Students Get 2 Day Vacation As Teachers Attend Convention
Students enjoy a two day break as Montana teachers attend MEA conventions in Billings Missoula Glasgow and Great Falls to share ideas and sharpen instructional skills. About 7 000 teachers are expected across the four cities with Chateau students largely absent while MEA president Ray Collins emphasizes unified insights for modern education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Education Association
MEA
Billings
Missoula
Glasgow
Great Falls
Chateau
Frank O. McIntyre
California Teacher's Association
Phillip Geary
M. Geary
Air World
Trans-World Air Lines
Martin Agronsky
CBS Radio and TV
Ray Collins
Drug Narcotics Program Set For Teton County Schools
A narcotics information program will be shown in Teton County schools Oct 29 30 and 31 featuring two films and a drug display. Officers from the Great Falls Police Narcotics Division and local sheriffs will answer questions. Sessions for students are 1 pm with 7:30 pm public evenings at each school. Anderson appears on KRTV Today in Montana Oct 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Gary Hall
Narcotics
Great Falls
Chateau
Pendroy
Bynum
Fairfield High School
Greenfield
Sunny Slope
Anderson
Montana
Norma Ashby
KRTV
Pheasant and Partridge Season Opens Across State
Pheasant season begins Saturday at noon and runs to sunset November 23 west of the Continental Divide and to November 30 east of it. The statewide limit is three birds with six after day one. two hens allowed. Hungarian Partridge follows the same dates and limits. Shotgun size limited to 10 gauge. Nonresidents require licenses. Montana residents 65+ with Pioneer license exempt. Under 12 cannot buy hunting licenses.
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Montana
Beavers Flood Choteau Dump Near Spring Creek
The city of Choteau faced a beaver invasion when a dam across Spring Creek flooded the town dump. Local trappers were hired to remove the dam with a backhoe planned for the week. Flood depth reached four to six feet with one beaver trapped Monday night and another at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Spring Creek
Panel Explains Mercury Poisoning in Game Birds
Mercury residues in Canadian and Montana upland birds prompt health and wildlife concerns. Montana Fish and Game biologist John Weigand says pheasant and partridge seasons begin Saturday. A panel at the Teton County Courthouse Friday at 7 30 p.m. features Mike Goodwin Dr M A Johnson and Weigand inviting hunters farmers and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
John Weigand
Montana Fish and Game
Acantha
Teton County Court House
Mike Goodwin
Teton County
M. A. Johnson
Chateau
Weigand
Hensley Dies After Accident in Fairfield Area
Clarence Hensley 71 died at Chateau Hospital after an accident near Fairfield last week. Cause of death undetermined with no internal injuries. Funeral at 2 p.m. today at the LDS Church Fairfield officiated by Bishop George Pearson. burial in Fairfield cemetery. Survived by widow two sons Leroy Fairfield and Riley Missoula three daughters Virgil Gamradt Arnold Beck and John Reno and three generations of relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hensley
Chateau Hospital
Fairfield
LDS Church
George Pearson
Hensley
Missouri
Montana
Florence Holyoak
Ulm-Cascade
Leroy
Riley
Missoula
Virgil Gamradt
Arnold Beck
John Reno
Monteca
Calif
al Hensley
Chateau
Library board seeks Villager building purchase for new facility
Three Choteau Public Library trustees spoke at the Chamber of Commerce urging support to buy the Villager building as a new library. They cited Pathfinder Federation boosts, expanded services, and space needs including a reading room reference section and senior programs. The $30,000 building would gain federal matching funds if $15,000 is raised, with city ownership possible through existing tax allotments.
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Choteau
McCauley
Teton County
Cascade
Pondera
Great Falls
Chateau
Federation
Jim Arensmeyer
State Library
Helena
J. B. Huffman
Chamber
Library Board
Huffman
Dutton
State Highway Commission
Court House
Planned ABM sites near Conrad Shelby to draw workers
The Army announced tentative ABM sites and a 3200 worker influx into the Great Falls Shelby and Conrad area in summer 1972. Sites include PAR near Shelby and MSR near Conrad with two Sprint remote launch cells. roads to sites will be upgraded. total cost around 160 million dollars.
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U. S. Army
Great Falls
Shelby
Conrad
Army
Montana
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Department of the Army
Committees On Armed Services
Senate
Congress
Toole County
Pon
Dera County
Sprint
Nixon
Safeguard
Grand Forks Air Force Base
North Dakota
Soviet Union
China
Choteau Bulldogs Fall to Conrad 19 0 in District 3B Clash
Conrad Cowboys dominated the first half scoring three touchdowns and held on for a 19-0 victory over the Choteau Bulldogs in District 3B play. Bill Fisher and Bill Conrad connected on multiple long passes to fuel Conrad. Choteau's defense forced stops but miscues and interceptions hampered the Bulldogs. Final notes mention Choteau’s season ending with a loss to Cut Bank Wolves and Shelby's 6–0 record as the Coyotes seek conference title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Cowboys
Choteau
Bill Fisher
Bulldogs
Casey Bilbro
George Yeager
Bill Conrad
Chateau
Bilbro
Ken Brown
Fisher
Brown
Yeager
Cut Bank Wolves
Shelby
Malta
Chinook
Coyotes
O Hara Dies In Great Falls At 81
T L OHare 81 a part time Chateau resident died in Deaconess Hospital Great Falls last Thursday. Born June 4 1888 in Morris Illinois he moved west as a child and settled Sand Coulee. He married Florence Lazure in Omak Washington in 1916 and worked for Anaconda Reduction Plant until retirement in 1956. He is survived by two sons William C and Paul five grandchildren two great grandchildren and a sister. Funeral services were held in Great Falls with grandson Lt Ronald Pierre attending from Denver.
