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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
1
Havre May boasts a 62 degree January record while Chateau men share tiny triumphs. A butterfly in a glass jar appears as Rev. Bert Powell strolls in, drawing laughs about chasing spring, not cellar tricks, amid lighted matrices and ink.
Walter Yeager, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Yeager, shows a mix of paper and coin from Malta and Trinidad in a foreign money collection. His cousin Harold Tauson recently sent the items, reflecting interest in global currencies amid wartime. Also notes postwar education in monetary systems and local letter from readers.
The county agent reports 3200 pounds of turkeys sold last Thursday at the Legion pavilion by The Teton Shipping Association to the Northwest Turkey Growers Association, with 3 cents advance per prime bird and the remainder due in a month or six weeks. H. J. Moon of Pendray graded the birds, continuing as federal grader. The turkeys will be delivered to the government.
Charles Krofft, former upper Peace River stockman now based in Peace River Canada, spent the week in town visiting old friends and recalling the Haro era. He left the area twenty six years ago, near the MicDonald sheep ranch, where his ranch lies along the old highway to his buildings.
Frederick Eugene Ferris known as Gene Ferris 54 died at Holy Cross hospital Salt Lake City after a year of illness. He was born June 22 1889 in Kimble South Carolina and became a successful wheat grower in Teton County Montana. The funeral is set for 2 p m Friday at the Methodist church in Choteau with interment in Choteau cemetery and pallbearers named.
A war stamp album autographed by actor Pat O’Brien is shown in the J C Penney Co war bond promotion. The album will be awarded Feb 15 to the store’s top war bond purchaser. The display also includes a German helmet and mess can captured in North Africa.
County leaders and War Food Administration officials outlined a structured use plan for Mexican labor in 1944, detailing lambing, beet thinning, irrigation, baying, and threshing roles. Separate notes cover a marriage license, local credits, school lists, sports trips, and war bond progress, with county quotas and goals.
In Helena the State Railway and Public Service Commission announced the petition to alter the Great Falls to Glacier Park bus line via Chateau was denied. The existing schedule leaving Great Falls at 8 p m remains, with trips north to Browning or Glacier Park continuing as before.
The Acantha notes subscription changes: $2.00 retains for men in service while others may get 10 months for $52.00 outside Teton county or 11 months inside. Publishers absorb the loss to support service members.
Teton Hi Bulldogs beat Power Hi 47 to 18 in a high school basketball clash in Great Falls. Swenson and Thronson starred in the Bulldogs backcourt as Gore Field and East Base games drew packed crowds and strong local appreciation.
Three Teton County 4-H members earned honor medals for wartime achievements in home economics and agriculture. Dorothy Dale of Chateau received Clothing Achievement from Spool Cotton Company Educational Bureau, Audrey Lawson Averill of Collins earned Food Preparation from Server Home Economics Department, and May Margaret Loch of Dutton received Canning from Kerr Glass Mfg Corp.
Manley C. Crawford 83 longtime Teton county assessor nominee known as Dad died January 15 in Burlington Washington after a life spanning Michigan North Dakota Montana and Washington He served as county treasurer in 1926 and moved from Chateau to Burlington with his family through eight children and many grandchildren leaving a legacy in Dutton Chateau and Burlington churches and local businesses.
Edward H. Ganong 73 of Oregon City died early Thursday. Survived by Eleanor his wife three sons Edward P. Gold Beach Ore William F United States Army and Earl Longview two stepsons Delbert J Daley St. Paul Minn and Lt Walter E Daley Camp Adair funeral at Oregon City funeral home January 22 at 11 a.m. Burial Mt View cemetery. Ganong was a Dry Forks ranchman and former undersheriff and Chateau Masonic lodge member.
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