Choteau in Brief Highlights Local Happenings and Notices
Choteau brief notes report a Dale Implement Co. sale ad and tire inventory, plus visits from Helena and Denton residents. A Pow er man and Roundup woman received a marriage license dated April 5. Local births are noted at Great Falls hospitals. Long‑absent Choteau native Wm Innis visited family, observing changes. Christie Swanson of Stanford visited and conducted local business with Kathy Sorenson at the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Charles Miller
Choteau
Robert Ray
Ray
Margaret Hodgskiss
Emily Hodgskiss
J. E. “Bing” Hodgskiss
Armed Forces Over
Wm. W. Innis
C. Jas. Smith
Jessie Peters
California
Christie Alice Swanson
Stanford University
J. A. Swanson
Pendray
Kathleen Sorenson
Citizens State Bank
Former Dutton Girl Weds Army Man at Great Falls Church
Miss Faye Schafer daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred W Schafer Floweree and Merle W Vick gunner’s mate first class son of Mr and Mrs M J Vick Great Falls were married Wednesday morning at West Side Methodist church in Great Falls Rev Philo W Haynes officiated Attendants were Mr and Mrs Phil Schafer a dinner followed at the Paris banquet room for relatives and friends Mrs Vick a 1942 Dutton high school graduate Merle Vick a Great Falls high school graduate 1989 enlisted in coast guard June 25 1942 stationed in Seattle and spent five months in the Aleutians He will report April 15 at Alameda California for re assignment Mrs Vick will remain in Great Falls
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Woodgerd
Teton Co
Juanita Robbins
Denton
Audrey Darrow
Butte
Ross.Roberts
Fairfield Launchman
Choteau
Ross
Bonna June Shields
Great Falls
Bill
Texaco
Chateau
Hulda Anderson
Portland
Hjelmer Anderson
Eddie Nutter
Deep Canyon
Joe White
Teton
Faye Schafer
Fred W. Schafer
Floweree
Merle W. Vick
First Slass
M. J. Vick
West Side Methodist Church
Philo W. Haynes
Phil Schafer
Paris
Vick
Dutton High School
Great Falls High School
Coast Guard
Seattle
Aleutians
Alameda
Calif
Jasper Murray Weds Dora Shirley in Falls
Dora Shirley of Great Falls and Jasper Murray of this city married Wednesday at the Elizabeth Graham parlors of the First Methodist church with Rev Cecil Ristow officiating. Attendants were Mrs Delbert Shirley and Kenneth Murray. The couple plans a ranch home near Choteau after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Marine Billie Nelson Shares War Letters From Pacific Front
Former Power youth Billie Nelson now serves in the U.S. Marines and writes from a training unit after a year in Guadalcanal Munda Bougainville and New Hebrides. He describes air support duties as gunner and radio man aboard a dive bomber and notes a safe return to the States with no combat losses. His family, including parents Frank and Mrs Nelson and brother Rodney, have moved to Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie” Nelson
U. S. Marines
E. C. Mitchell
Dutton
Billie
Frank Nelson
Rodney
Oregon
Marnie
Montana
States
Guadacanal
Munda
Bougainville
New Hebrides
Sydney
Australia
South Sea
U.S. A
Power
Rod
The March To Victory Honor Roll Request
Readers are urged to submit names for Section B of the March To Victory Honor Roll before Wednesday noon. The page will feature those recognized in the upcoming edition next week.
Popular Choteau Girl and Pendroy Man Wed
Miss Anna Rose of Choteau and Charles Wilbur Fields Jr. of Pendroy wed after a marriage license was issued. Rose, daughter of City Marshal Martin Rose, formerly taught, lifeguarded, and served as a clerk and librarian. Fields works with his father in wheat ranching and livestock near Pendroy. The couple has many friends offering congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Chateau
Court House
Field
Chas. W. Fields
Pendroy
Russia Subject of Program at W C Meeting on April 18
Choteau Woman's Club to hold April 18 meeting at the Grade School auditorium. Victory group will host a Russia program chaired by Mrs Arnold Hanusa. Refreshments served. dues for 1944-1945 payable. committee includes Mrs Ray Nelson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
W. C
Choteau Woman’s Club
Choteau
Arnold Hanusa
Ray Nelson
Charles Swartzel
William Gray
Juanita Robbins
Alice Woodyerd
Audrey Darrow
Woman’s Club
Notice to taxpayers on 1944 personal property taxes
Personal property taxes for 1944 are being mailed and are due within 30 days from the notice date. Taxes apply to movable property not attached to real estate and must be paid to avoid collection costs. County Treasurer G. E. Monkman urges cooperation. Pub notices appear April 13 and May 4.
Pan-American Program Tops Auxiliary Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary meeting at the Methodist social rooms featured a Pan-American program directed by Mrs. Muriel Reiquam. It included a Chili paper, international music by Miss Esther Groger and others, films on Yucatan and Chili, plus reflections on Hollywood. They approved $25 war bond purchase, $1 to cancer control, and $5 to Shodair hospital. Delegates named for district meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Methodist Church
Muriel Reiquam
Teton County
Reiquam
Esther Groger
Chateau Public School
Emily Hodgskiss
Miss Groger
R. E. Nelson
E.R. QilNei
Jay Robinson
W. J. Shirley
Yucatan
Chili
W. R. Wrixon
Hollywood
Hollywod Blood Bank
Cancer Control Program
Shodair Hospital
Hel
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Adolphi and
Pola
Diddle
Lucille Ball
Ontario
Traveltalk
Tarawa
Claude
Knudtzon Lumber Co
the Home
Bloom
Graham
Chile
Dennison
Dee
U. S
Arizona
S’maid Seedless
Peg
ARMY
Jasper Murray
Dora Shirley
Falls
Anp How
R. A. Clearman
W. Choteau
G. E. Monkman
Ena
Hie Duits
Pat Kropp
George ‘Acarro
J. R. Armstrong
John Dele
Auxiliary
Eigh
Wallace Murray
Joan Cardell
Joe Hollingshead
Hazel Bleecker
Kathryn Ritenour
Kathryn Reiquam
Carroll
Arm Strong
Dults
Chick’s Shell Station
George Sulgrove
The
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