Hutterite land purchases under scrutiny in Montana hearing
Montana investigators probe Hillside Colony and members Peter M Hofer Mike Hofer Joseph Hofer and Andrew Wirtz for owning 2795.54 acres of state land through the colony. Hofer and Wirtz admit purchases in their names, state law limits held land to 640 acres, and the inquiry questions legality and tax handling amid colony operations and Alberta Canadian origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter M. Hofer
Mike Hofer
Joseph Hofer
Andrew Wirtz
Hofer
Joseph
Wirtz
Ted “Sorenson
Hillside Colony
Montana
Alberta
Canada
Mike J. Hofer
Elmer Schye
Meagher
Teton County Families Benefit From FHA Loans in 1963
The Farmers Home Administration lent 3740000 to 170 families in Teton County to improve farms build houses and install water systems. Local supervisor Lee Farmer notes loans help those unable to obtain bank credit and 67 families received management and financial aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County Farm
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farmers Home Administration
Lee Farmer
Agen
Farmers Home
Teton County
Ipy
William Andrews Jr Killed When Truck Enters Barrow Pit
William Lloyd Andrews Jr. a 44 year old Power man was killed in Teton county s first traffic fatality of the year on a county road 13 miles northeast of Fairfield. He was driving his pickup when the incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lloyd Andrews Jr
Teton County
Andrews
Fairfield
John Hentges Dies In Colorado Springs
Former Choteau mayor John Hentges, 78, died in Colorado Springs Thursday. Born in Sheboygan Wisconsin in 1885, he homesteaded near Lewistown before moving to Choteau in 1914 to establish Choteau Hardware. He helped guide street lights water mains oil pavement and a 500 000 gallon reservoir. He retired in 1943 and was active in Lions Club and hospital and donated land for tennis courts and ice rink. Survivors include his widow son Walter and six grandchildren. Funeral was held Thursday at Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Power. Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery Great Falls.
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Choteau If
John Hentges
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hentges
Choteau
Colorado
Sheboygan
Wis
Montana
Lewistown
Choteau Hardware
Walter
Bob Gronberg
Citizens
State Bank For the Lions Club
Barrow
Farmer
Andrews
Rosé
Marie “Lehnerz
Mills Paulus Post
The
American Legion
District 8
Janice Léé ‘Thomas
Janice Léé ‘Thomas, ‘Piru, Calif ‘Mrs. Judith ‘Radovich
Kaneehe
Hawaii
Vince Prater
Carl Brunner
Paul Brunner
Gerald Mangold
Lester Giese
Joe Tackes
Jim Anderson
Emil Bakke
John Oberosler
Wes Parker
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Great Falls
Fifty Anniversary for Mr and Mrs Paul Rice
Mr and Mrs Paul Rice of Bynum celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday February 16. They will be honored guests at a reception in Farmers Union hall Pendrey from 2 to 5 p.m. All friends and relatives are invited. The Rices request no gifts.
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Paul Rice
Bynum
Rices
Farmers Union Hall
Pendrey
Ares
Local cafes donate coffee proceeds to heart fund drive
Heart Fund drive gains support as several cafes including Ted's Drive Inn and Parkwy Cafe pledge morning or daily coffee sales to the fundraiser. County chairman Mrs. C. W. Boussard notes the drive continues through the month with business calls and house to house solicitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Heart Fund
Ted's Drive-Inn
Log Cabin Drive-Inn
Lee’s Grocery
Parkwy Cafe
Tree Top Restaurant
Penguin Cafe
Cornell Cafe
Chateau Bulldogs Hold First as Conference Race Tightens
The Chateau Bulldogs linger in first place with a narrow 62-61 win over Browning and a 61-58 victory against Fairfield. Coach Chuck Peck says weekend road tests at Cut Bank and Conrad are winnable but tough, with seeding implications in the divisional tournament at Shelby. The squad faces a rough schedule amid 27 percent shooting.
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Browning
Fairfield
Bulldogs
Conrad
Cone
Choteau
Chuck R Peck
Peck
Cowboys
Chateau
Shelby
Sunburst
Bys
Leroy Barns
Upham
Wheat shipment halted amid FDA adulteration complaint
Boyd Stenson reports a shipment of 82 180 pounds of wheat was stopped after a complaint by U S Attorney Frank R Freeman under the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act. The grain allegedly musty and moldy with stones added to increase weight and salvaged from elevator fires in Chateau and Townsend. Stenson admits gravel but denies stone addition. officials warn salvage grain can threaten cattle, while chemicals used to fight fires were claimed not to harm his grain. The action is expected to delay delivery rather than halt shipments, with the grain in a freight car at Hillyard.
