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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1960
Page
3
The Chateau based group with 11 members applied for non profit status as Ear Mountain Flying Club. It has bylaws and a board, plans an annual open meeting, and aims for about 20 members as interest grows.
The club recently bought a small plane for member use and it has now exceeded 100 hours of flying time. Licensed pilots and student pilots working toward licenses use the aircraft.
Hospital notes list admitted patients including Mrs. Alice Marantette and Mrs. Mary Porter of Choteau and Mrs. Bert Vincent of Fairfield. Births announced a daughter to Mrs. Laurence Swenson and a daughter to Mrs. Earl Blankenship. Dismissals include Mrs. Roy Konen and infant, and Mrs. Lois Haverty.
W Gordon McOmber of Fairfield files for re election as Teton County Representative. A Democrat and World War II veteran, he is 40, married with three children, and runs a diversified farm near Fairfield. He has held farm, civic, and business roles and chaired irrigation and water conservation in 1959.
Fidelity Chapter No. 18 OES met at the Masonic Temple in Chateau with discussion of ESTARL awards and an Americanism program. Sixty nine Montana Grand Chapter ESTARL awards totaling 500 dollars each have been given over seven years. notable awardees included Robert Lind and B S Crim. The event featured Rainbow Girls Julie Jautte and Gale Johnson singing patriotic songs. Friendship Night was moved to April 27 with other chapters delivering special numbers.
The piece argues the blood program has helped more locals than other services and draws both praise and criticism. It notes only 13 percent of Red Cross funds go to administration, lower than other health drives except Damon Runyan Cancer drive, and acknowledges isolated charges of self serving volunteers while emphasizing vast annual good from dedicated workers.
Choteau hosts the Annual District Science Fair this Saturday featuring topics in electricity magnetism light geology mineralogy physiology medicine zoology botany earth science and physical sciences with judges and contributors from MSU MSC Montana School of Mines and local institutions including Dr Lyall Crary Dr Gordon Haiberg Walter Partlow Richard Pugh and John Robison among others in Choteau and Great Falls.
Mr and Mrs George O H plan to leave tomorrow for Spokane for a tense visit with their daughter Ryuv and family.
Too late to classify for sale first and second cutting alfalfa 40 ton location 20 miles south on Route 287 one mile east Stuart Kestner Augusta. There is an opening for one person in each Wednesday afternoon dressmaking class and Thursday afternoon beginners sewing class sponsored by the high school call Mrs Buchanan at 2856 immediately.
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