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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1944
Page
1
Chatty residents complain of a cat epidemic with loud nocturnal yowling and urge stricter feline controls. The season brings a cottonwood bloom that coats streets and rooms with gray dust, prompting questions about weather and city ordinances.
A reader letter series recounts a soldier's furlough and experiences in Europe and the Pacific theater. The writer describes camp life, longing for home, impressions of the countryside, and hopes for reunions with friends and family, while thanking the paper for keeping readers informed.
The Teton County Commission accepts the resignation of County Clerk and Recorder Geo A Carroll effective July 1 1944 with a June 12 1944 leave. James Van Cleave is appointed to succeed him until the next general election. The board also approves inmate care bids and burial rates for the County Poor Farm and sets a new deputy processes schedule. Glenn Baird discusses weed control. W E Howard Jr resigns as High School Trustee. commission approves a year long care contract with Mrs Gladys Nelson and designates Edwards as delegate to Montana Association meeting in Lewistown.
A scrap paper drive resumes in Choteau next Sunday July 16 at 11 A.M. Residents should bundle paper and place it on the curb. those outside Choteau may leave bundles with Chris Beck at the Gallatin Valley elevator. Other drop locations include Fairfield Times office, Greely elevator, Dutton Boy Scouts, Pendroy Ladies Aid, and Devis Garage.
In Phoenix Arizona a June 27 ceremony at the Lake Field post chapel united Lt Venoy Stott of Bynum and Verna Huffman in a candlelit military wedding. Lt Ralph Brown served as best man and Carol Heise as maid of honor.
Mr and Mrs Hampton Bloom remodel interiors. Arnold Hamusa remodels and redecorates. Cornelius Van Wich em and family rework the former Gus Dep ner house with a glassed front porch. A stairway connects the Hirshberg building rear to Wedums Federated store basement. Gamble store extends facilities while an interior wall cut joins Parlor Shoppe hall. Chateau Lodge No 12 I C C F advances second floor alteration for a new home with first floor occupied by Chateau Meat Co. A new furnace replaces old gas heat at the Methodist church by Montana Dakota Utilities. Dale Implement Co of Cha teurh enlarges binning facilities and plans interior painting.
The city council discussed the preliminary budget at the Wednesday meeting. Adoption of the final budget is scheduled for August.
The Teton Land Company sells its 56,000 acre Flowerree Ranch spanning Teton Cascade and Lewis and Clark counties. Purchasers are John S. Hamilton of Tyrone New Mexico and G R Rohn of Manitowoc Wisconsin. The price is not released.
Forest Ranger Jack Hinman reports that two trucks from the U S forest service brought 16 German internees to Helena to work on national forests. They were assigned to the Teton canyon bridge near Ear Mountain and are described as good workers who speak English in varying degrees. Many had been seamen for Standard Oil Co before the war.
George Carroll and Billy Vrooman debated the fate of Billy’s mare Bessie during a weekend visit from Great Falls. Vrooman praised the horse as a top range mount, while Carroll claimed she was past her prime, good only for sausage or fertilizer. The clash ended with friendly camaraderie among the friends.
Walter Gray a long time resident of Teton county died yesterday of heart failure while working on the Milwaukee railroad south of Chateau in Cascade county. He is survived by his wife three sons Buford Clifford and Alfred and two daughters Mary and Florence. The funeral is set for Friday at 9 am at the local Catholic church with interment at Teton Canyon cemetery beside his parents. A rosary service will be held this evening.
The Acantha provides the candidate list for the upcoming primary on Tuesday. It notes county quotas for E bonds and F and G bonds, with Teton County still short of the 100 percent goal but able to reach it as the drive extends ten days. The state and county offices include numerous Republican and Democratic contenders, with no candidates listed for superintendent of schools, sheriff, or surveyor.
At the North Montana State Fair in Great Falls Charley Bovey plans a faithful reproduction of an olde tyme newspaper. He has gathered historic type cases and an antique Washington hand press to create a retro shop. Veteran printer W. J. Callaghan assists, promising a unique fair attraction without modern printing gadgets.
Everett DeRusha leased the Club Cigar store and pool room from J. R. Collins this week. He bought the stock and leased the building and equipment. renovation is underway and Morris Franklin will assist. Collins bought into the business years ago with partner Grover Forgey, later expanding Texaco cabins and a home for his family. DeRusha, son of the late O DeRusha, has ranch interests in Farmington and recently bought the Hansen residence in Chateau with wife Dorothy.
Funeral services were conducted Monday at W. H. George chapel for H. J. Loomis longtime resident of Chateau and the Sun River region. Interment followed in Sun River cemetery. Loomis died of heart failure. widow Mrs. Loomis and son George of Spokane survive.
H Earl Clack Co Havre acquires Cut Bank Refining interests in Chateau including the Husky service station and bulk plant at the south entrance. Alfred Shelmerdine and wife Mrs Shelmerdine continue with the business under new ownership. Station to be repainted and remodelled to fit the Clack design.
Beginning Saturday July 15 the Loyal Order of Moose Chateau will sponsor dances at the American Legion pavilion in the city park. The events are not the former free dances. charges will be modest. Oscar Richem's Old Time orchestra will provide music for the opening dance with hope for other orchestras to join and a possible dance every two weeks.
Thirty young people from Fairfield and Choteau Dutton Lutheran parishes left Sunday for the Flathead Lake Lutheran Bible camp July 9 16. They gathered in Choteau with Rev. A Bernard Gravdal of Chateau and Dutton churches and Rev. A B Holland of Fairfield and nearby Lutheran churches.
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