Two Groups Increase Auto Insurance Rates
In San Francisco Montana announced revised automobile liability and material damage rates effective January 16. The National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters and the National Automobile Underwriters Association cited rising claim frequencies and costs from higher hospital and repair costs, more car accidents, and rising prices as drivers face higher premiums nationwide.
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San Francisco
Montana
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
National Automobile Underwriters Association
Anaconda
Billings
Butte
Great Falls
Helena
Missoula
Bulldogs Edge Indians 72-66 on Local Court
The Chateau Bulldogs rallied from a 20-11 first quarter deficit to defeat the Browning Indians 72-66 in a Northern Class B showdown on their home court. Five Chateau starters scored in double figures as the team outlasted Browning in a tight game with strong second-half shooting.
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Chateau Bulldogs
Browning Indians
Browning
Bulldogs
Choteau
Pete Des Rosier
Indians
Whitford
Conrad Cowboys
Chateau
Clark
E. E. Rowland Dies Services Here Friday
Elmer E Rowland 73 of Conrad dies Monday at a local hospital. Funeral at Trinity Lutheran Church Friday at 2 pm with Rev A B Gravdal. Burial in Chateau cemetery. Born January 28 1884 in Clay Center Kaw he lived in Bynum Walier and Conrad areas before settling in Conrad. Surviving daughter Mrs Donald J McClue Conrad and son Earl Rowland Chicago along with several siblings and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer E Rowland
Conrad
Trinity Lutheran Church
A. B. Gravdal
Rowland
Chateau
Clay Center
Kaw
Bynum
Walier
Car Damaged In Tilt With Snowplow
A 1954 Buick driven by Morris Larson of Choteau rear ended a State Highway snow plow on the Choteau Augusta highway 15 miles south of Choteau at 7 45 a m. The crash occurred in fog and snow. Larson and his son and priest were unhurt and the car damage was estimated between 300 and 400 dollars. No charges were filed.
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Morris Larson
Choteau
Larson
State Highway Department
Choteau-Augusta
Henry Helf
Martyn
Dulcie
Auto
Helf
Bill McManus
Former Power Area Farmer Dies Jan 17
John Edward Prater of Great Falls longtime Power area farmer and former railroad conductor died last Thursday at his home. Born July 14 1881 at Ramsey Dl he homesteaded at Power in 1910 and worked for the Great Northern Railway. He retired from farming and moved to Great Falls two years ago. Survivors include his widow Ida C Prater Power a son Vincent Prater Power four grandchildren two brothers Elmer Prater Ramsey and Ada Reimeil Santa Monica Calif.
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John Edward Prater
Great Falls
Power
Prater
Ramsey
Great Northern Railway
Christian Church
Ida C. Prater
Vincent BE. Prater
Elmer Prat- Shield
Ada Reimeil
Santa Monica
Calif
Kalispell Chamber Names New Treasurer Richard Vick
Richard Vick formerly of Cheteau was named treasurer of the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce. Victor Pelletier, former [unreadable], remains in another role.
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Richard Vick
Cheteau
Kalispell
Mrs Boussard Heads Heart Fund Drive in City
Dorothy Boussard named Letter-Appeal chairman of the 1966 Heart Fund Drive in Cha teau. Campaign aims to raise funds for the Montana Heart Association to fight diseases of the heart and blood vessels during February. She notes heart disease as a leading cause of death and casts the effort as vital for longer productive life.
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Dorothy Boussard
Chateau
George J. Peterson
Boussard
Ray Daviison
Mary Seaton
Montana Heart Association
Heart Fund
Sourdough Expert Headlines Local Wattle Event
The Waffle and Sourdough Supper at the Lutheran Church hall Sunday at 4 30 features famed chef John Moore whose sourdough crock exploded recently. he plans another batch by the 27th aided by Carl Eklund as assistant and chemist. Co chaired by Swenson and Gormley, advance tickets sold by Brotherhood members.
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Pete” Pedersen
John’ Moore
Moore
Carl Eklund
Collins
Swenson
Gormley
Brotherhood
Awards for Cancer Society volunteers at Montana session
Four Te ton County volunteers will receive service awards at the 15th annual Montana Division training school in Billings. Mrs. Ernest Carlson, Mrs. Nettie Billings, and Mrs. Obert Lee will get five year awards, while Mrs. Leonard Olson will receive a twenty year award. The awards banquet closes two days of training with the theme Education Through Organization.
