Montana to Pay World War II Veterans Bonus Funds
Montana will distribute 2200000 in veteran bonuses to about 68400 former service members and spouses. The 4 to 1 state supreme court ruling validates initiative No. S1 offering 10 a month stateside, 15 for overseas, and 15 for flying service. average veteran payment 325, max 675. Funds require selling bonus bonds led by Gov. Bonner. cigaret tax 2 cents per pack funds the program, two year applications window.
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State Supreme Court
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Montana
John W. Bonner
State Examiners Board
Helena
State Board of Examiners
Cub Scouts Observe 42nd Anniversary Banquet
Cub Scouts celebrate the 42nd anniversary of scouting with a Blue and Gold banquet at Chateau on Tuesday February 5. In a home and neighborhood centered program for boys ages eight to eleven under 8 den mothers, about 40 participate with weekly den meetings in Gen mothers homes and a pack meeting at Legion hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Lutheran Church
Legion Hall
Choteau Bulldogs Top Power Pirates 46 23
The Choteau Bulldogs defeated Power Pirates 46 to 23 at Choteau last Friday night. They now stand five wins and three losses on the season. Tomorrow they open conference play on the Chateau floor against Conrad with a preliminary B squad game at 7 30 p.m.
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Choteau Bulldogs
Power Pirates
Choteau
Bulldogs
Chateau
Conrat
Bethany Commandery Plans Templar Degree Meeting
Bethany Commandery 19 E T will meet Friday January 11 to perform the Templar degree.
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Bethany Commandery
E.T
Templar
Teton Memorial Hospital Admits and Discharges
Hospital lists admittees and dismissals including Ronald George Bynum Beatrice Barton Choteau Mrs George Sabo Fairfield Harry J Davison Choteau Sharon Ann Zier Choteau Evelyn Turnbow Augusta Kenneth Mabes Fairfield John J Hill Fairfield Mrs Harry Knudtzon Fairfield Mrs Victor Linjatie Choteau Albin Johnson Chanteau and more. Dismissals include Mrs Gracia Dirkes Choteau Axel Larson Choteau Mrs James LaRance Choteau and infant daughter Ray Hollar Choteau Mrs Victor Linjatie Choteau and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald George
Bynum
Beatrice Barton
Choteau
George Sabo
William Cole
Fairfield
Harry J. Davison
Sharon Ann Zier
Evelyn Turnbow
Augusta
Kenneth Mabes
John J. Hill
Harry Knudtzon
Victor Linjatie
Albin Johnson
John Jaconetty
Chotes’1
Choteaut
Rod Skies of Montana to screen at The Roxy February 3 and 4
The Roxy at Chateau will show Rod Skies of Montana on February 3 and 4. The film, a Montana origin story about forest service smokejumpers, stars Richard Widmark and Constance Smith. It began as a world premier project January 20 in Missoula and Great Falls and was shot near Nine Mile, Montana, in 1950 and 1951.
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Roxy
Chateau
Montana
George Eichhorn
Richard Widmark
Constance Smith
Missoula
Great Falls
Eichhorn
Forest Service
Nine Mile Carp
Missouri
Manngulch
Helena
Harry Eichner
Art Cohn
Victor Mature
Mature
Widmark
Nine Mile
Twentieth Century-Fox
Service Held For Arthur B Meyers In Fairfield
Funeral services were held at Community Congregational church in Fairfield for 73 year old Arthur Benjamin Meyers who died after a lengthy illness. Rev. Robert Livingston officiated with interment in Red Cloud Nebraska. Meyers born May 26 1878 in Pickaway County Ohio lived in Nebraska before moving to Fairfield in 1935 and later remarried to Willa Whitfield in 1939.
