Grandma Seekins Reaches 100 In Sunburst Family Reunion
Mrs Helen Seekins of Sunburst known as Grandma Seekins celebrated her 100th birthday after homesteading near Sunburst at age 73. A large family reunion honored her with nine children 28 grandchildren 47 great grandchildren and 19 great great grandchildren present or noted.
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Great Falls
Guy
Conrad
Frank
LeRoy
Batavia
N. Y
Charles
George
Rochester
N .Y
Fred
Scott
Sask
Cora Scott
New York State
Lloyd Alexander
Zillah
Wash
Lee Hamer
Helen Robertson
Caledonia
Genesee, C
Andrew A. Seekins
Sunburst
Seekins
Christmas Program at Chateau Woman's Club Meeting
The Chateau Women's club will hold a general meeting on December 14 at 8 pm in the grade school auditorium. A Christmas program is planned with the Music and Literature group in charge. Members should bring 25 cents or equivalent in goods for Fort Harrison veterans and bring their husbands or escorts. Refreshment committee members are listed.
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Chateau Women’s Club
Fort Harrison
Hampton Bloom
John Dunckel
Bob Davison
Geo. A Carroll
Bud Taylor
Bert A. Powell
A. C. Hanusa
Don Schmidt
Frank Stearns
Frances Larsen
Gladys Hane
Cleo Buck
Well Abandoned at 2950 Feet Near Pendroy
Drilling on the Jarvis Marcell Well near Pendroy was abandoned at 2950 feet on Wednesday. The operator remains hopeful about the field and plans to resume spring drilling to finish the Devonian test already begun.
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Pendroy
Mrs Halladay Alters Travel Plans for Son's Hospital stay
Mrs Cora Halladay, who planned to spend the winter in Long Beach California, must change plans due to her son Ray needing hospital surgery. She is closing her Chateau house and will stay in Great Falls for now, with possible later travel to Long Beach.
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Cora Halladay
Long Beach
Calif
Ray
War Pictures Are Shown By Defense Leaders at County High
Eugene Savage assistant director of civilian defense in Montana and S F Bellis navy petty officer spoke at the county high school auditorium last night. Savage outlined home front trends discussing blackouts waste fats clothing drives and the need for trained medical workers while Bellis promoted navy recruits and WAVES. Several current war films were shown to illustrate allied efforts.
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Eugene Savage
Montana
S. F. Bellis
U. S. Navy
Savage
Chateau
United States
United Nations
Bellis
Navy
Mrs Ina Bailey Dies in Conrad at 61
Ina Bailey 61 widow of Herbert Bailey and sister of Mrs Gay Franklin of Chateau died Tuesday evening in Conrad. Born in Faribault Minn in 1882 she lived in Choteau 1901 to 1911 and married Herbert Bailey in 1903. She leaves a daughter Mrs Sylton of Columbus a son Franklin of Conrad a brother and a sister in Chateau. Interment is in Conrad cemetery beside her husband.
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Ina Bailey
Herbert Bailey
Gay Franklin
Chateau
Conrad
Bailey
Choteau
Mr. Bailey
Herb
Florence Bailey
Vermont
Fairbault
Minn
Sylton
Columbus
Franklin
Juggler Happy Becker Plans Winter in St Paul
In a St Paul letter Happy Becker known as Happy writes of arriving safely and working for the Great Northern yard crew on Monday. He will juggle in Minneapolis Saturdays and is booked for multiple acts. He notes many women in town and plans to stay at the Como hotel through winter.
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ST. Paul
ST. Peter
John
Becker
Phil ‘Cole
Great Northern
Minneapolis
Como Hotel
Circle B Meeting Plans Christmas Party
Circle B of the Methodist W. C. S. meets at Mrs. Cleo Rogers home with Mrs. Meadows assisting on December 15 at 2 30 p m. A Christmas party is planned and attendees should bring a gift not exceeding twenty five cents.
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Methodist
Cleo Rogers
Meadows
Teton Bulldogs edge St. Mary's Mustangs in opener
In a tight 30 to 26 victory the Teton Bulldogs edged the St. Mary's Mustangs at the local high school gym. Ryan starred for St. Marys with strong defense and scoring, while Breen led Teton with 17 points and sustained pressure in the second half.
