Yesterday's Phillips County News Memories for week of June 17, 2015

100 years ago

June 17, 1915

Chaplin not lost, just older

A report has been in circulation that the Orpheum Theater had lost the famous Charlie Chaplin pictures. A representative of the Enterprise questioned the manager of the theater, Mr. Robbins, and learned that the Orpheum was showing these pictures regularly every week, and that they were only from 30 to 60 days old. Mr. Chaplin joined the Essanay Company about a the first of January of this year and Mr. Robbins says that any other than those shown at the Orpheum are old or what are called re-issues of the celebrated Chaplin pictures.

Phillips News

The frequent rains made the stage so irregular that Phillips News was not sent the last two weeks.

It still rains.

Bill Hirtler wears a pleasant smile since his father, mother and niece have come down from Iowa to spend the summer with him.

Fred Strub and Joe Rose made final proofs on their homesteads June 5th, V. W. Brown acting as a witness.

B.D. Phillips and family are making a visit at the ranch.

75 years ago

June 20, 1940

Malta preparing for expedition to Swift Current Frolic

With the good time of last year still fresh in the memories of many Malta residents, the city is now preparing to accept a second invitation to participate in the Home Front Frolic being staged in Swift Current, Sask., on June 29, 30 and July 1 by the Kinetic Club.

Malta delegation will be headed by the high school band which created such a favorable impression in the Canadian city last year.

Leuthold for Governor Radio Car in city on Saturday

Patrick Patten of Columbus was in Malta Saturday driving the Leuthold for Governor Radio Car and promoting the candidacy of John H. Leuthold who is an aspirant for the republican nomination to Montana's high office.

Local Company opens dairy shop on Fifth Avenue

The Meadow Valley Creamery opened a Dairy Shop in the building adjoining the Malta Café on Fifth Avenue.

A modern fountain and lunch counter have been installed along one side of the shop and booths will be put in along the other side within a very short time, it was announced.

50 years ago

June 17, 1965

Dangerous Route

Employees at the Great Northern Station in Malta are having their annual headaches over the custom of youngsters returning from the Trafton Park summer recreation programs. The kids take shortcuts and cross the railway tracks just west of the Depot. The fact that both Empire Builders are due during the periods the children are crossing on foot or bicycle makes it a very dangerous route.

Headline: Rainbow planted in four county reservoirs

Four-inch rainbow trout have been planted in four Phillips County reservoirs by Montana Fish and Game Commission this month, according to Game Warden Elmer Davis, who states that the trout should be about 10-inche size by fall.

Crew planted 5,200 trout in the Dahl and 6,000 in the King Reservoirs in the vicinity of First Creek Hall, 5,000 in the Compton Reservoir north of Loring and 4,000 in the Doucette Reservoir north of Wagner.

25 years ago

June 20, 1960

PCN gets awards in press contest

Phillips County News Editor-Publisher Curtis Starr won a first place award in the category of Sports Writing in the annual Montana Better Newspaper Contest for the story recounting the career of Malta High School football coach Glenn Flatt and his retirement after 30 years in the sport.

Soiseth hurls 1-hit game in Malta victory

Malta cranked up the offense to win two of three American Legion baseball contests this past week downing Glasgow 18-10 and Circle 10-4 after falling 14-3 to Circle in the first game of a double header.

Shawn Soiseth pitched a one-hitter with Circle capitalizing on eight Malta errors to get a run in the second, two in the fifth and one in the seventh inning.

Soiseth ended the game with nine strikeouts, which is his best performance of the year, according to Coach Bernie Wasser. He is the first pitcher this year to have a complete game.

10 years ago

June 22, 2005

Golf Ball size hail? Why that's nothing...

Those proverbial golf ball size hail stones are nothing compared to baseball size hail or larger that pummeled Dale and Shannon Wells' home Monday night about eight miles east of Malta.

"It hammered this place pretty good," said Dale Tuesday morning as her surveyed and took photos of the damage to the roof of his home.

"When it started coming down it sounded like a herd of horses..." he continued.