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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1958
Page
9
Practical guide to informal holiday entertaining emphasizing a pretty, candlelit table. Recommends using china and crystal, festive centerpieces, colored greens, and crystal ware for color freedom. Suggests simple buffet ideas from Christmas Eve tree trimming to New Year’s Eve midnight supper.
The Power schools present their annual Christmas program on Thursday December 18 at 145 pm staged by the Power Grade School and the Junior Senior High School chorus and band. Teachers in charge are Mrs Iola Butte Mrs Bridget Meek Mrs Alma Palmer Mrs Ethel Dahl Mrs Jeanette Schwabel and Douglas Vagg.
In a late game setback the Bulldogs trailed by seven points in the third quarter. Coach Chuck Peck announced changes, moving Bob Hollar and Bot Hereen up to the A squad as freshmen and sophomores adjust roles to improve shooting accuracy and balance. The team plans a Chateau Institution journey next.
CO Kelly Hansen 44 longtime Montana agricultural official was found shot dead in his home in what authorities described as a self harm related case. Hansen served as Teton county agent at large before World War II and held posts in Gallatin and Meagher counties later. he was a Montana House member in 1953 and resigned as head of the home agency in 1956 amid a probe. He had been despondent recently and treated for a diabetic condition. Survivors include his wife Daphne and two sons Bill and Jody.
Choteau High School sent students to a speech meet at Great Falls Central High School. Participants from Great Falls Central Lewistown Helena and Choteau competed in declamation and debate. Kay Ferris and Lanore Larson each won one debate, while eight other Choteau students took part in declamation.
Mr and Mrs Frank Stearns prepare to depart next Monday for Limestone Maine to visit Mrs Stearns daughter and family Captain and Mrs Harlow at the Loring A PF B in Maine during the Christmas holidays.
Postmaster C G Monkman urges early mailing as Christmas mail load nears peak within days. He praises cooperation, notes last minute mail should use Air Mail for out of town items and insists all cards go First Class with return addresses. Local deliveries remain possible, post offices open 830 am to 3 pm including Saturday.
An Oliphant press talk at Malmstrom Air Force Base emphasizes intercontinental bombers’ destructive power and the base’s primary mission as a flying gas station. He notes Russians’ familiarity with Great Falls and warns of potential early targets if bomber limitations constrain attacks.
Oliphant outlined the growing threat to the American homeland and urged a strong defense centered on air power as part of a new guided missile defense system adopted by the military. Thanksgiving gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Ora Knowlton included Mrs Joan Stillman and several family members from Great Falls and surrounding friends.
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