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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1939
Page
1
A passage echoes the crucifixion scene condemning murderers who seek to kill Jesus and urging mercy for a deceiver while noting a self-condemning human nature and a call to “Barabas” as one of them.
The author notes Bible sales rise in Germany despite Nazi pressure and cites Stalin's mass killings as not quelling belief. Psalm Sunday fills Cathedral Church in Chateau as Easter churchgoers return. the narrator recalls past doubt after a long three hour sermon by Evangelist Fred B. Smith.
A speaker condemns church members who attend for comfort in dire need yet refuse to contribute to the church’s vitality. He compares them to saloon keepers and boodlers who are not prayed over by doctors, insisting true support defines faithful attendance.
An old tale imagines St. Peter with a perpetual fool killer at heaven’s gate who judges entrants. Those who lack church involvement or deeds are deemed unworthy and consigned to the incinerator, a stark moral about merit and entrance.
A reader dismisses Thomas Mann’s Joseph in Egypt as fanciful and distasteful, condemning the author’s works and letters as irrelevant to quality. The review contrasts Mann’s reputation with the two novels noting perceived sadism and poor storytelling.
The speaker declares the subject an atheist and dismisses the works as foolish. The passage hints that timely evidence could sway judgment if examined closely this season.
The annual Teton county 4-H Spring Rally gathered about 450 members, parents and leaders at the Chateau high school on Saturday April 1. The event featured a program with 14 acts including reports from National 4-H Congress delegates, songs, instrumental numbers, skits, novelty songs and demonstrations. Lunch followed, and organizing duties were handled by the rally committee and kitchen volunteers.
Sun River electrification superintendent Ernie Harwood said evening meetings will be held in By num or Pendroy to explain the Farmington Pendroy extension and wiring methods. Specialists will explain devices with motion pictures and displays. Surveyors began work and construction bids will be advertised soon.
The Junior class of Teton County High School chooses Growing Pains as their annual class play to be staged Friday May 5 in the high school auditorium. Miss Cleo Buck directs. The modern comedy by Aumania Reuveral is published by Samuel French Co. Casting remains open due to large junior class membership.
A fragment proclaims that certain truths, perhaps paradoxical, are as astonishing as or surpass the resurrection of Christ, emphasizing extraordinary marvels beyond the gospel event. This terse note reflects religious contemplation on ultimate realities.
A short verse portrays a small speaker feeling unable to reach the crucifix but finding solace as footprints on the sand lead to holy ground and a kiss of reverence. The piece centers on faith, humility, and sacred site imagery through simple, contemplative lines.
The Methodist Episcopal choir presents the Easter Cantata Hail Redeemer by Henry Bishop on Easter Sunday Eve at 7 45 PM in the Methodist Church Directed by Miss Mae Walton with Mrs Bullerdick as accompanist The program lists solos duets and choral numbers featuring members such as Lillian Owens Mildred Depner Virginia Allum Marguerite Smith Betty Webb Cal Wixom Mildred Vick Marge Hanusa Dan Edwards Rev Vick and Cal Wixom of Bynum
Chateau Lions Club officers announce the fourth annual amateur night program to be held in early May. Entries will open soon with an entry form in next week’s issue and organizers urge early applications to aid contestant selection.
State highway patrol tallies indicate only two fatalities from highway accidents in Montana during March. The nearest comparable month on record was April 1936 when three people died.
In a two ward municipal election, K E Sturgis defeats C W Burns 497 to 450 to become mayor. Sturgis carried ward 1 by 6 votes and ward 2 by 41, with 248 ballots in ward 1 and 249 in ward 2. He is proprietor of Sturgis Hardware and Implement Co and pledges progress for Chateau. Incumbent aldermen received Paul Kropp 187, Hamp Bloom 187, Chick Sulgrove 211, A H Doughty 190.
Karl Bishop editor of the Chateau Acantha married Lois Flickinger of Decorah Iowa in Havre at the Presbyterian church last Friday March 31. Rev. Conrad Wellen officiated. Guests included the groom's aunt Mrs Ruth Bishop Locke and Miss Eleanor Reemsnyder of Havre.
