Choteau in Brief Welcomes May Events and Local News
Local items report social events from Mothers Day preparations to a Ladies Industrial program. Attendees include Mrs Paul Kropp and Mrs Margaret Nagle with upcoming elections for the American Legion auxiliary. Medical professionals travel to Anaconda for Montana State Dental meeting while Masons from Augusta visit Chateau lodge.
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Augusta
Chateau Lodge
Post Tavern
R. Melton
Burgess
Glasgow
Wright
Havre
E. J. Crary
Anaconda
The
State Dental Association
Sheridan
Wyo
Chateau
Glass fitting event by Dr. Boyd Davis in Choteau
Notice that Dr. Boyd Davis of C E Davis and Sons Great Falls will fit glasses in Choteau at the Choteau Hotel on Saturday May 29.
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Boyd Davis
C. E. Davis and Sons
Great Falls
Choteau
Choteau Hotel
Great Falls Notes Include License Action and Local Happenings
Clerk of the Court H M Daly is sued a marriage license last Saturday to Kieth M Dolson 32 and Louise Sloan 21 both of Great Falls. Great Falls Production Credit Association official on Chateau business. Deer liberation 700 Eastern Brook trout released at Spring Creek by Phillip Bottler Giant Springs hatchery superintendent. Grizzly band from State University concert at Great Falls auditorium featuring The Three Aces trumpet trio. Two automobile crashes near Second Ave W and First St N with minor injuries and little damage. Mrs Ed Burtening improving at Los Angeles home.
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H. M. Daly
Kieth M. Dolson
Louise Sloan
Great Falls
H. J. Nicols
Ed. Burtening
Barto Burfening
Los Angeles
J. L. Billings
District Court
Justice Court
J. G. Jackson
Merchants Trust Co
Winona
L. Murphy
Second Avenue West
First Street
George Coffey
Second Avenue
B. B. Rogers
Annie Kelly
Mary Monkman
Rogers
Belleview Shooting Star Club Holds May Meeting
The Belleview Shooting Star club held its third meeting with a motion to serve refreshments at future meetings. Two members were chosen to bring refreshments next time. The group adjourned after sewing and games for recreation. Next meeting set for May 22 at Belleview.
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Belleview
Shooting Star Club
Norma Rogers
Letter from J R Collins at Symes Medical Springs Hot Springs
A letter indicates J R Collins is at Symes Medical Springs in Hot Springs Montana for treatment, arriving April 18 and expected to stay until about April 20. He praises proprietors Mr and Mrs Fred Symes and the improvements there.
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Hot Springs
J. R. Collins
Symes
Montana
Collins
Fred Symes
Buckwheat Cakes Traced to Ancient Tibetans
Buckwheat long seen as American staple is revealed to have origins in Asia. Researchers link the grain to Tibet and Himalaya hill tribes who cultivated it for over two thousand years, making flour, cakes, grog and beer and using straw as winter fodder. Buckwheat remains a principal crop in some hill communities.
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Asia
Himalaya
First U S mint law signed by Washington in 1792
President Washington signed the law to establish the United States Mint on April 2 1792. The mint began operations immediately and by early October 1792 the first half dimes were cast bearing the eagle emblem.
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U. 8
Washington
United States Mint
18th H. D. Club Organizes in Greenfield Project
A new demonstration club with about 20 members formed in the east end of the Greenfield Project. Thirteen county clubs already exist. The Spring Council set the clothing program as the new club year project starting September 1, 1937. Planned topics include wardrobe planning, soap and water cleaning, wardrobe updates, and clothing upkeep. A county-wide home demonstration picnic is planned at Chateau on July 18, with the 4-H county picnic June 27. County Agent Fred Willson reports enrollment above 300. Communities seeking clubs should contact Mr Willson.
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Chateau
Fred Willson
Willson
Great Northern Schedule Shift Advances Local Train
A new Great Northern timetable takes effect Monday on the local branch, moving departures and arrivals one hour earlier. The northbound train reaches Choteau at 3 44 p m and returns from Choteau at 6 17 p m Changes follow fast trains between Great Falls and St Paul Mail for Bynum and Pendrey closes earlier, while mail for Great Falls and points south keeps its closing time.
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Great Northern
Choteau
Great Falls
St. Paul
Bynum and Pendrey
Mrs A E Anderson Dies Sudden in City Hospital
Mrs A E Anderson of this city died suddenly this morning at 7:50 in Chateau hospital where she had been a patient since Monday. Death was from internal cancer. Body at Roberts Funeral home, no funeral details announced. She was about 50 and survived by her husband and a daughter, Mrs Richerd Stephens.
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A. E. Anderson
Chateau Hospital
Roberts Funeral Home
Anderson
Richerd Stephens
Methodist Church Notes Mother's Day Service
Mother's Day activities at the Methodist Church on May 9 include Sunday school at 10 a.m. led by superintendent Mrs Hie Duits with junior choir music. Morning worship at 11 a.m. features a sermon "Mother's Day" by the pastor and a remembrance service with special music directed by Miss Mae Walton and pianist Mrs R E Nelson. All mothers are invited. Pendroy services follow at 3 p.m.
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Hie Duits
Sie
Mae .Walton
R. E. Nélson
Eight Pound Son Born To Mr and Mrs D Gordon Regnien
It reports the birth of an eight pound son to Mr. and Mrs. D Gordon Regnien in Kalispell, notified to Phil I Cole by telephone last night. Grandpa and Grandma Cole motor to Kalispell last Saturday, Grandma stayed to welcome the infant born at a local hospital.
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Phil I Cole
D. Gordon
Regnien
Kalispell
Grandpa
Grandma Cole
Grandma
Glacier Park to Celebrate 27th Anniversary
Glacier National Park marks its 27th anniversary on May 11, noting Taft signed the act establishing the park in 1910. The park, spanning 1,534 square miles, joined with Waterton Lakes as an international peace park in 1932. Visitor counts climbed to 1,217,718 by 1936, with notable crowds including the millionth visitor in 1935.
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Glacier Park
Glacier National Park
Taft
Waterton Lakes
Canada
Congress
Land of Shining Mountains
Glacier
Glacier Park Trout Fishing and Scenic Going-to-the-Sun Highway
The article recalls Roosevelt and party visiting Glacier National Park in August and praising trout fishing as a major draw since 1911. Rangers stocked lakes, eggs were carried across trails, and the Going-to-the-Sun Highway, 2.5 miles from Belton to Apgar, became a famed scenic route at Logan Pass dedication in 1934. Glacier now has 70 miles of modern highway, 65 miles of secondary roads, and 800 miles of trails.
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D- Roosevelt
Glacier ‘Park
Park Service
Belton
Apgar
North America
Logan Pass
Glacier Park
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Wimodasi
Hei
R. R
Mellon
Arthur Ramsey
Polson
Vandenhook
Bynum
Kk. W. Church
Paul Kropp
Ladies Industrial
C. D. McDonald
C. S. McDonald
the Royal
Betty Ferness and
Garon Jones
Cassidy
Lily Pons
Jack Oakie
Paris
Metrotone News
Martha Raye
Gang Comedy and
Pathe
Timg
Choteau Bakery
Cash & Carry Grocery
Crisco
Maxwell House
Lge
C. W
Swift
Yellowstone
Shooting Star News
Eagle
H. D. Club
G. N
Methodist Church
Kaylor
Rexall
Beauty Shop
Knudtzon Lumber Co
Dr. C. Simpkins
University of Tennessee
Franklin
Lunehaven
California
Ranean
Society of Automotive Engineers
Quaker State
Rice Auto Court
Ray Newman
Mor
Hanson Bros. Garage
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