Steamboated Up Missouri George W Magee Dies in Dupuyer
George W Magee longtime Teton county resident and former Dupuyer official died Saturday at 3 am in the Givens block Fort Benton born in Rhode Island he moved to Montana in 1881 and held roles as court commissioner justice of the peace county attorney and legislator surviving sons and extended family relations noted his varied career from freighting to law and publishing.
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George W. Magee
Montana
Teton County
Givens
Tom Magee
Cut Bank
Maynard Hospital
Cowshill
Cowgill
Fort Benton
Magee
Missouri
Helena
Chateau
Birch Creek
Dupuyer
Dupuyer Acantha
C. E. Trescott
Six County School Districts Share State Aid
County Treasurer O G Meadows receives 3206 08 from the state auditor to be divided among six of the county’s school districts from the state equalization fund for common schools. Nineteen districts applied. six qualified, receiving amounts totaling 3206 08 while the total rises 61 68 from last year’s 3267 76.
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O. G. Meadows
Geo. Porter
Anna E. Stafford
State Department of Education
State Board of Equalization
Stafford
Ben Slanger tops vocational agri at Montana State College
Ben Slanger son of Mr and Mrs George Slanger of Chateau and a Teton county high school graduate earned the highest grade in vocational agriculture at Montana State College in the last quarter. This is his third consecutive year of the distinction. He studied at Intermountain Union College Helena before transferring to MSU to complete his degree focusing on Smith Hughes work. He has consistently been on the honor roll and helped fund his schooling by work in the college's parm economics department.
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Ben Slanger
George Slanger
Chateau
Teton’ County High School
Montana State College
Teton County High School
Slanger
Intermountain Union College
Helena
Smith-Hughes
Parm Economics
Colege
Fall Months Lead in County Marriages for 1930
County records show 21 of 70 marriage licenses issued in September and October, with September 10 and October 11, overturning the tradition of June as the peak marrying month. Blanche M. Jacobson, clerk of the district court, notes the shift in Teton county from spring to fall weddings.
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Teton County
Blanche M. Jacobson
District Court
Prominent Falls Banker Named Citizens State Bank President
Fred A. Woehner of Great Falls was elected president of Citizens State Bank at the annual stockholders meeting succeeding the late Jas Eckford. C D McDonald became vice president and Fred C Barribal cashier with P H Crossen also named vice president. Board members include Woehner McDonald Crossen McDonald and Barribal. A E Swingle attended the session noting the delayed meeting to allow more stockholders to attend. Woehner is a well known Montana banker with ties to Farmers State bank at Conrad and Power State bank at Power.
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Citizens State Bank
Fred A. Woehner
Great Falls
Jas. Eckford
C. D McDonald
Fred C. Barribal
P. H. Crossen
C. S. McDonald
C. D. McDonald
A. E. Swingle
Montana
Farmers State Bank
Conrad
Power State Bank
Power
Farewell Monday for Mrs Helen Innes
A large farewell for Mrs. Helen Innes was held Monday at the Social Center hall hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary of St. Josephs church. About 80 guests attended with bridge and five hundred games, gifts presented, and refreshments served as Mrs. Innes plans to move to Los Angeles where her children reside.
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Helen Innes
St. Joseph’s Church
Innes
S. F. Pimperton
Joe Sbuart
S. Maccany
Wim. Cook
Chester A. Quadara
Searles
B. Andrews
Billy Innes
Chateau
Mr. Innes
J. C. Penney Company
Enrolment in Teton County Schools Highlights Gaps
County data show 1,419 of 1,993 school age residents enrolled in local schools at fall month end. 1,119 in grade schools and 300 in high schools. 209 in county high school, 58 in Dutton, 33 in Power. County has 46 districts, 86 rural schools, 7 town schools, and multiple teachers across facilities.
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Teton County
Anna E. Stafford
Dutton
Stafford
County
Power
Burns Re–named Chairman of County High School Board
At the first board meeting of the year C. W. Burns was re-elected chairman of the Teton county high school board. Frank C. Young became vice chairman and Mrs. Anna E. Stafford secretary. Committees on supplies teachers buildings and grounds athletics finance were named. The quarterly meeting is set for Saturday January 17.
