Chamber of Commerce Reconsiders Iron Ore Mining near Choteau
The Choteau Chamber of Commerce reviews a Spokane promoter J A Williams proposal for open pit iron ore mining near Choteau. Potential 100 year operation could employ 100 workers, cost about 20 million dollars, yield 20000 long tons daily, and require water and rail links. The chamber will reply with requested details while new officers are named for the coming year.
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Choteau
Chamber
Williams
Chateau
Chamber of Commerce
Enoch Stroh
al Hensley
Bob Crocker
Wymond Duncan
Arvid Sunder
Leonard Sheble
Jim Jarosimek
Edward Risley Dies at 88 Near Augusta
Edward E. E. Risley, 88, died Sunday at his son Wayne Risley’s home about 20 miles southwest of Chateau. Born March 31, 1870 in Chicago, he moved to Augusta in 1887 and married Ella Jennie Reis in 1897. Survived by two sons Wayne and Harold, a daughter Helen L. Le Trace, four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at Augusta Community Church with Rev. A. B. Gravdal. burial in Augusta cemetery. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E.E. Risley
Augusta
Wayne Risley
Chateau
Augusta Community Church
A. B. Gravdal
Burns
Victor W. Krueger
Leo C Zimmer
Richard Kenek
Milford Wearley
Henry J. Cottle
Richard Joseph
Risley
Chicago
Ella Jennie Reis
Wayne
Harold
Great Falls
Helen L. le Trace
Tacoma
Wash
Howard returns to Kodiak after holidays visit
Pete Howard came back Sunday by plane to Kodiak Alaska from a holiday stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Eddie Howard. Mrs Tom Dollen left for Heart Butte last weekend to teach the remainder of the school term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Howard
Kodiak
Alaska
Eddie Howard
Tom Dellne
Heart Butte
Last Rites for Estella Davis Held Tuesday
Estella Sheble Davis 75 of Choteau died Saturday after a three year illness. Funeral services were Tuesday at Choteau Methodist Church with Rev. Grant Moore officiating. Burial followed in Choteau cemetery. Survivors include four sons, siblings, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
Ed Johnson Dies At Fairfield After Card Game
Ed Johnson 75 a retired Fairfield farmer died of a heart attack Saturday afternoon while playing cards at the Silver Dollar bar in Fairfield Town Marshal Albert Becker and a resuscitator attempted revival before the Ton County Coroner G L Banks was notified Funeral services will be held Saturday at the Fairfield Congregational church Rev Charles Pobanz to officiate He was born Eric Johanson in Sweden and came to Michigan in 1904 then Montana in 1905 he homesteaded on the Fairfield Bench in 1909 He married Bada Larson in 1907 who died in 1919 survivors include three sisters in Sweden
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Ed Johnson
Fairfield
Albert Becker
Johnson
Teton County
G. L. Banks
Fairfield Congregational Church
Charles Pobanz
Eric Johanson
Sweden
Michigan
Montana
Bada Larson
Fairfield Masonic Lodge
Dial Family Vacation in Albuquerque Suburb
The Weather Mr. and Mrs. E. R. B. Dial are in Albuquerque New Mexico with their daughter Lynne a student at the university there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. RB. Dial
Albuquerque, N. Mex
Lynne
Bulldogs Fell Twice In Weekend Basketball Play
The Choteau Bulldogs lost to Shelby 29 60 on Friday at Shelby and to Cut Bank 53 66 on Saturday at home, dropping to two wins and seven losses this season. Don Peters led Choteau with 11 points in the Shelby game, while Jack Hughes scored 17 for Cut Bank. The Bulldogs head west to meet Conrad and Sunburst this weekend with a home date against Shelby next Wednesday.
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Choteau Bulldogs
Shelby Coyotes
Shelby
Cut Bank Wolves
Choteau High School
Choteau
Don Peters
Chateau
Mike Snyder
Wilon
Steward
Nick
Doug Russell
Cut Bank
Wolves
Jack Hughes
Bulldogs
Conrad
Sunburst
Cut Bank B
Chateau City Council to buy new two ton truck
The Chateau City Council discussed purchasing a new two ton truck at its Monday meeting with bids ranging from 2500 to 4000 dollars. They will keep the old truck and add the new one. The session also approved bills and reviewed the city budget at the halfway point of the fiscal year. A bid request was approved for 11500 dollars to build a sewer extension in Country Club Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
George Henderson
City Park
Country Club Heights
All Teton County Heart Chairmen To Meet Saturday
A meeting of all heart fundraising chairmen for Teton county is set at the home of County Director Mrs. C W Boussard on Saturday January 10 at 2 pm. The annual nationwide drive supports American Heart Association programs through February 28. Heart Sunday will mobilize local door to door collections by volunteers.
