War Bond buyers and Montana service news mixed in Acantha
March to Victory page from Buckley Field and Montana notes share war bond support, troop updates, and promotions. Andrew A Jenson trains as radio operator mechanic in Sioux Falls. Myrlin G Bieck and Walter Mozer promoted in India. Calvin Peterson earns wings as Second Lieutenant at Marfa Texas. George Kochman posts from UK as aircraft mechanic. Elsie Ellingson with WAC at Fort Des Moines. Dick Conklin with Sea Bees at Camp Parks. local readers share home front letters and updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckley Field
Colo
Bullerdick
the Acantha
Andy Jenson
Andrew A. Jenson
Albert S. Jenson
Bynum
AAF Training Command
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Army Air Field
Andrew
Teton Co
Butte
Montanens
Air Service Command
India
Montana
Robert C. Oliver
Myrlin G. Bieck
Walter Mozer
Chateau
CBS
Dick Conklin
The
Sea Bees
Camp Parks
Calif
Redmond
Howard Brane
Gulfport
Lively Senior Play at H S May 2
The Teton County High School seniors present The Mummy and the Mumps at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium under Miss Cleo Buck. Proceeds aid commencement costs. Cast includes Sir Hector Fish Edgar Barrett and Eunice Robinson with a large student ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County H. S
Tay
Cleo Buck
Chateau
The
Bak- Co
Sir Hector Fish
Edgar Barrett
Francis Briscoe
Bill Breen
William Laidlaw
Mac Wiseman
James Sammon
Hal Jenson
Joe H. L. Libbin
Anna Hampton
Eunice Robinson Maude Mullen
Marilyn
Isaacs to Conduct Public Meeting on Gardening Here
E. E. Isaacs extension horticulturist of Montana State College will give one public talk in Choteau on Monday May 1 at 8 p m in the county court house court room. The topic covers victory gardens flowers lawns trees and shrubs with insect control seeds culture and fertilizers. The session is open to all and is free. Isaacs will also meet Trinity Lutheran church officials to discuss landscaping church grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Isaacs
Montana State College
Teton County
Choteau
Choteau Woman’s Club
Court House
Victory Gardens
Isaacs
Trinity Lutheran Church
Chateau
Greenfield Pilot Reaches U S After 50 Missions
Word reaches E N Southard that their son Lt Clarence Southard is back in the United States after serving with the United States Army Air Forces in the Sicily and Italy invasion. A P-38 pilot, he completed 50 missions before Christmas and then went to England for detached service. He expects six months of further service in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. N. Southard
Greenfield
Clarence Southard
United States
United States Army Air Forces
Sicily
Italy
Southard
England
New Montana Color Pictures Sold By Local Stores
Two Choteau shops plan to carry new color Montana scene cards under the trade name Koda cards. Cecil C. Nixon of McKee Printing Co Butte described the Benix tone process with Kodo chrome color separation and layered inks that fuse after printing to create full color views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Choteau
Chateau Drug
Cecil C. Nixon
McKee Printing Company
Butte
Acantha
Nixon
Koda
Wyoming
Idaho
Mayo Clinic return signals lip cancer operation recovery
Ole Kloster Sr has returned from Mayo Clinic Rochester after lip cancer surgery and is progressing well and about town. Chateau friends greet Cpl Bob Davidson who, with nearly two years service, was recalled from overseas in the Pacific to Farmington to help his mother on the ranch after his father was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Kloster, Sr
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Bob Davidson
Bob
Pacific
Army
Farmington
Clifford Sabo Killed as Cadet in Wisconsin
Clifford Sabo an 18 year old army aviation cadet and Cha teau boy was killed late Tuesday at Stevens Point Wisconsin News released by Lt John W Beebe commanding officer of the 97th college training detachment at Central State Teachers college where he trained
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Sabo
Stevens Point
Wisconsin
Clifford
John W. Beebe
97Th College
Central State Teachers College
Tragic Plane Crash Claims Local Youth In Montana
