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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1961
Page
1
The George A. Fuller Co. wins a 62 million contract to build 150 hardened underground silos and 15 launch control centers for the Minuteman project in north central Montana near Malmstrom Air Force Base. Construction to begin next week after bids previously exceeded government estimates.
Soil Conservation Service reports low snow depth and water content in 1961 across five stations on the Teton River drainage and Benchmark. Readings average 18 percent below 1960 water content and 58 percent of the 15 year average, with station figures listed for Benchmark Five Bull Waldron Cr West Fork and Freight Cr.
Thirteen Montana State University faculty will serve as judges at local and district science fairs in March. Chateau Science Fair on March 25 will include zoology professors Lynn Graves and R B Brunson, microbiology aide Richard Faust, botany staff Meyer Chessin and C C Gordon, and Dr. Diettert. District winners advance to the Montana Science Fair at MSU April 7 and 8, with separate divisions for junior and senior high exhibitors.
The Dupuyer Woman's Club presents the comedy Hattie of Happy Holler at the old LDS Church in Bynum Saturday at 8 p.m. The Arkansas hills setting features Pa Cracket Sal Morris Ma Cracket Jean Dabney Hattie Cracket Rita Morris Aunt Suzie Bessie Webb Grandpa Cracket Minnie Thomas Elmer Bobby Wentworth The Stranger Bill Rappold Arkansas Cracket-Dorothy Duncan Arkansas Young Sister Carol Clawson Nosie Harriet Hayne. A dance with music by the Rhythmairies follows the performance.
In Conrad, Glen Stoudt took second with 880 while Bill Vance stood fifth at 864 and Ronald Otness placed high. In Fairfield, Taylor Motor earned second in team event with a 2920 score. Team members included Jim Arensmeyer George Henderson Bob Dellno Woody Ragar J Rogers Gambles also ranked ninth in their tourney.
The Soroptimist Club of Chateau presents its annual style show on March 17 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium with the theme Its a yes Spring. Montana State University Opera Workshop singers perform Broadway excerpts from Guys and Dolls South Pacific Pajama Game and Down in the Valley. Joan Pulver will dance an Irish jig. Fashion from Howard's Dept Store Parlor Shoppe and J C Penney. jewelry by Chateau Drug. Proceeds support a community project.
Mrs. Jack Cherry won a J. C. Higgins bicycle awarded by Chateau Safeway Store to registrants during the store anniversary sale held Saturday.
The County ASC office starts mailing advance storage payments for 1960 61 reseal loans. No action needed by farmers. payments mailed as papers processed. Rates are 7 cents per bushel for stored wheat and barley with remaining payments due after loan maturities in March and April 1961.
John Anderson 47 a Billings businessman died at Teton Memorial hospital last week. Services and burial were at Troup Texas. Born in 1913 in Texas he moved to Billings in 1956 where he owned the Billings Glacier Bit Service after previously running bit businesses in Casper Wyoming and Glasgow. He married Ivy Duplechain in 1941 and is survived by three sons John MacShane and Harold all of Billings.
Two Choteau LDS basketball squads failed to place as the Seventh Division tournament concluded in Helena after two weekends. The junior Choteau team, in a league with Anaconda and Helena, lost to Anaconda at half and to Sun River Valley, then edged Sun River Valley before Missoula beat them by a wide margin. The senior Choteau team, facing Fairfield Billings Missoula Butte Great Falls Stevensville Helena, defeated Butte, then lost to Great Falls and Billings, ending their bid to advance to regional play in Idaho and the Salt Lake City all church finals.
Montana Senate selects Senator Paul R. Rice as president pro tempore ad interim by a 34-17 party line vote over Rex Hibbs. If both Governor and Lt. Governor are incapacitated Rice could become or act as governor while in office.
Capt Don Smith information officer at Malmstrom Air Force Base Great Falls will speak on the Minuteman missile project in north central Montana. Sunday evening at 8 at Trinity Lutheran Brotherhood meeting attendees may hear a discussion.
