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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
4
The page lists multiple rodeo prize events including boys and girls races, the Fat Man's race, novelty events, bicycle races, and restrictions such as equipment ownership and hoop size. It notes next week’s plan to publish full event programs for three days, with 3,000 programs printed and announcements via the crowd-wide PA system under K. E. Sturgis.
Pendroy Ladies' Aid will not meet until mid July. Elizabeth Sorenson was ill last week. Ethel Reid had a surprise birthday dinner Friday at her home. Families and neighbors traveled to Great Falls and Fort Benton for visits. 4-H clubs host a recreational party June 25 at 8 p.m. at the school. Porter Beach and other youths invited. H D club picnic set for July 1 at Jones Ranch with pot luck at 1 p.m. Mrs Nick Wellenstein travels to Idaho for the summer. Clarence Rose made a business call in Great Falls.
The United Hearts sewing club met June 16 at Ona Jensen’s home with a color-themed roll call. Members worked on sewing machines and pot holders in one group while another fitted undergarments and cut slips. Lunch was served. Next meeting planned for Joy Stott’s on June 3.
Mitchell spent last Wednesday in Helena while Chas Vasecka’s mother visits the Vasecka home. Mrs Laconette of Cascade visited the Marano home and Mrs Marano stayed a sev eral days. The McDonald and Johns families spent Sunday in Fort Benton. Mr and Mrs Tedsen were dinner guests Friday at J A Swanson’s home. The Catholic vacation school is held at Pendroy school house. Leonard Rice cut his lip while playing ball Sunday.
Mrs Frank Goodell and daughter Edith visit Chateau with Mrs Martin Schultz and daughters Ruth and Betty. Many Diamond Valley residents attend Fort Benton celebration last week. Clara Vestre of Wild Rose ND guests at John Hemstad home. Lucille Loren of Sioux Falls visiting aunt Miss Edgar Briggs. Rest of gatherings include dances dinners Lutheran Aid song service 4 H picnic plans and various calls at local homes.
The Busy Beavers 4-H club met at Patty Strom's home on June 16 at 2 o'clock. Verna Huffman gave a paper titled Do We Sleep Enough. Eleven members and one visitor attended. Puffy omelets were demonstrated. The next meeting is set for June 30 at 2 o'clock at the Ferris home. Margaret Armstrong, Reporter.
C H Connor enjoyed a four hour visit with his niece Mrs A ta Connor Purpus in Chateau en route to Seattle from Clayton Illinois where Purpus was born. Purpus and companion Mrs Jessie Cramer are government employees in Seattle. Purpus last saw her uncle about thirty years ago when she was twelve. Her husband died in 1918 and she later worked as a stenographer for a U S judge in Nome Alaska.
The group met at the club house on June 14 and planned a June 30 event to Great Falls. Members discussed a camping trip for late July and assisted a member with a fabric slip. Betty Schultz served as reporter for the notes.
Mr and Mrs T Tokerud and daughters Mrs Dick Jones of Dutton and Mrs Hilmer Anderson of Chateau left last Friday for Great Falls where they met Roy Tokerud who has been at Bozeman. The group then to Boston to meet Mr Tokerud’s sister and continue to New York City where Mrs Tokerud and Roy will sail for Norway. The rest of the party will return to Dutton.
Agawam notes report rainfall in the Dakotas Wyoming and Nebraska after a trip by Mr and Mrs Wm Breeding Mrs Jake Gemaar in Conrad hospital Visitors recount seeing The Crockett Family in Conrad Sunday Several locals at Glacier Park Mr and Mrs G N Torgerson over weekend Jolly Stitchera guests Grace Thompson and Fred Wilson County Agent at club meeting Mothers attended Next H D club pot luck dinner June 30 4 H boys beat Porter Beach with next meeting June 24 Lloyd Jensen returns from Augusta sheep care
The Robinsons went to Conrad on Wednesday afternoon. The area had fine showers Tuesday night and the recent rain suggests a good crop year ahead for the community.
The article outlines methods to combat cheat grass by burning seeds before they ground, advises experimental use of knapsack torches, and notes rains may boost hopper hatching while slowing field movement. It also cites tree plantings since 1928, shelterbelt requests for 1938, irrigation and dam ideas, leveling demonstrations, strip farming, and conservation payments details for plow lease and summer fallow.
A county newsletter lists upcoming events including the all county 4-H picnic at Dutton Park on Sunday June 27 and the all county home demonstration club picnic at Chateau City Park on Sunday July 18. It also notes a chautauqua at Chateau on September 24 to 26 and stresses pest control for Green bug, hopper and cricket eradication efforts.
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