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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
10
Long list of relatives friends and visitors across Montana and Idaho with multiple trips and gatherings. Portland visitors stay with family in Tokerud home while Helena weddings, Glacier Park tours and Canyon Ferry picnics mark a summer circuit.
Ronda Lee Kirk daughter of Mr and Mrs Ross Henderson Spokane Washington married John R Jack Reiding at the Methodist Church in Chateau at 2 00 pm last Saturday Rev Grant Moore officiated The bride wore a pink nylon chapel length gown with white carnations and yellow roses corsage Audrey Smith was bridesmaid Best man was Robert Breere Ushers Leon ard Blixrud and Robert Arm Strong Attendants and close family attended A reception followed at the Reiding home They honeymooned in Glacier National Park and western Montana The couple will reside in Chateau John Reiding is a Sonarman Second Class in the U S Navy and will finish his service in January
Teton Memorial Hospital reports no morning visitors. Names admitted include Shirl George Choteau Mrs Francis McKee Choteau Mrs Joseph Adamson Fairfield Fred Lindberg Simms Evan Stefanoff Choteau Mrs Karl Van Setten Fairfield Arthur Nett Augusta Mrs A J Timmerman Power Claude Connole Conrad Ray Phillips Augusta Walter Wood Choteau Mrs William McInerney Fairfield Mrs Robert Armstrong Choteau Mrs F L Betts Fairfield Mrs Floyd Johnson Dupuyer June S Baumgartner Choteau Mrs Everett Lame Augusta Mrs Susie Van Deriet Choteau Clarence Looney Choteau Births include a daughter to Mrs Francis McKee Choteau a son to Mrs Karl Van Setten Fairfield a son to Mrs Robert Armstrong a daughter to Mrs William Mc Inerney Fairfield twin sons to Mrs Everett Lame Augusta a son to Mrs Vic Sargent Choteau. Dismissals include Mrs James Ferris and infant daughter Choteau Mrs Fred Turnbow and infant son Mrs Malcolm Henry and infant daughter Augusta Robert Bohler Augusta Mrs Bertha Alm Choteau Mrs Belle Cowgill Choteau Andrew Anderson Fairfield Mrs Neva Jacobson Fairfield Shirl George Choteau
About 7 080 young people attended the sixteenth biennial international Luther League convention in San Francisco from June 21 to 26 with the theme Win With Christ. The UN tenth anniversary was celebrated during the week and many Leaguers joined the convention band and choral union. Rev Marcus Gravdal of Eau Claire Wisconsin presided as president of the International Luther League council and was related to Rev A B Gravdal of Choteau. Choteau delegates were chaperoned by Mrs Tena Johnson Swenson James Huffman Harvey Hanson and Howard Conquergood.
The Hodgskiss oil well south of Chateau is reported a dry hole after surface indications suggested limited oil potential. Geophysical work aims to probe deeper horizons for possible Madison formation discovery near Bynum, with drilling planned by Taylor Drilling Company and Continental Oil near section 9, township 26 north, range 6 west.
The VFW Auxiliary to Howard E. Anderson Post No. 4605 met Monday night with President Lulu Miller presiding. Past President Marie Stenson installed Color Bearers Ellen Rogers and Anna Lee Erickson, and Trustee Elsie Hightower. Thirty-year and other pins were presented to multiple members, with thanks given for support during the year and for parade float success. The meeting adjourned to reopen August 8 with a lunch served by hostesses Hensley Hightower and Blixrud.
The Seventh day Adventist youth survey of Choteau has scanned homes for the oldest Bible in the city. Some homes were missed and readers with Bible copies older than 100 years are asked to contact the group or write to Mrs. D. V. Harris in Fairfield.
James M. Lurvey, age 102, of Goffs Falls New Hampshire, described himself as a wreck while discussing health. The report notes his fragile condition and expresses concern for his ongoing physical decline.
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