One Nation, Under God
One Nation, Under God
Ground broken for new Assembly of God Church ... Rev. Albert A. Howell, retired Assembly of God pastor, turned over the first shovelful of dirt at the ground breaking ceremonies for the new Assembly of God Church in Malta, where, in 1943, Rev. Howell started the church. Standing next to Rev. Howell is Mayor B. J. Goodheart who turned the second shovelful and Rev. Grady Chaney, present pastor of the church. Standing directly behind these three are, from the left, Sig Salveson, Carl Green and Lewis Skinner, board members, and John Richardson, Tom Anderson, and Gary Young, building committee members. 1968.
City League champions in girls' softball was won by the team coached by Mary Lou McConnel. First Security Bank furnished plagues for the winning team members. Pictured, from the left, are front row: Kara Contway, Krissy Contway, Kaydee Contway, Jenny Crowder, Kelly Kirkaldie; Second row: Mary Lou McConnel, coach; Christi Trembly, Rachelle Peigneux, Sarah Faabord, Jamie Brogan, Kate Geyer, and Erika Hanson. 1993.
100 years ago
July 4, 1918
Fred W. Hall had received an honor flag for Phillips County for the third successful Liberty Loan driver's competition.
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A letter had been received from Bob Merrill (now National Commander Robert T. Merrill of the Veterans of Foreign Wars) in which he stated that his company had been moved to Camp Greene, N.C. Bob was in the department of military aeronautics.
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Miss Leota Caves and Henry Anderson were married. Anderson was employed in the Arcade Bakery and the bride had been employed in the Malta Commercial Club office.
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Malta's famous Red Cross calf had netted $400 on exhibition at the Great Falls Red Cross benefit carnival.
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A group of Malta boys between the ages of 18 and 20 had enlisted in the Navy. Among them were Arthur Partridge and Harwood Brown.
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The Phillips County Farm Bureau was sponsoring a series of 12 patriotic picnics. Picnics were held at Harb, Whitewater, Greve, Horse Shoe Lake, Freewater, Content, North Dodson, South Dodson, South Malta, Black Coulee, Alkali, and Zortman.
75 years ago
July 1, 1943
Todd family attends Golden Celebration
The Jas. P. Todd, Jr., family of Malta, attended the golden wedding celebration June 20, of Mr. Todd's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. P. Todd of Geyser, Mont.
In November 1911, Mr. Todd Sr., whose farm is on the line of the Great Northern Railroad, won the $1,000 cup offered by James J. Hill for the best 100 pounds of wheat grown anywhere in the United States. The wheat was exhibited at the land show held at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Montana also won prizes on exhibits of oats, barley, and alfalfa. The easterners were dumbfounded at the excellence of Montana products for they had previously believed the Treasure State to be nothing but a rocky, sagebrush and cactus-filled country.
High school will resume sports
Montana's scholastic football and basketball competition will resume with the coming school year with official approval and recognition of the Montana State Board of Athletic Control, state officials announced in Missoula last week.
Action abolishing title play, adopted by the State Association in the spring of 1942, was rescinded several months ago and now the board of control has established a definite structure for championship play in the two sports during the coming year.
Fort Peck Power Plant goes to work
Conceived in peacetime, the multi-million-dollar Fort Peck Dam, largest structure of its type in the world, was put to war use yesterday when its waters began turning a huge generator hooked to lines supplying vital power for war industries.
50 years ago
June 27, 1968
Local youths qualified for State H.S. Rodeo
Four Phillips County young people qualified for the State High School Rodeo when they placed in events at the District 1 Rodeo held in Glasgow last weekend.
Pat Nordlund of Dodson was first in the calf roping and tied for first and second in bareback.
Bim Oxarart of Malta was second in calf roping. Donnie Simanton of Malta was third in bull riding and third in saddle bronc riding. Bennita Bell of Lodgepole won second place in the girls breakaway roping.
The State High School Championship Rodeo will be held in Malta on July 13 and 14.
Three inducted at Butte June 25
Thomas Crowder, Michael Morrison and Truman Walsh left Sunday night by train for Butte where they were inducted into the armed forces on June 25, it was reported by the Selective Service Office.
Maynard LaFond injured by falling tree
Maynard LaFond suffered three fractures in his pelvic bone as the results of an accident last Saturday morning. He was cutting down a tree for Henry Kruger at his residence when the tree fell on him, landing on his right hip.
He was hospitalized at the Malta hospital and will be confined there for about three weeks.
This week at the Valli Drive-In
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25 years ago
June 30, 1993
Street Talk
Question: What did you think of President Clinton's military strike against Saddam Hussein's intelligence center?
Jim Hanson: Too little, too late.
Shelly Martin: It's about time.
Ryan LaBrie: It was awesome! He deserved it.
Ervin Crowder: I think he should have done it a long time ago.
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