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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1949
Page
2
Several hundred Great Falls Elks members praised Chateau park for a Sunday visit that featured dancing jam sessions singing and games. They urged local clubs to sponsor more free events at the pavilion to make the park a lively summer community space.
Father Russel Scheidler reports that DPs from Europe, processed after the 1948 act, are arriving in New York Boston and New Orleans and will travel by Milwaukee Railroad to Great Falls and Fairfield Montana where sponsors provide placement. Families seek haven and work as they await permanent homes.
An organization proposes lowering entry ages for Cub Scouts eight to nine, Boy Scouts eleven to twelve, and Senior Scouts fourteen to fifteen. After three years of study and parental approval, officials say earlier participation will benefit children and build responsible, civic-minded youths. The document also notes respect for Choteau Scouts.
Small rooms like halls closets baths and dinettes offer a chance to test dramatic wallpaper patterns. The compact space lets you experiment with bold designs that would overwhelm larger areas.
The first U.S. demonstration of atomic fission showed that the atom could be split releasing large amounts of energy. The event occurred about a decade earlier, signaling a scientific milestone with profound implications for physics and energy research.
Born on a New Hampshire farm, Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot studied at MIT and earned wide prestige for solar radiation research. From 1928 to 1944 he led the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory before retirement, continuing independent weather forecasting research in the Institution’s tower. The article praises his lifelong curiosity and philanthropy.
The piece ponders Sonsonance as harmony and urges caution in vacations and leisure. It contrasts bright social behavior with risks of travel and entertainment while critiquing changing attitudes toward spending and taxation by socialists and the public.
A note on humor variations among radio comedians notes mutual admiration and that imitation is flattering. It warns about fueling safety for motorboats and gasoline risks including spills and flames. A science tidbit states lobster claw sizes vary. The Bell Syndicate release provides the sourced entries.
Over ten years rail costs for rails fuels and supplies rose 118 percent. Hourly wage rates increased 83 percent while freight rates climbed 49 percent.
On Sunday August 21 the eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Masses are at Augusta 9:00 and Chateau 11:00. Weekday Masses are every morning at 7:30. Rev. James J. Sheerin serves as Pastor.
Pendrey Community Church and Trinity Lutheran of Choteau publish August schedules. Sunday School at the Masonic Building 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m. August 22 Official Board meeting 8:00 p.m. at the parsonage. Pendrey Ladies Aid August 25 at 2:30 p.m. Trinity Lutheran hosts Organ Meditations 9:00 a.m. and Morning Worship 9:15 a.m. at the Episcopal Church with special guest. Ladies Aid Ice Cream Social at City Park Sunday 5 p.m. No Sunday School this Sunday. Listen to KMON Saturdays 10–10:30 a.m. Everyone welcome.
Organ Meditations at 10 50 A M and Morning Worship at 11 A M with Baptism and special music. Ladies Aid gathers Thursday August 25 at 2 30 in the Church Parlors with Mesdames Martin Anne and Henry Nelson as servers. Waiting souls will hear God s voice no matter who the messenger may be delivered by Pastor A Bernard Gravdal.
In Farmington the community notes harvest activity with wheat yields reported between five and twenty bushels. A hail storm last Friday damaged several crops as Adolph Arensmeyer and others reported substantial losses. Local residents including the LeDesky and Chamers households welcomed visitors and several residents traveled to Great Falls for shopping. Noah Garringer returned from Spokane for medical care.
Jo Ann and Donna Chalmers visited Judy Tangen on Friday. Earl LeDesky with wife and daughter Vicki and Mrs. Stoll arrived Sunday evening from Crawl heart Wyoming to visit Mr. and Mrs. Joe LeDesky.
Farmers report wheat as emerging in limited fields while most barley has been cut. Some fields reach 20 to 30 bushels per acre as rain delays harvest. Local families visit, travel plans include a Lake Louise trip, and Collins school work proceeds with re-shingling and repairs underway.
The Great Falls Flower Growers' club hosts its annual fall flower show on August 25 and 26 at the civic center. Teton county residents are invited to attend and display flowers. Contact Mrs H O Britton at 2701 First Avenue South, Great Falls to arrange displays. Entries accepted at the civic center from 8 to 11 am Thursday August 25. Judging begins at 11 o'clock at the west entrance arena.
Show workers may enter the flower show floor with limits. Exhibitors may submit a single entry per class and cultural entries must be grown by the exhibitor. Artistic arrangements must be made by the exhibitor. Exhibitors handle their own containers and entries cannot be removed before 9 pm Friday. Prizes are first $1.00 second 75 cents and third 50 cents per class.
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