Montana Taxpayers Association Reports Big School Spending
The Montana Taxpayers Association reports 1954-55 operating costs for public schools at 38.4 million dollars, up nearly 2.5 million from the prior year. Per pupil costs rose to 330 dollars, with salaries driving most of the increase. large districts show cost advantages, while smaller counties average higher costs per pupil.
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Montana
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Taxpayer Association
Teton County
Silver Bow
Judith Basin
Good Turnout Noted at Lions Club Meeting
A Chateau Lions Club meeting drew 49 members and several guests, with attendance at 73 percent. District 370 secretary Leo Murphy spoke on Lionism, and David L. Shannon was inducted. The group announced a future pageant plan, and three needy children received glasses costing about 70 dollars. Guests included Gordon Whitmore, Betty Clifford, Carl Star, and Leonard Sheddle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Lions Club
Monkman
John Davison
Chateau
Dutton
Pairfield
Great Falls
Brady
Leo Murphy
David L. Shannon
Shannon
Ray Kelly
Lions Blind Committee
Leslie
Burns
Betty Clifford
Bob Gronberg
Teton County
Alice Erwin
Olga Monkman
Gronberg
Citizens State Bank
Gordon Whitmore
Butte
Carl Star
Leonard Sheddle
Choteau
St Ignatius Bulldogs Win State Crown
The St Ignatius Bulldogs defeated the Fort Benton Longhorns 60 to 57 to capture the 1956 Class B Basketball state title at Whitefish. Polson Pirates took third with an 82 to 55 win over the Norris district champions Nor then. Coach Chuck Peck, previously at Mission and Chateau, led the St Ignatius squad.
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St. Ignatius Bulldogs
Fort Benton Longhorns
Whitefish
Polson Pirates
Cut Bank Wolves
Charles “Chuck” Peck
Chateau
St. Ignatius School
Mission High
Wiviker Larsen and Wanker Fair Highlight Boseman Weekend
Nick Wiviker Russell Larsen and Gene attended a fair in Boseman last weekend showcasing local crafts and community activities. The event drew residents and featured performances and vendor stalls.
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Nick Wiviker
Russell Larsen
Gene A Ee
Boseman
Snow Survey Finds Above Average Water Content in North Fork Sun Area
Snappy Stenson of the Forest Service and Roy Malser of the Soil Conservation Service reported snow depth and water content above the eight year average on the North Fork Sun River survey. The deepest snow was 76 inches at Wrong Ridge and the lightest 36 inches at Cabin Creek with Cabin Creek Gates Park and Wrong Creek one inch above average and Wrong Ridge three and a half inches above average. The snow remains light with little crust indicating no thawing since the first snowfall and few game animals beyond the wilderness boundary.
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Stenson
Forest Service
Roy Malser
Soil Conservation Service
North Fork
Sun River
Wrong Ridge
Cabin Creek
Gates Park
Wrong Creek
Odd Fellows Plan Fund Raising Drive for School Band
The Choteau Odd Fellows lodge forms a committee led by Ralph Hickman to raise funds for the Cho teau high school band. The group will stage events such as entertainments and dances, with proceeds supporting the band’s trip to the Lethbridge Alberta festival. An IOOF party on March 17 features card games, prizes, and no dance.
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Choteau Odd Fellow Lodge
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
Ralph Hickman
Bob McDonald
Elmer Baker
D. B. Crane
Bob Colley
Terms of 24 Trustees End Terms of Office
Twenty four Teton county school board trustees' terms expire this year and new officials will be voted on Saturday, April 7. The article lists the districts and trustees whose terms expire, with each district name and trustee. Regular terms are three years for those whose terms expire on the standard cycle.
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Teton County
Charles Bannatyne
Gene Armstrong
Irene Ward
Kenneth Kloppel
Lloyd Killip
T. J. Radcliffe
William Lusty
Dominic Banis
Arthur Habel
Cecil Poore
Maurice Goforth
Arthur Weist
R. E. Earles
J. W. Swanson
George Hodgskiss
William Grossman
Robert O. Lee
Legion Party Scheduled At Legion Hall Saturday
The annual Legion party will be held this Saturday night March 17 at 6 45 p m for Legionnaires Auxiliary members and partners. Free tickets are available at the Jim Dellno Agency and must be picked up by tomorrow.