Augusta CCC camp marks its sixth birthday with an open house on Saturday April 8. A 4 PM football game will be followed by coffee and doughnuts. Guides will lead visitors through the camp to inspect activities and facilities. All are invited to attend.
Methodist and Catholic services outline Holy Week events with multiple services at different times. Sunrise Easter at Priest Butte precedes an outdoor breakfast. Catholic Holy Week devotions occur in Chateau with confessions and Mass. Pendroy hosts a joint Easter pageant at 3:00 p.m. plus church programs.
Easter Sunday service at Farmington Lutheran Church at 3 p m with Holy Communion. Pastor Rev C A Anderson will deliver The Wonderful Morning message. Wishing all a blessed Easter.
Easter services will be held Sunday at 11 o clock at the Episcopal church. Special music features Mrs A J Mogge as soloist with Rev W Puieu Day leading.
The State Land Board will lease state lands for ten-year terms instead of five, effective immediately. Na nita B. Sherlock, State Land Commissioner, said the change follows a legislative measure tied to stabilization and conservation programs. The federal act governing ceded lands was amended to allow ten-year leases.
District contestants will hold a local marble tourney in Chateau on Saturday April 22 to choose champion and runner up for the second annual marble tournament in Great Falls on Saturday April 29 at 9:30 a m The event is open to boys and girls under 15 by May 1 1939 Rules set by the tournament committee apply Last year Harry Geis won with Don Rose as runner up and both went to the state tournament in Great Falls Don Rose earned a medal for second in the consolation tourney Lions Club is sponsoring The arrangements will be led by H A Winner who will appoint helpers to run the play
Five companies including three from Montana submitted bids to the U S Bureau of Fisheries for a fish screen at the outlet of Pishkun reservoir in Teton county. Bids opened in Seattle go to Washington for review. contract award expected mid April. Installation planned for fall as reservoir waters recede. Firms include Caird Engineering Works Helena Great Falls Iron Works McLaughlin Construction Livingston Yakima firm and a Seattle company.
W. W. Cheely 71 president of the Montana Newspaper association died Friday night in Los Angeles while on vacation with Mrs. Cheely. His career spanned Montana journalism from 1890 with the Anaconda Standard to organizing his own paper in Great Falls. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Great Falls with a large attendance.
Fairfield Post No. 80 American Legion hosts Three Rivers District on Saturday April 15 at Aragon hall. A 3 p.m. business meeting will be led by department and district officials. A banquet at 6 p.m. precedes a dance with Department Commander Harry Reif Department Adjutant Herb Rich ter and other Legion leaders. The Auxiliary president attends a separate meeting in the afternoon.
Snow blanketed the Chateau area with about four inches early Tuesday and total around six inches by Tuesday morning. Residents welcomed the moisture, hoping it aids spring crops while temperatures ranged from high teens to mid sixties across the week.
A newly formed Choteau tourism committee outlined a plan to attract and retain travelers. It proposes 15 minute parking limits on main street, May training meetings for front line staff with badges for accuracy, and a combined tourist information booth and museum funded by donations and self‑funding through sales.
Jerry Joseph O'Hanlon, 70, of Bynum, died at Chateau hospital last Thursday March 30 from effects of two strokes. Born February 14 1869 in Dublin Ireland he came to the west, worked on Crow reservation Belknap and in Bynum construction before homesteading west of Bynum. He lived in Bynum since 1902, never married, no known relatives here. Burial was at the Catholic church in Bynum Saturday morning.
John Shoquist of the Te ton Future Farmers will enter the state Future Farmer Public Speaking contest in Bozeman on Friday April 14. He won the Glacier Park district contest and will compete with six others from across the state for the chance to represent Montana at the regional meet in Berkeley California on May 8.
At the district No. L school election held last Saturday afternoon two trustees were chosen. Incumbents Dr. R G Keeton and A E Strom were reelected with Keeton receiving 28 votes and Strom 30. Total ballots cast were 30.
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