Lions Club Swim Pool Closes After Near Record Attendance
The Chateau Sons Club pool ended its season after 63 days with 15 161 swims the second highest total in history. A daily high of 580 swims on July 14 topped a season of many records, while 405 children took lessons. Choteau Fairfield and Dutton led lesson counts and several swimmers advanced through Minnows Fish Club and Shark Club levels with life saving certifications completed by 15 swimmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Sons Club
Denise Regimbal
Mike Jenson
Anna Marie Gronberg
Kathy Jenson
Teresa Taskila
Marilyn Talmage
Kim Sabo
Patsy Thompson
Gwen Shannon
Joy Schwenke
Mike Wilkerson
Gordon Moulton
Stuart Moulton
Clark Russell
Jerri Swenson
Sharon Hoyt
Linda Hoyt
Mark Jo Peck
Janett Bouma
Rachel Bouma
Nina Bouma
Kathy Lehnert
Diane Dellwo
Margaret Larson
Jeanne McNea
Carol Pulver
Fairfield
Dutton
Carl Sundquist
Gary Miller
Greg Habel
Brian Fleshman
Terry McClellan
Todd Briggs
Pat Hussman
Karen Chaney
Claudia Clotfelter
Jerry Olson
Garth Walling
Nis van Auken
Sharman
Burr Field
John Camden
John Hoyt
Melvin McNea
Tim McCartney
Wende Burns
Jim Clotfelter
Margaret Rosholt
Doug Rosholt
John Walker
Shark Club
Chateau
Tom Crocker
Bob Clough
Charles Shannon
Roy Hanson
Doug Sabo
Alice Bartlett
Kay Lear
Nancy Schroeder
Augusta
Bowling Leagues Set For Opening Week At A and E Lanes
Beginning Monday the Chateau men’s bowling leagues at A and E Lanes announce opening lineups for the week ahead. New Farmers Coop of Dutton joins Monday’s slate replacing Hanusa Agency with six matches listed for 7 and 9 pm. Knudtzon Lumber steps in for Anderson Chevrolet on Wednesday. Thursday night features a full roster with first round pairings for Sept 8 and captains urged to submit lineups and sponsor fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Farmers Coop
Dutton
Hanusa Agency
Choteau Texaco
Rexall Drug
Great Falls
JayCees
Hansen’s Dairy
Art’s Service
Choteau Club
Power Independents
Standard Oil
Choteau Flying Service
Ted’s
Knudtzon Lumber
Anderson Chevrolet
A & P Motors
Citizens State Bank
Club Tavern
Cheethams
Taylor Motor
Triangle Distributors
Schroeder Hardware
Olsen Agency
Log Cabin
Stinchfields
al. Hensley
Gamble Store
Y-Inn
Tesch Sales & Service
Moose No. 2
Montana Power
Death Claims Oscar Nelson at 74 in Chateau
Oscar Nelson 74 of Chateau died Tuesday at his home after a year long illness from a heart attack. A retired farmer born July 7, 1886 in Turlington Nebraska, he lived in Fairfield before moving to Chateau. He married May Peoples in 1910 and is survived by a daughter, three brothers, and a sister. Funeral services set for Saturday at Banks Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Nels Nelson
Chateau
Nelson
Turlington
Neb
Fairfield
May A.peoples
Arnold, Web
Neva Jacobson
Charles
Scottsbluff
County 4 H ers Place At Bozeman Congress
Thirteen 4 H members from Teton county attended the 1960 4 H Club State Club Congress in Bozeman with the theme Learn Live and Serve. Eleven workshops covered leadership science self understanding meetings and etiquette while five delegates gave blue ribbon demonstrations and several others placed in red ribbons in dress beef judging and dairy related events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Teton County
Ettiquette
Doris Grassman
Patti Schiller
Eunice Arensmeyer
Marie Walstad
Ann Chalmers
Dairyland
Kenneth Lee
Karen Johnson
Kenneth Carolyn Weist
Kaylene Larson
Congress
Ray Kelly
Farmers Must Notify ASC Of Changes To Wheat Plantings
Farm ers planning 1961 wheat plantings should inform the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office of any land changes due to sale purchase lease or transfer of control. Chairman Lyall Schaefer says this allows redetermi nation of allotments and issuance of a revised notice. He notes any land change makes the existing allotment invalid and urges consultation with the ASC before estate deals close to avoid misunderstandings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
County
ASC
Lyall Schaefer
Schaefer
Death of Edward Tempel reported. funeral planned
Mr and Mrs Gormley received word of the death of her father Edward Tempel of Mesa Arizona on Monday. The funeral will be in Missoula Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob ‘Gormley
Edward Tempel
É Mesa
Airiz
Missoula
Wool Incentive Payment Rate Set at 62 Cents
The 1961 wool incentive price is 62 cents per pound, the same as the prior six years. Payments for shorn wool depend on cash returns to raise the national average price to 62 cents. Lamb payments apply per hundredweight for unshorn lambs to match the incentive rate. Payments cover April 1, 1961 to March 31, 1962, with distributions in summer 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Gaspard W. Deschamps
Missoula
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Labor Day Closures Reported for Chateau Businesses
Chateau businesses will close next Monday September 5 in observance of Labor Day. Local shops and services announce limited hours and potential delays in operations for the holiday.
