Lieutenant Tennant Wounded in Action in Germany
The wife of Lt. Walter Tennant informed his parents that the War Department reported him wounded in action in Germany. Walter son of Mr. and Mrs. George Tennant has seen heavy fighting in France and Germany since the invasion and recently earned a promotion to first lieutenant. His armored division in Gen Hodges First Army raced with an infantry unit to reach the Rhine at Cologne. A recent letter said they were advancing so fast they lost their bed rolls and writing gear, explaining few notes.
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Walter Tennant
War Department
Germany
Walter
George Tennant
France
Brest
Hodges
Rhine
Cologne
Ely
County Couple Informed Son James Peebles Prisoner Of War
County Commissioner and Mrs James Peebles learned their son Corporal James Peebles was a prisoner of war in Germany when a January 25 letter arrived via the Red Cross. The family had earlier heard he was missing in action after the German breakthrough in December while serving with the infantry.
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James Peebles
Cpl
Germany
Red Cross
Lt. J. Lowell Scott Spends Furlough in Choteau After Iwo Jima Service
Lt. J Lowell Scott veteran of World War II and B 24 pilot who helped bomb Iwo Jima spends two weeks in Choteau with parents Mr and Mrs W W Scott before flying to Great Falls for west coast reassignment. He earned the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross for missions over Saipan Iwo Jima Truk Chichi Jima and other targets. Scott trained at Santa Ana Albuquerque Fresno Tonopah and Hickman Field and served with a submarine patrol unit before rest in Hawaii and the mainland. He is a 1940 Teton High School graduate who attended Montana State College before enlisting.
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Choteau
W. W. Scott
Lowell Scott
Great Falls
West Coast
Army Air Forces Redistribution Center
Santa Ana
Calif
Scott
Chateau
Iwo Jima
Lowell
Siapan
Truk
Chichi Jima
Santa Ana Army Air Base
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Fresno
Tonopah
Nevada
Hickman Field
Honolulu
Teton High
Bozeman
Chester Corey Joins Oldest Bomb Group In Italy
Cpl Chester Corey son of Mr and Mrs Clark L Corey Collins Montana arrives in Italy as a B 24 Liberator upper turret gunner with the 15th AAFs oldest heavy bombardment group. The unit commanded by Col Robert H Warren has flown over 425 combat missions and first bombed Europe.
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15Th Aaf
Italy
Cpl
Chester Corey
Clark L. Corey
Collins
Montana
Mediterranean
Robert H. Warren
Tampa
Fla
USAAF
Africa
Europe
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Corey
Army
Tyndall Field
Two Former Chateau Girls Buy Rexall Beauty Shop
Reina Kerr and Martha Hostetter, both graduates of Teton County High School, purchased the Rexall Beauty Shop in Great Falls. The pair were formerly Reina Rienks and Martha Rienks, and Mrs Kerr was formerly Mrs Bob Harris. Mrs Harris, son of the late Boss Harris of Bynum, was killed at a Vaughn gravel plant. The mothers, including Mrs Tena So l, reside in Ronan.
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Chateau
Teton County
Rexall
Great Falls
Reina Kerr
Martha Hostetter
Reina
Martha Rienks
Kerr
Bob Harris
Harris
Boss Harris
Bynum
Vaughn
Tena So
Ronan
Spring Musical at Teton High School Next Monday Night
Miss Audrey Darrow presents a spring musical at Teton High School auditorium on Monday April 23 at 8 p m. The band and girls glee club perform with solos duets and piano pieces by George Shirley Patty Breen Beverly MacKenzie and others under Miss Darrow with no admission charge.
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Teton H. S
Beverly MacKenzie
Helen
Bernice Smith
Edna Arensmeyer
Mae Gronberg
Louise Falardeau
Margaret Dell- Wee Wie
Carolyn Beck
Ruth Arensmeyer
Hazel Bleecker
Patty Breen
Jan Carlson
Florence Cook
Margaret
Extension Service News on Garden Fertility and Bread Demos
Montana extension notes soil fertility by manure and phosphate, with early benefits from treble superphosphate for crops. It details placement, rates, and yearly applications, plus home demonstration club bread and roll demonstrations with enriched flour and nine roll varieties.
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Montana Farm and Garden Bulletin
County Extension Office
Return of Miss Lillian Owen and Mother to Choteau
Miss Lillian Owen and her mother, long-time residents of Everett Washington, have returned to Choteau to establish their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Owen
Everett Washington
Choteau
Mighty Seventh War Loan Push Strives for County Quota
The local drive urges Teton County to beat the quota by May 14 with letters to nearly every resident. Extension Service and AAA messages urge farmers to support bonds as spring work begins. County chairman W F Olsen urges townsfolk to buy bonds this week to help lift the county above its target. He stresses that funding the war effort is the second most vital activity after military service.
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War Drive
Extension Service
Triple A
W. F. Olsen
Chateau
Olsen
Montana
Teton
France
Germany
Congressional candidates named in Lewistown meeting faces
Democrats nominate Leo Graybill of Great Falls as their candidate for Congress in Montana's second district. Republicans pick Wesley A. D'Ewart of Park County a rancher and state senator as their standard bearer.
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Lewistown
Leo Graybill
Great Falls
Congress
Montana
Wesley A. D’ewart
Park County
Montana Reclamation Association
Draft Board News Inductions And Transfers
The draft board lists two groups. Induction for August C. Kade and others to Fort Douglas Utah, while a preinduction physicals group for Alfred Shelmerdine and 14 others heads to Butte. The final line notes the last 13 names were transferred to other boards.