Harry and Doris Jardine are appointed exclusive local representatives for United Farm Agency covering Neem and surrounding territory. Lind, United Western Division Manager, announced the San Francisco office appointment amid a nationwide expansion as rural real estate inquiries surge nationwide.
A Masonic spring gathering is set for Saturday March 4 with a banquet at seven o clock followed by a program and a dance. Members and guests are invited to attend.
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee chairman Gaspard W. Deschamps of Missoula announced March 31 as the deadline for producers to complete all marketing details for wool and lamb payments under the 1960 and 1980 programs. Eligible later marketing of wool and lambs depends on full settlement and updated sales documents. applications must be filed with the County ASC office by May 1, 1961.
A recent tabulation shows Teton County residents contributing over 1 500 to the tuberculosis relief campaigns. John Casebolt MT A Executive Director notes continued support keeps Montana's 40 year progress alive, with 94 percent staying in Montana programs and six percent aiding the national TB effort.
A tape recorded talk by Princess Catherine Caradja of Roumania will headline the Chateau unit American Legion Auxiliary meeting. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. with slides of Yellowstone Boys Ranch at 8:30 p.m. The public is invited as she recounts life behind the Iron Curtain and her wartime relief work.
The annual Choteau Women’s Invitational begins this week at A and E Lanes with over 60 teams and 160 bowlers entered. Teams represent Fairfield Great Falls Helena Cut Bank Shelby Conrad Fort Benton Rudyard and Choteau, aiming for the top prize in the four year event.
The Conrad Cowboys captured the Northern Class B title with a 64-63 victory over Cut Bank at Browning High School. Key players included David Scott with 29 points for Conrad and Len McGlothlin leading Cut Bank with 24 points in the final.
Property assessment for real and personal property will begin Monday, says Chester O. Baker county assessor. Personal property reporting forms have been distributed and owners must itemize their property on the forms.
Firefighters battled a grass and brush fire on Pete Bouma's range land two miles north of Chateau along the Tefon River. Strong winds spread flames despite bulldozer efforts. no buildings were damaged. Assessments for affected areas will occur in nearby towns from March 8 to March 24 with listings at the Chateau assessor's office.
At the Chateau Lions regular meeting on Tuesday evening a film titled That They May Live was shown by program chairman Enoch Stroh. The film demonstrated mouth to mouth artificial respiration and its superiority to older methods. Stroh offered to show the film again at future meetings. The gathering began with dinner then business, followed by the program. President Al Finley sought members’ views on moving Lions headquarters from Lions Hall to the upper Legion Hall.
The junior class of Choteau High stages Adam's Evening on Friday March 10 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Reserved seats 90 cents, general admission 65 cents. The plot centers on Adam caught sneaking into his house after a mistaken alibi and a chaotic taxi ride ending with a gas issue, featuring Rodney Schiling as Adam and Toni Suspenden as Anna with Susan Grandal as the mother-in-law.
Mr and Mrs Ken Farmer visited her father Robert Neiffer and her brother Chuck in Fairfield. The brief note confirms a family visit and local kin connections in the area.
Ernest Weist of Choteau was elected president of the Montana Polled Hereford Assn at the Seventh Show and Sale event held with the Montana State Fair grounds in Great Falls. Florence Weist was re elected secretary as 36 bulls and heifers sold for totals and records.
Capt Donald R. Smith an information officer at Malmstrom Air Force Base Great Falls will speak to home demonstration clubs in Chateau on Monday March 13 at 8 p m in the Methodist Church basement His subject will be the Minuteman missile project soon to be constructed The talk is open to the public.
More than 12 000 Montana 4 H members will join 2 300 000 national participants in National 4 H Club Week March 4 11 at Montana State College C W Vaughn acting state 4 H club leader says the theme Learn Live Serve Through 4 H guides activities window displays exhibits meeting programs and talks to recruit new members and inspire adult leaders.
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