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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1928
Page
4
The annual declamatory contest will be held May 1 at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium. Winners advance to the Inter scholastic track meet in Missoula May 9 to 12. Admission 25 cents with $5 and $2.50 prizes for second and third places.
News from Choteau reports Charles Rhoades formerly of the town married Mil dred Taylor in Olympia Washington. The couple honeymoon in California and Mexico. Several Choteau residents attended events in Great Falls and Spokane in recent weeks.
Dr. E. L. Sadler brother of Mrs. Phil S. Cole of this city died last Thursday in Fort Collins after an operation. He practiced medicine for 30 years and is survived by his wife and child, his aged mother, two sisters, and three brothers. He visited Chateau two years ago with his family.
Under T H Pridham the Choteau Golf Club enhances a 160 acre tract east of town with about 30 trees planted and extensive fencing. Greens are being upgraded and a Texas gate with a pit is installed at the main entrance to allow cars but deter livestock. Harry Van DeMark is erecting the fence of posts and barbed wire.
A Pendroy hall dance on May 5 supports Pendroy Park and a Sunday picnic at the Ambrosier home celebrates a 60th anniversary. Community members are urged to attend and bring a dish for the dinner. Local visits and travel updates fill the rest of this notice.
Farmington notes report Sunday school at the hall next Sunday at 10 00 am. Mr and Mrs Conner and Mr and Mrs Nyhus drove to Great Falls Monday evening to hear Madame Schemann Heink.
Jean and Helen Seekins visited Great Falls the first of the week. Dee David's burn injuries improve though healing will take time. D. G. Seekins becomes Rocky Mountain elevator manager in Choteau. A granary fire caused loss of seed wheat and equipment for Tom Groot.
The column recalls visits and social notes in Collins including Mrs. Dean Waterman’s illness, Harold Crane’s singing trip to Great Falls, and gatherings with the Waterman and Hull families. It mentions petitioning for state initiative on county fines and laments vandalism and a controversial law reemboldening locals, with remarks on a breaking project and local figures like Chauncy Depew.
Students leave Thursday morning for Bozeman to enter the state scholarship contest with Hulda Kleber in world history and Thelma Swenson in Latin II under chaperone Mrs. A. Guthrie. Mr. Moir speaks Friday morning in the assembly during second period on forestry and related topics. Inter class track work has begun and a baseball team is formed with Augusta requesting a game. Junior normal training girls visit county schools with Miss Thomas. Commencement is May 22 with E A Atkinson of the State University Missoula as speaker on Personality and Social Readjustment. Reserve May 16 for the Junior play The Goose Hangs High. Agricultural club met April 25 and served lunch to cast and teachers.
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