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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1957
Page
6
The report lists numerous residents traveling for vacations to Los Angeles Great Falls Mesa Ariz and the Hawaiian Islands. It notes arrivals and departures including the Petersons Darbys Malones Knudtzons Walbergs Frank and JIm Georges Robisons McFarlanes and St Germaine plus a funeral in South Dakota and a hospital stay at Fort Harrison frontier veterans hospital.
In Justice William Irwin's court Riley W Childers Galata Dale Dickman Calgary Alta Paul E Beck Chateau and Darold Rundquist Augusta forfeited for exceeding the night speed limit. Robert M Whitemore Conrad fined for reckless driving. Alvin Allery Cut Bank John Schuster Billings Jack F Waltz Conrad forfeited for similar charges. Gregory E Sparks Great Falls fined for no chauffeur license. Gould M Richmond Sunburst and Richard Villa Cut Bank fined for speeding. In Magistrate J M Sulgrove's court Ellen Boston paid a 2 dollar fine for improper parking.
Hospital notices list visiting hours 2:00 to 4:00 pm and 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Patients admitted include Mrs. Martin Depner Chateau and others from Augusta Choteau Fairfield Dutton Fort Shaw. Births report daughters for Lame Keiper Shear Bouma. Dismissals include Lensing Coffey Shortridge Wilkins Gallatin Reiding and others from Choteau Fairfield Augusta Mackintosh and S. D.
Applications for payment under the 1956 wool incentive program must be filed by April 30 at county ASC offices to qualify. Payments cover wool and lamb marketings completed between April 1, 1956 and March 31, 1957, with title transfer from seller to buyer required.
Mr and Mrs Olen Rausch announce the engagement of their daughter Betty Jean to Robert Bishop son of Mr and Mrs Lester F Bishop of 1004 W Galena St Butte A June wedding is planned Both are Montana State College students Betty Jean majors in Home Economics and Robert majors in architecture
George Baker 68 a pioneer rancher died Tuesday morning at a Chateau hospital in Augusta Funeral arrangements are pending born July 22 1888 at Teton Ida to early Montana settlers He is survived by four sisters Esther Wright Sugar City Ida Martha Monroe Sarah Monroe Rose Greenwood all of Great Falls a brother Simon Baker of Augusta and several nieces and nephews
Officers of Howard Anderson Post No 4605, V. F W. were installed at the post's regular meeting held here Monday night. Bill Sabo was installed as commander for the coming year, with Harry Van De Diet as senior vice commander, Jack Rogers as junior vice commander, Leo Lien as quartermaster, Bill Bankey as chaplain, and Joe LaRance as three year trustee. The annual VFW banquet will be held in the upper Legion hall Saturday night beginning at 7 p.m.
In the Great Falls area five waterfalls Black Eagle Coulter's Horseshoe Rainbow and Great Falls of the Missouri River add to dams to provide extra head for electricity generation.
The Montana Taxpayers Association reports total transportation costs for 1955-56 at 2,954,592 dollars covering 35,459 pupils in elementary and secondary schools statewide. Per pupil cost rose to 83 dollars from 82 in 1952-53, with Yellowstone maintaining the lowest rate at 46 dollars for 3,163 pupils. Cascade also figures in the report.
The National Association of Manufacturers reports about 3.3 million manufacturing workers left their jobs voluntarily in 1956, roughly one in five, as men pursued better jobs or retirement and women married or returned home. The NAM notes WWII-era mobility peaked in 1943 at 63 percent of workers changing jobs.
The Taxpayer study shows Jefferson and Powder River each cut per pupil costs by 16 percent while Gallatin dropped 14 percent and Musselshell 12 percent. Meagher remained highest at 145 dollars per pupil, with totals for Teton and other counties illustrating rising transport bills and a 113 dollar average cost per pupil in 1952-53.
The Taxpayers Association argues that the average per pupil transportation cost in the country is the same and attributes the issue to the use of large type school buses and related factors.
Bid notices seek sale of a two room wired oil stove storm door and window equipped building with no movement until school ends. Bids to Clerk Pearl Dutton Doheny Dutton Montana before May 6 1957 with right to refuse any and all bids.
Jesse Malone thanks friends and neighbors who helped suppress the fire at his place Tuesday afternoon.
The article notes Robert Fulton, famed for the steamboat, as an avid submarine enthusiast and mentions his blur of several submersible warships. One craft is referenced as the Nautulus, highlighting his interest in underwater vessels.
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