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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
1
In high winds residents fear fire as the siren wails. Chateau volunteers rush to protect homes and saved 1000 feet of hose as a grass fire threatened the south side. Admiration for the fire department grows and local businesses back the team with treats and milkshake boosts.
The Ladies Industrial of the Methodist Church held a January 5 meeting to elect officers and assign circle memberships. Officers include President Mrs Vincent Ward and Vice President Mrs Clarence Stenson with other roles filled by Mrs Hampton Bloom Mrs Bert A Powell and Mrs F W Smith. Circles A B C list numerous members led by Stenson and Nelson with many surnames across each group.
Principal and Mrs Ernest Copen welcomed a baby daughter born Saturday at Deaconess hospital in Great Falls. Mrs Hurst Paulus, who has been attending a university, announced she will not return for the quarter. Only two students, 3, were enrolled in the college under preset additions.
The Teton County Commission meets January 3 1944 to audit county claims and approve bonds. Reports from the Poor Farm and County Nurse are reviewed and filed. Weed Control Supervisor named, contracts approved for county printing and care of county inmates, public health nurse appointed, and warrants issued from multiple funds.
County Clerk George A. Carroll announces Miss Dale Lee as the new deputy in the recording department. She succeeds Miss Mary Timmerman who resigned to attend school in Spokane. Miss Lee is from Hamilton and a Hamilton High School graduate. Miss Lillian Urban, arriving about February 11, will be the public health nurse replacing Mrs. John McIver who left for Portland.
Mrs Henry Helf local chairman for the 1943 Christmas seal sale expresses gratitude to Chateau and surrounding area for support of the fund raising program to fight tuberculosis in Montana. She warns the drive cannot end until all seals are accounted for and urges final contributions or returns by January 31.
The Fourth War Bond Drive begins January 18 and runs through February 15 with a county quota of 386 200 and state and national goals. County officials promote local participation, window displays show captured German equipment, and new appointments restructure the county War Bond committee to boost sales. Residents are urged to buy bonds locally and ensure their purchases count toward Teton County’s quota.
About 30 county residents rode a Greyhound labeled U. S. Army to Butte for physical examinations. Some had already passed and would be sworn in. The Acantha will publish the full inductee list when released by the county draft board. The trip included several local business men who fear service and seek advance pass results.
Muriel Reiquam, County Superintendent of Schools, reports the first half 1943 tax year collections totaled $66,049.39 for district schools. Grade schools received $27,401.51, accredited high schools $38,647.88, and $8,444.63 funded accredited high school transportation.
The Teton County Shipping Association will hold its annual meeting Saturday January 22 at the Choteau courthouse. Oliver Mauseth, serve as president, will call the meeting to order as officers and directors are elected and reports on the year's business are presented. Plans for the new year will be discussed.
Members of the Order of East ern Star in Chateau are called to meet at the Masonic temple at 10 45 a m Sunday Jan 23 to attend church in a body. Special services will be held at St Stephens Episcopal Church at 11 a m.
Geo A Carroll notes a Blue network Town Meeting of the Air at 6:30 tonight MT. The broadcast will debate Shall a National Service Act Be Adopted with Warren Atherton national commander of the American Legion and James Carey national secretary of the CLO as speakers.
J. J. Vogt, Red Cross field representative at the Great Falls air base, spoke to Chateau Woman's club on Red Cross help for servicemen and prisoners of war. The meeting featured student solos, library fund pledges, and a plan for a February 15 program led by the Victory group.
The Acantha reports E. R. Poore among new subscribers this week. He and brother Edwin were county seat visitors on Monday while noting their parents Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Poore had gone to Livingston to spend winter with their daughter Mrs. Rose May Rays mond at 36 Second Street South.
Members of the Diamond Valley Farmers Union met at Dutton High School on January 12. They opened with God Bless America, heard Wheeler correspondence on car shortages, and Charles I Proff spoke on the Grain Terminal Association in St Paul. A banquet profit of about $100 was reported, a card party was planned, and each member was urged to recruit a new member for the February 9 meeting at Dutton High School.
Art Habel of Teton county reports a county committee plans a new Farmers Union local for Choteau and Farming ton. A meeting is set for Saturday January 22 at 2 p m in the Choteau high school with State President Don Chapman and W S Good attending. Lunch will follow. all farmers invited.
Circles A B and C of the Ladies Industrial held meetings yesterday with listed hostesses. The Wesleyan Guild met at 8 p m with Mrs E R O Neill and hostess Frances Larson. Guild policy requires menhip eligibility based on work or small children and adherence to guild purposes. others may join other circles.
Mr and Mrs J L Billings have relocated back to their Chateau home from a ranch in the Dutton Collins area. They visited Dutton to care for Mrs Siever Bergan who was ill. Ex sheriff of Teton County reports son Lt John Billings of the U S Marines in the south Pacific near Bougainville or Arawa amid heavy fighting.
J A Swanson secretary treasurer Pendroy National Farm Loan association returned from California and announced the annual stockholders meeting will be held in Pendroy at 2 p m on Tuesday February 1.
Morris Teterud, a 17 year old from Chateau, on furlough from Camp Farragut visits home this week. He began his junior year at Teton High last fall and, after enlisting in the navy, received a seaman second class rating upon completion of preliminary training. He has passed the test for entrance into the Farragut radio school.
Roy H. Tokerud former Teton High basketball star and engineer, wed Miss Leona Marie Frakes in a Christmas day ceremony at a Portland church. The couple, with families from Portland Bremerton and Choteau, hosted a dinner at the Multnomah Hotel after the ceremony.
Short notice items note city cigarette licenses and dog licenses are due. Local mentions include Te ton County Shipping association selling 3 200 pounds of turkeys to Northwest Turkey Growers for government use.
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