Montana Power buys Montana Dakota gas properties in Great Falls Havre
J E Corette, president of Montana Power, announces the purchase of all natural gas transmission and distribution facilities serving Conred, Choteau, Waller, Chester, Havre, Chinook, Harlem and surrounding rural areas plus a wholesale gas contract with Shelby. The deal includes Wyoming gas from Big Horn Basin and a future line to connect with Montana Power system, aiming to assure long term gas supply for northern Montana communities. The MD Utilities operation dates from 1929 and will be integrated as part of Montana Power gas operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana Power Company
Montana-Dakota Utilities Company
Great Falls-Havre
J. E. Corette
Montana Power
Conred
Choteau
Walier
Chester
Havre
Chinook
Harlem
Shelby
Corette
Montana - Dakota
Big Horn
Wyoming
Montana
Great Fails-Havre
Cmpanies
Montana-Dakota
Big Horn Basin
Warren
Mort
Montana-Dakote Utilities Company
Great Falls- Havre
Dakora
MD Utilities
Williston Basin
Farm Practices Due by January 15 for 1953 Program
Reports on conservation practices under the 1953 Agricultural Conservation program are due not later than January 15. County ASC chairman Jake Luinstra urges farmers and ranchers to file performance reports, including practices completed by December 31, 1953 or substantially completed and later paid under the 1953 program. Use the approved notice of practices form and deliver or mail to the Teton county ASC office in Chateau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Luinstra
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Luinstra
Teton County
ASC
Chateau
Census Shows 44 More In 6 To 14 Age Group In County
Teton county census reports an increase of 44 persons in the 6 to 14 age group. The male population rises to 1 006 boys while girls reach 902. Under six losses total 22 with 506 boys and 508 girls. County totals rise to 2 922 from 2 900, checked by the county superintendent and sent to Helena authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
State Department of Education
Bureau of Labor and Industry
Helena
Council Warns Residents of Fire Regulation
City council warns residents about burning native grass weeds or similar matter and requires notification to the city clerk or fire chief. The measure cites ordinance 115 section 16 limiting burning to leaves and requires wrapping garbage. Maurice Black is named night marshal. Edgar Jacobson seeks a 20 foot driveway. cemetery board meetings and church sign installation are noted. sewer lagoon site surveys by Wenzel Engineering present three sites with follow up tests planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sulgrov
Cit Council
Taylor
Maurice Black
Edgar Jacobson
Roy Rabbitt
Naa
Femetery Board
Stow Il
LeeRoy Anderson
State Highway Commission
A. T. Jensen
The
Wenzel Engineering Co
Great Falls
Jensen
Byran Corbett
Deadline Set for Filing Supports on Commodities
Chairman Jake Luinstra of the county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee urges farmers to apply early for price supports on 1953 commodities. Jan 31 is the final date for loans and purchase agreements, with a recommended pre deadline of Jan 15 for farm stored grain to allow time for inspection and paperwork. Wheat 2.01, barley 1.13, oats 3.50 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Iuinsixa
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Teton County
Jake Luinstra
Fairfield Beats Choteau In Close Local Tilt
Fairfield Merchants defeated Choteau Independents 58 to 53 on home floor Tuesday night in a tight game. LeBlanc led local scorers with 19 points while Seistad added a notable scoring contribution for the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Choteau
Fairfield Merchants
Choteau Independents
LeBlanc
Seistad
Hospital Costs Drop Over 20 Years At Teton Memorial
