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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
1
Mr and Mrs James Peebles learned their son Sgt John Peebles aerial gunner is missing in recent action over Germany. A Teton County High School 1948 graduate and former editor of The School Scoop, Peebles was a prominent student.
Private First Class R Carrier of Chateau Montana is cited by his regiment of the 34th Red Bull Division and awarded the Combat Infantry Badge for actual combat on the Fifth Army front in Italy. The medal honors proved fighting ability. a silver rifle sits on infantry blue within a silver wreath.
Robert Gulbrandsen son of Mr and Mrs Carl Gulbrandsen of Pendray and former Te ton County and Missoula High student graduated October 4 from the Marine Officers Candidate school at Quantico Virginia and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He will stay at Quantico for about two more months for further training.
Mrs. H L Halladay returns to Choteau after weeks away to witness Barney F Sparrow’s big sale featuring 190 head of Halladay Herefords from the estate. Prices ran high with a cow selling for 400 and about 1400 attendees noted at the auction 14 miles southwest of Cascade.
Diamond Valley Farmers Union met October 11 at the school house for the new year. Officers were installed, committees appointed, and scrap iron plans discussed. A November carload load of scrap is planned. members urged to assist and turn scrap paper to Boy Scouts. Next meeting set for the second Wednesday in November at the school house. December through March meetings moved to Dutton.
Mr. Geo Sinton will speak on Saturday evening October 21 1944 in the basement of Chateau Lutheran Church. Those unable to attend the dinner may drop in at 8 p m to hear Mr. Linton. The talk will interest all regardless of party politics. Committee on Arrangements
Safeway Stores, Inc. announces Steve Strong will move to a larger Safeway in the chain while Dick Pfeifle becomes the new manager of the Chateau store. Pfeifle took charge Tuesday, with a brief handover from the former manager. Strong’s family and career are noted along with Pfeifle’s six years with the company in Great Falls.
Ray H. Siers, proprietor of Chief Mountain Guest Ranch, visited Choteau to meet Mr. and Mrs. Ace Powell and plan preparations for the ranch opening. Siers recently bought the Lazy-MR Bar ranch at Chief Mountain and took possession Sept 15 from Joseph Rankin. He formerly worked 16 years with the U S Bureau of Reclamation, based in Babb as reservoir superintendent over Milk River projects.
The Collins Selma Beringer home demonstration club meets at Mrs C D Baqueton on Tuesday afternoon Oct 24 with Mrs Darwin Crane as cor hostess. Members urged to note the date as Mr and Mrs Joe Jarosimek plan to leave for Merrillan Wis to meet a Marine lieutenant stationed at Quantico VA and transfer soon.
The annual reunion of Teton's Oldest Settlers will be held at the Masonic Temple in Chateau on Thursday evening, November 16, 1944. A full list of committees will be announced next week. The officers are: Mrs. Dave Anderson, president. Mrs. J. E. Sullivan, vice president. Mrs. Clarence Looney, secretary. and Mrs. C. H. Porter, treasurer.
Farmington brief notes include Mrs. Jack Kerr improving at Deaconess hospital in Great Falls and Raymond Arensmeyer recovering from a hospital stay. Miss Mary Lemmon vacationed in Seattle and enjoys a steamship office job. Grandson born to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Slanger at Baker Montana on October 9. Local visits include O M Lindseth and Mary Lindseth. Community members work on a bridge for Farmers Co-Operative Canal Co and a National War Fund drive proceeds via Farmington post office.
C. D. McDonald of Citizens State Bank was away from duties after illness and was moved to Deaconess hospital in Great Falls with his wife and mother accompanying. Doctors planned a blood transfusion due to internal hemorrhage though his condition is not considered alarming and friends wish him a speedy recovery.
Lynn Trainer auditor for Continental Oil Co was registered at Beaupre Monday night and met acquaintances with Choteau friends. Trainer had worked with Power-Morgan Co in Choteau in 1929 and 1930.
County chairman Bert I. Packer reports strong start for a 4377.50 Nat ional War Fund quota in Teton County. Premium Center leads with 101 dollars. Guy Kale donates 25 dollars. Chateau area chair George Tennant lists town coordinators while funds are accepted at the Bank Corner Store or Milwaukee depot.
