1956 SCS conservation plans reported by Teton officers
District supervisors report 31 conservation plans prepared in 1956 up from 18 the prior year. The county has 168 farms with basic plans and 117 other operators signed for mapping and planning. Technical assistance and cost sharing through ASC supported 151 livestock dams and 2045 acres of irrigation improvements along with 11 miles of supply ditches and 91 structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SCS
Teton County
Diemps Vy UpoLawis Waa
ASC
Teton County Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Bernard Toenges
Wayne Proff
Bryan Corbett
Alfred Crawshaw
Leonard Rice
Ray Kelly
Dutton Prepares for Granite 2 5 Number System Change
Equipment installation in the new Dutton telephone building moves ahead for the mid March switch to the two five figure Granite prefix. T P Newcomb of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph reports direct dialing will enable long distance calls to reach locals faster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutton
T. P. Newcomb
Great Falls
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
James Wilkerson
Chateau
C. A. Benjamin
W. J. Soules
Governor appoints Choteau native to railroad post
Gov J Hugo Aronson named Ory J Armstrong 63 a Republican from Flathead county to the Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission vacancy created by the death of Lou Boedecker. Armstrong, born in Choteau, served in World War I and settled at Kalispell in 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hugo Aronson
Ory J. Armstrong
Flathead County
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Armstrong
Choteau
Kalispell
Lou Boedecker
One Third of Deaths In County Attributable to Heart Ailments
Dr. L S Crary county health officer states about one third of all Teton county deaths last year were due to heart disease. The Heart Fund drive runs Feb 1 to Feb 28 nationwide with local campaigns in Chateau. Montana Heart Association funds its education and heart programs through public donations and the annual Heart Fund campaign. In 1955 heart and circulation diseases caused 810,200 deaths, about 53 percent of all deaths. other top killers were cancer, accidents, pneumonia, diabetes, and cirrhosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
L. S. Crary
Dorothy Boussard
Chateau
Heart Fund
Montana Heart Association
Montana
American Heart Association
The
Students Sponsor Clothing Drive at Chateau Grade School
The Student Council of Chateau grade school sponsors a clothing drive February 4 5 6 in cooperation with Save the Children Federation. All clothing and footwear donated will aid needy children worldwide including Hungary. E C Ragar is sponsor Betty Kaye Baker is council president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Save the Children Federation
Hungary
E. C. Ragar
Betty Kaye Baker
Power Manager Calls Wiring Inadequate in Chateau Area
Enoch Stroh of Montana Power Company opens Edison Institute Housepower drive noting about four of five homes in Chateau need electrical modernization. He cites 20,000,000 U.S. homes with obsolete wiring and cites May 1957 targets to upgrade wiring for low-cost electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Enoch Stroh
Montana Power Company
Edison Electric Institute
Stroh
Tve
Noted College Choir Concert Friday Night
The Augustana College choir from Sioux Falls will give a sacred music concert Friday February 1 at 8 00 pm in the Chateau high school gym under Trinity Lutheran church sponsorship. The 64 member ensemble tours annually and has logged over 100 000 miles since 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
S. Dek
Chateau High School
Trinity Lutheran Church
United States
Canada
New York City
Arnold
Feneration of Music Clubs
Europe
Snow Survey School Participants Return From Montana Trips
Roy E. Malser and Joseph A. Wirak of S. C. S. returned from a five day snow survey school and over snow vehicle demonstrations held at Bozeman and West Yellowstone led by Ashton R Codd. The program covered snow course theory survival in cold conditions and demonstrations of Tucker Sno Cat Kam Snowball Frandee and other vehicles. Walter Partlow attended a legislative committee on House Bill 20 authorizing auto plates for Ham radio operators and Hotpoint dealer meeting in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Malser
Joseph A. Wirak
Bozeman
West Yellowstone
Ashton R Codd
Wirak
Cristy Bear
R. A. Work
Portland, Ore
S.C.S
R. W. Gerdel
Corps of Army Engineers
St. Paul, Minn
Greenland Ice Cap
Walter Partlow
Chateau
Montana
Helena
Partlow
Butte
Spring Wheat Acreage Reserve Signup Opens
Teton county farmers may sign agreements for the spring wheat acreage reserve from March 8. Eligible producers with regular allotments may place up to 50 acres or 50 percent of the allotment in the reserve, whichever is larger, with payments calculated at $1.08 per bushel times normal farm production on reserve acreage. No grazing or harvesting may occur on reserved land through December 31, 1957, and full details are at the county ASC office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
ASC
Farmers Demonstration on Hard Surfacing at Vo-Ag Building
Farmers and ranchers around the Chateau area are invited to a demonstration school at the Vocational Agriculture building in the high school on Friday February 8 1957 at 730 pm. Ray Larsen a Steady Company rep will show how to apply hard surface material to duckfoot shovels chisels and tillage equipment explaining benefits and methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Ray Larsen
Steady Company
General Distributing Co
Larsen
Ellen Freeman Leaves for Portland Visit
