Memories for October 11, 2017

100 years ago

October 11, 1917

This is a letter that was written home by Fred L. Robinson when he was at Camp Lewis, American Lake:

"We were glad to have the last contingent of home boys join us Friday and have kept that bunch busy answering questions since they arrived.

A few of our bunch were rejected. As yet we are still in Company C."

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Grover Wait returned to Malta from Abbey, Sask., where he has been visiting the past months. He was accompanied by his brother, John Wait.

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Jay Brown is carrying his arm in a sling this week because his Ford car refused to be cranked properly.

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Bert Moylan has purchased the Rundle Abstract Co. branch office in Malta and will conduct the same in the future.

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Charley Verzatt has leased the Malta Bowling alleys.

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Out of the entire quota of men drawn from this county only three have not shown up. $50 reward has been placed on each of them and they are listed as deserters.

75 years ago

October 8, 1942

Mustangs win from Glasgow Friday night

Local football fans had a treat last Friday night watching the Malta Mustangs outplay the Glasgow Highlanders in the first home game of the season. The score was 20-6.

The arc lights, used for the first time in a game, where highly pleasing and Malta can boast of one of the best-lighted fields of the state. The large crowd present was a testimonial that night football is going to be popular with the fans here.

During the half, the Mustangs band entertained the crowd with several patriotic numbers, including a flag display and colorful stunt led by the twirlers with lighted batons.

School kids collect, pounds of scrap

The boys and girls of Malta were in the fight Monday when they collected, 40,000 pounds of scrap from the city.

They were busy all afternoon rolling thousands of pounds of steel and iron to make lots of tanks, shells, guns, and planes to help our armies toward victory.

The trucks that were loaned for the purpose belonged to Ed's Food Store, Malta Auto Co., Malta Mercantile, Montana-Dakota Utilities, George Stevens, Farmers Elevator, Malta Standard Garage and Lloyd Thompson.

Newspaper Week observed by Local Kiwanis

Dorothy Dyer, the editor of the Phillips County News, addressed the local Kiwanis Club at their weekly meeting Tuesday on the powers of a free press during wartime. This program was in accordance with those sponsored by other Kiwanis clubs through out the nation who acknowledged Newspaper Week.

50 years ago

October 8, 1967

City to buy coin-operated bulk water dispenser

The Malta City Council voted Monday night to purchase a coin-operated water dispenser and install it in the pump house on Malta's north side. The dispenser will be for those who transport water to farms and ranches and for many other uses.

Such a system is in use in Hinsdale and the charge is 25-cents for 200 gallons of water. Although the dispenser will be installed in the side pump house, it will not draw water from that well, which is not currently being used because of the high iron content of the water.

Homecoming King Candidates

The new feature of homecoming this year will be the naming of a king, as well as the traditional queen. The members of the pep club have named four senior boys as candidates for the title of king. They are Dick Young, Art Lundstrom, Mike Matthews and Les Paulson. (See 1967 Homecoming Queen candidates in the photo.)

Another TV station coming

County residents will be receiving three television stations in the near future, instead of two. In a news release from the Phillips County TV Association, they stated that advanced advertising got applications for permits to bring KFBB-TV into the area were being printed in this issue of the News.

KRTV of Great Falls and KOK-TV of Billings will continue to operate in the county with the addition of KFBB-TV.

Punt, Pass, Kick winner named

Winners in the Punt, Pass, Kick contest held at the football field last Saturday morning are as follows: In the 13-year-old group Bruce Allen Bruckner was first, Robert K. Frazier, second, and Bill Cole, third; 12-year-olds, Chip Lee Young, David Broadbrooks and Ross F. Frazier; 11-year-olds Brent Waters, Harry Carnahan and Michael Simanton; 10-year-olds, Mike Cole, Mark Hungerford and James M. Olson; 9-year-olds, Royce Frazier, Thomas Robinson and Gary Knudsen; 8-year-olds, Brian Miller, Brian Green and Vance Kaufman.

25 years ago

October 21, 1992

Local theatre gets new sound system

"This gives you that extra thing you just can't get at home watching television."

That something extra is the new "surround sound" system installed earlier this week in the Villa Theatre operated by Garry and Rosetta Adams of Malta. The new sound system is not the only thing new at the theatre. As part of the roughly $16,000 renovation project, the same firm installing the sound system is installing about 2,600 square yards of acoustical wall grade sound fields or drapes.

10 years ago

October 17, 2007

Street Talk

Question: Do you think Hillary Clinton has a lock on the Democratic nomination for president?

Jan Simanton: I hope not!

Dean Johannesen: No, I think we had about enough with eight years of Bill Clinton.

Wayne Jones: I hope the Democrats come to their senses and she doesn't get in.

Suzanne Koss: No! I pray to God, No.