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T. L. O'Hare
Chateau
Great Falls
O’hare
Morris
Sand Coulee
Florence Laizure
Omak
Wash
Anaconda Company
Leo Pierre
O'Hare
William C
Paul
Billings
Robert Lutes
Bozeman
Ronald Pierre
Denver
Former Editor Teaches at EMC Campus Newspaper
Robert Amick, former Chateau Acantha editor, becomes advisor of the Retort at Eastern Montana College in Billings. He studied at the University of Montana and Missoula for journalism after leading the Acantha, and previously worked for a daily in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Robert Amick
Chateau Acantha
Retort
Eastern Montana College
Billings
Amick
University of Montana
The
Acantha
Chateau
Missoula
EMC
Des Moines
Iowa
Daylight Saving Time Ends This Weekend
The article notes that standard time ends this Saturday night with clocks set back one hour at 2 am. It reminds readers that those who lost an hour last spring can recover it when the time change occurs nationwide.
City Council Eases Leaf Burning Rules Daily
The council lifts one day leaf burning restriction and allows daily burning until 4 pm with the cutoff time for new fires remaining. They may purchase a leaf picker and consider a city landfill option. Also approved final readings on building additions and street project payments. Two veteran plots are set aside at Chateau Cemetery and traffic light study near Highway 89 is planned.
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Montana
Jim Hamilton
Jim Dellno
Division Street
Chateau
State Highway Department
Highway 89
Court House
Highway Department
Bynum Principal Joins Montana Water Group Keyman Roster
Ira Perkins, 57, Bynum principal since 1933, added to the Montana Water Development Association Keyman roster alongside Dr. Leslie Chalmers of Chateau. Perkins holds a lifelong teaching certificate from Western Montana College, has served as secretary of the Bynum Irrigation District and Teton Reservoir Company, and sits on local civic and education groups.
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Ira Perkins
Bynum
Montana Water Development Association
Leslie Chalmers
Chateau
MWDA
Montana Water
Dick Fabrick
Perkins
Western Montana College
Dillon
Bynum Irrigation District
Teton Reservoir Company
Montana Education Association
Masonic Lodge and Elks
Choteau Lions Club
Choteau Municipal Board
Local Church Plans Visitor s Day Program
Community residents invited to the annual Sabbath School Visitor s Day at Chateau Seventh day Adventist Church starting 9 30 a m Saturday Oct 25 Special programs and Bible centered lessons for all divisions Pastor Norman Graham Great Falls will speak at 11 am worship service Fellowship dinner provided by members afterward
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Chateau Seventh-day Adventist Church
Norman Graham
Great Falls
Choteau Band Plans Concert
The Choteau High School band and choir plan a 8 p.m. Sunday concert in the high school auditorium. Music director Lloyd Reynolds says the theme is popular music with selections from George M. Cohan to the Beatles and several movie tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau High School
Lloyd Reynolds
Reynolds
George M. Cohan
Honor Roll Six Weeks At Chateau High School Named
Chateau High School announces first six weeks honor roll based on a 9.0 scale from averaging four top grades. Seniors include Wendy Otness and Susan Rathman among others. juniors, sophomores, and freshmen list multiple students with 6.0 to 8.2 averages.
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Robert W. Gormley
Chateau High School
Gormley
Gorm
Carol Luinstra
John Chane
Louise Dreyer
Greg Luinstra
Gloria Russell
Gary Beaudeau
Carrie Enzweiler
Irene Inbody
Pam Baker
Jane Southard
Jane Wisse
Peggy Groth
Pamela Groth
Karen Agee
June Dale
Andy Jordan
John Reed
Mary Hensley
Evan Davidson
Betty Inbody
Jennie Bouma
Gary Denison
Robert Jenson
Linda Luinstra
Jim Hinman
Jody Hamilton
John Breen
Louise Pearson
Jeanne Kretschman
Kathleen Rathman
Choteau High Grad Wins $300 Award
Catheryn Corey of Choteau and Chester Corey of Dutton have been chosen to receive a $300 scholarship from Artcraft Printers of Bozeman. Corey, a Montana State University sophomore in English, earned the award for academic excellence and campus newspaper contributions, the first such prize by Artcraft Printers.
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Catheryn Corey
Agnes Corey
Choteau
Chester Corey
Dutton
Artcraft Printers
Bozeman
Miss Corey
Montana State University
Sande outlines Biafran war in Acantha interview
Former Peace Corps member Daryl Sande recounts Nigeria Biafra conflict causes and events. He notes a religious and tribal war, cites coups, slaughters, and a 1967 secession, plus Peace Corps and missionary evacuations, hunger, and population decline.
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Peace Corps
Sande
United States
Daryl Sande
Chateau High School
The
Acantha
Biafra
Africa
U. S
Nigeria
Great Britain
Belewa
Sardona Sarhota
Yakabu Gowan
Gowan
Chukwuemeke Odurmegwu
International Red Cross
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Beavers
Conrad, Shelby
Choteau Bulldogs
Pis Opp
Conrad A Ewaenes
Malta Oe
Ft. Benton
Chinook Papeteny
Browning
O’ Hare
Keyman
Choteau High Grad
Steve Devitt
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