Board classifies future Chateau grade teaching staff
The School District Novy board filled next year’s Chateau grade teaching slots after offering contracts. Returning staff include Mrs. Harrison Craig, Mrs. Harry Van derwark, Miss Slocum and Claude Whitley. New hires are Dorothy Rueter, Ruby Stipe, Martha Pahl, Trende, and Charlotte Johnson, with Johnson and Trende awaiting contract acceptances. A library room was offered to the Chateau Woman’s Club for free use in the grade school basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
John W.hall
Chateau
Myrna Cole
Shelby
Winfred Alsaker
Ruby A. Miller
Harrison Craig
Harry Vanderwark
Slocum
Claude Whitley
Ruth Arrison
Mildred Baker
Grace Dedrick
Dorothy Rueter
Diamond
Washington
Arrison
Ruby Stipe
Martha Pahl
Stockett
Preparations for county track meet await good weather Saturday
County superintendent Mrs Anna E Stafford reports preparations are complete for the annual district school track meet after two postponements due to storms. Records set last year by Hoffman and McGregor stand alongside other tall marks as Power, Choteau, and Dutton vie for top honors. Exhibits of school handiwork are being arranged at the American Legion pavilion under Mrs Stafford’s supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna E. Stafford
Acantha
Arnold Hoffman
Power
Fred
Chas. Davis
Chateau
Jack McGregor
Geo. Loomis
Irving Trebisch
Dutton
Margaret Morgan
Ethel
Choteau
Allan Odden
Harmon Rhoads
Raymond Lee
Kenneth Ragland
Ward Dash
Fred Hoffman
Earl Bennett
Frank Gordon
John Yeager
Theodore Giese
Ethel Morgan
Magdalen Goodell
Anna Pfeifle
Magdalen Gooddell
Gertrude Dion
Fairfield
Carl Burglund
Susie Burns
American Legion
Stafford
M. R. Davis
Cascade
Sudden Death of Mrs Henry Mapston Shocks Friends
Mrs Ora Mapston Mapston died after a major operation at Chateau hospital at age 23. Born in North Carolina she moved to Montana seven years ago, lived with Parker family then at Choteau, worked at Beaupre Cafe and other homes. She is survived by husband Henry Mapston and several siblings in North Carolina and Tennessee. Funeral Friday at two in the M. E. church in Chateau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mapston
Chateau Hospital
Ora Whitson
Mapston
North Carolina
Montana
Grover Parker
Parker Ranch
Choteau
Beaupre Cafe
Parker
M., EB
Wife of Richard Ellis Dies at Great Falls Home
Mrs. Opal M. Ellis wife of Richard T. Ellis of the Ellis Baskett ranch northwest of Chateau died Monday morning at the Ellis home in Great Falls after a peritonitis illness. She leaves Mr. Ellis her parents Mr and Mrs Ben Marsh of Great Falls a son a daughter and a sister Mrs George Robertson of California. The Ellis family spend winters in Great Falls and summers on the ranch near Chateau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal M. Ellis
Richard T. Ellis
Ellis & Baskett
Chateau
Ellis
Great Falls
Mr. Ellis
Ben Marsh
George Robertson
California
Rings in the Sawdust operetta delights grade school crowd
Children under Miss Winifred Ulsaker staged a two act operetta Rings in the Sawdust in the high school auditorium. The performance featured circus ground scenery and costumes that added realism and earned generous praise from the audience despite a storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Winifred Ulsaker
Exhibits at pavilion open to public on Saturday
Stafford urges all possible visitors to view the pavilion displays while they are open all day Saturday. The exhibits feature work from outlying districts and the grade school display is at the grade school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford
Class of 1927 to Receive Diplomas at Teton High
Twenty nine seniors from Teton County High School will graduate next Thursday evening as principal A B Guthrie announces the four year course completion. Melvin Bueling is valedictorian with Misa Agnes Nasser as salutatorian. the class includes Gladys Andrews, Gwennyn Burch, Imogene Butcher and others. Activities begin with baccalaureate Sunday, a Gem banquet, class night, then commencement and the Junior Prom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County High School
A. B. Guthrie
Melvin Bueling
Bert McNeal
John Mamuzich
Lucile Morgan
Agnes Nasser
Olive Olen
Patsey Pridham
Eleanor Snyder
Myles Standish
Clarence Stephens
Giles Trescott
Lloyd Weiser
Ralph Wright
Hazel Upman
P. W. Dierberger
Great Falls
jAlemans Association
Teton
Cho ¢House
K. of P
Ithe
J. M. Hamilton
State College At
Bozeman
Rings in the Sawdust Delightful School Production
Solo principals led scenes with a trained mixed chorus earning vigorous applause. Irish teen girls and jungle garb Hotten tots enlivened the comic touches as the grade school orchestra under Miss Ulsaker provided music. The production praised the talent of children, director Miss Ruby A Miller, and staff cooperation. Receipts totaled $114.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epiteens
Miss Ulsaker
Girls’ Glee Club
Ruby A. Miller
Ulsaker
County Dads Order Erection of 50 Foot Flagpole on Court House Lawn
The county board, urged by the American Legion, ordered a 50 foot flagpole to stand on the court house lawn ready by Memorial Day. Excavation is seven feet deep, with concrete footing. The board also authorized two Avery power road maintainers to clean and trim county ditches and to deploy one per commissioner district. Routine business and a road inspection followed the May session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