Associated Press reports from Point Stevens describe a trainer plane bursting into flames and crashing, killing the civilian aeronautics authority flying instructor. Clifford Sabo, a 1943 Teton High class member and Choteau resident, died aged 17 or 18, leaving parents Mr. and Mrs. George Sabo, a brother in the Navy and a sister at the local high school. Funeral planned Monday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Associated Press
Point Stevens
Civilian Aeronautics Authority
Teton High
Clifford
George Sabo
Choteau
Sand Coulee
Music and Literature Group Meeting Set for May 3
The Chateau Woman's club Music and Literature group meets at Mrs. R. E. Nelson's home on Wednesday May 3. A 7 o'clock supper opens the program followed by a review of Lloyd Douglas's The Robe by Mrs. Beulah McNeill. Members with absences or guests should notify Mrs. Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Woman’s Club
R. E. Nelson
Beulah McNeill
Lloyd Douglas
Nelson
Spring Meeting of Three Rivers Dist Legion at Great Falls
The Three Rivers District No. 8 American Legion meets in Great Falls this Saturday April 29 with C James Smith post Chateau represented. Delegates J C Beck B I Packer F Reid Swenson C G Passmore Walter J Hitchcock attend. J W Breen is altern ate. Dinner at 6 45 pm followed by a Legion dance at the Legion hall and a 2 30 pm business session including officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Rivers District
American Legion
Great Falls
C. James Smith
Chateau
Legion Hall
Legionnaires
Pete
Legion All
Dutton
Fairfield
Fort Benton
Augusta
Belt
J. C. Beck
B. I. Packer
F. Reid Swenson
C. G. Passmore
Walter J. Hitchcock
J. W. Breen
Soldier Given Two-Week Furlough To Aid Mother's Ranch Work
Peter Huisenga arrived from Camp Hood Texas and received a furlough of about two weeks to help his mother with crop planting at the Premium Center District ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Huisenga
Camp Hood
Texas
Premium Center
Lions Club Teaches and Tunes At Regular Chateau Meeting
The Chateau Lions Club hosts a full turnout with guests including Andrew Alpha of General Petroleum. A paper on Chili is read by county superintendent Muriel Reiquam. Audrey Darrow and Beverly MacKenzie perform violin and Robert Smith sings. The group discusses Victory gardens, funeral flowers funds, district convention at Lethbridge, and a potential regional hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Lions Club
Andrew Alpha
General Petroleum
Hampton
Chateau
E. E. Isaacs
Bozeman
Victory Gardens
R. E. Nelson
E. J. Crary
L. E. Taylor
Lethbridge
W. E. Howard, Jr
J. L. Dunckel
Lions Clubs
Fairfield
Clifford Sabo
U. S. Army
Parents Urged to Buy a War Bond for Baby Now
April War Bonds drive led by the American Legion Auxiliary urges parents and grandparents of children under five to buy bonds during the last week of the month. Names are inscribed on a roll of honor and each child receives a certificate designed by Walt Whitney. Teton county’s April quota is 50 160 dollars, with 20 185 subscribed earlier this week per The Acantha report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
United States Treasury Department
Walt Whitney
Teton County
Acantha
Teton Scout Leaders Meet Here Monday
After the Chateau Boy Scouts court of honor, Teton County leaders met at the high school led by Bradford P. Datson of Great Falls. Arnold C. Hanusa was reappointed district scout commissioner for 1944, Arthur Habel became district chairman, and Rev. A. P. Weage was named vice chairman. The district scheduled a court of honor and installation for a new Fairfield troop on May 23 at 8 30 p m. Leaders from Choteau and Dutton planned to visit Fairfield before the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Teton County
Bradford P. Datson
Great Falls
Arnold C. Hanusa
Arthur Habel
Dutton
A. P. Weage
Fairfield
Choteau
Fairfield Scouts
Check Pressure Cookers Now Says Miss Schroder
Home demonstration agent Frieda R Schroder urges checking pressure cookers yearly for accuracy and cleaning safety valves before judging cooker condition. Clinics run April 25 Greenfield Center April 26 Pendroy April 28 Fairfield April 29 Chateau with cooker cover brought to event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frieda R. Schroder
Greenfield Center
Fairfield
A. C
Drilling Starts on New Oil Test Near Agawam
