Tons of Hay Burn at Hanusa Ranch
About 140 tons of baled hay burned in two fires at the Arnold Hanusa ranch two miles southwest of Chateau. The first stack held 125 tons and burned Thursday. a 15 ton stack burned Sunday. Fire crews from Chateau and water trucks from several helpers fought the blazes with roughly 20,700 gallons of water, but no hay was saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Hanusa
Chateau
Hanusa
Elmer Baker
Western Geophysical Company
Joe Anderson
John Nordhagen
Pete Huide- Roper
Oldest Settlers Celebration Returns With Banquet Dance
The 49th annual Teton’s Oldest Settlers banquet and dance will start at 6:30 p.m. next Thursday, November 10, at the Legion and Odd Fellows halls. A turkey dinner and all the trimmings are planned, with committees already chosen two weeks prior. The event celebrates senior citizens in Teton County.
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Teton’s
Legion
Odd Fellows
Teton County
Teton
Talberts Headed to Long Beach for Winter
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Talbert left this week for Long Beach California to spend the winter.
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G. R. Talbert
Long Beach
Calif
Heart Memorials Contributions Listed for Montana Research
Mrs. John O Neil memorial chair man reports donations to the Teton County Heart Fund Memorial benefiting Montana Heart Association research. Names honored include Kenneth E Sturgis Louis E Hallberg Gordon A Holmes Walter Armstrong and others with four Montana projects funded. Contributions may be sent via Mrs O Neil at Chateau year round and receipts issued.
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Teton County Heart Fund
John O'Neil
Kenneth E. Sturgis
Louis E. Hallberg
Gordon A. Holmes
Walter Armstrong
Clara Huidekoper
Adolph Moser
John Hughes
Carl Wedum
Steve Snyder
Hilda Iverson
O’neil
Montana Heart Association
Montana
Chateau
Willet Wood Dies at Home in Chateau
Willett Walter Wood 53 of Chateau died at his home Tuesday after a heart attack. A farmer, he was born Oct. 6, 1907 in Watongoa Okla. He married Edna Carpenter May 2 1941 in Lawrence Kansas and moved to Chateau in 1946. Funeral Wednesday at Banks Chapel. Survivors include wife son Harold daughter Janet brother Harry and aunt and uncle Gus and Marion Thompson.
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Willett Walter Wood
Chateau
Wood
Watongoa
Oklo
Edna Marie Carpenter
Lawrence
Kan
Harold
Janet
Harry
Choteau
Gus and
Marion Thompson
Annual Yale Movie Set for Youngsters
The Chateau Chamber of Commerce set December 10 for its annual free Christmas movie at the Roxy Theatre for local youngsters. The event, an annual chamber project, will be discussed further next. Officials will consider highway signage to aid travelers on the Great Falls to Choteau stretch.
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Chateau Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Cornell Hotel
Roxy Theatre
Great Falls
Choteau
Highway Department
U. S. 89
Whch
Taxpayers Meet Friday on Hospital Bond Issue
Teton County Taxpayers Association sponsors a Friday meeting at 8 p.m. in Chateau Legion hall to discuss the hospital bond issue. County Attorney Leo Murphy Dr. L S Crary Clark Inbody Fred Meadows and J W Breen appear on the program. The group urges defeating the bond at the November 8 election in favor of a more practical economical plan.
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Teton County Hospital
Legion Hall
Chateau
Teton County Taxpayers Ass’n
Leo Murphy
L. S. Crary
Clark Inbody
Fred Meadows
J. W. Breen
Taxpayers Association
Deer Hunter Reels In Four Point Mule Deer Near Teton Area
Jim Luck of Dutton shot a four point Mule deer weighing 9 pounds in the North Fork of the Teton area this week.
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Jim Luck
Dutton
Teton
Frances Banis Elected District I F H A President
Frances Banis of Chateau F H A was elected District I president at a Chester convention attended by eight towns. Officers include Myrna Rae Shepherd vice president Carol Leisuiko secretary and Linda Lee Berthelson song leader. Delgates Rita Ramaker and Beth Poore named with fifteen Chateau girls present. The theme Learn Today Lead Tomorrow. Next District I meeting set for Chateau in October 1961. Nick Vlinker attended a Chinook bull sale Sunday October 23.
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Frances Banis
Chateau F. H. A
Chester
Myrna Rae Shepherd
Carol Leisuiko
Linda. Lee Berthel
Conrad
Chateau
Frances Bania
Patti Schiller
Kelly Cannon
Rita Ramaker
Virginia Stott
Kathy’Boussard
Beth Poore
Kathy Maloney
Sheila Jenson
Bonni Killam
Stott
Maloney
Choteau
Kathy Boussard
Fairfield
Election turnout seen as high with Tuesday polls
The article notes a near record voter interest for the 1960 general election on Tuesday November 8 with 3 713 registered in Teton County. It also covers the death of Lionel Swenson Sr 61 of Great Falls from a self inflicted gunshot wound and funeral details.