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Adele Bueling
Community Congregational Church
Fairfield
Arthur Benjamin Meyers
Chateau Hospital
Robert Livingston
Red Cloud
Neb
Meyers
Pickaway County
Ohio
Nebraska
Inavale
Eva Matkin
Alva
Josie Moranville
California
Maudie Warr
Carl Tuebert
Willa Whitfield
Helena
Willa
Newport
Wash
Maudie Warthen
Boulder
Colo
Helene Willyerd
Donald McCann
Havre
Maime McGraw
Circleville
Eva Burch
Denver
Heyer to Manage Malta Safeway Store
Heyer will succeed Wesley Heyer as manager of the Malta Safeway store. He has led the Malta store for a year and a half and will remain with Safeway but transferred. Heyer recently spent the New Year holidays with relatives at Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sawyer
Conrad Safeway
Wesley Heyer
Choteau
Malta Safeway
Heyer
Malta
Safeway
Fairfield
OOF Dance Promises Prize Night and Navy Exam News
The OOF dance on January 12 at IOO F hall offers a door prize and a £10 premium. Jak Reiding, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Reiding, traveled to Butte Monday for a navy physical examination. if accepted he would proceed to San Diego for further steps.
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Hall
Jak
Reiding
Dick Reiding
Butte
Navy
San’ Diego
Salt
PMA County Committee Names 1952 Members After Mail Ballot
The annual PMA community committeemen election in the county produced 451 ballots cast from about 1018 mailed. Delegates and alternates were chosen, and the county convention delegates met in Shoteau on December 14 to reenact the committee. The 1952 slate lists three committeemen per community with the first name in each entry serving as community chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Production and Marketing Administration
Jake Luinstra
PMA
Luinstra Daid
Shoteau
Diamond Valley
Ben N. Loch
Fred W. Schultz
Arthur Habel
Pendrey
Donald Swanson
Homer Rowland
Wagner Halvorson
Agawam
Joseph Torgerson
Martin Klette
Howard Truchot
Collins
Carl Eklund
Paul Alzheimer
Clark Inbody
Beck
LeRoy Nelson
Lyall Schaefer
Anthony Timmerman
Farmington
Glen
Science class trip to ACM smelter in Great Falls
Choteau high school science and chemistry students visited the ACM smelter in Great Falls. Transportation was by Ray Anderson, Leonard Blixrud, Jerry Gunther, and Albert Finley. They saw copper anodes and cathodes, blast furnaces, molten copper, and wire plant activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau High School
ACM
Great Falls
Ray Anderson
Leonard Blixrud
Jerry Gunther
Albert Finley
Instruc
Greet Falls
Chateau
Babson 1952 Forecasts Highlight Election and Inflation Fears
Roger W. Babson predicts 1952 will see lower total business volume excluding defense, but high national income due to war orders. The year will center on the Presidential Election, with expectations of inflation pressures and government controls impacting business, taxes, and farm income amid Korea War dynamics.
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the Acantha
Roger W. Babson
Babson
Tom Ater
Paige Brent
Town Team Splits Pair of Ball Games
In a rough game the Conrad Independents defeated Chateau town 56 to 41 at Conrad Tuesday night. Chateau had earlier beaten Beads Lehnert 44 to 34 at Brady with Nordhagen Dahlin and Lehnert as top scorers.
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Conrad Independents
Chateau Town
Conrad
Chateau
Beads Lehnert
Nornhagen
Dahlin
Orlando
March of Dimes Drive Selects 12 County Workers
Merle Griffith, county campaign director, announced twelve Teton county workers for the 1952 March of Dimes drive to combat polio. The roster includes Eddie Howart, Mrs Art Weist, John Swanson, Carl Field, Ira Perkins, Fred Smith, Ted Morhardt, Almon Perry, Mrs John Garvey, Henry Boyce, Joe McDonnell, Bower, and Harry Montague. Griffith noted 135 infantile paralysis cases in Montana and explained the 50 50 fund split supports both local aid and national epidemic relief.
