
Reynolds
Bulldogs to close conference with two home and away games
Choteau High School’s Bulldogs finish league play this weekend with a Friday home game against Fairfield and a Saturday visit to Cut Bank. They dropped a 61-60 decision to Valier and a 93-80 loss to Browning, slipping into a three way last place tie in the standings.
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Choteau High School
Bulldogs
Fairfield Eagles
Cut Bank Wolves
Cut Bank
Choteau
Valier
Browning
Chateau
Panthers
Allen Adams
Casey Bilbro
Indians
Chane
Hartman
Kelly
Snyder
Bilbro
Dale Douglas
Nets
LaBuff
Stiffari
White
Sunburst
Conrad Cowboys
County Extension Board Names New Advisory Members
The Teton County Extension Service formed an advisory board with a nominating committee of farmers and ranchers. Sub committees on Weeds Farm Management Crops and Livestock outline planned programs including weed control pricing records irrigation and hay marketing, with a March 4 meeting with the U S Forest Service at the courthouse in Chateau.
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Teton County
U. S Forest Service
Court House
Chateau
Planning Board
Crops
Lloyd Hodgskiss
Rudy Fuhringer
Alex Zier
Henry Smith
Ted Skelton
Alex Truchot Jr
Ray Habel
Frank Crabtree
Pete Ekegren
C D Maurer
Les Oakley
Gordon McOmber
Joe Eisenman
James L. Christians
Jerry Wester
Export Expansion No Benefit for Montana Wheat Farmers
Farmers at Conrad Clinic heard that US export demand will rise by 10 percent this year but Montana growers will not share due to Defense and State Department policies. Bob Brastrup of the Montana Wheat Research and Marketing Committee urged action, noting only export markets and new uses like grain alcohol offer future disposal options. He urged universal support for a four cent per bushel assessment to fund the commission and boost effectiveness.
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Conrad
Montana
United States
Bob Brastrup
Montana Wheat Research and Marketing Committee
U. S
Department of Defense
State Department
Brastrup
Canada
Australia
Argentina
France
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wheat Commission
The
Eisenman seeks State Senate seat in District 20 race
Fairfield businessman Joe Eisenman filed for Republican nomination to Montana State Senate from District 20 which includes Teton Toole and Pondera counties. Born 1919 in Park City Montana he earned a Bachelors in Agronomy from Montana State University. He owns Eisenman Seed Co. in Fairfield and has held multiple local offices including Fairfield mayor and school board member.
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Joe Eisenman
Fairfield
Teton
Toole
Pondora
Park City
Mont
Eisenman
Montana State University
Bozeman
Montana State Seed Growers Association
Great Western Sugar Co
Billings
Teton County
Eisenman Seed Co
Grace Lutheran Church Board
Teton Memorial Hospital
Fairfield Lion’s Club
Masonic Lodge No
OES
Helena
Montana Milk Control Board
Northern Seedsman Association
Montana
Wyoming
North and
South Dakota
Minnesota
Eileen Arrington
Fromberg, Mont
Annual Stag Party Planned by Legion Here Next Saturday
The Chateau American Legion Post will hold its annual new member initiation and stag party next Saturday Feb 2 at 7 pm in the lower Legion hall. Legion commander Les Otness says initiations precede the party with a $3 fee for members and $5 for non members. Non members are invited to attend to promote goodwill among community clubs and aid the event’s success.
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Chateau American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Les Otness
Otness
Legion
Gormley Announces Tournament Tickets On Sale At School
Gormley says District 3 Class B basketball tourney tickets go on sale at Chateau High School office. Reserved adult tickets cost 6 dollars, student tickets 2 dollars, with sale 1 to 3:30 pm daily. Tournament runs Feb 27 to 28 with four games daily and transportation provided for high school students.
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Chateau High School
Robert Gormley
Supt
Gormley
Mrs. J. Denison Dies in Hospital
Services were held Monday for Julia Denison 61 who died February 5 in Teton Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born Julia Zroda May 24 1908 in Ivanhoe Minnesota she moved to Bynum and married Ike Denison December 26 1927 in Choteau. Survived by husband son James Denison daughter Frances Brush two brothers two sisters and five grandchildren. Pallbearers included Wesley George Darwin Crane Ralph Caskey Lowery Larson Joel Otness and Jess Milone. Funeral in United Methodist Church of Choteau with Rev Allen Adams officiating burial in Choteau Cemetery. Zwerneman Mortuary in charge.
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Ike
Julia) Denison
Teton Memorial Hospital
Denison
Julia Zroda
Ivanhoe
Minn
Joseph
Anna Zroda
Bynum
Joel Otness
Jess Milone
United Methodist Church
Mrs Armstrong Dies on Monday in Montana
Mrs Maude Irene Gaghagen Armstrong dies Monday at Teton County Nursing Home from pneumonia after a stroke. She was 78, born January 9 1892 in Davenport Iowa, married John R Armstrong in 1919 in Butte, and survived by two sons a daughter a sister six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services Friday 2 pm at the Methodist Church Choteau with interment in Chateau Cemetery. Banks Funeral Home in charge.
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John R
Maude Irene) Armstrong
Teton County
Robert
Choteau
John
San Jose
Calif
Margaret Watson
Houston
Tex
Nettie Gaghagen
Allen Adams
Walter Scott James Tucci
William Abdullah
Gerald Stenson
Art Mitchell
Jesse Bleecker
Bob Gronberg
Ray Ballantyne
Chateau Cemetery
Banks Funeral Home
Mrs. Lloyd Reynolds Wins First in Local Speech Meet
Mrs. Lloyd Reynolds took first place at the eighth annual Chateau Toastmistress Club speech contest held last Thursday night. Her speech titled Imprisonment Is Inward argued minds imprison people. runner up was Mrs. Gerald Stokes with Instant Historical Replay.
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Lloyd Reynolds
Chateau Toastmistress Club
Gerald Stokes
William Chalmers
Bert Goodman
Robert Zion
Percy Robinson
Chateau High School
Jody Hamilton
Mr Death
Reynolds
Council No 2
Chateau
Ralph Sluys
Glenn Carpenter
Great Falls
New Allen Adams
Richard Baird
Car Train Collision Injures 16-Year-Old Near Fairfield
Tim Rapp, 16, of the west of Fairfield, was hospitalized after his car collided with a Milwaukee Road freight train at Fairfield crossing. He was treated at Chateau’s Teton Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition before being moved to Great Falls with his parents. The 1964 Mercury was destroyed. the train was moving under a 25 mph limit and slowing for a stop. The cause remains undetermined.
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Tim Rapp
Fairfield
Chateau
Milwaukee Road
Rapp
Teton Memorial Hospital
Great Falls
Highway
Dick Chase
Chase
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Dave Hartman
Tuck
John Chane
Dan Rogers
Fighting Panthers
Oregon
Wilson Hodgskiss
Lyle Otness
Don Rice
Danny Weist
Lloyd DeBruyecker
Odin Neekstad
Albert Carlson
Herb Tangen
W. F E. Whealy
Bill Jones
Bud Olson
Russell Gleason
Stew Schwartz
Bob Nauck
Lee Corbett
Bill Leys
Robert O. Lee
Jack Park
Adam Dahlman
Jim Crawford
Kemmer Vance
Wayne Proff
George Hodgskiss
Allan Schallenberger
Conrad Clinic
Senate
Julia Denison
Fairfield Crossing
T. Rapp
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