City Council Announces April Election Polling Places
City Council sets polling places for the April 3 election changing Ward I voting from the lower Legion hall to the Masonic Hall and Ward II voting from City Hall to the Library building. Open burning now requires a District Sanitarian permit and is unlawful without one. The council also approved election judges, a mobile home permit, a sewer district plan, bids for water line work, and a cement driveway permit for Phillips 66 in Choteau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
Masonic Hall
Legion
City Hall
Bob Nauck
Jim Smith
Michael Clasby
Conrad
Board of Adjustments
Everett Sassa
Hazletts Addition
Donald Petrilli
Cowgill
7Th Ave
Phillips 66 Petroleum Company
Big Sky 66
Choteau
Augusta FFA to Host Glacier District Conference
The Augusta FFA chapter sends thirteen members to the Glacier District Conference in Augusta on March 24. Competitions include Farm Mechanics, Crops and Grains Judging, General Agriculture, FFA and Parliamentary Procedure, Star Greenhand, and Sweetheart contest. Participants from Choteau and other towns join. public speaking by Alvin Zier at Choteau High School at 7:30 p.m.
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Chateau Chapter
FFA
Augusta
Future Farmers of America
Corrine Baker
Glacier
Yo-Ag
Choteau
Fairfield
Cascade
Conrad
Simms
Choteau High School
Alvin Zier
Track Cinders To Be Hauled From Pendroy
Pendroy area residents are urged to supply trucks for hauling cinders to Chateau High School for a new track. The loading starts 8 a.m. Saturday March 24 with Gary Richem’s crew using a 1% yard loader. Cinders are located north of Pendroy and haul distance is about 30 miles with possible two trips if needed.
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Herald Depner
Chateau High School
Pendrey
Depner
Gary Richem
Richem Construction
Chateau
Pendroy
Herold Depner
Grass Fire Extinguished in Cowgill Addition
Firemen battled a large grass fire in the Cowgill Addition Tuesday afternoon near Sheila Stokes home. The blaze, quickly out of control, spread toward the northwest brush near Gideon Shepherd residence and reached the Stokes trailer floor, causing minor exterior damage as siding was removed to reach the fire.
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Chateau
Sheila Stokes
Cowgill
Gideon Shepherd
Stokes
Leaders Named in Men's City Bowling Tournament
Leaders emerged after the first weekend of play in the Men's City Association Bowling Tournament. Triangle Distributors lead the team event with 3091 pins, A and E Lanes second at 3016, Stinchfield Insurance third at 2989. Andy Brutosky tops singles with 676 pins, closely followed by Stan Rasmussen 669 and Ed Van DeKop 667. Slanger and Yeager lead doubles with 1305, Asmus and Toenges second at 1267, Fuhringer and Keel third at 1230. Slanger leads All Events with 2009 points, Asmus second 1888, Reeve third 1877. Slanger also posts high game 246 and high series 566 along with high All-Events series 1661. One weekend remains and signups are at A and K Lanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle Distributors
A & E Lanes
Stinchfield Insurance
Andy Brutosky
Stan Rasmussen
Ed van DeKop
Jack Slanger
Glen Yeager
Louie Asmus
Barney Toenges
Rudy Fuhringer
Leo Keel
Darwin Reeve
Slanger
A& K
Mrs Showalter Dies in Wyoming
Word reached Choteau that Mrs. Alice Showalter of Lovell Wyoming died on Tuesday February 20. She was the mother of Mrs. Alma Knudtzon Petersen and had visited Choteau several times.
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Choteau
Alice Showalter
Lovell
Wyo
Northern Division B C Teams Do Well in State Tournaments
The Northern Division fared strongly in the state basketball tourneys last weekend. Power Pirates of Teton County won the title beating Manhattan Christian 51 42 after OT wins over Twin Bridges 46 44 and Custer 51 42, with Rodney Tweet scoring 23 in 14 minutes of the second half. Browning and Conrad finished 2nd and 3rd. Stiffarm Hanley Schlepp and Goss Guardipee earned all state honors.
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Power Pirates
Teton County
Browning
Conrad
Power
Dennis Williams
Custer
Pirates
Twin Bridges
Manhattan
Christtian
Rodney Tweet
Tweet
Ing
Red
Indians
Chateau
Cowboys
Arthur Stiffarm
John Hanley
Alan Schlepp
Rodney Goss
Carl Guardipee
Newells Sell The Corral To Passmores
Mr and Mrs Fritz Newell announce the sale of The Corral to Mr and Mrs Don Passmore effective Monday March 19 The Corral began in space once Ellen’s 50 years ago and moved to its present site The Passmores are Chateau area natives with Mrs Passmore a Bynum and Choteau High School graduate and Mr Passmore a Choteau schools graduate They will continue farming east of Chateau and have no immediate plans for the store’s future
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Newell
Corral
Don Passmore
Newells
Ellen
Passmore
Bynum
Choteau High School
Choteau
Passmores
Chateau
School Election Filing Closes For Trustees
Filing for trustee posts to the local school board closed last Saturday with district races in District No. 1 where Tom Evensen Ray Anderson and Bill McCauley seek two three year terms. Incumbents Evensen and Anderson. Lowry Larson seeks re election for By num District No. 12 and Howard Fisher for Pendrey District 61. The clerk said a special mill levy for operation and maintenance will likely be similar to last year with exact figures to be published next week.
