Rain Helps Ranges and Crops Across County
A welcome rain boosted range grass and wheat, with Chateau at .42 inches over two days and Pendroy totaling 1.9 inches for June. Dupuyer received over an inch, while Power and Dutton saw light rain. County Agent Raymond Kelly notes moisture aided native grasses after a dry spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Swanson
Pendroy
Dupuyer
Chateau and
Pendrey
Power
John Swanson
Dutton
Raymond Kelly
Farmers Give Big Vote for Wheat Controls
Montana farmers backed federal marketing quotas for 1956 with about 77.5 percent in favor. In Teton county 798 voted for controls while 146 opposed, across 13 polling places such as Fairfield and Chateau. National totals showed 254,197 for and 73,852 against.
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Teton County
Teton
Diamond Valley
Pendroy
Agawam
Collins
Montana
Montana Asc
Art Anderson Takes Over Curtis Shop Tomorrow
Art Anderson, after seven years at F. G. Curtis & Son in Chateau, will take over the Curtis shop tomorrow. The shop will be renamed Art's Service and operated by Anderson from July 1. He will repair all makes of cars and farm implements and specialize in John Deere work. Previously he worked at Mills Motor Ford shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Anderson
F. G. Curtis & Son
Chateau
Curtis
Art’s Service
F. G. Curtis and Son
Grant
Anderson
John Deere
Curtis Firm
Ford
Mills Motor
Police Court records detailed highway patrol cases
Ray W. Peterson of Grand Rapids forfeited a $10 bond on June 23 for exceeding the night speed limit. Perry C. Mathews of Sun River forfeited a $25 bond on June 29 for failure to observe a right of way, causing an accident. Both cases handled in Judge Sulgrove's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulgrove
Ray W. Peterson
Grand Rapids
Perry C. Mathews
Sun River
Local TV Show Proves Popular In Choteau
Eileen Erickson hosts Come and See a weekly fifteen minute program on KFBB-TV featuring chalk talks for children. About six Choteau Sunday school primary students appear each show with 26 000 TV sets in the area and an estimated 64 000 viewers per airing. The program costs 58 50 per episode and is funded by local merchants and citizens with Lutheran groups planning future mailing appeals.
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The
Lutheran Herald
Women’s Missionary Federation
Choteau
Montana
Eileen Erickson
Great Falls
Chateau
Erickson
Swimming Pool Opening Set For Saturday
The Chateau Lions Club pool opens this Saturday July 2 with public hours 2 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM daily except Mondays for refilling. Season tickets cost 6 for family 5 for adults 3 for students 2.5 for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Lions Club
George Eichhorn
Lions Pool Committee
Eichhorn
Milt McNea
Dick Young
Lions Club
Ruth Reiquam
Phyliss Eide
Red Cross
Jay Dunckel
Fairfield
Dutton =P
Woman's Club Flower Show Noted as Successful Event
Members of the Chateau Woman's Club held a flower show at the American Legion hall last Saturday featuring varied arrangements and a display of about 24 watercolors by Mrs. William Bruce of Fairfield. Tea and book offerings accompanied the event with refreshments served on a linen tablecloth and pink candleabras.
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Chateau Woman’s Club
American Legion Hall
Clara Baker
William Bruce
Fairfield
Hattie McDonald
Eva Burns
Chateau Woman's Club
County Cancer Control Drive Said Success
The 1955 Cancer Control fundraising campaign in Teton county ended successfully. Mrs. Leonard Olson of Fairfield, chair of the American Cancer Society, reported more money and more people reached than in any prior drive, totaling 1968.61 in contributions across Farmington, Dutton, Collins, Fynum, and other areas.
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Teton County
Leonard Olson
Fairfield
American Cancer Society
Olson
Hhcenes
Farmington
Dutton Aidiora
Jomoteau
Collins
Fynum Naclghanins
Irene weeSeee
Choteau Plans July Fourth Rodeo Week Activities
Choteau announces a weekend of rodeo shows a parade and two dances as part of the Fourth of July celebration. Aerial mosquito spray is set Friday 6 to 8 pm in Choteau with methoxychlor. residents urged to cover cars and lines. Events funded by the Choteau Chamber of Commerce and American Legion with tickets priced at 1.50 general, 2.25 reserved, 0.50 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
John Nordhagen
Bob Waltermire
Chateau
Chateau Chamber of Commerce
Milton McNea
Choteau Chamber of Commerce
City Park Pavilion
City Dance
Ken Thonggsoh
Teton Memorial Hospital
Horace Raty
Park Pavilion
Main Avenue
Bruce Thompson
Parade
Business House
Aduts
Pew
Phillips 66
Rodeo
Choteau American Legion
Choteau Ling
County Sets Wheat Support Price For 1955 Crop At 1.87
The County ASC chair C B Turnbull announced the 1955 minimum support price for No. 1 Northern Spring and No. 1 Hard Winter wheat in Teton county at 1.87 per bushel. The 1955 rate is 82.4 percent of parity, down from 2.05 in 1954. Premiums include 25 cents per bushel for Hard Amber Durum and 15 cents for Amber Golden Ball. Protein premiums apply to specified hard red spring and winter wheats, with discounts for several classes stored for West Coast movement and other factors. A premium is available at the County ASC office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
C. B. Turnbull
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Turnbull
ASC
John Davison Heads Lions Club Officers
