Montana High SchoolAthletic conference realignment proposed
Montana High School Association proposes redistricting of state conferences to reflect changing enrollments. After a three day session the directors released recommendations affecting Northern Division schools including Chateau Browning Chinook Conrad Fort Benton Malta Shelby and others. If approved at the January meeting in Butte the changes would take effect in 1961 62 with different class alignments for basketball and football.
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Montana
Ass’n
Association
Butte
Chateau High School
Chateau
Browning
Chinook
Conrad
Fairfield
Fort Benton
Malta
Shelby
Simms
Big Sandy
Chester
Harlem
Havre Central
Sunburst
Walier
Cut Bank
Montana High School Ass’n
Teton county named bellwether for elections in Montana
The Great Falls Tribune via AP reports Teton county Montana is the top presidential bellwether, voting 25 votes for Kennedy in 1960. Cascade and Powell also sided with the winner, while Nixon broke Montana’s 56 year bellwether streak. Toole, Phillips, Richland, and Carter each had multiple correct outcomes.
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Teton County
Montana
Great Falls
Associated Press
Helena
Teton
John F. Kennedy
Cascade
Powell
Richard E. Nixon
Toole
Phillips
Richland
Carter
Nixon
Mrs Chalmers Dies at Falls
Dana Margaret Chalmers age 50 died at Great Falls Sunday. Her husband John Chalmers, a Farmington area farmer, survives. Funeral service held Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Gravdal. Burial in Farmington Cemetery. She was born July 22 1910 in Chateau and married November 30 1934. She led Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid and served as a church deaconess and 4 H leader with a home demonstration club. Survivors include three children Joann Donna and Bill, her mother Oneida Forseth, a sister Louise Berglund Fairfield and a brother Oliver Forseth Fairfield.
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Dana Margaret Chalmers
Great Falls
John Chalmers
Farmington
Trinity Lutheran Church
A. B. Gravdal
Chalmers
Chateau
Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid
Joann
Donna
Bill
Oneida Forseth
Louise Berglund
Fairfield
Oliver Forseth
Chateau High to Stage The Perfect Idiot Friday
Chateau High School presents The Perfect Idiot a senior class play directed by Dominik J. Reed with student directors Mona Kay Larsen and Marion Bateman. The performance begins Friday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium.
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Chateau High School
Dominik J. Reed
Mona Kay Larsen
Marion Bateman
Weather talk by former student James Howard at Choteau High
James Howard, an Army Air Force meteorologist and former Choteau High student, spoke to the high school general science class about local weather. He explained snow and rain development with diagrams, noted sources from the West Coast and Canada, and described clouds fronts and forecasts which proved accurate that day. He will address the earth science class later with more detail.
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James Howard
Choteau
Army Air Force
Howard
West
Canada
M Howard
Bowlers Hold Turkey Bowl At A and E Lanes
Winners announced for the Turkey Bowl held last weekend at A and E Lanes. Mixed doubles victors are Bernice and Henry Van Setten, Geraldine and Hank Smith, and Marcie and Glen Yeager. Singles winners are Alex Zier and Ted Miller with Anita Dellno and Morris Swenson tied for a playoff Sunday night. Bowling for turkeys continues this weekend.
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A & E Lanes
Arvid Sander
Chateau JayCees
Bernice
Henry van Setten
Geraldine
Hank Smith
Marcie
Glen Yeager
Alex Zier
Ted Miller
Anita Dellno
Morris Swenson
SCS Boring Machine Tests Soils Across Chateau Area
The Soil Conservation Service earth-boring machine tests land conditions to solve drainage problems on farms and ranches. Operated by Glenn Herdina, the unit works in Chateau area this week then moves to Shelby. prior borings were near Pendroy and Choteau, with more slated near Pendroy and Dave Rice farm. Herman A. Kraus notes the machine aids in locating sands and gravels and assessing tile drains and dam foundation materials, with staff including a technician and soil scientist assisting the operator.
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Soil Conservation Service
Chateau
Glenn Herdina
Bozeman
SCS
Shelby
Earls and Sons
Pendroy
Choteau Cattle Co
Choteau
Chris Swenson
Lyall Schaefer
Power
Bob Brownell
Dave Rice
Herman A. Kraus
Kraus
Plenty of Flags For Veterans Day In Choteau
The Choteau JayCees erected 26 flags downtown for Veterans Day with more placed by locals. They offer area businesses a $12 yearly contract to supply an American flag and standard and to raise flags on 12 major holidays, before 9 am and after sunset.
