Largest Kelly Miller circus to visit Choteau in July
The Al G. Kelly and Miller Brothers five ring wild animal circus, billed as the second largest in the United States, schedules two performances at Choteau on Thursday July 22 near the Choteau rodeo grounds. Art Miller says the 86th annual tour features 450 people 200 animals and 65 all steel cars with 52 lions tigers and leopards and a herd of 21 elephants. The show, traveling with 127 horses and a vast menagerie, is described as the largest most varied collection of rare animals exhibited by an American circus and trails only Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey in size. The Kelly Miller troupe will perform in Miles City Billings and Cut Bank before Choteau.
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Choteau
United States
Arthur W
Art
Ares
al G. Kelly and
Miller Bros
Ringling Brs
Miles City
Billings
Cut Bank
Fjare Visits Choteau as Montana GOP Leader Candidate
Orvin B Fjare of Big Timber Republican hopeful for Montana's 2nd district met with Choteau leaders and citizens during a campaign stop. The 36 year old former Montana Jaycees president and U S Jaycees official has held state and national posts and served on the Montana Public Welfare Commission appointed by Governor Hugo Aronson.
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Orvin B. Fjare
Big Timber
Montana
Choteau
Fjare
Ghoteau High School
Montana Jaycees
U.S. Jaycees
bin Tinker
Sweet Grass County
March of Dimes
Montana Society For Crippled Children
Flare
Ting
Hugo Aronson
Montana Public Welfare Commission
Republican Executive Commission
Henry Freeman Dies Burial Here Friday
Henry Freeman 44 died and burial will be in the local cemetery Friday. He was born June 30, 1881, at Oomaran New Miles south of Choteau. He married Ellen Holmes on November 20, 1923. Survived by widow, two stepdaughters Dorothy O Neill and Harriet Miller Chateau, stepson Gordon Hoknes Conrad, brothers Fred Denver Colo and Ray Amity Ore, sisters Lucy Olagger Mattie Miller Margaret Handley McMinnville Ore, and four grandchildren.
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A. F. Aeek
Ray
Grant S. Moore
Oomaran
New
Choteau
Elliot
Tre Ent
Freeman
Ellen Holmes
Dorothy O’neil
Harriet Miller
Chateau
Gordon A. Hoknés
Conrad
Fred
Denver, Colo
Amity, Ore
Lucy Olagner
Mattie Miller
Margaret Handley
McMinnville
Ore
Voter Totals Set for July Primary in Teton County
County Clerk Gordon E. Monkman reports 3 256 electors qualified to vote in the July 20 primary across three townships and 15 precincts in Teton county. The countywide ballot total is 3 556, derived from registered voters in Choteau Collins and Pendroy townships with precinct breakdowns for each.
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Gordon E. Monkman
Teton County
Choteau Township
Choteau
Fairfield
Bynum
Women of Moose Install New State Officers
Chateau Chapter No. 189 of Women of the Moose held a meeting to install new officers. Joan Pithoud became senior regent, Marie Morey junior graduate regent, Clara McFarland chaplain, Marlene Kiser guide, Helen Hodgskiss assistant pill, Grace Jacobs sentinel, Harriet Miller recorder, Adeline Oberwolte and Irea Angi joined, plus Francis Reynolds pianist. Visitors Mr and Mrs William Vierra and four children from San Jose, California, were guests at the Lowell Meyers home. Mrs Vierra is a cousin of Wesley and Jack Cherry. Vierra is a San Jose paving contractor.
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Chateau
William Vierra
San Jose
Calif
Lowell Meyers
Firecrackers Rules Tighten for Fourth of July
A city ordinance bans firecrackers within city limits and restricts their use to ensure proper observance of Independence Day. The notice warns violators face enforcement by the Chateau Police Department.
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Chateau
Hell
Sreeraekers
Woman's Club Event Benefits Public Library
The Chateau Woman's Club hosted a spring Flower Display and Tea to aid the public library. The event drew a large crowd, sold many flowers, and raised thirty dollars. Attendees donated 36 new books, library donations included, plus purchases funded renovations and new shelves.
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The
Chateau Woman’ S Club
Woman’s
American Legion Auxiliary
Sigpa
Woman's Club
Supt Opal McGrew Attends Big Timber Hospital Meeting
Superintendent Opal McGrew attends a regional hospital meeting to discuss ways to improve services at the Teton Memorial Hospital and related facilities for the community. The session was directed by Hier Place and Florence Sheron of Scobey.
