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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1934
Page
5
Local items include ads for Hirshberg’s and Chateau Hardware with product prices and Mother's Day offers. Community notes report visitors, medical and fishing updates, CCC boys, new Ford V-8, Paddlepops at The Post Tavern, May Day dance, and various travels and health news.
Dr Boyd Davis of C E Davis and Sons will be in Choteau at the Choteau Hotel on Saturday May 5 to fit glasses.
Seed potatoes in 100 lb bags priced at $1.00 per bag from Hirshberg’s. New Terry cloth pullover sweaters and new wallpaper patterns offered by Cho teau Hardware Co. Skivvies lisle and lastex set valued $2.50 now $1.95. Hirsh Work advances on Choteau-Dutton road with about 40 men employed. project began 12 1/2 miles east of Choteau with grading using teams and fresnos.
Community committees will oversee the hopper poison campaign in six Teton County communities. Carl Peterson of Montana State College extension service directs meetings held Tuesday and Wednesday with F E McSpadden assisting on day one. Three carloads arrive tonight and twenty total carloads will be supplied to the county with further meetings planned through May 10 at the courthouse.
Ed I Shields longtime Cascade county sheriff and former Great Northern conductor, announces he will not run again. A Democrat, he previously served in the legislature in 1925 and 1927 and helped Sheriff Billings with George Huffman’s execution last August. He vows to honor a two term limit he set in 1930.
County Superintendent Inez Eckford announced that about 200 entries have been received for the annual Teton county grade school athletic meet to be held here Saturday. Events wrap up in the forenoon with a noon picnic in the city park. A 1 30 parade forms, followed by a 2 15 program and awards presentation at the high school auditorium.
Mrs Ray I McClue entered Monday with influenza. Wm Breere of Farmington admitted this morning for medical treatment. Violet Johnson of Bynum admitted yesterday. Mrs Jas Drinkwine dismissed Sunday. Mrs Louis Neil transferred to Great Falls clinic Monday for examination.
C W Trebesch eldest son of Mr and Mrs Fred Trebesch of Dutton came home last week after four years trapping north of the Arctic circle. He earlier spent 1927 to 1928 in the north with a summer 1927 trip and spring 1928 return. He left April 2 by dog team from his cabin, progressed to Fort Providence, baled furs, followed the Mackenzie river to Great Slave lake then Ray River to Resolution. A Canadian Airways plane from Fitzgerald cut travel time, aided by a second plane from Edmonton, shortening the voyage from two months to a few weeks.
The Valier post office was entered last Friday night and the safe opened by yeggmen. About $3100 in cash and $450 in stamps were stolen. Investigators noted the use of hammer and punches to bypass the combination lock and bolts, with the attack repeating a pattern seen in similar thefts over the past few years.
May 16 is set for the senior class play Her Step-Husband a three act comedy by Larry E. Johnson. C E Hunziker sponsors and directs the production. Other senior activities include Baccalaureate May 13 class night May 17 and commencement May 18. Picnic date undecided.
Inspector C F Timmerman of Helena praised the local airport project under the old Civil Works Administration. Foreman J L Gleason and the civil works board were commended for a splendid showing. Timmerman indicated more improvements, including graveled runways, are planned though funding details are not yet received. K E Sturgis, chair of the Teton county FERA committee, provided the update.
Mr and Mrs E L Kueck who have managed the Rice Auto Court in Choteau for about four years plan to leave the town soon They are unsure where they will move possibly to Great Falls Mr Kueck is active in the American Legion and Cho teau Lions Club
Julius Hirshberg arrived last Thursday from California where he spent the winter. Mrs. Hirshberg traveled north from Los Angeles to visit relatives in San Francisco and is expected here in May. They stayed at Park Wilshire apartments on Wilshire Boulevard and he had treatments at a sanitarium nearby. He reports a very pleasant winter and improved health.
The American Legion auxiliary changes its next meeting from the second Monday in May to the first Monday the 7th. The shift accommodates the Three Rivers district meeting in Great Falls on May 12. At the May 7 courthouse gathering, officers for the year will be elected and delegates chosen for the district convention.
Thelma Pearl Swenson of Dutton is among 181 state university seniors who will receive degrees on June 4 if they complete requirements. A Teton County High School graduate and daughter of Thos N Swenson, she majors in Latin and has repeatedly appeared on the honor roll.
Evangelistic services at the Tabernacle include 8 p m on Sunday and Tuesday Bible study at 8 p m with notebooks, 8 p m evangelistic service on Thursday, and 7 30 p m Friday prayer meeting. Sunday May 6 features a sermon titled Stop Look Listen You are invited to attend with Evangelist Margaret I Knutsson in charge.
On a Wednesday in Bean Lake a private pond 15 miles south of Augusta Rev Edwin Dover and Rev B D Fridley hooked a huge rainbow trout. Dover fought the fish while Fridley steered. The 33 inch, 134 pound catch was weighed on merchant scales at Augusta.
Arthur A. Pearson of Fairfield and Viola A. Lindberg of Simms married Saturday at Great Falls in Justice P. B. Lamere’s office. Witnesses were Mabel F. Gaylord and Mrs. M. C. Bowman. Pearson, a farmer, will settle near Fairfield. he is a 1926 graduate of Teton County High School.
Mass will be celebrated next Sunday May 6 at Choteau 8 o clock and in Bynum 11 o clock. In Fairfield mass at thirty and Augusta 11 o clock. Communion Sunday for Choteau and Fairfield. Fairfield mass at the school house. REV. F J SCHULTE Pastor.
Miss Margaret Nagle leaves for a ten day to two week vacation in Spokane and Clarkston Washington. She chairs the Teton county Red Cross chapter and has worked on county relief operations and federal emergency supplies. B A Roll will handle relief matters. Red Cross office closes during her absence.
A joint banquet at the Park hotel is scheduled for 7 30 pm followed by a dance. A large delegation from Choteau is expected to attend the event.
Rose Camden broke her arm last Thursday after a fall from a horse. Ben Chalmers delivered a Nash coupe to Mr. Beaudry who teaches west of Chateau. Mrs. Ted Anderson assists Mrs. Chalmers. Robert Smith visited Anna Marie Hanson last Saturday. Mrs. H. R. Thompson and Mrs. F. W. Smith attended H. D. county council in Chateau last Thursday. Ruby and Irene Schwanbeck weekended at Earl DeRusha home. Lydia Larson helps at W. F. Arensmeyer home. Boys school closed last Friday. Mrs. Hilda Anderson and several others visited Ralph Baldani at the Bingham ranch west of Bynum Sunday. Irene Schwanbeck spent Monday with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. DeRusha.
The Three Rivers district of the American Legion and its auxiliary will hold annual conventions on Saturday May 12 in Great Falls. Business meetings for both organizations are scheduled for 2 30 p m.
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