Choteau Plans Two Day Fourth of July Rodeo
The 15th annual Choteau American Legion Fourth of July rodeo runs Sunday July 3 and Monday July 4. Events include saddle bronc bareback calf roping and wild horse race with $1000 prize money, parade at 11 a.m. from the courthouse and two days of dancing in the park pavilion.
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Choteau
American Legion
Park
S. W. Lindseth
Chris Beck
Horace Raty
Chateau American Legion
Oscar Richem Dies Here
Oscar Clarence Richem 64 of Choteau died at his farm home west of Choteau after a year long illness. Funeral services Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. A Bernard Gravdal. Burial in Choteau Cemetery. Born August 18, 1895 in Moscow Minnesota. Survived by wife May Groot, daughter Bernice Swift, brother John Richem and three sisters Nora Rhea, Mrs. Judge, Mrs. Cranton. Pallbearers listed.
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Oscar Clarence Richem
Choteau
A. Bernard Gravdal
Richem
Moscow
Minn
Farmington Bench
May Groot
Moose Lodge
The
Odd Fellows
Bernice Swift
Great Falls
John Richem
Chateau
John Judge
Jack Cranton
Chickasha
Okla
Nora Rhea
Parma
Abe
Bill Breere
Joel Otness
Ed Nordahl
Ed Oberwolte
Gregor Tangen
Deadlines Set for Wheat Disposal for Montana Farms
Montana farmers with excess wheat must dispose by July 11 for winter wheat and July 21 for spring wheat to avoid counting standing wheat as part of allotment compliance. Exceptions apply if notices cannot be sent 15 days before disposal. excess may be used as hay, pasture, silage, or green manure before those dates.
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Montana
Gaspard W. Deschamps
Missoula
Deschamps
Wheat Referendum Campaign Seeks Strong Farmer Turnout
The Farmers Union and cooperatives launch the eighth annual get out the vote drive for the wheat referendum on July 21. A yes majority would keep marketing quotas and price supports, with potential farm price differences of about 1.80 dollars per bushel vs no supports. Thatcher warns the vote may shape U S farm policy for a decade. More than 200 million dollars is at stake across Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Montana.
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Farmers Union
M. W. Thatcher
Washington
Northwest
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Soroptimists Install Officers At Augusta
The Chateau Soroptimist Club held its installation dinner on June 23 in the Blue Room of the Community Church Augusta with sixty members and guests from Helena Great Falls Cut Bank and Conrad. Muriel Reiquam led the installation. new officers are Betty Swenson president Rose Krueger vice president Alma Partlow recording secretary Elizabeth Banks corresponding secretary Norma Abbott treasurer.
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Chateau
Norma Abbott
Essie Howard
Japan
Thomas Blount
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Great Falls
Carol Kimble
Augusta
Evelyn McAuley
Louise Bernier
Barley Tour Planned in Fairfield Area
Barley growers in Fairfield area will tour local fields on July 14 to view planting dates fertilizer use weed control and other practices for high quality making grade barley according to Ross Peace associate county extension agent at Fairfield.
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Fairfield
Ross Peace
Peace
Mrs Toni Hammond Hosts Two Visitors Before Departure
Mrs J B Hanson and the daughter of Silver Springs Maryland and Mrs J E Keating of Norfolk left Friday for home after spending several days with their mother Mrs Toni Hammond.
Van DeRiet Earns Air Force Award for Superior Service
Jack Van De Riet a former Chateau resident received a cash award from the Incentive Awards Committee of the Federal Aviation Agency for reviewing Great Falls area approach and departure procedures in spring 1959 and proposing revisions. He later served in the Air Force Reserve at Malmstrom AFB as a Major and worked with base operations. Now with Spokane Flight Inspection Branch as a procedures specialist he lives with Ruth and two children at 4616 Gustavus. the award was presented at a gala at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane.
