Alice Marantette Dies After Brief Illness
Alice Emily Marantette 54 editor of the Acantha and longtime public servant in Choteau died at Teton Memorial Hospital on Thanksgiving morning after two weeks illness. Born May 15, 1907 north of Choteau, she graduated Choteau High School in 1928 and led the Public Welfare department before becoming Acantha editor in June. Funeral at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, burial in Choteau Cemetery. pallbearers listed. A poem by Mrs. Marantette was read at services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acantha
Chateau
Alice Emily Marantette
Teton Memorial Hospital
Marantette
Edward Dennis
Lucy Callahan Dennis
Choteau
Old Claude School
Choteau High School
Department of Public Welfare
the Acantha
Ed Dennis
Lucy Harrison Dennis
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Earl Hollar
Elmer Erickson
Dick Nordhagen
Frank George
Bob McDonald
Louis Clough
Memorial tree planned for Mrs. Alice Maranfette by Jaycees
Memorial contributions are being collected by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Mrs. Jesse White to fund a Christmas tree in memory of Alice Maranfette. The Jaycees will decorate and light the tree on the courthouse lawn each Christmas if funds meet the goal. Courthouse staff have donated already and others may contribute via Jessie White LaVerne Murr or any Choteau Jaycees member.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jessie White
Alice Maranfette
Jaycees
Marantette
Acantha
Chateau
LaVerne Murr
Choteau Jaycees
Lions Accept JC Challenge To Light Courthouse Tree
The Chateau Lions Club accepted the Junior Chamber of Commerce challenge to light a Christmas tree on the courthouse lawn at its weekly dinner meeting Tuesday night. Calendar sales progress was reported better than last year. Tom McCartney led a program about property title insurance. The next meeting will feature the highway patrol with highway safety. Guests included James Robison Mike Pulver and Bob Amick Jr.
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The
Chateau Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
We the Lions
Tom McCartney
Highway Patrol
James Robison
Choteau Abstractor
Mike Pulver
Bob Amick Jr
Choteau Acantha
Durum Movie Available for Showing by Local Groups
Teton County Grain Growers offers the film Durum-t The Standard of Quality at no charge for the next month. Darwin Crane notes North Dakota State Wheat Commission produced the film and also offers other ag and dietary title options. Groups may contact Crane or Lyle Standish to arrange screenings.
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Teton County Grain Growers Association
Darwin Crane
Teton Grain Growers
Crane
North Dakota State Wheat Commission
North Dakota Commission
Lyle Standish
His Name Was Aunt Nellie Play At LDS Hall
A three act comedy will be performed tonight at 8 in Bynum hall by the M I A of the Latter-day Saint Church of Chateau to raise funds for a new LDS recreation hall. Admission 15 cents for adults 50 cents for children. The ten member cast includes Edward Robbins Arlene Stott Virginia Stott Alice Stott Marilyn Hanson Margaret Stott Cloyd Stott Gineal Stott Lloyd Stott and Myron Sessions directed by Bernice and Myron Sessions.
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Nellie
Latter-day Saint Church of
Chateau
Bynum Hall
Bernice and
Myron Sessions
Edward Robbins
Arlene Stott
Virginia Stott
Alice Stott
Marilyn Hanson
Margaret Stott
MSU Exchange Student Amy Shaunn Wilson Visits During Thanksgiving
Miss Amy Shaunn-Wilson of Freetown Sierra Leone West Africa is a guest in the home of Mr and Mrs Arnold Hanusa over the Thanksgiving weekend. Amy is an exchange student at MSU and is described as a scholar. Judy Adams accompanies her as part of the visit and Judy's mother and husband host.
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Amy Shaunn-Wilson
Freetown-Sierra-Leone
West Africa
Arnold Hanusa
Amy
MSU
Aalp
Judy Avison
Judy
Mrs Leonard Olson Receives 25 Year ACS Certificate in Great Falls
Mrs. Leonard Olson earned a 25 year certificate for service to the American Cancer Society at the state training school in Great Falls. She credited Teton county with strong community support during campaigns and memorials. Ten year certificates went to Mrs. Ernest Carlson of Chateau and Mrs. Jim Ballantyne, Mrs. Jessie Udin of Fairfield. Five year certificates were awarded to multiple residents from Chateau, Fairfield, Dutton, Collins, and surrounding areas.
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Leonard Olson
American Cancer Society
Great Falls
Olson
Teton County
Ernest Carlson
Chateau
Jim Ballantyne
Jessie Udin
Fairfield
Carl Wedum
Glen Stoudt
Ed Schiller
Jim Rose
Olga Monkman
Robert Gronberg
Mary Ellen Burns
George Higgins Sr
Ted Halvorson
R. S. Armstrong
Jake Dirkes
Lumber Operations Halted by Weather Near Chateau
Snow forced a temporary shutdown ten miles north of Chateau near Keys, halting lumber work. Rocky Mountain Lumber Co of Columbia Falls plans to ship 300 carloads of logs to its Columbia Falls plant, with ten carloads shipped in October.
