Nine-man election to decide Teton Memorial Hospital fate
In Chateau the Teton Memorial Hospital association votes Monday night to elect a nine-member executive board and four officers. Members with ten dollars or more contribute a vote. attendees may include nonvoters. The hospital would serve the entire county, inviting doctors who would pay to use facilities while serving patients countywide. A superintendent would run the hospital as the Montana MHospital steering committee discusses federal fund grants.
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Teton Memorial Hospital
Chateau
The
Teton Memorial Hospital Association
Association
Fairfield
Pendroy
Bole
Agawam
Dutton
Augusta
Bynum
Fairfield Dutton
Hospital Association
Montana Mhospital Association
All
Teton Woolgrowers Form Coyote Control Association
A meeting in the Legion hall formed the Teton Woolgrowers Association to levy five cents per head on all sheep for predatory animal control in Teton county. A five-member board elected officers includes Yeager as president and Robinson as vice president. Alfred Shelmerdine and Cray Lohse were hired to shoot coyotes by air, with Cheney Beebe to trap in rugged areas. Pelts will fund the county treasury. records require board approval and county commissioners receive reports.
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Legion Hall
Teton Woolgrowers Association
Teton County
Homer Rowland
Bynum
Paul Kropp
Agawam
Otto Swanson
Pendroy
Ed Yeager
Huey Robinson
Choteau
Yeager
Maurice Zimmerman
Alfred Shelmerdine
Cray Lohse
Cheney Beebe
Kalispell
Woolgrowers Association
Association
VFW Auxiliary Instating meeting announced for Jan 22
Notice invites all members and all women eligible to join the VFW Auxiliary to attend at Moose hall Tuesday evening January 22 at 8 p.m. for institing of Auxiliary. Women with kin in foreign service are eligible. Great Falls and Fairfield Auxiliary members will attend. Also Episcopal Guild to meet at Mrs Earl Yeager's home on Thursday January 24.
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VFW
Moose Hall
Foreign Service
Post
Great Falls
Fairfield
Episcopal Guild
Earl Yeager
Ex-Army Men Return To Home Town
Six veterans return to Chateau as prewar life resumes. D W Hutchinson resumes welfare work after overseas service and Camp McCoy discharge. Ken Sulgrove plans to resume filling station work with brothers. Ken Thompson, an ex-ordnance sergeant, settles in Chateau and marries Wanda Hoffbeck. Norman Brown arrives from Lowrey Field to resume work at Sulgrove station. Clark Imbody, discharged from Fort Lewis, teams with brother Tom Rosette. Tom Rosette returns to Chateau for work with Dale Blakely.
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Chateau
D. W. Hutchinson
Teton County
Camp McCoy
Wis
Hutchinson
Ada
Civil Service
Camp Stoneman
Cal
Choteau House
Ken Sulgrove
Choteau
Kenneth Sulgrove
John L
Chick) Sulgrove
Chick
Sulgrove
Jefferson Barracks
Ken Thompson
Pelletier Chevrolet Company
Teton County High School
Thompson
Lewis Motor Company
Shelby
Army Ordnance Batallion
Bizerte
Africa
Italy
Army
USO
Jinx Falkenberg
Camp Sutton
N. C
Gus Thompson
Wanda Hoffbeck
Norman Brown
Lee Brown
Lowrey Field
Col
Brown
Clark Imbody
Farmington
Glenn Imbody
Fort Lewis
Wash
Imbody
Tom Rosette
Rosette
Havre
Dale Blakely
Becker Brothers Drown After Auto Breaks Ice on Reservoir
Sam and Taifield Becker of Fairfield perish when a 1936 Chevrolet sinks through an open ice channel in a reservoir near Chateau. The car lies 12 feet deep, 600 yards offshore, with Taifield’s hat and billfold floating nearby. Authorities and searchers assess the scene as a boating party returns to shore while plans to haul out the vehicle proceed.
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Acantha
A. QO. Peterson
Earl Hollar
Bynum Reservoir
Sam
Taifield Becker
Fairfield
Becker Brothers
Chateau
Taifield
Beckers
Peterson
Larry Banks
Montana
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Names Officers and Initiates
The Chateau VFW post appointed officers and initiated 15 new members including resignations by Bob Dellno and Jim Underwood who will attend college. Al Hensley Harvey Dale succeed them as officers with Ray Friedberg named adjutant. Visitors from Great Falls attended the initiation ceremony. A resolution proposed an unemployment compensation bureau in Chateau. The VFW Auxiliary plans a formal organization meeting next Tuesday night January 22.
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Chateau
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bob Dellno
Jim Underwood
al Hensley
Harvey Dale
Choteau
Ray Friedberg
Great Falls
William Spady
Spady
Margaret Green
VFW
VA official to aid veterans at Chateau Friday
A. C. Funk of the Veterans Administration will be at the P M A office in the Larson building Friday January 25 to help veterans file applications for benefits.
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A. C. Funk
The
Veteran’s Administration
Chateau
Larson Building
Teton Bulldogs Edge St Marys in Friday Night Play
The Teton Bulldogs visit St Marys tomorrow night with a 7 30 preliminary. Last weekend they lost to Shelby 33 45 and to Cut Bank 30 38.
