Christmas Seal Sale Campaign to Start In County This Week
Residents of Teton county and nationwide will receive 1948 Christmas seal sheets with letters from the Montana Tuberculosis association urging support for the 1949 prevention and control drive. The sale runs this week to Christmas with seals designed by Harry Bart of South Kent Connecticut. Last year Teton County residents gave 1548.14 dollars, about two dollars per person, aiding a mobile X-ray unit that visited the county.
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Teton County
Montana Tuberculosis Association
Muriel Reiquam
Aonnewant Mintewne Ga
Harry Bart
South Kent
Conn
Bart
Reiquam
Paris
Milan
Florence
Rome
Court of Honor Held at Lions Tuesday Meet
Choteau Lions hosts a boy scout court of honor with first class and carpentry merit badges awarded. Nick Bunch speaks on the 12 scout laws as Joe Briscoe directs the ceremony and Elmer Erickson presents awards.
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Lions
Chateau Lions Club
Nick Bunch
Great Falls
Joe Briscoe
Elmer Erickson
Don Schrock
Frank Olson
Dick Swartzel
Chateau Boy Scouts
Briscoe
Gary Franklin
Bobby O'Neil
Russel Gleason
Jim Hollar
Harold Powers
Ronnie Hinman
Erickson
Lions Club
Choteau
Bill Olsen
Frank Stearns
Bunch
Cascade District
Court of Honor
Arnold Hanusa
Bunci
Fairfield
Chateau
Dutton
Fairfield Lions
Power Pirates Open Schedule With Centerville Clash
The Power Pirates host Centerville Miners on December 1 to open the home season for both boys and girls. The Miners return strong, while Power fields many inexperienced players with only two lettermen back from last year. The schedule then lists games through February including Fairfield and Dutton matchups and sub district play at Fairfield.
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Power Pirates
Centerville Miners
Miners
Pirates
Power Schedue
Conrad
Chateau
Cascade
Dutton
Augusta
Centerville
Simms
Fairfield
Duton
Farmers Invited to Roxy Show for John Deere Day
Farmers and their families are invited to lunch at 11 30 and to attend a showing of The Sugar Plum Tree at the Roxy Theatre Tuesday afternoon. The event, sponsored by F G Curtis and Son at Chateau, is an annual John Deere day for rural residents of Teton county featuring Billie Burke and Don Wilson.
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F. G. Curtiss and Son
Chateau
John Deere Day
Teton County
Curtis Firm
Roxy Theatre
Billie Burke
Don Wilson
Jack Benny
F. G. Curtis and Son
Roxy
Curtis
Double Funeral At Power Church For Brueskes
Unusual deaths strike Power as Fredrick W Brueske 86 dies of a heart attack a day after his wife Wilhelmine G Brueske passed. Funeral for Mrs Brueske postponed. double service held at Power Lutheran Church with Rev Paul Ernest officiating. Burial at Highland cemetery Great Falls. Surviving daughters Mathilda Martha Louise and Helen all in Teton county. Brueske born Ashpun Wis Sept 7 1862, lived in MN WI before moving to Montana. Married April 25 1883 in Ashpun.
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Power
Fredrick W. Brueske
Wilhelmine Gusta Brueske
Brueske
Paul Ernest
Power Lutheran Church
Highland Cemetery
Great Falls
Ashpun
Wis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Montana
Power Farmer
Mathilda Kietzman
Martha Bremer
Louise Kietzman
Helen Bremer
Teton County
Harold Nelson Joins Chateau Drug Co Staff
Harold Nelson from Rolette North Dakota has taken a pharmacist post at Chateau Drug Co in a shift from Saunders Drug Store in Minot. He graduated from North Dakota Agricultural College Fargo earned a bachelor of science in Pharmacy this June and served four years in the army in the South Pacific including Saipan Leyte Okinawa and the Marshall Islands. His wife Orada Paulson from Stanley North Dakota accompanied him to Chosau The cminie Hve at the Curtis apartments.
