Mrs Nancy Baquet dies at Corvallis home
Mrs. Nancy E Centers Baquet died May 21 1943 at her daughter Mrs Clara Walker’s home in Corvallis Montana. Born 1855 in Missouri she married Frank A Baquet and had five children. Funeral May 24 at United Presbyterian Church Corvallis with burial in Corvallis cemetery. She left four living children eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. E. Baquet
Clara Walker
Corvallis
Montana
Nancy E. Centers
John and
Ellen Centers
Putnam County
Missouri
Frank A. Baquet
Elmer J. Baquet
McGrew
Nebraska
Osa M. Coghill
Great Falls
Clyde D. Baquet
Collins
Josephine E
Unionville
Clyde
United Church
United Presbyterian Church
Lloyd Lamb
Banner Displays Payroll Deduction Record at Safeway Store
Presented to the local Safeway store, a blue and white taffeta banner honors employee payroll deductions. Store manager Steve Strong expresses pride in the banner and cooperation as workers invest in war saving securities. The banner shows a central armed minute man symbolizing 90 percent participation and a white “T” marking 10 percent or more deductions. White stars surround the figure, with a white fringe at the bottom.
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Safeway
Steve Strong
Seventy-eight Men Leave Chateau for Camp Lewis
25 Years Ago This Week report notes seventy eight Teton county men leaving Chateau for Camp Lewis and Conrad town raising more than the county quota in the second Red Cross campaign. Hundreds pledge wheatless June in Montana.
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Teton County
Chateau
Camp Lewis
Conrad
Red Cross
Montana
Tommy Gibbons
Jack Dempsey
Shelby
R. E. Nelson
Rexall Dealers
Helena
W. D. Reiquam
W. N. Streeters
Teton Canyon
J. E. Hodgskiss
Dutton and Power
Memorial Day Exercises Draw Large Crowd and Speaker
Memorial day programs at the high school auditorium drew a good turnout from Chateau and Teton county residents. The event, co sponsored by the American Legion and Auxiliary, honored World War II fallen and veterans of prior wars. County Attorney B I Packer named the four Teton County WWII servicemen who died or were killed and praised them. John L Slattery of Great Falls delivered the keynote, urging postwar policies to secure lasting peace. A cemetery salute followed with bugler Albert Sievertson of Conrad contributing.
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Chateau
Teton County
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
B. I. Packer
Teton
John L. Slattery
Great Falls
Legion
Albert Sievertson
Conrad
Briscoe Re-Elected Head of Choteau Country Club
H. J. Briscoe was reelected president of the Choteau Country Club at the annual meeting held last Tuesday night. Clarence Looney was re-elected vice president and C. D. McDonald was elected treasurer. Directors named were R. L. Reickhoff H. D. Robison and B. I. Packer. Briscoe said Uncle Sam has given the go ahead to golf and other sports to boost civilian morale during these times. The club plans an extensive entertainment program as gasoline rationing limits other recreation. The membership drive is now on with activities beginning June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Briscoe
Choteau Country Club
Clarence Looney
C. D. McDonald
R. L. Reickhoff
H. D. Robison
B. I. Packer
Sam
Mr. Briscoe
Jere Coffey Graduates Cum Laude at Montana State
Jere M. Coffey of Chateau earns a bachelor of arts with honors at Montana State University Missoula commencement. He is named outstanding graduate from the School of Journalism, edited the Communique, served as Kai Minn editor, conducted weekly broadcasts, and led the Montana Delta Sigma Chi chapter as president.
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Montana State University
Missoula
Chateau
Jere M. Coffee
School of Journalism
Jere
Sigma Chi
Communique
Kaimin
Montana
Delta Sigma Chi
New Postal Zone Numbers Implemented in Major Cities
Postmaster G. C. Monkman reports a new mail delivery system adding branch postal unit or zone numbers to addresses to speed service. Patrons are notified of their postal unit, example John C. Smith 222 Mattapan Ave Boston 8 Mass. Objective is faster handling by inexperienced clerks replaced by war service personnel.
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G. C. Monkman
John C. Smith
Mattapan Ave
Boston
Mass
Mrs Wedum to Lead Home Nursing Course in Chateau
Plans underway in Chateau for a home nursing course featuring Mrs. C. B. Wedum who holds a Johns Hopkins nursing degree and has extensive practice. A meeting Monday at 8 in the Red Cross rooms will outline details including three weekly two hour sessions open to all women.