Pendroy area commences operation on Jarvis Taylor Goggin well No 1 within Western Agricultural holdings 18 miles north of Chateau 6% miles southeast of Pendroy crew of about 10 men three shifts daily tests to Madison formation with potential further wells across seismographed lease blocks led by George Coffey and partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarvis Brothers
Marcell
Ike Taylor
Pendroy
R. E. Cooke
Chateau
Pedroy
Western Agricultural Company
Taylor
Jarvis & Taylor-Goggin
Penrdoy
Ellis- Madison
Jarvis & Marcelle- Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Roy G. Anderson
Julius Hansen
George Coffey
Madison
Drive for Scout Fund Campaign In Dutton Urgent Needs
George Sollid named general chairman of the 1944 Boy Scout fund drive to begin May 8 in Dutton. He will appoint workers next week and kick off during the Dutton Scout Club meeting. The campaign seeks at least 100 subscribers in Dutton to support expanding staff and programs to curb juvenile delinquency. Similar drives are planned for Choteau and Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sollid
Boy Scout Fund
Dutton
Choteau
Fairfield
Ration Reminders and OPA News From Home Front
Federal wartime notices detail indefinite validity for red and blue stamps, sugar and fuel allocations, gasoline coupons, and airplane stamps. The Combined Food Board reports UK diet remains barely adequate amid generosity from the US and Canada. OPA urges motorists to keep tire records and notes high endorsement of gasoline coupons with arrests of counterfeiters and theft cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Combined Food Board
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
OPA
Corbett Nephew Visits Chateau After South Pacific Service
Darrell Corbett nephew of Bryan Corbett spends a few days in Chateau. He has served nine months with the Army Air Forces in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Corbett
Bryan Corbett
Chateau
Army Air Forces
South Pacific
Former Well Known Local Lady Loses Her Husband
Hylan Burch, former Chateau resident now in Seattle, arrived for a short visit. Mrs. Lane Schofield of Ventura California received word of her husband John Lane Schofield’s death, which followed a four year heart ailment. He was 68, Indiana born, California resident since 1906. Schofield was stepfather to John Lane Jr., a Belleview stockman. The couple married in California about 12 years ago and visited Chateau three times since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hylan Burch
Seattle
Lane Schofield
Warner St
Ventura
California
Schofield
Indiana
Power Business Man to Represent State on Infantile Paralysis
Frank E. McDonnell of Great Falls, connected with Montana Mustard Seed Co. in Power, named Montana representative for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He will liaison between the national body and 37 Montana chapters to aid all victims of infantile paralysis. McDonnell is a World War I Marine and holds memberships in American Legion and other veterans, fraternal, and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. McDonnell
Great Falls
Montana Mustard Seed Co
Power
Montana
National Foundation For
New York
Foundation
New York City
McDonnell
National Foundation
American Legion
Marine Corps League
The
40 And 3
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Knights of Columbus and
Elks
Odd Fellows Observe 125th Anniversary in America
Chateau Lodge No. 11 I O O F plans a May 2 observance at Masonic hall led by George Seufert. A 6 30 potluck dinner welcomes Odd Fellows Rebekahs and families followed by a lodge meeting at 8 with minutes noting the anniversary and a post meeting program with films by W J Shirley and special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Lodge No. 11
Order
America
Masonic Hall
George Seufert
Chateau Lodge
Rebekahs
W. J. Shirley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peterson
Marfa
Calvin James Peterson
Albert C. Peterson
AAF
Donald B. Phillips
Polari Flight Academy
Lancaster
Choteau High School
George Kochman
U. S. Eighth Air Force
George F. Kochman
C. F. Kochman
Kochman
Strategic Air
Lasegas
Nevada
Lincoln
Nebr
Pvt
Elsie O. Ellingson
Women’s Army Corps
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Army Post
Miss Ellingson
Billings
U. S. Weather Bureau
Greenfield Man
U.S. A
AIR Corps
Cliferd Sabo
Three Rivers
Lions
Miss Schroder
Agawam
Teton
Chateau On
Lay
Helena
Jerry W. Breen
Meagher
Sollid
Medical and Dental Laboratories
APO
Odd Fellows
Great Order
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