Rail merger eyed to speed crosscountry freight
Holmquist argues current rail routes lose to trucking as highways shorten trips. A merger of four railroads could create a continuous system from Chicago to Seattle and Portland, improving transcontinental traffic and cutting car checking and servicing costs with modern equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Seattle
Portland
Holmquist
Midwest
Burlington Lines
Minneapolis
Northern Pacific Lines
North Dakota
Great Northern
Montana
Sandpoint
Ida
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Wash
Two Injured In Car Wreck Near Augusta
Two Chateau youths were injured when a 1954 Ford Sunliner skidded on a snow patch near the Sun River bridge three miles north and one mile east of Augusta. Melvin Black 18 and Jay Leigland 16 were thrown from the car as it rolled over, later treated at Teton Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 287
Augusta
Melvin
Black
Jay Leigland
Sun River Bridge
Henry Helf
Teton Memorial Hospital
Chateau
Chateau Play Day showcases 14 schools in boys track event
Fourteen schools and 196 grade school boys competed in Chateau Play Day with strong showings across Class A and B events. Chateau athletes led with a record tying 57.8 second 440 yard relay and top showings in sprints, hurdles, vault, and high jump while seniors from St. Thomas and Fairfield earned plaques for top divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Fairfield
Cut Bank
Simms
Sunburst
Conrad
Augusta
Dutton
Fort Benton
Box Elder
Brady
St. Gerards
St. Thomas
St. Marys
Great Falls
Jim Waltermire
John Peebles
Mike Dellno
Jim Larson
Larson
Ronnie Swartzel
Jim Scott
Doug Sterley
Jerry Cummings
Tom Dellno
Leroy Banis
Gary Crane
Dennis Seaton
Swartzel
Forrest
Banis
Dellno
Jon Burdsall
Mike Shoquist
Dave Dunk
Dennis Ransel
Wedding Shower for Marlene Weist at Agawam Club House
A wedding shower for Marlene Weist is set at the Agawam Club House at 8 p.m. on Friday May 12. Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Weist
Agawam Club
Choteau JayCees Offer Night Safety Tape for Bikes
Choteau JayCees arrange safety reflector tape for boys and girls bikes. Any child may have their bicycle taped at Choteau Texaco Service Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau JayCees
Choteau Texaco
Otto Schaefer Hospitalized With Heart Condition
Otto Schaefer is hospitalized at The Columbus Hospital in Great Falls with a heart condition. He is under medical observation as doctors assess his condition and outline treatment options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Schaefer
Theolumbus Hospital
Great Falls
Bar Hours Extended for 60 Day Trial in Chateau District
City council approves a 60 day trial extension of bar closing hours from midnight to 2 am starting May 1. The move follows bar owners requests and coincides with work on the Minute Man missile project in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D P. Fabrick
Leonard Sheble
Carl Field
Fred Barribal
George Henderson
Leo Murphy
Maurice Black
James Sulgrove
Ted Saylor
Country Club Heights
Pete Frazier
Don Reiser
Chateau
Ey Polite
Lutherans at Dutton Plan New Bethany Church
The Bethany Lutheran Church of Dutton will build a new church to house Sunday School and church activities. A planning committee presented three options, and a large majority voted to proceed with a new facility. A building committee led by Jerald McRae and several trustees and officers were appointed. locations are under review and an architect will meet with the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany Lutheran Congregation
Dutton
Jerald McRae
James Cheetham
M. E. Fichtner
Glenn Hansen
Boyd
Jerald » McRae
Henry’ Rosholt
Bernard Gravdal
Darrell Goodmundson
Alan Odden
Gravdal
Bethany
Lutheran ‘Church
Harvey Ni
Pre-School Roundup Next Wednesday at Choteau Grade School
The Choteau Grade School will hold a roundup in the cafeteria from 3 to 4 p m on Wednesday for first grade and kindergarten eligibility in September 1961. Children must be six by Oct 15 for first grade and five by Oct 15 for kindergarten. Parents should register by card or designate a friend if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Chateau
Proclamation Declares May 7 14 1961 Music Week
Chateau mayor D P Fabrick proclaims May 7 to 14 1961 as National Music Week urging community programs to celebrate music through making studying listening and participation in Chateau Montana. The notice cites music as a vital community force and calls for public enjoyment and appreciation during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BoDk Fabrick
Chateau
Montana
Urge
A. D
Crazy Days Planned in Choteau by Chamber of Commerce
The Choteau Chamber of Commerce plans a first ever Crazy Days event for Choteau on Saturday June 3. Merchants will set up sidewalk tables with specials and participants will wear old, quirky clothes. Nearby communities anticipate the new local tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Eureka and Willow Creek Reservoirs Stocked With Rainbows Near Chateau
