Dial Phones to Reach Chateau in 1950
H C Henderson of Mountain States Telephone announces dial service will be introduced in Chateau in the first half of 1950 with new dialing procedures and a specially built dial center. Subscribers will dial O for operator assistance and all numbers will be updated to meet dial equipment standards. 491 phones exist in the Chateau exchange as of September 1, 1949, up 100 percent since 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
H. C. Henderson
Great Falls
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Henderson
Mountain States Company
Chateau Exchange
Guthrie Debuts The Way West On Sale Monday
A. B. Guthrie, Jr. releases The Way West as a Book of the Month selection, promising greatness beyond The Big Sky. Chateau Drug store will offer the novel on October 10, with critics like George DeVoto and Clifton Fadiman touting its impact on Western fiction.
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Guthrie
A. B. Guthrie, Jr
Chateau Drug
George DeVoto
Club
Bud Guthrie
Clifton Faddimon
Dinner and Hobby Show Saturday at Masonic Hall
The second monthly Methodist Saturday dinner is set for Oct 8 in the Masonic Hall dining room with service starting at 5 30 pm. Menu includes roast beef ham mashed potatoes gravy vegetables salad pumpkin pie and rolls. Mesdames Stenson Huidekoper Talbert Baskett and their committee will prepare and serve. Mrs Fred Tesch and Mrs Cecil Passmore lead general arrangements. A free public Hobby Show and Program follows the meal on the street floor of the hall.
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Masonic Hall
Mesdames Stenson, Huidekoper
Talbert and
Baskett
Fred Tesch
Moose Lodge Sponsors Youth Parties Returns
Moose Lodge plans a high school party at the hall on Monday evening Oct 10 with Marjorie Barton as dance chair. Kids Night for grade school children begins Monday Oct 17 and continues every other Monday through winter from 7:00 to 8:30. Parents urged to bring children and ensure prompt pickup.
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Moose Hall
Marjorie Barton
Moose Lodge
Studebaker Names Local Dealers for Chateau Montana Motors
The Studebaker Corporation announces Wayne C. Hart and Keith C. Morton as dealers for the area. Their firm, Montana Motors, will operate from Main Street beside the Standard Service with a full Studebaker line. Morton will handle sales and Hart service. a new 40 by 100 building is planned.
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Studebaker Corporation
Wayne C. Hart
Chateau
Keith C. Morton
Great Falls
Studebaker
Main Street
Montana Motors
Hart
Ford
Geraldine
Montana
Barter Motor
Cut Bank Refining Company
Husky Service
Choteau
Morton
Seattle
Montana Trading Post
Montans Motors
Studebakers
Delegates Named For Interstate Public Lands Meeting
County Commissioner N W Ed wards and Attorney Bill Brown of Helena have been appointed as delegates to a two day Interstate Association of Public Lands meeting in Flagstaff Ariz They will depart Great Falls by plane Friday morning for the event this weekend.
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N. W. Edwards
Bill Brown
Helena
Montana Association of County Commissioners
Interstate Association of Public Lands
Flagstaff
Ariz
Great Falls
Lloyd Cunningham Dies at 74 in Dutton
Funeral services were held in Great Falls Tuesday for Lloyd G. Cunningham 74 of Dutton who died Saturday. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery. Survived by widow two daughters Elsie Doheny and Ethel Hickey a brother Austin B. Cunningham seven grandchildren. Born May 8 1875 in Indiana he farmed near Power Oregon store operator in Eugene before moving to Dutton in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd G. Cunningham
Dutton
Great Falls
L. E. Cooke
Highland Cemetery
Elsie Doheny
Ethel Hickey
Electric City
Wash
Austin B. Cunningham
Indiana
Cunningham
Power
Eugene
Ore
Investiture of Msgr Halligan At Local Ceremony
The investiture of Rt. Rev. Msgr. M. J. Halligan into monsignorial robes drew local interest. Halligan long served as pastor at Little Flower Parish in Brown ing for twenty six years, shaping ties with Chateau residents. Father Sheerin of Saint Joseph's led the clergy banquet as toastmaster with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Al Hensley and others from Chateau.