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Teton County
Merle Griffith
Fairfield
Naminaton Ill
Aou Veles
Uomlavon
Eddie
Howart
Chateau
Art Weist
Agawam
John Swanson
Carl Field
Pendroy
Ira Perkins
Bynum
Fred Smith
Farmington
Ted Morhardt
Golden Ridge
Almon Perry
Sunny Slope
John Garvey
Dutton
Henry Boyce
Greenfield
Joe McDonnell
Bower
Harry Montague
Frank McDonnel
Great Falls
Montana Sapien
Griffith
Lions Initiate Largest Group Ever at Chateau Club
Seven new members Logan Hatch Wyman Duncan Milton McNea Jake Luinstra Robert Gormley Jerry McClue and Barney McClue joined the Chateau Lions Tuesday night boosting total to 74. Gibson Monkman announced Lions International has 420000 members in 9000 clubs across 33 nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Lions Club
Lions Club Hall
Logan Hatch
Wyman Duncan
Milton McNea
Jake Luinstra
Robert Gormley
Jerry McClue
Barney McClue
Gibson Monkman
Monkman
Lions International
Albert Finley
Jasper National Park
John Davison
Lions Club
Charlie Bowers
Ladies Hight
Jack Coulter
Hamilton
Chateau
Leo Murphy
Corrected Yale Christmas Decoration Winners Announced
The Chateau Chamber of Commerce awarded best Yale decorations on city residences. Robert Zion won first prize of 25 dollars, Emil Durr second prize of 15 dollars, and Ellard Enderson third prize of 10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acantha
Robert Zion
Emil Durr
Ellard Enderson
Chateau Chamber of Commerce
Yale
Chateau Woman's Club Meeting Set for Jan 15
The Chateau Woman's Club will meet at 8 p.m. next Tuesday January 15 at the home of Clara Baker. Dominick Reed, a high school English instructor with Army Intelligence in Austria and Poland during World War I, will speak. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Woman's Club
Clara Baker
Dominisk Reed
Army Intelligence Division
Austria
Geepeng
Will
Jeep Starts in Blizzard Saves Lumber Man's Life
Joe Ramaker of Chateau lumber mill operator nearly froze during a severe blizzard in Teton canyon. Two jeep cylinders unexpectedly fired after a tarp covered the engine, allowing him to reach shelter and survive. Snow remains deep and storms harsher this season.
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Joe Ramaker
Chateau
Ramaker
Teton Canyon
Jim Hughes Ranch
Lutheran Men Elect Officers for Year At Sunday Meeting
The Trinity Lutheran Brotherhood held a Sunday meeting at the church parlors and elected Wallace Thompson as president Ed Nordahl as vice president Robert C Graham as secretary and Ellard Anderson as treasurer Committees were formed for a waffle supper January 27 at the church and plans for a circuit rally February 24 at Pondera Valley Lutheran Conrad were discussed Howard Koch spoke on the rally and the Father and banquet were noted Three wildlife films were shown and the outgoing officers conducted a lunch installation of new officers will occur February 3
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Trinity Lutheran Brotherhood
Wallace Thompson
Ed Nordahl
Robert C Graham
Ellard Anderson
Howard Koch
Pondera Valley Lutheran Church
Conrad
Howard Heman
Robert Graham
Two New Teachers Join Chateau School Faculty
William Simmons replaced Grant Mundy as band instructor and teaches at Chateau schools. He studied at Montana State University in Missoula and lives in Hardin. Mary Owens, a Western Montana College of Education graduate, took Melvin Bremer’s place in the sixth grade. Both began teaching January 2.
