Billy Howard rites scheduled this Saturday
Funeral services for William Edward Billy Howard 77 a former Choteau resident now of Seattle will be held Saturday at Trinity Tauberan church at 2 p m with Rev A Bernard Grandal officiating Interment will follow in the Choteau cemetery He died in his sleep in Seattle last Saturday after a mild heart ailment He was born March 27 1875 in St Cloud Minnesota and lived in Great Falls Sun River Vaughn and Choteau where he ran a grocery business with his brother in law W W Logan He retired in 1949 and was active in sports and local organizations He leaves a son William Eddle Howard a daughter Florence M Richardson a sister May Hofeld and seven grandchildren Pallbearers are Clyde Darby Oliver Hanson Julian Stenson J Bulgrove Bob Moore and Jesse Da
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Billy
Howard
Choteau
Seattle
A. Bernard Grandal
Trinity Tauberan
Chateau
St. Cloud
Minn
Great Falls
John W
Florence E. Howard
Sun River Crossing
Vaughn
Charles Russell
Father Dan
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Howard “Grocery
Billy How
Antler Ber
William Richardson
Clyde Darby
Oliver Hanson
Julian Stenson
A ‘Bulgrove
Bob Moore
Jesse’ da
Donati 0 To Serve Good Cause With 6 Teton Cases
Six polio cases in Teton county trigger a county wide fund drive by the local National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Eddie Howard, county chair, urges residents to donate as campaigns plan for a Mother’s March by the Soroptimist club. Local districts name campaign chairs and funds support research administration clinical studies education and patient care.
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Donati
Teton County
National Foundation For
Teton Conty
Polic
Howard
The
National Foundation
Nemeaing
National Foundation Spemis
Harold Waters
Colored Team to Play Locals Sunday Night
The Iowa Ghosts, an all colored traveling basketball squad, meet the Cho teau Independents Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Choteau high school gym. Tickets for locals are invalid due to travel costs. Choteau Independents had just beaten Stady 61 to 33 in a conference game, their third league win with no losses.
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Iowa Ghosts
Choteau Independents
Choteau High School
Casaba
Choteau
Choteau, Independents
Stady
Fairfield
EES Fey
Gronberg Returns From Korea For Month Visit In Chateau
Lt Gronberg, a B 26 navigator with the 51st U S air force combat crew, has flown 91 combat missions in wartime after 40 in World War II. He was recalled to active duty in 1951 from the air force reserve and will be discharged next April after teaching bombardment at El Paso. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Martin Gronberg of Choteau.
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Richard
Tex
Gronberg
Mir.i
Martin Gronberg
Choteau
Babson Forecast For 1953 Outlined Next Week
Roger W. Babson will publish his Business and Financial Outlook for 1953 in the Chateau d Acantha next week. The forecast covers farm outlook general business commodity prices taxes retail and foreign trade labor inflation the stock market real estate and politics.
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Roger W. Babson
Chateau d ‘Acantha
Babson
Sean
Holiday Closure Dates Noted for Ete Corte Ge Naat
The facility will close for four days from December 25 to December 28. This shutdown affects all operations and staff scheduling.
Pastors Yule Messages Warn of Christian Mission Gap
The message recalls Pope Pius helper, cites a 1922 quote on foreign missions, and laments many souls still awaiting salvation. It frames a crisis between East and West, noting Western secularism versus Eastern search for good news from a misdirected source, and mentions a military leader with distorted directives.
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Foreign Missions
Moore Tells 'She Of Christmas
The column offers a seasonal message of good will urging readers to share kindness during Christmas and New Year. It emphasizes helping the elderly, the grieving, and those bearing burdens, citing a poet about hope for the lonely and distressed.
Gravdal Sees Hope Amid Globe in Desolation
Gravdal portrays a world beset by physical and moral decay and urges faith in Isaiah’s prophecy. He warns against turning to political platforms for hope and invites belief in the Christ Child as the source of salvation and spiritual strength. Continued on Page 4.
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Isaiah
Christ
Prince of
Fat Thes
Holiday Party for 70 Cub Scouts and Parents
About 70 Cub Scouts and parents gathered in a Legion hall for a Christmas party. Each den helped decorate the tree and gifts were exchanged. Den Chief cards were awarded to eight scouts and stars honored two years of service for three leaders. Eleven other awards and 28 one year stars were presented. Den mothers provided refreshments.
