In Brief From Choteau Sept News Flash
Local notes report Mrs Fred Wilson confined with gripped flu and W W Smith returning to duties at the Choteau creamery after illness. Rebekahs lodge installs new officers with noble grand D H Moulton and a social session. Road detour near Luinstra place noted. County treasurer reports 628 driver licenses issued and 500 applications. Blizzard conditions persist with 15 below zero readings last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
W. A. Weber
Harold ‘Waters
Dutton
Weber
Luinstra
J. E. Rowley
Bynum Project
Choteau
Stott Bros
Inga Crane
Harold Crane
Collins
Conrad
Elmer C. Smith
A. D. McGillis
Chateau
Birdhill
Great Falls
Notice of Dr Boyd Davis Glass Fitting in Choteau
Dr Boyd Davis of C E Davis and Sons from Great Falls will fit glasses in Choteau on Saturday February 6 at the Choteau Hotel.
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Boyd Davis
C. E. Davis and Sons
Great Falls
Choteau
Choteau Hotel
Catholic Services Mass Schedule for Sunday
Mass services listed for next Sunday at 9 00 a m at Chateau and 11 00 a m at Bynum presided by Rev J F Schulte pastor Service details include church locations and times for parishioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Bynum
J. F. Schulte
Meeting to Form District Troop Committee
Arnold Hanusa, Boy Scout commissioner for the Teton district, announced a meeting to form a district troop committee. The gathering will be held Thursday evening January 28 at here with Max B. Jensen, assistant Scout executive, in attendance. Chateau Dutton Fairfield and Augusta troops in the North Central Montana Area council lack a district troop committee. Plans include a dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Hanusa
Teton
Chateau
Dutton
Fairfield
Augusta
Montana
Max B. Jensen
Miss Colbenson to Wed Seattle Business Man
Miss Betty Colbenson longtime guest at Chateau social events leaves for Cascade to visit her parents before marrying O. R. Beam manager of the Gallen Kamp shoe store in Seattle. Guests at two pre nuptial functions enjoyed bridge games pink and white decorations and well wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Colbenson
Julius Hirshberg
Chateau
Gibson Monkman
McDonald Block
Bridge
Hirshberg
Post Tavern
W. F. Olsen
Frank Zgoda
Eleanor Bily
Colbenson
Cascade
Cornelius Colbenson
Seattle
O. R. Beam
Gallen-Kamp
Miss Colbenson
Roy Pilling Dies in Los Angeles January Sixth
Roy W. Pilling, former Choteau resident and lumber company manager, died in Los Angeles California on January 6 from hemorrhages caused by stomach ulcers. He built the house now owned by Dr I W Bateman and family. He lived in Oakland and Berkeley during the 1920s and 1930s, serving as Berkeley city manager aide and later as Bank of America assistant vice president before becoming chief collector for the federal land bank in Berkeley.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Roy W. Pilling
Choteau
Mre Pilling
Rogers-Templeton Lumber Co
I. W. Bateman
Chateau
Oakland
Berkeley
Bank of America
Federal Land Bank
Relief official rose to top post in state relief system
Relief administrator who joined in 1933 advanced from assistant state relief administrator to acting state administrator after rising through the ranks. In 1935 he was invited by the Citizens Relief Committee of Los Angeles County to oversee state and federal relief, a major organization in the United States. He leaves a widow and three children Laurie 16 Arnold 9 Beva 6.
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Relief Administration
Citizens’ Relief Committee of
Los Angeles County
United States
Laurie
Arnold
Beva
Deaths by Car Accidents Cut in Past Two Years
Montana highway patrol reports show total road fatalities fell from 214 in 1934 to 163 in 1936 despite 35 000 more cars. Highway deaths dropped to 119 in the year while city tolls were 44. Licenses revoked for drunken or reckless driving totaled 122.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol Administration
Montana
L. C. Boedecker
Boedecker
Production Credit Association Set for Jan 22 Meeting
Great Falls will host the Great Falls Production Credit Association third annual member meeting January 22 1937 at 10:00 in the Cascade County courthouse court room. Secretary treasurer Nicol notes a full program and urges all members plus their wives to attend to learn about the association business and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Production Credit Association
Great Falls
Mr. Nicol
Pep
Cooperative group to hold annual meeting with talks and election
The event features a complimentary noon dinner, informative talks, a Q and A period, and the election of two directors. President Lyman chairs with speakers Nicol and John A. Wilson from Farm Credit Administration, Spokane, plus a Production Credit Corporation officer. Discussions cover plans, policies, benefits and responsibilities of cooperative credit, with a planned prompt adjournment.
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Lyman
Nicol
John A. Wilson
Farm Credit Administration, Board of Spokane
Production Credit Corporation of Spokane
Production Credit Association
Hospital Notes From Choteau Maynard and Cho teau Hospitals
Mrs Arthur Hoeh of Conrad discharged Sunday from Maynard hospital. H J Frick of Dutton was a surgical patient Tuesday at Maynard hospital. Mrs A B Guthrie entered Cho teau hospital last night for medical treatment. Fred Smith of Walier entered Cho teau hospital Tuesday for medical. Howard Jensen of Bynum was a surgical patient Tuesday at Cho teau hospital. Born Saturday at Cho teau hospital a son to Mr and Mrs John Brown of Bynum.
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Arthur Hoeh
Conrad
Maynard Hospital
H. J. Frick
Dutton
A. B. Guthrie
Choteau Hospital
Fred Smith
Walier
Howard Jensen
Bynum
John Brown
Priest Granted Leave as He Visits Sister in California
Rev. Father Emmet O'Shea received a leave of absence from his pastoral duties to visit his sister in California and seek health improvements. Rev. Father George B. Gerner arrived last Friday from Helena to assume his duties in his stead.
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Emmet O’shea
California
George B. Gerner
Helena
Missoula Man Secures Drainage Structures Contract
Secretary Ickes announces the award of the Sun River Reclamation project contract for earthwork and open drains on the Greenfield division to E. C. Powell of Missoula Montana. Powell bid $21 798 the lowest of ten proposals opened December 10 1936 at Fairfield Montana bureau office.
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Acantha
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Sun River Federa
Montana
E. C. Powell
Missoula
Bureau of Reclamation
Fairfield
Contractor to Start Work in Thirty Days in Choteau
Mr. Powell, a known local, last worked on the Choteau Augusta road for graveling and oiling. During that project he lived in Choteau and also oiled several streets there.
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Powell
Choteau
Choteau-Augusta
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