A historical report by Howard L Place of the Lutheran Hospitals and Homes Society analyzes admission policy changes at Teton Memorial Hospital. It compares patient costs for two pneumonia cases treated by the same staff, noting lower hospitalization costs today despite inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. Place
Regionalia
Lutheran Minepitals and Homes Society
Teten Memorial Emperial Heepstal
Teton Memorial Hospital
Lutheran Hogues and Homes Society
Great Falls men linked to Chateauburglaries
Sheriff A O Peterson reports three Great Falls men Leon Cozino 25 Paul Phillips 30 and Richard Baklyan 22 were arrested for attempted break ins at the Great Falls Super Save Market and other sites after a tire tool identified as a jimmy was recovered. Phillips had an eight inch screwdriver and a long jimmy bar, bar identified from N H Implement Co. theft. Burglars first hit N H Implement Co. breaking a window then prying open a door and entering the parts department. They damaged a safe tile and took $1.50 from a cash box. Later they pried open a warehouse door at Knydzton Lumber Co. and took $3.88. Earlier Saturday night burglars tried Greenfield Co op Service Station but were scared off by the manager. Screwdriver marks were found at Greenfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Leon B. Cozino
Paul Arthur Phillips
Richard Bakslyan
Cogino
Phillips
Bakalyan
Harold Hinman
N & H Implement Co
Peterson
N &H Implement Co
Greenfield Co-op
Pairfield
Bulldogs Trip Conrad for a Second Time
Chateau Bulldogs defeated Conrad 61 to 3 percent in a conference basketball game on the local hardwoods Saturday night. This was Chateau’s second win over Conrad this season following a 41 to 43 earlier victory. Joe Jamette scored 22 points for Chateau while Dan Lindseth added 13 and Bob Choate 15 to lead Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Bulldogs
Cowboys
Conrad
Chateau
Braid
Bulldogs
Conredy
Bulldog
Joe Jaumette
Nets
Dan Lindseth
Bob Choate
Choteau
Great Falls Central Mustangs
Chinook Sugarbeeters
Mustangs
Chinook
Shelby
Falls Central
Fairfield
Ewes Sunburst
Browning
Fort Benton
Robert Mozer Declared Dead By War Dept
The War Department informed Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mozer of Berkeley California that their son Marine Private First Class Robert A Mozer, listed as missing in action in Korea since December 2 1950, has been officially declared dead. He previously lived with his aunt and uncle George Gunther and was sent to Korea in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Department
Lawrence Mozer
Berkeley
Calif
Pfc
Robert A. Mozer
Korea
Mozer
George Gunther
Jee. Mozer
Untitled note on spring bee association meeting
A brief notice indicates a spring meeting of bee keepers near Teton is planned for Minders on week of the sixteenth. Organizers expect strong attendance and active discussion on aprons and methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anneal Armel
Teton Ei Apringe Aeplied
Assaan
Jacqueline Shaw Marries Charles Hanson at Fairfield
Jacqueline Shaw and Charles Hanson wed before about 300 guests as Rev. E. E. Tollefson and Rev. A. Bernard Gravdal officiated. The bride wore a livery slipper satin gown with a fitted bodice and pleated skirt. Page 10 continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline Shaw
Charles Hanson
Fairfield
E. E. Tollefson
A. Bernard Gravdal
Hans Nelson 57 Dies in Montana Burial at Choteau Cemetery
Funeral services for Hans Chris Nelson 57 were held at the Methodist church with burial at Choteau cemetery. Born March 15 1896 in Rennick Iowa he lived in Montana since 1935 farming at Shelby and Brady. Surviving are his widow several children and grandchildren. Banks Funeral Home directed the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Chris Nelson
Rennick
Iowa
Nelson
Des Moines
Montana
Shelby and
Brady
Gladys Joseph Armstrong
Great Falls
Peter
Two Harbors
Minn
Lola Lindseth
Seattle
Neva Tordale
Chateau
Rens Hardy
Flathead Lake
Ruth ‘Thomas
Bremerton
Wash
Sors Bruce
U. S. Army
el Paso
Tex
Earl
