Weather and travel disruption in the region due to heavy winds and snow
Strong southwest winds and blowing snow paralyzed rural roads and closed many routes across the region. Countless farms faced drifts, schools shut in Teton county, and travel between Great Falls and Chateau was severely delayed. Temperatures swung from 31 above to 6 below zero as a cold wave loomed with more snow expected.
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Teton County
Great Falls
Chateau
U. S. Weather Bureau
Winter Wheat Seeding Down For This Year
Big West Oil Co reports a Dubois No. 1 well near Pendroy showing 2,266 feet to Ellis Madison contact with oil in porous limestone and initial acid tests yielding 17 barrels of oil per day, with potential to reach 25 to 30 barrels. Drilling continues weather permitting as the field area expands east of Dubois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee Pot Neney
Pendroy
Pondera
Big West Oil Co
Dubois No
Big West
Dubois
Ellis-Madison
Kevin
Hannah Porter
Dubois Tract
Sec
Phillips-Johnson
Texas-Thomas
Texas- Thomas Wells
Hannah-Porter -Wells
Warren Aikens and Associates
Frank-Wenzel
Winter wheat plantings in Montana and Te ton county in 1952
Montana farmers planted 1 725 000 acres of winter wheat last fall up 15 percent from 1951 while Te ton county seedings at about 55 000 acres lag 25 percent behind normal. Officials note weather and harvest delays affected seeding with favorable moisture aiding stands in many areas.
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Teton County
PMA
Chateau
Montana
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Helena
North Central
Oil Saturation Report Near Pendroy Prompts Interest
An early report notes oil saturation in the area three miles east of Pendroy toward the Pondera field, signaling potential for development. The item suggests continued coverage on page 4.
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Pendroy Clear
Pondera Field
Swanson Receives Combat Infantryman Badge in Korea
Pfc. Clifton H. Swanson of Pendroy was awarded the Combat Infantryman badge for exemplary duty with the 1st Cavalry division in Korea. He serves with the 5th Cavalry Regiment and the award marks distinction for frontline service among combat soldiers.
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1St Cavalry
Far East
Clifton H. Swanson
Korea
1St Cavalry Division
Swanson
5Th Cavalry Regiment
Teton Memorial Hospital Admits and Births Reported
Health update lists patients admitted at Teton Memorial Hospital including Wilma Jean Gray Augusta Ed McFarren Choteau and others. Births recorded for Wesley Heyer Fairfield and Orren Bijerke Choteau. Also notes patients dismissed such as Mrs George Sabo and John J Hill Power with several names repeated in the closing list.
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Wilma Jean Gray
Augusta
Ed McFarren
Choteau
Orville Talifson
Hazel Webb
Simms
Donald Thompson
Davin Walsh
Collins
Karen Ann Gravdal
Sid Hanson
Leonard Jackson
Wesley Heyer
Fairfield
Julius Stenson
Martin Jacobs
Orren Bjerke
Orren Bijerke
George Sabo
Sharon Annier
John J. Hill
Power
Albin Johnson
John Jaconetty
Dave Ireland
Harry Butts
Harry C. Brown
Sinams
Coteau
Gotlieb Christman
Alfred Barton
Robert Zion
Clarence Looney
13 Prospects For Draft Will Take Physicals
Thirteen draftee prospects from Teton county will travel to Butte next Tuesday for pre induction physical examinations. They received invitations from Uncle Sam and the local draft board. Names include Jack Schumaker Dutton Al Grew Bouma Chateau Donald Tackes Power James Tuck Fairfield Floyd Berndt Power Sherman Stuart Fairfield Robert Risley Fairfield John Swanson Jr Pendrey Eugene G Nelson Chateau Kasimar A Kunz Fairfield John A Brown Fairfield Donald Anderson Chateau and Gletin Wills Power.
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Fairfield
John A. Brown
Donald Anderson
Chateau
Wills, Power
Residents asked to return polio cards and donate
Eddie Howard chair of the county drive urges rural residents to mail or present donations to their drive chairmen for the March of Dimes. Contributions help combat infantile paralysis and clubs may host events with proceeds.
