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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
1
Fragmented war item reports Donald Paulus of Powington receiving a posthumous Purple Heart for wounds suffered in action on Saipan. It notes family, military service, and honors, with letters praising the 13th infantry and the courage of American troops.
Mrs Muriel Reiquam county superintendent of schools led the north central Montana Educational Association gathering in Great Falls with P M Moe statewide executive secretary and Miss Studebaker president of the National Association of Classroom Teachers also speaking. A banquet in the Great Falls high school cafeteria served 250 members. W J Shirley Chateau superintendent attended, noted for statewide educational influence.
Lt. Harry Van DeRiet home on furlough from New Guinea displays war trophies gathered overseas. The items include a .38 自动 pistol replica with leather scabbard, a major's steel sabre, a soldier's flag, a sniper whistle, a Geisha fan, and an ivory cigarette holder. He served with Co. 1, 163rd Infantry since 1942 with Montana origins and multiple insignia.
Harry Kielman a German internee employed by the forest service on road and bridge work in Teton can yon fractured a leg yesterday afternoon and is a patient at Cho teau hospital. The fracture came from a fall. Mike Evans of Augusta is a patient at Cho teau hospital with a leg fracture after a horse fell.
The bi monthly Choteau Lions club program featured Capt Frederick Meadows and Lt Don Dahlin as speakers. Meadows described Pacific theatre experiences and answered questions while Dahlin recounted his Nazi captivity and escape after a missing in action period. The event included a violin solo by Audrey Darrow with Beverly McKenzie as accompanist. Both soldiers spoke of being glad to be back home with their wives present. Meadows also met his two year old daughter born during his overseas service.
Total registration in Teton county for the general election on November 7 stands at 3 071, an increase of 490 since the primary but 256 fewer than the 1942 general election. County Clerk James Van Cleave will post the official list of registered electors in about ten days.
Fairfield born Lt Jack Larkin veteran of 51 combat missions in the European theater, served as B 26 Marauder pilot over Italy and southern France earning the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. He survived a single engine flight and a crash landing during a raid on an Italian bridge near Florence Cassino.
The Farmington Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs A G Arensmeyer home on September 21 with hostesses Mrs Arensmeyer and Mrs Haldey. Pete Otness joined the club, calendar for the year was adopted, and discussion covered the Blue Cross plan of Hospital Service Association. Several members report colds while weather hints at rain. Local residents visited friends and relatives over the weekend including Mr and Mrs Johnny Johnson, Mr and Mrs Abe Breere, and Peter Oberfeel visiting his brother John Oberfoel.
The Chateau Lions Club hosts the eighth annual '49er event starting Friday night at the American Legion pavilion and running through Saturday. A 4 pm Main street costume parade awards $5, $3 and $2 prizes for best outfits. milder gambling games like bingo join poker and roulette. Lions note the civic fund supports the community including the summer swimming pool and tennis court.
Cha teau residents discuss an unusual crab apple tree in Stearns back yard that produced a heavy crop of blossoms and even white fruit that prompted Mr Stearns to seek confirmation. Neighbors report abundant fruit on local trees this season.
Nick Paulus announces a public auction at his farm one mile west and five miles north of Power. The sale starts at 10 a.m. with free lunch at noon, Matt Decker as auctioneer and Oscar Mehl as clerk. Paulus is selling to Tony Toeckes due to declining health and his son Donald’s death in Saipan, after years of farming.
Supt. W J Shirley said Tate County High enrollment is slightly higher than last year and more students may enroll as farm work ends. Unconfirmed word cites 42 freshmen in week one. Coach John Duenelel has begun football practice with plans undetermined and potential inter class play or intramural style.
A Great Falls reader recounts a freak accident when a car heater or fan mechanism started suddenly. A kitten seeking warmth under the hood was found entangled in the fan belt, narrowly avoiding injury as onlookers watched a frightening event unfold.
List of teachers by district in Teton County for the 1944 45 school year. Includes names for Dist No 1 Choteau Dist No 2 Blackleaf Dist No 8 Farmington Dist No 11 Doheny Dist No 12 Bynum Dist No 21 Fairfield Grade and High School staff Dist No 26 Collins Dist No 28 Dutton Grade and High School staff Dist No 30 Power Grade and High School staff Dist No 42 East Farmington Dist No 45 Spring Valley Dist No 51 Agawam Dist No 61 Pendrey Dist No 74 Pleasant Ridge Dist No 75 Greenfield and related principals and staff names.
A. B. Guthrie Jr. of Lexington Leader is one of ten journalists awarded Nieman fellowships for a year at Harvard to study world peace. The Choteau, Montana native, editor of The Lexington Leader, has practiced journalism 18 years and will depart Oct. 20 for Cambridge.
Visitors from California Mr 2c Bud Burns and Miss Duzie Morgan stayed with Mr and Mrs C W Burns in Chateau. Burns remains hospitalized at Camp Parks California after months in the South Pacific. Morgan, a kitchen worker in Oakland, California, toured Missoula with Burns to see her parents and relatives before returning home.
The body of a pilot, unnamed, was transported to Chateau from Cor Rugated Ridge near the North Fork of the Teton river after a crash tied to Gore Field Great Falls. Army personnel and forest service officials joined the search as weather hampered access to the crash site.
Mrs Eugene Ferris, who traveled to Niagara Falls, Ontario, reports from the War Department that her brother, Leonard Fanstone, was wounded in the right knee by shrapnel during the Rimini battle on the Gothic Line. She will stay in Niagara until her ill sister resumes travel and further news arrives. The sender notes very cool weather there.
Chick Grimsley veteran packer and guide was hit while crossing Main Avenue near Citizens State Bank in Chateau Monday night. Principal Ernest Copenhaver of Chateau Grade School could not stop in time due to dim lights and oncoming traffic. Grimsley was taken to Chateau hospital by Highway Patrolman Henry Helf and released the next day.
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