Montana Sets 16 Day Pheasant Season Open Oct 28
Montana fish and game commissioners announced a 16 day statewide pheasant season from Oct 28 to Nov 12 with a four cock bag and possession limit. Shooting hours run noon to 5 pm Sundays and 8 am to 5 pm weekdays. Hunters may use shotguns under 10 gauge fired from the shoulder. No open season on chukar partridges or quail. A three day Hungarian partridge season Oct 28-30 with a three bird limit is also set. A separate 60 day duck season is recommended to begin Oct 12 with a seven duck daily bag and season limit through Nov 30.
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Montane’s Fish-Game Commission
Montana
State Fish and Game Commission
Federal Fish-Wildlife Service
Moisture Delays Harvest in Choteau Region
Unwelcome rain moved into the Choteau region last night hindering harvest, with frost and possible snow forecast. If weather turns favorable next week, most of the region’s harvest could finish in 10 days to two weeks. about 35 percent of the crop is harvested so far.
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Choteau
Teton County
Chateau
Augusta
Pendroy
Bynum
Dutton-Collins
Montana
FHA Elects Officers At Initial Meeting
The first FHA meeting of the season was held Sept. 12. Officers elected include JoAnn Rich era as song leader Helen Yeager as historian Barbara Gebhart as parliamentarian Faye Jaconetty as social chairman and Jene Sessions as reporter Installation of the officers will be made next month said Ilene Sessions.
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FHA
FPA
JoAnn Richera
Helen Yeager
Barbara Gebhart
Faye Jaconetty
Jene Sessions
Jo Ann Green
Geraldine Zier
Jane Sessions
Eleanor Nelson
Ilene Sessions
Visiting rules and patient roster from Yeton Memorial Hospital
Visiting hours run 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 8 30 pm daily with no morning visits and no under sixteen. The list shows admitted patients including Larry Hofland Augusta Rebecca Wilson Choteau Herb Armstrong Choteau Bernard Brandt Fairfield Ted Morhardt Agawam and others with births and discharges noted.
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Larry Hofland
Augusta
Rebecca Wilson
Choteau
Herb Armstrong
Bernard Brandt
Fairfield
Ted Morhardt
Agawam
Josephine McLoughlin
Roberta Truchot
Annie Thompson
Rade Mamuzich
Natalie Kalaris
Margaret Kretschman
Tom Olive
Erma Brown
Frank Hoeschen
Pendray
Mike Wipf
Mary Cox
Leone Lapeyre
Great Falls
Virginia Hendrickson
Boon Ochitani
Claude B. Mainard
Dutton
Roy O'Loughlin
Robert Lapeyre
Stanley Brown
Choteau, & Son
Gregory Kalaris
Robert Kretscema
Jimmy Nesbit
Rayanne Nelson
Wolf Creek
James Fowler
Josephine O'Loughlin
Pendrey
Roberta
Truchot
Explosion Hits Shell Refinery in Wood River Ill
Horace Beal, manager of the Shell refinery at Wood River, Illinois, vacationing in Montana, learns of a major blast at his plant. At least 13 dead and 17 injured as a cracking unit fails during a routine cleaning, with sparks from non-sparking scrapers cited. Beal expected to return to Illinois to help determine the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Beal
Shell
Woodriver
Ill
Sun River
Choteau
Ilinois
Beal
White River
Titus and Harris Dude Ranch
Middle Fork
Teton River
Chateau
Associated Press
Shell Oil
Wood River
Roxana
Illinois
Heart Attack Takes Life Of Aanerud
Randolph Aanerud 368 of Dutton died Monday night at a Chateau hospital after a heart attack at home near Dutton. He had been ill about two years. Services held yesterday at Dutton Methodist Church. Burial in Herrman Minnesota. Aanerud born July 5 1915 at Elbow Lake Minnesota was a Teton county high school graduate. He lived in Minneapolis for years returning last February. He married Margaret Larsen in 1940 at Minneapolis. Army veteran of World War II and member of the VFW in Minneapolis. Survived by his widow two children Kathleen and Ronald, his father Adolph Aanerud of Jutton, and brother Frank Aanerud of Denver.
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Randolph Aanerud
Dutton
Chateau
Dutton Methodist Church
A. Bernal Gravdal
Herrman
Minn
Aanerud
Elbow Lake
Teton County High School
Minneapolis
Margaret Larsen
VFW
Kathleen
Ronald
Adolph Aanerud
Jutton
Frank Aanerud
Denver
Fights in Korea Involves Marine Gunner Robert Gray
Robert Fred Gray son of Mrs Irene Chay of Gallatin Gateway formerly of Choteau serves as a machine gunner with the 1st Marine Division in eastern Korea. The division has fought heavy hand to hand combat for about a week and a half. A second brief item notes an Episcopal guild meeting at Mrs Margaret Davis home on Thursday September 27 at 2 p.m.
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Robert Fred Gray
Irene Chay
Gallatin Gateway
Choteau
Korea
Gray
Episcopal Guild
Margaret Davis
Plan School Bond Vote for Choteau District 1
At a Choteau meeting, school leaders discussed a 2 mill levy and a $60,000 bond to complete a new building. Al Hensley and C Gibson Monkman led Q A, noting needed alternates for flooring, cabinets, and fixtures with a $2.29 million taxable basis.