American Legion Post
H. W. Bateman
Bert I. Packer
Court House
Avery Power Road
Bord
Local breeders ship purebreds to Montana buyers
Local breeders of purebred stock find strong markets beyond Teton county. Chateau sent two shipments within Montana on Monday. Ben Gordon delivered four Brown Swiss dairy cattle head plus a young bull and three cows to G M Calkins in Chappel. H L Halladay, famed for his Hereford herd, sent nine head to L D Pugsley at Chester and two young bulls to H S Chambers at Shelby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Ben Gordon
G. M. Calkins
Chappel
Montana
H. L. Halladay
L. D. Pugsley
Chester
H. S. Chambers
Shelby
Second Installment 1926 Taxes Due May 31
County Treasurer Otto Wagnild warns property taxpayers in Chateau area that the second installment 1926 taxes for state county and schools district and City of Chateau are due by May 31 delaying delinquency after that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Otto Wagnild
Legion Auxiliary Plans Annual Poppy Sale Soon
The American Legion Auxiliary of Chateau Post No. 6 will conduct a poppy sale between now and Memorial Day to fund welfare work for the children of deceased and disabled veterans. The sale supports service families, with profits pledged to welfare relief, and notes the historical background of poppies and earnings for disabled veterans who made them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Chateau Post No. 6
Bert I. Packer
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Local Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Report Big Time at Great Falls Meet
Choteau Lodge No. 11 Odd Fellows and Queen Rebekah Lodge members attended a district convention in Great Falls last Saturday. More than 300 members from the district were present, with the Montana Grand Master of Odd Fellows and degree work in both orders, plus social events including a banquet and a dance. Attending from Choteau were L. G. Passmore and spouse, Cecil Passmore and spouse, C. W. Burns and spouse, Wm. Cook and spouse, Gus Thompson and spouse, Mildred Baker, Mrs. B. M. Jacobson, C. H. Ferris, A. H. McGintis, Frank Young, Ray Halladay, Earl Halladay, Ronald Clearman, and George Gunther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau Lodge No
Queen Rebekah
Choteau
Great Falls
The
Odd Fellows
Montana
L. G. Passmore
Cecil Passmore
C. W. Burns
Wm. Cook
Gus Thompson
Mildred Baker
B. M. Jacobson
C. H. Ferris
A. H. McGintis
Frank Young
Ray Halladay
Earl Halladay
Ronald Clearman
George Gunther
Carl Hanson Burton Bench Pioneer Dies at 57
Carl Hanson prominent Burton Bench settler and countywide figure died Saturday at Gray hospital Chateau after a sudden illness at his ranch. Born January 18 1870 in Highland Prairie Minnesota he came to Montana in 1895 and became a respected farmer stockman. Funeral held Farmington Lutheran church with Rev G O Freseth officiating. burial in Farmington cemetery. Survived by wife Mrs Hanggn son Howard sister Mrs Edwin Mindrum four brothers and many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hanson
Burton Bench
Gray Hospital
Chateau
Hanson
Mr. Hanson
Highland Prairie
Fillmore County
Minnesota
Montana
Hanggn
Howard
Farmington
Edwin Mindrum
Osakis
Gunder Hanson
Power
Frank Hanson
Climax
Ole Hanson
Winger
Martin Hanson
Theodore Hanson
Farmington Lutheran Church
G O. Freseth
Conrad
Farmington Cemetery
Snowy May Delays Seeding In Teton County
More than an inch of moisture has fallen since May 4 in Teton county, mainly as snow driven by high winds. Seeding is delayed, lamb losses occur, and irrigation works face suspension as observers note heavy mountain snow and warnings to check reservoir dams for possible strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Robert Clarkson
Bynum Irrigation District
Chateau
Forest Service
Couple Sparks Welcome Daughter in Choteau Hospital
Prof and Mrs Frank Sparks of Augusta announce the birth of their daughter on Wednesday May 11 at the Choteau hospital. The newborn weighing appears to be healthy and is their first child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sparks
Augusta
Choteau Hospital
Red Cross Chairman Acknowledges Flood Relief Gifts
J C Morgan chairman of the Teton county chapter of the American Red Cross reports 166 in flood relief contributions. Chateau people gave 144, Dutton 8, Farmington 13. A third call has been relayed from relief headquarters and Morgan urges noncontributors to give at once, with a goal of at least one dollar per adult in the county. Contributions may be sent to Morgan or to A H Doughty, Treasurer, Choteau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Morgan
Teton County
American Red Cross
Chateau People
Dutton
Farmington
Mr. Morgan
A. H. Doughty
Choteau
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Woman's Club
Richard Ellis
Great Falls Home
First National Bank
Liberty Loan
Witt
Legion: Auxiliary
Rebekahs
T. O. Larson
H. C. Nyhus
J. B. Conner
Lars Nassett
Levert Syse
RED Cross
Esau
Citizens State Bank
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