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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
2
Published every Thursday at Choteau Montana the paper is entered in the post office as second class matter. Subscription prices include one year two dollars six months one dollar twenty five cents and three months five cents for foreign countries including Canada two dollars and fifty cents per year. Payment in advance.
The item notes the final 1936 school news, thanks parents for support, and lists Friday morning Christmas program assemblies by lower and upper grades with multiple songs and solo performances. Local visits include Reo Coghill and wife at J A Coghill home in Great Falls and Mrs Jean Baquet aiding Pondera Producers Co op turkeys distribution, with 68,000 pounds received. A community dance for Collins hall upkeep and a box social are mentioned, plus local field conditions and upcoming spring seeding concerns.
R. S. McClinican and wife shopped in Conrad on Thursday. Farmers gathered in Collins Monday for a wheat meeting led by Chairman W. D. Reiquam who outlined future points of interest. Hollie Ferris visited Chateau Monday evening. Mrs. Mayer and sister Mrs. Carroll shopped in Brady Thursday. Mrs. Carroll left for California Saturday. Lucille Treveseh stayed with the Fitzgeralds last week. Eugene Baquet visited his sister near Brady Sunday night and attended the show in Conrad.
A strong Saturday wind ripped the bunk house tent at Thebo lake to pieces and filled every house with dust. Men moved into a school cabin for sleeping. Local residents and visitors from Great Falls and Gallatin Gateway were noted, with a Belleview school program and dance planned for Saturday night at 7 30.
A sizable audience gathered Sunday evening in Farmington for a community program including a playlet titled Santa's Health Elves performed by seven children, recitations by Helen and Herbert Tangen, and a song with Sid Collins on accompaniment.
Mrs Reid Swenson and Mrs Roy Handberg introduced by Mrs Hand berg perform novelty tap dance. Wm Reel nephew of J W Kerr visited the Kerr and Slanger homes. He works with the soil geological survey in Washington DC. Xmas program set for Farmington and East Farmington schools at Farmington hall Wednesday evening. Ben Slanger visiting parents since Sunday en route to Arizona for health. Francis Nettick formerly of Dillon visited A Mast family. H Nyhns visiting Great Falls last Thursday and Friday. Hadley helping at Bill Arensmeyer home. Chas Baker returned from Lynden WA. Soil conservation demonstration drew a good crowd Monday.
The club house nears completion after remodeling begun last month with donations from members and others. A December 17 meeting replaces the 24th with an old photo guessing contest and Major Bowes hour planned.
Notice states a Farmers Union meeting will be held at the Teton County Courthouse in Chateau at 2 p m on Saturday December 19 1926. It includes the annual election of officers reports from delegates to the state convention in Great Falls on the summer and membership matters with other business. Paul Mathis president urges all members to attend.
Great Falls residents share recent moves and events. Paul and Mrs. Mathis and Mrs. Benson attend daily routines while C A Austad and Merle Bundy relocate to Portland for the winter. John Mamuzich moves to Fairfield with family and works there. Home Demonstration club hosts an all-hostess party on Friday December 18. Alvis Zeigler visits grandparents in the Gap. A local dance at Bole features Burdis Jazz. Mary Wiseman misses school days due to illness.
District Court in the Ninth Judicial District orders fixed term dates for Teton Pondera Glacier and Toole counties for 1937. Dates listed include January through December with monthly sessions and the Shelby Montana court date noted. Also notices probate of will for Joseph A Baart in Teton County with hearing set January 4 1937 at Chateau Court House. Frances Rosengren clerk.
Department of the Interior announces Samuel L. Lutz of Great Falls Montana has filed for three year proof to establish his claim on land described as NE% SE% SW%SE% Section 7 Township 25 N Range 6 W Prin Montana Meridian. The proof will be made before the Register at Great Falls on December 22 1936. Witnesses listed: Burton Dille George Maiden Jessie Smith Timothy Cook all of Great Falls and Chateau Montana.
In The District Court of The Ninth Judicial District of Montana the court orders naturalization matters for Teton Pondera Glacier and Toole counties to be heard in 1937. The hearing in Teton is scheduled on Friday.
A sequence of dates from 1937 spans multiple counties including Pondora Glacier and Toole with events listed on various March and September days. The fragmented data shows court or notice headings tied to specific dates in each county.
Directors levied assessment No 39 at 25 dollars per share on the capital stock. Payment to Cal Binford secretary treasurer by Jan 2 1937 at Farmington Montana. Unpaid shares will be delinquent and sold January 22 1937 at 2 p.m. at the post office front door Farmington Montana to cover delinquent assessment and sale costs.
Peter Geldrich Jr of Augusta Montana filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish his stock raising homestead claim on sections 7 8 9 township 22 north range 7 west Montana meridian before U S Commissioner Leo G Murphy at Augusta January 14 1937 Entitled applicants Roy Carlson Lloyd Love Bergetta Madson Barth O Day all of Augusta first publication December 10 last January 7
Department of the Interior notice from Great Falls Montana on November 16 1936 states Joseph W White of Chateau Montana holder of original Stockraising Homestead Entry Serial 072014 seeks three year proof to establish land claim before U S Commissioner Charles H Ferris at Chateau on December 28 1936. Arra Moore E J Crary Albert Peterson and Clifford Blixrud all of Choteau Montana listed as witnesses. Thomas F Corbally Register.
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