Lands Inspections Under ASC for Conservation Reserve
The ASC office begins land inspections for new Conservation Reserve contracts in Teton County. inspectors verify eligibility productivity and exact acreage. A priority system favors 1958 Acreage Reserve and Conservation Reserve cropland farms, then lower payment rates, with inspections continuing until contracts are prepared for owner signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyall Schaefer
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Teton County
Aronson Urges Montana Seal Support for Tuberculosis Fight
Governor J Hugo Aronson appeals to Montanans to back the 1958 Christmas seal sale to fund tuberculosis control. About 200000 seal letters go to Montana families as seals aid the Montana Tuberculosis Association with work continuing through the holiday season. He notes record low deaths in 1956 but an upturn last year and cites US Public Health data showing Montana's high TB death and case rates in the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hugo Aronson
Aronson
Montana
Montana Tuberculosis Association
U. S
Northwest
American Medical Association
Rika
Helena
Mentane
Tiny
Mentens Tuberculosis Association
Louis Clough to Reopen Choteau Club and Sportshop
Louis Clough of Choteau has taken over ownership of the Choteau Club and Sportshop, which halted operations two weeks ago. The business is being redecorated and Clough plans a Friday opening, November 28, after purchasing from Jake Luinstra who foreclosed on Donald Andersons mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Clough
Choteau
Choteau Club
Clough
Jake Luinstra
Donald Anderson
Texaco Bik
Mrs Averill Attends Western Jurisdiction Planning Meeting
Mrs. Marica Averill was called to the Program Planning committee meeting of the Western Jurisdiction Woman's Society of Christian Service held in Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marica Averill
Western Jurisdiction Woman's Society of Christian Service
Portland, Ore
Sportsmen's Association Meets To Discuss Various Projects
Ray Somers of the Montana State Fish and Game Dept met with the Teton Sportsmen's Assn to discuss a proposed right of way for a fishing area and potential objections from local farmers. Dick Conklin was elected a delegate to a Wildlife Federation Conference at Livingston December 6 7 where regional groups may fund a full time secretary. The Eureka Lake fish poisoning report showed a 100 percent kill. planting will wait until next summer and only legal size fish will be planted then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Somers
Montana State Fish and Game Department
Teton Sportsmen’s Ass'n
Somers
Fish and Game Department
Dick Conklin
Wildlife Federation
Livingston
Teton Sportsmen's Assn
Eureka Lake
Thoreson
Somerse
Louis Clough
The
Teton Sportsmen's Ass'n
Lions Begin Work on Annual Choteau Calendar
The Choteau Lions Club starts its annual calendar drive featuring local birthdays. The Boy Scouts will distribute advance information and Lions workers will visit homes starting December 11 to collect listings. Proceeds support the skating rink and tennis court project. The calendar costs $2 and lists immediate family birthdays and anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau Lions Club
Choteau
Choteau Boy Scouts
Lions Club
Chateau Lions Club
Fairfield Fire Wrecks Farm Barns Hay and Sheep Sheds
The Oscar Kind farm 12 miles west of Fairfield suffered over 3000 dollars in damage after a Thursday blaze destroyed three sheep sheds a barn 15 tons of hay and baled straw. Firefighters from Firfield Chateau and Augusta battled flames for three hours with neighbors aiding. The fire likely started from chimney sparks. cattle were moved to safety by Kind children while Sheriff Bec ker coordinated response. A PTA meeting was canceled and volunteers kept lunch plans for helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firfield
Chateau
Augusta
Oscar Kind
Fairfield
Kind
Catholics Plan Thanksgiving Mass at St Joseph Chateau
Father Thomas Gannon announces a 9 am Thanksgiving Mass at St Joseph Church in Chateau followed by the Prayer for Civil Authorities. The service honors Archbishop John Carroll and Benjamin Franklin link and supports overseas clothing relief with parish collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Church
Chateau
Thomas Gannon
John Carroll
Benjamin Franklin
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
United States
Father Gannon
Schools To Be Closed Thursday and Friday
Chateau Public Schools announce no classes Thursday Thanksgiving Day and Friday this week. Students and parents told to expect school to resume Monday December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Public Schools
Ed Schiller
JayCees Plan Home Christmas Decorating Contest
The Chateau Jaycees will sponsor a residential Christmas decorating contest from December 11 to 23. Floyd Murr, contest chairman, says prizes include local awards and the first place winner advances to General Electric's $5,000 Nationwide Christmas Decorating Contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Jaycees
Floyd Murr
General Electric
Murr
Acantha
Excess Postal Stock Burned At Post Office
The Chateau post office burned 598.45 dollars worth of outdated and excess stock behind the office during an annual inspection. Postmaster C G Monkman and postal inspector Raymond Tendler from Great Falls oversaw the eight hour destruction of two cent boards stamps and air mail stamps, with destruction required to eliminate soon unusable stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
C G Monkman
Raymond Tendler
Great Falls
Monkman
Dutton Methodist Church Plans Family Life Forums
The Dutton Church education commission chaired by Evelyn Rosok will begin a series of family-life forums at 4 p.m. on an upcoming Sunday. Sessions use the book Christians Family Living by Hazen G Werner and aim to openly discuss family history and present-day problems with lunch provided. Babysitting available on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutton Methodist Church
Evelyn Rosok
Hazen G Werner
Chateau Home Demonstration Club Christmas Party
The Chateau Home Demonstration Club plans a Christmas party at Mrs. Fred Teschs home on Thursday December 2 at 1 30 p m Contributions for the Christmas basket are requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Home Demonstration Club
