Choteau High Teams Host Annual Acantha Track Meet
The Choteau High School boys and girls track teams host the Acantha track meet on CHS track this Saturday May 14. The upcoming divisional meet in Conrad May 20 and 21 will determine state qualification for May 26-28 in Billings. At Conrad last week Chateau boys placed sixth as Shelby won. girls edged Malta 75 2 to 73 to lead contenders for the conference crown.
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Choteau High School
Conrad
Billings
Shelby
Malta
Chateau
Rusty Dailey
Bart Crabtree
Skip Higgins
Heckerman Funeral Rites Held Saturday in Choteau
Alfred L. Heckerman aged 46 died May 5 after months of illness in Cho teau. Funeral services were held May 7 at Burns Funeral Chapel with Rev. Allen Adams, burial in Choteau cemetery. Survivors include his widow Dorothy, daughter Jody and son Neil, his mother and two brothers. He served in the Air Force during Korea and worked with the Soil Conservation Service. He was active in Scouting and 4 H programs.
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Alfred L. Heckerman
Choteau
Burns Funeral
Allen Adams
Sam Luinstra
Merlin Berg
Jay Cole
al Tesch
Charles Fellows
Brad Heckerman
Dave Buchanan
Jim Reardon
Col. Bynum
Bill Richter
Vernon Scott
Gale Isakson
Heckerman
Great Falls
Belt High School
University of Montana
South Dakota State University
Air Force
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dorothy Andrews
Belt
The
Soil Conservation Service
Jody
Neil
Hilna Heckerman
Fred R
Rolling Halls
Calif
William L
Jackson
Wyo
Lions Celebrate 50th Anniversary This Saturday
Chateau Lions mark their 50th anniversary with a May 14 dinner dance at the city pavilion. Invited clubs from nearby towns join a social hour at 6 30 p m, with a program honoring charter member Dick Fabrick, new member inductions, awards, and an address by Lions District Governor Kedrick Flint. The Toenyes Family Orchestra provides the dance music.
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Chateau Lions
City Pavilion
Dick Fabrick
Lions District
Kedrick Flint
Cut Bank
Toenyes
Rains Bring Patchy Moisture and Tornado Wind Damage
After over a month with no precipitation, rain showers brought nearly half an inch to the area but varied widely. A miniature tornado struck Stan Rauscher’s farm at ten p.m. Monday, tearing a 40 by 60 foot shed roof and tossing debris near the home. Snowpack remains below average with runoff forecasts near record lows, threatening irrigation water shortages by mid June.
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Chateau
Rauscher
Special Levy Election Set For Schools
A special levy election for Choteau schools will be held Saturday May 21 at Choteau High School from noon to 8 pm. The high school asks for 3.9 mills to raise 31350 for maintenance and operation compared to last year's 4.59 mills for 37473. The grade school asks for 22.9 mills to raise 98750 for maintenance and operation versus last year's 22.18 mills for 97234.
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Choteau
Choteau High School
Chateau High School
Chateau
Choteau High Band Plans May 17 Mini Tour
The Choteau High Band will tour on Tuesday May 17 performing favorite concert pieces from the past year. Concerts are set for Simms High School at 1 pm and Augusta High School at 2415.
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Choteau High School
Simms High School
Augusta High School
Farmington Road Plans Confirmed as Priority Project
Commissioner Bud Olson states Farmington north road is already county priority and won’t be changed. Eight and a half miles are set for bid in April 1978 at an estimated 2.356 million dollars, with the next four miles costing about 1.1 million slated for 1981 or later. The Pendroy to Dupuyer highway remains under State Highway Department review with no immediate start.
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Chamber of Commerce
Farmington North Road
Bud Olson
Olson
Dupuyer
State Highway Department
Spring Concert Set For Sunday at Chateau High School
The Chateau High School Music Department presents a spring concert on Sunday May 15 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. The band choir and modern choir perform with solos and ensembles from spring festival participants. Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for students without activity tickets.
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Chateau High School
Gordon McOmber Named State Agriculture Director
Gordon McOmber the longtime Teton County legislator from Fairfield was appointed by Gov. Thomas L. Judge to head Montana agriculture. He will resign his current post and take the job June 15 succeeding George Lackman who resigned April 15. McOmber vows direct communication with farmers ranchers and agri businesses while drawing on decades of service in the Montana Legislature and farming background.