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William Simmons
Grant Mundy
Chateau
Montana State University
Missoula
Simmon
Hardin
Mary Owens
Western Montana College of Education
Dillon
Melvin Bremer
Nelsons Headed Back to George Air Force Base
T Sgt Virgil H Nelson and Set Lloyd E Nelson left Friday for George Air Force Base in Victorville California after holiday time with mother Mrs Magmie Nelson and sister Mrs Hugh H Reid They rode to Las Vegas Nevada with Jerry Barrett and continued by bus Jerry stayed on to Tucson Arizona to attend the university
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Virgil H. Nelson
Lloyd E. Nelson
George Air Force Base
Victorville
Calif
Magmie Nelson
Hugh H. Reid
Virgil Nelson
Las Vegas
Nev
Jerry Barrett
California
Jerry
Tucson
Ariz
Reid Family Returns to Bozeman After Holidays
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh H. Reid and their children went back to Bozeman after spending the holidays with Mrs. Mayme Nelson and her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh H.'Reid
Bozeman
Mayme Nelson
Gas Company Inspection Set For Entire City
The city of Chateau plans a two week safety and leak inspection of all gas service lines from mains to building installations. Montana Dakota Utilities will conduct tests with a Cut Bank crew, dig test holes, and inspect house to house. John Hall represents the city during the check up and repairs will be ordered for any leaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Harlan Scott
Montana
Dakota Utilities Co
John Hall
Mary Walker Funeral Rites Set Saturday
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm this Saturday for Mary Emma Walker 79 wife of the late Alex Walker who died yesterday at Trinity Lutheran Church Interment will be beside her husband at Chateau cemetery She was born July 27 1872 in Mondaman Ia married Alexander Walker in 1911 and lived in Great Falls before moving to Choteau in 1917 Surviving are her daughter Mrs Fredona Kregness a nephew Charles Walker and her sister Mrs Lizzie Lapworth Pallbearers are Tom Hammond Ernest Bond John Richem Bryan Corbett Millard Johnson and H e Duits
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Emmay Walker
Alex Walker
A. Bernard Grandal
Trinity Lutheran Church
Chateau Cemetery
Mary Emma Case
Mondaman
Alexander Walker
Lamont
Great Falls
Choteau
Fredona Kregness
Geyser
Charles Walker
Lizzie Lapworth
Council Bluffs
Tom Hammond
Ernest Bond
John Richem
Bryan Corbett
Millard Johnson
H.e Duits
IGOF Lodge and Rebekahs Install Officers
Joint installation of Oddfellows and Rebekahs held at TOOF hall last Friday. Oddfellow officers installed: Elmer Knaff noble grand, George O’Hare vice grand, George Thompson recording secretary, Gottlieb Depner financial secretary, Paul Mathis treasurer. Rebekah officers installed: Jennie Knaff noble grand, Myrtle Poore vice grand, Esther Buchanan recording secretary, Mary Baker financial secretary, Irene Peterson treasurer. Muscial numbers by Dick Conklin accompanied the event. A mock wedding staged during lunch honored Mr and Mrs C W Burns on their 45th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oddfellows and
Rebekahs
Toof Hall
Oddfellow Lodge
Elmer Knaff
Noble Grand
George O'Hare
George Thompson
Gottlieb Depner
Paul Mathis
Rebekah Lodge
Jennie Knaff
Myrtle Poore
Esther Buchanan
Mary Baker
Irene Peterson
Dick Conklin
C. W. Burns
Army Man Visits Parents at Fairfield
Pfe. Forrest B. Brown of Fairfield spent the holidays with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Oris Brown. He serves with the 3623rd Ord. MM Co. and has been stationed at Camp Cooke California. On Oct 21 1951 he earned a proficiency certificate as heavy artillery repairman at Aberdeen proving grounds Maryland. He returned to California Jan 2 for further assignment.
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Pfe
Forrest B. Brown
Oris Brown
Fairfield
3623Rd Ord. MM Co
Camp Cooke
Calif
Ordanance School
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
Pfc. Brown
California
MSU Grants 52 Degrees At Fall Quarter Adjourn
Roger Parkett of Bynum earned a BA in business administration as one of 52 graduates at Montana State University in the fall quarter ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Parkett
Bynum
Montana State University
Jaumettes Entertain Nephew Guests From Arizona and Canada
Mr and Mrs Al Jaumette hosted over the past week their nephew Larry Lodmell of Phoenix Arizona and Tony Ronning of Flat Yield Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Jaumette
Larry Lodmell
Phoenix
Ariz
Tony Ronning
Flat- Yield ‘Lake
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Cub Scouts
Teton Memorial Hospital
Alaska
Redtak
Bill Pinnell
Mortis Talileen
New York
Pinnell
Talifson
Pinnell and
By Roger W. Babson
Fern Garberson
Sher
Robert Holt
List County Workers For March of Dimes
Mary Walker
Igof Lodge
MSU
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