American Education Week Observed in Choteau Schools
Choteau schools hosted American Education Week November 7 to 11 with 155 visitors at the grade schools and 150 at the high school open house on Wednesday night. The event was organized by the Education Week committee led by Carl Johnson with pins for visitors and letters inviting local groups to tour classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Carl Johnson
Elwood Ragar
Hazel Castle
Catherine Zeller
Marian Huffman
Bons Ragar
Rhoda Yarck
Great Northern petitions to drop routes in Montana
The Great Northern Railway seeks approval from the Montana Board of Railroad Commissioners to discontinue two freight routes between Chateau and Dupuyer and Armington Junction and Nethart. The carrier cites years of reduced revenue and rising operating costs and schedules a hearing at Great Falls Civic Center on December 6 at 9 30 a m for interested parties to present evidence.
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Great Northern Railway
Montana Board of Railroad Commissioners
Authand Dupuyer
Keeet Armington Junction
Neihart
Great Northern
Chateau
Dupuyer
Armington Junction
Nethart
Commission
Great Falls
Soroptimist Rummage Room Schedule Changes
The Soroptimist rummage room will open Wednesday November 23 at 7:30 pm replacing Thursday evening hours. Afterward it will be open Thursday afternoons 2 to 4 for one week and then Thursday evenings 7:30 on alternate weeks. Mrs Teenie Shelmerdine of Bynum suffered a heart attack last.
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Teenie Shelmerdine
Bynum
California Visitor's Auto Skids on Icy Highway
A California visitor and companion were uninjured after their car skidded on an icy highway about 10 miles south of Choteau and overturned into a borrow pit. They stayed in Chateau at the Bella Vista motel until the storm passed and praised local help. The tale ties into Elks Veterans work with hides for disabled veterans and aid from Chateau residents and Bud Taylor of Taylor Motors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert N. Traver
Veterans Service Committee
California Elks Association
Miami
Fla
California
Veterans
Dorgann
Clarence Mleyr
Montana State Elks Association
Great Falls
Elks
Nanya Service Commission For
Bud Taylor
Re Motors
Chateau
Bergmann
Taylor Motors
Bob Nauck Named S D Director For City of Chateau
Mayor Ted Halvorson announced the appointment of Bob Nauck as S-D Day director for driver training and instruction at Theis High School. The move aims to oversee local safety education.
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Bob Nauck
S-D
City of Chateau
Ted Halvorson
Theis
Siso
Choteau Cold Snap Sets Local Record and Postponed Bull Show
Choteau marked the coldest November record at Chateau with -30 as readings from Nov 12 13. Weather observer Ray Kelly noted prior highs and lows, with a arctic storm dipping temps after Veterans Day. No accidents reported. roads icy yet passable while a bull show in Great Falls was postponed to follow the sale at 8:30.
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Choteau
Ray Kelly
Acantha
Chateau
Kelly
Mercury
Henry Helf
Dupuver
Hudson Bay Divide
Dupuyer
Neihart
Augusta
Dutton-Choteau
Sunnyslope
North Montana Hereford Breeders Association
North Montana State Fairgrounds
Great Falls
Secondary Road Situation Is Explained by Engineer
Walker Brown, Montana Highway Department secondary roads engineer, explains to Chateau Chamber members that county commissioners set road priorities and can adjust them early in planning. He discusses how priority lists, funding, design work, and bids work, and clarifies that some routes may be completed in sections rather than as a single project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Brown
Montana Highway Department
Wayne Proff
Dutton Group
Chateau Chamber of Commerce
County Commissioners
Brown
Chamber
Proff
Teton County
Fairfield-East
Farmington-Agawam
Fairfield-East Road
Fairfield-West
Chouteau County
Bureau of Public Roads
State Highway Department
Lanson
Glacier County
Chateau High School Fall Concert Planned at Auditorium
The Chateau High School music department under Chester Potuzak announces a late fall concert on Nov 18 at the auditorium. The program features a band with multiple marches and overtures, a chorus with sacred pieces, two solos by Kathy Johnson and Marie Vance, a trombone baritone duet, and a Mo zar t concerto. Tickets cost 75 cents for adults and 25 cents for students, with strong public attendance hoped for.
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Chateau High School
Chester Potuzak
J. S. Bach
E. Leidzen
Claire Grundman
Eric Hanson
Ippolitof Ivanof
Bach Morgan
Rocher - Howarth
Kathy Johnson
Clay Smith
Marie Vance
Mozart
Marlene Vance
Carol Enderson
May Brake
Thanksgiving Issue Published a Day Early
The paper will be released next Wednesday to allow staff to observe Thanksgiving. Advertisers and correspondents are urged to submit copy to the Acantha office one day earlier than usual.
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Acantha
Stella Ralston Dies in Seattle
Miss Stella Ralston 87 of Seattle died after years of illness. A Montana native born 1866 at Last Chance Gulch she lived with family at Nelson Gulch Trinity Gulch and Marysville. Survived by sisters Louise Walters Jennie Lownds Elizabeth Montague and brother Harry M. Ralston. Funeral and interment held in Seattle.
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East Glacier
Stella Ralston
Seattle
Wash
Miss Ralston
Montana
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Nelson Gulch
Trinity Gulch
Marysville
Mary Ralston
Thomas Cruse
Chateau
Miller Hutterite
Original
Pioneer Society
Louise~ Walters
Jennie Lownds
Portland
Ore
Elizabeth Montague
San Francisco
Harry M. Ralston
ASC Community Committee Slate is Announced
Nominees for election to community Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committees for 1956 have been named. Voters will select a committee of chairman vice chairman and members with two alternates. The community chairman will serve as delegate to the county convention and the vice chairman as alternate. Eligible voters include farm owners tenants or sharecroppers with an interest in a farm under approved programs or those eligible for price support or Sugar Act payments.