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Gordon McOmber
Teton
Fairfield
Thomas L. Judge
McOmber
Montana Senate
George Lackman
Senate
Lackman
Billings
Judge
Towe
Sen. McOmber
Dennis
Mia Amerieae
Syscoidge
Montana
State Senate
House of Representatives
State Water Pollution Control Board
Montana State University Advisory Council
Greenfield
Greenfield Irrigation District
Sun River
Greenfield Farmers’ Oil Co
Montana Farmers Union
National Farmers Organization
March of Dimes Walk-a-Thon Set for Saturday Across Area
The second annual March of Dimes Walk-a-Thon will be held this Saturday May 14 with Jaycees chair Steve Larson oversee. Hikers register at Chateau High School 8 to 9 am and proceed along a 3 mile or longer route with sponsors per mile. Prizes donated by Chateau merchants and refreshments offered. event proceeds go to the March of Dimes campaign fund.
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March of Dimes
Steve Larson
Jaycees
Larson
Chateau High School
Choteau
Augusta
Chateau
Choteau Elementary Pre-School Roundup Scheduled
Choteau Elementary will hold its annual pre-school roundup in Room 23 on Wednesday May 18 from 3 30 to 5 00 pm to register new pupils for 1977 78. District No 1 residents may register for kindergarten or first grade. others contact the District Superintendent at the High School by phone 466 2230.
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Choteau
No-1
Teton County
Chateau
Jim Crane Wins Iowa Press Award
The Ottumwa Courier of Ottumwa Iowa earned first place for editorial excellence among Iowa daily newspapers awarded by the Iowa Press Association. Editor Jim Crane son of D B Crane of Chateau. Crane studied at Chateau schools and graduated from the University of Montana.
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Ottumwa Courier
Ottumwa
Iowa
Iowa Press Association
Jim Crane
D. B. Crane
Chateau
Crane
University of Montana At
Missoula
The
Missoulian
Eighteen Inducted Into Chateau Honor Society
Eighteen Chateau High School students were initiated into the National Honor Society at a banquet last Wednesday evening at the United Methodist Church. New members include seniors Sally Evensen, Jacque Jensen, Gary Klotz, Larry Klotz, Susie Linville, Dru Nordhagen and juniors Sondra Baker, Brenda Baumgartner, Kelly Guthrie, Diane Lightner, Ken Spinder, April Stott, Jack Stott, Sherrie Stott, Kim Swenson, Marc Baker, Gloria Neckstad, and Jane McFarlane.
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Chateau High School
United Methodist Church
Sally Evensen
Jacque Jensen
Gary Klotz
Larry Klotz
Susie Linville
Dru Nordhagen
Sondra Baker
Brenda Baumgartner
Kelly Guthrie
Diane Lightner
Ken Spinder
April Stott
Jack Stott
Sherrie Stott
Kim Swenson
Marc Baker
Gloria Neckstad
Jane McFarlane
Cut Worm Sightings Reported in Dutton and Collins Areas
Bill Richter of the Teton County Extension office reports pale western cut worms found in the Dutton and Collins areas. Producers should inspect bare strip margins and plant bases for worms and apply Endrin treatment only, 4's pound for 45 days, as a single application. Do not graze or feed treated forage to livestock.
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Bill Richter
Teton County
Dutton
Collins
Choteau Fireworks Fund Drive Under Way
Choteau firefighters have begun planning the July 4 fireworks show for the year. Donations can be left at Citizens State Bank Gambles Choteau Drug Isakson's Choteau Acantha or Leo's Shoe Shop. The drive seeks public support to fund the 12th annual display with orders due by early June.
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Choteau
Citizen's State Bank
Gambles
Choteau Drug
Isakson's
Choteau Acantha
Leo's
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Rick Zier
Mark Murray
Will Rasmussen
Zier
Kirk Dunckel
Sally Evenson
Laura Stott
Julie Evensen
Karla Thronson
Kathy Kimmet
Theresa Scott
Connie Kimmet
Sharla Hinman
Michelle Hofeldt
Cheteau
D. P. Fabrick
Barbara J. Anderson
James Hamilton
Glen Stoudt
Bob Nauck
Stoudt
Dan Mayson
Lions
Choteau High Band
Farmington
Sen
Thomas Towe
Ers
Gerden McOmber
Teton Nursing Home
Iowa Press Award
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