Talk of the Town items from Great Falls district notes
Several community notices from Great Falls appear in this week’s Talk of the Town. The Rev A Bernard Gravdal chaired a two day Lutheran pastoral conference in Great Falls with 125 pastors in Montana and Idaho. Walter Norman of Bozeman died, sending his aunt Mrs John T Moore to Bozeman. John W Hall of Fort Shaw surveyed rural electrification in Chateau with four men. Ike Taylor, a Texas company driller, worked at Winnett. A group from Great Falls visited W Scott’s home. Pere C Rose travels in Germany for FBI training. Missing paper pickups are announced. future pickup scheduled Feb 24. Wesleyan Service Guild meets Feb 18. Clyde Robinson returns to Agawam after a Fort Douglas discharge. A benefit dance for Teton Memorial Hospital is set in Claude with The Irresistibles. Eldon T Reiquam, discharged Feb 6, under the point system. Pete and Jake Luinstra travel Seattle and Pasco. Charles Hunziker leaves Fort Benton for a civil service engineering post in Washington DC. Mrs Joel Otness of Farmington is seriously ill in a Great Falls hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Norman
W. Scott
Pere C. E. Rose
Martin Rose
Germany
FBI
Gallatin Valley
Breen Oil Company
Wesleyan Service Guild
Margaret Ray
Frieda Schrader
Lee Roy Robinson
Gibson Monkman
T-5
Clyde Robinson
A. C. Robinson
Agawam
Fort Douglas
Utah
Robinson
Tank
20Th Armored Division
Teton Memorial Hospital Association
Claude
Irresistibles
Ens
Eldon T. Reiquam
A. D. Reiquam
Chateau
Pete
Jake Luinstra
Seattle
Pasco
Wash
Charles Hunziker
Teton
Fort Benton
Civil Service
Washington, D. C
Joel Otness
Farmington
Great Falls
Chateau Weather Tuesday February 12 Wednesday February 13
Weather notes for Chateau show conditions across Tuesday and Wednesday with temperature ranges and precipitation chances. Forecast lists highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s and lows in the 30s with possible rain showers.
Funeral services held for Mrs W W Cole near Fairfield
Mrs Earl Zimmerman and Bill Crittenden of Seattle attended the funeral for their sister Mrs W W Cole buried at Fairfield last Sunday. Mrs Zimmerman formerly of Bole moved to Seattle about eleven years ago and visited Chateau. Mrs E J Crary drove to Great Falls last Friday and Mrs George End of Cascade returned home with her. Floyd D Swenson of Bynum earned fall scholastic honor at Montana State College with grades near A level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Zimmerman
Bill Crittenden
Seattle
W. W. Cole
Fairfield
Zimmerman
Bole
Dauwalder
Chateau
E. J. Crary
Great Falls
George End
Cascade
KFBB
Floyd D. Swenson
Bynum
Montana State College
Bozeman
Dentist Fails to Find Equipment Here Opens Conrad Offices
Dentist Harry Yunck, who last week visited Chateau seeking to open dental offices, cannot obtain needed equipment due to wartime shortages and thus decides to establish offices in Conrad where used equipment is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Harry Yunck
Chateau
Yunck
Bank Resources Reach Historic High in Montana
Montana state and national banks report total resources of 520,598,716 at year end, per State Examiner W A Brown. State banks totaled 250,316,748. national banks 270,281,968. Building and loan associations show loans up 57,182 in 1945 while overall assets reflect wartime wealth from soil in eastern Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
U.P
Montana
W. A. Brown
Brown
Federal Reserve
Inspection of Seeds to Be Resumed in Montana
Bozeman February 13. After wartime halt the annual seed inspection resumes this year. Montana seed law requires labeling with lot number seed name variety state of origin and termination and purity and weed content. Labels must list noxious weed names and counts and the seller’s name and address. Samples may be sent to the lab for testing and five tests per year are free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
D. J. Davis
Montana Grain Inspection Laboratory
Montana State College
Davis
Montana
Road Work Letting Deferred by Montana Commission
Montana highway commission defers awarding nine road and bridge contracts scheduled for Jan. 23 until April after bids came in high. Only one project attracted bids, at about 75 percent over estimates, amid labor and material uncertainties. Estimated total project cost around 875000 across Cascade Fer Gus McCone Powder River Lake and Yellowstone counties. East Shore road at Flathead Lake received bids but both were rejected as excessive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
U.P
Montana Highway Commission
Commission
Cascade
Fergus
McCone
Powder River
Lake
Yellowstone
Flathead Lake
G I Bill Changes Highlighted in Red Cross Release
A Red Cross dispatch to Ted Halvorson outlines amendments to the 1944 Servicemen's Readjustment Act. Key changes extend study initiation to four years after discharge, raise completion window to nine years, and increase education credits to match active service months. Tuition may exceed $500 for short courses, with prorating, while subsistence rises to $65 without dependents and $90 with dependents. Correspondence courses face no subsistence and have a quarter of time charged to eligibility, with a $500 total cap for such education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross Dispatch
Ted Halvorson
Teton County Red Cross
Medical care at Warm Springs improves
Helena. Attorney General R V Bottomly said Warm Springs state hospital has substantially improved patient care. The facility now has four physicians plus the superintendent, with plans to hire more psychiatrists and a waiting list for attendants after wartime shortages.
Navy Secretary Reports Probable Death of Daley's Son
Navy Secretary notes probable death of Halvor Daley's son amid war evacuations in Vietnam. Survivors fled Pleiku on March 10 as Japanese forces approached, moving to hills and jungles and evading capture until April 27 when their group was captured at Ple Tonan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Halvor Daley
China
Pleiku
Forrestal
Ple Tonan
Japanese capture and execution of crew members reported
Two crewmen freed recall six others bound and shot behind a building by Japanese guards. A later interpreter informed that the six were killed. The secretary of the navy sees no confirmed survival for Daley and Warren, while Halvor Daley has another son, Bill, with Marines in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daley
Secretary of the Navy
Warren
Halvor Daley
Armed Services
Bill
Marines
China
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Town
A. Bernard Gravdal
Rocky Mountain District
Gravdal
Idaho
John T. Moore
William Eythe
Sacar
Edward G. Robinson
Pichire
Tremir
Allan Curtis i “Daltons
Weats
Knudtzon Lumber Co
Bloom’s Grocery and Meats
Vienna
Wheeler-Barnes
Dennison’s
Chile
Dennison
Tin
Bloor
Copper Hill
G.I. Bill
Halvorson
Teton Memorial Hospital
Chick
Shell Station
Pemneve
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!