Army Official To Discuss ABM Impact In Choteau Area
Army ecologist Jack Kepler will host a public meeting March 17 at 1 pm in the Teton County court house to discuss the Safeguard Missile System impact on Choteau and surrounding counties. The talk covers family income and living conditions and involves local schools and civic groups.
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Army
Choteau
Jack Kepler
Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army
Teton County Court House
George M. Goodwin
Teton County
Kepler
Cascade
Toole
Liberty
Pondora
Teton
Jim DeBree
Extension Service
ABM
Chester
Chester Board
C W Hitchcock Dies on Friday Rites Tuesday
Clarence Wallace Hitchcock 26 of Chateau died Friday near Harlowton from an accidental gunshot wound. A Vietnam veteran and former machinist mate third class in the U S Navy, he was born January 7, 1944 in Great Falls and a Choteau High School graduate. He is survived by his parents, a brother, two sisters. Funeral services were Tuesday at Banks Funeral Home Choteau with burial in the Soldiers' Plot.
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Clarence Wallace
Wally) Hitchcock
Chateau
Harlowton
Jan
Great Falls
Hitchcock
U. S. Navy
Choteau High School
William S. Hitchcock
Choteau
Jerome I
Vaughn
Billie Jean Baker
Juanita Lynn
Banks Funeral Home
Allen Adams
Soldiers
Gary Richem
Monty, McFarlane
Bud Olson
Merrill Hirsch
Brady
Ada Mae Jacobs
Fort Benton
Morris
Tom Given Place
Gleason Place
Jesse Gleason
Cyril (Gotch) Jacobs
Irene Hobbs
Grass Valley
Calif
Goldie Tipton
Cottonwood
Idaho
Robert Morris
Portland
Ore
New Snowcar Boosts Teton Pass Grooming Capacity
Teton Pass Winter Sports Area buys a larger Tinocol snowcar from Peterson Equipment Co of Logan Utah. Dr J R Crabtree vice president says it will climb steeper slopes work more efficiently and handle broader snow grooming duties than the previous machine.
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Teton Pass
J. R. Crabtree
Teton Pass, Inc
Peterson Equipment Co
Logan
Utah
Crabtree
McDonald To Discuss Constitution Revision In Choteau
State Senator Jack McDonald of Cascade County will speak at the Choteau courthouse Monday March 16 at 8 p m on the proposed constitutional revision. He chairs the Legislative Constitutional Revision committee and will field questions after the talk sponsored by the Teton County Democratic Club.
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Jack McDonald
Cascade County
Court House
Choteau
McDonald
Teton County
Democratic Club
Montana
Sen. McDonald
Legislative Constitutional Revision Committee
Lenten Mission To Start Sunday At United Methodist
The Lenten Preaching Mission begins this Sunday at the United Methodist Church in Chateau led by Rev. Allen Adams. Rev. F Eugene Matthews of a Denver church will preach at 11 a.m. and each evening through Wednesday at 7 30. Matthe ws will speak on The Christ of History As Participation in the Suffering of God. Mrs. Charles Allen leads the singing festival nightly with various groups performing and a coffee hour after each service to discuss questions raised.
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United Methodist Church
Chateau
Allen Adams
F. Eugene Matthews
Denver
Adams
School Board Filing Deadline To Be Saturday
Four Chateau men filed for School District No. 1 trustee per secretary William F. Olsen. Hensley and Abbott will not seek re election. Two high school board seats also open with terms expiring for Stokes and Larson. Filing ends Saturday March 14 with applications at Olsen or the County Superintendent's office in Chateau.
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Chateau
William F. Olsen
Ronald Otness
John Salmond
Tom Evensen
Raymond Anderson
al Hensley
Chester Abbott
Hensley
Abbott
Acantha
Olsen
Gerald Stokes
Pendrey
Lowry Larson
Bynum
County Superintendent of Schools
Court House
Rebekahs Plan Meeting with Queen Rebekah Lodge No 31
Rebekah Lodge No 31 meets Wednesday March 18 at 8 p.m. in the IOOF hall. A special program honors Schuyler Colfax founder of the Rebekah degree with Mrs Pete Huidekoper in charge. Final plans for District No 4 meeting in Valier on Saturday March 21 will be made.
