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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
5
Local notes record subscription notices and price changes as the paper announces new rates effective August 1. A visit by Paul Schmit of Port Washington to Great Falls includes a month with cousin Harriet Paulus.
Canvas for dams at Sturgis with Mrs Sylvia Newman Grace and Loren Choteau visitors recall 1937 39 years living in town Loren attended Kansas high school last year Mrs Johanna Nordhagen and Dick head to Billings for a week long treatment at Dr Allard clinic for children spelling lip jaw deformity from a baseball injury Dick will be hospitalized at state expense Miss Grace Reiding secretary to Billings superintendent visits brother R A Reiding and mother Anna Reiding summering in town then travels to Glacier National Park and will return to Billings with mother August 12 Discontinued lines of first grade paint 20 per cent at Sturgis.
Mr and Mrs W G Dauwalder hosted the Bole Home Demonstration club and families at a lawn picnic in Choteau last Friday. About 50 attended lunch in noon entertainment and an evening meal. Children swam at the Rolland Ferris pool while Mrs R E Davison was inducted as president with Mrs Pete Huidekoper as vice president and Mrs Myles Standish as secretary treasurer. The installation solo was sung by Mrs F W Smith.
The Beaupre Cafe announces a one day closure this coming Saturday July 31 for business reasons requiring staff away from the city. Management notes it is impossible to secure staff for the day.
Washington July 19 1943 Senator James E Murray calls War Department to set up prisoner of war camps in Montana The plan proposes camps at Sidney Billings area and Havre to house Italian and German prisoners for farm ranch and reclamation work The undersigned offer carpenter services at 125 per hour and signers include Tom Lorenzen Charles A Koch and Jesse C Bleecker. Mr and Mrs George OHare attend wedding of nephew Pvt William OHare to Miss Bertha Lundy in Great Falls with Pvt OHare in the signal corps stationed at Buena Vista Virginia
Two Teton County youths, Mary Margaret Loch of Dutton and Billy Reiquam of Collins, enter the National Junior Vegetable Growers Association 6000 dollar scholarship contest. Prizes include a 3500 grand award, four regional 200 prizes, and 100 sectional prizes, funded by the A and P Tea Company. Winners will be announced this fall after evaluations of grades and vegetable project work.
At the Diamond Valley Local No 425 meeting held at the school house several program numbers were presented and business discussed. Visitors were welcomed, a message from Mrs. Walker was read, and a petition for a regional library was circulated. A donation to the cancer control fund was approved, a bond drive pep talk given by Mr Juelf, and membership benefits discussed. The creamery output was reported and the next meeting set for the club room in Dutton with Mr Juelf leading a discussion on the benefits of criticism. Ed Markel showed photos from Russia. The Juniors met with seven in attendance.
A fragmented wartime notice urges continued 10 percent payroll deductions for war bonds. The garbled text emphasizes total commitment with phrases about every citizen and 100 percent effort.
Mrs Della Burch and Miss Rose La Rance become new managers of the Chuck Wagon Cafe in Choteau after buying equipment from Ed S Underwood and wife. The building is leased from W L Hodgskiss. Underwoods opened the cafe on April 1 1940 and built a thriving business with steady customers and a sizable transient trade.
Bruce Nelson, son of Mr and Mrs Hans Nelson, vanished from home several days ago. He was last seen headed toward Dutton and no word has reached his family or authorities.
Bruce, 13, small with gray eyes and dark hair, last seen in bib overalls and white sweat shirt. Anyone with information should contact Mrs Hans Nelson at the county poor farm in Chateau, where she manages, by letter or phone.
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