Mrs. Ellen Freeman departed for Portland Oregon on Wednesday to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Freeman
Portland
Ore
George W Quick Dies at Choteau Hospital
George William Quick 45 auto mechanic died Saturday at Teton Memorial Hospital after months of illness. Born July 27 1911 in Dalton Arkansas he moved to Choteau in 1949 working for Taylor Motor Co and Barton Motor Sales before returning to Taylors then Larson Ranch. Graveside services were given January 29 at Chateau Cemetery. Survived by sister Gladys Barnett Odessa Texas and brother Glen Quick East St Louis Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George William Quick
Teton Memorial Hospital
Dalton
Ark
Choteau
Taylor Motor Co
Cascade
Taylor
Barton Motor Sales
Taylors
Larson Ranch
Chateau Cemetery
A. B. Grandal
Quick
Gladys Barnett
Odessa
Texas
Glen Quick
East St. Louis
Ill
Dominic Reed Heads Public Ameri canism Meeting
Chateau high school English teacher Dominic Reed is the featured speaker at a public Ameri canism in America program in Upper Legion hall on Monday Feb 4 at 8 p.m. Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Also on program are Girl Scout Troop No. 15 with a Snow White and the Seven Dwrafs dramatization led by Norma Abbott and Wanette Wilson. The event includes a merit badge exhibit from nine Chateau Girl Scout troops with 96 scouts. Marie Wood presides the Girl Scout association. the Auxiliary sponsors. Parents of scouts are especially invited. a business session and lunch follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominic Reed
Chateau High School
Upper Legion Hall
America
American Legion Auxiliary
Snow White
Norma Abbott
Wanette Wilson
Chateau
Marie Wood
Girl Scout Association
London Visitors at Viebrock Home
Mr and Mrs Dan Zellmer and family from London England visited last week at the home of Mr and Mrs Leonard Viebrock and family of Agawam. Zellmer holds a six weeks leave from the Visa and Immigration Dept at the US Embassy in London. They visited friends in Washington DC California Oregon and Washington before sailing from New York on February 1 to return to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Zellmer
London
England
Leonard Viebrock
Agawam
Zellmer
Visa and Immigration Department
United States
Washington, D. C
California
Oregon
Washington
New York
Cold Wave Breaks. North Montana Ends Bitter Spell
Winter's cold snap ends as Montana records a 21 to 11 degree rise after a week of extreme lows. Weekly reports note 54 below at West Yellowstone earlier, with light to moderate precipitation and widespread grazing and feed shortages across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tnbkan
Yellowstone
Montana
Aioe
Mothers' March Against Polio Set for Friday
The annual Mothers March Against Polio will be held Friday night from 7 to 8 o'clock. Sponsored by the Chateau Soroptimist Club, 35 mothers will visit every home in the city during the event. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports 3,000,000 participants will visit 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 homes nationwide during the march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Soroptimist Club
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
United States
Schabel Rites Held at Great Falls Monday
Funeral services for John C Schabel 32 of Dutton were held in Great Falls with a morning service at O Connor s Funeral Home and a 915 requiem Mass at St Ann s Cathedral The American Legion Dut ton Post conducted rituals at Hillcrest Mausoleum He died Thursday after being stricken at Schell Restaurant where he was dining He served as Air Force pilot in WWII and was a captain in the Air Force Reserve and Civil Air Patrol Survivors include his wife a daughter Jennifer Lynn his parents and two brothers The Dutton Lions Club Freeborn Post 65 American Legion and Catholic Church members attended
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C Schabel
Dutton Merchant
O'Connor
Great Falls
St. Ann’s Cathedral
Dutton Post
American Legion
Hillcrest Mausoleum
Schabel
Schell
Dutton
College of Education
University of Washington At
Seattle
Armed Forces
Air Force
China-Burma-India
Camp McCoy
Wis
Air Force Reserve
Civil Air Patrol
Loren
Schabel Brothers
Jeanette Andrews
Birmingham
Ala
Dutton Lions Club
Freeborn
Catholic Church
Jennifer Lynn
Frank Schabel
Frank Jr
Arnold C. Hanusa
Choteau
Novel Dance Slated By Collins Community Club
A Come As You Are dance is planned for Saturday February 9 at the Collins Community hall. The Collins Community Club sponsors the event as part of a new structure with 12 groups of four to five families each responsible for annual activities. Lawrence Fitzgerald is president, Paul Alzheimer vice president, and Bessie Silberman secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins Community Hall
Collins Community Club
Lawrence Fitzgerald
Paul Alzheimer
Bessie Silberman
Choteau Bulldogs top Conrad Cowboys 64 60 in key clash
Choteau defeated Conrad 64 60 as Tony Jaconetty led with 16 points and Duke Crary added 13. Conrad’s Doug Oien had 21 for the Cowboys. Choteau B beat Conrad B 55 42 with Depner top scoring 10. Choteau then edged Fairfield 51 47 behind guard Roger Gefeller with 12 and Don McCrecken 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau Bulldogs
Conrad Cowboys
Choteau
Tony Jaconetty
Duke Crary
Bulldogs
Doug Oien
Conrad
Depner
Fairfield
Fairfield Eagles
Peck
Roger Gefeller
Don McCrecken
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vo-Ag
George W. Quick
Choteau Hospital
Viebrock
Community Club
R. A. Kvamme
Malmsatrom Air Force Base
Lutheran Brotherhood
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