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Queen Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Schuyler Colfax
Pete Huidekoper
Valier
Jaycee Snowmobile Derby Draws 43 Racers and 300 Spectators
The Choteau Jaycee Snowmobile Derby drew about 300 spectators and 43 racers for the second annual event. Racing covered five classes from A to D with multiple mains in each, on a loose snow emergency track near Choteau. Participants included Neil Kulbeck, Richard Allam, Hoge, Venetz, and others from Wyoming to Great Falls.
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Jaycee
Choteau
Bill McCauley
McCauley
Ben Hoge
Hoge
Neil Kulbeck
Bozeman
Richard Allam
Walier
Wayne Venetz
Conrad
Jim Ramaker
Chateau
Comember
Kyotee Hustlers
Roger Habel
Great Falls
Trace
Armond Cheek
Dutton
Tom Knott
Stan
Jerry Kimmel
Hustlers
Wayn Venetz
Tony Holstein
Dale Wesley
Frank Schuler
Steve Christian
Shelby
Kyotee
Roger Swanson
Louis Hutton
Hutton
Students to attend science fair at Choteau High Saturday
District No 2 Science Fair draws about 150 junior high and high school students with entries from Great Falls Geyser Chateau Sunburst Browning and Sunny Slope. Projects show the scientific method in action. Public viewing 3 to 5 p m Saturday. fair runs 8 a m to 3 p m with judges 9 10 am.
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Choteau High School
Choteau
Reg Wearley
Wearley
Great Falls
Geyser
Chateau
Sunburst
Browning
Sunny Slope
Jody Hamilton
Laura Feisler
Jim Schwartz
Golden Ridge
CHS
U. S. Forest Service
Bell Telephone Co
Fish and Game Department
Reduction of State Legislature May Go to Voters in November
Montana voters may decide in November to halve the Legislature from 75 members to 50 House members and 25 senators. The eight percent signature requirement and county support are set for placing the initiative on the ballot. The Citizens Committee on Legislative Efficiency backs one member per district to end one man many votes and relieve overcrowding in Helena.
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Montana
House
Citizens Committee On
George Harper
Helena
Legislative Committee
Walter Ulmer
Miles City
Citizens Committee
Ulmer
Billings
Great Falls
California
Anderson to retire from politics after three terms
State Senator and former U S Congressman Leroy Anderson told the Acantha he will not seek re election this fall. He served three Montana Senate terms and a 1956 60 term in Congress and plans to run only as a citizen focusing on managing a barley starch plant at Conrad. He cites Vietnam and draft questions among private concerns and notes his Vietnam Moratorium and draft repeal roles.
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Leroy Anderson
U. S
Acantha
Anderson
Montana
Conrad
Vietnam
U. S. Army
National Council
Former Choteau Man Survives 17 Hours in Ashland Brambles
Fred Smith, 82, of Ashland Oregon and former Choteau resident, spent 17 hours entangled in blackberry bushes after a car mishap while en route to a country club banquet. His wife, 72, immobilized by ALS, waited in the car as rescuers from Ashland Fire Department freed him. He suffered scratches and minor injuries and remained in hospital for a few days.
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Fred Smith
Ashland
Ore
Smith
Bramble Bush
Mongar Seeks Republican Nomination in Western District
Tom M Mongar a 34 year old teacher and Missoula resident filed Monday for the Republican nomination for the Western District congressional seat. He was born in White Sulphur Springs and educated in Butte and Missoula and Montana University where he earned a degree with honors in 1968. He holds masters and doctorates in political science from the University of Oregon and has taught at Washington Queens College Memorial University and is an Army veteran. He and his wife June Hildahl have five children. He says pollution conservation and recession are top issues.