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C. W. Burns
County High School Board
Teton County High School
Frank C. Young
Anna E. Stafford
County Board of Commissioners
F. C. Young
H.E. Adams
J. A. Swanson
H. E. Adams
J. T. Robison
J A. Swanson
Jas. T. Robison
O. M. Gaare
Births exceed deaths in Teton county during 1930
Vital statistics show 75 births and 56 deaths in 1930 in Teton county. The birth tally matches 1928, beats 1929, while deaths rise above both 1929 and 1928. Gender split favors girls by 14 and males by 16 in deaths, with numerous deaths by violent or accidental causes. A list of deceased individuals is provided. Census year instrument counts drop from 5,243 in 1929 to 4,460 in 1930.
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Teton County
George A. Carroll
Stork
John C. Blakeslee
John Boardman
Joyce Carrier
John Christman
Alphonse Cote
Mary J. Cunningham
Lillian M. Craig
J. B. Daughters
Bertha Depner
Bruce A. Davidson
Thos. Eschandi
Ruth Edwards
Dorothy Eschandi
Thos
B. Fenson
Fred Frick
Thos. Glavey
Louis Hager
Ole Hansen
Charles Halberg
Jacob Hanson
John Hanson
Hanson
Alma Holden
Christopher Holt
Jas. Heighton
Peter Ilvisaker
Eula Kelly
Ernest Keitzman
Henry Kline
Margaret Kelly
Mary Klockler
Leaben Losy
Fred Lathrop
Centerville Fast Team to Meet Racketeers Tuesday
The Centerville town basketball squad plans to play the Racketeers here on Tuesday January 20. Manager Joe Motil notes two scoring forwards and two solid defensive guards and urges fans to buy season tickets while the three game pass costs one dollar. The locals previously visit Great Falls to face the DeMolays this Saturday with one more home game slated for January 20.
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Centerville
Joe Motil
John
Standard Furniture Co
Great Falls
Andover Oil Moves Toward Test Well at Big Coulee
Arrangements are under way to drill a test well on the Big Coulee structure between Fairfield and Simms in Cascade county. Andover Oil company, also behind the Carlson well near Farmington, leads the effort. Three large trucks hauled about a thousand feet of casing from National Supply at Conrad to the site, handled by J. Jones of Great Falls.
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Big Coulee
Fairfield
Simms
Cascade County
Andover Oil Company
Carlson
Farmington
National Supply Company
Conrad
J. Jones
Great Falls
Methodist Episcopal Church Schedule and Evening Sermon
Sunday events begin with Church School at 11 15 a m and Morning Worship at 10 00 a m Epworth League social at 6 00 p m features first installment of Lady Bird Preaching services at Pendrey at 3 00 p m Minister B R Kaemmer invites all to attend.
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Epworth League Social Holls
Lady Bird
Pendrey
Teton teams conquer out-of-town foes in weekend hoops run
Teton county high school first teams added four more victories in weekend games away from home. Dutton high boys and girls, and Simms high girls and town team defeated by Teton squads while the reserves lost in overtime to Simms. Key scorers included Earles with 10, Moore seven, Cole seven, and Adams 17 for Teton.
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Teton County High School
Dutton High
Simms High
Teton
Dutton School
Simms
Bulldog
Simms Town
Gaare
Connore
Cole
Morgan
McCullough
Yeager
Simm
Miksch
Looney
Adams
Moore
Tennant
Hickman
Thompson
Ely
Hathaway
Frost
Clark
Baldwin
Helkes
Desjardin
Kirby
Prewett
Government issues folder on local forest in Washington
A 16 page folder on Lewis and Clark National Forest released by the U S Forest Service arrives in Washington with 2 000 copies at W E Lockhart's office. The publication includes eight halftone images and an 18 by 30 inch map detailing roads trails railways and ranger stations. It covers history timber watershed grazing wildlife recreation fire prevention and national forests with notes on early exploration and Father DeSmet missions.
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Lewis and Clark National Forest
Washington, D. C
W. E. Lockhart
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Chateau
Teton County High Schools Share $22,469.85 Apportioned
County Superintendent Anna E Stafford allocates $22,469.84 to three county high schools for the July 1930 to January 1931 period from a six mill levy. Teton County High School receives $16,568.25 with 165,315 average daily attendance. Dutton gets $3,188.47 with 31,814. Power receives $2,713.12 with 27,071.
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H. S
Teton County
Anna E. Stafford
Teton County High School
Dutton
Power
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Geo. W. Magee
Somows
State College
First National Bank
Choteau
TOTAL
Falls
Mrs
Methodist Episcopal. Church
B. R. Kaemmer
Lewis and Clark
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Bitter Root
Lewis
Blackfoot
Continental Divide
Lewis and Clark Pass
Teton River
Marias River
Priest’s Butte
R Pather DeSmet
St. Peter’s Mission
Montana Territory
Father Hoecken
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