Memories for the Week of September 7, 2016

100 years ago

September 7, 1916

Malta School Opens

With an enrolment of 233 in the grades and high school the local schools opened last Tuesday with the enrollment divided as follows:

First grade – Miss Hilda Thompson, teacher, 42.

Second and third grades – Miss Alice Coughlin, teacher, 42.

Third and fourth grades – Miss Dorothy Ayer, teacher, 42.

Fifth and sixth grade -- Miss Marry O’Keefe, teacher, 41.

Seventh and eighth grades – Miss Hazel Tormey, teacher, 43.

High School – Miss Helen Cain, Miss Helen Baum and Mr. Elliott, teachers, 41.

The small enrollment in the high school is partially due to the fact that some of the high school pupils are detained on account of the work on the ranches. New pupils are enrolled every day, four having been added on the second day of school.

Local News

Carnations will be given away to ladies Tuesday at Forge’s big opening. Music afternoon and evening.

Messrs Champine and Simonson have made arrangements whereby they will open a loan office in Hinsdale. They are connected with some of the large loaning companies of the east and will no doubt do a big business in Hinsdale.

“Daddy” Minugh has been here for the past few days from Harlem, taking in the opening of the season at Bowdoin. He was the successful nomination for sheriff on the republican ticket and “Daddy’s” popularity up there will carry him across with a good safe margin.

John B. Turton, one of the pioneer settles near Dodson, was looking after business matters at the county seat last Friday.

The people of Lovejoy district are getting their mail twice a week at present. This will be a great improvement over the old system where they received it but once a week. The Lovejoy office is one of the healthy young post offices of the county.

75 years ago

September 4, 1941

Football call for “Ex’s” is sounded

Several well-known ex-gridiron stars have felt the cool late summer air whistling around their bulging stomachs and spavined legs with the result that the possibility of a town football team is being talked up in several quarters.

Last year an attempt to form a town team was made but because of a lack of equipment plus a retraction on the part of several former stars of their desire to scrimmage junked the attempt.

Among M.H.S. alumni who have been shown ing enthusiasm about establishing an independent eleve are Earl Garland, Jim and Bob Hotz, George Brandon, Keith Stine, Jack Lang and Paul Kropp.

Yuh Don’t Sat!

Quick, a flit!

“What, oh what,” asked mother, “shall we do about our daughter becoming nothing more than a jitterbug?”

Said father, hopefully: “Let us spray.”

50 years ago

September 8, 1966

From the News Files 10 years ago (1956)

On Labor Day snow was reported falling in the Plainsview community.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Anderson. A Daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Tribby. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Goll were parents of a son born at Havre.

Labor Day trail ride enjoyed by Saddle Club

Good weather over the Labor Day weekend was welcomed by the Phillips County Saddle Club as 20 persons participated in the trail rides.

The group left Malta Saturday and camped at the lower Ruby Gulch on the Lazy JD Ranch near Zortman. On Sunday they rode to Beauchamp Creek for lunch then crossed the divide to Camp Creek and rode back down Ruby Gulch. On Monday they rode around Saddle Butte and explored caves containing Indian drawings.

Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Gene Seel, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cotter and granddaughters, Linda and Loni Ereaux, Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Hanson, Mayo Slaght, Mr. and Mrs. Don Robinson, Donny, Diane, Brian and Barbara, Mrs. Leeila Oxarart, Mrs. Maxine Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Bahn and Ed Svein.

25 years ago

September 4, 1991

Streaker spends three days in jail

An out of state visitor attracted a lot attention in Saco last Friday afternoon.

Barry Lee Flath, 35, was arrested by Sheriff's Deputies after residents in the community reported that he was running around town nude.

Flath was cited for indecent exposure and was transported to the Phillips County Jail where he was arraigned and spent three days in jail before being released.

Refuse collection to start Thursday, maybe

Refuse collection in the new Phillips County Refuse Disposal District could begin Thursday if an agreement between that organization and the Valley County Landfill get signed by then.

County commissioners also signed a resolution which exclude the City of Malta from paying the district’s fees but won’t exclude them all together.

Malta officials have said they want to develop their own landfill site and are in the process of doing so.

10 years ago

September 6, 2006

County in good fiscal shape, mill levy down

An increase in property values is allowing the Phillips County Commissioners to drop the mill levy a little in the upcoming budget.

Originally targeted at 77.52 mills, the final amount is 77.29 mills, which includes a .23 drop in the mill levy voted for the public safety budget sought by the Sheriff’s Department.

In spite of the lowering of the mills, County employees found themselves the recipients of a five-percent across the board raise for all full time employees. The increase will amount to approximately $80,000.