Yesterday's Phillips County News Memories for 11.25.20

100 years ago

November 18, 1920

A group of Malta boys were apprehended and confessed to thefts from the Koke Harness Shop, Cauffman's Grocery Store and the Valley Drug Store.

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Several farmers from the Lovejoy area had gone to Canada to work on the railroad being constructed through Saskatchewan.

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A wrestling match was scheduled for December 31 between W. W. Ward and Otto Suter.

75 years ago

November 22, 1945

Post office at Content in Dyers' hands 31 years

Because of the retirement of Mrs. Joe Dyer as postmaster of Content, the people of that community are without such convenience for the first time in 43 years and must depend upon rural mail delivery from Malta.

The community of Content, 35 miles southwest of Malta, was originally known as Baeth because George Baeth was first appointed postmaster in 1902. The name of the post office was changed in 1912 by Mr. Dyer because careless writers often misspelled the name and mail destined from Butte often arrived at the Phillips County outpost.

POWs leave Malta for Papago cotton harvest season

One hundred and sixty German prisoners of war were loaded out of Malta last week after having been station at the Malta camp since early last June.

Captain Walter Woods, who has been in charge of the camp, and three enlisted men left this Wednesday morning for the base prison camp at Rupert Ida. They have been busy the past week closing the camp and shipping supplies.

The prisoners worked in the sugar beet fields in the Malta district through the thinning, hoeing, and harvesting season and many were employed by farmers and ranchers on other types of farm jobs. The German prisoners of war will work in the cotton raising areas of the south before being returned to Germany.

50 years ago

November 19, 1970

Gold Star Mother honored

Mrs. Edgar Williams and Mrs. Jean Cruikshank were honored as Gold Star mothers at the 25th anniversary of the VFW Auxiliary last Saturday. Mrs. Cruikshank's son, William Gayle Cruikshank, and Mrs. William's son, Edgar L. Williams, gave their lives to the service of their country during WWII.

Two youths, stranded in blizzard, found safe

Two 18-year-old youth were the objects of much worry and a search during last Friday night's blizzard, but were safe when found Saturday morning.

Ken Kaufman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Kaufman of Malta, and Jim Beauregard of Fort Benton, both students of Eastern Montana College in Billings, had come to Malta for the weekend and left on a short hunting jaunt about 2 p.m. Friday. The were expected back around 5 p.m.

About 5 p.m., the pickup in which they were riding in got stuck in a coulee and in the boys efforts to free it rolled the vehicle onto its side. They walked for about four and a half miles to a deserted cabin and found coffee and popcorn to eat. They rigged up a light to hang outside the cabin and it was that light that Ken's older brother, Kit, and Dick Pancake discovered about daybreak.

25 years ago

December 6, 1995

Street Talk

Question: Who is the toughest person on your list to buy gifts for, and why?

Ed Potter: My wife, I guess. I never seem to know what she'd like to have and I wait 'till the last minute.

Kim Shettel: I don't know...guys, I guess, because you never know what they like.

Denise Black: Either my kids or my husband. They already have everything they want.

Ed Dusek: My Dad. He pretty much as everything he needs and always says 'I don't need anything!' I've already gotten him a subscription to the PCN.

10 years ago

December 1, 2010

MMS GeoBEE

Malta Middle School has identified their 14 finalists for the annual District Geography Bee. Selected as finalist from the middle school are Caleb Meisdalen, Emmy Doucette, Amanda Mummey, Thalia Medina, Shelby Brookie, Adrianna Bibeau, Zack Bebee, Zach Wright, Jared Malmend, Jeremy Costin, Jordan Pierce, Austin Witmer, Grant O'Brien, and Palmer Giblette.