37 Candidates Vie For Bulldog Grid Team
Coach Charles Peck reports 37 boys out after ten days of practice with all positions open. Notable backs include Dee Foxworthy Greg Whipple Jay Dunckel David Jones and Don Baumgartner. Linemen are largely inexperienced with only two lettermen, Harvey Hanson and Lee Nordahl. Traveling squad for Fort Benton leaves Saturday at 1 30 PM. traveling roster not yet finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Chuck) Peck
Peck
Dee Foxworthy
Greg Whipple
Jay Dunckel
David Jones
Don Baumgartner
Harvery Hanson
Lee Nordahl
Phil Young
Tony Jaconetty
Bill Alzheimer
Dick Clark
Jack Schrock
Duke Crary
Ken Rustad
Lowell Meyers
Harold Yeager
Andy Anderson
Ralph Bachmeier
Bob Dunckel
Fred Jackson
John Meyers
Don Peters
Mike Snyder
Jim Talifson
Keith George
Gene Depner
Don Slanger
Vic Perkins
Bill Breere
Jack Bradley
Travis Collier
Bob Herzog
Dick Koch
Melvin Moon
Jerry McLaughlin
Bob Hickman
Harvey Hanson
Bill Halvorson
Jim Huffman
Fort Benton
Large Amount Paid to State Woolgrowers
Montana sheep producers received 3 032 879 33 in wool incentive program payments through Aug 31 for shorn wool and lambs and yearlings sold for slaughter in the year ended March 31 1956. Wool payments total 2 850 188 06 and lamb payments 182 601 28 at 44 9 cents per 1 for wool and 77 cents per hundredweight for slaughter stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Leo S. Kolstad
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Administrative Officer
Scout Troop Reorganizes and Joins Civil Defense Drive
The Chateau Boy Scout troop holds a reorganization meeting next Monday at 7 30 in the old grade school scout room. Last year’s Scouts and Webb Cubs 11+ invited. parents urged to attend. Scouts plan Civil Defense poster distribution and voter registration drive ahead of the Sept 21 deadline. A district recognition and kickoff dinner is set for Sept 26 at 7 pm at the Conrad Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Leo Pierre
Boy Scouts
Webb
Choteau Boy Scouts
Choteau
Scout
Dale Long
Fairfield
Rally Day Planned at Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran Church hosts an annual rally for Sunday school next Sunday at 11. Superintendent Mrs. Elmer Erickson says no regular classes that day and families should attend the special rally services. A film strip "At home With God" will be shown and the pastor will install the Sunday school staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Sunday School
Elmer Erickson
God
Golf Tournament Slated by Chateau Country Club
President George Eichhorn announced the open style annual tournament for members on Sunday September 16 at the local course. Members planning to enter should shoot qualifying rounds next Sunday or contact him. The club will hold the last pot luck of the season Friday night September 7 at the clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eichhorn
The
Chateau Country Club
Eeds
Eichhorn
Enrollment Up At Chateau High And Grade Schools
Attendance figures released by Supt. Ed Schiller show 186 pupils at Chateau high school this opening week, with 49 freshmen, 60 sophomores, 44 juniors and 33 seniors. Grade school enrollment reaches 430, up 25 from last May, with class counts from kindergarten to eighth grade and new lunch and dismissal times issued for parents. Major summer work includes two new high school music rooms and updated lavatories in the grade addition. first football game is set for Fort Benton, then Browning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Schiller
Chateau High School
Schiller
Robert Gormley Weadnesday
Chateau
Gormley
Faust
A and E Lanes Open With Large Opening Crowd
The A and E Lanes opened Sunday afternoon drawing a big crowd of bowlers and spectators. Owners Mr and Mrs Arvid Sunder reported steady use until 9 am. A two game exhibition featured Bob Williams of Brunswick and Larry Walters of Helena with Walters rolling a 300 in past league play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arvid Sunder
Bob Williams
Brunswick-Balke Callender Company
Larry Walters
Helena
Walters
Hellena
Williams
Lillard to appear at A and E Lanes exhibition in October