Grass Fire Near Curtis Implement Co Suppressed By Firemen
Firemen were called Saturday around 5 p.m. to a grass blaze behind Curtis Implement Co near Standard Oil bulk plant. They contained the fire before it reached storage tanks, preventing damage to machinery and plant tanks. Duke Crary left Thursday for Vermillion to attend the University of South Dakota Medical School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Implement’ Co
Standard‘Oil
Jim Jarosimek
Qooast To
Duke
Crary
Vermillion
Mrs. Boussard Named Regional Chairman for Montana Heart Assn
Dorothy Boussard of Teton County is named regional chairman for an area of 11 northwestern Montana counties. She attended a heart fund advisory meeting in Billings last weekend to plan fundraising efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Boussard
Teton County Heart Fund
Montana
Montana Heart Ass‘n
Boussard
Billings
Choteau Lions Plan Fall Festival Change of Name
The Choteau Lions Club renames its October Days of 49 to the Fall Festival. A Sept 24 event will be held in the new high school gym, with dancing and a large food sale to raise funds for the Lions Club swimming pool renovation and related entertainment for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau Lions Club
Chateau Park
Lions Club
John Deere dealers attend massive Dallas sales meeting
Grant Curtis of John Deere and Jim Cheetham of Dutton Hardware joined about 4 500 independent dealers from the United States and Canada in Dallas for the largest sales meeting of its kind. Attendees will preview a new tractor line set for late September as sixteen airlines airlift attendees to the event at venues including the Dallas Memorial Auditorium and Cotton Bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Curtis
John Deere
Jim Cheetham
Dutton Hardware
Dallas
Tex
John’ Deere
United States
Canada
Canadian Airlines
Dallas Memorial Auditorium
Texas State Fairgrounds
Cotton Bowl
Fairgrounds
Youth Killed In Fall From Dutton Elevator
Jerome Heidt a 20 year old North Dakota youth died Wednesday evening at St Mary's Hospital Conrad from injuries after a 75 foot fall from a newly built grain elevator in Dutton Heidt was painting a sign on the elevator when he lost balance and fell to the pavement about 10 35 am He suffered severe injuries including loss of an eye skull fracture broken jaw multiple cuts and fractures before dying at about 8 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Jerome Heidt
St. Mary’s Hospital
Conrad
Dutton
Heidt
Ice Cream Social At Collins Booster 4-H Club
The Collins Booster 4-H Club hosts an ice cream social Sunday September 11 from 3 to 5 PM. 4-H boys and girls will present their Achievement Day program, inviting all in the community to attend. Roger Swanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Swanson, visited three days en route to San Francisco where he joins destroyer USS Mahan with the US Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Roger Swanson
Donald Swanson
San Francisco
USS
Mahan
Navy
Chateau Schools Enroll 692 Students At Opening Day
Total enrollment reaches 692 with 196 in the high school and 496 in the grade school. Last year 676 students were enrolled, 176 in high school and 500 in grade school. High school breakdown shows 40 seniors, 44 juniors, 43 sophomores and 69 freshmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Reeder
Peron Eeres
Intern Harvey N Frye to serve year at Chateau Dutton parish
Harvey N Frye arrived to begin a one year internship under Rev. A Bernard Gravdal at the Chateau Dutton Lutheran Parish living in the parsonage at Dutton. Born May 27 1932 in Madison Wisconsin he is the son of James and the late Mildred Frye and has lived in Stoughton Hollandale Decorah and St Paul in joining Luther Seminary. He married Anna Mae Swenson in 1956 and they have two children Jane Ann and Loren Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey N. Frye
Chateau-Dutton
A. Bernard Gravdal
Dutton
United States Air Force
Thule Afb
Greenland
Air Force
Luther College
Decorah
Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Minn
Frye
Anna Mae Swenson
Hollandale
Wis
Jane Ann
Loren Paul
Money Taken From Frontier Motel in Daytime Theft
About $150 was stolen from the Krause residence at the Frontier Motel while they were away in Great Falls. The money, in a candy box and a pint jar, was left in a bedroom closet among hat boxes. Police found fingerprints and suspect prints being tested, with entry seeming unlikely. Mrs Mable Woods was the only person at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Krause
