Yesterday's Phillips County News Memories for week of November 12, 2014

100 years ago

November 13, 1914

Headline: Strayed or stolen

Two bay geldings, four years old, broke to work weight 1250 and 1300, Branded MJ on right hip, foretops clipped, had halters on when last seen. $25 reward for information leading to recovery. Emil Dollenbath, Phillips County.

Additional locals: The city council at Malta last week passed an ordinance closing every business house in the city on Sunday. The only exception being the Orpheum Theatre. In this, they showed good judgment. The Orpheum at Malta is owned and operated by Mr. Penny and Mr. Wilson and is conducted along the same good lines as our own little theatre, and any house so conducted is a credit to any town. A city made up of all lines of business and a place of clean amusement is just as necessary as the church or any other institution. – Havre Plaindealer

75 years ago

November 9, 1939

Headline: New Safeway store opened here this morning

Safeway’s new Malta store opened this morning in the new building on Front Street.

The establishment is under the management of Earl Beerthelson who comes to Malta from a similar position with the Safeway Company in Conrad.

Headline: Successful season completed by Dodson Football team

Dodson High School’s six-man football team wound up the 1939 season Saturday when the boys defeated the Harlem team 52 to 12. Dodson’s victory over Harlem gave the team six wins out of the seven games they played this season, having only lost to the championship team from Nashua 20 to 18. Dodson recorded 236 points during the season, their opponents, 72.

Editor’s Note: There are no editions of the Phillips County News for November, 1964 at the Phillips County Museum. If you have any copies of those papers, the museum would love to add them to their archives.

25 years ago

November 15, 1989

Headline: Write-ins decide election results

Little interest was shown in last week’s Philips County Elections. A lack of candidates in both Dodson and Saco forced a count of write-in votes to fill positions for mayor and town council members.

In Dodson, Dale Dvorshak won the mayor position with 18 votes. Jerry Lankford had 17 and Ted Vogel 12, to fill council seats.

Saco elected Walt Scoles as mayor with 27 write-in votes, and Howard Pippen and Jeanne Marinko have accepted council positions with 24 and 13 votes, respectively.

Dodson News: Katty Anderson, Sissy Cuts The Rope and Kathryn James and their parents were honored at the basketball tournament in Glasgow when the girls each received a star quilt from the Frazer team. Many from Dodson attended the tournament.

10 years ago

November 17, 2004

Headline: Menge among Wendy’s Heisman finalists

Patrick Menge, a senior at Saco High School, was selected as one of 1,020 state finalists in the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award program. Menge received a bronze medal as a state finalist.

Headline: Voter turnout was 78 percent

Local voter turnout in the November 2 general election was 78 percent in Phillips County, according to Election Administrator Laurel Hines.

Hines said the percentage would reach about 89 percent if inactive voters didn’t have to be counted.

“It was the best as far back as I’ve looked,” said Hines.