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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1960
Page
1
The first Montana Junior Olympic A. A. U. Track Meet brings 245 participants from 32 Montana communities to Choteau High School field for a 10 a.m. start with preliminaries. Final events run 1 p.m. to 4 15 p.m. with 129 medals and certificates to be awarded.
The 1960 District 3 Montana High School Rodeo will be held at Augusta on Saturday and Sunday June 4 and 6. Boys compete in saddle bronc bareback roping bulldogging bull riding and cow cutting while girls enter queen contest breakaway roping pole bending barrel racing and cow cutting.
Several Chateau businessmen plan a nonpartisan rally Saturday evening June 4 inviting Ronald Otness to discuss questions raised in the Acantha. A three member panel will lead discussion. Time and place to be set for next week's paper. Otness speaks Wednesday at Dutton Legion hall at 8 p.m. with a coffee hour.
Robert Vaughn of Lethbridge Alberta spent the weekend visiting Mr and Mrs Wesley Cherry at their home.
The last week story on eighth grade graduation omitted five students. Elizabeth Joanne Nesbit Kenneth Nesbit Marsha Jane Newman James Eric Peebles Ronald Leo Pierre.
Thirty four seniors earned diplomas at the annual graduation ceremony held Tuesday with baccalaureate services the prior Sunday. Valedictorian Julie Jaumotte and salutatorian Beatrice Barton addressed the crowd. Scholarships were announced including Julie Jaumotte’s to Michigan State and Montana State College and Beatrice Barton’s to MSC and Pacific Lutheran.
The second Action Course in Practical Politics begins Tuesday evenings from 8 to 10 at the courthouse. The non partisan class aims to show how residents can participate in politics with a focus on parties in general. Bob Crocker invites interested people to join the nine week series and attend Tuesdays sessions.
H L Griffiths service officer from the Montana Veterans Welfare Commission will be in the Chateau area on Thursday June 2 at 1 p m due to the holiday. He will resume the regular schedule on June 15.
Choteau finished third in Class B at the state Interscholastic meet hosted by Montana State University in Missoula. Loyola of Missoula won Class B with 33 14 points, Libby second with 18%, and Choteau totaling 15%. Leroy Yeager led Choteau scoring, winning the low hurdles in 20.9 and placing high in the 100 yard dash, 220, and aiding a fourth place 1:34.9 relay effort that set a new Choteau record.
The County Commissioners schedule a public hearing to consider establishing a county free library with bookmobile service from Great Falls Public Library. The hearing is Monday June 20 at 10 am in the county courthouse courtroom. Estimated annual cost is 12000 dollars. Officials say residents may attend to offer opinions for or against the proposal.
Paul Briggs died at his home last May following months of illness due to cancer. Funeral services were held Monday at the Methodist Church with Rev. Grant Moore officiating. burial in Chateau Cemetery. Survivors include wife Anna Cooper, son William Briggs of Conrad, daughters Marjorie Halvorgon of Pendroy and Ethel Lindsey of Dupuyer.
The fifth annual Huckfinn Day sponsored by the Choteau Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held Sunday June 5 at Choteau Park. Registration starts at 7 am and includes games prizes for all children 12 and under and a largest fish prize from Spring Creek before noon. Treats of ice cream pop hot dogs and more will be provided. Darrel Lawrance chairs the event with Jay-Dees support from local merchants and residents.
Don Nutter of Sidney Republican candidate for governor will speak at a no host luncheon at the Cornell Hotel Wednesday at 1 p.m. An announcement from Ted Saylor, chairman of the Republican Central Committee, says the event is open to the public and attendees should contact Cornell management.
Members of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars with auxiliaries hold their annual Memorial Day service at Chateau Cemetery starting 11 am. Jim Dellno delivers the address. Mrs Elmer Baker and Mrs James Hughes place a wreath for the Unknown Soldier. Chateau High School band under Frank Diener performs. Fr Charles G du Bois gives the Invocation.
Funeral services for Ben Groot 39 were held at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev A Bernard Gravdal presiding. Burial with full military honors followed in Chateau Cemetery veterans plot. Groot died of a heart attack May 17 at his Chateau home. He was born Sept 28 1919 to Tom and his Farmington area family. He served four years in the navy in WWII with action at Guadalcanal Bougainville Green and Christmas Islands. He lived in Choteau in winters and worked for road construction in summer and fall. Survivors include six sisters May Richem Grace Jacobs Marie Enderson Peg Richem Irene Gardner of Washington and three brothers John Tom of Choteau and Bill of Superior and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers Elmer Baker Jake Van Brunt Jens Jensen Walter Rogers Charles Rogers and Arthur Mauseth.
The Choteau American Legion V F W and auxiliaries will place a flowering plant on each soldier grave in Beck Bynum Choteau and Farmington cemeteries for Memorial Day Monday Relatives and friends will place flowers as in the past An evergreen spray with a memorial poppy and buddy poppy will also be laid by the auxiliaries
James E. Hofto son of Mr and Mrs Anne Hofto of Great Falls and formerly of Dutton will be ordained a priest in the Catholic Church this Sunday in Pass Christian Mississippi He will be ordained by Rev Richard Gerow bishop of Natchez Jackson His first Solemn Mass will be in St Benedicts Church Seattle June 5 Hofto was born in Dutton attended local schools served in the navy in World War II studied at Seattle University and completed seminary work at Our Lady of Snows Scholastic in Pass Christian
Leo Dahl and his son Duane take over Chateau Standard Station from Don Buckingham who ran the business about a year. Dahl came from Great Falls where he worked two years with John Deere Implement Co. He previously farmed in North Dakota for 14 years and spent a year with Standard Oil Co. He and his wife and son now reside in Chateau. his daughter lives in Great Falls.
The Men's City Bowling Assn will hold its annual meeting in the Lower Legion Hall Wednesday at 8 p.m. President Howard Truchot says officers will be elected and city tournament awards will be presented. League trophy winners will be announced to all league bowlers.
The Acantha prints responses from four candidates including A. L. Williams and others. Questions cover topics like sales tax highway funding wheat development and tax treatment of cooperatives. The piece notes the May 19 deadline for views and references continued discussion on page 10.
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