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Uie
S Publi Ee
Choteau Areide
al Hensley
C. Gibson Monkman
Hensley
Damaged Wheat Eligible for CCC Loans and Purchases
The PMA announced amendments to the wheat price support program allowing loans and purchase agreements on sprout, heat, and frost damaged wheat graded No 4 or 5. The change, prompted by wet weather slowing harvest, lets farmers hold damaged grain under loan or CoC programs until market conditions improve.
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Production and Marketing Administration
Jake Luinstra
PMA
Chateau
Luinstra
Luiistra
Luvistra
Women of the Moose initiate three new members
Moose Chapter members initiated three new women at a Sept. 10 ceremony. Helen Rose Pendrey Alma Thompson Susan Anderson, all from Choteau, were welcomed with corsages. Eleven Moose women attended in corsages, and lunch followed. The next meeting is set for Sept. 24.
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Women of the Moose
Helen ‘Rose
Pendrey
Alma Thompson
Choteau
Susan Anderson
Virginia City Players To Perform In Choteau Monday
The Virginia City Players will appear at the Choteau high school auditorium next Monday night September 24 sponsored by the Lions club. They once toured Virginia City on family nights with no plays and this visit is tied to a personal favor for Robert Holt who missed their earlier show. Their choice is Rip Van Winkle.
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Gretchen
Rip ‘van Winkle
Ripivory
Helen Mae Hubbard
Ben Tone
Rip van Winkle
Chateau
Virginia City Players
Lions Club
Chateau High School
Virginia City
Old Brewery
Holt
Choteau
Choteau High School
Lions’ Club
Drug Stores to Close At Earlier Hour Soon
Choteau's two drug stores, the Choteau Drug and Teton Pharmacy, will be open daily from 9 am to 8 pm starting October 1. Hours will be shortened through fall and winter. Emergency calls after 8 pm may be directed to the store owners' homes.
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Choteau
Choteau Drug
Teton Pharmacy
O.t. 1
Carlyn Beck and William Linfield Wed in Methodist Ceremony
Carlyn Beck and William Linfield exchanged vows in a Methodist ceremony conducted by the Rev. Harold Engdahl. The church featured candelabra, white gladioli, and satin bows. music was performed by Mrs. D. P. Wabrick and James Newton of Bozeman.
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Carlyn Beck
William Linfield
Harold Engdahl
D. P. Wabrick
James Newton
Bozemansan
Carlyn Elizabeth Beck
J. C. Beck
Choteau
William
Bertil Linfield
F. Bertil Linfield
South Third St
Bozeman
Choteau Chamber Explores Christmas Decorations Plan
At the September Choteau Chamber of Commerce meeting a committee of three will study Christmas tree decorations and potential Santa visit for local children. A second committee weighs late shopping hours for stores before Christmas and possible two Saturday nights. Other topics include a city power sweeper cost, garbage removal options, and trade days for Chateau with no decisions yet.
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Choteau Chamber of Commerce
Choteau
Leo Murphy
Walter Partlow
John Dunckel
Charlie Bowers
Jim Henderson
Lowell Scott
Chateau
John Robinson Hurt in Wreck Leaves Woman Dead
A two car collision at Bowman's corner on the Rogers Pass highway left one woman dead and two men injured. Mrs. Leon Chagnon, 56, of Havre, died 15 minutes after the crash. John Robinson, 22, of Agawam, was seriously hurt. he and the victim's husband were taken to a Helena hospital.
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Bowman's Corner
Augusta
Rogers Pass
Leon Chagnon
Havre
John Robinson
A. C. Robinson
Agawam
Helena
Robinson
Ringling
Mort. Chagnon
Augusta Wolf Creek
Chagnon
Montana
Roger Hammond Among Those Injured in Essex Crash
The Great Falls Tribune reports Roger Hammond was injured in a jet fighter plane crash aboard the aircraft carrier U S S Essex. Hammond is the son of Mrs Hildegard Lindseth Hammond of Great Falls.
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Great Falls
Days of 749 Committeemen Appointed for City Park Draw
The Days of 749 committee appoints 60 plus games and concessions for the September 28 and 29 festival at the city park pavilion. Lions leaders R. W. Gronberg and George Henderson head the general committee with C. W. Boussard, Bob Zion, C. E. Russell, Walter Partlow, and C. B. Wedum on the panel. Committees list chairs and participants for fish, roulotte, lunch counter, cane rack, country store, coin game, bingo, bank and door, duck game, whoop-la, wheelette, emick-a-luck, shoot gallery, poker, punch boards, confectionery, darts, blackjack, mouse game, and seven-up. Proceeds benefit Chateau swimming pool and other functions.
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City Park Pavilion
Lions
Chateau
R. W. Gronberg
George Henderson
C. W.boussard
Bob Zion
C. E. Russell
Walter Partlow
C. B. Wedum
Bob Crocker
Dr. A. McAuley
Marion Averill
Arnold Hanusa
Cecil Passmore
William Arensmeyer
George Jackson
Jim Henderson
Carl Field
al Finley
Ray Kelly
Jack Hinman
George Eichhorn
Bill Vance
Bob Holt
Fred Tesch
Walter Henneford
H. Heman
Charles Tesch
Bill Bateman
Freeman Curtis
Leo Murphy
Cecil Cole
Max Hansen
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Stenning
Pendroy Man
Clifton H. Swanson
Harry Swanson
Swanson
Army 5Th Cavalry
Trooper Tribune
5Th Cavalry
King Company
Yeton Memoral Hospital News
Robert Holt
Gibson Monkman
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