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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1939
Page
5
Report cards issued this week reflect first period orientation and may not indicate true ability until students adjust to new routines. Teachers and parents should encourage better performance as pupils settle in. Fifth graders organized their activities.
The Busy Bee club unveils motto Lost Time is Never Re gained with officers Evelyn Alstad Joe Bush and Robert Olson. Fourth graders presented a Belgian Congo radio program under Mrs Slodgskiess with Martin Vigen and Tioward Reiquam guiding the event. Leaders in Travel club include Elizabeth Miller Howard Wilson and Dan O Neil. Betty Dillon joins seventh grade. Mrs Dellno and Mrs Wenderson visit eighth grade. William Loughridge plans return to Choteau. Sixth graders note Patsy Dillon enters from Great Falls and attendance leaders are reported.
The first six weeks yields 98 percent for the boys and 95 percent for the girls. School will be hosted Thursday and Friday of next week October 26 and 27 so teachers may attend meetings of the North Central District of the Montana Education Association held in Great Falls.
Alvin Meyers received the American Farmer degree at the national convention of Future Farmers of America in Kansas City this week. Dan Mizner and Alvin Meyers were the two Montana boys to qualify. Mizner was state I F A president last year and is from Deer Lodge. Alvin remains with the Teton County chapter and is praised for his national achievement.
In a Home Ec column students discuss punctuation and quotation marks with a playful tale about an onion brought for biology work. The piece notes attention to bows in girls hair and comments on teen romance and public speaking class led by Joe with humorous observations about junior boys and their popularity.
A Monday night pow wow and snake dance aimed at boosting attendance for the next game drew a large crowd. The TPT club reports strong fundraising with a Friday sale netting nineteen dollars. Local chatter touches on social invites and school rumors while the paper notes front page game scores are available.
Church announcements detail Thursday choir practice and Sunday services with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m Epworth League at 630 p m Chautauqua at the high school cancels evening service Men’s Group meets Wednesday 630 p m A statewide Preaching Mission scheduled for October 24 25 26 featuring seminars at Great Falls high school auditorium with national religious leaders and evening convocations Richard F Vick minister
The Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs Wm Arensmeyer next Wednesday afternoon October 25. Note the Ladies Aid supper and sale on the evening of Saturday November 4.
A meeting of the Cub Pack committee will be held this Thursday evening at the Court House in Choteau at 8 o clock. All those interested in continuing the good work are invited to attend as plans are made for winter activities.
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