Choteau in Brief Highlights Local Business and People
Local news notes cover Conrad visitors and new oil arrivals at Breen Oil Co. Choteau. Kalispell and Great Falls connections include Ory Armstrong and John R. Cook. Residents travel to Sheridan and Minot. births, visits, injuries, and shifts in post and insurance work are outlined with multiple families and businesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Kempton
Conrad
Breen Oil Co
Choteau
Ory ‘Armstrong
Kalispell
Sheridan
Wyo
Northwest Mutual Fire. Insurance Co
Armstrong
American Legion
George Cummings
Stella
Minot
N. D
Great Falls
Oliver Co
John R. Cook
Cook
Teton County
Morris Sporting Goods Co
Missouri River
Rudolph Bremer
Fairfield
Choteau Hardware Co
Deaconess Hospital
Willard Paulus
Chateau
W. F. Olsen
Swan_ Lake
Ovando
Forgale
George Gillette, Jr
Custer, S. D
Wayne JE. Gillette
Jnly
Glasses fitted by Dr. Boyd Davis at Choteau Hotel
Dr. Boyd Davis of C. E. Davis and Sons will fit glasses in Choteau at the Choteau Hotel on Saturday August 20. The event is coordinated with Great Falls by the local firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Davis
C. E. Davis and Sons
Great Falls
Choteau
Choteau Hotel
Husband of Former Choteau Girl Killed by Helena Policeman
The widow Ellen Erickson Whitcomb, daughter of Montana's former governor, is connected to a Helena shooting incident. Police officer Tom Martin says Whitcomb attacked him near the Interstate Lumber yard, knocking him down with a struggle over a club. Whitcomb died, with witnesses including the victim’s husband and the local Erickson family noting the collision near Schimpf monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Geo. Whitcomb
Tom Martin
J. E. Erickson
Whitcomb
Ellen Erickson
Montana
United States
Hamburger Inn
Martin
Helena Avenue
Interstate Lumber Company
Schimpf Monumental Works
Curtis
George
Police Shootout Ends With Inquest Exoneration
Witness recounts a gunfight where Whitcomb collapsed after a shot from a gun meant to wound. The narrator invokes Curtis for aid, then sought medical help at Dr Hawkins' office. A coroner's inquest later exonerates Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitcomb
Curtis
Hospital Notes From Choteau Listing Local Discharges and Admissions
Carl Stebbins of Augusta discharged Saturday from the Choteau hospital. Carl Frank of Agawam admitted Saturday for medical treatment. Darrill Hargrove of Augusta dismissed Sunday from the Choteau. Mrs. Josephine Beaupre of Choteau admitted Monday for medical treatment. Bobbie Scott a tonsillectomy patient at the Choteau hospital Tuesday will be discharged today. Ed Powers of Bynum admitted Tuesday for medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Stebbins
Augusta
Choteau Hospital
Carl Frank
Agawam
Darrill Hargrove
Josephine Beaupre
Choteau
Bobbie Scott
Ed. Powers of
Bynum
Methodist Church Notes Sunday Services Schedule
There will be Sunday school and church services at Chateau at the usual times 9:45 and 11:00 respectively. A worship service will be held at Pendrey at 3:00 p.m. Rev. R. F. Vick, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Chateau
Pendrey
R. F. Vick
Call for bids on coal for School District No 12
Calvin Wixom, clerk of School Dist No 12 in Bynum Montana, invites sealed bids by August 25 1938 at 6 00 p m for furnishing 30 tons of coal to the district schoolhouse. Bids must be marked and the board reserves right to reject any or all bids. First publication August 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk of School Dist. No
Bynum
Montana
Board of Trustees
Calvin Wixom
Bechtel to Erect Modern 7-Room Home in Chateau
M L Bechtel of Dutton announced plans to build a modern seven room residence on lots adjacent to the T O Larson home in Chateau. He has purchased two and a half lots from Mr Larson and will begin construction soon. Bechtel is a prominent Dutton citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
M. L. Bechtel
Dutton
T. O. Larson
Larson
Bechtel
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Long Beach
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John Groot
Clara Bohling
John Bohling
Fred Woodward
Earl Strubeck
Forest Service
Beaupre
A. B. Guthrie, Jr
John Witt
Hig
Lexington, Kentucky
Cincinntti
A. B. Guthrie
Missoula
Bighole Basin
Zenith
L. E. Taylor Garage
E. C. Berkner
Glenloyd
Peter Johnson
District Court
Henry Freeman
B. I. Packer
Ernest Able
Swanberg & Swanberg
Irene Ericson
Thas
Harmony School
State Normal College At
Dillon
C. C. Coffey
Ernest Charboneau
Falls
Chinook
Charboneau
Choteau Business Men
Jack Bruno
Jack Hirst
State Highway Patrol
Justice of the Peace
J. G. Jackson
John Hall
Mr. Hall
Washington
Katherine Walker
Leslie Ray Jourdonnais
A. W. Walker
Guy Miller
Clara H. Baker
Kathryn Davis
Jacob Olson
Irene
Madge Loony
University Hospital
Minneapolis
H. W. Bateman
the Royal
Sunnybrook Farm
Jeanette ‘McDonald
Nelson
Bloom’s Cash & Carry
Teton
Campbell’s
Coral Sea
U. S
Thompson
Record Herald
Teton Dairy
Chas, Miller
Dodge & Plymouth
E. Taylor Garage
London
Yardley
Claude
Mountain View Gardens
R. A. Recording System
Hanson Bros
Garage
Kelly-Springfield
Bob Brown
Ernest Certel
Jack Core
Chateau Hardware Co
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