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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1942
Page
1
An observer recalls Josef Hofman at the Falls civic center auditorium calling him perhaps the world’s finest pianist. The writer notes Hofman’s flawless technique and the remarkable piano shipper freight from Billings, while contrasting with the emotional reach of other instruments and warning parents about tone deafness in children.
The writer notes Myrtle Gaylord as a sharp reporter and columnist in Spokane Chronicle and Spokane Press. He observes she is a mother of two grown sons in service and suggests she may be widowed after a second marriage.
A columnist recalls a Spokane incident during a Red Cross membership drive. A caller rang a home with Bundles for Britain and V for Victory signs. a woman asked what she wanted, then refused and slammed the door. The columnist notes this targets the unhelpful.
Two women at a drug store lunch counter in Spokane observe a tense moment as a younger woman, visiting for her mother's funeral, asks to borrow a cigarette from the older woman. The scene includes notes on money, town, and a brief editorial opinion about a local columnist.
A Texaco distributor Mr Dial sent a can of machine oil for Christmas to help oil my typewriter. I previously borrowed my wife’s sewing machine oil and sometimes returned it. Mr Breen left a fine box of candy to honor our friendly relations from the past year.
Twenty three committee members from all county communities attended the Friday meeting. Halvor Daley outlined the county defense commission work and fire rationing. Arnold Hanusa presented a plan to secure pledges for defense bonds. Roy Morgan urged scrap metal drives and farm machinery repair after reporting on the Great Falls Triple A meeting. A farmers cooperative loan plan was discussed and approved for state land use review. The 1942 extension program and 1943 goals were outlined with a February 17 meeting set to present preliminary county targets.
Lucille Arensmeyer died Wednesday at her parents Farmington home after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at the German Lutheran Church in Farmington with Rev. Paul Ernst officiating. Banks Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers will be her brothers Ernest Adolph William Henry Emil Ted Martin and sister Minnie. She was born in Farmington and lived with her parents all her life.
Alfred M. Thompson and Wesley M. Fisher of Internal Revenue will be at the court house in Chateau Friday and Saturday February 13 and 14 to help taxpayers file income tax returns. Bring your own forms and copies of last year's returns.
The Acantha reports Emil Durr bought four registered herd bulls at the Denver show and sale. The total price noted was $5,000. This purchase supports his fine cattle strain and follows the Savik Larson buyer who also acquired bulls at the same event.
A sportsmen's meet will be held at the courthouse in the clerk of court's office at 8 p m on Friday January 30.
The year is a book and life pages must record deeds through thoughts and actions. Many people delay writing about life until after accomplishing great things, but suddenly they perish and the diary remains blank or poorly written.
Montana employers received letters from the Defense Savings committee outlining voluntary payroll deductions. The program seeks to let employees save part of their salary automatically to support the war effort without employer coercion. Pledge blanks will arrive soon, but workers may begin by purchasing defense stamps now.
Mrs. H J Ferguson announces the marriage of her daughter Mildred Estelle Harrington to George Donald Wheat of Dillon. The ceremony was at Missoula on August 6 with Rev Walbrecht officiating. Both attended Montana University. she teaches in Harrison, he studies at Montana Normal College Dillon.
H M Daley named explosives licensing agent for Te ton county. no explosives may be bought without certificate during national emergency. Seven truck tires and tubes and one passenger tire and tube issued under rationing this week to Baard Pederson Dutton James Fowler Choteau E R Dial Choteau E E Townsend Bynum M B Rowland Dutton P M McCrorie Farmington Elizabeth Havnen Chateau.
Kenny Sulgrove, a recent Army inductee, vents about Meals in the U S Army in a verse to Don McGinnis. He mocks subpar fare coffee from aluminum pots and frequent laxatives, hoping for better meals for fighting soldiers.
Proprietors of Chateau filling stations agree to close at 8 p m in the future instead of 10 p m due to wartime conditions. Emergency service for cars in repair will still be completed if needed, the notice states.
R Isaac of the Fish and Wildlife Service was in Chateau yesterday and hired Frank Blondy Slater to trap coyotes in this vicinity. Anyone with a coyote problem should see cee or contact the county agent's office.
The 1942 county extension plan prioritizes food production for the Food for Victory program including milk eggs pork and beef with guidance via bulletins letters and demonstrations. It covers dry land home food production preservation gardening seed stock goals for 4 H club work weed and grasshopper control and stock water development with plans for public works projects if postwar employment requires.
Chateau high school junior class schedules its annual three act comedy Almost Summer by Christopher Ser gel for Tuesday evening February 10. Permission to stage the play was granted by the Dramatic Publishing Co upon payment of royal. Cast includes Paul Jones Austin Vick Mrs Jones Christie Swanson Mr Jones Robert Daley Ted Stott Mary Een Nee Omen Leah Ferris Jack Ohn Peebles Jane Donna Faye Dauwalder Mr Smudgely Roland Otness Anna Kathleen Sorenson Lilah Johnson Audrey Lawson.
The Teton county American Red Cross will hold a general meeting and officer election next Tuesday evening February 3 at 8 p m in the grads school building. Films Why Not Live and Mobilize for Mercy will be shown. Mr B I Packer will be principal speaker. Miss Nancy Stenson will sing Angels of Mercy. Membership of one dollar grants voting rights. the public is invited.
The sheriff reports firearm registrations in the county surpass 1500 so far with more expected. Jack Slaughter leads with 20 firearms, including hunting arms. Carl Burbank added 15 loaded guns to the registry, several revolvers, with shells chambered.
Choteau defeated Shelby 29 to 28 on the local floor in a one point finish. Dellwo and Rose led the Bulldogs with strong defense and key shooting while Schaeffer battled nerves and jitters. Choteau meets Dutton next Friday in a prelim with the F F A units in town.
The P. H. Crossen cattle ranch of about 6 000 acres six miles south of Chateau was sold last week to Guy Miller and Paul Kropp for about 30000 dollars. P. H. Crossen Sr. operated the property for five years. A public auction of household goods machinery livestock and miscellaneous items will be held next Wednesday February 4 at 10 a m led by J H Byler. Mr and Mrs Crossen and family plan to move to Hollywood California.
The Chateau Merchants defeated Great Falls DeMolay 52 to 38 to stay tied for second place in the Great Falls City League. A fair crowd attended though lower than in prior years and high school games. Next week the Merchants host C Y C of Great Falls with a possible rematch with the Wallet Cleaners over the weekend.
Last week the high school students and grade school parents voted to adopt a six day week for both schools. The plan aims to close for summer around May 1 and to allow farm boys to work with spring tasks.
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