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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1934
Page
5
Choteau in brief reports a flurry of local activity. Business visitors include C. A. Shawver and Bammel of Missoula with Hirshbergs offerings and new Parlor Shoppe dress arrivals. Community notes cover Legion, wheat control plans, hospital updates, and upcoming socials like the president's birthday ball and Odd Fellows_Rebekah event.
Dr Boyd Davis from C E Davis and Sons of Great Falls will fit glasses at the Choteau Hotel on Saturday February 10. The notice lists the event as a brief local eye service opportunity for residents.
The family expresses gratitude to neighbors friends and others for aid and sympathy during the illness and death of Hendrik Van Wichen They thank those who sent flowers and the minister and choir members Sophie van Witnum Cornelius van Wichen
Sunday afternoon and evening through Friday February 9 evangelistic services will be held at the Lutheran church with Rev. E. C. Tolifsen of the Rocky Mountain district as speaker. All are invited to hear him and receive his message from God. C. Br ecto, Pastor.
Mr and Mrs Eugene L Murphy arrived Monday after a trip to Helena where they were married and where he served as bill clerk in the house of representatives They visited Anaconda Butte and with relatives before returning to Chateau He noted the legislative session ran longer than anticipated and plans to resume his law studies after the absence
The committee expresses gratitude to sponsors and volunteers who conducted ticket sales and publicity for the event. Names include Robert Funk Collins E M Gibler Harry Jon Dutton Leo Zinn Power J B Corner Farmington H P Wangen Fu Field W H Wellenstein Pendre Chas Purkett Bynum Otto Schaff Agawam and the ladies of the Security Benefit association of Chateau. Also thanked are The Acantha for printing and KFBB for announcements, F F A boys and bar Scouts, E W Allen for posters, Choteau merchants for cake materials Ray McClue for baking, the Choteau orchestras for music, and all others contributing.
Pendroy residents hosted and visited multiple families including Sprinkles Kaupishes and Roses with dinners and card games. A 35-person recreational party lit up the schoolhouse Saturday night as neighbors and kin shared meals and birthdays. The Bible class sewed for an orphan home.
Choteau Hospital treated Bobbie Johnson for appendicitis last Thursday. John Dunlay and John Poll received care this week for medical treatment and a broken arm respectively. E P Larson, Mrs Albert Buel, Mrs Louis Neal and Frank Warner were among other patients. Several Fairfield residents, including Mrs Wm Geis Mrs M A Wilcox and Mrs Herman Arps, were dismissed this week.
Dr Agnes Houston Jones leaves Friday for Raymond Nebraska after a three month stay with daughters Mrs F W Smith Farmington and Mrs W G Dauwalder Bole. She travels via Great Falls with Dauwalder and Smith and will visit Peetz Colorado and Wallace Nebraska en route. Lydia Larson spent the weekend with family. Mr and Mrs B O Price and Mr and Mrs H E Price held a surprise party for Mr Price on his 78th birthday with a turkey dinner at 3 pm. Pearl Jackson of Great Falls visits the Dale home. Mrs C A Austad was ill last week but improved. F W Smith and family dined with the Dauwalders.
Fifth graders add two part songs to repertoire alongside one part pieces. Sixth graders journey through a tuba with Alice in Orchestralia. Seventh graders read The Book of Knowledge about famous composers. Eighth graders study early nineteenth century songs including Home Sweet Home and Wait for the Wagon.
Special services start Sunday at 7:30 p m in the Norwegian Lutheran church led by Rev. E E Tolefsen and Rev. Chester Breda. About a hundred attended a neighborhood dancing and card party at the hall last Saturday. Various local residents and visitors are noted with social gatherings and travel.
Sunday 11 a m morning worship first in a four sermon series The Kingdom of God The New Social Order The New Morals Based on Reverence for Personality Special music Epworth League 7 p m Margaret Hodgskiss leader How we may solve our problems Fellowship hour 8 a m Mr Bullerdick Browning’s Philosophy of Life as Outlined in his poem Rabbi Ben Ezra Coming Feb 20 at the high school auditorium The Path Across the Hill Everyone is invited Rev Edwin Dover Pastor
Premium Center Lew Garrett travels to Spokane for business and medical aid. Herman Huisenga returns to Ro chester for further treatments. Mrs. Henry Bremer is in Great Falls on a short business trip. Mrs. McLean plans to return this week. I was quite interested in the news.
In language we wrote and illustrated four perfect sentences per story while studying The Land of Story Books by Robert Louis Stevenson. Fourth graders Dellno and McDonald earned perfect attendance certificates for three months as students built salt and flour relief maps of Switzerland detailing St Gotthard tunnel and its nine mile length. A Who's Who test and bulletin board list introduced figures from Marconi to Admiral Byrd, with questions about each person. Music notes note high enthusiasm in upper grades.
A reminiscence of meeting Nick the Greek, a well dressed peanut seller who impressed as a successful businessman, with President Roosevelt interceding against a police commissioner's attempt to remove him. The writer reflects on government, voting, and citizen responsibility.
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