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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
5
Local items recount visits and travels of residents from Choteau and nearby towns. Notes include births and engagements, car sales promotions, Christmas sales and events at The Post Tavern, boxing cards in Great Falls, theater at the high school, and visitors from Great Falls and Missoula.
Charles Williams brother of Otis Williams a Chateau area contractor slipped into a concrete form while lining a tunnel at the Sun River diversion dam. He stood on a pouring form, lost footing, and was buried to his waist as the pump started. He cried for help and was rescued by rope after the pump was halted.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for Junior General Mechanic to fill current and future vacancies in the U S Public Health Service and Federal Security Agency at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton Montana and related Montana postings. Applications must be on file with the Eleventh U S Civil Service District in Seattle by December 19 1940. Full information available at any post office.
Regular meeting of the Farmers Union scheduled for Friday evening at the hall on December 6. Bring one article for lunch. Large crowd attended the Red Cross party Friday night with 500 and pinochles played. W G Dauwalder won a fruit cake. proceeds totaled 21 dollars for the Red Cross. Mrs Earl Zimmerman reports a smaller leg cast and use of crutches. Irene Zimmerman underwent appendicitis surgery November 1 and is recovering. Dr and Mrs Bob Davison visited Great Falls. the White schoolhouse from T L Gap moved to Chateau across the highway from Joe Knudtzon residence.
The Therrien family and Mrs. Therrien and Mrs. Talifson returned from a two week trip to Seattle and Spokane reporting heavy snow and rain on the coast. Special music at the Methodist church included Prelude for the Left Hand Only by Scriabine and Romance by Rimsky Korsakov with Patricia Smith. Ira Perkins welcomed a son born December 1 at Deaconess Hospital in Great Falls. Pershing Becker is home for a few weeks.
Mrs A W Walker of Fairfield will again head the annual Christmas Seal campaign in Ton county. She has held this role for seven years and is noted for a capable effort. Roosevelt endorses the national tuberculosis fund and urges Americans to buy seals to aid public health efforts against the disease.
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