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Chateau
C. B. Wedum
John Hopkins University School of Nursing
Red Cross
Larson Building
Royal Arch Masons Abort Cut Bank Visit in Severe Blizzard
Cha teau Chapter members joined Cut Bank Chapter No 34 for degree work but were forced to turn back at Birch Creek as a June blizzard worsened. Included were J T Robison Henry Robison Larry Banks Denzil McDonald E R Dial John G Johnson Eddie Howard Gordon Holmes E R O Neil George Jackson Art Tesch and Teton Chapter candidates Billy Bateman W G Irwin Oscar R Carlson. Pvt Pete Luinstra returning from furlough to Fort Wayne Ind recalled travel woes and job changes in the air force transportation unit. James Maloney aided a stranded motorist Elizabeth Ireland near Chateau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau
Royal Arch Masons
Cut Bank
J. T. Robison
Henry Robison
Larry Banks
Denzil McDonald
E. R. Dial
John G. Johnson
Eddie Howard
Gordon Holmes
E. R. O’neil
George Jackson
Art Tesch
Teton
Billy Bateman
W. G. Irwin
Oscar R. Carlson
Acantha
Birch Creek
James Maloney
Elizabeth Ireland
Eighth Graders Win Diplomas After State Exams
Results from the May 12 13 state seventh and eighth grade tests show 17 of the 18 eighth graders passed. Melvin Mauseth Farmington topped geography with 96 while hygiene honors tied between Lyle Otness East Farmington Teddy Mardtale Dist 42 with 100. High ten eighth graders named from Bynum Golden Ridge Pleasant Ridge and other districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Mauseth
Farmington
Lyle Otness
East Farmington
Teddy Martindale
Melvin
Edna Otness
Lyle’s
Helen Oberfoel
Teddy’s
Edith Bammel
Evangeline Rose
Vivian Hanson
Bynum
Ted Hanberg
LaVonne van Die Riet
Golden Ridge
Betty Depner
Evelyn O’keefe
Caskey
Jean Tetrud
Josephine
Choteau Man Promoted To Larger Field Of Service
Keon Snyder, recently discharged from the U S army, is transferred from patrol man and manager of Pishkun and Benton Lake wildlife refuges to Rowan. He will oversee Willow Creek and Nine Pipe preserves and Pablo preserves. Mrs Snyder plans to dispose of the Swagger Shoppe and move with her children Yvonne and Grant Wheeler to Ronan.
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Keon Snyder
U. S. Army
Benton Lake
Rowan
Willow Creek
Swagger Shoppe
Yvonne
Grant Wheeler
Snyder
Ronan
Brother of local veteran promoted to brigadier general
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Stenseth of Conrad visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Scott Sunday. Stenseth’s brother, an ace in the last World War, has been promoted to brigadier general and is stationed in Las Vegas, Nevada, a fact welcomed by his many friends in the area.
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H. N. Stenseth
Conrad
W. N. Scott
Stenseth
Las Vegas
Nev
Weathered June Snow Sparks City Lanes Night Frost
The piece recalls a day of rain and snow that flooded city alleys and streets like lakes. It jokes about weather men and gifts while noting it is June and the mood shifts with playful urban whimsy.
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Adolph
Chapié
Home From Honolulu Bride Ties Local Girl in Fort Benton
Tyler Boggs returning from service in Pearl Harbor era duties wed Ethel Wright of Chateau. They slipped away to Fort Benton for the ceremony with Rev. Gravenor, then hosted a reception at her mother Mrs. George Wright’s ranch near Choteau. Boggs, an electrician’s mate, served four years on the U S S Arizona and hopes to stay locally while awaiting orders.
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Honolulu
Tyler Boggs
Ethel Wright
Chateau
Fort Benton
Gravenor
George Wright
Choteau
Augusta Road
Boggs
Fountain of the Choteau Drug Co
Ben Chalmers
Geo. Wright
D. L. Boggs
Oregon
Brady High School
U. S. Navy
Montana Power Company
Great Falls
Pearl Harbor
Tyler
Pacific Naval Air Bases
Pacific
Munitions Man and Family Visit Choteau
Mr and Mrs Richard Clearman and daughters Joyce and Jaquelin from Denver arrived for several days in Choteau to visit his parents and friends. Clearman a munition factory machinist discusses progress toward arming the armed forces. En route they visited Helena and will stop in Red Lodge to see Mrs Clearman before returning to Denver.