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Msgr
M. J. Halligan
Halligan
Chateau
Little Flower
Browning
Father Sheerin
Saint Joseph's
al Hensley
Emma Paulus
Walter Scott
John T. Duffey
Choteau Bulldogs Triumph in 20 6 Victory Over Fairfield Eagles
Choteau Bulldogs beat Fairfield Eagles 20 to 6 on the local gridiron. Nordhagen to Strong set up the first score, Hollar added a 70 yard TD, Nordhagen kicked the extra and Squires connected for Fairfield’s lone TD.
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Choteau Bulldogs
Fairfield Eagle
Choteau
Eagles
Bulldogs
Nordhagen
Hollar
Chateau
Fairfield
R. Squires
Don Squires
Green
Hanson
Dellno
Henneford
Arensmeyer
Strong
Ray Nordhagen
Lyons
Ramon Squires
Mrs. J. Spokley Rites Held Here Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. John E. Spokley were held at 2 pm Saturday at the Lutheran church with Rev. A. B. Gravdal officiating. Burial followed at Chateau cemetery. Survivors include four daughters and three sons, 16 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren. relatives traveled from Edmonton, Devon, Vancouver, and Kalispell.
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John E. Spokley
Lutheran Church
A. B. Gravdal
Chateau Cemetery
Cotton Phillips
Joe Talifson
A. O. Lindseth
S. L. Lindseth
Frank Gordon
Kenneth Pike
Annette Talifson
Ole Talifson
Cresco
Iowa
Chateau Hospital
John Edward Sookley
Neilsville
Minn
Teton County
Wallace
Alice Gendreau
Edmonton
Alberta
Glayds Hedlund
Devon
Irene Redmond
Esther Groot
Choteau
Ernest Spokley
Vancouver
Wash
Arlie Spokley
Geo. Talifson
Carl
Tobias Talifson
Kalispell
Geo. Tweat
Fairfield
Ole Pedersen
Thief River Falls
Gladys Hedlund
Nelson Named Rural Agents Committee Chairman
R. E. Nelson of the Nelson Insurance Agency is appointed to chair the Rural Agents committee for the Montana Association of Insurance Agents. The appointment spotlights his leadership role within the state insurance trade group.
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R. E. Nelson
The
Nelson Insurance Agency
Montana Association of Insurance Agents
Yellowstone Glacier Bee Line Leaders Meet in Livingston
Ben Chalmers L E Taylor Ed Obernolte and Al Hensley attended a Wednesday meeting of the Yellowstone Glacier Bee Line association in Livingston.
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Ben Chalmers
L. E. Taylor
Ed Obernolte
al Hensley
Livingston
Yellowstone Glacier Bee Line Association
Fairfield High Football Pants Theft Ends in Hotel Find
After a 20 6 loss to Choteau Fairfield Eagles reported missing team clothes from the locker room. Choteau police recovered the shirts trousers shorts and personal effects in a hotel room rented by an 18 year old youth. The money was gone.
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Fairfield
Choteau
Fairfield Eagles
Great Fallls Tribune
22 Counties Show Tax Reductions Across Montana
Teton is among 22 counties cutting county tax levies in 1949 with a total levy of 32.00 per 1000, down from 36.00 last year. The statewide survey shows 34 counties raised levies, led by Garfield and others, while Golden Valley posted the largest decrease of over 23 percent. Petroleum County maintains the lowest overall levy at 19.00, with Broadwater at 22.65. Total statewide county taxes for 1949 are projected at 13,665,240, up 1,201,838 from 1948, a 9 percent rise.
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Teton
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Teton County
Garfield County
Big Horn
Blaine
Carter
Wheatland
Musselshell
Golden Valley
Petroleum County
Montana
Broadwater County
Bert Packer Named USO Drive County Chairman
Bert Packer of Chateau is Teton county's USO campaign chairman for 1950 operating funds. Montanans are urged to contribute 469.25 toward a state goal of 10,100,000 with a county quota of 469.25. He notes the drive supports 217 USO clubs lounges and service centers including 23 overseas and funds hospital camp shows for 100,000 patients in 120 military and veterans hospitals.