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Legion Hall
Jim Dellno
Pastors and wives to lunch with Chateau church group
The Pastors and their wives from the Methodist churches in this sub district will meet at the Chateau church for a monthly luncheon on Monday March 19 at 12 00 noon. Circle C will provide the luncheon.
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Chateau
Circle C
Teton Bull Crowned Grand Champion at Hereford Show
A bull from the Nick Wiiiker herd named Silver Casper 60th won grand champion at the 36th North Montana Hereford Breeders Show held at the North Montana State Fairgrounds in Great Falls. Reserve champion Magnum Domino 27th sold for 1715, Silver Casper 60th bought for 735, and Vlinker’s bull for 500. The sale grossed 20,850 with top dozen bulls averaging 662.91.
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Nick Wiiiker
Savik
George Sims
Highwood
North Montana Hereford Breeders Association
Edward Savik
Bynum
Melvin Dawson
Belt
E. F. Gault
Great Falls
Ted Fosse
Cascade County
J. I. Burch
Vernon Smiley
Eden
Magnus Domino
A. A. Dawson and Sons
J. B. Long Co
Joan
Laureen Vercruyten
Chinook
Casper
Vlinker Soliks
Arthur
Esther Klay
H. B. Sager
Bozeman
Coach Gene Bourdet Named Class AA Basketball Coach of the Year
Gene Bourdet, longtime Fairfield athletic director and coach, receives Associated Press Class AA basketball coach of the year award. He guided Fairfield Eagles for five seasons and now coaches Livingston high teams. on April 1 he joins Montana State College as backfield football coach.
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Gene Bourdet
Fairfield
Livingston
Associated Press
Eagles
Montana State College
Former Dutton Resident Walter M. Scott Dies in Great Falls
Walter M. Scott of Great Falls and former Dutton resident died March 7 in a local hospital. Funeral services were held Friday at a Great Falls mortuary with Rev. Paul W. Ives officiating. Burial was in Highland Cemetery. Scott ran a Dutton garage from 1917 to 1964 before moving to Great Falls. He was born July 12, 1883 in Montevideo, Minnesota. Survivors include his widow Ragnild, a son Robert of Dutton, a daughter Juliet Peterson of Ukiah California, four grandchildren, two brothers Leroy Scott of Montevideo and James Scott of San Diego, and five sisters living in Montevideo, Aberdeen South Dakota, and Great Falls.
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Walter M. Scott
Great Falls
Dutton
Great Falls Hospital
Paul W. Ives
Highland Cemetery
Scott
Montevideo
Minn
Ragnild
Robert
Juliet Peterson
Ukiah
Calif
Leroy Scott
James Scott
San Diego
Alice Lindecker
Foster Broadbent
Ruth Goar
George Crampton
Aberdeen
S. Dak
Dorothy Scott
Crop Improvement Group Forming in Teton County
A county crop improvement association received unanimous approval at a Friday Chateau meeting. Norris Han ford of Fort Benton led the discussion on goals and activities and temporary officers Harry Laubach and Raymond Kelly were named. A final organizing meeting is set for March 26 at 1 30 p m in Choteau courthouse with permanent officers to be elected.
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Teton County
Choteau
Style Show and Tea Tomorrow At First Methodist Church
The annual Soroptimist Style Show and Tea will start at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the First Methodist church parlors. Proceeds benefit Teton Memorial hospital. Participants include Halvorson's Gift Shop Parlor Shoppe Town of Country Clothing Tot Toggery Wedums and J C Penney Store.
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Teton Memorial Hospital
Halvorson's
Town of Country Clothing
Tot Toggery
Wedums
J. C. Penney Store
Choteau Entry Wins Grand Prize at Regional Science Fair
The Regional Science Fair in Choteau on March 10 drew 256 visitors with 61 senior exhibits across physics chemistry biology and general science plus one group entry. Winners include grand prize Lee Foxworthy and Jesse Malone with many honors awarded to Choteau Sunburst Great Falls and Shelby participants.
