One Nation, Under God
One Nation, Under God
MHS Class of 1958 reunion was last weekend ...Pictured above are members of the Class of 1958 and some of their faculty members who attended their 10-year reunion held in Malta last weekend. The men standing in the back row are, from the left, Joe Jacobson, Benny Milks, Carl Knudsen, Joe Wilson, Jerry Kinkade, Mike Harding, Kenneth Hales and Tom Cummings. In the middle of group, left to right, Mrs. Bernie Sands, Mrs. Glenn Sandefur, Mrs. Loius Herhman, Jr., Mrs. Wes Anderson, Mrs. Larry Koke, Mrs. John Webb, Mrs. Clyde Wirztberger, Mrs. Bill Robertson, Mrs. Bill Lierow, Mrs. Lee Farmer, Mrs. LeRoy Rummel, Mrs. William Bidwell, Mrs. Jim Brown, Mary Ann Dooner, Sharon Mikesell, Mrs. Tom Watson, Malcolm Clouse, Robert Koke, Mrs. Jack Jacobson, Mrs. Francis Jacobs, Mrs. George Arnold, Don McCandless, Stan Wombold and Henry Martin. In the front row, from the left, are James Nordlund, who was basketball coach and taught math in 1958; Paul "Casey" Stengal, who was high school principal; Mrs. Rex Ulrich, former office secretary; Mrs. Elmer Hendrickson, junior high school principal; Mrs. Lou Ivanish, home economics; Mrs. Homer Loucks who taught girl's PE and former Superintendent Homer Loucks. Gary Bebee and Mrs. Jean Itcaina attended the reunion but are not pictured. 1968.
100 years ago
July 16, 1918
The body of Harry Plemmons, drowned in the Missouri River in December, was recovered. Plemmon's spur had caught in a willow preventing the body from floating downstream.
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Prices of flour substitutes were quoted as follows: White corn flour, $8.85 per hundred: yellow corn flour, $7.75; rice flour, 15 cents per pound, and barley flour, $1 for a 12 ½ pound sack.
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Lawrence Costelo and George Robinson, having reached the age of 18, enlisted in the U.S. Marines, were accepted and sent to the Mare Island base.
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The street lights were turned on in Malta's business section.
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The management of the Smoke House decided to turn the proceeds from seven pool tables over to the Red Cross each Wednesday evening.
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Peter Hoagland had returned to Malta from Fort Lewis after failing to pass an eyesight test.
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Teachers from Valley, Sheridan, and Phillips Counties were enrolling for a summer course in Malta.
75 years ago
July 15, 1943
Victory gardeners guide written by Bingham
Warm summer days mean that Victory gardeners will have to pay more attention to the irrigation of their garden plots. To help them with this task the Montana Extension Service has published a circular entitled, "Irrigating the Family Garden."
Written by G.H. Binghas, former Phillips County Extension Agent, now extension irrigations specialist, the circular contains suggestions on obtaining a water supply and describes methods of garden irrigation.
Case postponed again
Judge John Hurly again postponed the filing of an information in district court against Antonio Herrera, who was arrested July 4 for stabbing J.M. Oxarart with a knife in a quarrel in a local bar. The case was postponed for two weeks.
Rattlesnake takes a bath
Undersheriff Frank Partidge and C.P. Martin of Saco killed a rattlesnake on the Martin lawn in Saco last Friday. The day was exceptionally warm, and the snake had crawled under a lawn sprinkling to enjoy a shower.
Six men accepted for service in Army-Navy
The following men, who left last week for Butte to take physical examinations, were accepted for service in the armed forces: Howard Haynes, Phil Azure, William Franke, Clifton O'Connell, Archie Lucht and Roger Ulrich.
Haynes will be acting corporal when the men leave the latter part of the month for Salt Lake City, Utah. Archie Lucht will enter the Navy; the others being inducted into the Army.
Induction of fathers is uncertain
Fathers of children conceived prior to Pearl Harbor and registered men in the 38 to 45 years bracket would not be inducted for military service under tentative plans now being considered.
Selective Service authorities, however, would retain authority to induct and the man who balked at transferring from non-essential to essential employment.
Editor's Note: By October of 1943, the above classification (III-A) was eliminated by the Selective Service and the department began to draft fathers whose children were born before Pearl Harbor. Source: "Daddy's Gone to War:" The Second World War in the Lives of America's Children, by William M. Tuttle, Jr.
50 years ago
July 11, 1968
Prairie fire at Koss Ranch
A grass fire started by lightning burned over 30 or 40 acres of land belonging to Edwin Koss Sunday afternoon.
The fire, south of the First Creek School, was extinguished by neighboring ranchers using county firefighting equipment stored at the Bill French Ranch.
Rainbow Girls Picnic
The Rainbow Girls gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Compton for a backyard picnic on Monday. Other guests were the advisory board members and their husbands and wives and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilke, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Campbell and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Eaton.
The picnic is held annually to commemorate the birthday of the founder of the Order of Rainbow for Girls.
At the Lobby
Music this Friday and Saturday night by Curley and his Rustlers 4-Piece Band. Prime Rib Dinners Saturday Night and Smorgasbord from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m., all you can eat, only $1.50, on Saturday and Sunday.
25 years ago
July 14, 1993
Top Winners at Phillips County 4-H Fashion Revue
The top Winners at Phillips County 4-H Fashion Revue were Andrea Hammond, first place beginning junior division Krystal Simonson, first place senior division and first place construction; and Haley Hammond, first place advanced junior division.
Other winners in the beginning junior division were Nicole Wasson, 2nd; and Carly Wyse, 3rd; Advanced junior division: Kacey Blunt, 2nd; Julie Blunt, 3rd; Senior division: Julie Gertge, 2nd plus 2nd place construction; Twanya Morrison, 3rd place construction.
10 years ago
July 9, 2008
Street Talk: What are your thoughts on American independence as we celebrate the 4th of July?
Franklin D. Roosevelt: The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men.
Thomas Jefferson: My God! Ho little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people of earth enjoy.
Hamilton Fish: If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace.
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