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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1937
Page
5
Chateau residents and visitors populate the week with business calls and social activity. Percy Hodgakiss, Leo Zinns, Emil Durr, and Mrs J Kent Midgett are among locals from nearby districts visiting or returning from towns such as Great Falls and Los Angeles. Meanwhile the county records show 1443 car license applications and 1609 driver licenses issued.
Notice states Dr Boyd Davis of C E Davis and Sons Great Falls will be in Choteau to fit glasses on Saturday March 6 at the Choteau Hotel.
A strong Chinook yesterday caused damage at the county courthouse when a west window blew in. Mrs. Marion Averill was bruised after being hurled onto the cement by a door gust. The blast also snapped a power line near Vaughn, plunging Chateau and nearby towns into darkness and toppled a utility pole near Conrad.
Clerk H M Daley notes spring mood as four marriage licenses issued this week. The couples married locally: Joseph Keiffer and Maude Stratton Jegal of Melrose on Feb 15 by Rev Father J F Schulte. Francis Fairful 21 of Great Falls wed Esther Stoner 19 of Great Falls on Feb 17 by JP J G Jackson. John Holmquist 28 and Dorothy Converse 27 both of Great Falls on Feb 17 by JP Jackson. Earl Gossard 44 of Valier and Josephine Price 32 of Valier on Feb 17 by Rev B M Alstad.
County farmers query seed and fuel loan availability as the state supervisor James Griffin reports the relief bill totaling 950 million dollars was signed but cut for resettlement funding. If Washington acts to reinstate the cut, county agents expect seed loan work to begin around March 1. Newspapers will publish forms notice when received.
Mrs. Carl Burbank entered the Maynard hospital Saturday for surgical treatment. Mrs. E. F. Keys of Augusta, a medical patient at the Maynard hospital, was released yesterday. Mrs. Faustine Kolste and infant son were discharged yesterday. Mrs. Horace Jones of Simms, a surgical patient at the Maynard hospital, was discharged yesterday. Born Sunday at the Maynard hospital, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson of Farmington.
Clerk O T Wiprud notes School District No 28 received a ten percent advance on a government grant to start a new high school construction. With milder weather excavation and building work should begin at once. project is secured by a Conrad firm planning a rapid finish.
The Farmers Telephone Company has acquired Fairfield and connected its line with the farmers line. Secretary Herman Nelson was in town making connections. Farmers can now connect with Mountain States Telephone for long distance calls.
The HW D club met in Chateau at Mrs. Ernest Arensmeyer's home with Mrs. Gregor Tangen and Grandma Anderson as co hosts. Mrs. Tangen gave a detailed report. Plans for community nights pot luck dinner were made and committees appointed. A new lunch was served. Literary is set for February 19 at the hall.
The article lists various local social updates including a lutefisk dinner planned for Sunday March 14 and multiple visits and birthdays. Hilda and Howard Anderson spent Sunday in Fairfield with Ralph and Mrs Baldoni. Master Buddy Baldoni returned to Farmington. Howard Arensmeyer celebrated his fourth birthday. Several residents visited Henry Arensmeyer, Leona and Marian Lockhart, Ralph Caskey, and Raymond Dyer. August Ziebarth bought lumber to build a broader house. Jack Kerr visited Great Falls. Cap Peterson of Chateau visited her mother, Grandma Anderson. Nellie Jensen spent the weekend in Agawam. Everett DeRusha left for Conrad to work with Lew Stewart. A meeting led by Fred Willson drew a good crowd. Services are planned at the Lutheran church this Sunday February 21.
The H. D. club meets with Mrs. John Lane on Saturday February 20 at one o clock. Work resumes on Thebo lake dam with pipe installation now in progress. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Freeman visit Jas Peebles Saturday evening. Cleo Rogers operates a different car for bus use this week while his own is being repaired.
Emil Durr worked cattle this week under Dr Black of Great Falls. Mrs Wilson Gray visited Mrs Harry Yeager Monday. James Peebles Frank Salmond and spouses attended Odd Fellows party Tuesday night. Salmond visiting town a few days. Emil Hurt visited Great Falls Sunday. Wilson Gray family traveled to Great Falls Saturday and Cascade Sunday to visit Mrs Gray’s father and brother. Albert Peterson helped at the Gray ranch Thursday and Friday with ice.
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