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N. Harold Nelson
Rolette
N. Dak
Chateau Drug Co
Saunders Drug Store
Minot
Nelson
North Dakota Agricultural
Fargo
7Th Army
4Th Marine
South Pacific
Saipan
Leyte
Okinawa
Marshall Islands
Orada Paulson
Stanley N Dak
Chosau
Cminie Hve
Curtis Apartments
Thanksgiving turkey crop down from former years in Montana
Montana and national turkey production show declines this year with about 101 000 birds raised in the state versus 119 000 in 1947 and 170 000 in 1946. Experts cite high feed prices earlier and a trend of farmers moving to town as reasons, while prices have fluctuated from 7 to 44 cents per pound live weight.
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Turkey
Montana
BAE
Choteau Cub Pack To Meet Tuesday Night
The Choteau cub pack will meet Tuesday night at 7 in the Lions club room. A Christmas party planning session will occur with gifts for a swaperoo exchange. Games will be played and luncheon served, with a brief ceremony included.
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Choteau
Lions Club
Instructors Attend MEA Delegate Assembly in Helena
Albert Finley a high school science instructor and Fred Swingle a vocational agriculture instructor attended the Montana Education Association delegate assembly in Helena last Friday. Swingle was elected representative of the local teachers group. Chateau schools faculty joined the NEA and MEA this year at one hundred percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Finley
Fred Swingle
Montana Education Association
Helena
Swingle
Chateau
National Educational Association
Montana Educational Association
Dwight George Returns from FFA National Convention
Dwight George represented the Chateau chapter of FFA at the national convention in Kansas City. He described an educational trip with FFA business meetings and tours of Ford and Chevrolet assembly plants and the Butler Manufacturing Co. He also heard the French ambassador speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight George
FFA
Chateau
Kansas City
George
Ford
Chevrolet
Buttler Manufacuring Co
Veterans on the Farm training sign up deadline set
Notice to Teton war veterans on farms to enroll in the veterans on the farm training program before December 1. Applications should be given to Fred Swingle or Robert Graham at Chateau High School. A full time instructor will teach the course.
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Fred Swingle
Robert Graham
Chateau High School
Turkey shoot at local trap grounds benefits Chateau Trap Club
Turkey shoot at the local trap grounds on Airport hill Sunday November 28 starting 1 p.m. Ham bacon and chicken shoot with games for non shooters. Sponsored by the Chateau Trap Club and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Turkey
Airport Hill
Chateau Trap Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chateau Fire Department Plans November Meeting
Regular November meeting of the Chateau Fire department set for 8 pm this Friday November 26. Members are requested to attend to formulate plans for the annual Firemen's bell.
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Chateau Fire Department
Crop Head Thanks County For Donations
Erwin H. Schultz praised Teton county for joining the CROP drive with over 100000 supporters. Residents donated more than three carloads of wheat and over $2000 to relief coffers, with Ben Loch of Dutton as area chair. Schultz said the effort could save thousands from hunger and starvation.
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Erwin H. Schultz
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Teton County
Ben Loch
Dutton
Schultz
Mrs Blakesley Back From Genoa Nebraska Visit
Mrs Verne Blakesley of this city returns from a several week trip to Genoa Nebraska where she visited friends and relatives. While there she was entertained at a cafe banquet by Mr and Mrs D H Ziegler of Genoa who is the brother of Mrs Carl Gulbrandsen of Choteau.
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Verne Blakesley
Genoa
Neb
Wesleyean Service Guild hears Korea talk
Forty three members attended the Wesleyean Service Guild November meeting at the Willard Paulus home. Mrs. Bert Powell gave the program on Korea while the Rev and Mrs Powell, former Choteau residents, discussed their missionary work there.
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Wesleyan Service Guild
Willard Paulus
Korea
Bert Powell
Powell
Choteau
Thursday Bingo at Legion Hall Announced by American Legion
The American Legion announced a bingo event to be held Thanksgiving night at the Legion hall. The notice targets local players and community members seeking a planned gathering with proceeds likely supporting veterans and post activities.
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Legion Hall
The
American Legion
Mornie
Sherbourne Addition Zoning Expanded and Six Permits Issued
The council increased residential zoning in the Sherbourne addition and raised the minimum building value from 2500 to 7000. They discussed a steel storage building and garage east of the city pump house pending state board approval. Building permits were issued to Zgoda Jaumotte Hinman Paulus Bush Stenson Lunistra Jr. for various residences garages porches and an underground gasoline storage tank.
