Memories for April 14, 2021

10 years ago-

Wednesday,

April 13, 2011

Seven MHS students earn math honors

Three seniors and four sophomores at Malta High School recently earned honors participating in the American Mathematics Exam.

The exam was given nationwide in high schools on Feb. 8.

Seniors Dane Stiles, Holly Sullivan and Emily Waters all scored 66 points and will receive gold points.

Sophomores Kaden Bedwell, Chris Doney, Carter Epperson and Tucker Schye all scored 63 points and will receive gold points.

Malta boys take second in first meet

Whitewater’s Jace Anderson was a double winner in the 100 meter dash and high jump and had a sixth place mark in the triple jump.

Meanwhile, Malta won the boy’s 4x100 meter relay and saw athletes place in six events to claim second place as a team at the Cal Wearley Memorial hosted by North Star School in Havre April 6.

Malta got second place performances by Sam Peterson in the long jump and triple jump while Kyle Boos was second in the 100 meter hurdles and Zack Czerda was second in the 800 meter run.

In the triple jump, Jake Bushman placed fourth while Tucker Schye and Henry Oyler placed fourth and fifth respectively in the discus.

Dane Stiles took fourth place in the shot put and Kendall Denham was sixth in the 300 meter hurdles.

Fairfield won the boys team trophy with 84 points followed by Malta with 61.

25 years ago-

Wednesday,

April 10, 1996

Brutal winter of ’96 takes toll on ranchers in lost calves

The cruel winter of 1996 will be remembered as one of the most difficult calving seasons in recent memory for those in Phillips County, according to local ranchers, veterinarian Lisa Plumb and county extension agent Kent Williams.

“We won’t forget the winter of ’96,” said Merrimae Solberg, who ranches with her husband Sid 12 miles north of Dodson. “We were up every three hours for 10 straight days,” she said of their battles with the cold.

Malta team places first

The Malta team placed first at the 7th and 8th grade Co-Ed Basketball Tournament held April 4 and 5 at Dodson. Placing second was the Young Gun team from Ft. Belknap, and third place went to the Dodson #1 team.

Making the All-Star team was Nick Parker, Ben Kaluza, Tim Chell and Sam Chapman, Malta; Frank Crantz, Brandi Hoops and Daryl Sunchild, Young Guns; Ryan Lankford, J.D. Weber, Jessica Wilson and Francine KillEagle, Dodson #1; Julie Keller and Jeremy Pearson, Whitewater; Alex Billmayer, Dodson #2; and Ekoha Stump, Ft. Belknap.

50 years ago-

Thursday,

April 22, 1971

Golf Team At Glasgow On Saturday

Students at Malta High School have organized a golf team and plan to compete with schools in the area as well as enter divisional competition.

The team will compete this Saturday at the Glasgow invitational golf tourney. Plans have also been made to enter Havre and Lewistown tourneys and to host a tournament at the SBRA course on May 15 before competing in the northern divisional at Great Falls on May 22.

Last Saturday, Malta boys journeyed to Glasgow for a practice session on the Sunnyside course. They were Allen Hill, Lance Ivanish, Rob Wiprud, Brian Robertson, Robert Judge, David Clausen, Butch Larcombe, Rick Lorleben, Tim Long, Robert Clausen and Harry Carnahan. They were accompanied by Jim Larcombe, Deb Long and Dean Robertson.

Although this is the first year for high school golf in Malta, the boys are very enthusiastic and are getting in as much practice as possible, according to Dean Robertson, high school athletic director.

Canadian Student Exchange Next Week

The Malta High School juniors chosen by the Malta Kiwanis club for the 15th annual Malta-Swift Current student exchange program will begin on Monday, April 26.

The Malta students will return to Swift Current Monday with Swift Current Kiwanians and their wives following a luncheon and program at Rogers dining room. Malta Kiwanians will journey to Swift Current on Saturday, May 1, to return the visiting Canadian students and bring the Malta students back

The students are chosen by a committee of Malta Kiwanis members by an essay they submit regarding the exchange program. The judging is done without the names of the students being disclosed to the committee members.

75 years ago-

Wednesday,

April 10, 1946

Malta Backs Ball Team With Cash

Diamond Improved and Bleachers Planned

Assurance that Malta’s baseball team will have the support of the community has been proven by the response of business men and individuals to the request for donations to purchase suits and equipment.

Practically every business house in Malta, and many individuals, contributed to a fund which will purchase new white uniforms with red piping and a red “M” on the left breast, and also playing equipment and possibly materials for the construction of bleachers to accommodate 250 spectators. The diamond in Trafton Park has been leveled and a full turn-out of players Sunday was reported by manager Felix McCollum.

The Great Northern ball league, of which Malta is a member, has set the schedule for the season. Malta’s first game is at Havre on May 5. The first home game will be May 19, against Big Sandy.

Veteran Acquires North Side Service Station

Bernard Majusiak, a veteran of World War II with more than five years of service, has purchased the Hole Brothers service station and bulk plant on the North side of Malta and will operate the station under the name “Barney’s Union Service.”

The bulk station will be operated under the name, “Union Oil Company of California.” Majusiak plans to paint and remodel the plant.

Majusiak left Malta with Co. D, Montana National Guard. He served in the army commandos for a time, but was injured and after a year and a half in San Pedro, Californian hospital, was transferred to the transportation corps. He was in charge of educational and recreational programs on troop transports, operating in the Pacific, Atlantic, Asiatic, European and Indo-China theatres of war.

He married a girl from Phoenix, Arizona, and they have a six-month old daughter. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Majusiak of Malta.

Showing at the Palace Theatre: King of the Cowboys starring Roy Rogers and National Velvet starring Mickey Rooney

100 years ago-

Wednesday,

April 13, 1921

- Glasgow, Wolf Point, Chinook, Saco, Harlem and Malta were members of a baseball league. The Legion posts in each town were sponsoring teams. H.M. Kirton, Herbert Kibler and Ralph Barry were members of the Phillips County Legion committee in charge of baseball matters.

- The door to the vault in the Coburg Farmers State bank was blown off its hinges and $1,000 in currency was taken by unknown robbers.

- Earl Black and Mary Lusby of Bowdoin were married by Rev. T.F. Rucker.

- A bad snow storm had tied up travel in Phillips County for nearly a week. Farmers were happy about the moisture conditions.

- Mayor John Servant entertained the Boy Scouts at a theatre party.

- Three hundred and sixty-three Phillips County farmers had applied for farm loans.

118 years ago-

Wednesday,

April 15, 1903

- Glasgow was aroused and startled by the clamor of bells and whistles announcing a jail break. Prisoners Hardee, Jackson and Brown had made a get-away after digging through the brick wall. - Hardee was awaiting sentence for the murder of a 16-year old boy. He and Jackson, a grand larceny case, were apprehended 15 miles southeast of Glasgow.

- The Methodist women netted $80 from a community supper.

- John Ebaugh and a man named Grover had formed a partnership and were baling and storing wool. A 60x175-foot building was to be erected.

- Riley Brooks, old time cowpuncher, was visiting friends in Malta and bewailing the fenced-in condition of the once open range and the number of “farmers.”

- Bernard O’Riley was thrown from a horse, receiving a broken leg.

- Malta was planning a clean-up day. Citizens who failed to cooperate would be forced to do so.