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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1934
Page
5
Choteau stores advertise Christmas goods from candies and batteries to lamps and dresses. Local dances and parties at Legion hall Masonic temple and Chateau Woman's club feature performances, tickets and prizes as city council approves building permits and police enforce speed limits.
Tomorrow night at 8 in the local high school gym the Great Falls De Molays meet the Chateau Racketeers in what is billed as a fast game. The Racketeers have been defeating opponents while the De Molays debut in new uniforms funded by local sponsors. Admission is 20 and 35 cents.
Men s neckties priced 25c to 1 25 at Hirshberg s. Gamble store features toys and Christmas trees 75c good size. Legion dance Christmas night at K P Hall. Episcopal Guild meets 2 30 at Mrs C W Burns home with potluck lunch. Frames for Xmas at low prices. Hirshberg s Circle C Ladies Industrial meets Dec 19 at Mrs B A Roll s home. Montana Power Co crew tests insulators on main lines from Great Falls causing brief outages. Frank Stearns coordinates timing.
Principals T. W. Walker of Highwood and A. B. Guthrie of Teton county high school attended an organization meeting in Great Falls. Coaches from Belt to Power were present including Zile Powell Winner Churchill Gunderson Bivins Ritter Midgett Peltola Nyswanger and Midsness. Superintendent Sparks of Augusta was re elected president.
Miss Wilma Van Scherpenzeel spoke to the Chateau Lions about her Chicago 4-H club congress trip as one of two county delegates. She described traveling from Great Falls with 1,200 attendees, the entertainment, sights, souvenirs, and club activities. County Agent Fred Willson announced about 10 new clubs and noted his FFA team’s three years at the American Royal in Kansas City. Norma Tennant played two piano solos. Ernie Steel of Montana Flour Mills attended.
Sunday school attendance notes a steady crowd with services planned for next week. Local farm activity includes Ray and Al Harris shipping around one hundred turkeys to the association, and Wm and Everett Breding delivering hay and animals to Montana destinations. Mrs. Otto Schaefer hosted a birthday dinner, while Mrs. Hansen recovers slowly at Conrad. A. C. Robinson traveled to Choteau and Great Falls for meetings and purchases. Roscoe attended a basketball game as the town reports generally fine weather amid eastern cold.
Solomon would favor a revision of his view as old wrecks become practical rip rap to stabilize river banks. Montana Power’s gas division led a drive to collect discarded cars, aided by city officials, to protect the Teton riverbank near its gas station. A crane and truck from Conrad assist in placing the wrecks into the stream.
The American Legion and its auxiliary met at the K P hall for short business sessions and joint social activities. They voted to aid the Boy Scouts, plan a Christmas tree on the courthouse lawn, and hold a Christmas dance. Senator T O Larson spoke, followed by dancing and midnight refreshments. Captain C James Smith was honored with a past commander's badge as George Carrol presented it.
George D. Richardson, recently based in Helena, arrived in Chateau to promote the Townsend old age pension plan. Richardson announced that James Walker, state division manager, will lecture at the courthouse in about two weeks with the date to be announced.
The Kelly Howe Thompson Hardware Co trailer returned to Choteau showing Grunow Signal Beacon radios and Grunow refrigerators. M. P. Schauer leads the display with R. H. Bell. The company plans an eight car tour with a Great Falls stop on January 15.
A Helena press dispatch says Montana plans under the federal wildlife conservation program would set aside about 76,000 acres across 16 projects. Areas include Freezeout lake 1800 acres Priest lake 320 acres Alkali lake 5000 acres and Sun river in Teton and Lewis and Clark counties. State Game Warden Jack Carney leads the effort under submarginal land purchase guidelines.
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