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Arlyne McCollum
Teton County
ASC
Chateau Couple Attend Former Resident's Rites
Mr and Mrs Steve Snyder returned Nov 10 from Lander Wyoming where they attended the funeral of Mrs Mike Wolfe 67 a niece of Mrs Snyder The Wyoming woman a former resident of the area and she and her husband homesteaded in the county The Snyders had been in California two months before being called to Larsler by the president of Bre olfe
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Steve Snyder
Lander
Wyo
Mike Wolfe
Snyder
Wyoming
Wolfe
Coun
Fairfield Mrs. Thorn Noted on Choteau Business Visit
Mrs. Ernest Thorn of Fairfield was a business visitor in Choteau last Thursday, signaling local commerce activity and cross town ties.
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Ernest Thorn
Fairfield
Choteau
Former Choteau Resident Dies in Washington
Al Mumb aged 65 died Saturday November 12 in Othello Washington from coronary thrombosis. He once worked at the Bergetta Madsen Ranch near Choteau and later as a ranch hand for Hamilton and Clark. He left Choteau with the Peters family and moved to Othello where he was employed for a year. Funeral and burial were held in Bismarck North Dakota.
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al Mumb
Othello
Wash
Bergetta Madsen Ranch
Choteau
Hamilton and Clark
Mumb
James Peters
Bismarck, N. Dak
Lutheran Brotherhood Names New Officers
At a Trinity Lutheran church meeting a new year slate was elected. Ernest Arensmeyer was chosen president succeeding Lloyd Pedersen. Chris Swenson was elected vice president with Arensmeyer succeeding him as well.
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Brotherhood of Trinity Lutheran Church
Ernest Arensmeyer
Lloyd Pedersen
Chris Swenson
Arensmeyer
Ken
Mrs Sam Sangray Partie Seen In Chateau On Business
Mrs Sam Sangray Partie was in the Chateau on business last Thursday. The sighting places her in a social or professional context at a known location during the midweek period.
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Sam Sangray Partie
Chateau
Mrs. J. B. Huffman Attends WME Missionary Board Meeting
Mrs. J. Burr Huffman returns from Minneapolis where she attended the gen board meeting of the Women’s Missionary Federation, the Evangelical Lutheran church auxiliary. She was named chairman of the radio television department as the group supports church work. The visit included the Lutheran Seminary in St Paul and a Muskego church restoration on campus. Huffman also spent time with her daughter Janet at St Olaf College in Northfield.
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J. Burr Huffman
Minneapolis
Women’s Missionary Federation
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Huffman
Radiotelevision
Lutheran Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Muskego Church
America
Wisconsin
Ticket sale for booster banquet begins Saturday
The Choteau Boosters Football Banquet is planned for next Monday at 6 30 p.m. in Lions Club hall. Tickets are available at the Choteau Drug Store. The Choteau High School football squad and coaching staff will be guests, with a planned movie of the Minnesota Lakers shown.
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Choteau Boosters
Lions Club Hall
Choteau Drag Ee
Choteau
Minneapolis Lakers
Man Moves To Town Claims Mamuzich Apartment
Joe Walkington long time resident of Bole locality moved to town last week and has taken the Mamuzich apartment, settling into a new residence in the area.
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Joe Walkington
Bole
Mamuzich
Matt Borgen Dies at 86 in Fairfield Funeral Rites Friday
Matthew Borgen 86 died Monday night at Teton Memorial hospital from old age infirmities. Funeral services Friday at 2 pm in American Lutheran Church of Fairfield conducted by Rev. Gravdal with Rev. Tollefson assisting. Born in Norway September 25 1869 he emigrated to the United States in 1892 living in Montevideo MN Judith Gap MT and Fairfield since 1936. Surviving are two sons Oliver and Albert two daughters Anna Burmaster and a brother Gus. Burial at Sunset Cemetery Fairfield. Pallbearers listed. Banks Funeral Home directing.
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Matthew Borgen
Teton Memorial Hospital
American Lutheran Church of
Fairfield
A. Bernard Gravdal
E. E. Tollefson
Norway
United States
Montevideo
Minn
Judith Gap
Mont
Oliver Borgen
Longview
Wash
Albert Borgen
Anna Burmaster
Woodlake
Gus Borgen
Colorado
Sunset Cemetery
Ed Perry
Tuffy Graves
Halver Daley
Earl Young
Floyd Hoover
Roy Matkin
Banks Funeral Home
Safeway Manager Attends Great Falls Meeting
Blue Room of Schell's Cafe hosts an all day gathering with the Safeway store manager in Great Falls to discuss operations and community outreach.
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Safeway
Gt. Falls
Schell
Mr and Mrs Fred Tesch Had As Night
A fragment notes Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tesch faced an evening event described as a night. Details are sparse, with unclear context and no additional names or actions available.
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Fred Tesch
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Dutton Masonic Lodge No. 125
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Fannie Shaver
Charles Coghill
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A. Vischer
D. B. Crane
Homer
Bls
Thompson
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ASC Community Committee
Washington
Lutheran Brotherhood
Farm Bureau
J. B. Huffman
WME Radio-Tv
Matt Borgen
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