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Boyd Stenson
U. S
Frank R. Freeman
Freeman
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Chateau
Townsend
Laven T
Stenson
Ati
Hillyard
Choteau FFA Week Plans and Local Events
The Choteau Future Farmers of America chapter will observe national FFA week starting Sunday February 15 with church attendance at Trinity Lutheran Church. Members will wear official FFA dress and jackets during the week. A TV program on the FFA will air at 4 50 p.m. Thursday February 3, and an assembly at Choteau High School is planned next week. Four Choteau youths will attend state fairs in Great Falls after qualifying at regional contests. An annual slave auction is planned for next month as a district fundraiser. Local community members Charles Crane and Bud White attended a Jaycee meeting in Missoula last Tuesday.
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Choteau
Future Farmers *of American
FFA
Church
Trinity
Lutheran Church
Dennis
Bob
Pearson
Great Falls
Vine
Rere Viet Or Ane Gt Lie Chateau Salon
Unclear readable text references a location phrase Chateau salon and names Leo and Shde. No coherent events or proper entities establishable for a factual summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rere Viet
Unclear event in February sales notice
Fragmentary line indicates a sale by a person named Bavi Day and a deadline around February 15, with incomplete context and missing details.
Winter Concert Set By Music Groups
The Chateau High School choir and band present a winter concert on Sunday February 16 at 2 30 p m in the school gym. The choir performs The Seven Last Words by Dubois with soloists Linda VanceKaren Gravdal Don Moulton Artie Anderson Jere Huffman Kathy Boussard Gary Crane Ron Swortzel and Tom Dellno. The band plays Second Suite for Military Band by Gustav Holst directed by Frank Diener.
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Chateau High School
Dubois
Linda Vance
Karén Gravdal
Don Moulton
Artie Anderson
Jere Huffman
Kathy Boussard
Gary Crane
Ron Swortzel
Tom Dellno
Rites Planned for Mrs Elizabeth Caldwell of Choteau
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Caldwell 32 died Monday morning at Teton Memorial Hospital Choteau after a lengthy cancer battle. She was born September 28 1931 in Choteau to John Raymond Bruno and Elizabeth Bruno. Survived by sons Lee Bruno Mike Smimmerman Terry Caldwell daughter Cyndi Caldwell and sister Jean Lensing. Funeral set for Friday 710 am at St Joseph Catholic Church with Rev William Morley officiating. Burial later with Bruno family of Great Falls and Artz family of Augusta attending.
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Elizabeth Ann ‘ Caldwell
Teton “Memorial” Hospital
Choteau
Caldwell
Elizabeth Ann Bruno
John’. Raymond. Bruno
Claude Caldwell
Bruno
Jean ‘Lensing
Lee. Bruno
Mike” ‘Smimerman
Terry
Cyndi
William ~ Morley
Ita Bruno
Great Falls
Howard
Falls
Bert Artz
Augusta
Conference invites county officials to Montana sessions
Officials and committee members from Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation offices have been invited to a state conference in Billings on February 18 and 19. L E Fitzgerald chairs the Teton county committee and notes the event aims to boost ASCS personnel knowledge in agriculture. The Chateau office will be short staffed on February 17 18 19 and 20 but will remain open for routine business including 1964 feed grain signup actions.
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Conservation County
Billings
Teton County
IASC
Ls .E. Fitzgerald
Tha’ ‘Cuistener
ASCS
Chateau
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Hutterste Fe
By Bob Amick
St Aina Ena
Nels
Henistad
Walter Lass
Liberty County
J.O. Asbjournson
Fergus County
Clinton Stranahan
Chouteau County
Teton
Toole
Liberty
Pondera
FHA Loans
William Andrews Jr
Barrow’ Pit
Will
Yellowstone
Elk
Lussenden Ranch
Park
Tusaender Ranch
Lugsenden
Mountain
U.S. Forest
Jerry Kavanagh
Cut Bank
Ge Choteau Ey
Abet Leych
Cherles Crane
Bud White
Sage Raah
Chateau High
Alti
Danny
Weist
Roger
Dave
Stott
Day Wark
James
Peebles
Warneke
Gustav Holst
Frank “Diener
Praayoye
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