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Bert Packer
Chateau
Teton County
United Service Organizations
Montana
Navy
Veterans
Large Number Summer Tourists Register at Cafe
Tourists visiting the Parkway Cafe registered 2 970 names from June 13 to Sept 3 with representation from Washington DC and 47 states, five Canadian provinces, and thirteen countries. Miss Barbara McFarren led the compiling. A China origin guest traded an ash tray for an apron.
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Chateau
Parkway Cafe
Barbara McFarren
I. L. McFarren
Washington, D. C
Canada
Alberta
Ontario
Manitoba
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Australia
India
Germany
Holland
Norway
Mexico
China
Italy
South Africa
Alaska
Hawaii
England
Rhode Island
Drainage Triples Yield On 25 Acre Farm Near Chateau
Leslie Chalmers reports one year of drainage and leveling raised the 25 acre field to peak production and boosted 115 additional acres, aided by the Teton county soil conservation district and U S Soil Conservation Service. He plans further leveling, border dike irrigation, a storage dam, and grass seeding while shifting toward a crop livestock system.
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Leslie Chalmers
Chateau
Teton County
W. H. Vance
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation District
SCS
Chalmers
Chalmers Eupetis
Teton
Waterfowl Season Opens Friday With Split Dates
Waterfowl hunting in the area opens this Friday with a split season from October 7 to 24 and November 18 to December 5. Beaverhead and Gallatin counties ban Snow geese and Ross' geese plus swans. Daily bag limits include four ducks with one Wood duck, five geese with limits on Canadian and White-Fronted geese, or five Snow geese if no dark species are taken. After opening day, possession limits rise to eight ducks and same goose rules. Additional limits: coal bag 10, merganser 25 with no possession cap. Storage up to 90 days after season end. Autoloading or pump guns must be plugged to three shells. No rallying by vehicles or aircraft. no live decoys or bait. Anglers over 16 must carry a duck stamp.
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Beaverhead
Gallatin
Ross
Death Threat Charged in Divorce Action
Ruth Johnson’s divorce suit against Albert Johnson moved from Cascade to Teton county by order of Judge J W Speer. He faces claimed drunken assaults from Nov 1948 to Mar 1949 and a knife or drowning threat amid a demand for alimony of at least 100 dollars monthly plus fees.
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Ruth Johnson
Albert Johnson
Cascade
Teton County
J. W. Speer
Johnson
Dutton
Woodward Buys Chateau Electric Shop in Local Deal
John Woodward purchased the Chateau Electric shop from Roy Payne and takes possession October 1. A Navy veteran with six years in service, he plans to handle all electrical repairs, contracting, and appliance sales with Mrs. Woodward in charge of the shop. Woodward is the son of Fred Woodward, deputy county assessor, and a lifelong resident of the area.
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John Woodward
Chateau
Roy Payne
Woodward
Navy
Payne
Fred Woodward
Days of '49 Event Returns with Pool Funds
The Days of 49 was very successful again this year raising enough money to operate the swimming pool for another year. A full event recap is unavailable in this week's issue.
Farmers Union Holds Annual Meeting at Moose Hall
The Teton County Farmers Union held its annual gathering at Moose Hall last Tuesday with 130 members and guests. Ladies served dinner. decorations featured FU colors gold and blue. officers remained the same for another year.
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Teton
Fort Assiniboine
Verda Oakley
Sharon Raihl
George Oakley
Harold Engdahl
Ben Peden
Power
Paul Rice Bynum
Mildred Schwartz
Sunny Slope
Max de Young
Fairfield
Joe Primus
Beck
John Rosholt
Dutton
Paul Mathis Chateau
Jack Campbell
Pendrey
Mra
Chateau Couple Buy Valier Bakery
Mr and Mrs Maurice Tetrud bought the Valier Bakery from Mr and Mrs Jerry McClue last week and took possession Monday. The Tetruds have two years of local bakery operation experience and several years in other bakeries.
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Maurice Tetrud
Jerry McClue
Mrs. Tetrud
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Interstate Ass
Lloyd Cunningham
Glacier Park
Ray Kelly
Kelly
Belton
Main Avenue
Choteau Drug and
Legion 1 Club
Fort Benton
St . Mary's
Conrad Fairfield
Chinook Ween
Longhorns
Rudolph Fuhringer
USO Drive
Chateau Electric
Farmers Union
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