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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
1
The writer details a love for dawn at six a m viewing the Rockies sixty miles away. He recalls waking before sunrise, exploring the region by foot, and balancing work with days shaped by weather, rain, and hopes for a bumper grain crop. He mentions a lake from Barribal and abundant wildlife.
A provincial weather note says two rains are expected by July 8, though the pattern is not guaranteed. The piece mentions recent rain being late and comments on upcoming national political conventions with skepticism about candidate Dewey and the likely convention outcomes.
A reader compares Senator Vandenberg to a “sleek and well fed” figure from Shakespearean and cartoon depictions. The letter criticizes delegates choosing Willkie with a VP runnerup and Dewey for attorney general, worried they will politicize the process.
About 800 people attend the annual 4-H picnic at Dutton Lions Park on Sunday. The event features band music directed by C O Edwards, reports from the state convention in Bozeman, and a program of races and contests including a spring rooster race.
Eight Lions members were honored for perfect attendance at the Tuesday evening meeting. Recipients: Arnold Hanusa Frank Stearns Dr E J Crary Bill Olson Hampton Bloom Geo Jackson Ray Nelson and Ray Fleming. New member D M Bell of St Anthony Dakota Lumber was welcomed as well. The program featured John Smith on the Boy Scouts Missoula Camporee Betty Webb's two vocal numbers and Hampton Bloom with moving pictures.
A tourist driven car and Mrs. M. Bullerdick collided at the Rexall Drug Store corner on a Wednesday afternoon. Both vehicles suffered damage though no serious injuries were reported. Earlier a bicycle incident involved two local boys struck by a touring car near the post office but the driver stopped in time and no one was hurt.
A series of demonstrations on freezing and storage will be held in Teton county. The first event is this Saturday June 29 at 1 30 PM at the Legion pavilion in Chateau. The second event will occur Tuesday July 9 at 1 30 PM at the Greenfield Community building.
The writer proposes selling top-heavy destroyers to England as a solution to an embarrassing issue. He mentions an appropriation of possibly millions for dredging the Delaware river to allow a 46,000 ton battleship to reach the sea, noting forty years of channel dredging for a specific ship type.
A mixed two ball foursome is scheduled at the Chateau golf and country club this afternoon from 3 Pm. Partners should be confirmed by gentlemen by calling their teammates and unpaired players must report for pairing at the club house. A Dutch treat lunch will follow play.
Lewis Leirdahl, special advertising representative, outlined an expansive campaign for the North Montana State Fair opening August 5. The plan includes highway signs, posters, folders, race and rodeo programs, radio spots, motion pictures, and articles in 80 to 90 Montana papers to reach statewide audiences.
Ole Dale a longtime Fairfield resident and first white child born in Filmore county Minnesota died Monday night in Great Falls after a two week hospital stay for a broken hip and complications. Funeral services will be at St. Pauls Lutheran church in Fairfield with Rev Olaf Anderson officiating, burial in Fairfield Lutheran Cemetery. Dale homesteaded in Iver Valley at 25 then moved to Teton county in 1902 and settled in Fairfield in 1908. He is survived by nine of eleven children, 28 grandchildren, several great grandchildren, a brother Andrew Dale of Rushford and a sister Mrs. Martin Johnson of Palouse Washington.
Miss Rachell Gitchell of Pendroy married Richard P. Williams of Missoula in a double ring ceremony at the Greasser home in Summit. The couple will reside in Gardener after a reception and three course dinner. The bride, a former Teton High and University of Montana student, is active in 4-H and math sorority. Williams is a UM graduate forester employed in Gardener.
The city council will revisit a proposed parking ordinance at its next meeting. Mayor Sturgis invites business leaders to discuss a one hour limit on Main street and the north side of the westward street from the Larson building. The plan targets long local car parking and trucks except when loading, with warnings for casual violators and stiff penalties for deliberate offenders.
Committee groups name safety rules for Chateau Fourth of July celebration. An implied city ordinance bans public fireworks but allows at home use under supervision. Mayor Ki Sturgis and local boards prepare parades races and dances with prizes and a big evening fireworks show on the golf course hill.
The Great Falls office of the Federal Works Agency announces the WPA bookmobile schedule for Teton County. The unit will visit communities on the first and third Thursdays and Fridays each month with dates listed including July 5 6 July 18 19 August 1 2 and others through December. Patrons should read and return books promptly and place requests with local librarians.
Fireworks are banned on streets or in the city park of Cha teau and any violator will face arrest by order of the City Council.
Choteau lost to Great Falls C Y C on the local diamond 8 to 6. Hallberg pitched and Gillette caught for Choteau. Choteau led 6-1 in the eighth before a string of errors tied the score and sent Great Falls to a 9th inning rally. Choteau will travel to Great Falls next Sunday to play the Boosters.
A biweekly book mobile serves the town under a WPA project, offering twenty five titles for readers. The public library issues 25c library cards for borrowing while on wheels, with titles including My Country and My People and Life of Pasteur among others.
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