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Lee Foxworthy
Cheteau High School
Choteau
al Finley
Sunburst
Walier
Great Falls
Shelby
Chateau
Finley
Tornado Chamber
Jesse Malone, Jr
Janet Clark
Karin Stevens
Montana
Dale W. Depner
Alex Truchot
Ronnie Linnell
Jim van Cleave
Sharlin Bruner
Walter
Carl Olson
Bill Chalmers
Willow Creek
Iris Hughes
Leroy Hood
Harry Harvey
Jerome Sadlier
Terry Vance
Mary Ellen Bouma
Sportsmen Chairman Fears Oil Plea Threatens Elk Refuge
The Teton County Sportsmen's Association will meet at 8 p m Friday in the Teton county courthouse to discuss oil exploration in the Sun River Elk Range. Two oil firms asked state land be offered for leases, prompting a Feb 14 Land Board vote to lease, and a Feb 27 Fish and Game request to withdraw it. The board took no formal action at that meeting but did table the matter, and today Helena advised the lands are withdrawn from proposed leasing.
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Teton
State Land Board
Montana Fish and Game Department
Land Board
State Fish and Game Department
Sportsmen Association
Sun River-Flathead
Rabbit Kill in Teton County Surpasses 3000
A county survey tallies over 3000 jack rabbits in Teton County, calculated by Joseph A Whrak, soil conservationist. The study links consumption of 529,000 pounds of forage yearly, equating to 80 cows or 400 ewes, with forage value around $3,159 and rabbit revenue about $900.
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Teton County
Joseph A Whrak
S.C.S
Police Court Docket and Local News Notes
In Justice J M Sulgrove's court Wilford G Morey of Conrad forfeited a $10 bond for passing a school bus improperly. Paul R. Frazier paid a $10 fine for driving with a board in his window causing impaired vision. Ben Allum left Wednesday for Fort Carson Colorado after a 15 day leave at his parents home.
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J M. Sulgrove
Highway Patrol
Wilford G Morey
Conrad
Paul R. Frazier
Ben Allum
Fort Carson
Colo
Clarence Allum
Anniversary honors Mr and Mrs Hodgskiss on 4th wedding year
Mr and Mrs Henry A Hodgskiss were honored at a March 4 reception at the Methodist church marking their fourth wedding anniversary. Family and friends attended with assistance from eight local women. the program featured songs by Marie and Marlene Vance and a talk by Mrs Olga Monkman. The Hodgskisses, who married in 1916, lived on a ranch southwest of Choteau before moving to town in 1947. Hodgskiss came to the United States in 1907 and homesteaded southwest of Choteau. Their three sons and six grandchildren attended.
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Henry A. Hodgskiss
Methodist Church
Cora Miller
Hie Duits
Mary Baskett
Carrie Bagley
John Kessinger
Emily Hodgskiss
Elizabeth Hightower
Fern Hanson
Marie
Marlene Vance
Olga Monkman
Lee
Bosley
Cheshire
England
Sun River elk herd faces threat from oil exploration
Montana Fish and Game warns Sun River Game Range elk herd of about 3000 animals could be endangered if oil exploration moves forward. The wintering area spans 20 000 acres. 11750 acres belong to the department with additional public and state lands. The agency seeks to withhold gas and oil leases to protect recreation and the big game habitat.
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Monana
Sun River
Montana Fish and Game Department
Fish and Game Department
US Forest Service
Montana
State Land Board
Conservation Program for 06 Announced by ASC
C B Turnbull, chairman of the Teton county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee, announces that the 1956 Agricultural Conservation program has been approved for the county. Producers should contact the county ASC office before starting work and sign a request for assistance. The program includes grass and legume seeding, livestock water developments, and earth moving practices such as irrigation system re organization, irrigation dams, flood irrigation, drainage, and land leveling. April 16, 1956 is the deadline for initial sign up and final dates for signing for stubble mulch, strip cropping, and seeding irrigated pasture. No other deadlines exist beyond the requirement to sign a request for assistance before starting work.
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C B Turnbull
Teton County
ASC
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Odd Fellows Plan
Legion Party
Teton Bull
Ford
T. N. Austad
J. I Burch
FP. L Powers
Vlinker
Lowry Larson
Susan Kade
Gus Kade
M.S.C. School of Nursing
Community Memorial Hospital
Mrs
Frank Stearns
Mesa, Ariz
Helena
Larry Banks
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