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Incentive Awards Committee
Federal Aviation Agency
Jack van DeRiet
Chateau
Air Traffic Control Center
Great Falls
van de Riet
Great Falls Center
Air Force Reserve
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Air Force
Jack
Spokane
Wash
Ruth
Mark
Susan
Gustavus
Fairchild’ “Air Force Base
Campbell Family Visit Ties Bristol and Helena Kin
Mr and Mrs Pat Campbell arrive in Ghoteau to visit parents Mr and Mrs Walter W Scott and other relatives. Mrs Campbell is the former Marilyn Scott. The Campbells will also visit his parents in Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Campbell
Bristol
R. I
Yin
Local Pioneer Stockman Walter Armstrong Dies at 79
Walter Armstrong 79, pioneer Choteau stockman, died after about a week of illness at Teton Memorial Hospital. Born June 11, 1881 in Harrodsburg Indiana, he moved through Armington, Conrad, Chateau, and Blackleaf areas before retirement in 1950. Survived by wife Anna, six children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, two brothers, and several inlaws. Funeral at the Methodist Church in Choteau with Rev. Grant Moore. burial in Choteau Cemetery. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
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Walter Armstrong
Choteau Stockman
Teton Memorial Hospital
Methodist Church
Grant Moore
Armstrong
Harrodsburg
Ind
Armington
Otters Creek
Conrad
Anna Beitlich
Bill
Walter
Armstrongs
Chateau
Blackleaf
Bynum
Choteau
Gene
Herb
Woody
Candace
Ness
Cleo Cox
Great J Falls
Gayton
Harry Armstrong
Great Falls
Havre
Earl Hollar
Roland Peters
George Sexton
Jim Dellwo
Arnold Hanusa
George Seufert
Hugh Robinson
Jim Peebles
Nick Vlinker
John Sullivan
John Moore
D. B. Parham
Jim Hightower
Mac Augue
John P
Experiment Station Tour Planned Near Moccasin
Arrangements are made for Teton County crop producers to visit the Central Montana Branch Experiment Station near Moccasin on Tuesday July 12. The program begins at 10 am with field trips at 10 30 and covers crop varieties tillage weed control fertilizers grass and hay production and other farming topics. The station is about a three hour drive from Chateau and attendees should bring their own lunch as no eating facilities are available there. Water and a shaded eating area are provided by the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Montana Branch
Moccasin
Chateau
Rainbow Assembly Twenty One Meets in Choteau
Rainbow Girls and nine adults attended Grand Assembly 21 in Choteau with Judy Davison owning Grand Worthy Advisor title. A special program was presented in her honor by the Choteau girls.
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Choteau
Assembly
Livingston
Judy Davison
Owns
Grand
Last Reminder for Grade Registration for District 1
Parents of students living outside District 1 must register their grade school children with district clerk William F. Olsen by July 1. Includes pupils previously attending Chateau Grade School to ensure accurate fall enrollment for the district.
Dutton to Welcome New Local Bank The Dutton State Bank Incorporators Elect Cheetham
The Dutton State Bank formed by incorporators and stockholders last week elected James A. Cheetham Jr. as president and C. A. Callan as vice president and cashier. Directors include Carl Ekland Rudolph Fuhringer Don Moore M B Bolland and Clarence Phillips. Construction of a 1800 square foot building in Dutton is planned with Mell Buck of Great Falls handling the contract. Capitalization totals 125000 with 50000 paid in 50000 surplus and 25000 undivided profits. 137 stockholders hold 500 shares each at 100 value. Legal work was done by Bjarne Johnson and Charles C Lovell.
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Dutton
Dutton State Bank
James A. Cheetham Jr
Cheetham
C. A. Callan
Ireland
Callan
Montana
Toole County State Bank
Browning
Carl Eklund
Rudolph Fuhringer
Don Moore
M. B.bolland
Clarence Phillips
Mell Buck
Great Falls
State Bank Examiner
Secretary‘ ‘of State
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Bjarne Johnson
Charles C. Lovell
Church, Harris, Johnson and Williams
Girls State Delegates Return From Bozeman Event
Choteau delegates Mona Kay Larsen Sharon Alzheim er and Janet Moulton attended the 1960 Girls State at Montana State College Bozeman. They learned caucus party systems and practiced speeches while voting with ballots poll books and tally sheets. Sponsors included the American Legion Auxiliary and Choteau Soroptimist Club with Mrs Ed Schiller as an education counselor.
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Mona Kay Larsen
Sharon Alzheimer
Janet Moulton
Girls State
MSC
Bozeman
Choteau
American Legion Auxiliary
Choteau Soroptimist Club
Lessley
I. V. Nobel
Russia
Harriet Miller
James Harrison
Montana Supreme Court
Janet Baty
R. R. Renne
Montana State College
Schiller
Choteau Sor
Choteaus
Itme
the Legion Hall
Girl Scout Brownie Day Camps Draw Large Attendance
Forty nine girls attended the Brownie Day Camp at Chateau Park and about sixty joined the Girl Scout Camp at Freeman Campsite making one of the year’s biggest local events. Leaders included Mrs. Florence Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Dorothy Reiner, and Mrs. Christie Field with numerous assistants from Chateau, Augusta, Dupuyer, Power and Dutton.
