Chateau Becomes First In State To Adopt 2 5 Numbering
Chateau switches to the five digit two two letter three number plan Jan 20 at 12 01 am making INgersoll 6 the exchange prefix For long distance calls operators in distant cities will connect directly to INgersoll 6 numbers The changeover makes Chateau the first Montana community in 1957 to adopt the new 2 5 system as announced by Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company local representative W W Duncan Noted is the delivery of the new January 1957 directory with the full exchange prefix and the new dialing procedures
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Chateau
Ingersoll
Tel
Choteau
Myersoll
Montana
W. W. Duncan
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Judge Delivers 30 Year Sentence In Beulah Slaying
Lee Smart, 17, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in district court before Judge C B Elwell. The Beulah Colorado salesman Charles Ward, 59, was bludgeoned to death. Smart received a 30 year term at Deer Lodge State Prison.
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Lee Smart
Spokane
C. B. Elwell
Havre
Charles D. Ward
Beulah, Colo
Smart
Deer Lodge
Two Churches Name Officers For Year 1997
Trinity Lutheran of Chateau and Bethany Lutheran of Dutton held annual meetings last week with substantial attendance. Reports by Pastor A Bernard Grandal highlighted business as officers and boards were elected for three year and one year terms across church trustees deacons and parish education boards. A separate note recounts a murder case involving a 17 year old suspect in 1956 with legal proceedings spanning extradition venue changes and a 30 year sentence, to be served in state prison.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Chateau
Bethany Lutheran
Dutton
A. Bernard Grandal
Trinity Lutheran
Robert Gormley
Chester Baker
Clarence Carlson
G. Haiberg
J. B. Huffman
David Bag
H Nyhus
L. Pedersen
Howard Hanson
Lloyd Pedersen
Leo H. Murphy
Choteau High Speech Team Competes In Great Falls Meet
Choteau High School debaters and declaimers visited Great Falls High Central and Shelby High for a four team speech meet. The two Choteau teams split three wins and three losses with participants Kay Ferris Lanore Larson Janet Clark and Clarice Wright. Sharon Jones earned superior ratings in all three declamations. Kathy Johnson and Phyllis McElroy each earned a superior in one presentation. Other participants noted varied from very good to fair. A February 9 meet at Chateau High School invites the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau High School
Great Falls
Great Falls Central
Shelby High
Choteau
Kay Ferris
Lanore Larson
Janet Clark
Clarice Wright
Sharon Jones
Kathy Johnson
Phyllis McElroy
Linda Whipple
Marlene Vance
JoAnn Moore
Jeri Armstrong
Linda Davidson
Chateau High
Record Montana highway toll 266 in 1956
Montana High Way Patrol Supervisor Alex B. Stephenson reported 266 highway deaths in 1956, a record. Young drivers 20 to 25 accounted for 32 of 44 under-25 fatalities, and half of the total deaths involved drinking, with 134 drivers and 113 passengers killed.
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Montana
Alex B. Stephenson
Montana Highway Patrol
Stephenson
Indiami
Montana Small High Schools Costly For Taxpayers
The Montana Taxpayers Association reports that 56 percent of Montana high schools enroll fewer than 100 students. Of 78 small schools, per pupil costs average 681 dollars for 1956 57, with 25 pupil or less schools rising to 938 dollars. Sumatra, St. Regis and Hobson show especially high costs. Dutton and Power in Teton county illustrate below and above average figures.
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Montana
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Sumatra
Hobson
St. Regis
Teton County
Dutton High School
Power High School
York Rite Masons Hold Joint Installation Ceremony
The York Rite Masonic bodies held a joint installation Friday at the Masonic Temple with 20 Sir Knights in uniform and ladies from Great Falls. E. R. Poore became High Priest of Teton Chapter 25 Royal Arch Masons, with Gordon Holmes installing. Additional officers were named for the royal arch and Alliance Templar commandery, while Cari Wedum was on a business trip to Glasgow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Great Falls
E. R. Poore
Teton
Royal Arch
Gordon Holmes
Conrad
Glen R. Stoudt
Chester H. Scribe
Henry Robison
Arthur A. Tesch
Howard Harmon
Chester L. Abbott
Prin. Sojourner
Robert B. Neal
H. H. Wuest
Sentinel
Theodore B. Halvorson
Indrexens
Commandery No. 19
Alliance Templar
Sam Chapman
Art Tesch
Mershal
W. George Morey
O. Martin Johnson
Sentine
Choteau Bulldogs Sweep Two Conference Wins
The Choteau basketball team won two conference games last week. They beat Valier 66 to 35 at Valier with Jay Dunckel scoring 16 and Monroe leading Valier with 10. They then defeated Sunburst 61 to 51 on their home court. Duke Crary and Roger Gefeller standout for Choteau as the team shot 37 percent from the field.
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Choteau Bulldog
Valier Panthers
Valier
Sunburst
Choteau
Panthers
Chaponte
Jay Dunckel
Bulldogs
Monroe
Chateau
Collier
Chateau Bulldogs
Fighting Bulldogs
Duke Crary
Roger Gefeller
Rural Carrier Examination Date Nears at Chateau Post Office
The U S Civil Service Commission announced an exam for a Rural Carrier position at the Chateau post office. Applications must be filed or postmarked by February 5 1957 and sent to Washington 25 D C. Applicants must reside within the delivery area for one year and be at least 18 with no upper age limit, though those over 70 may only be considered for one year temporary renewals. Complete filing instructions are available at the Chateau post office.
