Choteau Bulldogs Head to State Tournament
Coach Terry Reistad and Tim Anderson lead the Choteau Bulldogs to Bozeman for the state basketball tournament after earning a Northern Class A berth by finishing second in divisional play at Cut Bank. They upset Browning in the semifinals but lost to Shelby in the final, with Shelby and Choteau advancing.
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Terry Reistad
Tim Anderson
Choteau Bulldog
Bozeman
Choteau
Cut Bank
Bulldogs
Browning Indians
Shelby
Chateau
Taxpayers Set Meeting Date in Teton County
The Teton County Taxpayers Association schedules a March 16 meeting in Chateau Library with a 7 30 p m directors session and 8 p m general session. A report on pending legislation and 1977 expenses funding will be discussed. Ward Genger term unexpired. Bernie Bissell filling.
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Teton County
Snow Measurements Low at Teton and Sun River Areas
Bay Mills of the Forest Service reports this year’s March 1 snowpack at about 30 to 40 percent of normal across multiple stations including Teton Drainage Mount Lockhart Cabin Creek Wrong Creek and Goat Mountain. He notes 16.8 inches of snow and 3.4 inches of water at Teton 33.4 inches and 8.4 at Mount Lockhart and 13.4 inches and 3.1 at Cabin Creek with other readings cited. Mills usually treks by snowshoe but rode a horse this year.
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Bay Mills
Chateau Forest Service
Teton
Sun River
Mount Lockhart
Cabin Creek
Wrong Creek
Wrong Ridge
Goat Mountain
Mills
Girl Scouts Schedule Tea at Methodist Church
The Chateau Girl Scouts celebrate 65 years of Girl Scouting with a Thinking Day Tea and program at the Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon March 13 at 2 30. Parents friends and all former Girl Scouts and leaders are invited.
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The
Chateau
Methodist Church
Special Hospital Meeting Set For Monday
Teton Memorial Hospital Association will hold a special meeting in the Chateau pavilion at 8 p.m. on Monday March 14 to decide the fate of the old hospital building after the new facility is completed. The public is invited but only members may vote.
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Teton Memorial Hospital Association
Chateau Pavilion
Hospital Association
African Study By Methodists
A study on southern Africa's struggles hosted by the United Methodist Church begins Monday March 14 at 7 30 p m. The program covers U S involvement and the lives of both those in control and those controlled, with films records and invited speakers including anyone who has been to Africa.
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Africa
United Methodist Church
United States
Ralph N Lear Services Held on Tuesday
Funeral services for Ralph Nicolas Lear 87 rancher since 1911 were held Tuesday March 8 at St Joseph’s Catholic Church Cho teau Rev James Gannon and Rev Edward Theiler officiated Rosary was held Monday evening Lear died Friday March 4 in Teton Memorial Hospital Burial was in Chateau Cemetery with Zwerneman Mortuary in charge Pallbearers were Fay Lear Pete Lear Don Lear Jack Lear Farrell Gallagher and Thomas Gallagher Honorary pallbearers were Jesse Bleeker Leo Wilke Art Tesch Morris Larson John Peebles Al Jaumette Walter Scott Carl Field Jim Peebles Robert Gronberg Howard Bartlett and John Swanson Music was provided by Janet Wedum organist and Robert Gronberg soloist Lear was born Dec 3 1889 at Rockford Wash and homesteaded near Brady before coming to the Chateau area He married Mary Luella Broderick in Washington in 1910 She died in 1962 and he married Mary Margaret Gallagher in 1964 Lear was a retired rancher and Registered Hereford breeder from the Bole area He was a lifelong member of the Knights of Columbus and served on the Bose School Board for a number of years Survivors include the widow sons Fay and Jack both of Choteau Pete of Fairfield and Don of Deer Lodge a daughter Phyllis Choteau three step children including Mrs Jack Francisco Anaconda Thomas Gallagher Butte and Farrell Gallagher Las Vegas 22 grandchildren 12 step grandchildren and 22 great grand children
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Ralph Nicolas Lear
Choteau Area
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Choteau
James Gannon
Edward Theiler
Rosary
Fay Lear
Pete Lear
Don Lear
Jack Lear
Farrell Gallagher
Thomas Gallagher
Jesse Bleecker
Leo Wilke
Art Tesch
Morris Larson
John Peebles
al Jaumette
Walter Scott
Carl Field
Jim Peebles
Robert Gronberg
Howard Bartlett
John Swanson
Janet Wedum
Lear
Rockford
Wash
Brady
Chateau
Mary Luella Broderick
Washington
Mary Margaret Gallagher
Bole
Knights of Columbus
Bose
Fay
Jack
Pete
Fairfield
Don
Deer Lodge
Phyllis
Jack Francisco
Anaconda
Butte
Las Vegas
City Council Opens Country Club sewer bids
Five bids were opened for the Country Club Addition sewer line with Expert Landscaping Services of Great Falls lowest at 56909. James Kraus Construction of Great Falls bid 59922 and W D Construction of Bozeman 71940. Bond sales planned for March 21. council also reviewed dog leash ordinance readings and discussed water rates, fire limits siding hearing, and several building permits.
