Local notes and social roundup from Chateau area
Community news covers Dan MacCormick at stock yards and Jack MacCormick's return from Australia. Wedding details for Verna Huffman and Venoy Stott to publish next week. New Chateau residents Frank Pettigrew and wife join Watkins sales in territory. Episcopal Guild to meet July 20 at C K Malone ranch with hostesses. Howard Tryon in the South Pacific with radio work reported by Mrs Tryon. Mrs Ferris visits from Great Falls and Calgary plans. Moultons visit for July Fourth with family. Sgt Albert Dale of the 40th Division on furlough. service in Hawaiis and Europe ahead. Girl Scouts plan a July 8 food sale to fund supplies. Loretta Anderson leaves AAA post for coast trip with LeRoy Andersons family.
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Girl Scouts
Loretta Anderson
AAA
Letha Caskey
West Coast
Los Angeles
LeRoy Anderson
Seattle
LeRoy
Roy Anderson
U. S. Seabees
South Pacific
Pishkun Reservoir Fishing Season Not Opened
The Pishkun reservoir remained closed to fishing this year on July 1 as a wartime precaution. It is controlled by the federal reclamation service and the biological survey rather than the Montana Fish and Game commission, and no reopening information has been released.
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Pishkun
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Federal Reclamation Service
The
Biological Survey
Former Teton County Agent and Family Visit
Former Teton county agent Fred Willson and his Havre family visited during the Fourth of July holidays. They joined about 30 friends at the Passmore cabin on Deep Creek. Willson, a former popular county official, recently resigned to head the North Montana experiment station at Fort Assiniboine.
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Fred Willson
Havre
Cecil Passmore
Passmore
Deep Creek
Fred
Robert Clarkson
Teton County
North Montana
Shall We Break Faith With Our- 700 Service Men
The Acantha reports Teton County lags in Fifth War Bond Drive sales with 56.6 percent of the $279 000 target in E F and G bonds and urges immediate action before the Saturday July 8 deadline to support service men and women.
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Teton County
Helena
Acantha
William B Galvin dies in California at 78
William Bernard Galvin, 78, died July 1 in Long Beach California after a heart illness. Born December 16 1866 in Wisconsin he worked as a telegraph operator across the United States and Canada then ranching near Glasgow Harlowton Martindale and finally Long Beach. Survived by widow Margaret and three daughters, two sisters, two brothers, and 13 grandchildren. Funeral in Long Beach with burial to follow in Montana per his wish.
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William Bernard Galvin
J. W. Breen
Long Beach
California
Mr. Galvin
Wisconsin
Necedah
United States
Canada
Old Mexico
Montana
Margaret Scanlan
Glasgow
Harlowton
Martindale
Galvin
Choteau
Breen
Michigan
Flies From Utah In Effort To Be At Mother's Bedside
Mrs Otis Mellon was critically ill when her daughter Mrs C A Franks rushed from Springville to Salt Lake City and boarded a plane to Great Falls arriving after the mother had died. Mr Franks could not come and the couple may sell their Gamble store and home in Springville as they consider a milder winter climate and not returning to Montana permanently.
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Otis Mellon
C. A. Franks
Great Falls
Springville
Salt Lake City
Franks
Montana
Tricks to all trades
Al Udin, longtime county commissioner for 18 years, visited yesterday from his sheep ranch northwest of Fairfield. He says state affairs were tougher while on the board, but now he faces the challenge of running for state representative while still tending his flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Udin
Fairfield
Aleis
Jack Humphrey Dies in Great Falls After Fall
Jack Humphrey 59 a northern Montana contractor died Monday in a Great Falls hospital after collapsing while watching sheep shear in Portage. A native of Illinois he spent 30 years in the region with Great Falls as base and helped form Victory Construction Co. He built the Shelby arena for the Dempsey Gibbons fight and owned the Hirshberg block in Chateau later rebuilt as apartments. Funeral in Great Falls Friday with Masonic rites. widow and children survive.
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Choteau
Jack” Humphrey
Montana
Great Falls
Chateau
Tom Givens
First Street
First Avenue
Humphrey
Portage
G. H. Jochens
Lions Club
Illinois
Shelby
Conrad
Cut Bank
Victory Construction Co
Great Falls Army Air Base
Dempsy-Gibbons
Hirshberg
Chuck
Wrixon
Chateau Odd Fellow Lodge
Humphreys
Highland Cemetery
Choteau Hit By Violent Wind and Rain Storm
A heavy windstorm with rain and thunder struck Choteau on Tuesday evening. The 20 to 25 minute deluge dumped about .83 inch of rain, toppled gardens, littered streets, and kept crews busy removing debris. Power briefly failed before restoration and lights stayed off for the night.
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Choteau
Mellons of Chateau Mourn Loss of Ella M Mellon
Ella M. Mellon wife of Otis Mellon and longtime Chateau figure died Sunday at Columbus hospital Great Falls from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born 1868 in Illinois she lived in Missouri and moved to Chateau in 1919 with son Russell. Survived by husband two of four children three grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral at Masonic temple with Eastern Star officiating, burial in Great Falls mausoleum.