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Choteau
Choteau JayCees
JayCees
Chateau
Annual Meeting Notice for Sun River Electric Coop
The Sun River Electric Cooperative will hold its annual meeting at the DeMolay Memorial Youth Center in Great Falls next Monday at 12 45 pm. Officers trustees and committees will report with election of two three year trustees in Districts 2 and 7. Registration begins at 10 am with a free luncheon at 11 30 am.
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Sun River Electric Cooperative, Inc
DeMolay
Charles McGuire
Highwood-Armington
ASC Ballots Mailed for 1961 County ASC Committees
Ballots for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee elections were mailed November 14 to eligible Teton County farmers and ranchers. Voters must return ballots by November 28. Each ballot lists community nominees and write in options, with five posts per community. The election is overseen by Raymond Kelly and a board including farm groups, the Soil Conservation Service, and the Farmers Home Administration.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Teton County
Arlyne McCollum
The
Election Board
ASC
Weather noted as Mr and Mrs Les Certes in Butte on Tuesday
Mr and Mrs Les Certes were in Butte on Tuesday for business duties as recorded in local weather and social notes.
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Myx
Les Certes
Butte
Services for Vincent Ward Friday at Banks Chapel
Funeral services for Vincent Jam es Ward 59 a Belleview stockman will be Friday at 2 p m in Banks Funeral Chapel Rev Grant Moore officiating with LO O F Lodge members as pallbearers Ward born Sept 11 1901 on ranch west of Chateau and son of John and Elizabeth Ward married Irene A Cleary in Great Falls 1926 He survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Betty Sibley and a granddaughter Billie Irene Rumney Burial will be in Chateau. honorary pallbearers named from local community and Great Falls figures
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Vincent James Ward
Belleview
Banks
Grant
Vincent Ward
Chateau
John
Elizabeth Ward
John Ward
Montana Territory
Missouri
Fort Benton
Wards
Brother van
Montana
Irene A. Cleary
Great Falls
Bill Hodgskiss
Betty Sibley
Billie Irene Rumney
David Jones Joins RMC Largest A Cappella Choir
Pendroy resident David Jones is accepted into Rocky Mountain College’s largest A Cappella Choir. Prof. Philip E. Turner notes a peak year ahead as the group rehearses daily for chapel services and functions, with a potential second semester tour in Wyoming and Colorado.
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David Jones
Rocky Mountain College
Philip E. Turner
Turner
Wyoming
Colorado
Rocky
Montana
Nuts and Bolts junior play at Power High Friday
The Power High School junior class will stage Nuts and Bolts a farce comedy this Friday at 8 p.m. Walter Ferguson directs. Cast includes Tom Anderson Dean Andrews Brian Brunner John Connolly Edna Frisbee Bonnie Fuller Wilma Grossman Stan Hinckley George Keel Mary Miller Ramon Plummer Linda Prater Wynn Raymond Jim Roen Larry Schock Leo Sommerfeld Eva Toeckes Dennis Williams.
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Power High School
Walter Ferguson
Tom Anderson
Dean Andrews
Brian Brunner
John, Connolly
Edna Frisbee
Bonnie Fuller
Wilma Grossman
Stan Hinckley
George Keel
Mary Miller
Ramon Plummer
Linda Prater
Wynn Raymond
Jim Roen
Larry Schock
Leo Somerfeld
Eva Toeckes
Dennis Williams
Campbell 40th Anniversary celebration planned in Pendroy
A 40th wedding anniversary reception for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Campbell of Pendroy will be held Saturday November 26 at 7 p.m. at the Pendroy Farmers Union hall. Friends and neighbors are welcome.
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Jack Campbell
Pendroy
Lena Oldest Settlers Meet For Annual Dinner-Dance
The 49th annual Teton County Oldest Settlers reunion met in Chateau with about 140 members, a turkey dinner, and a program honoring past presidents. Mrs. James Robison led plans, with Dr. Howard W. Bateman giving local history and a necrology roll call presented by Mrs. Robert Miller.
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Lena
Gordon Monkman
Teton County
American Legion
Chateau
James Robison
Carrie Bagley
Howard W
J. E. Sullivan
Carrie Salmond
Alma Perry
James Peebles
Howard W. Bateman
John T. Moore
Martin Rose
Paul Kropp
Settlers
Harry Laubach
Milton Johnson
Dutton
Lena Gunther
Laurence Mozer
Clint
Stillman
Charles Purkett
Bynum
L. C. Walley
Augusta
Jacob Schmidt
R. E. Hawthorne
Fairfield
Guy Miller
Frank Stearns
Marion Averill
Montana
Robert Miller
William McManus
Beatrice Stenson
Lydia Lewis
O. G. Meadows
Florence
Steve Snyder
Mary Louise
Hie Duits
Ollie
Ben Beringer
Myrtle
Oliver Manseth
Earl Halladay
Louis Hallberg
Walter Armstrong
Fall Concert by CHS Band and Chorus this Sunday
The Chateau High School music department presents a fall concert Sunday at 2 15 p m in the school auditorium featuring about 140 band and chorus students. No admission charge but voluntary contributions welcomed. Performances include mixed chorus pieces and selections from Rogers Gould and others with soloists and small ensembles.
