Roxy Theatre Closes After Eichhorn ownership history
The Roxy Theatre in Choteau ends operations under George and Ilo Eichhorn who ran it since 1951 and revert ownership to Mack Niccum of Big Fork who may sell or lease the venue. Last film shown Saturday. Niccum not planning to reopen locally. Eichhorns plan to relocate to Roseville, California. Voter turnout in the Tuesday primary reached about 60 percent with a 3 to 1 city vote approving a water expansion plan for Chateau.
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Sean i
Choteau
Roxy Theatre
Kichhorns
Altand
Roxy
George and
Ilo Eichhorn
Mack Niccum
Big Fork
Eichhorns
Niccum
Ronan
Arnold C. Hanusa
C. W. Boussard
Gail Homan
Paul McAdam
Livingston
Eichhorn
Chateau
Teton County
Teton County Races Show Democratic Lead In Several Contests
County tallies list Mike Mansfield and LeRoy Anderson winning in national and state contests. Ashton Jones trails by 285 votes. Sheriff results favor A O Peterson 537 to 426 and Tom Dellwo 648 to 414. McOmber unopposed in state rep. Chanusa tops Crane 565 to 367. Paul Rice defeats Ritzschke 848 to 262 in state senate. Jones unopposed with 806. Juelfs, Monkman, Hollar and Murphy run unopposed in county offices with strong vote totals.
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Teton
Mike Mansfield
LeRoy Anderson
Anderson
Ashton Jones
A O Peterson
Albert Becker
Tom Dellwo
I F Cke Denison
W Gordon McOmber
Arnold Chanusa
Darwin B. Crane
Paul Rice
Fred Ritzschke
William R Jones
C O. Juelfs
Gordon E Monkman
W. Earl Hollar
Leo H. Murphy
Demorat
Federal Land Bank Cuts Interest Rate at Pendroy
The Pendroy National Farm Loan Association held its May 27 meeting electing Albert Thorman and Martin Klette to a three year board term with Wagner Halverson again president and Henry Meyer vice president. The group serves Teton and Pondera counties and boasts 35 years of service with no foreclosures. The 5 percent rate applies to new loans and to past year loans above 5 percent.
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Pendroy National Farm Loan Association
Albert Thorman
Martin Klette
Wagner Halvorson
Robert Brownell
Henry Meyer
Wagner Halverson
J. A. Swanson
Marjorie Halverson
Pendrey National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank of Spokane
Teton
Pondera
Pendroy Association
Federal Land Bank
Swanson
Farm Bureau Banquet Planned For This Saturday Evening
The Teton County Farm Bureau will host its annual family night banquet Saturday at 7 p.m. in the upper Legion hall at Choteau. A roast beef dinner, served by Mrs. Art Bagley and Mrs. Horace Baskett, rounds out the social evening with novelty numbers and music. Franklin Robbie of Yellowstone Boys Home will give the main address. Tickets cost 75 cents for children eighth grade and younger and $1.50 for adults. Charles Averill, son of Mr and Mrs Marion Averill, is elected to Alpha Zeta the National Agricultural Honorary for scholastic achievement character and leadership.
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Teton
Charles Averill
Marion Averill
Alpha Zeta
Buddy White Saves Youth From Drowning at Eureka Lake
Choteau High School junior Jack Bradley nearly drowned during a Eureka Lake picnic when he dived under and lost breath. Classmate Roger Buddy White, 17, swam from a nearby raft and pulled Bradley to shore after a brief struggle. White, a junior lifeguard with first aid training, helped Bradley recover without artificial respiration. Bradley, an honor student and future Boys State delegate, is the son of Agnes Bradley.
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Choteau
Eureka Lake
Roger
Buddy) White
Jack Bradley
Bradley
White
Jessie White
Agnes Bradley
Chateau High
Crary Son Heads to Europe for Summer Study
Lyall Crary Jr a Yale medical student sails from Montreal for Europe with friends. He visits England and much of Europe then Copenhagen to write a thesis with a local doctor. He plans internship after Yale junior year and polar flight back to the United States by late August. Duke and Ellery Crary also begin summer study at Montana State College while Duke continues medical school at North Dakota and Ellery trains to be a teacher at Northwestern.
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Lyall Crary, Jr
Yale University
Europe
Montreal
Canada
England
Copenhagen
Denmark
Yale Medical School
Crary
United States
Chateau
Yale
Duke
Ellery Crary
Northwestern
Farmers Union Plans Meet at Diamond Valley
Fiftieth anniversary reunion of the Great Falls High School class of 1908 held at the DeMolay Memorial in Great Falls last night. Fourteen original members attended including Ella Irwin of Choteau.
