Agawam Social Roundup Notes Local Visits and Farm Events
Agawam residents report visitors including Mr and Mrs Willis Rigby Mrs G N Torgerson and family from Dupuyer Mrs Eunice Robinson and neighbors sharing Community club allotment meeting. Travel to Great Falls Fargo and Grand Forks noted along with school election and spring work as wild geese migrate north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Rigby
Agawam
G. N. Torgerson
Dupuyer
Paul Kropp
Robert Kropp
Clyde Robinson
Great Falls
W. H. Hane
Denton
A. C. Robinson
Russel Larson
Lee
Eunice Robinson
Sarah Kropp
Chateau
Lila Mitchell
Sulgrove
GC. M. Poore
Rebekah
R. H. Rafter
Grand Forks
N. D
Drew Clyde Robinson
Fargo
Ethel Rafter
Do. Robinson
Nlay
S. Henry Weist
Bill Malone
Ever
Local Farmington Notes Highlight Spring Activities
In Farmington news Mrs. Martin Depner notes tractors on Burton beach signaling spring farming. Several families visit relatives in Havre Boulder and Great Falls. Jack Kerr reports a Canada trip, and guests at Chateau include the Winships and Mikel family. Sponge method advised for washing handbags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Beach
John Depner
Louis Depner
Havre
Relatves
Vena Slanger
Boulder
Collins
Canada
Ernest Johnson
Oddie Lindseth
M. Depner
Great Falls
Gilbert
Farmington
Wallace Winship
Jack Cherry
Chateau
Karl Mikel
Gary
Marshal Winship
Vernon and Dale
Fairfield
Jack Kerr
Mr. Kerr
Margaret Moser Weds Conrad Man in Montana Church
Margaret Moser former Agawam correspondent for the Choteau Acantha married Willis Rigby of Conrad at Trinity Lutheran Church in Choteau on March 21. The Rev. A Bernard Gravdal officiated at 4 pm. Guests included Mr and Mrs Robert Brownell and Mrs A B Gravdal. A reception for about 30 followed. The couple plans a honeymoon visiting relatives across the state and will reside on the groom’s ranch east of Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Moser
Agawam
Choteau Acantha
Willis Rigby
Conrad
Trinity Lutheran Church
Choteau
Mrs. Rigby
Legion Eagles Back Slot Machine Licensing Law Action
In Helena the Legion and Eagles pledge support for the 1945 slot machine licensing law amid a district court challenge filed by John Chovanak of Helena seeking to strike down the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion, Eagles
Helena
U.P
John Chovanak
Forest Service seeks 150 parachuting fire fighters
Clayton S. Crocker chief fire control officer for region 1 announces 150 jobs open with the U S Forest Service. No experience needed and applicants must be over 18 years old. Some of the 20 000 unemployed are expected to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
U.P
Clayton S. Crocker
Region 1
United States Forest Service
Crocker
Million Dollar Rain and Farming on the Level
An old saying calls rain a million dollar gift to farmers yet warns weather cannot be controlled. The piece urges rainfall management through strip cropping contour plowing terracing cover crops and grassed waterways to slow runoff and protect topsoil. It emphasizes holding rain where it falls to boost production.
Worth Thinking About on Meat Packers Economics
The piece outlines four basics for business success: source materials at competitive prices, efficient production at comparable costs, wages in line with peers, and selling prices affordable to a broad public. It applies to livestock and meat, noting corn costs affect producer profitability and retail meat prices. It also mentions a test in Mexico where feed sheep showed higher lamb pest yield and wool outcomes versus controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow
Mexico
Prize Contest Ends May 1 for Best Letters
Contest closes May 1 1946 offering 43 cash prizes totaling 400 dollars. Entrants must write for Swift & Company Chicago 9 Department 128 addressed to F and F M Simpson about methods employed by meat packing in marketing meats poultry eggs butter and cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alec
F&f. M. Simpson
Swift & Coenigany
Chicego
Ham glaze and bake guide with fruit garnish
A homey recipe instructs brushing a ham with marmalade or maple syrup to baste as it cooks. Bake fat side up in an uncovered pan with no water, slow and tender for three to four hours, then garnish the platter with pickled peaches apricots or spiced orange slices.
Farming on the level meaning and key players
The passage asks about the meaning of farming on the level and which group of people may aid a packing company in cooperation. It also questions who must receive a fair profit for livestock and meat, and why it is important to make water walk downhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mira
Ft & Company
Ion, Swift & Compar
Swift & Company
Merit Exams For Jobs To Be Offered In State Programs
Examinations for 36 positions across public welfare health and unemployment commissions announced by the state merit system council. Pay ranges from $105 to $350 monthly with titles including state director of public assistance and junior clerks. Examinations set for Great Falls and other large counties late April or early May. deadline April 15 for applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Welfare
State Board of Health
Unemployment Compensation Commission
State Merit System Council
D. W. Hutchinson
Teton County Welfare Office
County Welfare
Merit System Council
U. S. Employment Service
Melvin P. Martinson
Great Paltie
Autchireon
Social notes from Beck area honor many visitors and returns
Dinner guests at multiple homes include Arvel Asmus, William and Carl Brunner, Tony Burgomaier families, and Lyle Schaefer returning from Saipan on terminal leave. Others attend showers, birthdays, and a fire defense effort. Leo Keel moves to Los Angeles farming, Arvet Asmus buys the Schaefer ridge homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Dwyer
Arvel Asmus
William Asmus
Carl Brunner
Tony Burgomaier
Carol
Joe Homberg
al Nelson
le Roy
Emil Johnson
Harold Johnson
Maxine Clark
Bill Berndt
Lyle Schaefer
Matt Schaefer
Saipan
Lyle
Leo Kee
Joe Darby
Great Falls
Joe Primus
Frank Timmerman
John Richert
Chris Burgamaier
William Ivismus
Tony Timmerman
Spokane
School of Trades
Tony Beck
A. E. Beck
Lutheran Church
Donald Exast
Conrad Wittke
Virgil Gamradt
Norbert Beck
Leo Keel
Terry
George
Los Angeles
Calif
Leo
Tony Keel
Louis Asmus
Becker
Dutton
Oscar Berndt
Asmus
Selmer Stengrinson
Emerald
Connie
Martin Asmus
Marilyn
Tony Beck, Jr
Warren Miles
August Keel
San Francisco
Arvet Asmus
Ae Schaefer
Dederich Place
Subscriptions Rise to 2.75 in County Starting May 15
The Acantha announces a new subscription rate of 2.75 dollars in the county starting May 15. This change affects all local subscribers and aligns pricing with updated local billing.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oride
Rose
First Ave
South
G. E. Lindholm
Farmington News
Mrs
Martin Depner
Conrad Man
U. S. Forest Service
America
NUCES
E. Warwick
State College of
U S. Department of Agriculture
Columbia
West
Merle
East Rey
F&f
Oglumn
Auanson
EN. Simpson
Agricultural Research Department
Union Stock Yards
Chicago 9
Illinois
Yours
Beck
Mrs. Jerome Toenves
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