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Chateau
Keys
Rocky
Mountain
Lumber ‘Company of
Columbia Falls
Choteau Bulldogs Open Season With Two Wins
Choteau's Bulldogs won non conference games over Fort Benton 49 46 and Deer Lodge 57 35 to open the basketball season. Center Bob Hollar scored 21 against Fort Benton and guard Jerry Asay totaled 22 with ten field goals in the Deer Lodge game.
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Fort Benton
Choteau
Deer Lodge
Bulldog
Charles Peck
Bob Hollar
Hollar
Jerry Asay
Asay
Chateau
Hansen
Weneccs
Benton
Robin Johnson
Rogers
Nordahil
Il Lusty
Aagetenmeesiehs
Kelly
Estenevovanovesses
Blood Drive Nets 66 Pints
Hutterites from four colonies near Choteau contributed 66 pints in a one day Red Cross drive. Donors from Miller Milford Rockport and New Rockport attended. 69 offered to donate, with three rejected. Al Finley became the first to earn a three gallon pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Choteau Girl Tops in Montana Baton Contest
Fourteen year old Nancy Robinson won top honors in the Montana Junior Baton twirling contest held in Great Falls. The Choteau eighth grader, a member of the Choteau high school band, will perform at the state Class C basketball tourney in Helena.
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Nancy Robinson
Montana
Great Falls
Migs Ro Robinson
Sines
Paul
Minn
Aor
Minnesota
Robinson
Helena
Choteau High School
Postmaster Urges Early Mailing for Christmas Cards
Postmaster C. Monkman urges Chateau area residents to mail Christmas cards and packages early to avoid delays. Long distance mail should go before December 10, short distance by December 15. He warns to stock up on stamps and wrapping materials, use up to date addresses, full street or PO box numbers, zone codes, and include return addresses. Use clear labels and avoid abbreviations.
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Chateau Area
C.monkman
Monkman
Monkman Sai Monkman
Band Bake Sale Set This Saturday Headlines
A Christmas themed bake sale by the Chateau High School band will run Saturday from 9:30 am until sold out. Proceeds aid the band while offering cakes cookies and other treats in Montana Power Building.
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Montana
Funeral Services Held for Former Dutton Rancher
Funeral services were held for Charles C. Cheetham 85 at the ae Methodist Church. Cheetham a Dutton rancher from 1919 to 1923 died while living with his son Jim in Great Falls. Survivors include two sisters and a brother of Dutton Mrs Lila Stanfield Mrs K C Knutson and O C Cheetham.
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Charles C. Cheetham
Ae Methodist
Saturay
Cheetham
Dutton
Jim
Great Falls
Lila’ Stanfield
K. C. Knutson
O. C. Cheetham
Officials to Leave County for Los Angeles to Fetch Parolee
Sheriff A. O. Peterson and County Attorney Robert Woodahl traveled from Teton County to Los Angeles to detain Richard Stewart Franklin, a parolee charged with forgery allegedly committed while employed at the Hebery Vance ranch near Choteau, Montana.
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Teton County
A. O. Peterson
Robert Woodahl
Chateau
Richard Stewart Franklin
Los Angeles
Calif
Franklin
Deer Lodge
Hebery Vance
Choteau
Coop Officers Are Chosen At Yearly Meet
Sun River Electric Cooperative re elected S T McFarland Conrad as president and Ralph Bishop Brady and C G McDermott Fairfield as trustees for three year terms at the 24th annual meeting in Great Falls on November 20. McFarland first joined the board in 1952 and has led as president since 1955. Ralph Bishop has served since 1955, McDermott since 1938 as secretary treasurer. Over 500 attended including 295 members. Rod Hanson, manager, reported capital credit checks were distributed with $52,000 retired and margins from 1945 46 and 47 marking the first general retirement of credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. T. McFarland
Conrad
Sun River Electric Cooperative
McFarland
Ralph Bishop
Brady
C. G. McDermott
Fairfield
Charles Field
Pendrey
George Grosskopf
Belt
Ralph Clark
Sun River
Stan Stelling
Fort Shaw
Montana Electric Cooperative, Inc
McDermott
Great Falls
Rod Hanson
Stores Plan Late Hours in Chateau Merchantry
Chateau merchants group agrees to extended shopping hours during December evenings. Tentative schedule lists Parlor Shop J C Penney Howard's Department Store Henneford's V Store and Bob's Time Shop for December 9 16 21 22 23 with more stores possible. Free afternoon shows at Roxy Theatre and by the Chamber of Commerce accompany the events.
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Chuck Allen
Chateau
Choteau
U. S. Weather Bureau
J. C. "Penney Co
Howard’s Department Store
Henneford’s V
Bob’s
Chateau Chamber of Commerce
Roxy Theatre
Choteau B Team Splits Weekend Games
The Choteau High School B squad split a pair of games over the weekend. They beat Fort Benton B 46 to 40 on Friday and lost to Great Falls High School junior varsity 47 to 34 on Saturday. The Choteau team struggled with height and was outrebounded by Great Falls.
