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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1969
Page
5
Local residents attend visits and gatherings with relatives across Montana and beyond. Included are travels to Phoenix Okinawa and Shelby with multiple weekend and weekday social events and a March 11 club meeting. military leave for Pvt. Robert McLaughlin and moving notices for area families.
Chateau Chamber of Commerce members met to outline a five week sweepstakes beginning April 7 with drawings on Saturdays starting April 12. Each week’s prize is 50 dollars with a new number drawn if no winner and a final week prize carved to a winner. Arvid Sunder chairs the Easter Egg hunt on the courthouse lawn with three roped age sections and prizes from donated eggs. Indoor arena plans at the courthouse property were discussed for broader community use including FFA 4 H and auctions.
Gordon McOmber of Fairfield spoke to Teton County Democratic Central Committee in Chateau about the legislative process. He described how a legislator can vote for an appropriation yet kill it by withholding support for the revenue bill. A business meeting discussed financing the recent campaign. Next meeting slated for Monday April 21.
Diane Marie Gettel Power won a $250 Farmers Union Central Exchange scholarship. First place went to Tolly Jo Bishop of Conrad who earned a $1,000 scholarship for essays and speeches on cooperative importance.
Don Waldron of the Great Falls Social Security office will appear in Chateau at the commissioner’s office in the courthouse on Tuesday March 11. He will answer questions on social security or medicare from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 2 p.m.
Percy Ostle owned a trailer house at the Ostle ranch west of Bynum that burned Sunday afternoon. Ostle left at 7 am and found the blaze when returning at 12 30 pm. He moved the structure from other buildings but the trailer was a total loss. heating stove is suspected as the cause.
Mrs Ben Hoge of Chateau has graduated from the Famous Artists School of Westport Conn after a three year program in fine arts painting. The home study school is directed by a faculty including Norman Rockwell Ben Shahn and Dong Kingman.
The council itemizes February payments to multiple vendors and agencies including Knudtzon Lumber Mountain States Telephone Co. and Public Employees Retirement System with totals for salaries and services. Notable items include Choteau Ford Sales for a new Ford car 1250 and Montana Power Co. charges for city buildings pump station and street lighting.
The Teton County Farm Bureau will host Fun Feed Day on Sunday March 9 at 1 p.m. at Moose Hall Choteau. A pancake dinner charges 50 cents for grade school and 1 dollar for high school and adults. preschoolers attend free. Guest speaker Stanley Burger will attend. activities include a Dutch auction to raise funds for Youth Seminar expenses.
Everett Sassa of the Cho teau American Legion Post announces a 50th anniversary celebration in Choteau on Saturday March 15 with dinner dance entertainment and a banquet speaker. Bob Davidson chairs arrangements inviting all Legionnaires and Auxiliary members to attend. The 1919 Paris meeting marked the Legion's founding.
Marine Corps recruiting office in Great Falls announces openings for the fourth annual Montana Platoon. In June 1969, 80 Montana youths will form the platoon to undergo Marine training as a team. Enlistments of 2 3 or 4 years available for qualified young men. High school seniors may join the 120 day delay program to finish schooling. For information contact the Great Falls recruiter at 715 1st Ave N or call collect 452-4126.
Warrant Officer Candidate Thomas P Crocker 19 son of Mr and Mrs Robert C Crocker Chateau completed a helicopter pilot course January 31 at the Army Primary Helicopter School Fort Wolters Texas During the 16 week course he learned to fly Army helicopters and perform tactical maneuvers He will attend advanced flight training at Hunter Army Air Field Georgia and may be named a warrant officer Army Private First Class Robert E Wright 23 son of Mr and Mrs Jack E Wright Chateau was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division January 25 in Vietnam as an infantryman
Arvid Sundet released the leaders of the Choteau Women's Invitational at A and E Lanes. Leaders in singles include G Berland Conrad 899 L Mogstad Great Falls 870 L Pacini Great Falls 824 K Fujimoto Shelby 823 M Van Quill Great Falls 791 E Barker Conrad 782 H Fox Great Falls 781 I Cummings Great Falls 777 P Barrett Great Falls 765. Team leaders list Grannell Drilling Shelby 1800 Little Lanes Great Falls 1777 Midnite Superette Great Falls 1717 OK Feed No 2 Conrad 1705 G and G Lanes Shelby 1692 Midnite Superette No 2 Great Falls 1673. Event ends this weekend entrants still welcome by contacting Sundet at A and K Lanes.
Glacier Pon dera Teton and Toole club presidents met last week to organize the regional conference to be held in Conrad next month. Local officers include Opal Fladstol arranging, Theda Stone handling entertainment, LaVon Brittain registering, Margie Smith planning the program, and Joyce Copenhaver managing finances. The Shelby meeting was held to set arrangements. Teton County Democrat Club hosted a luncheon with County Commissioners as guests. Next meeting slated for Fairfield on Monday April 7 with a noon luncheon.
Rathman was elected Montana AAU Junior Olympic Track chairman in 1960 and remains in post. He serves as president of the Montana Northern Wyoming AAU since 1964, has run Lions Club Pool since 1957, teaches swimming, lifeguard and diving, and coaches swim teams that have placed in state meets. He also runs adult fitness programs and participates in water polo and diving. Mrs Rathman attended the Livingston awards banquet with local attendees including Jay Dunckel Gerald Wellington and Walt Armstrong as Cub Scouts meet at Ray Hanson home with Marc Baker supplying treats.
Chester Newell, 46, died last week at the Veterans Administration hospital in Sheridan Wyoming. He farmed and ran a trucking service in Shelby since 1950 and married Mary Bebish in Nevada in 1949. Funeral at St Luke's Lutheran Church Shelby Monday afternoon. Survivors include brother Fritz, a son in Vietnam, daughters Betty Ann and Mary Ann, stepdaughter Lila McGilvray in Germany, two sisters, and his mother.
County residents receive two property assessment forms mailed to them. County Assessor Chester Baker will collect lists in Dutton Power and Fairfield on set dates. Return forms by April 1 at designated pickup spots or at the Chateau office to ensure equalized tax burden.
The Teton County Sportsmen's Association holds its next regular meeting on Tuesday March 11 at 8 p.m. in the Chateau courthouse. President Herb Styren said the session will include a Forest Service slide on timber cutting and land grooming to improve range land.
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