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Chateau
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
D. C
Annual Meeting of Hospital Association Next Monday Night
Members of the Teton Memor meeting will gather in the courtroom next Monday night to elect four directors revise articles and by laws and conduct other business. Secretary A B Gravdal reminds that annual dues of 1 dollar are now due and payable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital Association
Teton Memor
A. B. Gravdal
Northern Class B Division Basketball Tourney Opens Feb 28
Preliminary plans were finalized at a Sunday meeting to host the Northern Class B Division Basketball Tournament at Chateau from February 28 to March 12. Officials selected, tickets priced at 6.00, with orders due February 14 through member schools and the Chateau seating plan allotted by school blocks.
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Chateau
Bri
Supt
Ed Schiller
Gratitude for Christmas Seal drive aids Tuberculosis fight
The Teton County Tuberculosis Association thanks readers for support of the 1956 Christmas Seal sale. Contributions total 1413.35 with most spent locally and six percent to the National Tuberculosis Association. Special thanks to Soroptimist volunteers for 80 hours of work.
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Teton County
Mrs Halladay Dies Funeral Tomorrow
Funeral services for Cora Halladay who died Wednesday night at the Teton County Rest Home will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at the Chateau Methodist church. An obituary will be published next week. Mrs. David W. Jones of Wenatchee, Washington, died yesterday morning of a heart attack per word received by N. W Edwards, a nephew.
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Cora Halladay
Teton County Rest Home
Chateau Methodist Church
David W. Jones
Wenatchee, Wash
N. W Edwards
Choteau Men Testify at Great Falls Hearing
A Choteau business delegation including Walker Henneford James Henderson Harold Hinman Grant Curtis Richard Conklin and Ben Chalmers testified at a Montana Rail Road and Public Service Commission hearing in Great Falls on Western Express two truck route applications. The group spoke for authority to operate a freight service from Great Falls through Choteau to Kalispell and a Missoula to Great Falls route via Rogers Pass. The session also noted a Chateau Chamber of Commerce meeting noon Tuesday planning a candidate slate for Jan 29 and discussed downtown parking and Vaughn Junction sign rental fees.
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Choteau
Walker Henneford
James Henderson
Harold Hinman
Grant Curtis
Richard Conklin
Ben Chalmers
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Western Express
Great Falls
Leonard Young
Montana Commission
George R. Jones
Idaho Public Service Commission
Thomas S. Morris
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert T. Kennedy
Washington Public Service Commission
Kalispell
Missoula
Rogers Pass
Chateau Chamber of Commerce
Milton McNea
Walter Partlow
Jim Jarosimek
George Eichhorn
Choter
Vaughn Junction
Scout First Aid-O-Ral Draws 103 Boys from Six Troops
The Boy Scout First Aid-O-Ral in the old high school gym drew 103 boys from six troops and 16 patrols with 20 adult leaders. Chateau’s Troop No. 51 contributed 26 boys, four patrols earning two A and two B ratings, with Dee Long noting supervision by A C Hanusa and troop leaders. After the event, Choteau patrol leaders treated participants to milk shakes at the Drive-Inn.
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Choteau
Drive-Inn
Conrad
Brady
Bynum
Dutton
Pairfield
Iin Lions Club Hall
Local Students Enter U S Talent Search
Preliminary examinations for the Sixteenth Annual Science Talent Search were held at Chateau High School under Albert C Finley. Students David Jones Arlene Depner Greg Whipple and Bill Halverson took the science aptitude test as part of the Westinghouse Science Scholarships program run by Science Clubs of America. Forty top contestants will win all expense paid trips to Washington for five days and the final scholarship selections.
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Chateau High School
Albert C Finley
David Jones
Arlene Depner
Greg Whipple
Bill Halverson
Westinghouse
Science Clubs of America
Science Service
Washington
Science Talent Institute
Edwards Named Executor in Sister's Estate in Montana
N W Edwards, brother of Chateau, is named executor of the late Mrs S Menna Wright's will filed in Cascade county District Court, Great Falls. The estate totals about 24 000 in personal property and 45 000 in real estate including 10 000 in Great Falls and 35 000 in Teton county. Bequests total 1300 to a grand nephew and 200 to a grand-nephew with 500 each to several Edwards children and related heirs.
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S Menna Wright
Cascade County
Great Falls
N W Edwards
Chateau
Teton County
Elizabeth E. Copenhaver
Ovando
Rainbow Girls Installation Planned for January 21 1957
Public installation of Chateau Assembly No 54 of the Order of Rainbow for Girls set for January 21 1957. Eastern Stars Masons and friends are invited to attend.
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Chateau Assembly
The
Order of Rainbow
Waffle Supper Planned by Trinity Lutheran Church
The annual waffle supper of Trinity Lutheran Church Brotherhood is set for Sunday January 27 in the church parlors at 4 30 pm. Chris Swenson and Brotherhood President Bob Gormley co chair the event with multiple committees named to prepare for the annual affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church Brotherhood
Chris Swenson
Brotherhood
Bob Gormley
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Elwell
Nels Hemstad
A Mahlum
J Stephens
Jens Greenli
K Hofto
O TT. Wiprud
Messrs.Mehl
Sollid
Roy Aune
M Fichtner
Board of Parish Education
Mesdames L. Trebesch M Weeks
J Cheetham
Hattersley
Lewis & Clark
Helen
Cascade
Supreme Court
Montana Supreme Court
District Court
Lynch
Mary E Smart
Lee
Seciety
Leon Murphy
Floyd Small
Helena
Murphy
Small
W. J. May
C.H.S
Costly Tax Association
York Rite Masons
Cari Wedum
Glasgow
Bole
Lucille Howard
Mrs. Halladay
U. S
N. W. Edwards
Sister
Rainbow Girls
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