Open House at Chateau Schools For Education Week
In observance of American Education Week November 6 to 12 Chateau schools will host an open house Monday. Bozeman resident Mr. Fellbaum will speak on curriculum at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium, with a related film to follow. A coffee hour for parents and teachers will be held in the grade school cafeteria after the talk. No classroom visits this year. the program occurs in the high school auditorium and grade school cafeteria.
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Chateau
Fellbaum
Bozeman
Legion District 8 Fall Meeting in Power Montana
About 200 American Legionnaires and auxiliaries are expected for the district No. 8 fall meeting in Power. District has about 1,600 legionnaires across 11 posts including Chateau Great Falls Cascade Fort Benton Augusta Dutton Fairfield Belt Geraldine Power and Fort Shaw. Proceedings start at 10 30 am with a school year for post officers led by Department Commander Bill Lindsay and Chet Shore. Donald C. Bloom of Simms will preside at the business session. separate sessions follow with a joint banquet in the evening. State officers will attend and posts will report on community programs and future plans.
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Alfred Menghini
American Legion
Power
Legion
Menghini
Montana
Chateau
Great Falls
Cascade
Fort Benton
Augusta
Dutton
Fairfield
Belt
Geraldine
Fort Shaw
Bill Lindsay
Conrad
Chet Shore
Helena
Donald C. Bloom
Simms
McOmber Plans Saturday Visit To Discuss Campaign At Chateau HQ
Gordon Mc Omber will visit the Chateau Democratic headquarters to meet voters. He campaigns for re election and invites residents to discuss his work and ideas while enjoying free coffee. Alfred Hay Powers and Diane Faye Younglove received a marriage license in Great Falls on Monday.
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Gordon McOmber
Chateau Democratic
Monarch Lumber
McOmber
Alfred Hay Powers
Diane Faye Younglove
Great Falls
JayCees Promote Flag Observance
Chateau JayCees plan a $12 yearly contract with local business leaders to supply and raise an American flag and standard on 12 holidays. Flags will be displayed before 9 am and removed within a half hour after sunset. The project aims to improve proper flag display and fund local JayCee initiatives.
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Chateau JayCees
JayCees
County bond debate on Rest Home and hospital plans
Acantha readers debate a proposed 200000 county bond issue for a rest home and hospital expansion. Letters challenge definitions of indigent care, discuss funding, costs, and who benefits, urging voters to study plans and oppose the bonds.
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Acantha
Rest Home to Nursing Facility Plan Mapped for Nov 1960 Vote
county records detail state health and federal aid steps for replacing the rest home with a one story nursing facility. letters from Harold Hoem and G D Carlyle Thompson outline bed needs and Hill Burton participation while housing and finance agencies approve planning funds ahead of a November bond election.
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Harold ‘Hoem
Hospital
State Board
Eas
Mostans
Montana
Public Health Service
State Board of Health
Court House
Housing and Home Finance Agency of
Seattle
State’ ‘Board ’ of ‘Health
Ahi
Teton County
Hill-Burton
State Board of Heart
Housing and Home Finance Agency
County Hospital Bond Questions Prompt Local Debate
Mrs Gladys Yeager and Mrs Ben Boyce ask about the county bond issue. They probe whether the plan creates hospital competition with Teton Memorial, expansion limits for the Rest Home, location in the Chateau district, and who would operate the new facilities.
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Ben Boyce
Teton Memorial Hospital
Montana
Teton County
Chateau Business District
Chateau Business
County
Brown
Monsonridér
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Hanusa Ranch
Willet Wood
A. B. Gravdal
Pall
Arthur Wells
Fred Swenson
Jerry Breen
Elmer Knaff
Elmer Erickson
Leslie Burns
Yale
F.H.A. District President
Nick Vlinker
Chinook
Lionel Swenson
Lionel Swenson Sr
C. E. Magner
Cascade County
Swenson
LaCrosse
Wis
Trap and Skeet Club
The
Elks Lodge
Margaret
Lionel Jr
Lauren
Williston
Deer Lodge
Fairfield Times
State Health Department
Arthur McAuley
Chateau Acantha
Pondora
General Hospital
Walt Ito
Sas SS
Arthur A McAuley
Ra Ritenour
Jim Reed
Ira T. Ritenour
Gordon. Monkman
Vicksburg
G. E. Monkman
Montana Supreme Court
Supreme Court
of Idaho
Bistline
Bassett
Ida
Mrs
Gladys Yeager
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