Top Year In Review Highlights Local Developments
Recap of 1968 and 1969 picks with items from Chateau area such as retirement center plans Skyline Lodge Choteau Teton Pass Ski Run growth Bynum elevator Dutton pool and new high school dedication. Also notes post office issues and Rest Home Open House as major local stories.
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Chateau Area
Choteau
Skyline Lodge
Teton Pass
Chateau
Teton Pass, Inc
Teton Pass Ski Shop
Teton Trail Museum
Bob Zion
The
Zions
Dutton
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Bynum
Parkett
Great Falls
Dave Parkett
Choteau High School
Charles M. Guthrie
Minneapolis
Steve Snyder
Bulldogs
Ray Smith
Rudy Ameline
Bulldog
Smith
Ameline
Hartman
Camden
Shelby
Woodahl Leaves for Helena as Joslyn Becomes County Attorney
Robert Woodahl departs Chateau for Helena to assume Montana Attorney General duties. Charles M. Joslyn appointed interim County Attorney, replacing Woodahl who resigned. Joslyn, a former law clerk and public service official, hails from Glasgow and Missoula with a large family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton
Woodahl
Joslyn
Jani
Arlene Depner
Helena
Japanese Boycott of US Wheat Hurts Montana Farmers
Loss of the Japanese export market since November reduces Montana wheat sales by over 3 million bushels valued near 5 million dollars. Montana officials report total U S wheat losses from the boycott approach seven and a half million bushels valued around twelve million dollars as Japan seeks alternative suppliers. The Montana Wheat Research and Marketing Committee meets at Bozeman to discuss export issues and research projects including transportation varietal development soil testing and fertilizer programs and to consider legislation and agricultural assistance plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Great Falls
Bob Brastrup
Montana Wheat Research and Marketing Committee
Brastrup
Wheat Commission
Bozeman
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
U. S
United States
Oregon
Idaho
Japan
Australia
Canada
U.S
USDA
Montana State University
MSU
County records show births drop to fifty one in 1968
The Teton County Clerk reports births fell for a fifth straight year from 119 in 1963 to 51 in 1968, with 27 girls and 24 boys. Deaths rose to 57 after earlier declines, while marriages climbed to 49 with seven divorces and one annulment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Record-Low December Temperatures at Local Stations
A -43 degree reading at Chateau court house weather station ties the city December low, with Sun River and Great Falls showing extreme frigid readings. U S Weather Bureau near Sun River noted -51 degrees, while Havre logged the nation’s coldest. Previous lows include -50 in February 1936 and -44 in January 1943. Travel remained risky on country roads but main routes stayed passable. A warming trend began December 31, lifting temperatures to above zero by New Year’s Day.
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U.S
Court House
Chateau
Great Falls
Havre
Sun River
Sun
T. Mon
Bulldogs
Chuck Peck
Fort Benton
Shelby
Cut Bank
Conrad Cowboys
Peck
Tree Pick Up Slated Sunday
Residents are asked to place Christmas trees in the alley near garbage cans for disposal by Château Jaycees. The tree pick up is scheduled for Sunday January 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Jaycees
Jaycees
Incentive Payments Open to Wool Growers 1968 Sales
Rex Manuel of the Teton County ASC cheered wool growers who marketed shorn wool or unshorn lambs in 1968. Applications must be filed by Jan 31 1969 with sales records to receive spring payments based on 1968 marketings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Manuel
Teton County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Manuel
ASCS
James
ASC Committee
Choteau Faces Chinook In Weekend Showdown At Home
Choteau High School Bulldogs host Chinook, last season’s state champions, in Saturday’s key Class B basketball clash. The Sugarbeeters led by Harshman Watson Harshman Schillin return with strong form as Chinook sits atop the AP poll, while Choteau aims to upset and gain momentum into conference play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bynum
Choteau
General Mills, Inc
Bulldogs
Bulldog
Shelby
Chuck Peck
Chateau
Choteau High School
Chinook
Sugarbeeters
Ken Harshman
Doug Watson
Greg Harshman
Brent Schillin
Fairfield Eagles
Fairfield
Eagles
Choteau DeMolays Set Marathon Record in 149 Hours
The Choteau DeMolay Chapter broke a world record for marathon table top gaming by playing clue from Dec 25 7 p.m. to Jan 1 12:25 a.m. reaching 149 hours 25 minutes surpassing the previous 124 hour mark once held by a DeMolay Chapter in Augusta and Choteau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
DeMolay
Augusta
Most Applications For Naturalization Rise In January