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Country Club
Great Falls
James Kraus
W. D
Bozeman
Long-time Choteau Lawyer George Coffey Dies
George Coffey, a longtime Choteau attorney, died Tuesday at his home in Choteau at age 89. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. March 10 at United Methodist Church with Rev. Allen Adams presiding. Burial follows in Chateau Cemetery with Masonic rites. Burns Funeral Home handling arrangements. Pallbearers include Pete Savik, Jesse Gleason, A J Moore, Alvin Shepherd, Jay Dunckel, and Bob Woodahl. Coffey was born September 6, 1887 in Missouri and moved to Montana in 1892 with his parents. He graduated from Teton County High School in Chateau in 1904 and earned a degree from the University of Missouri in 1909.
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United Methodist Church
Allen Adams
Chateau
Burns Funeral Home
Pete Savik
Jesse Gleason
A.J
Spud) Moore
Alvin Shepherd
Jay Dunckel
Bob Woodahl
Coffey
Missouri
Montana
Coffey and
Wellenstein Ranch
Pendrey
Teton County
University of Missouri
Read-a-Thon contestants sought at Chateau Library
Readers can join the MS Read-a-Thon at the Chateau Library with Thelma Nauck announcing signups. The Log Cabin Drive-Inn offers a free hot dog and coke for participants through Saturday as sponsors pledge per book within 30 days. Prizes go to those reading most books to benefit MS programs and Montana law schools.
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Chateau Library
Thelma Nauck
Log Cabin Drive-Inn
MS Society
Montana
Legion Birthday Party Planned by Post at Legion Hall
The American Legion marks its birthday with a Saturday event on March 19 at the Legion Hall. A cocktail hour runs 6 to 7 p.m. then dinner and a public dance at 9 p.m. featuring the Stott Orchestra.
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American Legion
American Legion Hall
Stott Orchestra
Dupuyer Plans 100th Birthday Celebration in 1977
Dupuyer marks its centennial in 1977 with a July celebration to be announced later. A booklet on local history is being compiled and residents with Dupuyer ties or stories are urged to contact Box 217, Dupuyer, Mont. 59432 for inclusion before the deadline.
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Dupuyer
Mont
Firefighters Quell Grass Fire at Bill Bruce Farm
Chateau Fire Department and neighbors fought a Sunday blaze at the Bill Bruce farm. A rubbish burn in a garbage can spread to pasture and stubble, covering several acres. Firefighters, neighbors with shovels and water, kept the flames from buildings, coming within feet of a house.
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Chateau
Bill Bruce
Chateau High selects delegate for United Nations Pilgrimage
Darla Armstrong, CHS sophomore and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Armstrong, will represent Chateau High as delegate to Odd Fellows Uni ted Nations Pilgrimage for Youth in July. Linda Richey, CHS junior, is alternate. The continent wide trip teams 150 plus youths in New York City for a week to study the U.N. with tours of U.N. buildings, language councils, and delegates dining room. Educational bus tours visit Washington DC, Mount Vernon, Valley Forge, Philadelphia, Gettysburg, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City and more. The paid trip is sponsored by District No. 4 Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodges, rotating every four years for Chateau. Since 1950, 21,367 students have participated.
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Miss Armstrong
Darwin Armstrong
Linda Richey
CHS
Lee Richey
New York City
U.N
New York
Washington, D.C
Mount Vernon
Valley Forge
Philadelphia
Gettysburg
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec City
Canada
Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodges
District No. 4
Chateau
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Vernon Scott
Hospital
Diane Clark
Ward Genger
Bernie Bissell
Charles Tesch
Lyle Stempke
Malcolm Sussenden
Clark Inbody
Charles Fellows
Raymond Anderson
Paul J. Alzheimer
Chateau High
Agawam
Herman Zier
Farmington
Richard Arensmeyer
Bynum
Kenneth Johson
Roy D. Meyer
Robert Robinson
Fairfield High
Harold Klinker
Dutton
Tom Michel
Adam F. Dahlman
Power
Robert E. Young
Golden Ridge
Hugh Maxwell
Ted R. Skelton
Richard L. Brownell
Greenfield
Reistad
Butte Central
Glendive
Whitefish
Stevensville
Lewistown
Wolf Point
Russ Nelson
John Buck
Craig Ekegren
Keith van Setten
Bill Smith
Mike Whealy
Jack Stott
Ken Spinder
Tim Jenson
Ed Larson
Skip Higgins
Mark Murray
Roger Skogen
Bill Larson
Emilie Clarke
Mary Rathman
Jeannie Dellno
April Stott
Susie Linville
MSU
Choteau High School
Girl Scouts
Teton Canyon Road
Eureka Lake
Teton Canyon
Teton River
Ralph N. Lear
Teton Memorial Hospital
Chateau Cemetery
Zwerneman
Acantha
Jim Dellno
Public Service Commission
Board of Adjustments
Ing
William Hoyt
Chateau Club
Cecil Snyder Jr
Sherburne
Ken Nesbit
Hobson's Addition
Art Carrier
Jackson
Tim Kelly
Hazlett
George Coffey
Glen Yeager
Police Commission
Helena
Bob Marshall
LaBaugh
Harvard
Stanford
Montana Bar Association
Marie Brozek
U.S. Army
C. James Smith American Legion Post
Masons
Scottish Rite
Shriners
Charles M. Russell
Coffee
Russell
Marie
Legionnaires Plan Party
Darla Armstrong
Chateau High School
Odd Fellowship
United Nations
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