Family Made Homeless by Morning Fire
A morning blaze destroyed the Gay Franklin residence, gutting the interior and leaving Mrs. Emma Shook and her children homeless. Fire started in the living room likely from an overheated stove, quickly spreading to attic and back of the house before firefighters arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Franklin
Emma Shook
W. Hale
Hirshberg
Cre Folfers
Chas. Straight
O. Hansen
Jennie Green
Shirley Wallace
Births Exceed Deaths in Teton County 1926 by 24
Vital statistics from W. H. Webb show 1926 births in Teton County reached 73 with 45 girls and 28 boys. Deaths totaled 49 with 34 males and 15 females. Marriages numbered 31 and divorces 11, with many couples marrying or divorcing outside the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
W. H. Webb
Blanche M. Jacobson
Department of Marriage Licenses
Boxing Exhibition Between Halves Of Falls Teton Game
A boxing exhibition by Great Falls High School boxing class members will occur between halves of the basketball game against Teton tomorrow night. The match is expected to draw a large crowd with standard admission. Senator T. O. Larson returned from Helena to spend Sunday at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls High Basketeers
Teton
Great Falls
Godfrey
T. O. Larson
Helena
Town Team Triumphs Over Great Falls Visitors 31 to 1
Choteau town team defeated Standard Furniture Co. of Great Falls 31 to 1 on the local high school court last Saturday. Coach Claude Whitley and Coach Verne Ashley led the Choteau squad with J Kent Mudgett 12 and 13 by Zahn Gray and F Hanson as top scorers. Walter Cohoe and Harry Moore contributed in the late minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Standard Furniture Co. Quint
Great Falls
Claude Whitley
Verne Ashley
J. Kent Mudgett
Zahn Gray
F. Hanson
Walter Cohoe
Whitley
Harry Moore
Gray
F. Curran
J. Broquist
A. Broquist
H. Wilson
Smith
Ashley
Midgett
Choteau Boy Scouts
Fairfield Boys
Helena Charity Ball Hosts Legislators Wives
Mrs. J. E. Hodgskiss traveled to Helena to visit her husband Representative J. E. Hodgskiss of Teton and attend the legislators wives reception and the Helena charity ball held Friday evening at the Shrine temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Hodgskiss
Helena
Teton
Shrine Temple
Senate
Montana
Department of
Motor Vehicle Registration
Deer Lodge
House
Jeffray
Jefferson County
Speaker’s Bank
First National Bank of Carlyle
Wibaux County
Glen Davis
Davis
Governor’s Mansion
Helena Society
Legislature Sifts Bills as Session Quietly Opens
Senator T O Larson reports a calm Twentieth Assembly with no pressing measures yet. Montana lawmakers debate motor license fund splits, bank guarantees, public notices, and plans for normal schools and barbers licensing as committees advance several bills.
Pure Seed Meetings Set for Teton County February Dates
County Agent Robert Clarkson announces February meetings in Teton communities with times and places. Attendees will view Montana winning exhibits from the International Grain Show and seed samples with price lists. Superintendent J R Jensen will join for part of the program to discuss Marquis and Supreme tests. Teton County seeks to boost Supreme wheat acreage based on test results and aims to raise participation.
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Teton County
Robert Clarkson
Farmington
Penderoy
Bynum
Agawam
Bole
Fairfield
Beck
Power
Dutton
Diamond Valley School House
Collings
Chateau
Montana
J. R. Jensen
Moccasin
Clarkson
Longtime Burton Beach Farmer Klaas Rienks Dies at 52
Klaas G Rienks a Holland native and Burton Beach farmer died after a two year stomach illness at Deaconess hospital Great Falls He was 52 survived by Mrs Rienks a baby daughter Annie and two daughters Irene and Margaret from a previous marriage Funeral services were held Monday at the M E Church Chateau burial in Chateau cemetery He lived in Farmington and Town before settling at Burton Beach and was known as a good neighbor and citizen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klaas G. Rienks
Burton Beach
Farmington
Deaconess
Great Falls
Mr. Rienks
Chateau
Holland
Town
T. S. Gap
Rienks
Annie
Irene
Margaret
Choteau
W. E. Howard Place
M. E
Robert B. Culbertson
Chateau Cemetery
Yelle Bakker
H. R. Thompson
L. G. Passmore
T. Groot
A. P. Reiding
James Drinkwine
Reinks
Former Bole residents mourn loss of infant in Illinois
Word reached Chateau friends of the death at their Olney Illinois home on December 28 of the month old baby of Mr and Mrs Jess Colvin former Bole residents. The baby’s mother Mrs Colvin is daughter of Mrs Mary E Dauwalder a former Bole resident now living in California.
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Chateau
Olney
Illinois
Jess Colvin
Bole
Colvin
Mary E. Dauwalder
California
Ken Fisher Makes On Air Debut at Seattle Station
Local radio fans heard Kenneth Fisher on the air as relief announcer for the new Fisher Bros. station in Seattle. He is the younger brother of Seattle businessman Ben Fisher, who spent two summers with the Ben Fisher family here. The station’s establishment had been announced weeks prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Bros
Seattle
Kenneth Fisher
Ben Fisher
Bole Community Mourns Loss of Mrs. Edwin A. Bjork
Mrs. Edwin A. Bjork dies at Chateau hospital after gall stone illness. Aged 41, she leaves nine children and husband Norris Bjork. Survived by mother Mrs. J. P. Soderquist and siblings in Wisconsin. Funeral at M. E. church with burial in Chateau cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bole
Chateau Hospital
Edwin A. Bjork
Helen Olive Bjork
Paxton
Illinois
Mr. Bjork
Trade Lake
Wisconsin
Kermit
Clarence
Roy
Rosella
State College
Bozeman
Simms
Bjork
J. P. Soderquist
Trade Laste
M. E
Robert B. Culbertson
Chateau Cemetery
Swedish Lutheran Church
Montana
Teton Teams Win Both Contests Over Augusta
Teton boys beat Augusta 22 to 11 while the Teton girls triumphed 47 to 11. Snowblocked roads forced a lengthy drive via Simms to Augusta, with locals praising the trip. Next, the boys meet Great Falls at home tomorrow in a highly anticipated game.
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Teton
Augusta
Augusta High School
Simms
Chateau
Lewis & Clark
Great Falls
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Blaze
Montana Assembly
Spud Moore
Charles Cohoe
Wm. Olson
Gordon Holmes
Ernest Eder
Billy Bateman
Anton Mozer
H. Stanley
R. Eastwood
F. Eastwood
L. Graves
W. Clarke
Stanley
Cohoe
First National Bank
Liberty Loan
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Montana League of Women Voters
Bricker
Judith Basin County
American Bar Association
Strate Bar Association
Supreme Court
Bar Association
State Medical Association
Normal School
E. L. Shields
Cascade County
Cascade
Billings
State Board of Education
Cheadle
Lewistown
Cavanaugh
Silver Bow
Wuerthner
Gilboe
Pondera
Porter
Chouteau
Taylor
Idylo
Sheridan County
Ange Larson
Plentywood
Larson
Moss
G. M. Moss
Flathead
The
Whitefish Pilot
Hodgskiss
H. S
Teton County High School Board
Holton
Appropriations Committee
Committee On Education
Adair
Havre
Fort Assiniboine
K. Rienks
Burton c Farmer
Falls
Jean
Ken Fisher
E. A. Bjork
Both Teton
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