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Choteau High School
Fort Benton
Great Falls
Chateau
Billings Man Named To Paper Editorship
Bob Amick Jr. of Billings was named editor of the Acantha. Born in Denver 1938, he grew up in Harlowton and Billings and graduated from Billings Senior High in 1956 and Montana State University in Missoula with a BA in journalism last spring. He worked as a newsman at KOOK radio and TV before joining the paper, replacing Alice Marantette who had been editor since June and died on Thanksgiving morning.
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Bob Amick Jr
Acantha
Amick
Billings
Denver
Colo
Harlowton
OES Officials Schedule Visits to Chapters
Marjorie McCafferty and Louis La Roche of OES will visit Fidelity Chapter No. 18 in Chateau next Thursday with a lunch in the Methodist church parlor and an evening banquet at the Masonic Temple. The following Saturday they plan to visit Alpha Chapter No. 108 in Dutton with tickets available from local officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie McCafferty
Belt
Louis la Roche
Malta
Fidelity
Chateau
O.E.S
Methodist Church
Masonic Temple
Chateau Drug Or
Olga Monkman
Bob Armstrong
Alpha Chapter No. 108
Dutton
Beer Blast Ends With Six Arrests
A Thanksgiving eve beer blast led to charges against six Choteau men. Dennis Groot and James Nesbit, both 20, are charged with contributing to delinquency of a minor and have fled the state. Larry Carrier, 21, pleaded guilty to contributing to delinquency and was fined 50 dollars and 90 days in jail. Charles Scott, 21, pleaded guilty to disposing of intoxicating liquor to a minor with a 50 dollar fine and ten days in jail. Ronald Lindgren, 18, pleaded guilty to illegal possession of beer with a 52.50 dollar fine. John Nesbit, 20, pleaded not guilty with trial set for later.
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Choteau
O Young
Robert Woodahl
Dennis Groot
James Nesbit
Woodahl
Larry Carrier
W. G. Irwin
Charles Scott
Ronald Lindgren
John Nesbit
Cha teau Legion waffle supper set for evening
The American Legion post No 4605 in Cha teau will hold its annual waffle supper in the upper Legion hall from 5 30 PM to 8 30 PM. Proceeds support post activities and community programs.
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Chateau
Legion Hall
Scout Drive Funds To Continue Amid Poor Solicitor Turnout
The Boy Scout fund drive will run at least another week after low turnout by solicitors. Dr. James Howard, drive co chair, blamed weather and sponsors Lions Lions Club American Legion VFW for poor attendance. Chateau targets 2000 dollars. council seeks 59495. 171 boys enrolled. Donations can go to Dr. Howard or Tom McCartney at the Teton County Abstract office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Howard
Howard
Lions
Chateau
Montana
Tom McCartney
Teton County
Ofice
Forest Service imposes Christmas tree cutting limits near Chateau
The U S Forest Service restricts tree cutting on the North and South Forks of the Teton river and near road corridors. Cutting is allowed only in Green Gulch Bear Gulch Waldron Creek forks Box Canyon and West Fork with access hours 8 to noon and 1 to 5 p m call IN 6 2141 for details.
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U. S. Forest Service
Chateau
Teton River
Forest Service
Green Gulch
Bear Gulch
Waldron Creek
Box Canyon
West Fork
U S. Forest Service
School Count Shows Boost of Seventy two
Teton county reports a rise in youthful residents per the latest census. The 6 to 21 cohort grows by 105 while the 22 and under 22 group totals 3,338, up from 3,266. boys outnumber girls in 6 to 21 by 1,274 to 1,129 and in preschool by 469 to 466.
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Teton County
Thanksgiving Hi Low doubles tourney at A E Lanes results
Bertie Anderson and Howard Truchot won first place with a net score of 383 in the Thanksgiving Hi Low doubles tournament at A E Lanes. Kay Zier and Alex Zier were second with 340, Kay Sander and Chris Beck third with 302, Rose Truchot and Art Anderson fourth with 273. The event notes upcoming Men's Fifth Annual Handicap tournament starting Saturday over three weekends and invites team and six line singles entries. Club Tavern dominated team events last year with 48 teams competing.
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Bertie Anderson
Howard Truchot
A & E Lanes
Kay
Alex Zier
Kay Sander
Chris ‘Beck
Rose ‘Truchot
Art Anderson
Club Tavern
Penney Employees To Receive Bonis
G. E. Isakson, manager of the J. C. Penney department store in Chateau, announces a special Christmas payment for store associates. Eligible employees on or before Oct 1 will share on Dec 1, excluding management in profit sharing or incentive plans.
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G. E. Isakson
J. C. Penney
Chateau
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Durum
Mrs. Leonard Olson
Bulldogs
Choteau’s _Bulldogs
Coop
Choteau ‘B
Benton, Falls
Rod "Hanson
Maniges of the Sun
Mantels
Ceaparadive
Ppceleetiod
OES
Dee
Penney
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