New officers for the Chateau Lions club were installed with John Davison to lead for the coming year. Dr. C. W. Boussard hosted the ceremony, and other officers include Leo Murphy secretary Walter easurer aFober Grgobers second vice president Robert Gorm ley third vice president Ed Ober nokte tail twister Dick Young Lion Tanner and directors Rex Peterson Barney McClue Al Fin ley and Bill Bateman. Davison praised Boussard while George Eichhorn outlined plans to open the club pool this Saturday and Al Finley described the 49er celebration set for Sept 30 and Oct 1 to support pool operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Lions Club
C. W. Boussard
John Davison
Leo Murphy
Walter Easurer
aFober Grgobers
Robert Gormley
Ed Obernokte
Tail
Dick Young
Lion’ Tanner
Rex Peterson
Barney McClue
al Finley
Bill Bateman
John Dunckel
Dr. Boussard
Davison
George Eichhorn
Lions Club
Montana to Adopt Modern Traffic Rules Tomorrow
Montana's 34th Legislative Assembly approved revisions to the highway laws set to take effect July 1. The changes unify right of way and turn signal requirements, with provisions for truck and wide-load vehicles to use indicators, and align state rules with national standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
34Th Legislative Assembly
Glenn M. Schultz
National Committee On Uniform
Schultz
United States
Montana Highway Commission
Schults
Great Falls Chateau Business Caller Wednesday
Ss E Sullivan of Great Falls Wisconsin reported via business call on Wednesday about Chateau operations. The note highlights local business activity and community interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss. E. Sullivan
Great Falls
Wis
Chateau
Local Officers Nab Pair of Shoplifters in Conrad
Marshall Lawrence Van Scayk and Margaret M. Haines were arrested by Sheriff Tom Dellno about 1:00 p.m. last Friday in Chateau and handed to Conrad authorities on shoplifting charges. They allegedly took an electric saw worth 69.75 dollars from a Conrad store, and their car contained about 1,000 dollars in merchandise including 25 suits, radios, electric shavers, and more. Herman Burke, AWOL from Fort Carson, was also picked up Sunday and turned over to air police at Great Falls. he had been absent without leave since April 31, 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Lawrence van Scayk
Venice
Calif
Margaret M. Haines
South Bend
Ind
Tom Dellno
Chateau
Conrad
Herman Burke
Fort Carson
Colo
Great Falls
Mrs Cora Allum Last Rites Held This Afternoon
Mrs Cora L Allum wife of Charles Allum formerly of Chateau died last Saturday at her home 3518 Sixth Avenue North Great Falls after a heart attack Funeral services were held at Croxford's Mortuary Great Falls at 1 30 p m Burial was in Sunset Memorial Gardens Great Falls She was born April 10 1888 in Oceola Iowa The couple married in Nebraska their 45th anniversary was June 1 She is survived by widower four daughters Mrs Robert Klas sen and Mrs Earl Solomon both of Great Falls Mrs George Perry of Mobile Alabama and Mrs Norman Christianson of Billings and 11 grandchildren
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Cora L. Allum
Charles Allum
Chateau
Sixth Avenue North
Great Falls
Croxford
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Allum
Oceola
Iowa
Charles
Nebraska
Aum Ig
Suevivenelas
Robert Klassen
Earl Solomon
George Perry
Mobile
Ala
Norman Christianson
Billings
New Officers Installed At Chateau IOOF Lodge
Officers who will direct activities of the Chateau IOOF lodge were installed at Oddfellow hall Tuesday night. Virgil Cox of Fort Benton served as installing officer. New officers include Lloyd Pedersen as noble grand Al Barton vice noble grand Louis Clough chaplain and others. Refreshments followed the ceremony.
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Chateau Ioof
Oddfellow Hall
Virgil Cox
Fort Benton
Lloyd Pedersen
Noble Grand
al Barton
Louis Clough
Lowell Meyers
Guardian
Cal Southard
Albert Tesch
Glen Stoudt
Elmer Baker
Ralph Caskey
Leonard Sheble
New Wheat Allotments Open for 1956 Applications
Operators of farms with no wheat seeded in 1953 or 1954 may apply for a 1956 wheat acreage allotment. The TC ASC committee chairman C B Turnbull announced this week. Applications for winter wheat to be harvested in 1956 must be filed on a farm defined under the acreage allotment program at the County ASC office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
C. B Turnbull
Ing
ASC
Road Worker Dies on Dutton Conrad Highway
Leo Ellis 41 of Lucas Iowa died Tuesday after surgery for a hernia in Great Falls. Released Monday, he succumbed to a pulmonary embolism the next day. Banks Funeral Home sent his body to Clariton Iowa. Son of Jefferson and Emma Ellis, he was single and had worked in Augusta area before joining the highway project a month ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Ellis
Lucas
Toad
Great Falls
Banks Funeral Home
Clariton
Ellis
Jefferson
Emma Gaddis Ellis
Dutton
Augusta
State Tax Withholding Changes Cause Employer Headaches
The Montana State Board of Equalization released relief information in June on the new withholding tax to start July 1. The law’s table yields lower withholdings than board rules in many common salaries, with 1 percent of wages over a base amount used as an alternate calculation.
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Montana
State Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization Regulations
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Gibson Monkman
Eileen Ericksen
Cheteau
WME
Kfbb-Tv
Leora Colley
Earlene Colley
Greg Curtis
Kathy Hanson
Karen Grandal
Woman’s Club
Lions — Club
Cora Allum
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