Bowling champion Bill Lillard of Chicago travels to Chateau to headline a one day appearance at A and E Lanes. He will instruct, play an exhibition with local bowlers, and select leading local players for the match as Sundet announces. Open bowling runs until Sept 17 before league play begins with multiple local teams joining from Chateau Fairfield and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Lillard
Chicago
Sunder
Lillard
Anes
Chateau
Fairfield
Dutton
Augusta
Bynum
Pendroy
Sundet
U. S. Highway 88
Multiple Small-Fine Dispositions In Local Courts
In Magistrate J M Sulgrove court Owen Stearns Henry Bush J P Call Mike Casey Alvina Horn faced forfeited bonds or fines for drunkenness and license issues in Chateau city Aug 25 27. Oleta Jordan paid 15 for license failure and curbside incident. In Justice William Irwin court Thomas Franklin Turley Clyde Decker Melba Harmer L C Grantham George Reiker Jacob Waliner Dale Edholm all faced fines or forfeitures for driving license violations speeding careless driving or basic rule breaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Sulgrove
Owen Stearns
Chateau
Henry Bush
J. P. Call
Mike Casey
Oleta Jordan
Alvina Horn
Browning
William Irwin
Thomas B. Franklin
Patrick J. Turley
Clyde Decker
Brady
Melba Jo Harmer
Sheminston
W. Va
L. C. Grantham
City
George W. Reiker
Bynum
Jacob A. Waliner
Walier
Dale Edholm
Shelby
Gravdal and Mark Head to Chicago to Support Father
Mrs A Bernard Gravdal and Mark traveled by train to Chicago to be with her father Charles Carlson who is seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bernard Gravdal
Mark
Chicago
Charles Carlson
Cheteau High School Class of 1956 Annual Get-together
The Cheteau high school class of 1956 sponsors an annual gathering Friday night at 7:30 in the high school gym. All class of 1956 members and current Cheteau students are invited to attend and have their annuals signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheteau High School
William Olsen Elected to Head Montana Insurance Agents
William F. Bil Olsen, owner of Olsen's Agency in Chateau, was elected president of the Montana Association of Insurance Agents at the three day Helena convention. He has served as vice president, secretary treasurer and editor of TAGGS and will attend the national convention in New York City next week as a state representative. Olsen, married with two daughters, has long been active in church, school and civic affairs in Chateau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F
Bil) Olsen
Olsen
Chateau
Montana Association of Insurance Agents
Helena
TAGGS
New York City
State Association
New State Association
R .E. Nelson
Nelson Insurance Agency
Hampton Bloom
Nelson Agency
Olsen Agency
Vern Shanley Takes Havre Welfare Post
Vern B. Shanley, former supervisor of the Teton county welfare office in Chateau, has been transferred to Havre to oversee the welfare department there. He has previously led Fergus county in Lewistown and Glacier county at Cut Bank, with a brief stint away from welfare. He replaces Mrs. Frankie Morehouse, who has left Havre for Salt Lake City to study graduate social work at the University of Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon B. Shanley
Teton County
Chateau
Hull County
Havre
Fergus County
Lewistown
Shanley
Glacier County
Cut Bank
Mrs Marion Averill Returns From Glendale Visit
Mrs Marion Averill and her son Charles returned from Glendale California where they visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Clark Hilton and family Mrs Hilton is Mrs Averill's daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Averill
Charles
Glendale
Calif
Clark Hilton
Hilton
Averill
Larger Districts Show Increase in School Tax Levies This Year
Budget checks and levies in Teton county schools show 11 of 20 elementary districts lowering rates while 9 raise them. Larger districts mostly increase due to new bonds and state foundation equalization at 91 percent. County wide high school and related levies total 12.59 mills, up slightly from 12.51.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Muriel S. Reiquam
Fairfield
Power
Montana
Mrs Lee Murphy Attends Brother's Funeral in Denver
Mrs. Lee H Murphy will fly from Chateau to Denver to attend the last rites for her brother Lt Comdr James W Ponsford who died when a navy patrol bomber was shot down over the China Sea on August 22 Sixteen officers and men were aboard. The Ponsfords visited the Murphys on Whidby Island in recent years and the commander was stationed on the coast before a Japan transfer a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee H. Murphy