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Farmers Union
Diamond Valley
Great Falls
DeMolay Memorial
Ella Irwin
Choteau
Chateau Council Moves to Add Country Club Heights District
The Chateau city council adopted a resolution to include Country Club Heights in the city limits and created Special Improvement District No. 33 for sidewalks and curbs in Block 37 Hazlett’s Addition. The plan covers three sides of the block, with 975 feet of sidewalks at an estimated cost of 3900 dollars.
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Chateau
Country Club Heights
City Hall
Hazlett
Chick Sulgrove
Harry Yeager
Sulgrove
Spectators View 23 Old Cars In Choteau Tour
The Great Falls Horseless Carriage Club and others toured to Choteau with 23 vintage vehicles from 1910 to 1915 and a 1933 Packard. Judges praised period costumes as winners Harry Blodgett and Mrs. Blomgrem. luncheon and hospitality were provided by the Choteau Chamber of Commerce before the return to Great Falls.
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Chateau
C. S. McDonald
Clara Baker
Harry Blodgett
Great Falls
Choteau
Chamber of Commerce
Chauncy Cassidy
Chotesu
Main Avenue
Rainfall Boosts Prospects For All Crops In Montana
A week of heavy rain drenched Choteau and Teton county, delivering 2.97 inches and brightening winter wheat prospects. Rain spread from Pendroy to Conrad with Fairfield reporting 1.86 inches and Great Falls 1.36, easing drought fears after a dry May.
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Choteau
Teton County
Ray Kelly
County Extension Weather Bureau
Chateau
Last Rites for Shelmerdine at Bynum Church
Eugene Shelmerdine 72 died June 1 after a long illness. Funeral at 2 p m at Lat ter-day Saints church in Bynum. Elder Leslie Stott presided. Burial in Bynum cemetery. Survived by wife Delia Lemmon and six children, siblings, grandchildren, and a great grandchild. Pallbearers named: Jim and Larry Shelmerdine, Jim Caufield, Lester and Dwight George, Ed Scott.
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Eugene Shelmerdine
Latter-day Saints Church
Bynum
Leslie Stott
Shelmerdine
Vernal
Utah
Chateau
Delia Lemmon
Burlington
Wyo
Clara Loebs
Simms
Thora Carrier
Cut Bank
Jackson
Alfred
Choteau
Hazel George
Myrtle Faulkner
Frank
Wilford
Jim
Larry Shelmerdine
Jim Caufield
Lester
Dwight George
Ed Scott
Floats Sought for July Fourth Parade by Local Groups
Choteau businesses lodges clubs and other organizations are invited to submit floats for the July 4 parade with prizes offered by the Choteau Chamber of Commerce. Parade chairman Sid Johnson and committee members invite entries and provide contact details. Also notes recent travels of Mr and Mrs Paul Mathis to Oklahoma and Missouri.
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Choteau
Choteau Chamber of Commerce
Sid Johnson
Jack Carpenter
Cedric Schroeder
Floyd Marr
Johnson
Small Fry Win Prizes for Best Fish at Derby
About 58 youngsters entered the Spring Creek fish derby for Kids at Chateau Jaycees event last Sunday. Jimmy Sulgrove captured the grand prize with a 9 07 brook trout, while seniors 9 to 12 earned top prizes for a 4 5 ounce trout and a camp kit. Junior and girls winners took various tackle items, creels, lanterns, and a booby prize went to a notably small catch.
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Spring Creek
Chateau Jayves
Jimmy Sulgrove
Lawrence Truchot
Lawrence
Danny Danz
Teddy Fuller
David Alzheimer
Keith Dahlin
Jack Hinman
Jack Wiseman
Gretchen Voorhees
Chateau Jaycees
New Pharmacist Joins Teton Pharmacy Team
Bryan Webb of Montevideo Minnesota begins working this week as a pharmacist at Teton Pharmacy. Webb is a North Dakota State School of Pharmacy graduate with prior pharmaceutical work in Minnesota. He is single.
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Byran Webb
Montevideo
Minn
Teton Pharmacy
Webb
North Dakota State School of Pharmacy
Minnesota
50th Year Reunion Attended by Ella Irwin
The Teton County Farmers Union holds its quarterly meeting at the Diamond Valley school at 8 p.m. on Wednesday June 11. Members are urged to attend. Also noted, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wood and Ella Irwin’s sister and husband of Great Falls spent Sunday touring Glacier Park Kalispell and Whitefish.
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Ella Irwin
Teton County Farmers Unions
Diamond Valley School
J. M. Wood
Great Falls
Glacier Park
Kalispell
Whitefish
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Farm Bureau
Buddy White
Country Club
Brown
Stanley Brown
Jim Sulgrove
Dick Fabrick
Gus Thompson
Morris Black
Air Force
Moose Hall
Clara Withee
Conrad
Moose Lodge
Donnybrooks
Black
Monarch
Larry Banks
Bynum Church
Paul Mathis
Oklahoma
Missouri
Derby
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