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Chateau High School
Frank Diener
Diener
CHS
Karen George
Josephy Roff
Advent Light
Wihle Hutson
Roy Ringwald
Plymouth
Thomas Dunn
Jim Crane
Dean Baker
Cecilia
Herman Ruby
Dave Dreyer
Drummer
Cookie
Sue Perkins
Aileen Stott
Judy Stott
Kayleen Larsen
Jon Huffman
Rich Clough
Richard Rogers
South Pacific
Annual Red Cross Meeting At Chateau Courtroom
The Teton County American Red Cross chapter holds its annual meeting Monday November 21 at 8 p.m. in the Chateau courtroom to elect directors to replace those whose terms expire. Officers will be chosen later, with current leaders including Standish Gravdal and Gronberg in various posts. The chapter notes strong activity this year in blood program first aid and water safety and urges greater public interest and participation.
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Teton County
The
American Red Cross
Chateau
Leonard Sheble
R. W. Gronberg
Carl Teubert
William R. Jones
Lyle Standish
A. B. Gravdal
C. G. Monkman
Home Service
Carl Field
Stan Rathman
Olga Monkman
Joyce Curtis
Oscar Mehl
Red Cross
William K Richardson to Speak at Dutton Lions 25th
Wil liam K Richardson of Galesburg TL will address the Dutton Lions Club for its 25th anniversary on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Dutton Community Center. Richardson, Lions International director, has long Lions membership with roles from secretary to district governor and 19 years of perfect attendance. He is a lawyer and Knox County recorder.
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Dutton Lions Club
William K. Richardson
Galesburg
Dutton Community Center
Richardson
Lions International
Lions Clubs
Galesburg Lions Club
Land
Knox’ County
Bulldogs Open Basketball Season with Nonconference Games
Chateau High School's Bulldogs start the season with two non conference games, on Friday November 25 against Fort Benton and Saturday November 26 against Deer Lodge. Coach Chuck Peck notes uncertainty about the team's strength though new players bring height to the squad. Regular conference play begins in January.
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Chateau High School
Fort Benton
Deer Lodge
Chuck Peck
Bulldogs
Kalispell Couple Spends Weekend with Relatives
Mr and Mrs Jim Shelmerdine of Kalispell spent the weekend visiting relatives and friends.
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Jim Shelmerdine
Kalispell
Pirates Face Rebuilding The Power Pirates
The Power basketball team under Coach Ken Nelson is rebuilding after last year’s district championship. Five lettermen return among a 30-man squad, led by Buddy Williams. They open in the Brady Invitational on November 26 with Brady Augusta and Dutton, host Great Falls IVs on December 2, and start conference play December 3 hosting Brady.
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Power Pirates
Ken Nelson
Bucs
Nelson
Buddy Williams
Tony Moran
William Mills
Dean Andrews
Stan Hinckley
Pirates
Brady
Augusta
Dutton
Great Falls
Early Publication Acantha Sets Thanksgiving Schedule
The Acantha will publish Wednesday next week to observe the Thanksgiving holiday. Advertising copy is due Monday, news is due Tuesday, and community correspondents should submit briefs by Monday if possible.
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Ca Rees
Montana highway commission completes nineteen projects
The Montana Highway Commission announced the completion of nineteen highway projects totaling 66 miles of road and 2 431 feet of structures. One project in Teton county on the Dutton east road involved 7.1 miles of grading and surfacing.
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Montana Highway Commission
Teton County
Dutton East
Hen Pheasant Season Opens Near Fairfield
The Montana Fish and Game Department conducts a second year Hen pheasant season study near Fairfield to gauge effects on populations. Early results show mixed breeding numbers but no clear adverse impact, with hens increasing hunter bag while not harming long term viability.
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Fairfield
Montana Fish and Game Department
California
Idaho
Montana
W. J. Everin
Fish and Game
Evelin
Monténa
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Falls
Turkeys
Sun River Electric
Vincent
Ward
John Salmond
H. Cleveland Hall
Vincent’ Ward
RMC Choir
Johann Cruger
al Jacobs
Morton Gould
David Schanke
Joann Chalmers
Jim Sulgrove
Allen Peters
Virginia Stott
Lions
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