Denzel McDonald Rites Held Here Yesterday
Denzel McDonald 54 longtime Cho teau banker and civic leader died in his sleep Sunday from a coronary heart ailment. Masonic services and Vet erans council rites were held at Choteau's Methodist church with widespread attendance. Interment followed at the Choteau cemetery. He organized local groups, led Lions Club, Masonic orders, and the C James Smith post. He loved fishing and hunting and co owned a hunting lodge in Teton canyon. Born February 2 1896 in Greenwood New York he moved to Choteau as a baby and grew into a prominent regional figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Denzel McDonald
Citizens State Bank
Choteau
Choteau Lodge No. 44
Bethany Commandery
H. L. Engdahl
Vetran
Choteau Methodist Church
Richard Ellis
R. E. Nelson
Les Walker
Carl Malone
Carl Wedum
George Coffey
McDonald
Chateau
Lions Club
Knights Templar
Blue Lodge
Shrine
Chateau American Legion Post
C. James Smith Post
Veteran’s Organization
Teton Canyon
E. J. Crary
New York
Greenwood
N. Y
McDonald Ranch
C. D. McDonald
Masonic Lodge
American Legion Post
Rod and Gun Club
Masonic Orders
Veteran’s Council
Reduced Rate for Montana Co-ops Under New REA Contracts
Nine Montana cooperatives including Sun River Electric at Fairfield will save 136000 annually under five year contracts signed with Montana Power Co. The rate matches western reclamation bureau pricing at 534 mills retroactive to the first billing date. Senator Zales Ecton notes private firms should have opportunity to compete if service and rates are comparable. Paul Kropp led efforts in Washington to secure approval. A rate cut for patrons is anticipated though not yet approved. Home Demonstration Club set to meet Oct 3 at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Sun River Electric Cooperative
Fairfield
Rural Electrification Administration
Zales Ecton
Montana Power Co
Montana Rea
Sun River
Vigilante
Fergus
Beartooth
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Big Flat
Tongue River
Park County
Reclamation Bureau
Ecton
Western Reclamation Bureau
Paul Kropp
Sun River Electric
Washington, D. C
R E. A
Eagles Down Choteau in Opener on Local Field
Fairfield Eagles defeat Choteau Bulldogs 25 to 2 in the season opener on the local field. Nine lettermen for Fairfield against a young Choteau squad as the game moved into multiple scoring drives with end runs and passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Choteau
Fairfield Eagles
Choteau Bulldogs
Gene Bourdet
Fairfield
Marvin Kildahl
Chateau
Bulldogs
Jack Henneford
Bandow
Eiding
Fairfield Gaarder
Squires
Fort Benton Longhorns
Fort Benton
Shelby
Ten Men Called For Potential Army Service
Ten young men from Teton county will travel to Butte next Tuesday October 3 to take physical examinations for potential army service. The group includes Orville J O Keefe Collins Jack C Nowlin Dutton La Vern N Frantzich Dutton Alton A Black Dutton Raymond E De Bruycker Dutton Charles L Crawshaw Fairfield and Kenneth W Duncan Choteau Also traveling are Earl S Marshall Jr Pendroy from North Platte Neb Harold H Hickman Choteau from Gillette Wye and Roy Geen Choteau from Lawton Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Butte
Orville J. O’keefe
Collins
Jack C. Nowlin
Dutton
LaVern N. Frantzich
Alton A Black
Raymond E. de Bruycker
Charles L. Crawshaw
Fairfield
Kenneth W. Duncan
Choteau
Earl S. Marshall Jr
Pendroy
North Platte
Neb
Harold H. Hickman
Gillette
Wye
Roy Geen Choteau
Lawton, Okla
Hodgdon Couple Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Gifts
Mr and Mrs Edgar Hodgdon of Chateau were feted at two public gatherings marking their 50th wedding anniversary. About 300 friends attended an open house at Rud yard hall with 75 at Trinity Lutheran church in Choteau. Dinners, decorations, cakes and gifts accompanied program notes and readings. The couple, aged 70 and 71, were married Sept 15 1900 in Bloomer Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar R. Hodgdon
Chateau
Rudyard
Rudyard Hall
Henry Ritter
Choteau
Bernard Gravdal
Trinity Lutheran Church
Charles Swortzel
Eileen Erickson
Edgar Guest
Albert Schrock
Bob Swortzel
Chateau and
Hodgdon
Chippewa County
Wisconsin
Bloomer
Wis
Gold Stone
Highway Association urges improvements at Choteau meeting
At a Lions club hall gathering in Choteau last Friday the Y G Bee line highway association pressed for a Glacier to Yellowstone Park route completion. The group seeks state action and federal funding for the Monarch and Neihart road segments and plans 1955 grading and surfacing with a projected 338000 cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Association
Choteau
Yellowstone Park
Y-G
Bee Line Highway Association
Lions Club Hall
Tina Nam Fam Tha Meniane An
Fiuilovuol
LG Nlvisul Skulluur
State Highway Commission
Hghway
Livingston
Kalispell
Monarch
Neihart
Federal Forest Service Road Fund
J. W. Staley
Glacier Park
L. E. Sedgewick
White Sulphur Springs
E. C. Hensley
Chateau
George Bing
Plan to Discuss School Building At PTA Meet
The Chateau PTA sets fall season kickoff for next Tuesday October 3 at 8 pm in the grade school auditorium. Shirley McCorkle announces the meeting with Gibson Monkman to discuss the new grade school building. Films of Havre band meet from last spring will be shown and banner prizes for attendance will be awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Pta
Shirley McCorkle
Gibson Monkman
Choteau School Board
Havre
Choteau High School
PTA
McCorkle
R. S. Hamilton
Days of ’49 Set at Pavilion This Weekend
The 14th annual Days of ’49 celebration at Legion pavilion runs Friday and Saturday with games such as chuck-a-luck fish game stud poker blackjack roulette and a shooting gallery. Proceeds go to the Lions club swimming pool fund. A large crew will be dismissed after counting a two night event. Door prizes and free trucking service are offered for winners who cannot carry home their winnings.