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Legion Hall
Den
Bobby Hickman
Tom Morton
Tony Jaconetty
Don Baumgartner
Harold Yeager
Ray Erickson
Larry Poore
Jim Huffman
den Chiefs
Jay Dunckel
Les Howard
Harvey Hanson
Cubs
Bernice Richem Weds NAAC Pilot in Rites
Bernice Richem marries NAAC pilot in a Trinity Lutheran ceremony led by Rev. A. Bernard Graydal. Attendants include Mrs. Jack Young and Morris Lohoff. The couple will honeymoon to Salt Lake City and Las Vegas before settling at the Crescent Motel. She works as a machine operator at the Teton County Courthouse. he is a pilot with Northwest Agricultural Aviation at Chateau.
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A. Bernard Graydal
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hazelin Graydal
Jack Young
Morris Lohoff
Oscar Richem
Salt Lake City
Utah
Las Vegas
Nev
Teton County
Northwest Agricultural Aviation Corporation
Chateau
Crescent
Milner Reflects On Christmas Eve And Bethlehem
Rev W Lee Milner compares modern life’s busyness to the Bethlehem night of Christ’s birth. He notes travelers and ordinary concerns around the census, and questions whether today’s world shows the same reverence as the shepherds and townsfolk did. Continue on Page 4.
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Bethlehem
City of
David
Caesar
The Greatest Shows on Earth at iRoxy Theatre
The iRoxy Theatre will screen The Greatest Shows on Earth for a full week starting Friday January 2. Manager George Eichhorn said the film stars Jimmy Stewart Cornell Wilde and Betty Hutton and marks the first time it plays here at regular admission prices. Two showings will be offered daily at 6 and 8 pm on Christmas Day.
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iRoxy
T Chateau
George ‘Eichhorn
Phigris
Jimmy Stewart
Cornell Wilde
Betty Hutton
Ami
Eichhorn
New Years Eve Dances Slated For Choteau
The Choteau fire department plans New Year s Eve dances at the Moose and Masonic halls as their sole revenue source. LeeRoy Anderson heads the orchestra committee with a five piece high school band at the Masonic hall and Oscar Richem s orchestra at Moose hall. Floor committees for Moose hall are Cotfiklin Huidekoper Hanson Bateman and Baker Seufert. Masonic hall committees are Huffman O Hare Erickson. Continued on Page 4.
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Choteau
Moose Hall
Dicki Cotfiklin
Pete Huidekoper
Oliver Hanson
Bill Bateman
Lynn Baker
George Seufert
Gifts to Veterans In Hospital Aim Of Ladies Aid
The American Legion auxiliary plans Christmas gift shops in veterans hospitals nationwide to let sick and disabled veterans send gifts to families. The Cha teau unit's Mrs Stewart Myers says shops provide articles wrappings and postage free to veterans. She notes nearly 200 shops operate in hospitals aiding veterans from three wars at Fort Harrison and Miles City as examples.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Stewart Myers
Chateau
Montana Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Fort Harrison
Miles City
Edwards Attend Funeral in Washington and Kansas Notices
Edwards travels to Wenatchee Washington for the funeral of his uncle D. W. Jones and expects to return Saturday. Mrs Edwards learns of her sister in law A W Lane’s death in Pittsburg Kansas but does not attend the services.
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N. W. Edwards
Wenatchee
Chateau PMA Office Closed All Day on December 26
Cha Jake Luinstra announced that the Chateau PMA office will be closed for the entire day December 26.
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Chateau Pma
Jake Luinstra
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Eddie Howard
Tctve
Neares
Joe McDonald
Power
Merle Griffith
William Moser
Pendrey
Ira Perkins
Bynum
Adolph“ Arensmeyer
Farmington
Bessie Reiquam
Collins
Jim
Cheetham
Dutton
Otto Schaefer
Agawam
Chocau Soroptimist Club
Gannon
Christianity
T. J. Ganson
Rev
Grant S. Moore
Gravdal
A. B. Gravdal
Cub Scouts
Bernice Richem
NAAC
Raymond Kelly
Richard Swift
W. W. Swift
Lowell
Wyol
Masonic Hall
Burr Huffman
George O’hare
Elmer Erickson
Veterans In Hospital
Aim of Ladies
Edwards
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