The October meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary at Mrs Bert Packer’s home featured Mrs Paul Kropp visiting as district president. Papers on the Constitution and Bill of Rights and on Columbus were read, a poem honored Mrs Kropp, fundraising plans were set, and a Christmas box drive for hospitalized service members was announced with Eddie Cantor promoting the effort. Dues and membership drive actions were approved.
The next clinic for handicapped and crippled children will be held at St Marys hospital in Con rad on Saturday November 4. Patients from Teton Glacier Pondera and Toole counties may attend. Interested children or their parents should contact Miss Jillian Urban, county nurse, or Miss Alice M Woodgerd of the county public welfare department.
The Teton County Salvage Committee will load a car of scrap paper Saturday and Sunday Oct 21 and 22. Please have all waste paper in by then as this will be the last car for a while. Collection will pause until further notice after Oct 22. Save waste paper and hold it until collection resumes.
The Chateau Woman's club gathered Tuesday evening for a program by four local Girl Scout troops showing phases of their work. Visitors included Mrs. W. E. Peoples state federation first vice president, Mrs. Paul Wolk district federation president, and Mrs. Ernest Anderson district secretary.
H. H. Higgins returned from a cattle shipment to Montana after an absence of 46 years. He left Minnesota in 1898, spent two years in North Dakota, then settled in Teton County, Montana in 1900. Old friends, including a Minneapolis jailer who briefly jailed him, treated him like a prince and the house his father built still stands.
Mrs Hei Duits reports letters from Mr and Mrs Gordon Whitie Tryon once of Choteau who sold their interests there. They moved to Helena for radio school then to Del Paso Heights California where heat reached 119. Howard Tryon serves as radio operator and pilot in war work in the South Pacific. The Tryons remain Legion members and expect to return to Choteau after the war. The Acantha continues to reach them weekly.
Judge Albert Angstman, ex Montana supreme court justice and candidate in the coming election, visited Chateau and Conrad to rally support. A Legionnaire who served in World War I, Angstman led a large field in the July primaries and topped E. K. Cheadle in Teton County. His eldest son serves in the Pacific.
Mrs. Clarence Looney came back the fore part of the week after a weeks long vacation to the west coast. She visited relatives in Portland Oregon including daughters Mrs Madge Dickover and Mrs Charlotte Tully and their families. Mrs Tully has moved to California to be with her husband in the navy. Mr Dickover works in the Portland shipyards.
The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session at 10 A M September 5 1944 with James Peebles chairman N W Edwards and Clerk present and O G Matkin absent. They audited county claims and discussed county matters then reconvened at 1 P M to continue auditing. County officials Muriel Reiquam and Lillian Urban discussed duties of their offices and the session adjourned at 4 P M. Continued on Page 3.
On Wednesday last week at Rev Gravdal and Mrs Gravdal's home in Chateau Miss Alice Van Scherpenseel wed Francis Truchot. The couple, both local young people, planned a honeymoon trip to Helena and Missoula after the ceremony. Francis descends from a pioneer Chateau family and the bride is a Van Scherpenseel daughter and 1944 Teton High graduate.
Mrs Juna Lee has resigned her position in the clerk of the court's office after serving in the county treasurer's office since September. She plans a vacation, leaving around November first for Denver to rest with her nephew Howard Ness and family. Her husband E R Lee, a former Dutton business man, is with the Sea Bees in the South Pacific.
Rev. Father Russell Scheidler announced that Rev. Martin Flourian will lead a mission at St. William's Church Dut ton starting Sunday morning Oct. 22 and continuing through the week. The event invites all to attend as a guided spiritual exercise focusing on eternity and Christian duties.
Mr and Mrs Francis Jones depart for Cut Bank where he will head the Cut Bank Drug Co as new headquarters. Jones joined Chateau Drug Co staff over four years ago and, after marriage, his wife became a licensed pharmacist and valued assistant. Friends recall their service during Capt Theo Halvorson’s tenure and wish them happiness in their new location.
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