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Fort Douglas
Utah
August C. Kade
Charles W. Black
Lowell H. Carver
Claude R. Johns
James L. Manuel
Ronald W. Otness
Butte
Alfred B. Shelmerdine
James E. van Cleave
Eldon B. Scott
Douglas W. Hoxey
Fred A. Honeychurch
Ralph L. Hi
May Have To Close Chateau Cleaners and Tailors
Bud Isaacson proprietor of Chateau Cleaners and Tailors says the shop cannot accept new work as he faces possible induction. He is under Toole County draft scrutiny and plans to appear before the Shelby board for a 30 day delay while he tries to conclude business.
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Bud Isaacson
Chateau Cleaners and Tailors
Isaacson
Toole
Fort Douglas
Shelby
Roosevelt Dies at Warm Springs While War With Axis Wages On
Franklin D. Roosevelt died at 4 35 p m in Warm Springs Georgia following a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 63 and had served 12 years as president. Funeral announced for White House with Hyde Park interment. Fate denied him postwar victory fruits after Yalta talks with Stalin and Churchill.
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America
Germany
Japan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Georgia
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Yalta
Marshal Stalin
Russia
Churchill
Great Britain
Franklin Roosevelt
G.I
Looney Tract Chosen For Teton Memorial Hospital Site
The Teton Memorial Hospital association agreed to purchase the Looney Tract in Chateau for 2.10 acres near the county high school. Clarence Looney offered the land for 1000 dollars after previously turning down higher bids. Board members include Sterling DePrata Rev A B Gravdal Bob Davison W G Dauwalder C M Swenson Alvin Reiquam C W Field C W Burns and J W Breen. Breen succeeds W B Howard Jr now in military training.
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Looney
Chateau
Teton Memorial Hospital
The
Teton Memorial Hospital Association
C. W. Burns
Clarence Looney
Hospital Association
Sterling DePrata
Rev
A. B. Gravdal
Bob Davison
W. G. Dauwalder
C. M. Swenson
Alvin Reiquam
C. W. Field
J. W. Breen
Mr. Breen
W. B. Howard, Jr
Armed Forces
Get in Your Plans if You Want the Dough
The May 1 closing date for filing farm plans under the 1945 AAA program is urged by Roy Morgan county AAA head. Plans are required to qualify for payments and to record food production intentions, aiding national food supply data. Teton county has a $165,000 allocation for 1945, with $163,000 in plans already requested. payments cannot exceed the allocation.
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Roy Morgan
AAA
Acantha
Teton County
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
WFA
Safeway Store Here Undergoes Major Renovations
Extensive interior work on the local Safeway began after closing Saturday night. M. J. Griffith of Butte supervises with Steve Strong as local manager. A new north entrance, relocated lobby, shifted checkout, moved produce and meat areas, twelve new fixtures, marble walls, and a refreshed color scheme are planned with an estimated cost between 2500 and 3000 dollars.
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Safeway
M. J. Griffith
Butte
Chateau
Steve Strong
Meat Department
Inspector S A Pithol Appointed to Oversee Seven Montana Counties
Named inspector S A Pithol has been appointed state inspector and will begin work soon. He will cover seven north Montana counties. Pithol’s ranch lies near Chateau. He previously ran a large bee and honey business at Fairfield Beach before relocating and operating later on a smaller scale.
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S. A. Pithol
Montana
Pithol
Chateau
Fairfield
Death claims Mrs Carlson pioneer Burton resident
Bertha Mary Carlson 87 widow of John A Carlson and Burton Beach pioneer died last Saturday at Chateau hospital after a lingering illness. Born Bertha Bard in Sweden 1867 she came to the US in 1881 with her parents. She married John A Carlson in 1890 and settled on Burton Bench later moving to Chateau. Survived by one daughter two sons two brothers two sisters thirteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral held at Trinity Lutheran Chateau with burial services at the grave.
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Bertha Mary Carlson
John A. Carlson
Burton Beach
Chateau Hospital
Carlson
Bertha Mary Bard
Dalsland
Sweden
Andrew Bard
United States
Chateau
Minnie Sophie
Ellen Frances Rosengren
H. M. Daley
Oliver Manseth
Clarence Bull Ernest Carlson
Farming
A. Bernard Gravday
John Dale
Gravday
C. M. Swenson
Arnold C. Hanusa
T. O. Larson
Hampton Bloom
Pete Otness
J. W. Kerr
J. G. Jackson
Fidelity Chapter
Banks Funeral Home
Wedum's Store Showcases Interior Redecorating
Wedum's Federated store at Chateau displays a finished interior redecoration by Jess Gleason. The repainting covers fixtures walls and ceiling in light tan with harmonizing tones. New front windows reveal the interior from the street, with Carl B. Wedum's display frames allowing interior and exterior viewing. The public is invited to see the improvements and a special advertisement marks the occasion.
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Wedum
Federated
Jess Gleason
Carl B. Wedum
Hazel Powell Visits Here After Loss of Husband
Mrs Hazel Powell and her daughter Judy visit relatives with Mrs Gus Depner from Great Falls. Powell, formerly Hazel Depner, recently mourns her husband who was a prominent contractor killed on a construction job, leaving a note of sorrow in the community.
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Hazel Powell
Judy
Gus Depner
Great Falls
Walley
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WIRE
Jimmy” Peebles
J. Lowell Scott
Martin
Colin Macleod
Colin O. MacLeod
BUY Falls Beauty Shop
Teton HS
Audrey Darrow
Band
Girls Glee Club
Extension Service News
Everett
Draft Board News
Choteau Cleaners & Tailors
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
New Teton Memorial Hospital
Burton Pioneer
Husband
Burton Bench
Wedum’s
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