Choteau in Brief Highlights Local Events and People
Numerous items from Chateau cover a busy week: Ford dealers meeting in Great Falls, Boy Scout activities, court of honor tonight, and a New Year party. Plans include dances at Mountain View Gardens and a drive for auto licenses. Local officials, weather, and community notes feature visits, obituaries, school changes, and 4-H pig club activities with eleven members and officer updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Hansen
L. E. Taylor
Glen R. Becker
Great Falls
Ford Dealers
Max B. Jensen
Tennant’s
Mountain View Gardens
Claude
A. S. Jensen
J. E. Rowley
Bynum
Chateau
S. H. Severson
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Severson
Brady
T. O. Larson
Helena
24Th
Legislative Assembly
Larson
Placer Hotel
George Carroll
Three Rivers District
American Legion Auxiliary
Department of Montana
Carroll
Fort Benton
Legion and Auxiliary
Chateau Post
Elmer Smith
Victor Osweiler
Ellen Vice
Edna
Montana
R. M. Hattersley
Slocum Gage
Julius Hirshberg
California
Hirshberg
Jack Stark
Joe Joe Stark
Elk Creek
Co. 939
CCC
Jack
Art Johnson
Tim Cook
Ewdin Dover
Tishelle
Tacoma
Wash
Annie Wright Seminary
Lee Hirshberg
Spokane
Berkeley
E. J. Hirshberg
C. K. Malone
Minneapolis
Chicago
Iollinois
Iowa
Montana Livestock Growers Association
Montana Livestock Production Credit Association
Cecil Passmore
Farmington
Beaupre Hotel
Passmore Place
Court House
Glasses Fitted by Dr. Boyd Davis in Choteau
Dr. Boyd Davis of C. E. Davis & Sons will visit Choteau to fit glasses at the Choteau Hotel on Saturday January 19 1935, providing eye care to local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Davis
C. E. Davis & Sons
Great Falls
Choteau
Choteau Hotel
Brewers to Meet Racketeers Here Next Sunday Afternoon
The Great Falls Brewers, a top Great Falls Senior league team, travel to face the Racketeers at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Brewers recently defeated Belt strong quint and are billed as a leading squad in the league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewers
Great Falls
Former Choteau Girl Weds Utica Man in Missoula
Miss Dorothy Haugen former Choteau girl married J A McCallum of Utica in Missoula. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs FE N Haugen who lived in Choteau for years and moved to Missoula in 1923 where they have since resided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Missoula
Dorothy Haugen
J A. McCallum
Utica
FE. N. Haugen
Pishkun Fish Screen Finished at Pishktun Reservoir
Installation of a fish screen at the outlet of Pishktun reservoir is complete. The $4,500 project was announced by J. Spencer of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries in Yakima after inspection. Caird Engineering Works of Helena held the contract. The screen aims to end years of fish entering irrigation ditches. The second Masonic Party event is planned for Saturday with dinner, program, and dance starting at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pishktun Reservoir
Great Falls
J. Spencer
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Yakima
Wash
Caird Engineering Works
Helena
H. D. Robison
Gale Ballard
Jas. R. Baldwin
George Coffey
Dr. E. J. Crary
Henry Freeman
Carl Gulbrandson
J. G. Jackson
Wm. Jay
Frank Stearns
Marion Averill
Paul Kropp
L. H. McLean
Tiny Miss Marilyn Mae Baldani Arrives in Farmington
Marilyn Mae Baldani arrives in Farmington late Friday to reside at the Ralph Baldani home. She weighs 6% pounds. On New Year's Day Mr and Mrs Nyhns entertain guests including Mr and Mrs Conner and Maurice Johnson at dinner. Mrs Albert Peterson keeps house at the Earl DeRusha home while Mrs DeRusha suffers severe sciatic rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. LeDesky
Jane
Gregor Tangen
C. M. Swenson
Cal Girido
C. M. Pierce
Fred Woodward
Faily
C. E. Stenson
John Chalmers
Marilyn Mae Baldani
Farmington
Ralph Baldani
Nyhns
Conner
J. G. Johnson
Margaret Nagle
Maurice Johnson
Albert Peterson
Earl DeRusha
DeRusha
Public School Reopens After Holidays Amid Measles Quiet
Public School resumed Monday January 7 with good spirits and only one measles case reported in the district. Some districts delayed reopening due to measles and whooping cough outbreaks. Over the next two weeks teachers will finish the first semester with check ups and exams. Mid year tests follow January 21 to 25 including classification and achievement tests. Frank Barnhill joins seventh grade after transferring from Seattle. Second grade pupils begin audience reading this week forming an interesting border of text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Barnhill
Frank
Seattle
Trade dollars and town spirit in Choteau
E R McLean laments a dead town scene at the Acantha shop while noting empty storefronts and misplaced priorities. He urges local support for Choteau merchants, churches, schools, and lodges, arguing surrounding country wealth sustains the town and that community character matters more than mere buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Choteau
E. R. McLean
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Jane Adams
Louis Fuhringer
Dutton
Henry Koester
Algon Odin
Bunyan
Darwin
Eleanor Bily
Minnewanka
North Dakota
Cora Heyrock
Collge
University of North Dakota
Th. Swenson
Tangen
Spe
Binford Hom
Mr. Binford
Dev David
Robert Smith
Morris
Lawrence Swenson
Henry Davidson
Woodward
Thompson
Swenson
Smith
Iona Davidson
Veda Thompson
Harry Thompson
Iarmington
Diamond Valley School House
F. W. Smith
Lawrence Swens
Fred Willson
Walter Chalmers
Wuest
Agawam
the Royal
Gracie Alen
George Burns
Will Rogers
Handy
Andy
Metrotone News
Chick Sulgrove
Toms ServiceStation
Cash & Carry Grocery
Chile
Macaroni
Coccoa
East Point
Masonic Party
Joe Knudtzon
Old Highway Garage
Choteau, Mont
Acantha
of AG Oo
Victor
Choteau Drug CO
Ford
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