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Ivery-Teton County
Eddie Howard
Chateau Drive
Howard
Drive
Chateau
Europeans topic draws Choteau club with speaker Reed
Due to bad weather only a small group of Choteau Woman's club members heard Dominic Reed, Choteau high school English teacher, speak Tuesday night at Mrs. Clara Baker's home. Reed, a World War II interpreter in Germany, discussed nationalities and said there is little difference in people.
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Choteau Woman’s Club
Dominic Reed
Choteau High School
Clara Baker
Reed
Germany
Farm Committees To Meet Next Week
Rural Progress committees on crops and rural family living will hold their second meeting at the courthouse in Chateau. The livestock irrigation and rural youth committees meet at the same time. All sessions begin at one o'clock in the afternoon.
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Chateau
Titania Replenishes Off Korea As Ammunition Flows Aboard
On the U S S Titania off the east coast of Korea two crews from the ships Snyder and Wilson take part in a replenishment at sea delivering 65 inch projectiles and full powder cases to the USS Moore while deck apes guide cargo nets over the rail. The operation underscores trained teamwork aboard the Titania known as the galloping ghost of the Korean coast as it serves Pusan to Songjin along the 41st parallel.
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Korea
Roger
U.S.S
Donatan Snyder
Winthesm
Titania
Pusan
Songjin
Number Two
Number Four
China
Manchuria
U.S.5
Walter Wilson, Jr
Donald Snyder
Choteau
Wilson
Service Squadron 3
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Deadline Near For Securing 1951 Crop Price Support Loans
Chairman Jake Luinstra of the Teton County PMA cautions farmers the January 31 deadline looms for 1951 crop price support loans. Loans and purchase agreements are now available for wheat barley oats rye flaxseed and hay and pasture seeds. PMA reports rising participation and a likely higher volume of grain under support in Montana than last year.
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Jake Luinstra
Teton County
PMA Committee
PMA
Montana
Memorial Hospital Annual Meeting Set For Monday
Annual meeting of Teton Memorial Hospital Association members is scheduled for Monday night at 8 in the courthouse at Chateau. About 1,400 contributors are urged to attend or mail dues of 1 to Secretary A Bernard Grandal or Treasurer Robert Gronberg. The meeting will include reports from the association and election of three directors to fill vacancies.
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The
Teton Memorial Hospital Association
Chateau
Hospital Association
Acantha
Association
A. Bernard Grandal
Robert Gronberg
Citizens State Bank
American Legion
Dick Conklin
C. James Smith Post
Fabrick
Dat Pehalf
City Chamber of Commerce annual meeting set for next week
The Chateau Chamber of Commerce announces its annual dinner at Lions club hall next Thursday night January 24 at 7 o clock. Fergus Fay district field manager Helena Montana will be the principal speaker. Members and non members are invited. The dinner costs 150 per plate. Wildlife films will be shown after the talk. New officers are Lowell Scott president Helen Melt sch vice president Bob Crocker secretary. New directors include John Dunckel Walter Partlow Ray Davidson Ed Obernolte and Al Hensley.
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Chateau Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club Hall
Fergus Fay
Helena
Montana
Chamber of Commerce
Choteau Chamber
Bob Crocker
Lowell Scott
Helen Meltsch
John Dunckel
Walter Partlow
Ray Davidson
Ed Obernolte
al Hensley
Dutton Man Serves On U S Destroyer Higbee
Kenneth WN Chevalier fireman USN son of Mr and Mrs Edmond M Chevalier of Dutton served aboard the radar picket destroyer USS Higbee in the Far East. A Dutton high school graduate he entered the navy in December 1950. Higbee conducts anti aircraft and submarine screening with carrier task force 77 and the UN blockading and escort force on its third Korean duty tour.