District Director R G Hoffeller of the Immigration and Naturalization Service notes a sharp rise in naturalization applications each January due to the alien address report. Nationwide about 30 percent more applications arrive in January February and March than in other months. The forms will be available at all post offices and INS offices during January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Hoffeller
Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
Hoffeller
Teton County Democratic Women to Meet at Power Hall
The Teton County Democratic Women's Club schedules its next meeting in Power at the Catholic Church basement on Jan 6 at 12 30 pm. The gathering opens with a luncheon and invites anyone interested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Democratic Women's Club
Power
Blood Drawing Set for Tomorrow at Chateau Methodist
The first blood drawing of the year is scheduled for Friday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Chateau Methodist Church. Mrs. Grant Curtis, blood program chairman, seeks 65 pints, urging regular and new donors to meet or exceed the quota, with Legion and Auxiliary members especially invited to participate for the Legion's 50th anniversary. Babysitting and refreshments will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Grant Curtis
Methodist
Telephone Co Progress Report Details Montana Expansion
Mountain States Telephone Company reports over 143 million invested in the past two decades, with total Montana plant at about 176 million. Dial service, direct distance dialing, push button calling, and new instruments boosted services as 2,400 employees paid roughly 17 million annually in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
James F. Maher
Mountain States Telephone Company
Maher
Bozeman
Livingston
White Sulphur Springs
Thompson Falls
Plains
Superior
St. Regis
Frenchtown
Manhattan
Three Forks
Amsterdam
Belgrade
Stevensville
Corvallis
Darby
Victor
Sheridan
Twin Bridges
Dillon
Lima
Gallatin Gateway
Cookerty
Warm Springs
Anaconda
Glendive
Missoula
Fairview
Sidney
Bozeman-Gallatin Valley
Livingston-Clyde Park-Wilsall
Farmers Union Plans Meeting in Great Falls
Ted Kasper president of the Ton County Farmers Union announces a public meeting in Great Falls on January 10 from 9 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. to discuss farm income and rural Montana concerns with a no host lunch at noon. Invitations go to bankers credit agencies PCA employees co op managers FFA instructors teachers clergy and other rural supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Kasper
Teton County Farmers Union
Great Falls
Montana Farmers Union
Montana
PCA
FFA
ASCS
FHA
Kasper
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Acantha
Lewis Hutton & Son
Huttons
Teton Canyon Road
Rest Home
Teton County Nursing Home
Bob Woodahl
C. Joslyn
New
Robert Woodahl
Chateau Joslyn
Charles M
Charles M. Joslyn
Ronald Merle Dauwalder
Richard
Lorraine Dauwalder
Michael Duane Enzweiler
Ralph
Yvonne Enzweiler
Josephine Faunce
Charles and
Mary Faunce
Daries Lee Kortum
Ronald
Dorothy Kortum
Edward Roy Kapphan
Edward
Margie Kapphan
Veronica Lynn W Nomee
Andrew
Viola Nomee
Duane Lee Sundet
Arvid
Kathryn Sundet
Thomas Casey
August
Frances Borchardt
Mandie Jo Gausnell
Franklin and
Susan Gausnell
Janice Rae Guse
Alvin and
Sharon Guse
Dora John Kleinsasser
John and
Mary Kleinsasser
Kevin Tracy Lindgren
Sandra Lindgren
Russell Eric Maulding
Duane
Frances Maulding
Ty Clayton Nesbit
John
Jane Nesbit
Daron Lynn Simkins
Diana Simkins
Brady Michael Stott
David
Lynette Stott
Tammie Jo Toren
Roger
Lola Toren
Deron van Soest
Gordy
Carol van Soest
Rachel John Waldner
Rachel Waldner
la Deanne Amy Allen
Donald
Clea Allen
Charles Witmer Crabtree
Frank
Lyla Crabtree
Lorraine Marie Goodwin
George and
Leona Goodwin
Kay Willbrandt
Danelle Rae Weist
Danny
Jackie Weist
Joseph Sam Wipf
Sam
Sarah Wipf
Kirsten Patrice Woodahl
Robert
Arlene Woodahl
Matilda J. Wurtz
Jacob
Anna Wurtz
Ward C. van Wichen
Raymond
Susan van Wichen
Christine Lynn Richem
Gary
Cynthia Richem
Leann Faye
Harold Ward Genger
Frederick Jenkinson
Susie Larkin
Leonard Martin Olson
Harry W. Pierce
Maggie A. Rosenfelt
Claude Scheffer
Theodore Leonard Smith
Christain M. Swenson
Thomas Trackwell
Issac Nevin Caskey
Arthur Welfred Dahlsman
Thomas Joseph Dellwo
Harold Thompson Jackson
Cecelia Kathryn Reichert
Edmund Rose
Bert Sypherd
Boyd Erwin Trebesch
George Tweet
Axel O. M. Johnson
Jacobus Waltherug Chane
Orville Bernard Talifson
Adolph A. Aanerud
John Emery Bergman
Kermit Bjorke
Ivar Carlson
Nora Emma Dahlin
Aileen Louise Ferris
Noah Elmer Harman
Clarence Oscar Juelfs
Bergetta Engstad Madson
Dave Hartman
John Camden
Ed Jensen
Jensen
Snyder
Tim McCartney
Henri Wisse
Farmers Union Plans Meeting
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