Memories for the week of July 17, 2018

100 years ago

January 24, 1918

John Harmon and Cid Hould had completed the knitting of sweaters for the Red Cross.

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Jailer and Mrs. Phil Doucette were the parents of a little daughter.

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Mrs. Nellie Chase had been called to Southern Minnesota by the serious illness of a brother.

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Lee Geeting and Lawrence Rawdon had arrived safely to England and Ray Reed had landed on French soil.

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A Red Cross canteen committee made of C.E. Magner, Josef Sklower, John Survant, John Ebaugh, Marie D. Laramy and Mrs. Harry Cosner was preparing to present soldiers traveling through Malta on troop trains with cakes, sandwiches, rolls, fruits, candy and coffee.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hendrickson were parents of a son born at a local hospital.

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Volunteers leaving for Army service during the week included Horace Mathews and John A. Warzeha.

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Douglass Fairbanks was appearing at the Palace Theatre in a "rip-roaring comedy cinema."

J.O. Rosendahl, newly elected mayor of Saco, was a business visitor in Malta.

75 years ago

January 21, 1943

Party at Fouts home

Miss Marcella Fouts was hostess to a party at her home in Malta Saturday night. Twenty-four young people spent the evening dancing and playing cards. Refreshments were served by Mrs. William Fouts.

18 freight cars off the tracks at Savoy

Section men from Malta were called to Savoy last Friday to assist in clearing the main line following the derailment of 18 cars of a freight train.

Cause of the derailment was not stated. No one was injured in the accident and traffic was held up only a few hours.

Big bomber creates excitement near Regina

A big four-motored army bomber, apparently on its way from Great Falls to Glasgow airbase, created considerable excitement at the Herman Krumwiede Ranch south of Regina last week when it came in so low that farm animals stampeded in fear.

The Krumwiede sheep flock piled up in a fence corner and the cattle were so frightened they stayed away from the vicinity for several days. The bomber barely missed the radio aerial and the wind from the propellers blew off Mr. Krumwiede's hat, he said.

Girls top honor roll with tied grade points

Joan Lovell, a sophomore, and Delores Knutson, a freshman, top the Malta Junior High and High School honor roll for the semester with an average of 96.26 each, according to Superintendent J.H. Lesselyong.

Air wardens prepare for blackout

Malta will undergo its first blackout sometime within the next two weeks and residents are asked by Commander Frank Squires to prepare for it by cooperating with the air raid staff every way possible.

The city has been divided into sectors, each sector having its warden and assistants. Residents within these sectors should ask their warden how to prepare for the blackout.

Merchants and businessmen are being asked to provide some means by which night lights and outside lights can be extinguished. Such provision for completing the blackout is required by the U.S. Army.

50 years ago

January 18, 1968

Gas explosion wrecks home; occupant injured

Two explosions destroyed the home of Mrs. Margaret Rude in Saco last Wednesday afternoon. Stuart Thompson, Saco fire chief, said they were called to the scene about 3:35 p.m.

The roof of the four-room frame dwelling was damaged by the first explosion and one wall was pushed out in the second. Mrs. Rude was sitting in her living room watching television when the explosions occurred. When the firemen arrived she was attempting to extinguish a fire that had started on a mattress.

The fire, one in the mattress and another which started in a broken service entrance, under the house, were minor and quickly extinguished.

Mrs. Rude was brought to the Malta hospital in the ambulance provided by the Lions Club of Saco. Her leg was broken when she attempted to raise a cellar door and it fell on her leg.

The explosions were the result of an accumulation of gas, probably in the roof. Although the house was a total wreck, the contents were undamaged except for some burned bedding.

25 years ago

January 18, 1993

Restaurant serves up chicken dinners to hungry Amtrak riders

A local restaurant came to the rescue with 175 chicken dinners Sunday to feed hungry Amtrak passengers on an eastbound train.

It all started when a hot break on the eastbound train started a fire which damaged the train's kitchen and delayed the train for several hours.

Cay Ebenal, a manger with Joe Stovall of the GN Motor Hotel, got a call from the Amtrak district supervisor who was putting in an order for 175 chicken dinners which they would need by 3 p.m. After a bit of scrambling, the meals were cooked and boxed in take-out containers for the hungry passengers.

10 years ago

January 16, 2008

Street Talk

Question: What is your favorite all-time television show and why?

Troy Blunt: The Roadrunner. It was funny.

Richard Dunbar: M*A*S*H*, because it had a lot of great comedy.

Reva Vance: Gilligan's Island, because it was funny.

Justin Lamb: NYPD Blue. It was interesting.