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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1940
Page
8
The Farmington Sunday School will resume sessions this Sunday morning at 10:30. A cordial welcome is extended to all. Mr and Mrs Earl DeRusha and children of Spokane arrived the last of the week visiting friends here and at Chateau and Pendrey. Mr and Mrs Eric Tornberg and
Excerpts from letters to Mrs May Thompson recount a busy life in 1930s Hawaii. Dorine Elsie Feldman and Fred Swanson attend a Sunday dinner at Martin Swanson’s. Mr and Mrs Earl DeRusha visit the Swansons. A June update covers schoolwork, earnings, and enrollment at a church-linked primary school. an earthquake, heat, and garden conditions in dry weather. plans for an enlarged schoolroom and an assistant. greenhouse needs. travel notes include camping, a sea turtle sighting, and a Honolulu Academy of Arts concert featuring Grace Adams East, a celebrated trumpeter.
Pendray news item lists visits from Mr and Mrs James Waples and daughter, Fay Hightower vacationing at the Hightower home, and Anna Quale visiting from California. Mentions Ladies Aid meeting, travel to Great Falls, patients at Conrad hospital, Glacier Park weekend, host dinners, camping plans at Swan Lake, and Pendroy softball defeating Chateau last Tuesday.
Announcement by J. G. Hove that he leased his Ford Garage in Great Falls to A. J. Barton. Barton, married with a six year old daughter, formerly worked for Bison Motor Co. and is named official Ford dealer for Choteau. He will take possession in a few days and is praised as a competent mechanic.
Oldest resident Harry A Allen dies at 85 in Augusta after a life split between Webster City Iowa and Washington state. Surviving five sons, two daughters, sixteen grandchildren, six great grandchildren. Rodeo preparations alter town scene as American Legion hosts event. multiple weddings and marriages unfold including Jessie Ireland and Clifford Christian and Miss Grace Renning and Eugene Kukola. Several families visit kin in Missoula Bozeman Great Falls and Glacier Park. Funeral plans pending arrival of Allen daughters.
Falls. Among guests from out of town were Mr and Mrs T L Sheehy of Big Sandy and their daughter Mrs Clifford Norris and their son John. Mr and Mrs Harry Ireland and son Neil of Helena were also gifts. After a short wedding trip the young couple will return to Great Falls where Mr Christian is employed.
The Works Progress Administration approves a 7981 project for Camp Roy E Ayers near Helena. State Adjutant General John W Mahan reports improvements will include a new kitchen a mess hall and latrine.
Montana Adjutant General John W. Mahan says nine or ten horse equipped units will send gear to state headquarters. Trucks will carry guns and other materials in the future as the National Guard modernizes its logistics.
Advertisement seeks a well established company offering entry to life insurance sales for a man over 25 in the local community. State age experience and qualifications in application. All inquiries confidential. P O Box 642 Great Falls Mont. FOR SALE 1500 watt DC automatic electric light plant. C K Malone. RENT 3 room furnished apartment inquire at Acantha office. 54
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