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Teton Bulldogs
St. Mary’s Mustangs
H. S
Bulldogs
Augusta
Chateau
Ernest Copenhaver
Teton Hi
Cleaners
Conrad Hi Cowboys
Sophs
St. Mary’s Teton Fray
Mustangs
Ryan
Chuck Cooper
Breen
Swenson
Wrixon
St. Mary’s
Bill
Christmas Meeting Planned by Americ an Legion Auxiliary at Mrs Huffman Home
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Monday at 8:00 PM at Mrs H C Huffman’s home. It is a Christmas gathering and members are asked to donate 25 cents for gifts for World War I and II veterans at Fort Harrison hospital. Members are urged to pay tearsolicited contributions promptly as a replacement fund for prior money making projects.
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Legion Auxiliary
Mrs. Huffman
American Legion Auxiliary
H. C. Huffman
Veteran’s Hospital, Fort Harrison
Auxiliary
Exlain
Cha teau residents rally for rags and clothing drive
County Salvage Chairman J. W. Breen reports strong local response with piles of rags and old clothes at the Red Cross room entrance. Further reports from other county sections are expected. Urges all to donate while noting items not wanted and referencing last week's Acantha.
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Red Cross
Chateau
County Salvage
J. W. Breen
Breen
Acantha
Buffalo Meat Available With No Points at Bloom's
Bloom's Grocery & Meats posts Buffalo Meat No Points window sign. Meat priced from 20 to 40 cents per pound, tied to U S buffalo preserve stock. Leon Snyder helped kill and dress the herd, about eighty head slaughtered in November under government supervision. Two carcasses arrived, heads and hides sent separately, hides to a tanner, trophy demands noted, meat quality praised. Government controls herd size and feed.
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Bloom
Norman H Nelson Promoted to Sergeant in England
Norman H Nelson, son of Henry Nelson of Dutton, promoted from Corporal to Sergeant by Colonel Leslie P Arnold of the Ferry and Transport Service, Eighth Air Force. Nelson was a truck driver for Hannah-Porter Co before enlistment and promotion announced somewhere in England.
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Norman. H. Nelson
Norman H. Nelson
England
Leslie P. Arnold
Ferry
Eigth Air Force Service Command
Nelson
Henry Nelson
Dutton
Armed Forces
Hannah-Porter Company
Sheepish signs spark talk of hard winter
The account recounts Bill and Mrs. Frazier spotting a large ram with spiral horns on the Paul Parker ranch and earlier on the Anderson Deep Creek ranch. The narrator notes uncertainty about the animal’s behavior and suggests various reasons for its solitary life, tying it to folk signs of winter.
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Wm. Frazier
Bill
Frazier
Anderson Deep Creek
Chappie
Lacked But Few Days of Being 86 When Death Called Her Home
Mrs. Ragnhild Grandma Anderson died at her Farmington home after a long life that began in Valdras Norway on December 19 1857. She immigrated at 18 and became a U.S. citizen. Survivors include four sons and three daughters, 22 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Trinity Lutheran church Choteau with pallbearers longtime neighbors.
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Ragnhild
Anderson
Farmington
Valdras
Norway
Ragnhild Olson
United States
Boyd
Minnesota
Emil Anderson
Montana
Collings
Edward
Pete Anderson
Great Falls
Alfred Anderson
Gonvick
Minn
Edwin Anderson
Choteau
Ted Anderson
Lena Holly
Hilda Edwards
Clara Peterson
Trinity Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran Church In Choteau
A. Bernard Gravdal
C. M. Swenson
Lars Nasser
Robert Thorn
Henry Nyhus
J. L. LeDesky
Henry Davidson
REBEKAHS AND ODD FELLOWS ELECT OFFICERS FOR 1944
The Queen Rebekah Lodge No. 31 elected Noble Grand Emily Mauseth Vice Grand Clara McFarlane Secretary Birdie M. Carroll and Treasurer Coral Miller. Odd Fellows Lodge named Noble Grand George Suefert Vice Grand Harry Yeager Secretary George Thompson Treasurer Roy Anderson and trustees C W Burns Oliver Mauseth George Gunther.
