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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1938
Page
3
Edward E Ross and Viola Ross of Billings win a suit against the Industrial Accident Board. The Montana Supreme Court orders $10 weekly for 400 weeks for their son Dale Ross who died in a highway accident.
Montana's cash on May 1 rose by 778,602 to 7,642,848 from last year as State Treasurer Ray N. Shannon notes. April receipts fell 150,277 year over year while expenditures decreased 969,356 to 1,936,393.
The Teton track team under Coach Midgett wins first place for the third straight district meet. Pat Campbell clocked 8.5 seconds for the 75 yards at Augusta, but it was a track record rather than a new time for him.
Commercial News notes senior Evelyn Gaare typing at 70 words per minute and first year Doris Daker at 60. Five students Marie Conlin Evelyn Gaure Maxine Peterson Evelyn Hodgskiss Kathryn McDonald earned Gregg certificates for 120 words per minute.
Teton high girls are pleased by the junior play poster that reads No Women Wanted though the cast invites all. The band departs Saturday morning for Havre by Greyhound to attend the annual music meet with Irshal Davis guiding the mass band.
The Sun River Electrification Association resumes operations in Fairfield after wintering in Simms. The office is in The Times building corner room, previously used by the Farm Security Administration. Staff include E. P. Harwood as superintendent and R. C. Sherman as bookkeeper office manager.
Mrs. Paul Rose’s Minneapolis grandmother spent summer at the Rose home. Ella Collins visited at Sabados and Chester Thomas homes. Hubert Brown died in Choteau with funeral services there. Church services set for May 15. Pendroy residents attended a Grizzly band concert at the Montana university and other social visits noted.
Secretary of State Sam W. Mitchell announced that Montana voters will decide the saloon license issue at the general election on November 8. Governor Roy E. Ayers will issue the proclamation outlining the referendum referred by the people for final adjudication after a year and a half in court, recently upheld by the state supreme court.
Local notes report ten days of showers rain and snow with many residents sickly. Mrs J H Harris welcomed a baby boy at Chateau hospital. Families visited Conrad to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Meetings and church events are planned despite storms. May gatherings and club activities are noted. Some crops and early gardens are emerging as weather limits further seeding and growing.
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