Chateau
Denver
Colo
James W. Ponsford
China Sea
Comdr
Ponsford
Murphys
Ponsfords
Whidby Island
Wash
Japan
Former Episcopal Pastor Joins Saranac Lake Church
The Rev J Reg Butt former rector of St Marys Malta and former curate of St Stephens in this city has accepted the pastorate of Church of St Luke the Beloved Physician at Saranac Lake He served Malta for two years and previously worked with Rev H Alfred Rogers in Great Falls and at Chateau church He was active in Kiwanis and held an Air Reserve squadron post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Reginald Butt
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Matta
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Saranac Lake
Butt
Malta
H. Alfred Rogers
Great Falls
Chateau
Kiwanis Club
9418 Air Reserve
Installation of Bishop Byrne Oversees Idaho Leadership
Rev Thomas J Gannon of St Josephs church accompanied by Monsignor V R Kavanagh Carroll College Helena attended the installation of Bishop James Joseph Byrne as Boise's new bishop on Wednesday August 29 Byrne assumes direct oversight of the entire state of Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Gannon
St. Joseph’s Church
V. R. Kavanagh
Carroll College
Helena
James Joseph Byrne
Boise
Byrne
Idaho
Choteau Firm Wins Mechanical Bid for Fairfield School
Choteau based Teton Plumbing and Heating won the mechanical contract for the new Fairfield grade school with a bid of 31314 dollars. Zion Construction Co of Great Falls won the general contract for 89542 dollars and Rainbow Electric of Great Falls secured the electrical work for 11440 dollars. Eleven other contractors bid on the project totaling 132116 dollars, with Chateau Electric submitting the other electrical bid at 13881 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton Plumbing
Choteau
Fairfield
Zion Construction Co
Great Falls
Rainbow Electric
Chateau Electric
Falls Meeting Draws Chateau SCS Staff in Great Falls
Local Soil Conservation Service technicians attend the Area III staff meeting in Great Falls on Sept 5 and 6. Participants include William Vance Roy Malser Jim Wells Dave Buchanan and Joseph Wirak. The gathering aims to inform Work Unit Conservatists and staff about new policy and procedures in soil moisture and plant resource conservation and related engineering in farm and ranch planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Great Falls
William Vance
Roy Malser
Jim Wells
Dave Buchanan
Joseph Wirak
Coffey and Reed Head to Phoenix for a Visit
Jere Coffey and Bil Reed departed Tuesday for Phoenix to spend time in the city, with plans to meet local contacts and explore potential opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jere Coffey
Bil Reed
Phoenix
Alexander seeks new trial in assault case
Duane Alexander, Chateau ranch hand, appealed to the state supreme court after Judge R. M. Hattersley denied a request for a new trial. He was convicted by a 9th Judicial District Court jury of second degree assault on May 3 for an incident at Emil Durr ranch on March 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Alexander
Chateau Ranch
State Supreme Court
R. M. Hattersley
9Th Judicial District Court
Chateau
Alexander
Emil Durr
Don Lussenden
D. W. Doyle
Conrad
Hattersley
Ernest Folda Funeral Set For Tomorrow
Funeral services for Ernest Folda 57 will be held tomorrow at St. John's Catholic Church in Fairfield. Folda died in a local hospital Tuesday and is survived by his wife Helen, a son Francis, two brothers and two sisters. Rosary will be said tonight at Pairfield Church. Banks Funeral Home of Chateau is in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Catholic Church
Fairfield
Ernest Folda
Huen
Neb
Folda
Brooks
Mont
Sheridan
Wyo
Chateau
Curtis-Folda Implement Co
Sunnyslope
Helen Biers
Hilger
Francis
Stanley
Moore
Joe
Pairfield
Alice Simonly
Lewistown
Emma Nevin
Cat Creek
Banks Funeral Home
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Gibson Monkman
George Henderson
Ted Halverson
Henderson
Bob Zion
Bob Scott
Bulldog
Trinity Lutheran Church
Bulldogs
Browning Indians
William Olsen
William F. Olsen
Vern Shanley
Bond
H. S
H.S
H. S. Transportation
Episcopal
New York State
Chateau Scs
Falls
High Court
J. W. Breen
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