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Thomas M. Mongar
Missoula
Canada
Western District
White Sulphur Springs
Mongar
Butte
University of Montana
University of Oregon
University of Washington
Queens College
New York City
Memorial University
St. John's
Newfoundland
June Hildahl
Firemen To Recieve Course Certificates At Special Meeting
Choteau Volunteer Fire Department members will receive certificates for a 30 hour course completed last spring. The ceremony occurs at a Saturday dinner at Choteau Country Club led by Fire Chief Art Anderson. Captain Jim Macklin of the Great Falls Fire Department taught the course. The event is open to the mayor, city council, retired firefighters and their wives.
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Choteau
Choteau Country Club
Art Anderson
Jim Macklin
Great Falls
Morris Funeral Set Tomorrow
Roy L. Morris, 81, died Monday in Chateau. Services are planned for Friday at 2 p.m. at Banks Funeral Home with Rev. Allen Adams officiating. Interment will be in Choteau Cemetery.
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Roy L. Morris
Chateau
Banks Funeral
Allen Adams
Morris
Coffeyville
Kan
Montana
Fay
Jack
Dan
Pete Lear
Martin Kiecte
Wade Kincaid
Casper Peterson
Robert Miller
Jay Lyon
Gene Armstrong
R. N. Lear
Lee Brown
Leon Gollehon
Elmer Knaff
T. E. Hurley
Choteau Cemetery
Farm Safety Course To Be Offered Here
The Chateau Chapter of Future Farmers of America with the Teton County Extension Service will run a spring farm safety course for boys under 16. It requires 25 hours of tractor safety instruction, plus a written and practical driving test for certification. Signups at the county agent’s office or with Bob Nauck to be announced.
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Chateau
Future Farmers of America
Teton County
Bob Nauck
Choteau Dollar Days Promotion Planned by Chamber
Choteau area residents are invited to a three day Dollar Days promotion sponsored by the Choteau Chamber of Commerce. Local businesses will place items on sale with prices around a dollar though some items may exceed or fall short of that amount. It marks the first Dollar Day event in years for the town.
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Merton Grant
U. S. Army
Chateau Chamber of Commerce
Grant
Chamber
Chateau
Conrad
Choteau
Women Keglers Finish Tourney This Weekend
The Women s Invitational Bowling tournament heads to a weekend finish with Vicki Tesch leading after a four line 884 and Skyway Jets of Great Falls atop team scores at 1774 pins. Standouts include Shirley Christianson 853 Audrey Cerro 842 Diane Toren 834 Florence Fisk 882 Adele Bueling 810 and Mrs Henry Robison 807. Team entries We Three Great Falls 1776 Silver Dollar Fairfield 1755 GVMC Agawam 1694. Entrance fees are 10.80 per team and 6.80 for singles.
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Vicki Tesch
Skyway Jets of
Great Falls
Shirley Christianson
Audrey Cerro
Diane Toren
Florence Fisk
Adele Bueling
Fairfield
Henry Robison
Chateau
GVMC
Agawam
Kearney Files For Re election As Court Clerk
Supreme Court Clerk Thomas J. Kearney, a Democrat, filed his nominating petition to seek another term. He first won the office in 1958 by about 3100 votes and was re elected in 1964 by nearly 32 000 votes. The Butte native, 56 8, is a plastering contractor and longtime union leader.
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Supreme Court
Thomas J. Kearney
Secretary of State
Kearney
Edna Hinman
Henry Scott
Butte
Tom Kearney
Ontana
Kearney Brothers Plastering and Cement Contracting Company
Plasterer's and Cement Masons Association
Knights of Columbus, Eagles and Elk’s Ledges of
Ancient Order of Hibernians of
Anaconda
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C. W. Hitchcock
Wally Hitchcock
Rebekahs
Allam
Ray Hoyt
Holstein and
Christian
Knott
Ramaker
Habel
Patricia McKenzie
Marci Cheek
Diane Harris
Ledger
Paul Parker
Martin Klette
Earl Norling
Terry Jewell
Carter
Richard Hoyt
Mark Stephens
Charles Durr
Luinstra
Jayceens
Frank Hensley
Chateau High School
Jane Southard
Rebecca Bartleson
C. M. Russell High School
Wear
Robert E. Miller
Tom M. Mongar
Roy Morris
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