Montana Fish and Game, via Lowell Meyers, reports Eureka and Willow Creek Reservoirs received nearly 200000 Rainbow trout last week. Plantings include 104480 two to three inch Rainbows in Eureka and 86800 more, plus 200000 Rainbows in Willow Creek Reservoir. This marks the largest allocations to these waters, as drought limits nearby lakes. The shift aims to produce multiple two pound fish rather than few large fish, with poison/restock done last October to allow outlet-work by the Teton Cooperative Canal Co. Legal-size stock is expected by August or September. streams will wait until late June for new plantings. A Crazy Days event with breakfast, live turkeys, greased pigs, draws, matinee for kids, and donor efforts by local merchants is planned, with the chamber committee coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Fish and Game Department
Eureka Reservoir
Chateau
Lowell Meyers
Teton County
Willows Creek
Eureka
Fish and Game Department
Meyers
Teton Cooperative Canal Co
Willow Creek
Jerry Regimbal
Milton McNea
Arvid Sunder
Duane Reisch
Bob Scott
Meeting Friday for Babe Ruth League Coaching
All boys interested in Babe Ruth League baseball this summer are asked to attend a meeting Friday at 7 pm in the lower Weston Hall. Men willing to coach or umpire Babe Ruth League games are also requested to attend. Players must be born between September 2, 1945 and August 31, 1948 to be eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
Weston Hall
Bouma Named Authorized Montgomery Ward Dealer in Choteau
Gene Brushard and Lloyd Hoden representing Montgomery Ward Co. announce Bouma, Harold Bouma of Bouma Post Yard, as the authorized dealer for tires batteries and similar merchandise in Choteau. An open house starts Saturday at 10 am with free coffee doughnuts and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Brushard
Lloyd Howden
Montgomery ‘Ward Co
Great Falls
Choteau
Harold. Bouma
Bouma Post Yard
Trinity Lutheran banquet tickets available
Tickets remain for the Trinity Lutheran mother-daughter banquet set for May 19 at 9 pm in the church. Obtain from Loretta Young by calling III 6 2639 or Helen Stenaesi at II 6 3392.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Loretta» Young
Helen
Stenaesi
Bowling Tourney Starts This Week
The fourth annual Mixed Doubles invitational bowling tournament starts this weekend at A and E Lanes with entrants from Chateau Helena Great Falls and Fairfield. The event runs each weekend in May and last year winners Jack Rogers and Rose Slanger claimed $300 first prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Helena
Great Falls
Fairfield
Jack Rogers
Rose Slanger
Eureka Workday At Eureka Lake By Sportsmen’s Assn
Teton County Sportsmen's Association calls its annual workday at Eureka Lake for Sunday. Members will install three fireplaces construct a floating dock rework the children's swimming area and perform general cleanup. All men interested in helping are welcome to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County Sportsmen’s Ass’n
Eureka Lake
Association
Eureka
Blood Draws Fall Short of Quota at Local Red Cross
A Red Cross blood drawing at the Chateau Metho dist Church collected 48 pints, 17 below the 66 pint quota. Credit goes to Legion Auxiliary Rainbow Girls and many volunteers from Farmington Bynum Pendroy Collins Agawam Augusta and Hutterite colonies Rockport Miller New Rockport Milford along with donors and staff and radio stations KFBB and KMON Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Agawam
Augusta
Rockport
Miller
New Rockport
Milford
KFBB
KMON
Great Falls
Choteau Dominates Fairfield Lions Track Meet
Choteau High School swept the Fairfield Lions Club track meet, scoring 71 percent of the points led by standout Jerry Asay who set a new pole vault record at 11 feet 3 4 inches. LeRoy Yeager tied the low hurdles record in 21.7 seconds as Choteau claimed multiple event wins and top finishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Fairfield Lions Club
Fairfield
Dutton
Fort Benton
Simms
Denton
Jerry Asay
LeRoy Yeager
Mile
Ballantyne
Joramo
Loomis
Kelly
Baker
Trebesch
Scott
R. Yeager
Sparks
Young
Asay
Schultz
Duttony
R. R.yeager
Also Mentioned on This Page
ICC
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
General Welfare
National Defense
Commission
Pacific & Burlington
Chateau High School
Shelby
Robert Gormley
Carl Johnson
Dave LaFond
Bob Laumeyer
Russell "Koch
Woody Ragar
Marc Anderson
Diane Sundet
D. P. Fabrick
Eureka, Willow Creek
Bouma
Montgomery Ward
Red Cross
Chateau Methodist Church
Grant Curtis
Barber
Fry
L. Yeager
Huffman
Harmon
Thorne
Wilson
Nash
Kelleher
Udin
Silvius
Wait
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!