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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
1
A long, meandering local column recounts frost, farming misprints in previous figures for rural electric line costs, and self correction. It also touches on hunger relief, a veteran widows drive in Great Falls, and social observations about public aid and charity during difficult times.
Mrs May Thompson of Farmington conceived a round robin drama plan to replace the old Chautauqua in Teton county. Teton’s Own Chautauqua, now in its eighth year, relies on citizen cooperation and ticket sales for three days of home talent entertainment October 18 19 and 20. Rehearsals for the one act play The Patchwork Quilt are underway directed by Mrs Halvor Daley.
A conversation in which a woman repeats asking Ikey about interest at two percent, but he remains distracted and repeats the question with a misheard response. The moment ends with the word not followed by interested.
The county clerk reports 8 442 total registered for the general election on November 5. Registration closed at 5 pm September 20, with precinct electors lists printed and posted. Compared to 1938, the count rises by 242. primaries had 3 060 names, up 382. Precinct figures follow.
The Teton Bulldogs lost a district clash at Shelby 18 to 0 as Shelby capitalized on two first half breaks while the second half stayed scoreless. Harris and LeDeskys are missing with illness or quarantine, Schmitz nursing a cut eye, and many players sidelined by colds. The team hosts Great Falls Reserves Friday at 8:00 with reduced admission and low attendance noted. Chateau meets Browning next Thursday after Chautauqua dates.
Teton County High named class officers and sponsors for the coming year. Senior officers: James Nellwo president Rosemary Tennant vice president Charles Gray secretary treasurer. sponsor Charles Hunziker. Juniors: Sylvester Shaeffer president William Sabo vice president Lola Mae Burns secretary treasurer. junior sponsor Edna Peterson. Sophomores: Ted Stolétt president Eileen Reiquam vice president Billy Daley secretary treasurer. sponsor Margaret Corlett. Freshmen: Marilyn Stett president Verna Huffman vice president Ray Carlson secretary treasurer. sponsor Elsie Ellingson.
Grover Forgey, longtime Chateau resident, died in a Flathead Lake drowning while fishing with his wife near Yenney Point. A motorized rowboat capsized them. Mrs. Forgey was rescued by Cony Ronning after grabbing the boat’s leather ties. Forgey, 55, a former Texas ranch hand and Club Cigar store operator, left a brother Willis Forgey of Miles City.
The 1940 Montana game laws synopsis sets elk and deer seasons to start on Tuesday Oct 15 in all of Teton county, lasting to Nov 15 with bag limits of one elk and one deer. Bear season also opens Oct 15 and runs to May 31. Forest maps show open areas. obtain maps and state game fans for details.
Rufus Eugene McIntire 83 of Chateau and former Whitefish railroad worker died Wednesday night at Maynard Hospital from infirmities of age. Born June 27, 1857 in Kalamazoo Michigan, he married Jane Thayer in 1885 and had six sons, five daughters. survivors include A M McIntire Great Falls William Shelby Ben Harvey Chateau and three daughters. Also 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services are planned Friday at 2 p.m. Banks Funeral Home with burial at Chateau Cemetery.
Ben Fisher, once a prominent elevator and garage operator in Choteau, died in Seattle on Sunday evening from a heart attack while on a business trip. He had lived in Choteau nine years after moving from Seattle in 1924 and earlier ran the Gallatin Valley Elevator Co. and a Chevrolet garage. Survived by his wife, two children Glen and Marian, his father with the Fisher Flour Mill Co. in Seattle, and an uncle. Funeral services will be held in Missoula today.
County agent reports 126 free frost days this year the longest stretch since 1925. The all time zero frost record is 151 days in 1920 with cold events listed back to 1893. September precipitation reached 2.82 inches and the high 94 degrees, the warmest in 29 years.
A serious highway incident near Great Falls Sunday evening left Mrs. Leithead 67, mother of Mrs. Hattie Waynild, injured after a coat caught in a door and flung her from the car. She was treated at a Great Falls hospital and is recovering.
Melvirt N. Hoiness of Billings Republican candidate for Congress spoke at a Dutton rally at Cheetam's hall, with about 250 voters attending. EF. K. Cheadle represented by Mrs. Cheadle, a Montana National Guard lieutenant colonel, was also present. Local candidates from Chateau and Dutton were introduced by State Senator H. W. Bateman as T. O. Larson critiqued New Deal policies.
The state game commission will meet October 21 and 22 in Helena to consider a Hungarian partridge season. Hunters in Teton County favor an open season as the birds have multiplied and become plentiful. The Chink season opens November 10 and closes December 1.
The county draft registrar in Teton County announced October 16 as the start of registration for men aged 18 to 36. Registration runs 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at local polling places, with registrants receiving a certificate of registration to present to a local draft board if called.
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