Golfer McDonald Scores Hole-in-One at Choteau Invitational
Mrs. Delores McDonald hit a rare hole-in-one on the 7th at Choteau Country Club over water to help win the Choteau Invitational with 84. Her husband Chuck won the men's title with 71. The event drew 53 players from Conrad, Shelby, Fairfield, Sunburst, Great Falls, Babb and Choteau.
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Delores McDonald
Choteau’ Country Club
Dellno
McDonald
Joe Frost
Sunburst
Kirt
Coléman
Conrad
Harvey Thronson
Babb
Jim Fischer
Shelby
Don Hofeldt
Chateau
Ted Jury
Walt Maddox
H. Yunck
Glen Logsdon
Fairfield
Everett Robinson
John Dunckel
Gene Riever
Dale Hansen
Choteau
Bob Erickson
Don Krueger
Dave Shannon
Don Arensmeyer
Lois Jury
J. Yunck
L. C. Burns
Ruby Robinson
Great Falls
Choteau Country Club
Chuck McDonald
Choteau Edges Power For League Crown
Choteau American Legion baseball edged Power 6-5 to win the Triangle League title as the regular season ended. Yeager led Choteau hitters at .348 with 8 RBIs, while Moss earned the win on the mound with a 2-0 record and 1.50 ERA. Coach Dunckel urged players to return uniforms.
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Choteau American Legion
Power
Choteau
Fairfield
Simms
Brad Gunderson
Larry Brandveld
Dale’ McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Grant Gormley
Chuck Fanyak
Chateau
J. Opitz
K. Nelson
Gerry Yeager
Opitz
Dennis Moss
E. Toenyes
Toenyes
Legion
Yeager
Jim Scott
Gunderson
RBI
Scott
Wilkie
Moss
Brandvold
Jay Dunckel
Chateau Nine
Lions Meeting Draws Five District Officers
Five district Lions governors held a council meeting in Chateau on Saturday and Sunday with attendees from Edmonton Calgary Cardston Helena and Billings. The group appointed Leo Murphy as district secretary treasurer and discussed the Helena convention and district strengths and weaknesses.
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Lions
Chateau
Ben Vail
Bozeman
Ed Hay
Edmonton
Alta
Jim Dickson
Cascade
Bert Gibb
Cardston
Fred Thompson
Calgary
Herb Berland
Conrad
George Markin
Helena
Chester Jones
Billings
Rudy Rippel
Lions International
Jim Knoll
Leo Murphy
Murphys
Tom McCartney
Stan Rathman
Arnold ‘Hanusa
Hanusas
Snyder couple heads to Missoula for surgery
Mr and Mrs Sid Snyder travel Tuesday to Missoula where Sid plans to undergo surgery at St Patrick s Hospital on Wednesday morning after arrival.
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Sid Snyder
Missoula
Sid
Fire Danger In Area Forests Rises, Equipment Rules Set
The U S Forest Service warns fire danger is rising as grasses and brush dry to flammable states. Rain only temporarily lowers risk locally. By July 31, all entrants to national forests must carry an axe shovel and bucket.
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U. S. Forest Service
Forest Service
National Forest
Mrs Corbett Wins Marias Art Awards at Shelby Fair
Mrs. Corbett won first place in landscape and portrait painting and third in the animal division at the Marias Fair in Shelby.
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Mrs. Corbett
Marias Art Awards
Don Corbett
Shelby
Corbett
Huck Finn Day Set in Choteau City Park
The Jaycees sponsor Huck Finn Day on Sunday August 15 in Choteau city park for the community youth. Costume fishing and other contests are the principal activities.
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Choteau
Jaycees
Huck
City Park
Surplus Grain Bins Sold Across Montana
Montana farmers bought 1 183 surplus CCC grain storage structures with a total capacity of 4 952 400 bushels in 42 local auctions across 23 counties from May 14 to June 30. J Viola Herak notes the sales included 20 large quonset bins, 55 intermediate wood bins, and 1 108 small bins, averaging 9 7 cents per bushel. Large structures averaged 2 517 dollars, 3 250 bushel bins about 400 dollars. wooden bins were in poor condition and cheaper.
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Montana
J. Viola Herak
Montana State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
CCC
Out of town guests attend 25th anniversary event
Relatives and friends gathered for a 25th anniversary on Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. Schiller. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Richard Day and families from Glen Ellyn TL, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Finn of Renton Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Max on Case and Missoula, Mr. and Mrs. John Brown of Shelby, and Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Barger of Great Falls.
Camden wins Montana Junior Olympics gold in backstroke
John Camden captured the state's first Junior Olympics gold since 1960 with a 1 27 68 clocking in the 100 meter backstroke at Gregson Hot Springs near Butte. He also placed sixth in breaststroke as Choteau swimmers led Meadowlark Country Club in Great Falls invitational points.
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John Camden
Montana
Chateau
Camden
Gregson Hot Springs
Butte
Dave Forrest
Dell Rowley
Forrest
Rowley
Gregson
Burr Field
Tom Crocker
Choteau
Meadowlark
Chinook
Cut Bank Group to Build Private 60-Bed Nursing Home
A Cut Bank group led by Russell L. Sewell announces plans to build a privately owned 60 bed nursing home in Choteau with two possible eight acre sites chosen for flood safety. Construction could start by October if a county rest home bond election is not delaying. the $265,000 facility aims for January 1966 completion and will employ about 23 people with a $65,000 annual payroll.