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Teton Bulldogs
St. Marys
Shelby
Cut Bank
Musicians Wanted for 10-Piece Chateau Orchestra
Ken Thompson, former Cha teau musician who served two years overseas with an army dance orchestra, seeks saxophonists to join a new 10 piece dance orchestra in Chateau. Contact Thompson at Pelletier Chevrolet immediately to join full orchestral performances.
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Ken Thompson
Chateau
Army
Pelletier Chevrolet Company
Thompson
Car Stolen After Purchase Of 1946 Plates
John Fox of Route 1 Billings parked in front of police headquarters with his 1946 license plates while he bought the plates at Yellowstone county courthouse across the street. He returned to find his car had been stolen.
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Billings
UWP
John Fox
Route 1
Yellowstone County
Legion Seeks Complete War Veteran Honor Roll for Teton County
The American Legion C James Smith post in Teton County aims to compile a full list of World War II service members and ex-servicemen. A plaque will inscribe all names, with readers urged to review the list for omissions and send corrections to the American Legion in Chateau.
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C. James Smith
The
American Legion
Teton County
Acantha
Chateau
Donald Agee
Thomas William Agnew
Roy Ahner
Arlen Alison
Joseph Alzheimer
Lawrence Alzheimer
Eugene Ameline
William Ameline
Jack Amon
Ralph A. Amondson
Harold Anderson
Howard Anderson
James Anderson
Joe Anderson
Junior Anderson
LeRoy Anderson
Robert Anderson
Robert Andrews
Steve Angelucci
Allan Arnsmeyer
Alvin Arensmeyer
Robert
Local Names List Appears in Page Six Continuation
A roster of individuals including Dittus Dohney Doughty Dryden Dufy Dreyer Dorn Doyra and many others is carried in a column that continues on page six. The list covers numerous surnames such as Erickson Emerson Fallon Farmer Gaffney and Gibson among others.
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Earl Fellers
Charles Field, Jr
Robert Fleshman
Bob Flick
Charles Fowler
William Frigge
Emmett Fuller
George Fuller
Howard Gaare
William Gaffney
Virgil Gamradt
Harry Geis
Beverly Gier
John Gibler
Guy Gibson
Lester Giese
Russ Gilbertson
Bud Gillette
Burt Kinther
James _Glavey
William Golde
John Goodell
McLeod Rites Held for Longtime Eureka County Rancher
Funeral services for Murdock McLeod 79 rancher near Eureka lake were held last Saturday at Chateau Methodist Church with Rev. Bert Powell officiating. He died Thursday after a two month illness. Born February 12 1866 in Prince Edward Island Canada he came to Teton county in 1895 and worked at Flowery Burk Taylor and Richard Ellis ranches before running a small cattle operation near Eureka lake. He is survived by brothers Roderick in Prince Edward Island and John in Cambridge Massachusetts. a sister in New York City is believed. Pallbearers were Martin Rose Bob Burns Bill Tressler Bill Howard and Richard Ellis. Interment followed at Chateau cemetery with Banks funeral home directing.
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Murdock McLeod
Eureka Lake
Chateau Methodist Church
Bert Powell
Prince Edward Island
Canada
McLeod
Teton County
Flowery Ranch
Burk- Taylor
Richard Ellis
Roderick
John
Cambridge
Mass
New York City
Martin Rose
Bob Burns
Bill Tressler
Bill Howard
Chateau Cemetery
Banks Funeral Home
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Sheepmen
Foreign Wars Group
Legion
LaVerne Bergland
Henry Bergman
Louis Bergman
Wallace Bergman
Harold Bertsch
Raymond Bertsch
John Billings
Chester Bjork
John Bjork
Raymond Bjork
Palmer Bjornson Palmer Bjornson
Charles Black
Walter Blake
Maurice B. Black
Clifford Blankenship
Clarence Bleecker
George Bleecker
Harry Bleecker
Hugh Bleecker
Jesse
Floyd Bruno
Howard Bruno
John Bruno
George Brunson
Andrew Brutosky
William Buchman
Anton Burgmaier
Bud Burns
Charles Burrows
Robert Burt
Wiliam Burt
Peter Bushman
Willis Bushman
Lawrence Burlingame
Joseph Caldwell
Earl Camden
Edward K. Cameron
Donald Campbell
Evan Campbell
Frank Campbell
John Campbell
Robert Campbell
Walter Campbell
Donald Carlson
Martin Carlson
Norman Carlson
Carl Carlstrom
Johnny Carlstrom
Abraham Carrier
Arthur Carrier
Francis Carrier
Ralph Carrie
Loman J. Carver
Lowell H. Carver
William Carver
James Cheetham
Raymond Clark
Verne Clark
Elmer Coffman
William Cole
James Collins
Woodward Collins
Dick Conklin
Donald Converse
Gene Converse
Eldon Cook
Seth Cook
Charles Cooper
Lee Corbett
Otto Corbett
Walter Corbett
Jack Core
Chester Corey
Dean Corey
Lawrence Corey
Bob Crawshaw
Grant Curtis
Bob Carlson
Earl Carlson
Kenneth Dahl
Don Dahlin
Donald Dale
Jim Dale
Richard Dale
Bill Daley
Warren Daley
Harry Davidson
John Davidson
Robert Davidson
William Davidson
Albert Deethardt
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