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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1943
Page
1
A B Guthrie was appointed by the county commissioners to succeed A B Stromam as Teton County treasurer. Guthrie, a former county treasurer and longtime Choteau resident, brings banking, teaching, and editorial experience, with duties expanding to vehicle license issuance. He assumes the post August 1 under assurances of support.
Mrs Bettie Taylor longtime Choteau resident and 45 year Woodcraft member died in Austin Texas at age 90. Her daughter Mrs L S Rupert of Austin reported the death and is her sole immediate survivor. another daughter died two years ago. Mrs Taylor lived in the city about 30 years ago.
Captain Blain T. Romney of the Army Recruiting Service and Army Air Forces will tour Montana to recruit aviation cadets and will meet interested applicants at the U S post office in Great Falls on Monday July 26. Walter J. Hitchcock reports Romney cannot visit every Legion post but will field questions on applications and training. In Chateau, Mrs Edw Davis of Cascade visited the W P Phillips home, and the Phillipses spent the weekend with their daughter Mrs J H Pfeiffer of Dupuyer.
Richard A. Conklin and LeRoy R. Anderson from Choteau have been accepted for U S Navy service. They join other local enlistees in beginning military careers.
Miss Ruth Lee second lieutenant in the Army nurses corps at Fort Lawton joins the Acantha list. James Dale from Chateau works at Farragut Naval Training Station and aims for radio school. Harvey Dale serves with the Santa Maria Air Force ground crew. Seaman Bob Dellwo reports funds missing but access remains. Jim Dellwo advances to corporal near San Diego for training. Don Nordhagen and Robert Nordhagen move between Farragut and home in Helena. 2nd Lt John Nordhagen and Bill Daley pursue radar and Marine training respectively. Pvt Clifford Holt helps extinguish a forest fire near Julian California. 2nd Lt John G Billings completes reserve officers class at Quantico. Pvt James LaRance visits Chateau on furlough from Indiantown.
H. M. Daley chair of the Teton County ration and price control board spoke to Chateau Lions on the wartime rationing program from its 1942 rubber start through sugar car registration and gasoline measures. He recalled the advisory council formation and noted public reactions amid war-time duties.
The July 6 1943 meeting of the County Board approved June minutes accepted an offer from J A Swanson for private sale land with a 614 percent royalty to the county and executed a Quit Claim Deed. Delegations from Dut ton and Diamond Valley asked for road work. board deferred definite promises. A crop lease was signed for John P Anderson. July 7 8 hearings covered budget data delays and a regional library donation refusal. Treasurer A F Strom resigned effective August 1 1943. The board approved sales of land to Teton Land Company and W R Sharpes and examined several January through June 1943 reports.
County Surveyor Obert Peterson reports damage to county bridges from high water is nearly fixed. One exception is the Peebles bridge over the Teton where approaches at both ends were washed out by water and soft ground delays the work.
July 18 John G. Sullivan of Fort Benton and Jane Gordon Eckford of Chateau. July 19 Ralph Frank of Stockett and Eva Joyce Morris of Benton Washington. July 21 Robert Scott and Irene Suek, both of Dutton.
Teton County's wartime economic trends show in the assessment table by Miss Helen Johnson. Motor vehicle valuations drop by more than 191 thousand dollars, agricultural products rise by 143 thousand, yielding a net county property value gain of 346 thousand dollars. Total county property value is 16,289,739 versus 15,943,302 last year. State board values rise from 3,568,369 in 1942 to 3,663,701 in 1943.
Governor S Ford appoints Dr E J Crary to the Montana State Board of Dental Examiners. Crary has practiced in Chateau since 1912 and is a past president of the State Dental Association. His term runs to March 2 1948.
Miss Georgia Vanderhoof died recently in Washington D C where she had been a government employee for a few years. Her parents are Mr and Mrs L C Vanderhoof formerly of Fairfield and she once attended Teton County High School.
Martin Rose, a former Spring Valley ranchman now with Teton Land Co., was named city marshal, taking over from M A King who resigned to take a post in Great Falls. Rose has lived in Chateau, sent four children through Teton HS, with three sons in the armed forces and another in grade school. Anna Rose works for the county rationing board. Mrs. Rose died a year ago. He belongs to the Montana Cowboys Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Howard spent the weekend in Billings visiting and attending to business. He also attended a buyers convention in that city.
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