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Supt
Opal McGrew
Big Timber Hospital
Opel McGrew
Teton Memorial Hos
Hier Place
Tes. Lodge
Florence Sheron
Scobey
Babson Forecast for a Fair 1954 Business Year
Babson Park Massachusetts June 24. A forecast predicting a fair business year 1954 with mixed prospects. Some industries will improve while others lag. retail, electricity, aircraft, rubber, and household equipment show strength, while machinery and autos face slower gains. Expect continued liberal Eisenhower policy and cautious defense posture with no war in 1954.
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Babson Park
Mass
Fourth of July American Legion Rodeo at Chateau
Preparations are completed for the American Legion rodeo celebration at Chateau this Saturday and Sunday July 3 and 4. The event features two rodeo shows a competitive parade at 11 a.m. Sunday and dancing on both nights at the newly renovated city park pavilion.
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Chateau
City Park
Choteau Chamber of Commerce
K. M. Bridenstine
National Guard Chateau
163Rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Chateau High School
Bridenstine
Park Pavilion
American Legion
Teton Twisters Square Dance Club
Square Dance Club
Chateau Dance Club
Grain bin contracts set for county area growth
Contracts let for 35 storage bins to be built by Ermickson Bros of Kalispell at 24 815 dollars and more by a Jefferson firm for 9020 bins. Of 35 in Flathead, 18 will be in the county at Fairfield and Chateau with supervision by Jake Luinstra. Also notes rodeo events, parade, and park pavilion dances accompanying the fair.
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Golf Club
County
Chateau
Bond
Ermickson Bros
Kalispell
Fairfield
Jake Liuinstra
AIC
State Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Office
Jefferson
Legion Leads 4st Half of League Play
The Legion tops the league at 9 wins 0 losses after the first half. VFW sits second at 4 5 while Shell and Acantha are 2 6 with one game to make up. Cecil Cole led hitters at .520 with others noted. Second half starts this week as Antler joins five team league.
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Legion
VFW
Shell
Acantha
Cecil Cole
Jim Dellwo
Cliff Swanson
Ee Keeler Gree
Ochitani
Don Peterson
Jim Hancock
Dick “Nordhagen
Gormley
Moat
Keeler
Moat Tiple Cole
Hancock
Antler
V.E.W
V.flw
V.F.W
Moose Hold Meeting Sunday Elects Officers
The Triangle Legion of the Moose met at Chateau to elect and install new officers for the coming year. Officers include Albert Ulmer Havre North Moose William Zimmer Olney George Morey Cho- Qast Moose M P Alexander Oilmont West Moose Roy Stone Berry Rudyard A Buntitrock Great Falls Leo Farney Great Falls L E Carlson Cut Bey Argus. A banquet followed. Bill Kiser and John Van Bolen were welcomed into the Legion.
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Triangle Legion of the Moose
Chateau
Albert Ulmer
North Moose
Havre
William Zimmer
South Moose
Olney
George Morey
Cho- Qast
Moose
M. P. Alexander
Oilmont
West
Roy Stoneberry
Rudyard
A. "A. Buntitrock
Great Falls
Leo Farney
Bey Argus
The
Bank
Conrad
Malta
Shelby
de Ghoteau
Lodge
Bill Kiser
John van An
Bolen
Legion
Choteau National Guard Unit Returns Home From Camp
Thirty three enlisted men and one officer K M Bridenstine of Choteau Unit Co F 163rd Armored Cavalry Regiment returned from Camp J Hugo Aronson Helena after training from June 13 to period They practiced vehicle and weapon use under actual conditions and excelled on the firing range The unit received jeeps and other equipment and seeks new enlistments with openings in all National Guard areas under Lt Bridenstine contact.
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K. M. Bridenstine
Choteau
163Rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
National Guard
J. Hugo Aronson
Helena
Bridenstine
Fat. Choteau
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Henry Freeman
Women of
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Babson
Eisenhower
Bricker
House
Mr. Dulles
Russia
China
Korea
Soren
Dwight
U. S
Indo- China
U.S.A
Great Britain
Far East
Sam
al G. Kelly
Miller Bros. Circus
Rodeo Grounds
Cirém
Horace Raty
Fare Butte
Mont
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