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Tom Evensen
Ray Anderson
Bill McCauley
Evensen
Anderson
Lowry Larson
Bynum District No. 12
Howard Fisher
Pendrey
William Olsen
Acantha
Chateau High eyes track season with 35 prospects
Chateau High School begins track season with 35 prospects. Coach Fay Buck lists 11 returning lettermen, including Lee McCauley and Chuck Young, with eight seniors and three juniors among them. Greg Crabtree, a junior, also joins, focusing on hurdles and sprints. The team’s first meet is the Bozeman Invitational on April 7, with about 10 athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau High School
Fay Buck
Buck
Lee McCauley
Chuck Young
Pat Whealy
Jim Hinman
Ralph LaRance
Jerry Breen
Steve Buck
Carl Dreyer
Mike Thronson
Richard Allen
Brian Brutosky
Greg Crabtree
Chateau
Dayton Gallery Opens in Choteau with Grand Opening
Jim and Gwenn Dayton invite the public to the Dayton Gallery and Trading Post grand opening this Saturday March 24 in the former Choteau Locker building. The shop features local and professional art, paintings and bronzes with a door prize drawing Saturday evening.
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Jim and
Gwenn Dayton
Dayton Gallery and Trading Post
Choteau
Choteau Cleaners
Daytons
Chateau
Kim
Russ
Dayton
Wyoming
Syracuse University
N. Y
Warner Brothers Movie Studio
Amado
Ariz
Boeing Company
Stanton
Chateau Area to Promote Tourism Through 1973 Brochure
Choteau Chamber of Commerce and Inter-Park Inc plan a magazine style brochure for 1973 tourist season. Fifty thousand copies will highlight each community along Highway 89 and 287 with full pages. Chateau merchants are asked to contribute about $10 each to cover a page, with the chamber covering part of the cost.
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The
Chateau Chamber of Commerce
Inter-Park, Inc
Montana
Yellowstone
Glacier Parks
Gardiner
West Yellowstone
Glacier Park
Browning
Chateau
Chamber
Jack Rogers
Chamber of Commerce
Chateau Area
Rogers
Knaff Elected District President of Rebekahs
Mrs. Elmer Knaff of Choteau was elected District President at the District No. 4 Rebekah meeting in Choteau. Joyce Goodwin will be vice president and Mrs. Clark Inbody secretary treasurer for the coming year. Edith Morris, outgoing district president, presided as speakers included Frances Botts and Tena Reitan. The event, with Odd Fellows, drew 184 at lunch and 112 at the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Knaff
Choteau
Rebekah
Joyce Goodwin
Bert
Clark Inbody
Edith Morris
Fort Benton
Frances Botts
Assembly
Rosebud
Tena Reitan
Great Falls
Rebekahs
Odd Fellows
Chateau
James Hamilton
Republican Women To Meet March 30
Teton County Republican Women will meet Friday March 30 in the Cornell Hotel dining room at 2 p.m. Members are asked to attend as there will be many items of new business to be voted on. There will be a door prize and coffee hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Cornell
Chateau
Jennie Read Dies on Friday
Jennie Read died Friday March 16 at age 86. Funeral services were held Tuesday March 20 at Banks Chapel with Rev. Allen Adams officiating and Banks Funeral Home in charge. Burial followed at Chateau Cemetery. Read, born May 10 1886 in Minnesota, lived near Everett Washington and Pendroy. She married Bret Read in 1927 who died in 1945. Survivors include two granddaughters Mrs Lyle Carden Denver Colorado and Mrs John Spence Battleground Washington and four great grandchildren.
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Banks Chapel
Jennie Read
Allen Adams
Banks Funeral Home
Marge Hanusa
Ora Knowlton Jr
James Peebles
Emerson Earles
Duard Pollock
John Peebles
Larry Dellno
Chateau
Read
Minnesota
Everett
Wash
Pendroy
Bret Read
Lyle Carden
Denver
Colo
John Spence
Battleground
Choteau Soroptimist Style Show Plans Progressing
The Choteau Soroptimist club advances with its annual style show On the Wings of Spring set for Friday March 30 in the Choteau High School auditorium. Tickets cost 1 in advance or 1 25 at the door with proceeds supporting civic projects and door prizes for attendees.
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Choteau High School
Bob Nauck
Nauck
Genevieve Loch Rites Held at Dutton
Funeral services for Genevieve I Loch 43 were held at St William’s Catholic Church Dutton with Rev Thomas Gannon officiating. Burial followed in Dutton Cemetery. Survivors include her husband and several children, sisters, and a brother. She died suddenly at her ranch east of Dutton after a life of community involvement.
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Jerold F
Genevieve I.) Loch
Dutton
Loch
Havre
Nazarene College
Nampa
Idaho
Chinook
Altar Society
St. Williams Church
Iola Randles
Dennis LeRoy
Lee Allen
Corlis L
Laura L
Anna) Johns
Great Falls
Margaret Ann Loch
Fort Devens
Mass
John
Rosalee) Robinson
Columbia Falls
Leonard
Bonnie) Cox
Independence
Kan
Charles
Mollie) Ebert
Whitehall
Jack
Lillian) Padjett
Sheldon Blatt
Florence
Ariz
St William’s Catholic Church
Thomas Gannon
Dutton Cemetery
Water rights bills dominate legislature session
The Montana Legislature debates water rights measures, including a wild rivers bill and a centralized permit system. Supporters praise a long fought measure granting state issued permits and recognizing recreational uses, while critics warn of farm conflicts and broader controls. A select committee will refine HB133 to protect private property and limit Fish and Game Commission authority.
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Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Gordon McGowan
Highwood
Sen. L. M. Aber
Columbus
Fish and Game Commission
Francis Bardanouve
Harlem
Bardanouve
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Augusta Ffa
Inter-Park
Choteau Chamber
Genevieve Loch
Robert E. Miller
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