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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
8
Arnold Hanusa, a Choteau insurance man and accountant, owns an old Colt 1863 rifle with a 2 muzzle loader and bayonets. The gun came from his nephew Loren Schabel stationed at Visalia air field who found 1,000 in an old arsenal near the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Passmore and families hosted the Fourth of July holidays at the Passmore cabin on the north fork of Deep Creek. Guests included Supt and Mrs. W. J. Shirley, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Halvorson and sons, Miss Mae Gronberg, Miss Joan Allen, Bobbie Scott, and Robert Smith.
J H Stephens a trusted worker at Clapper Motor Co in Cut Bank spent holidays with family in Chateau. Mrs Mary Longmuir Stephens of Tucson Arizona, daughter of the late C A Longmuir, visited town last week with her husband and younger son.
Two Chateau youths Jerry Barrett and Bill Breen in Green Gulch Forest Service camp describe using kindling as ammunition against porcupines. They report quills in wood piles and a quiet night that revealed two porcupines guarding their bunks. They hope such mountain experience aids future military duties.
Banks of the Teton river and Eureka lake drew many visitors over Sunday and Monday for holidays. Fishermen found clear water and decent catches while Eureka reports were mixed. The canyon bridge near Baker guest ranch was washed out, with an improvised foot crossing across the swift current.
Mr and Mrs Fred Dutro learn their son Philip is a Jap prisoner. Philip and his brother Howard were at Corregidor when it fell and Howard’s fate is unknown. The Dutro family lived at Chateau and later near Priest Butte before moving to Cor’am Phil boxed as a heavyweight amateur and fought on cards at the Heisy gym in Great Falls.
Officials led by R E Bodley and Jim Brennan urged farmers to place orders for county labor for harvest. A Great Falls canvass seeks part time city residents with farm backgrounds to supplement beet thinning crews.
Neighborhood leaders organize a scrap metal collection to support the war. County Agent S. N. Halvorson urges cooperation. J. W. Breen chairs the drive. Chateau Chamber of Commerce offers cash for iron. metal should be at least a quarter inch thick and weighed at the Gallatin Valley elevator.
The station is described as the most powerful radio transmitter in the world located in Soviet Russia. It broadcasts at 172 kilocycles with an output of 500000 watts, indicating a high power long range facility.
The City of Chateau will pay a reasonable reward for information leading to the conviction of those who break light bulbs and window panes and damage park toilets and other city property. By order of the City Council Mayor H. D. Robison and City Clerk J. G. Jackson.
Fairfield July 11 1943 church notices list Sunday masses Power at 9 00 Fairfield at 11 00 led by Rev Russell Scheidler Pastor May indicate parish schedule for St John’s Fairfield with mass times and clerical leadership.
Lost hub cap of a 1937 Nash Dan finder please return to Rev. Bert A Powell Chateau 6-lte. For sale chromium and leather settee two 6 ft show cases dress and blouse stands Singer hemsticking machine 17 feet of 1 inch gas pipe group of articles to sell at 25c each Lolly Snyder Choteau 6-tf.
A collage of rental ads and sale offers including a 2 room apartment and cabin for rent, a 4 room furnished apartment, and multiple farm and livestock listings. Items mention Mrs Blomberg Choteau, Carl Hanson By num Mont, Ernest Weist Agawam, J E Sullivan Pendroy, Helen Mancoron Choteau among others with dates around early July. Also notices for sale of farm machinery, sow breeding stock, weaner pigs, and a Monarch coal range plus other household items.
A member of the Committee of Neighbors continues to work through the War Price and Rationing Board despite its closure. He sorts forms, reviews applications, and seeks solutions to public fear, finding solace in aiding democracy as community members solve local issues together.
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