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Sherbourne
City Pump House
State Board Health
Pete Zgoda
al Jaumotte
J. F. Hinman
Hazlett
Willard Paulus
Blow
L. H. Bush
Hirshberg
Boyd Stenson
Great Northern
Jake Lunistra Jr
Hobson Addition
Urge Stockmen To Hear Talk Next Tuesday
Dr. Howard Welch from the Bozeman state experiment station will discuss livestock diseases and problems at Chateau on Tuesday November 30 and at Fairfield December 1. He will cover disease prevention minerals feeding and other issues with practical information. Raymond Kelly county extension agent urges stockmen to attend at 1 30 p m each day in Chateau courtroom and Fairfield high school.
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Howard Welch
Bozeman
Chateau
Fairfield
Welch
Raymond Kelly
Kelly
Oldest Settlers Gather for 37th Annual Meeting
More than 200 members attended the gathering at the Legion and Odd Fellows halls for a turkey banquet served by the W S C S group. Frank Stearns led group singing with Mrs. Marion Fabrick at the piano, followed by dancing to Ed Oberneite’s orchestra into the night. New officers elected for the coming year include Mrs. Lillian Otness as president, Mrs. Alma Perry as vice president, Mrs. C. H. Porter as treasurer, and Mrs. Susie Robison as secretary.
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Teton
Legion and Odd Fellows
W S. C. S. Society
Frank Stearns
Marion Fabrick
Ed Oberneite
Lillian Otness
Alma Perry
C. H. Porter
Susie Robison
District Head To Conduct Church Meet
Rev J Homer Magee newly elected district superintendent for Glacier Park district of the Methodist Church will visit Choteau next Tuesday November 30 to conduct the first quarterly conference and meet members and friends of the Chateau Bynum and Pendrey charge. Magee son of Bishop Ralph Magee and now based in Great Falls with wife and two children. Meeting at the local Methodist church starts at 7 30 p.m. A social hour will follow with the Magees as guests of honor. Public welcome and a large crowd is anticipated.
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J. Homer Magee
Glacier Park
The
Methodist Church
Choteau
Ence
Chateau
Bynum and Pendrey
McGee
Ralph Magee
Mountain View Methodist Church
Butte
Ralph
Jean Louise
2Nd Ave
Great Falls
Episcopal Services Arranged by Ven Norman Foote
Ven Norman T Foote will hold services Sunday November 28 at 11 15 a m with prayers and Holy Communion in the church venue listed in the notice
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Norman T Foote
District Scout Meeting at Chateau Lions Clubroom
Officials and about 150 Scouts and parents attended the annual district meeting at the Lions clubroom in Chateau. Leo Murphy was elected district chairman with Joe McDonald as vice chair, and officers from Augusta Dutton Fairfield and Chateau were announced.
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Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts
Lions
Hurd
Leo Murphy
Joe McDonald
John Malone
Chateau
Dick Fagen
Fairfield
Jim Mannix
Augusta
Harry Lambach
Dutton
B. L. Johnson
Power
Great Falls
Junior Class Parties At Moose Hall And Gym
The junior class held a party at Moose Hall on November 15 with music by Mrs. R C Graham and a juke box. Attendees were high school students under faculty and parent supervision from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Admission was 25 cents. The previous Friday sophomores hosted a party in the school gym with dancing games skits and Vernon Alf's orchestra. It ran 7:38 to 11 p.m. lunch was served.
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Moose Hall
R C Graham
Vernon Alf
Want Gifts The Chateau club to sponsor gifts for veterans
The Chateau Woman's club will sponsor Christmas gifts for disabled veterans at Fort Harrison. Needed items include toiletries, cigarettes, candies, cards and other miscellaneous presents. Gifts should be left at the Montana Power Co. office before December. Gift wrappings are not wanted.
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Chateau Woman's Club
Fort Harrison
Montana Power Co
Christmas Music Program at Chateau Public School High
The Chateau Public School muse department will present a Christmas music program at the high school auditorium on Thursday December 16. The public is invited to hear the combined high school and grades in the special program, said Robert Graham.
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Chateau Public School
Muse
Robert Graham
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Harold Nelson
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Raymond Keily
P. J. Greer
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
Choteau Cub Pack
MEA
Mrs. Blakesley
Nebraska
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