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Legion Pavilion
Lions Club Swimming Pool
Soroptimist Club Seeks Rummage Sale Materials
The Soroptimist club requests clothing and other items for an upcoming rummage sale. Donors should submit clothing early for pressing and cleaning. For pickup call 5581 or 2200.
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Soroptimist Club
I C O F Meeting Resumes at Chateau Lodge No 11
I C O F Meeting Chateau Lodge No 11 IOOF will resume regular meetings on Tuesday night October 3 at 8 pm. All members are asked to attend.
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Chateau Lodge No. 11
IOOF
Rex Grocery Proprietor Receives Medical Discharge
Rex Peterson, owner of Rex grocery store, avoids reserve duty after a medical discharge noted on a recent physical. The ruling highlights medical grounds as the basis for exemption and references standard military procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Peterson
Rex Grocery Store
Harvest Progress and Yields Across Local Farms
Harvest 73 percent completed with favorable weather needed to reach about 75 percent. Spring wheat largely cut. some grain piled due to storage gaps. Corey Larson near Duton Chateau expects about 70 days to finish with yields of 38 to 41 bushels per acre. Unknown cause reports say standing wheat looked fine but yielded little grain. Marion Averill near Collins anticipated around 45 bushels per acre before cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corey Larson
Dutton
Chateau
Marion Averill
Collins
George Headington
George
Auto Wrecks Injure Several Riders Near Choteau and Fairfield
Nine persons were injured in two highway crashes in Montana last week. At Choteau a Ford Model A driven by Kenneth Welst collided head on with Bernard Johnson’s 1940 Chevrolet on Highway 89 near Farmington, sending Welst to the Choteau clinic with a broken left arm. Louis DeWitt and James Weisz suffered facial injuries, while Johnson had a cut and bruises. Weisz endured the most serious injuries with a broken left arm. A reckless driving charge will be pursued against Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth A. Welst
Choteau
Agawam
Choteau Clinic
Bernard Johnson
Chateau
Highway 89
Farmington
Johnson
Montana Highway Patrol
Louis DeWitt
Weist
James Sullivan
Dupuyer
City approves permits for three new Chateau residences
September city council meeting grants construction permits to Leo H. Murphy Marie Averill and Ted Halvorson for new homes. Also approves cemetery gate hours 5 pm to 8 am daily and on Sundays and purchases a fingerprint filing cabinet. Additional permits issued for W G Henneford Ruth Clark Chick Sulgrove Marie Averill Leo H Murphy Ted Halvorson and Paul Kropp including an aerial pole for US Forest Service and signs for Parlor Shoppe Chicks Appliance store and dou ble garage on Looney tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Leo H. Murphy
Marie Averill
Ted Halvorson
W. G. Henneford
U. S. Forest Service
The
Montana Motors
Ruth Clark
Chick Sulgrove
Chick’s
Sherburne’s
Sulgrove’s
Paul Kropp
Looney Tract
C Wilson Gray Passes Away At Bozeman
C Wilson Gray, 58, longtime rancher of the Chateau region, died in Bozeman yesterday. Funeral plans are tentative with services expected Saturday at 2 pm in the Chateau Masonic hall. Rev H L Engdshl to assist. He leaves Irene Askew Gray and three sons Charles David and Fred, plus a deceased infant, a sister Mrs Bessie Kirklandie of Dodson. Gray served in World War I and belonged to Chateau lodge No 44 A F & A M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Wilson Gray
West Chateau
Bozeman
Chateau
Choteau
Gallatin Gateway
Charles
David
Fred
Montana State College
Gray
Irene Askew Gray
Theodore
Bessie Kirkaidie
Dodson
A. M
Army Air Force
Moose Kid's Night Opens Next Tuesday At Chateau Moose
The Chateau Moose lodge will sponsor Kid's Night at Moose hall starting next Tuesday at 7. The event runs weekly on Tuesdays until further notice. Hal Ferris, Moose chairman, invites all interested children to attend for a good time. Later, another night for older junior high students is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Moose Lodge
Moose Hall
Hal Ferris
Moose
Plan to Demonstrate Chimes to Lutherans
Ken Baily president of Northwest Hammond studios will demo a set of chimes at Trinity Lutheran brotherhood meeting this Sunday at 8. The church plans to buy chimes for the steeple with amplification so the sound carries for several blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Baily
Northwest
Hammond Studios
Trinity Lutheran Brotherhood
Trinity Lutheran
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Denzel McDonald
Home Demonstration Club
W. F.arensmeyer
Milton McNay
Hodgdons
Browning
Kiowa Junction
East Glacier Park
Olsen
Stearns
Hanuse
Jim” Henderson
John” Woodward
Ace” Averill
Croaker” McAuley
George” Henderson
Sleeves” Scott
Russell
Man” Bateman
Boussard
Zeke” Zion
Windy” Waltermire, “T. Texas
Taylor
I.C
Lola Zion
Trank Stearns
Bob Gronberg
John P. Anderson
Crusade For Freedom
Europe
Ford
Weisz
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