Memories for the Week of September 17, 2014

September 18, 1914

100 years ago

Advertisement: Come to Malta’s Big Celebration and Two-Day Street Carnival.

Thrilling Balloon Ascension Daring Parachute Descent by Prof. Leon Gage each day.

Tent Shows, Merry-Go-Round, Horse Races, Acrobatic Acts, Trapeze Act, Sensational High Divers. Don’t forget the dates: Tuesday, Sept. 30th and Wed. Oct. 1

Additional Locals: Adolph LaFond, Jr., has a telephone in his farm residence and any night you feel like talking just call him out of bed, the colder the night the better. He will like it.

September 21, 1939

75 years ago

Headline: High School defeated by Alumni in football game on Friday

The practice game between Malta High School’s football squad and the alumni Friday afternoon gave the complete squad a workout and brought out some of the weakness upon which special emphasis is being placed between now and the first game of the season against Glendive. The final score Friday was 6–0 in favor of the alumni.

South Wagner School News: In the intermediate grades we have a “personality Box.” Any pupil seeing someone else do a good dead or an act of courtesy, writes it on a slip or paper which is dropped into the box. Every Friday the box is opened and the contents read.

We put up a spelling chart this week. Anyone getting a grade of 100 receives a star.

Those who received a star for last Friday in spelling were Ada Davis, Irene Green, Joyce Holman, Delmer LaBrie, Allen Plouffe, Allan Rose, Marion Waters, Joyce Blunt and Betty Jacobson.

September 3, 1964

50 years ago

Note: There is only one copy of the PCN for the entire month of September 1963, at the Phillips County Museum. It is from the week of September 3.

Headline: Friede declares war on local garden raiders

Juvenile Officer Herb Friede hopes to put a stop to garden raiding juveniles. He has had reports of destruction of gardens and raiding fruit trees. Cabbages have been pulled up and tossed into the street. Apples and carrots, tomatoes and other vegetables are thrown at passing cars from sidewalks or from other cars.

Freide asks that all such depredations be reported to him. He said many residents of Malta are justly proud of their gardens and fruit and many of them depend on the produce for part of their winter food and destruction is hardship on them.

Several car windshields and windows have been cracked or broken by the hurled vegetables or fruits.

September 20, 1989

25 years ago

Photo Caption: Gaylord LaFond of Malta snapped this picture of a picture on his television show his son, Maynard LaFond, (in short sleeves) assisting President George bush in planting a tree on the capitol grounds in Helena.

Photo Caption: Kay Del Stiles and son, Shade, model outfits from the Anthony’s collection During the intermission of the Homemakers’ School.

Headline: Councilman will be city rep

City Councilman Delmar Demarais has been nominated by Malta Mayor Garry Adams to represent the city on the five-member board of directors of the Phillips County Refuse District.

Demarais will replace Malta Contractor Joe Humbert who was initially appointed to the board but resigned because of a possible conflict of interest.

September 15, 2004

10 years ago

Headline: Old Hospital building sold to Missouri investor

The sale of the old hospital building as officially announced September 8 by the Phillips County Hospital Association.

The buyer was Larry Barker, a real estate agent in Milan, Mo., who bought the property on behalf of his son, Dustin, who is a Missouri real estate agent.

“It’s an investment, that’s what we do,” Baker told the PCN by phone. “We buy property and land and try to sell it for a profit. We like to resell or rent just about anything we have, we are open, give us something to work with. I don’t know what we will do with it.. We are looking for ideas or for a buyer. If anybody is interested, they can give us a call.”