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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1950
Page
2
The summary predicts a buoyant 1950 with higher living standards, plentiful jobs, stable prices, and robust consumer spending led by $2.5 billion in veterans life insurance refunds. Personal earnings are projected at $216.5 billion, with government spending rising and private investment staying near 1949 levels.
With extreme cold, Chateau faced curtailed natural gas in large buildings amid questions whether city expansion or mains inadequate to frigid weather. Officials should probe supply adequacy, possibly tapping Montana Dakota or Montana Power lines. Montana Dakota has served Chateau well, and may improve service if cold returns.
Harvard's athletic director says the university will keep football in its own class, favoring campus life over high profile intersectional games. At Florida, efforts for a named coach aim at building a winning team, while critics warn prestige rests with scholastic life, not athletic prowess.
Sunday January 8 features Feast of the Holy Family Mass at 9:00 in Bynum and 11:00 in Choteau with 7:30 daily Masses and morning confessions. Choteau-Dutton Lutheran events include Sunday school 9:45, worship 11:00, nursery, organ meditations, choir, and Lutheran Brotherhood election at 8:00 with leaders. Dutton Lutheran hosts Sunday school 10:00 and afternoon service 3:00 with annual congregational meeting at 4:15 and required attendance.
A columnist urges seizing the year with action and jokes about a motorized hand operated snow remover that can throw snow 25 feet. The piece playfully targets a neighborly snow piling habit with a cheeky nod to winter chores.
The National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago honored Helen Baker of Swifton Arkansas and Doris Clifford of Cynthia Kentucky for notable 4-H achievements. Baker, 17, earned a National Scholarship in safety work after seven years in 4-H and wrote twelve articles while promoting fire prevention and farm safety. Clifford, 18, was the sole girl winner in Tractor Maintenance, noted for her extended 4-H activity record.
The column discusses using words like conduce and olfact and warns about electrical devices near damp floors. It recounts a Milwaukee man who received cigarettes as a gift, smoked little, and caused $8500 in fire damage. It cites a Science News Letter item on chestnut revival and closes with a pastor’s New Year benediction.
The CHOTEAU METHODIST CHURCH announces Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. activities include High School Fellowship Tuesday January 10 at 7:00 p.m. and Choir Rehearsal Thursday January 12 at 7:30 p.m. Pastor H. L Engdahl leads.
A legendary shooter named the Hope Diamond causes superstition and heartbreak at a major contest. Riverdale’s dark horse wins early but loses the hex when a nursemaid arrives. the marble is ultimately passed to a wounded patient in room 218 through a hospital intern.
The item collects local humor and quips from Chateau Montana including party mishaps at a firemen’s New Year’s event, neighbors admiring holiday lights, a variety of one liners, and bits credited to Rusty Larcomb’s Malta paper. It notes community praise for festive decorations and Lions club prize ideas.
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