Yesterday's Phillips County News Memories for November 18, 2020

100 years ago

November 11, 1920

Mrs. Christine Lake had been awarded damages of $20,000 in a suit against the Great Northern railway for the death of her husband at Bowdoin the previous winter.

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The annual meeting of the Phillips County Farm Bureau was to take up the all-important matter of a gopher law in the county.

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The Malta Hospital had rented the G. W. Clay residence and planned to fix it up for immediate use.

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The Equity Elevator, destroyed by fire, was to be rebuilt as soon as possible.

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The George Campbell Store at Bowdoin was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin.

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Mrs. Catherine Weikle and Mrs. J. F. Kilduff were hostesses at the regular meeting of the Malta Woman's Club.

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Clarence Cosner had accepted a job taking the agriculture census of Valley County.

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Josef Skowler was named chairman of the Malta TB seal sales.

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A group of Malta boys was apprehended and confessed to thefts from the Koke Harness Shop.

75 years ago

November 15, 1945

Released after 42 months in Japanese prison

Cpl. Lawrence T. Miller arrived back in Malta this week after an absence of almost five years during which time he was a prisoner of the Japanese for 42 months. In spite of the fact the he underwent almost unbelievable tortures, starvations, hard work and heartbreak, Cpl. Miller now weighs 201 pounds as compared to his peace time average weight of 210 pounds.

He has been pronounced in excellent health, has recently acquired a bride and plans to re-enlist in the U. S. Army where he will rate a technical sergeant's stripes.

Cpl. Miller enlisted in the army a year previous to Pearl Harbor and was with General King's troops when they were surrounded by the Japanese on April 9, 1942. The men were broken up into small groups and started immediately on an 87-mile march to Camp O'Donnell.

Two Malta men are members of famed Caterpillar Club

At least two Phillips County men who served in the Army Air Corps in World War II are members of the famed Caterpillar Club and numbered among the 30 Montanans who are now voting by mail on the question of establishing local posts of chapters.

The two Malta members are Hubert Drabbles and Harvey Dionne.

Founded in 1922, the club was a mythical organization until 1943. At that time, some old time Caterpillar members met and elected officers.

50 years ago

November 12, 1970

Guards for N. M. C. 'Lights'

The Northern Montana College Lights basketball team will open its 1970-71 season this weekend against Montana Tech in Butte. Two players from the Malta area will be playing for the Lights this season. They are Jeff Hungerford of Malta and Alan Wasson of Whitewater. Jeff is s freshman majoring in industrial arts and is a 5'11", 160 pound guard and son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Hungerford of Malta. Alan is majoring in farm and ranch management and is a 5'11", 175 pound guard. He is the son of Mr. and Ms. Earl earl Wasson of Whitewater and is a sophomore.

25 years ago

November 22, 1995

Man on the Street

Question: What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?

Betty Oxarart: I'm thankful for my great family, and that our children will be coming home for the holiday.

Don Curley: I'm thankful my folks are getting around and feeling like going out for Thanksgiving dinner at the GN.

James Fercho: I'm thankful for all my clothes, food, and my home!

Scott Amestoy: I'm thankful for my cat being alive! She almost got killed two times.

10 years ago

November 17, 2010

Bruckner honored at Veteran's Event

87-year-old Harvey Bruckner, and his wife, Eva, turned a few heads on Veterans Day when he showed up at the Malta Elementary School tribute to veterans wearing the US Navy uniform he wore 66 years ago while serving in WW II. Bruckner joined the Navy at age 19 in 1942 and served as an electrician on the USS Dutton, a patrol aircraft. He is still in possession of a gun from a suicide bomber which crashed into his ship in May of 1945.