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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1975
Page
1
Total enrollment on the first day this year is 611, down from 614 last year and well behind 629 in 1973 and 643 in 1974. High school enrollment rises to 256, up 19 from last year, with 68 freshmen, 57 sophomores, 72 juniors and 59 seniors. Grade enrollment trends show declines from 420 in 1972 to 355 this year across all grades.
Nettie Sylvia Gaghagen 89 died Sept 1 at Te ton Nursing Home Choteau. Services 2 p.m. Thursday Sept 4 at Choteau United Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Allen Adams. Burial Hillside Cemetery Conrad under Banks Funeral Home. Music by Janet Wedum organist and Mrs Pete Ekegren vocalist. Pallbearers Walter Scott Arthur Mitchell Jesse Bleeker Ed Wacker Willis Rigby Paul Marinchek. She was born Aug 27 1886 Davenport Town moved to a Conrad area homestead in 1910. Never married lived in Chateau since 1960. Retired country and Conrad schools teacher. Royal Neighbors member. Survivors nephews Robert Armstrong Chateau John R Armstrong San Jose Calif Dan and Jerry Gaghagen Davenport Iowa nieces Margaret Watson Houston Tex Eloise Martzahn Bettendorf Iowa.
Choteau area residents contributed to the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon totaling 1664 dollars and 23 cents. Mrs. Steve Snyder led the local drive praising donor response and thanking volunteers including Diane Toren Elaine Shepherd Amy Rathman Michelle Ekegren Jullie Evensen Ferris girls Forrest girls Anne Martinez Brian Brutosky and others at Log Cabin Drive-Inn.
The Soroptimist rummage room relocates from the basement beneath Choteau Drug to the former Dayton Gallery building beside Choteau Cleaners after flood damage. It has operated recently in a quonset behind Teton Abstract and will stay in the new permanent location with public invited to browse bargains in used clothing and items.
Choteau High travels Friday to Columbia Falls for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff against the Class A Wildcats. Coach Gene Boyle notes a small line but quick backs and decent experience. Wildcats boast 13 lettermen, juniors with unbeaten prep records, ends Johnson and Trinastich, and back Prichard.
Choteau leagues set Sept start dates for men and women with Monday and Tuesday schedules. Men's associations elect officers, adjust handicaps to 80 90 and 75 percent, and announce first night lineups and shifts. Chateau faces Malta Cut Bank Conrad and others in early conference play as preparations continue.
Harvest season stalls amid cool wet weather with limited field work and duck disruptions. Farmers await a dry spell while Extension Service offers duck poppers. winter wheat yields rise to 40 60 bushels per acre, statewide harvests show varied progress across crops.
Mrs. Grant Curtis airport, blood program chairman for Chateau, asks all eligible donors to give a pint at the blood drawing this Thursday September 4 from 2 to 6 p m in the city pavilion. Sixty five pints are needed to fill the quota and volunteers say new donors especially welcome.
Chateau to strictly enforce new dog ordinance effective immediately. Dogs must be controlled by leash or restraint and licensed. Violations carry a misdemeanor charge with fines from 10 to 100 dollars per offense.
Weather data from Chateau Airport shows August precipitation at 1.86 inches versus the normal 1.08 inches. Last year total rainfall reached 2.93 inches, about two inches above normal, with daily readings listed from August 26 to September 1.
Funeral services for George O. Moffatt age 71 were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Banks Chapel Chateau with cremation at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Great Falls. He died Saturday at Galen State Hospital. Survivors include his brother Harvey Moffatt of Chateau. He was born April 12 1904 in New York and came to Montana in 1936. He served in the Army and worked as a ranch worker in Chateau area.
Dale Quast of Choteau announced this week that he has purchased the Choteau Club and Apartments from Dorothy DeRusha and reopened the business effective Sept. 2. He will run the enterprise with his wife Hazel and son Steve, opening daily at 11 a.m. except Sundays and holidays. The club will offer cards, billiards, pinball, and soon snooker. refreshments include beer, soda, candy. Quast arrived in Chateau two years ago from California where he ran a motel and later owned the Phillips 66 Service Station before selling to Don Rogers.
Choteau hosted an air show with flyers from Great Falls and Missoula. Highlights included Silvertip Skydivers from Missoula making precise jumps from 7000 feet, a home built small plane by Al Burg, radio controlled model displays, and two 2‑place gliders offering rides. A flour‑drop contest and multiple demonstrations filled the afternoon, though publicity was limited and many locals missed the event.
A trial for John Lee Wall, 21, of Lewistown, is set in District Court at Choteau for Thursday September 11. Wall was arrested in Choteau on February 1, 1975 on a charge of possession of dangerous drugs and is on bond set at 2500 dollars.
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