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Teton County
C. W Boussard
American Heart Ass'n
Heart
Heart Fund
Heart Sunday
American Heart Ass
Heart Association
Four Towns Hold Masonic Installations
Augusta Lodge No. 44 hosted a joint installation of officers December 29 at their new temple for Chateau Lodge No. 44 Dutton Lodge No. 125 Fairfield Lodge No. 127 and the Augusta Lodge. H J Cottle installing master Jack Eg gar marshal Leland Garver chaplain and William Irwin secretary for the following officer installations: Worshipful master Choteau Chet Thomas Augusta Ivan Winebren ner Dutton Kim Moore Fairfield Jack Feeler Senior Warden Chateau Lloyd Hodgskiss Augusta Elmer Tuomi Dutton L W Hebtner Fairfield Chester Leach Junior Warden Chateau Glen Stoudt Augusta Robert Neal Dutton Darnell Goodmundson Fairfield Robert Lindberg Treasurer Choteau Myles Standish Augusta R B Wellman Dutton Oscar Mehl Fairfield Clifford Hughes Secretary Choteau Ed Ober nolte Augusta G H Mirehouse Dutton C D Phillips Fairfield Ken Jenkins Chaplain Choteau Robert Clark Augusta Charles Gelsinger Dutton Harry Weikum Fairfield Robert Lyses Jr Senior Deacon Chateau Wy mond Duncan Augusta Roger Krebs Dutton Robert Fleshman Fairfield Gordon Delger Junior Deacon Chateau Wilson Hodgskiss Augusta Gerald Mosher Dutton Douglass Wagg Fairfield Verle Ewing Senior Steward Choteau Ted Skelton Augusta Arthur Mills Dutton James W Stephens Fairfield Lyle Vralstad Junior Steward Choteau Chet Abbott Augusta Harry Nichols Dutton Floyd F Johnson Fairfield James Tuel Marshall Choteau G E Monknan Augusta O A Kenck Dutton Don Moore Fairfield James Dehn Tyler Choteau Charles Tesch Augusta Paul Mihalovich Dutton Dave Fitzgerald Fairfield Henry Olson
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Augusta Masonic Lodge
Chateau Lodge
Dutton
Fairfield Lodge
Augusta Lodge
H. J. Cottle
Augusta
Jack Eggar
Fairfield
Marshall
Leland Garver
William Irwin
Choteau
Chet Thomas
Ivan Winebrenner
Kim G Moore
Jack Feeler
Chateau
Lloyd Hodgskiss
Elmer Tuomi
L. W. Hebtner
Chester Leach
Glen Stoudt
Robert Neal
Darnell Goodmundson
Robert Lindberg
Myles Standish
R. B. Wellman
Oscar Mehl
Clifford Hughes
Ed Obernolte
G. H. Mirehouse
C. D. Phillips
Ken Jenkins
Robert Clark
Charles Gelsinger
Harry Weikum
Robert Lyses, Jr
Wymond Duncan
Roger Krebs
Robert
Marshall - Choteau
G. E. Monknan
O. A. Kenck
Don Moore
James Dehn
Tyler Choteau
Charles Tesch
Paul Mihalovich
Dave Fitzgerald
Henry Olson
Bad Check Writer Sentenced to State Prison
Darrel Townsend, held in the county jail since November 23 on issuing checks with no account, was sentenced by District Judge W. M. Black to two years in the state prison at Deer Lodge. James O. Bone of Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, is serving a 30 day county jail term for third degree assault. he was sentenced by Justice of the Peace William Irwin at the instigation of his wife Maxine McFarlane Bone.
