Yesterday's Phillips County News Memories for August 22, 2018

100 years ago

August 28, 1918

R. E. Thompson had written friends that he had arrived safely in France and expected to see action soon.

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Boys who became 18 years of age since June 1918, were recently registered for army service. Among them were Horace Palmer, William H. Ashby, and Homer Claypool.

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The September draft included 42 men, among them being Arthur Kittleson, Ted Mostad, Joe Goroski, Lester Stearns, Andre Instebo, and W. N. Simanton.

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Harwood Brown has received orders to report at the Puget Sound Navel Training Base.

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Mr. and Mrs. George DeFlyer were the parents of a son born to them at the Malta Hospital.

75 years ago

August 26, 1943

Saco Schools will open for year on September 13

The Saco Public Schools will open on September 13, one week later than Malta Schools.

The teaching staff includes Mr. A. J. Solvie, Vincent Smith, N.D. McCoty, Jane Fetterman, Lois Brookie, Dawn Frederick, and Eve B. Johnson.

Turkey dinners for civilians banned

All further civilian use of turkeys after August 21 and until armed forces requests for 10 million pounds overseas shipment is met, was stopped by amendment to FDO 71 issued by WFA. The Original order prohibited sale, purchase, or processing of live or dressed turkeys in storage before August 2.

The amendment requires that those holding turkeys on or after Aug. 21, 1943, set aside and hold the turkeys for delivery to a government agency, or for canning purposes if specific permission is obtained.

The amended order now applies to turkeys in storage before Aug. 2, as well as to 1943 crop turkeys yet to be marketed to fulfill armed forces emergency request.

Gladys Carnahan is married to Aaron Chase

Miss Gladys Grace Carnahan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Carnahan of Content, and Aaron Chase, son of Mrs. Hazel L. Chase of Malta, were married at the home of Mrs. William Weathersbee Friday evening by Justice of the Peace P.M. Pederson.

Both of the young people are well known locally. They plan to make their home in Malta.

Mexican pleads guilty to assault

Antonio Arreola, Mexican beet worker, pleaded guilty to third-degree assault on J. M. Oxarart, Content rancher, in district court Tuesday morning and was sentenced by Judge Hurly to 90 days in the county jail.

Arreola had previously been charged with second-degree assault to which he had entered a plea of innocent. He was arrested in July for stabbing Oxarart in the right side with a pocket knife during an altercation at a local bar.

At the time of his arrest, he gave his name as Antonio Herrera, which is said to be one of several aliases he has used. His record shows three previous convictions on petty charges in the United States.

Mother of Zortman man dies in Great Falls

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Gardipee, mother of Con Daniels, of Zortman, was held in Great Falls. Mrs. Gardipee was 71 years old and was born near Fort Benton in 1872.

Former Dodson man a prisoner of Japanese

Bernard Hildebrand, well known in the Dodson community, who was reported missing in action following the bombing of Manilla more than two years ago, is alive and well, according to word received by relatives.

Hildebrand worked on the Edgar Lee Ranch a number of years ago. Word was received directly from an official Japanese army prisoner information card.

50 years ago

August 22, 1968

Stephen Granat Outstanding Teenager in Montana for ‘68

Stephen Alan Granat, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Granat of Malta, has been selected as the Outstanding Teenager of Montana by the nonprofit group Outstanding American Foundation.

For two consecutive years, he won the Best Boy Award at the District Science Fair and the Eastern Montana College Gold Medal Science Award. He designed and built a Hydroponics Environment Chamber and an Electrostatic Particle Accelerator for the 1966-67 science fairs.

Granat was the student council president at Malta High School, is a charter member of the National Honor Society, Chief Executive Office of the Blue Guard (school police system), a member of the Euterpe Singers, the drama club, the state band and in the art club. He has been a Boy Scout since 1961, is an Eagle Scout, and is active in the Kiwanis, Red Cross, Key Club and he assisted in organizing the first Halloween Fund Night.

A list of 1968 Rural School Teachers

Rural Schools in Phillips County will open August 26 and the following is a list of teachers: District 1A, Emond, Mrs. Grace Nesbit; Midal, Mrs. Mae Bibeau, and Phillips, Mrs. Gertrude Smiley. District 3, Wagner, Mrs. Sarah Oscarson; District 5, Zortman, Mrs. Hazel Didier, and Beaver Creek, Mrs. Erma D. Luedtke.

District 6, Robinson, Mrs. Vera Black, and Second Creek, Susan McKoy; District 7, Landusky, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kazda; District 8-AA, Sun Prairie, Mrs. Sarathna Spencer; District 9, Cree Crossing, Mrs. Dorothy Lumsden; District 47, Loring, Mrs. Ina Belle Severeide.

As yet there is no teacher listed at District 27, Tallow Creek.

25 years ago

August 25

Buttrey’s Fun Run winners

Winners in the Buttrey’s Fun Run held Saturday were : 19-49 age group: 1st: Rich Reading, 2nd Jerry Belstad, and 3rd Mike Meyer. 50 and up: 1st Corky LaBrie, 2nd Donna Becker, and 3rd Jean Olson. 18 and Under winners: 1st Shane Stolem, 2nd Parker Teske, and 3rd Natalie Cook. Kirsten Voegel won the youngest contestant award.

10 years ago

August 20, 2008

Fair revenue down; Demo Derby top event

Overall, ticket sales for the various events at this year’s Phillips County Fair were down slightly over last year, but the Demolition Derby continues to reign as the top attraction with a total of 1,075 people in attendance. Total attendance for the Danielle Peck concert — which was moved to Friday night this year – was 492.

Editor’s Note: The total attendance at the 2018 concert featuring Roots & Boots was 1,698, but Fair Board officials tell the PCN that the acts are paid much more money these days than 10 years ago.