Frontier
Great Falls
iChoteau
Krause
Mable Woods
Governor Cannon to Speak in Dutton Tuesday Evening
Gov Paul Cannon will address residents at 8 p m on Tuesday in Dutton. A venue is not yet fixed and attendees should inquire on arrival. The event is sponsored by the Democrats of Teton County and open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cannon
Dutton
Democrats
Teton County
Choteau Scouts Triumph at Helena Swim Meet
Choteau Troop 51 led by Scoutmaster Leo Pierre and Dick Conklin scored 156 1/3 points to top eight troops from three Montana towns at the North Montana Boy Scout Council meet in Helena. Twenty-one Choteau boys competed in four height classifications and multiple relays, with Richard Clough Greg Diener Tom Dellwo and Grant Gormley among leading finishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau Boy Scouts
North Montana Boy Scout Council
Helena
Lions Club
Montana
Choteau
Cascade
Great Falls
Choteau Troop 51
Leo Pierre
Dick Conklin
Henry Jensen
Dale Depner
Chateau
Richard Clough
Grant Gormley
Tom Dellwo
David Shannon
Charles Shannon
Ronnie Pierre
Jere Huffman
Jack Wiseman
David Dellwo
Greg Diener
Greg Curtis
Ronnie Talmage
Jerry Cummings
Lee Bruno
Cliff Sabo
Tommy Crocker
John Hoyt
John Davison
Jack Rogers
Jerry Yeager
Larry Jensen
Wiseman
Clough
Diener
Hoyt
Cummings
Gormley
Tom
Pierre
Bruno
Huffman
Crocker
S Wiseman
Isevens
Talmage
Hoyt Leases Lockers Here
Choteau Locker owner Bert Reiner leases the business to Mr and Mrs Bill Hoyt this week. Hoyt has managed the operation for about a year and a half and previously worked for Reiner in Conrad for four months. He earlier held meat positions in Kalispell. Hoyt says business will continue as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hoyt
Bert Reiner
Hoyt
Reiner
Conrad
Chateau
Positiéss
Kalispell
Summer Weather Draws Anaheim Visitors to town
Mrs Maxine Edwards and the boys of Anaheim California plan to leave Friday after visiting friends and relatives here for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Edwards
Boys of
Anaheim
Calif
Park Vandalism Sparks Multiple Juvenile Arrests
Damage to Choteau City Park lavatories last week led to four juveniles from Choteau and Fairfield being arrested by Choteau police. They were turned over to Teton County Probation Officer Robert McMullen for handling as investigators cited broken windows urinals ripped from walls and toilets damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Fairfield
Teton County
Robert McMullen
Local Women Attend Pioneer Convention In Helena
Mrs Carrie Salmond and Mrs Greta Bush attended the joint conventions of the Society of Montana Pioneers and the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers in Helena. Miss Lanore Larson drove the women to the event which featured a reception at the Charles Russell Museum, a Saturday business meeting, a banquet at the Placer Hotel, and remarks by Toastmaster Judge Lester H. Loble. The societies noted their long history since 1884 and (the 76th Pioneer and 68th Sons and Daughters conventions).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Salmond
Greta Bush
Society of Montana Pioneers
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
Helena
Lanore Larson
Charles Russell Museum
Placer Hotel
Bandit Players
Brewery
Lester H. Loble
The
Pioneers
Sons and Daughters
Waterfowl hunting season opens October in Montana
The 1960 waterfowl season in Montana runs 50 days from noon October 8 to sunset November 26. Daily duck bag four with post opening day eight in possession. limits include restrictions on wood ducks hooded mergansers canvasbacks redheads and merganser totals. Goose season shares the same dates with five geese per day and possession, plus Canada goose limits. Beaverhead Gallatin and Madison counties stay closed to snow goose hunting. An added note covers cranes in Texas and New Mexico, the first legal crane hunt in recent history due to prior predation.
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Montana
Beaverhead
Gallatin
Madison
Texas
New Mexico
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Mike Frick
Linda Hemstad
Alan Proff
Barry Fleshman
Flying Fish
Doug Peterson
Nancy Robinson
Chris Field
Rachel Field
Sally Meadows
Frank Meyers
Mike Dellno
Den
Death
Oscar Nelson
Bozeman Congress
Frieda Schrader
Melvin Johnson
Power
Leslie Chalmers
Jesse Malone Jr
Carolyn Weist
Carol Burgmaier
Alice Johnson
Lara Hensley
Marlene Shannon
Bynum
Mrs
Lutheran
Harvey Ni Frye
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