One Nation, Under God
One Nation, Under God
A happy bunch of Malta M-ettes accept the second place divisional trophy after defeating Cut Bank in a challenge game Monday night in Havre. Most importantly, the trophy gives the team a ticket to this week's Class B Girls Basketball State Championship in Belgrade. 2006.
Carol Buffington Capped...Carol Buffington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Buffington of Malta, is given her coveted Columbus School of Nursing cap by Barbara Bartell, a member of the junior class, during capping ceremonies recently in the hospital chapel at Great Falls. 1966.
Dixie Cowan – Delegate. 1966.
100 years ago
March 9, 1916
Store broken into
The B.H. Koke harness shop was broken into last night and a couple of hundred dollars worth of goods stolen. The party, who ever he was, got away with a first class saddle and all the riggings of an old time cowboy. He also went through the cash register and cleaned up all the silver. The articles stolen are all marked with Mr. Koke's name and they will be hard to dispose of.
Fifteen years ago (1901)
There is talk of a ball between the business men of the north and south sides next Sunday.
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Jim Hynes, formerly of Malta, and Joe Morrison of Landusky, are building a large restaurant and butcher shop at Landusky. Jim says when they get ready for business they will be able to supply you with anything you want in the line of eatables. They have a large amount of ice put up and are arranging to do things up.
Stole a car of flax
About the best theft that we have ever heard of took place this winter when a man, giving his name as Hall, succeeded in getting away with a car load of flax. We have had numerous thefts of grain reported, but this is the first one where the thief gobbled up an entire carload and from the looks of things the railroad company should be thankful that he did not get away with the whole train.
This winter, a car of flax was shipped from Strater by the St. Antony & Dakota Elevator Company, and billed to them at their terminal. Somewhere, supposedly at Glasgow, a new billing was substituted for the original and billing to a different commission merchant, before the car of grain arrived at Minneapolis, the party, calling himself Hall, called on the commission men and informed them that he had shipped a car of flax from Malta and that he was a big rancher near this town.
He made arrangements to have the money from the sale of the flax sent to him here, but about the time the car arrived in Minneapolis, the commission men received word from Mr. Hall at Chicago, telling of a heavy purchase of machinery and stock, and asking that the money be sent to Chicago, which was done, and now detectives are looking for the mysterious Mr. Hall, and would like to connect with his address.
75 years ago
March 6, 1941
Stags reign at Party Saturday night
Malta males had their evening to howl last Saturday night when over 300 men attended the stag party sponsored by the Malta Junior Chamber of Commerce. For once the guests had a good excuse to tell their friend's wives that they wouldn't be home till dawn.
Norman Storbeck and Fred Gabriel secured the title for being the best snoose players of the party by leaving with scorekeeper, Louie LaRoche, a plus 57 for eight sittings. They were awarded a prize.
Art Hanscom demonstrated his prowess as a solo player by emerging as champion of that gamen and John Lesselyong showed the boys how to play pan. Many other "friendly" games were played and sundry wizards of the cards were found. Educational movies were also shown.
No little end of amusement was afforded the stags when Charles Secrest was notified that his wife had put in a sudden appearance, invading the sanctuary of of husbands. For a few seconds Secrest was astounded when he turned around and sure enough, there was a women present. Secrest was able to discern that the intruder was Louis Johnson, masquerading in woman's clothes.
50 years ago
March 10, 1966
Mrs. Norman Jaynes in train wreck
Mrs. Norman Jaynes was a passenger on the Western Star Monday when it collided head-on with the Empire Builder five miles east of Chester. As Mrs. Jaynes could not be contacted, her daughter, Mrs. Ben Crowder, reported that her mother was "shook but fine." She received a bruised knee and wrist and a lacerated lip but felt fortunate that she was in a rear car where the shock was not as severe.
Mrs. Jaynes was enroute to Libby to visit her son. She was taking nine dozen eggs to him. The last thing her daughter said to her when she got on the train was if there was an accident, she had beeter get out from under the eggs. Not one single egg was broken so she gave them to the bus driver.
Whitewater Selections
Dixie Cowan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Cowan of Whitewater, is an honor student, has been a cheerleader for two years, was class president and student council representative her second year in high school and co-editor of the school paper. Susan Allery, the Whitewater alternate, is the daughter of of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allery Jr.
The Girls State Delegates are sponsored by the local unit of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Malta Homemakers Club, and by the Loring Woman's Club.
25 years ago
March 13, 1991
M-ettes stun 2-B opponents
It should have been an uphill battle, but the Cinderella M-ettes quickly established themselves as the team to be in the District 2-B volleyball tournament in Wolf Point.
Going in as the fourth place seed without a single season win against any of the three teams ranked higher above them, the M-ettes roared to a fist place finish bringing home the top trophy from the tournament.
10 years ago
March 8, 2006
Family Matters to receive federal Community Revitalization Award
The community effort that created the Family Matters department store in Malta has been recognized by the Federal Home Loan Bank and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
The two federal institutions will recognize the effort with their 2006 Community Revitalization Award at their National Community Reinvestment Conference in Las Vegas.
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