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Darrel Townsend
Deer Lodge
W. M. Black
James O. Bone
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Great Falls
Bone
William Irwin
Maxine McFarlane Bone
Shelby Resident Dies in Choteau
Winifred Dorothy Hughes 64 of Shelby died Tuesday December 30 at Choteau hospital. Funeral services were held at Shelby Catholic Church with burial in Shelby. Born October 20, 1894 in Sauk Center Minnesota she had lived in Butte before marrying Joseph J. Hughes in Great Falls in 1912. Survivors include son James of Chateau daughter Agnes Wenger of Helena two brothers Jim Costello Butte Tom Costello Seattle two sisters Katie Weed Los Angeles Margaret Murray Shelby and seven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Dorothy Hughes
Shelby
Choteau Hospital
Shelby Catholic Church
The
Banks Funeral Hom
Hughes
Sauk Center
Minn
Butte
Joseph J. Hughes
Great Falls
James
Chateau
Agnes Wenger
Helena
Jim Costello
Tom Costello
Seattle
Katie Weed
Los Angeles
Margaret Murray
Republican Women Set Reorganization Meeting at Cornell Hotel
The Teton Republican Women's Club will hold a reorganization meeting at the Cornell Hotel on Friday January 16 at 7 p.m. President Anita Jones urges a large turnout for the event which will include a talk on the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton Republican Women's Club
Cornell Hotel
At & P.m
Anita Jones
United Nations
Court decision will not affect wheat quotas say ASC chairman
Lyall Schaefer, chairman of the county ASC committee, says a federal court decision on farm marketing quotas is not final and the government will appeal to the Supreme Court. He notes the law treats all excess wheat as available for marketing and subject to penalties, despite farm use on the property.
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ASC
Lyall Schaefer
Texas
Schaefer
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Longtime Bole Resident J Huidekoper Dies at 83
J P Huidekoper 83 longtime Bole resident died Wednesday December 31 at Malta Rest Home. Funeral held at Banks Funeral Home with Rev. Grant Moore. burial in Chateau cemetery. Survivors include son Pete D. Huidekoper of Choteau and daughters Mrs W T Barham of Bozeman and Mrs Francis Costello of Malta with eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
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J P. Huidekoper
Bole
Malta Rest Home
Banks Funeral Home
Grant Moore
Chateau Cemetery
Lyle Standish
Fred Swenson
Myles Standish
Martin Gronberg
Neil van Wichen
Jeff Phillips
Huidekoper
Maarssen
Holland
France
Germany
Java
Borneo
Clara J. Schoengevel
United States
Rochester
Minn
Malta
Pete D. Huidekoper
Choteau
W. T. Barham
Bozeman
Francis Costello
Bloodmobile to Visit Methodist Church in Choteau
The bloodmobile will be at the Cho teau Methodist Church on Wednesday January 14 from 2 to 5 pm. Mrs. Jess Gleason, blood program chair of the Choteau American Legion unit, states donors may eat a light meal before and should avoid dairy products oils fats and mayonnaise. Persons aged 18 to 21 may donate with parental consent. The drive aims to collect 70 pints for Choteau and vicinity and hopes to attract new donors alongside regular contributors.
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Choteau
Jess Gleason
Chateau
Marion Small and John Beadle Wed at Home Ceremony
Marion Small daughter of Ed Stenger Standford and John Beadle son of Mr and Mrs Clif Beadle were married recently at the groom's ranch home Rev A B Gravdal officiated the double ring ceremony Darlene Beadle was the bride s attendant and Kenny Weist best man The couple will live on a ranch near Augusta after a short honeymoon.
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Maerion Small
Ed Stenger
Standford
John Beadle
Clif Beadle
Chetoou
A. B. Gravdal
Darlene Beadle
Kenny Weist
Chateau
Rela
Tives
Stanford High School
Kinman Business College
Spokane
Choteau High School
Marine Service
Augusta
Dun and Bradstreet Reports County Business Up Ten Percent
Dun and Bradstreet indicates a nationwide rise in business activity with an approximate three million annual financial statement requests going out this January. In Teton County about 162 businessmen are targeted.
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United States
Dun & Bradstreet
Teton County
L. R. Nelson
Buite
Dunn& Bradstreet
Chateau
Open House at St Stephen s Church in Choteau
An open house is planned at St Stephen s Episcopal Rectory on Sunday afternoon January 11 to allow residents of Choteau and surrounding communities to meet Reverend Charles du Bois and his family. The new vicar arrived December 29 to serve as missionary to Episcopalians in Choteau Augusta Bynum Dupuyer Fairfield and nearby areas.