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Ella M. Mellon
Otis Mellon
Chateau
Columbus Hospital
Great Falls
R. R. Mellon
Great Falls Tribune
Mellon
Clinton County
Ill
Carroll County
Missouri
Avalon College
Braymer
Washington
Choteau
Russell
Choteau Drug Co
Mellon, Jr
T. B. Halvorson
O. Hansen
Security Benefit Association
Fidelity
Order Eastern Star
Methodist Church
Red Cross
Chateau Woman’s Club
Frances.e. Larson
Masonic Temple
Eastern Star
Bert A. Powell
Paul W. Dierberger
Hampton Bloom
C. H. Porter
Fred Barribal
W. W. Scott
A. B. Guthrie
James T. Robison
Methodist Church Church
Jesus
Legion post to hold crucial July meeting before convention
The regular monthly meeting of the C James Smith Post of the American Legion is set for Monday evening July 10 in the Legion club rooms. Officials urge full attendance as this will be the last meeting before the state convention and H M Daley replaces George A Carroll as post adjutant.
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C. James Smith
The
American Legion
Legion Club
Legion State Convention
Post
H. M. Daley
George A. Carroll
War Bonds
Stampa
Service Flag Dedication at Trinity Church
An overflow crowd attended Sunday July 2 for Trinity Lutheran Church service flag dedication and candle lighting. The Dorcas Society gifted a 64 star flag honoring 63 men and 1 woman, dedicated by Rev. A Bernard Grandal. Philo music, readings, and a cross presentation followed the candle lighting ceremony.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Dorcas Society
Auxilary Ladies’ Organization
A. Bernard Grandal
A. B. Holland
Fairfield
Rocky Mountain District
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Arthur
Marvin Lindseth
Dupuyer
Evelyn Alstad
Wildrose
N. Dak
A. Bernard Gravdal
Carl Wedum
Robert Pithod
Trinity Lutheran
Julius Stenson
Casper Peterson
Inga Dale
Oliver Manseth
Hartvick Nelson
Mary Carlson
Martin Gronberg
Hilda Anderson
Ernest Arensmeyer
J. LeDesky
Johanna Nordhagen
Alvin Reiquam
A. Walley
Larson
O. Richem
Fourth of July storms bring damage and planning notes
A Fourth of July wind and electrical storm damaged the community with fallen branches uprooted sheds moved and electricity disrupted. The Mace Dennison family moved last Sunday and other local families with visits and farm work notes. A club picnic is set for July 16 across the highway from Claude with potluck and ice cream funded by a collection. Rev W F Clingman will lead services at Farmington schoolhouse on July 16 instead of July 9.
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The
Teton
H. D. Club
Claude
W. F. Clingman
Farmington School
Mace Dennison
Mace
Howard Hanson
Chateau
Jamey Saxberry
Abe Broere
Saxberry
Mrs. Broere
Teton County’s Early Educator Mrs Chenoweth Dies at 82
Mrs Fannie E Chenoweth 82 longtime Teton County second county superintendent of schools died Saturday July 1 in Glasgow after brief illness. A pioneer teacher she served 1898 to 1902 visiting Sun River to the Line. Survived by two sons Glen in Scobey and Thomas in Camas Wash plus sister Mrs W O Dodson in Great Falls.
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Teton County
Fannie E. Chenoweth
Glasgow
Glen
Sun River
Sunriver
Valley County
Scobey
Thomas
Camas
Wash
W. O. Dodson
Great Falls
John Robison highlights on B-29 electrical systems
John Robison an electrical engineer with Boeing Seattle returned to duty after holiday with his parents. He discussed B 29 Superfortress electrical features noting about 150 electric motors and pressurized oxygen for cabins. Reports mention takeoff and landing in short distances and two superchargers per Wright cyclone engine.
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Chateau
James T. Robison
Ace
Montana Power Co
John Robison
Boeing, Airplane Co
Seattle
Robison
War Department
Used Cars to Come Under OPA Price Control
Beginning July 10 used passenger cars will be covered by price control under the OPA. All sellers including private owners and dealers fall under the price control act. Ceilings vary by model body type and make covering about 6000 models from 1937 to 1942. Each model has an as is and a warranty price.
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OPA
Miss Lindahl Visits Aunt in Local Weeklong Stay
Miss Jane Lindahl niece of Mrs. Clara H. Laker deputy clerk and recorder arrived Monday to visit her aunt for a week. She plans to travel to the Pacific coast after the visit and will return home via Denver. This marks her first trip to this region.
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Jane Lindahl
Clara H. Laker
Monnday
Lindahl
Pacific Coast
Denver
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Dan MacCormick
Jack
Australia
New Guineas
Verna Huffman
A. D. Huffman
Venoy Stott
Frank Pettigrew
Episcopal Guild
C. K. Malone Ranch
Larry Banks
Elizabeth Smith
Malone
Obert Peterson
Gordon “Whitie
Tryon
Howard
Tryon Bays
F. E. Ferris
James Turner
Calgary
Niagara
D. H. Moulton
DeLoss Moulton
Willard Paulus
Moulton
Albert Dale
40Th Division
Tom Moore
Henry Dale
Idaho
Pearl Harbor
Albert
Chicago
U.S. Treasury Department
Utah
Falls
Trinity Church
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