Yesterday's Phillips County News Memories for week of July 15, 2015

100 years ago

July 15, 1915

Zortman News

Letcher Lemon was dragged around the Goslin Coral by a horse that he had just roped Saturday. His foot got caught in the rope and before the horse was caught, Letch was pretty badly skinned up about the face and arms.

Dodson News

Claude Hewitt and Harry Spooner have opened a moving picture show in the Lobby Bar building at Dodson and are also arranging with the citizens of that town to put in an electric light plant.

Rest Room

If you are looking for :"omething for nothing." You may find it in the form of a Rest Room and wash room at the Variety store. We endeavor to please our customers as much as possible and although our room is limited we have arranged two rooms for the use of the public. We hope the ladies will take advantage of this and make it their headquarters. We do not want you to feel it a necessity to buy every time you come in, but come as often and stay as long as you wish.

75 years ago

July 18, 1940

Zortman to play Malta here Sunday at 2:30 o'clock

Malta will be host to Zortman in a game at Trafton Park Sunday afternoon. The game has been called for 2:30 p.m. and an interesting encounter is promised.

Cool Pack Fisher, formerly with the colored House of David team, will be assigned the twirling duty for Malta. His speed and deception will give opposing batters something to reckon with. At the present time, Fisher is employed in this community.

No further sewing in the Sewing Room says Mrs. Ring

There will be no further sewing in the downtown Sewing Room sponsored by the Phillips County Chapter, American Red Cross, Mrs. D.A. Ring, chairman of the volunteer service, has announced.

The work on the refugee garments will continue when the chapter receives the next quota. Assignments on children's and women's dresses, hospital shirts, operating gowns, sweaters and layettes have been given out and are being made in the volunteers' homes.

50 years ago

July 22, 1965

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Lightning Struck Bell Tower...A lone bolt of lightning, accompanied by a tremendous clap of thunder, struck the bell tower of St. Mary's Catholic Church Saturday evening about 7:30 p.m., cracking and loosening bricks at the top of the tower. There was no rain during the storm and very little lightning and thunder, just one bolt.

Newsfiles – 41- years ago

Burton Adams of Sidney came to Malta peacefully in a modest touring car. Twenty-seven years previous, his trip to Malta as a member of a surveying crew for the Cottonwood Country, had been on a train with Lon Curry. Curry became thirsty and when refused a drink of whisky in the diner, had pulled out a couple of his six shooters and scored a perfect as he out every light globe on the train.

25 years ago

July 18, 1990

High mileage walkers honored by TOPS

Hattie Engstrand and Dagmar Farstad, members of the local TOPS chapter 418, have passed the 1,350 miles mark in their walking program. The two ladies have been walking together for about four years and been recording their mileage for the program on October 3, 1989. Every morning they meet and walk their four miles together and many times, individually, they walk an additional four miles. The chapter is extremely proud of their accomplishments.

10 years ago

July 20, 2005

A little higher, please

Malta's new community banners are here and up on poles – at least some of them. Some are coming down.

Mayor Byron Ereaux told chamber of commerce members Monday at their monthly meeting that the new banners that had been hung on Central (Highway 191) and and Highway 2 have to come down for the time being because ... the Montana Department of Transportation told the city the banners have to be installed at least 15 feet off of the street (the new banners were installed at about 13 feet – the same height as the city's Christmas banners have been hanging for years.)