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St. Stephen's Episcopal Rectory
Choteau
Charles du Bois
St Stephen's Church
Augusta
Bynum
Dupuyer
Fairfield
du Bois
Forsyth
Arthur Green
Residents Asked to Mail Christmas Seal Contributions
Mrs. Muriel Reiquam, Teton county Christmas Seal Chairman, urges residents to send in contributions as Montana faces the nation’s highest tuberculosis rates in the Northwest. Seal funds have funded tuberculin skin tests for over 60,000 people, distributed 200,000 health education materials, and paid over $10,000 for chest X rays. Teton county residents had contributed $226.80 as of last week, far below last year’s total of $1,369.65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Reiquam
Teton County
Montana
Reiquam
PTA Films Promote Heart Health At Local Meetings
The Fairfield PTA screened two heart education films at a recent meeting The films School Health in Action and Stop Rheumatic Fever were provided by the American Heart Association Dr Gordon Haiberg led discussions and will head upcoming showings including Secrets of the Heart at the Dutton American Legion Auxiliary meeting and at Sunny Slope PTA along with A Step Saving Kitchen released by the USDA and extension service. Charles Brewster returns to Fort Carson after holidays with family at home for Christmas and plans for overseas duty.
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Fairfield Pta
American Heart Ass'n
Gordon Harberg
Dutton Amercan Legion Ausiliary
American Heart Ass’n
Sunny Slope Pta
State Extension Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Haiberg
Jennie Brewster
Helen Walton
Preston Jacobson
Highwood
James Brewster Jr
Little Son
Pvt
Charles Brewster
Fort Carson
Colo
Charles
Walter Wood Funeral Rites To Be Friday
Walter Scott Wood, 78, Choteau, died Monday after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Friday at Banks Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Grant Moore officiating and burial in Chateau cemetery. Pallbearers: Earl Woollar, Gus Thompson, Fred Swenson, Sam Luinstra, Wallace Thompson, Jerry Breen. Born November 24, 1880 in Lawrence Kansas, he lived in Montana since 1908 and homesteaded near Choteau. He married Ivy May Johnson in 1906. she died in 1918. Survivors: two sons Will ett and Harry Wood of Choteau, a sister Mrs. R. F. Snow, a brother James F. Wood of Lawrence, Kansas, and two grandchildren.
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Walter Scott Wood
Choteau
Choteau Hospital
Banks Funeral Home
Grant Moore
Chateau Cemetery
Earl Woollar
Gus Thompson
Fred Swenson
Sam Luinstra
Wallace Thompson
Jerry Breen
Wood
Lawrence
Kaw
Monteana
Great Falls
Teton County
Ivy May Johnson
Topeka
Kan
Willett
Harry Wood
R. F. Snow
James F. Wood
Antlers End Slump With Win Over Valier in Hard-Fought Conflict
The Antler Bar basketball team snapped a four game skid by beating Valier Merchants 64 59 Tuesday night at Chateau High School gym. Don Arensmeyer led with 16 points as Keith McFarlane plans continued improvement. The Antlers next face Augusta away then host Brady on June 15.
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Antler Bar
Valier Merchants
Chateau High School
Antlers
Walier
Keith McFarlane
Valter
Merchants
Walter
Valier
Don Arensmeyer
Larry Dellno
Gary Nelson
John Swanson
Nield
Augusta
Brady
Ted Melverses Spent Last Week End at Boulder
Ted Melverses spent the previous week visiting Boulder. The report notes his travels and the timing of the visit.
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Ted Melverses
Boulder
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Estella Davis
Estella Sheble Davis
Methodist
Choteau Cemetery
Carl Olson
Olaf Neckstad
William McManus
Carl Gubrandsen
Robert Miller
Harry Swanson
Davis
Cascade
Sand Coulee
C. C. Sheble
Harlon Davis
Eastern Star
Methodist Church
Leonard
Wesley Sheble
James Sheble
Clinton Sheble
Mary C. Weir
Whitefish
Euelah Conrad
Bessie Warner
North Hollywood
Cailif
Alys Johnson
James C. Anthony
San Diego
Calif
Carlos Anthony
Portland
Ore
Fairfield Sat
Teton County Heart
J. Huidekoper
Marion Small
Dun and Bradstreet
St. Stephen’s Church
PTA
Walter Wood
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