Chateau Grows Into City Of Trailer Homes
Over 175 residents live in trailers near Chateau as four large trailer courts form a growing community. The Bond Court on the south side hosts 24 units for Gulf Oil workers. Other courts include Ellerd Enderson with 10 units Elmer Dial eight Oscar Richem six and a Spring Creek spot. Monthly rents run 25 to 30 dollars with sewer water and laundry services typical.
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Gulf Oil Seismographic Survey
Bond
Choteau
Bond Court
David Buchanan
Ellard Enderson
Shell
Gulf
Elmer Dial
Oscar Richem
Chateau
Ernest Bond
Gulf Oil Company
Ellerd Enderson
Abbott Implement Company
Wes George
Spring Creek
Bonds
Teton County Tops Montana in Anti Polio Drive
Teton County led Montana in March of Dimes anti polio contributions with 6002 dollars, 48 cents per capita, the highest per person total in the state. Eddie Howard, campaign chairman, announced the result noting broad support from Latine Schools Lions Clubs and local groups, ending March 15.
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Teton County
Montana
Eddie Howard
Dutton
Poe
Theca Latine
The
Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Carroll College Man to Speak At Field Mass
The Field Mass sponsored by Choteau and Fairfield Catholic parishes will be held in Choteau city park at 11 a.m. next Sunday. Rev. Joseph Mackin of Carroll College Helena will sing the High Mass and preach. Parishes’ combined choirs will perform with Mrs. Helf on organ and Mrs. Duffey directing. An inter parish picnic with coffee and ice cream will follow. Walt Magee is general chair. Rev. Gannon is on a two week vacation from St Joseph's parish.
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Choteau
Fairfield Catholic
Joseph Mackin
Carroll College
Helena
Henry Helf
Jack Duffey
Ecu
Walt Magee
Jock Lear
St. Joseph’s Holy None Society of
Group Honors Mrs Lindseth On Birthday
Belle Lindseth celebrated her 85th birthday with a family picnic in the city park. Attending were her siblings and their spouses, including Oscar and Clarence Lindseth and their children, plus relatives and “Auntie Belle” herself born in Norway on July 23 1870.
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Mrs. Lindseth
Belle Lindseth
Oscar Lindseth
Mary
Clarence Lindseth
John
Belle
Norway
United States
Bas Dee Roe Tenens
Witc
Idaho
Second Polio Shots Slated For Youngsters
Readable text shows a public health drive for second polio inoculations aimed at all children who received the first shot about a month earlier. Sessions are planned next week at Chateau and Fairfield for eligible boys and girls in Teton county without appointment, conducted by Dr. A A McAuley and Dr Lyall.
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Ghar Ayareedi
Chateau
Fairfield
Teton County
Ali
A. A. McAuley
Lyall
Dairy Truck Rolls Over on Wet Roads Near Camp
A Han sen's Dairy milk truck rolled over on wet roads near Nilan Lake while delivering to a Girl Scout camp. Driver Wallace Cherry and his brother Bob escaped serious injury though Bob required nine stitches. The accident caused about $800 in damage and was covered by insurance.
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Hansen’s Dairy
Chateau
Nilan Lake
Wallace Cherry
Bob
Rainy July Continues With High Moisture In Choteau
Weather data show Choteau recording 4.22 inches of moisture for July so far with a one hour cloud burst adding 1.25 inches and cooler, wetter conditions across the state. Crops are above average though haying is hindered by frequent showers and hail damage touched Toole county. Warmest readings reached 106 degrees at Glasgow and Miles City on the 20th while Kalispell dropped to 46 on the 19th.
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Choteau
Weather Bureau
Glasgow
Miles City
Kalispell
Augusta
Toole County
New Oil Find Near Pendroy Could Open New Field
Reported discovery describes a well west of Pendroy, in section 31, township 28 north range 6 west, about midway to Dupuyer, with a large gas flow and potential to open a new oil field. Experienced oil men note the tight hole but see significant promise.
