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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1950
Page
1
A May 19 special school election will decide whether to build a 12 room grade school with cafeteria at Chateau and a new high school plant addition including gymnasium music rooms and farm shop. Bond terms cover 20 years with about 190000 and 135000 costs.
Chateau tracksters edged Fort Benton by two thirds of a point 49 5/6 to 49 1/6 on the local field last Saturday. Chateau won five firsts and swept the mile run while Fort Benton took six firsts and swept the 100 yard dash. Embleton led Fort Benton with wins in the 220 dash and broad jump, plus a second in the 100.
A group of 18 farmers and ranchers attended a public hearing at the courthouse where the board of county commissioners approved an emergency appropriation of 25000 for county road funds. The measure avoids any new levy and provides funds for road repair and maintenance.
Vic Pelletier announces sale of his Pelle tier Chevrolet Cadillac agency to Robert F. Holt of Great Falls. Holt takes over May 1 and will move into the Pelletier house after purchase. Holt, with a background in GM operations and military service, will retain all present staff.
NAAC of Chateau reports a Ford trimotor nose dived at Hardin airfield last Thursday during takeoff. Pilot Bob Waltermire attributed to brakes locking. Minor injuries occurred. the plane will be repaired and flown to Chateau in about two weeks.
A triangle meet is set for Friday at Choteau field starting at 2 p m Coach Howard Rue announces. Competing teams are Choteau Shelby and Conrad. On May 6 Choteau Bulldogs host eight teams in the northern conference meet.
Choteau PTA schedules next Tuesday at 8 PM in Choteau grade school auditorium. Senator Paul R. Rice and Representative Lyle Standish will discuss school legislation proposals. Public invited.
A Friday night concert at Chateau featured MSU a cappella choir and jubileers. Donna Buls and Kaye Millons sang solos including arias and Gran Ada. Pat McFadden, Barbara Simmons, Dick Humphreys, Neil Dahlstrom, George Lewis, and Jim Callahan contributed with diverse selections. The large choir delivered powerful ensembles and solo highlights drew encores.
The Mardi Gras coronation at Chateau high school tomorrow night features a king and queen chosen by a 10 nominee field. Mayor K E Sturgis will oversee the event as 72 workers prepare sections of the gym auditorium and classrooms for continuous entertainment including plays puppet show Mickey Mouse films and a decorated Mardi Gras ballroom by the Happy Four a variety of booths games and a lunch.
Four men filed for county offices this week including Bill Alum Democrat and Bob Clark Republican who will run for sheriff along with William Irwin Republican who filed for county treasurer Effie R McDowell Democrat filed yesterday for county commissioner Existing filers include Al Peterson Republican incumbent and Harry Van DeReit Democrat for sheriff James Dellno Democrat incumbent for county assessor W Earl Hollar Republican incumbent for county clerk and recorder and Muriel S Reiquam Republican incumbent county superintendent of schools
R. W. Gronberg, 1950 fund drive chairman for the Teton chapter of the American Red Cross, reports that 2406.80 was raised with Duttons largest single community total of 810.10. Quota for Teton county was 1617. The list shows contributions from Bole Standish Sunny Slope Pendrey Collins Farmington Bynum Premium Center Agawam Fairfield Power Dutton Chateau and others. Gronberg thanked all workers for the drive’s success.
Legionnaires from Chateau Fort Benton Great Falls Fairfield Cascade Belt Geraldine and other points will attend the annual spring meeting of district No 8 of the American Legion in Fort Benton on Saturday April 29. District Commander Grover Schmidt of Fort Benton will preside while state department representatives Adeljutant Herb Kibler Deputy Adjutant Larry Hoffman and Department Vice Commander Ernest J Johnson will present resolutions for the Helena convention next July 22–26.
J L Shell Billings of Chateau underwent eye removal at a Great Falls hospital after a fall related affliction. Doctors warned the condition might spread to the remaining eye, but the remaining eye now sees nearly as well as before. An artificial eye will be fitted after healing.
The newly decorated Chateau House bar will open tomorrow said proprietor C. E. Russell. New lighting painting and a canopy over the bar have been added during the past three weeks while the bar was closed.
Ferguson wins 1% garden tractor plus cultivator disc and plow with attachments and a mystery prize as a weekly hometown item chosen by Chateau Acantha directors. Letters say the tractor and prizes are being sent. Radio host Allen reads local ads and notes shoppers at Safeway and Malone Pharmacy amid a mobile blacksmith joke.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. asks the State Public Service Commission for authority to raise exchange and toll rates in Montana. The petition cites higher operating costs and the need to attract capital, proposing main business increases around five cents daily and residence service up to two and a half cents daily, plus adjustments for other services. Rural rates could rise 25 cents per month within two miles of service areas.
The Hellgate Rodeo Co of Missoula contracts to present the two day rodeo at Chateau on July 3 and 4 this year. Bob Rooker serves as president of the firm which supplies rodeo stock and entertainers for events in Montana and other states.
All interested players are asked to report to the Chateau ball diamond every Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Practice starts at 6 30 p.m.
Snow depth and water content in the mountains west of Choteau rose markedly compared with last year after favorable March precipitation. An April 1 snow survey by the U.S. Forest Service and partners shows increases in both depth and water content following a severe winter period in Chateau history.
A Helena report from the Montana Fish and Game department says the winter of 49 50 was among the severest on record. Game animals across the Treasure State suffered heavier casualties than usual, with pronghorn antelope in eastern and northern state lands hardest hit.
Clarence Looney a Choteau barber and Jack Cherry operator of Oval E service station both drivers of 1948 cars collided at the Choteau grade School intersection at 7 30 a m Monday. Looney was briefly knocked out and Cherry was ejected. The impact pushed Looney into a parked pickup owned by George Henderson causing damage to the left front fender. Cherry’s front end was crushed and both men recovered enough to stop their cars. Marshal Clyde Darby noted right of way confusion under the town ordinance governing intersections.
A rural telephone meeting will be held at the Greenfield community center on Wednesday May 3 at 8:30 pm. All residents interested in telephones are urged to attend and participate. The community plans to form a permanent organization with officers to be elected.
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