Nels
Burton
Leonard
Camp Carson
Colo
Milne Peterson
Harbors
Gertrude Lockhart
Capitol Heights
Lola Jacobson
Duluth
Pelletier Buys Local Auto Dealership From Standard Motors
Victor A. Pelletier buys the EKalisapeli Chrysler and Plymouth agency from Standard Motors Inc. The acquisition includes most staff with Pelletier Motor Co. as the new firm. Walter Van Osdel becomes sales manager. Tom Coker remains service manager. Loretta Frazer continues as cashier and accountant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Motors, Inc
Ekalisapeli
Chrysler
Plymouth Automobile Agency
Victor A. Pelletier
First Ave West
Pelletier
Chateau
Pre
Great Falls
Lakeside
Paul Bowman
Standard
Pelletier Motor Co
Walter van Osdel
Tom Coker
Loretta Frazer
Interlake
Henneford Named President of Choteau Chamber of Commerce
Walter Henneford, local merchant, was named president at a noon meeting in the Choteau Drug dining room. He succeeds Walter Partlow as president. Barney McClue was elected vice president and Robert Crocker became secretary. Directors include Partlow, Kerr, Huidekoper and Nelson. Members approved a $25 contribution to the Pacific Northwest Travel Association and considered January 23 for the annual dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau Chamber of Commerce
Walter Henneford
Choteau
Walter Partlow
Barney McClue
Walter Parttlow
Bob Kerr
Pete Huidekoper
Harold Nelson
Robert Crocker
Pacific Northwest Travel Association
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Crocker
Falls
Thomas G. Oakland
Jes
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Ower Co
MDU Co
Great Falls Gas Company
R. M. Heskett
Montana - Dakota Utilities Co
State Board of Health
Recorder
Pamela Sue Baker
George Dennis Bernius
Gary Jouseph Buresh
Roger Lee Dirkes
Norman Charles Haug
Robert Allen Hodgskiss
Ramona
Yvonne Kramer
Carol Marie Luinstra
Michael John Luinstra
Vickie Lee Mathison
Robert Earl Meyer
Thomas John McInerney
Michael John McNea
Barbara Thompson
Andrew Joseph Wipf
Julie Ann Anderson
Donald Leroy Beck
Cheryl Dalene Brown
Susan Connie Deming
Susie J. Hofer
Gregory Alan Luinstra
Cindy Ann Prater
Janet Eileen Stelling
John G. Walriner
Katharina Peter Wipf
James Robert Scott
David Eugene Barker
Stary
Eileen Brown
Doris Aileen Goss
Jackie Rat Hoeffner
David J. Hofer
Irene Kay Inbody
Dennis Herbert Moore
Gloria Clarice Russel
Marsha Anne Waltermire
Christina M. Wipf
Debra Sue Carlson
Randy Eugene Carrier
Kenneth Charles Dahlin
Keith Everett Dahlin
Barry Dean Dale
Douglas Clyde Freeman
Elizabeth Andrew Hofer
Matilda S&s. Kleinsasser
Lynda Sue Loomis
John Francis Neitz
Randa Rae Squires
Vernetta Jean Smith
Starneil Fern Sonnemaker
John Joseph Scott
Colleen Della Teterud
James Thomas Weisner
Barbra Jane Ammondson
John Cornelius Bouma
Gilbert Lee Greyn
Judy Ann Mellinger
Jay Eugene Shelmerdine
Dennis Lee Alexander
Lawrence P. Bouma
Nancy Leona Bouma
Johannes Maria Chane
Murris Duans Gamradt
Kim Kenneth Harden
Susan Gail Hegge
Teresa Loys Harrington
Phil Alfred Manis
James Theodore Orr
Jane Ellen Wisse
Andrew A. Wildner
John Edward Bailey
Carol Ann Beck
Gary Russell Beaudeau
Ross Otto Geise
Susie J. J. Hofer
Mary Lee Hoop
Michael Kim Weaver
Barbara Jean Cole
Trudee Kaye Finley
Merle Lynn Foreman
James Howard Gronberg
Michael Cleo Gollehon
Shirley Kaye Hightower
Collette Madalen Hager
James L. Leland Hadley
Eugene Stanley Jenks
Martin Leon Larson
Patrick Brian LaGaly
Robert Gordon Lame
Robert Dennis Lemmon
Linda Lee Neal
Lance Victor Sargent
Annie John Weldner
Gerhard S. Bagley
Charles William Burns
Eva Dahlman
Rade Mumuzich
Joseph Percival Yaves
Charles Harry Porter
John Morton Wilson
Frank Brooks
Beatrice Harris
Beaumont Allen House
Council
X-Fay
Jimmy
A. O. Peterson
Glenn Hardy
Te‘centry
Plains, Mont
Harelds
Rena Nelson
Hans Nelson
Robert Mozer
War Dept
Carl Wedum
Jesse Shaw
Charles A. Hanson
Howard Hanson
City Cemetery
Vic Pelletier
Henneford
Chamber
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