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Richard Clearman
Joyce
Jaquelin
Denver
R. A. Clearman
Clearman
Schic
Nurse Miss Margaret Young To Receive B S Degree
Miss Margaret Young former Choteau girl and 1938 Teton High alumna visits her mother in town She will graduate Friday from the Deaconess hospital School of Nursing and receive a bachelor of science degree after completing college work alongside her nursing training She traveled to Choteau with a nurse friend from the institution.
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Margaret Young
Choteau
Teton High
Frank C. Young
Young
Deaconess Hospital
Chateau
Choteau Man Hurt At Falls Airport Shops
A Choteau mechanic at Gore Hill airport suffered severe facial injuries while polishing metal on an unguarded buffer. A fragment struck his face, tearing teeth and causing deep cuts, requiring hospital care. His wife Mrs. C O Edwards was summoned to Great Falls for the emergency.
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C. O. Edwards
Great Falls
Gore Hill
Lee C Clark prominent ranchman dies suddenly at Great Falls
Lee C Clark a well known Choteau ranchman died in a Great Falls hospital after ten days as a patient. The long time resident, born near Billings, died from a heart ailment. He leaves wife Ruby Clark and daughter Mrs James Peters. He and Mr Kirk ran the Kirk-Clark ranch near Choteau and previously managed the Coffey Bros. and Kirk oil and ranch interests in Wyoming.
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Lee C. Clark
Choteau
Kirk
Ruby Clark
James Peters
Peters
Chateau
Mr. Kirk
Coffey Bros
Burrell Ranch
Clark
Kirk Oil and Ranch
Wyoming
Summer Roundup at Fairfield Promoted by Sunny Slope PTA
The Sunny Slope Parent-Teachers Association sponsored a Summer Roundup at Dr. L. J. Crary’s Fairfield office to stress mandatory school entry physical exams. West Slope children were urged to attend so doctors can identify defects and start corrective work during summer with cooperation from Miss Edna Greenwood, public health nurse.
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Fairfield
The
Sunny Slope PT Association
Sunny Slope
Parent-Teachers Association
L. J. Crary
West Slope
Edna Greenwod
Teton County
Local Plan Outlined for 1943 Farm Labor Program
District conference in Great Falls discussed carrying out the 1943 farm labor program. Plans call for recruiting, training and placing 3.5 million workers on farms with a labor assistant to work with county agents. The Woman's Land Army will regulate women volunteers while U S Crop Corps recruits urban youth and other volunteers.
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Great Falls
N. Halvorson
Glen Baird
Margaret Conlon
Teton
Congress of the
United States
Extension Service
Chateau
Lewis and Clark
Halvorson
U. S. Crop Corp
Woman’s Land Army
Conlon
Sugar ration update expands canning sugar limits
The OPA and local rationing office confirm stamp 13 in book I covers five pounds through August 15. Stamps 15 and 16 add five pounds each, totaling 15 pounds with an extra 15 pounds possible via a canning purpose application to the rationing board. No special form needed, and canning uses up to 25 pounds of the total 30 pounds.
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OPA
H. M. Daley
Froze on His Job Liked It in Town
Ed greets Joe Walkington in town and jokes about being stuck on the job. Joe replies he is not doing anything and agrees it’s a swell idea, adding that he is froze on the job too.
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Joe Walkington
Joe
County Superintendent Muriel Rei quam in Great Falls visit
County Superintendent Muriel Rei quam and her daughters spent Sunday and Monday in Great Falls for a family trip and local sightseeing.
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Muriel Reiquam
Great Falls
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Choes
John L. Slatterly
Briscoe
Adolf Hitler
Pete Luinstra
John van Setten
Fort Wayne
Ind
Air Force
Pete
Military Police
Nix
Tme
Malta
Tunisia
Nix, Nix, MR. Weatherman
Nurses School
Falls
Lee Clark
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