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Pendroy
Western Oils
Dupuyer
Emil Durr Funeral Rites Held Monday
Funeral services for Emil Durr aged 58 longtime Choteau rancher were held Monday at St. Joseph's church in Choteau with Rev T J Gannon officiating. He died last Friday after a three year illness and burial followed at Chateau cemetery. Pallbearers named and Durr described as owner of a 5000 acre ranch west of Chateau with 300 Herefords.
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Emil Durr
Choteau
St. Joseph’s Church
T. J. Gannon
Chateau
Harvey Vandenberg
Frank
Pete Zgoda
Ike Denison
Bill Sabo
Bob Maloney
Durr
Rank Young
Gollehons
Radcliffe
United States
Train Schedule Changes for Great Northern Line
Corrected schedules from Great Falls to Choteau via Great Northern outline changes in local branch line runs. Daily freight runs now operate on six days, with added truck service Fairfield to Choteau and limited service to Bynum Pendroy Dupuyer on Tuesdays and Fridays. Increased train frequency during harvest and stock seasons.
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Great Northern
Great Falls
Chateau
Bynum and Pendroy
Carl Guled
Heii
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Choteau Run
Fairfield
Choteau
Bynum, Pendrey
Dupuyer
Finley Accepts Oak Ridge Institute Course
Albert C. Finley, science instructor at Chateau high school, will travel to Oak Ridge Tennessee for about one month to study at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. The summer institute runs August 1 through August 26 with classes daily.
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Albert Finley
Oak Ridge Nuclear Institute
Albert C. Finley
Chateau High School
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Kids Under Six Must Not Swim Unsupervised at Chateau Pool
Pool officials warn children under six should not enter the Chateau pool or wading pool without a guardian or attendant. Lifeguards Ruth Reiquam and Phy Ly Eide face a rising safety challenge as 200 to 250 swimmers use the facilities each afternoon. Lions club pool chairman George Eichhorn notes steady activity and ongoing swim lessons for more than 200 individuals weekly.
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Chateau Pool
Ruth Reiquam
Phy Ly Eide
Spi A
George Eichhorn
The
Lions Club
Miss Eide
Miss Reiquam
Visit at Dutton by Melvin Family Members
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin with Sunsetter Howard and Phylis and Miss Emily Karlstrom visit the Martin Aume and Jens Greenli families at Dutton.
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Melvin
Sunsetter
Howard and
Phylis
Emily Karlstrom
Martin Aume
Jens Greenli
Dutton
Budget Shows County Levy To be Reduced
Teton county's preliminary budget of $613,576 up from $587,129 last year is open for public inspection. The plan, scheduled for final approval Aug. 8, proposes 31 mills in levy versus 22 last year, aided by higher taxable valuation of $10,153,108 from $9,738,215. The general fund would use 11 mills, road 10, bridge 5, poor 3, noxious weed 1.5, cemetery 1, and land classification 1 mill. total tax to be raised $304,931.64 with $308,644.36 from receipts. Expenditures split $210,535 general, $191,551 road, $76,812 other. (Continued on Page 5).
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General Fund
Carnival Operates Next Week in City Park
Northern Exposition Shows will run a three day carnival at Chateau in the city park starting Monday. The event features 14 rides including eight kiddie rides an octopus rout-o-plane loop-the-loop ferris wheel and cross-wood wheel plus a monkey tent two mechanical side shows and a freaks sideshow. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Chateau
Croteat:Chamber of Commerce
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Gibson Monkman
Gibson Monkmand
Mes, Belle
Lindseth
Louis
Cut Bank
John Hoyt
Cedar Arenow
Shelby
Western Oils Company
Bills No
Madison
Lion Oil
Herman
George Brown
Taylor Drilling Company
Hodgskiss
Continental Oil Co
Briggs
Bynum
Continental
Russia
G. E. Monkman
City Park
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