Fred Tesch
Early Mailing For Christmas Campaign Urges Planning
Postmaster C G Monkman says the 1954 Christmas season may set an all time mailing record so start preparing now. Check addresses full names street city and state and stock up on packing supplies. For details ask at the post office for pamphlet No 2 on proper packaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C G. Monkman
Monkman
Post Office
Chateau Jaycees Host Special Guests and Plan Activities
The Chateau Jaycees heard from National Director Sam Reynolds and state vice-president Jack Friese at a 6:30 p m meeting at the Cornell Hotel. Harold Hinman seeks legal info on removing James Baker from the booster project while toys for tots donations and new leadership were discussed. Darwin Armstrong was elected vice-president replacing Walter Yeager as recruitment efforts target men ages 26 to 36. The next regular meeting is December 4 at the Cornell Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Jaycees
Cornell
Sam Reynolds
Great Falls
Jack Friese
the JayCees
Harold Hinman
Rattlesnake Butte
Leo Murphy
James Baker
Statewide Electronics Distributing
Baker
Lethbridge
Choteau
Choteau JayCees
Chateau
Montana
Fred Scott
Bulldogs Open Hoop Season With Helena and Deer Lodge Trip
Choteau Bulldogs begin the 1958 basketball season with non conference games at home against Helena Cathedral and Deer Lodge Wardens. The schedule includes two more non conference games and the Choteau Invitational December 12 13 with Fairfield Browning Valier and Choteau. Coach Chuck Peck names Peters Van Wichen and Wilson as key starters while identifying other guards and forwards for the A squad. The B squad faces Great Falls Central and East Side freshmen in a split weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Bulldogs
Helena Cathedral
Deer Lodge
Fairfield
Browning
Valier
Choteau
Fort Benton Longhorns
Walier
Choteau Boosters Club
Chuck Peck
Peck
Darold Peters
Mike Snyder
Fred Jackson
Don Baumgartner
Gene Depner
Ray van Wichen
Richard Wilson
Andy Anderson
Travis Collier
Dick Moore
Gary Armstrong
Peters
van Wichen
Snyder
Jackson
Baumgartner
Depner
Anderson
Wilson
Sorward
Bulldog
Great Falls Central
Great Falls East Side
Bob Hollar
Lloyd Peterson
John Huffman
Jim Connore
Leroy Weaver
Lonny McCollum
Bob 1
Lynn Nordahl
Larry Wollin
Stan Perkins
Gary Moon
Jerry Asay
Rail Taxes Bring Montana Counties Record Payment
Montana county treasurers received 1958 railroad tax vouchers totaling 1.404 million dollars with 24 counties listed. Mineral, Fergus, Missoula and Teton counties receive large shares while about 60 percent funds state schools and other public services and highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Milwaukee Road
Max L. Boydston
Mineral County
Fergus County
Missoula County
Teton County
Boydston
Sunday School Time Change Noted by Lutheran Parish
Mrs. Elmer Erickson informs Trinity Lutheran Sunday School parents that classes now start at 9 45 a m instead of 10 00 a m The bell will ring at 9 40 a m to allow five minutes before class starts Despite multiple notices some children are still late this week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Erickson
Trinity Lutheran Sunday School
Erickson
Mallard tagged in 1949 survives nine seasons of migration
A mallard banded by Montana officials at Fairfield on February 24 1949 was shot nine years later by Harold Groz about 13 miles southwest of Kiel. The bird avoided hunters through harsh cold and time, and the band was turned in to district game warden Carl Rich. Donna Ballantyne of Bozeman plans to return home for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fish and Game Department
Fairfield
Tom Austad
George Gratton
Wynn Freeman
Bob Greene
Howard Cunningham
Divide County Journal
Crosby , D
Fairfield Times
Bsron Mortenson
Conrad
Montana
Harold Groz
Kiel
Carl Rich
Mont
Lions Discuss Calendar Project At Tuesday Meeting
Lions Club met Tuesday night with calendar project as the sole agenda item. President Ed Obernolte stressed the calendar must succeed to meet funding for the tennis courts skating rink project. With no program chair present, Obernolte had members briefly recount life histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Meeting
Lions Club
Ed Obernolte
George Herderson
Oberwolte
Stuttsman Family Visits in Chateau
Mr and Mrs D B Stuttsman and family from Redding California arrived in Chateau last Saturday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Steve Snyder and other relatives. Mrs Stuttsman is the former Joyce Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Stuttsman
Redding
Calif
Chateau
Steve Snyder
Stuttsman
Joyce Snyder
Blizzard Ends Mild Weather With Snowstorm Across Montana
A sudden Montana snowstorm halted mild fall conditions Monday afternoon. Five inches fell at Chateau with heavy drifting closing county roads and stranding students. Ed Schiller reported strong shelter response as schools kept riders in town overnight. Temperatures dropped to two above zero with fierce winds reducing visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Chateau
Ed Schiller
Clarice Wright gains spots in Pacific Lutheran ensembles
Clarice Wright of Choteau has been chosen for the Pacific Lutheran College concert band and orchestra in Tacoma Washington. She plays the B flat clarinet and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Wright. The band tours 10 Puget Sound cities next spring and performed at the Seattle Reformation Festival in November. The Christmas concert at the college is slated for Sunday December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarice Wright
Choteau
Pacific Lutheran College
Tacoma Wash
J. E. Wright
Puget Sound
Seattle
Halvorsen Returns to Chateau After Pharmacist Relief
Ted Halvorsen came back to Chateau last weekend following a several week stint relieving a Chester pharmacist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Halvorsen
Chateau
Chester
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Louis Clough Bays Choteau Club
Aut
Miei Oe
Sportsmen’s Association
Lions
JayCees
Dutton Church
Isaac Postill
Fort Benton
Gertrude
Edwin Weishaar
Miss Postill
Montana State College
Fairfield High School
Weishaar
Donna Ballantyne
Bozeman
Sun
Pacific Lutheran
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