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Chateau Park
Freeman
Brownies
Unit I
Florence Fitzpatrick
Augusta
Dupuyer
Dutton
Power
Chateau
Kalu Russell
Detra Abbott
Ginny Lou Jackson
Karen Lawrance
Dean Swenson
Dorothy Reiner
Kay Ferris
Robbie Crocker
Kathy Stokes
Kathleen Brownell
Helen Voorhees
Betty Sheble
Kathryn Thompson
Alma Ragar
Mary Gormley
June Jordan
Shirley Kneeland
Percy‘ Robinson
Dorothy Boussard
Verna Huidekoper
Doris Hansen
Christie Field
Lutheran Leaders Attend Rocky Mountain District School
Pam Fichtner Buddy Pedersen Karen Towrance and David Anderson attend the Rocky Mountain District Lutheran Leadership School at Flathead Lake this week from the Chateatu Dutton Lutheran Parish. Mrs Mabel Reiquam is in Seattle visiting her two sons Howard and Eldon and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cat’ Flathead
Lake
Chateatu-Dutton Lutheran
Pam Fichtner
Buddy Pedersen
Karen Towrance
David Anderson
Mabel “Reiquam
Seattle
Howard
Eldon
Library Seeks Returned Books By Weekend Note
The Chateau Library asks that all borrowed books be returned by Saturday. A local club notes the library will not be open at any time this week, urging patrons to arrange returns.
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Chateau
éThen
Farm Allotment Deadline July For Wheat Seedings
Friday, July 1, is the last day operators of farms with no wheat allotments may request an allotment for wheat to be seeded this fall. Lyall Schaefer, chairman of the County ASC, said new wheat farms include those with no allotment for 1958 through 1960. Applications must cover an entire operation and are available at the county ASC office.
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Chateau Streets
Chamber of Commerce
Acantha
Lyall Schaefer
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
Schaefer
Wool Incentive Rates Set for 1959 Market Year
The State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office announces an incentive payment of 43.20 per 100 for every 100 of wool sold in the 1959 marketing year ending March 31. Producers who filed by April 30 will be paid after July 1 with deductions for market development. lambs receive 75 per hundredweight. The 1960 rate remains 62 per pound, with 1961 to be announced this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
ASC
Rev Moore Reappointed for Ninth Year at Chateau Church
Rev. Grant Moore was reappointed to Chateau Methodist Church for another year during the state conference in Havre. Bishop Glenn Randall Phillips, present for the church dedication two weeks ago, announced the appointment as part of annual minister assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Moore
Chateau Methodist Church
Methodist ‘Church
Havre
Moore
Glenn Randall Phillips
Chateau Church
Welfare Officer Postpones Visit For July Fourth Holiday
H L Griffiths service officer of the Veterans Welfare Commission postpones his visit to the Chateau deputy clerk of court office on Thursday July 7 from 1 to 2 30 p m due to the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Griffiths
The
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
Chateau
Mrs Clough to Visit Father in Helena Friday
Mrs Lois Clough plans a trip by motor to Helena Friday to see her father at the V A hospital Fort Harrison in Helena. The visit is delayed by the father’s confinement and advances the family reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Clough
Helena
Fort ‘Harrison
Golf League Starts Tonight at Chateau Club
League play for the 1960 Chateau golf club begins tonight June 30 with many two man teams signed up. Additional teams may sign up tonight and any late entries have until July 7 to start their first match. Six two man teams per league. four leagues planned and nearly filled.
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Chateau Golf Club
Conrad
Glacier Transportation announces July 1 bus schedule change
Glacier Transportation Co updates daily routes through Choteau. The Great Falls to Choteau afternoon bus departs at 5 40 p m and arrives 7 p m while the morning return departs Choteau at 8 45 a m arriving Great Falls at 10 a m. Through service remains unchanged with westbound at 10 a m and eastbound at 4 10 p m.
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Glacier Transportation Co
Choteau
Great Falls
Mrs Elmer Krafts Family Visitation in Great Falls
Mrs Elmer Kraft and her mother Mrs Relte Baker visited Great Falls on Monday. Mr Baker, a patient at Deaconess Hospital, has been seriously ill. Carrie Baker and husband now reside in Great Falls after moving from Lincoln about a year ago. Mr and Mrs Richard T Rorvik of Fairfield are the parents of a child born last week at Great Falls hospital.
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Elmer
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Jerry Regimbal
Bob Crocker
Milton McNea
Oscar Richem
Fairfield Soon
van DeRiet
W. Armstrong
Rainbow Assembly
Doris Anderson
Shirley Fitzgerald
Warren Connore
Janie Burns
Audrey ShehJle
Karen Gravdal
Dana Boussard
Patty Connors
Petey Banks
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