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Teton County
American Cancer Society
Montana
Billings
Ernest Carlson
Choteau
Nettie Billings
Obert Lee
Fairfield
Leonard Olson
C. A. Morrill
State Division
H. H. James
Butte
Red Pins At A E Lanes Boost March Of Dimes Drive
Arvid Sundet says the Red Pins fundraiser at A and E Lanes collected 97.40 from bowlers who failed to knock over the red pin on their second ball. The event drew strong interest and boosted the polio drive during its one week at the local lanes. Mr and Mrs G O Stett attended the Ely Gleason wedding at Fairfield last Friday night.
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Arvid Sundet
A & E Lanes
Sundet
G. O. Stett
Ely-Gleason
Pairfield
Cora Halladay Laid to Rest in Choteau Montana
Last rites were conducted at the First Methodist church for Cora Belle Halladay a nonagenarian pioneer resident of Teton county and early Montana school teacher Rev Grant S Moore officiated with Queen Rebekah Lodge in attendance. She died January 15 at the Teton County Rest Home and is survived by two sons Earl P Halladay and Ray A Halladay with burial in Choteau cemetery.
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First Methodist
Cora Belle Halladay
Pioneer Teton County
Montana
Grant S. Moore
Lions Report Highlights Great Falls District Meeting
Leo H. Murphy district secretary treasurer reported the mid winter cabinet meeting of District 37 held in Great Falls on Jan 12. Over 100 Lions attended the meeting and a larger crowd joined the banquet. The official noted long travel distances and a move to redistrict the Montana Alberta district. Carl Star joined Lions with Robert Gormley introducing him. J W Breen introduced three Chateau High School musicians Virginia McAuley Ruth Swanson Judy Davison who performed a flute number.
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Chateau Lions Club
Lions Club Hall
Leo H. Murphy
Great Falls
Murphy
Country Club
Montana-Alberta
Carl Star
Safeway
Robert Gormley
Star
J. W Breen
Chateau High School
Virginia McAuley
Ruth Swanson
Judy Davison
Glen W Yeager Named Director at Race Oil Co
Glen W Yeager of Chateau was named a director of Race Oil Co at the annual stockholders meeting in Conrad. The corporation, formed by Conrad landowners and businessmen, holds about 11 500 acres of leases in Pondera county. A well is being drilled 12 miles north of Conrad with Hauge Brothers of Conrad as drillers.
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Glen W Yeager
Chateau
Race Oil Co
Conrad
Pondera County
Hauge Brothers
Fern Cherry Installed as Worthy Advisor of Rainbow for Girls
Fern Cherry daughter of Mr and Mrs Wesley Cherry was installed as Worthy Advisor of Chateau Assembly No 54 Order of Rainbow for Girls in a public ceremony at the Masonic Temple on Monday night Jan 21. Also installed were W Associate Advisor Marlene Weist Charity Judy Davison Hope Penny Dahlin Faith Terry Vance Recorder Sue Frazier Treasurer Jan Jaumette Chaplain Phyllis McElroy Drill Leader Joyce Henderson Love Jeanne Taylor Religion Judy Baumgartner Nature Lennore Larson Immortality Jeri Armstrong Fidelity Judy Bivens Patriotism Roberta Edwards Service Barbara Standish Confidential Observer Lynne Howard Outer Observer Janet Standish Musician Marlene Vance Choir Director Betty Sheble Pam Bleecker Janet Hickman Elinor Thorman Kathy Johnson Jean LaRance Maxine McFarlane Marlene Van Setten Beatrice Barton Karu Russell Linda Davison Sharon McCollum Mother Advisor Mrs Lucille Howard Installation officers Arlene Depner marshal Mary Lynn Olsen Chaplain Delores Rowley recorder Doris Rowley musician Virginia McAuley.
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Fern Cherry
Wesley Cherry
Chateau Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Marlene Weist
Charity
Judy Davison
Hope
Penny Dahlin
Faith
Terry Vance
Sue Frazier
Jan Jaumette
Phyllis McElroy
Joyce Henderson
Love
Jeanne Taylor
Judy Baumgartner
Nature
Lennore Larson
Jeri Armstrong
Fidelity
Judy Bivens
Roberta Edwards
Barbara Standish
Lynne Howard
Outer Observer
Janet Standish
Marlene Vance
Betty Sheble
Pam Bleecker
Janet Hickman
Elinor Thorman
Kathy Johnson
Jean LaRance
Maxine McFarlane
Marlene van Setten
Beatrice Barton
Karu Russell
Linda Davidson
Sharon McCollum
Lucille Howard
Arlene Depner
Mary Lynn Olsen
Delores Rowley
Doris Rowley
Virginia McAuley
Guthrie to Write Script for Latest Novel
Bud Guthrie Jr. author of These Thousand Hills will travel to Hollywood to write the film script after selling movie rights to 20th Century Fox for 100000 dollars. David Weibart will produce the picture with a director yet unnamed. Guthrie previously saw The Big Sky adapted by Howard Hawks and The Way West set for summer filming by Hecht Lancaster.
