Memories for the Week of May 21

May 19, 2004

10-years ago

*Kenneth and Jenna Anderson were awarded plaques honoring them as the Most Valuable male and female athletes at Whitewater Awards Banquet.

*Thank You: Thank you to each of you who stopped the morning of May 12, when Bus #4 needed help out of the ditch. A special thank you to the students for their patience and great behavior. Thanks again! Bus#4

*Participants in the 2004 Phillips County Junior Miss Program are Celena Handley, Tessa Olsen, Jasmine Crasco, Jessica Short, Tasha Math, Ashley Waters, Ashley Scheffelmaer, Jenna DePuydt, Nicole Young and Whitney Lumsden.

*Headline: Malta Teen Makes AMX Racing Debut

Jessica Roberts, 16-year-old, daughter of Cheryl Roberts of Malta, is featured in the PCN for her excellence in AMX racing. Jessica drives a stripped down, 1977 Ford Granada and in her first race finished in third place, partly because she didn’t want to pass her mother in car in front of her.

May 24, 1989

25-years ago

*Headline: Two Named as top scholars of Dodson Class of 1989

Seniors Shilo Cross and Shane Wilkes have been named valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively of the Dodson High School Class of 1989.

*Malta Lodge No 57 has chosen two Malta High Seniors to receive Masonic scholarships.

Nikki Hanson won a $500 scholarship from the Montana Masonic Foundation, Mark Huber a $200 scholarship from the North Central Masonic Association.

*Headline: Solberg Bus Horn keeps kids in place

School buses and children are a potent mixture, and the rest of the world sometimes wonders how drivers get through a single day. Ingwald Solberg of Malta has owned and operated a school bus for 25 years.

Any bunch of children is a noisy group, but Solberg has recently developed a new product to help him get though his day without having to deal too much with children’s rowdiness…his invention is called the Solberg Bus Horn…Solberg said he purchased the horn at a local auto parts store and installed it inside of his bus. When the kids get rowdy, he just pushes the horn.

Solberg said he has invested about $8,000 through the National Idea Center in hopes of marketing his idea. Quipped Solberg, “it works better than the pet rock.”

May 28, 1964

50-years ago

*Headline: Asks Reports of Abandoned Bikes

Phillips County Probation Officer Herb Friede this week asked all Malta Property owners to make a survey of their property to see if they have any bicycles and tricycles around their places. Friede said that quite a few such vehicles are missing and that many can be found if the property owners will report any of their property to the Malta Police Department.

Fried stated that frequently bicycles or tricycles are “borrowed” and then not returned to their owners, being instead abandoned in vacant lots and other such places.

May 25, 1939

75-years ago

*Proclamation

WHEREAS, Memorial Day has been handed down to us as a day of sacred memories, when it is fitting that we should pay tribute to those who gave their lives that we might live, and that our free institutions might be preserved.

WHEREAS, it is a day whose memories are sacred and hallowed to every man, woman and child of America.

I, therefore, as Mayor of the City of Malta do hereby declare Tuesday, May 30, to be a public holiday and urge the people of Malta to unite in observing this day as a time of memorial to the heroic dead and urgently request that all places of business be closed for the entire day.

C.G. King, Mayor

*Strater, May 23 --- Frank Bebee, Glenn Dyrdahl, John Sundseth, Ramona Simonton and Dick Simonton from South Strater and Stuart Thompson, Annie and Alma Feberwee from East Strater, finished the seventh grade.

*Advertisement: The Malta Auto Co. reminds automobile owners “Don’t be a wish-I-hadder; Be a glad-I-didder” when buying a used car which is “Guaranteed – For Vacation Pleasure.”

For Sale: Complete hamburger stand. “Soapy” Anderson. Inquire E.L. Griffin, Dodson.

May 21, 1914

100-years ago

*Headline: Auto Picnic for the Children

One of the prominent citizens of Malta suggested to us a few days ago that those having automobiles give the children of this place an auto ride to some pretty spot on the river where they could enjoy the day picnicking. He suggested that a number of ladies of town accompany them to act as chaperones and assets them in their fun. It would be very agreeable to the little folks, to say the least, and it is safe to say that every one of them would be on hand to take the trip.

*The ninth grade has dwindled from a membership of four girls and seven boys to a membership of four girls and two boys …it is hoped that that as this portion of the county becomes older, the boys as well as the girls will be kept in school for the whole 36 weeks.