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Choteau
Cut Bank
Russell L. Sewell
Sewell
L.p.n.’S
Gale Isakson
Chamber
Elimination of City Sewer Lagoon Bond Levy Promises Raises
The city removes a 3 mill sewer lagoon bond, freeing funds for civic improvements and pay raises. With lagoon payments fulfilled, Choteau increases park and playground budgets and salaries, while 1965 66 millage pressures differ modestly from 1964 65. Mayor Dunckel says raises reflect living costs and prior underfunding of parks.
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Chateau
Choteau City
Choteau Parks and Playgrounds
John Dunckel
Dunckel
Construction Starts On City Post Office At Choteau
Construction of a new post office in Choteau began this week with Zion Construction as prime contractor. The project is to be completed by November 20, with land clearing and footing pours planned this week. Ownership will be by Mr and Mrs A L Jaumotte who will lease the building to the Post Office Department.
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Choteau
Zion Construction
Sheila Jenson
Andy Jenson
Kinman Business College
Spokane
W Shelmerdine Funeral Held At Choteau
Wilford Shelmerdine 67 died of cancer in Choteau after a long illness. Funeral services were held in Banks Chapel with Bishop Roland Peters officiating. He was born August 28, 1897 in Burlington Wyoming and lived at Bynum and St Ignatius before moving to Choteau in 1936. He married Ada Leona Lemon in 1917 and later Edna Caufield in 1948. Survivors include two sons two daughters two sisters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Burial followed in Choteau Cemetery.
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Wilford Shelmerdine
Choteau
Banks Chapel
Land Peters
Lester
George
Wesley
Shelmerdine
Burlington
Wyo
Bynum and
St. Ignatius
Chateau
Peterson
Ada Leona Lemon
Lewistown
Edna Caufield
Larry
Libby
James
Bill Forrest
John Peterson
Casper Peterson
Guy Miller
George Morey
Gus Kade
Choteau Cemetery
County Crops Look Good as Farmers Readied for Harvest
Haying and summer fallowing advanced quickly in Teton county as light rains fell in most areas. A Chateau storm brought heavy rain and hail locally, with some north region losses. By late July 90 percent of first alfalfa cut and 45 percent of wild hay harvested. harvest expected near end of first week August, about two weeks behind normal.
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Teau
Chateau
Hodgskiss Appointed To FHA Committee
Lloyd Hodgskiss, a Chateau area rancher, was named to a three year term on the Teton County Farmers Home Administration committee. The panel advises on adapting national policy locally, sets FHA loan eligibility, credit limits, and recommendations for associations and soil and water districts. The FHA announced two new loan programs for low income individuals and cooperatives under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
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Lloyd Hodgskiss
Chateau
Teton County Farmers Home Administration Committee
FHA
John W Fox Dies in Great Falls at 58
John W Fox a 58 year old crop sprayer from the Dutton and Conrad areas died in a Great Falls hospital Tuesday after about a week’s hospitalization. Born February 21 1907 in Litchfield Nebraska he moved to Butte 34 years ago and ran Fox Crop Spraying Service for 17 summers. Survivors include his widow and stepchildren from Butte. Services were planned in Great Falls before the body was sent to Butte for burial.
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John W. Fox
Dutton
Great Falls
Fox
Butte
Litchfield
Christiansen and Smith Families Reunite
Mrs. Paul Christiansen and Mrs. Smith, sisters, and their families left Monday after spending a few days at the Jim Smith home.
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Paul
Christiansen
Freid
Jim Smith
Mrs. Smith
Goose Hunter Encounters Silent Stares and Uneasy Oaths
A fragmented scene centers on a goose hunter whose casual remarks alarm an agitator night. The tense exchange ends with veiled threats and a muttered joke about telling geese apart, hinting at looming violence.
Wagon Wheel Bar Opens remodeled venue with open house
The Wagon Wheel Bar hosts open house on Saturday July 31 from 8 to 10 p.m. Owner operators Mr and Mrs Henry Jensen invite the public for free beer and lunch. Irene McManus Grace Black and Sybyl Purkey spent last week touring Canada.
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Wagon Wheel
Henry Jensen
Irene’ “McManus
Grace ‘Black
Choteau Petrolane Manager Change Announced
Bob Toave Toavs, 28, will replace Don Arensmeyer as manager at Choteau. Toavs, a Wolf Point native, has three years with Petrolane and prior two years with Glacier Gas. He is a 1954 Wolf Point High School graduate, Navy veteran, and resident of Enderson Trailer Court with a wife and four children. Don Passmore will stay on as a winter Petrolane employee. Arensmeyer will transfer to manage the Conrad operation effective August 1.
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Toave
Wolf Point
Petrolane
Glacier Gas
Great Falls
Was
Enderson
Toavs
Don Passmore
Chateau
Arensmeyer
Conrad
Hunting hen pheasants in Montana shows population stability
The article discusses experimental hen pheasant seasons in Montana with varying rules across regions. Results indicate pheasant populations remained stable or increased in areas allowing hen hunting, though some critics doubt the practice's sanity. The piece notes continued analysis and references to other game species and later pages for full details.
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Mont
Montana
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