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Queen Rebekah Lodge No
Noble
Emily Mauseth
Clara McFarlane
Birdie M. Carroll
Coral Miller
Harry Yeager
Geo. Thompson
Roy Anderson
C. W. Burns
Oliver Mauseth
Geo. Gunther
Oscar Richem
Pedersen to Manage Local Elevator in Fairfield
Ted Pedersen of Fairfield has arrived to take over the management of the Rocky Mountain elevator, succeeding I J Ferguson as relief manager after Thomas C Lorenzen’s resignation. He has moved his family to Chateau and rented the Blomberg cottage. The Ferguson relief recently returned from Moccasin and further relief assignments are expected but not timed.
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Ted Pedersen
Fairfield
Rocky Mountain
I. J. Ferguson
Thomas C. Lorenzen
Pedersen
Chateau
Blomberg
Mr. Ferguston
Ias Fardly
Clarkson
Cowgill
Ranchman Fred Schultz Visits Choteau on Monday
Fred Schultz a well known ranchman of Diamond Valley attended to business in Choteau Monday.
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Fred Schultz
Diamond Valley
Choteau
Drillers Injured in Pendroy Area Auto Crash
Three drillers returning to Chateau after a shift at the Jarvis Marcell Wellenstein well near Pendroy were injured when their car rolled over on a highway between Bynum and Pendroy at about 1 30 a m. Morris Kleysteuber suffered a fractured pelvis and was taken to Columbus hospital Great Falls. Andy Moore head injury treated. J C McCarley minor injuries.
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Chateau
Pendroy
Morris Kleysteuber
Andy Moore
Bynum and
Kyle Jones Place
Kleysteuber
Moore
J. C. McCarley
Wesley Conway
Conrad
G. L. Benks
Chattau
McCarley
Choteau
Columbus Hospital
Great Falls
Esther Blomberg Dies in Idaho Auto Crash
Esther Blomberg twenty four, former Chateau girl and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Blomberg, died Sunday night in Wallace Idaho when a car skidded into a concrete bridge abutment. Also killed were Mrs. Amelia Commers Gries and Roy Melville. Blomberg had worked as a waitress in Great Falls and Augusta and recently in Wallace and planned to join the WAVES. Funeral services were held this afternoon and her parents and sisters survive.
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Esther Blomberg
Chateau
Carl Blomberg
Wallace
Idaho
Amelia Commers Gries
Polson
Roy Melville
Columbus
Wallace. Miss Blomberg
Great Falls
Augusta
The
WAVES
Harold Walley
James Burch
Ashuelot
Alfred “Beans” Blomberg
Teton High
December meeting of Teton county board in session
The annual December session of the Teton county board of commissioners began and will run for the week. Contracts for county services will be let, appointments made, and many items addressed with little expected change from last year. O M Gaare resigned as justice of the peace at Fairfield. Fred Schoensigel named successor.
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Board of County Commissioners of
Teton County
O. M. Gaare
Justice of the Peace
Fairfield
Fred Schoensigel
Joel Otness
W. E. Howard, Jr
J. A. Swanson
the County High School
County Poor Farm Management
Gladys Nelson
Audrey Lawson Averill Represents Montana at 4-H Congress Chicago
Audrey Lawson Averill of Collins represented Teton County and Montana at the 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. She won the county and state in Food Preparation, earning a $200 scholarship, and appeared on Fashions in Rations broadcast. Her second 4-H scholarship goes to Havre College next fall. The contest was sponsored by Server Inc Home Economics.
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Teton County
Montana
Chicago
Illinois
Audrey Lawson Averill
Collins
Miss Averill
Averill
Columbia Broadcasting System
Audrey
Memphis
Ed Alzheimer Dies After Long Illness in Great Falls
Information arrives that Ed Alzheimer, prosperous Collins farmer, died this forenoon in the Columbus capital in Great Falls after a long illness.
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Ed Alzheimer
Collins
Columbus Papital
Great Falls
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