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Far East
Kenneth WN. Chevalier
USN
Edmond M. Chevalier
Dutton
Dutton High School
Chevalier
Navy
Higbee
Hospital Guild Meeting Set at Legion Hall
The Teton County Memorial Hospital guild schedules a meeting next Wednesday January 23 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Legion hall. A Catholic Ladies aid committee will supervise the work unit. One monthly meeting is planned on the fourth Wednesday.
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Teton County Memorial Hospital
Legion Hall
Catholic Ladies Aid
Francis Sullivan among crew of sunken freighter Pennsylvania
Francis E. Sullivan, 31, of Pendroy, was aboard the ill fated 7,800 ton freighter Pennsylvania which sank in a North Pacific storm about 450 miles northwest of Vancouver Island. Debris and an overturned lifeboat were observed. no survivors found. Sullivan was among 46 crewmen, listed as missing as authorities work to confirm the fate of the vessel and its crew.
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Francis Sullivan
North Pacific
Littlehope
Francis E. Sullivan
Pendroy
Pennsylvania
Coast Guard
Vencouver Island
Canada
Sullivan
John E
Jim Drinkwine Service Slated This Saturday
Mass for James Drinkwine 86 pioneer farmer who died last Sunday in Alder Montana. Rosary Friday evening at St Josephs church. Burial in Choteau cemetery. He was born March 14 1865 in Benson Minnesota and moved to Teton county in 1830. Pallbearers include Duffey Duffey Van Wicken Snyder Lear and Edgar.
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James Drinkwine
Chateau Farmer
Alder, Mont
T. J. Gannon
St. Joseph's Church
Choteau
Drinkwine
Dutton Road
Benson
Minn
Teton County
Bea Duffey
Morris
Mass to Honor Rev. Scheidler Set at Fairfield
Solemn Requiem High Mass will be held at St John the Evangelist church for Rev Father Russell Scheidler former pastor of St Johns parish who died in Greensburg Indiana on Jan 24 last year. He served as pastor 1941 to 1951 and was the first resident pastor. He directed displaced persons work for the Dioceses of Helena and Great Falls and was rural life director for Helena. Officiants will be Rev A N Kaparich celebrant Rev Thomas Gannon deacon and Rev Mathia Weber subdeacon with parishioners and friends as altar boys. Parishioners and friends are invited to attend the anniversary Mass.
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St. John the Evangelist Church
Russell Scheidler
St. John’s
Greensburg
Ind
Scheidler
St. John’s Parish
Father Scheidler
Diocese of Helena
Diocese of Great
Nfe
Helena
A. N. Kaparich
Thomas Gannon
Mathia Weber
Reverend Scheidler
Choteau Independents Schedule Three Home and Away Games
The Choteau Independents host Dutton tonight at 8 15 if roads allow travel. Next week they travel for games against Power Fairfield and Greenfield on Monday Tuesday and Friday respectively. Choteau has three wins and one loss in conference play. The team had no game last week.
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Choteau Independents
Dutton
Choteau
Choteau Town
Power
Fairfield
Greenfield
Chateau
Rainbow Girls Installation Announced for January Night
Rainbow Girls installation of Chateau Assembly No. 54 scheduled for 8 45 pm next Monday January 21 at the Masonic temple. All Eastern Stars Masons and Rainbow Girls parents and friends are invited.
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Chateau Assembly No. 54
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Rainbow Girls
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Teton Ares
Teton Memorial Hospital
Art Weist
Agawam
John Swanson
Carl Field
Ira Perkins
Bynum
Fred Smith
Farmington
Ted Morhardt
Golden Ridge
Almon Perry
Sunny Slope
George Solid
Henry Boyce
Joe McDonnell
Harry Montague
Merle Griffith
Rede
Snyder, Wilson
U.S. Titania
Memorial Hospital
D. P. Fabrick
Frieda Schro
Avent
City Chamber
Dutton Man
U. S
Hospital Guild
Rita Larkin
Wairfield
Great Palle
Teton County High School
Jim
Rev. Scheidler
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