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Bud) Guthrie
Great Falls
Hollywood
These Thousand Hills
20Th Century Fox
David Weibart
Guthrie
Big Sky
Howard Hawks
Hecht-Lancaster
Chateau Man
Shane
Choteau Adopts 2-5 Phone Plan In 1958 Switch
On Sunday January 20 Choteau joined a national 2-5 telephone exchange system medidas via the prefix Inger sol II two letters and five digits. Long Distance Operators nationwide will use the plan with Montana state code. Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph implements the dial numbering in ongoing state projects. Chateau was first in 1957 to switch to the new plan.
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Choteau
Montana
Ingersoll
Chateau
Mountain States Telephones and Telegraph Company
Dick Fabrick Heads to Capitals for National Reclamation Talks
Dick Fabrick left Sunday for Washington D C to meet with the board of the National Reclamation Association and congressional committee. He will also represent Montana at a Missouri Basin Interagency Committee meeting in Vicksburg before returning to Chateau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick) Fabrick
Washington, D. C
National Reclamation Association
Congressional Committee
Chateau
Fabrick
Montana
Missouri Basin Interagency Committee
Vicksburg
Farmington Native Hulda Svensson Dies in Great Falls
Funeral services held for Hulda A Svensson 56 a lifelong Farmington native and Great Falls resident since 1937. Born March 9 1900 in Farmington she was blind from birth. Survived by brothers Albert Great Falls Martin San Diego sisters Agnes Feldman Amanda Babst and Mrs Eric Tornberg all of Great Falls plus numerous nieces and nephews.
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Hulda A. Svensson
Great Falls
Miss Svensson
Farmington
Albert
Martin
San Diego
Agnes Feldman
Amanda Babst
Eric Tornberg
Error in News Release Overshadows Helena Dinner
An error in a news release about the Franklin D Roosevelt Memorial dinner in Helena on January 30 overstated the admission as $25 per person. It should have read $25 a couple. Rae McDonald reported the correction. The dinner is an annual Democratic party fundraiser.
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Franklin D Roosevelt
Helena
Rae McDonald
Ford Grant Boosts Teton Memorial Hospital Funds
At the annual meeting, Teton Memorial Hospital Association President Inbody announced a Ford Foundation grant of 5,000 dollars via the Lutheran Homes and Hospitals Society. He noted prior fundraising efforts, reported 11 month 1966 financials with a 737.50 loss, and said plans are pending federal surplus property use and grant approval.
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Clark Inbody
The
Teton Memorial Hospital Association
Inbody
Eddie Howard
Lutheran Homes and Hospitals Society
F. R. Knautz
Fargo
N. D
H. M. Malm
Torrington
Wye
W. M. Olson
Livingston
Mary Beck
Olson
Ford Foundation
Fen Foundation
Ted Halvorson
Halvorson
Farmington Pioneer Marie Lindseth Dies at 94
Marie Lindseth aged 94 died in Mt. Vernon Washington on January 18. She and husband Olaf homesteaded near Farmington in 1898 and were charter members of Trinity Lutheran Church. Survived by daughters Mary Bruce Lillie Dunn Lena Brekke Emma Hanson Julie Rose Ruth Hanson Dora Klein and others. numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and siblings. Funeral held in Conway Washington.
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Marie Lindseth
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Farmington
Conway
Norway
United States
Olaf Lindseth
Minnesota
Trinity Lutheran Church of
Belle Lindseth
City
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Cora Halladay
Ray
Halladays
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Tampa
Fla
Ray A. Halladay
Bill Jay
Jesse Gleason
J. I. Burch
Nick Vlinker
James Robison
William L. Olson
Fairfield Bank's Funeral Home
Cora B. Halladay
Lions
Glen W. Yeager
Paul “Mathis
Teton Memorial Hospital
CocCrd
Soroptimist Club
PAU Wne
Women of the Moose Lodge
Greenfield P. T. A
Chateau Bowling Alley
C.eeseees
Loyal Order of Moose No
Pewee Deere
Augusta H. D. Club
Eee Bere Ramen Sane
Chateau Acantha
Koch Cabinet Shop
Woodward's Electric Ee
James Wilkerson Peer
Frank Garrison
Tribune Printing & Supply Co
Etree Wee
Kade Greenhouse
J L. Gleason
Physicians’ & Hospitals Supply
Gibson Monkmen
Fairfield Times
Eo Howard
Polio Ward
Florine Stoudt
Chernolte Furniture
G. Gunther
J. EB. Beaulaurier & Sons
Chotea
Pmt. & Int
Tere Ee
Rainbows
Bud Guthrie
Dick Fabrick
Nation’s Capitol
Ford
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