Memories for Wednesday, January 12, 2022

10 years ago-

Wednesday,

January 11, 2012

Speech team third at Fergus meet

The Malta Speech and Drama Team competed at the Fergus High meet in Lewistown last Saturday, placing third in the Class B speech competition.

The team brought home three individual firsts as D’Andre Haag placed first in Humorous Oral Interpretation; Skye McGinty was first in Expository and Garrett Giblette was first in Memorized Public Address.

Justin Paul placed second in Original Oratory.

Kim Perry was fourth in Serious Oral Interpretation; Landon Score was seventh in Impromptu and Amanda Mummy was seventh in Mime.

Justin Wright was eighth in Impromptu and Megan Jones was eighth in Serious Oral Interpretation.

First State reports strong 2011; adds new director

The First State Bank reported record assets and announced a new member of the FS Banco board of directors Tuesday evening at the annual meeting.

Bank President Jim Sandsness, in an address to bank stockholders, reported the bank achieved a record high for assets on Nov. 9, 2011, of $129,076,809.

Assets at the end of 2011 were $126,197,742. Assets a decade ago at the end of the year stood at $88,095,850. At the annual meeting Tuesday afternoon, Sandsness said businessman Larry Poulton (Ezzie’s Wholesale) has joined the board of directors of the bank’s holding company, FS Banco.

Showing at the Villa

Mission Impossible starring Tom Cruise

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25 years ago-

Wednesday,

January 8, 1997

Christmas Grinch steals $1,000 from two GN poker machines

A burglar decided it was better to receive than give in a Christmas morning poker machine robbery of the Great Northern Motor Hotel in Malta that netted the thief just under $1,000.

Usually open 24 hours a day, the GN closed its doors around 7 p.m. Christmas Eve and remained closed until 10 a.m. the day after Christmas, according to manager Joyce Wilson.

With no visible signs of forced entry, Wilson believes the thief was hiding at closing time and was locked inside. Exit from the building was easy as there are several exit-only doors in the back of the facility.

The thief broke into two machines, attempted to gain entry into a third, and left 15 others untouched around 1 a.m. Christmas morning. Just under $1,000 in bills only was taken from the two machines located in the upstairs lounge.

Wilson said the thief left change in the machines and didn’t take anything else, leaving alone alcohol and cigarettes.

“I checked really thoroughly. Someone had to be hiding out. There was just no other way in,” Wilson said. “I checked all the bathrooms and padlocks. There are a few closets in the boiler room or they could have been hiding somewhere in the garage. We’re kind of baffled really. There are only two keys to the front door. I had one with me and the other one was locked inside. I was here until about 7 o’clock. We probably locked up at about 7.”

Whitewater man survives flash fire

A Whitewater man remains in a burn center in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a Dec.27 flash fire caused second and third-degree burns on his right hand.

Norris Berg, a field operator for North American Resource Company (NARCO), and Bill Fromman, a contract consultant from Malta, were thawing out a regulator in a well-house at the Bowdoin Wildlife Refuge area when the flash fire occurred.

To warm up the regulator, the two men were using a catalytic heater, a non-combustible heater that works on a chemical reaction.

Because both men were wearing heavy clothing in the cold weather, their injuries weren’t as severe as they could have been.

Showing at the Villa Theatre

Jerry Maguire starring Tom Cruise

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50 years ago-

Thursday,

January 20, 1972

Bosses Night Banquet Tonight at VFW Club

The annual Jaycee Bosses Night banquet will be held tonight (Thursday) at the VFW Club in Malta at 7:30 p.m. A social hour will precede the dinner beginning at 6:30.

W.L. “Bill” Holter of Great Falls, state chairman of the Republican Party, will be the principal speaker at the banquet.

The “Boss of the Year” will be chosen at the dinner. Candidates are Joe Weber, manager of the Buttreys store; Jim Nordlund, superintendent of Malta schools; Dan Solari, district manager of the Bureau of Land Management, and Roger Ulrich, president of the First State Bank.

Mustang Bus Sideswiped

The Mustang bus carrying 23 passengers including coaches, varsity, junior varsity teams, and managers of the Malta Mustang basketball squad was involved in a sideswiping incident with a car carrying two Malta teenagers last Saturday afternoon as the Mustangs were headed for games in Chester.

Fortunately, none of the 26 people involved suffered any injuries and only moderate damage was reported on each of the vehicles.

The car was driven by Juanita Jean Kolczak, 16, of Malta and Karia Kay Loney was a passenger.

Keith Holmes, the owner of the bus, was driving it. Both vehicles were headed west on Highway 2 when the accident occurred at about 2:40 p.m. 2.9 miles west of Malta. The Kolczak car was attempting to make a left turn off the highway onto a side road and had been waiting for an eastbound car to pass.

The two vehicles sideswiped and the car went into the left borrow pit between the highway and the side road on the south and the bus traveled down the side road.

Showing at the NEW Villa

The Out-of-Towners starring Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis

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75 years ago-

Thursday,

January 16, 1947

Mustangs Win Over Harlem Saturday, 51 to 16

The Malta Mustangs had a field day when they rang up a 51 to 16 score against Harlem Saturday night. The game was played in Harlem.

The Mustangs started the rout when they rang up a 15 to 0 margin in the first quarter. Using a total of 14 players during the game, Coach “Bun” Lodge’s club led 26 to 4 at the half and 42 to 7 at the end of the third quarter.

Long led the Mustang ball hawks with 18 points and Spartz was second with 13.

The junior high team lost the preliminary to Harlem 19-10.

Hospital Opens Staffed and Equipped; Community Thanked for Assistance Given

The Phillips County Hospital opened Tuesday of this week, fully staffed and fairly well-equipped thanks to the combined efforts of residents of the county and city. Mrs. Edna Raymond, who is operating the hospital, announces that her first patient was Mrs. Walter Wilks, who gave birth to a daughter Wednesday morning.

The staff of the hospital as announced by Mrs. Raymond includes Elvera Tillman, R.N., and Virginia Head, R.N., both graduates of the Swedish Covenant Hospital of Chicago; Frances Vagg, who needs no introduction to the people of Phillips County; Mary Murphy, Bessie Helland, and Loretta O’Brien. Mrs. Lucille Watson is the chief cook and Mrs. Marshall is a laundress.

Showing at the Palace

Wild Beauty starring Don Porter and Lois Collier

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100 Years Ago - 1922

- Mrs. Mae White, county librarian, died of typhoid fever at a Great Falls hospital. Funeral services were held at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Malta.

- The city offices were moved from the building at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Cosner Street to the location east of Edwards and McLellan on Front Street.

- A settlement of $20,000 was made to Christine Lake by the Great Northern Railway following Supreme Court confirmation of a decision handed down in district court. Lake was killed in a train wreck at Bowdoin.

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118 Years Ago - 1904

- The grand opening of Malta’s $50,000 Great Northern Hotel was the social event of the week. Hotel and restaurant facilities of the city were taxed when visitors came to Malta from towns as far west as Havre and as far east as Culbertson. At least 350 persons partook of Max Sklower’s hospitality. Sixty guests were seated at a time in the fine big dining room. Toasts included “The Great Northern” by Miss Azile Hearne, “The Traveling Public” by Dan McKay, “The Winter’s Promise for the Livestock Industry” by L.M. Guthrie, “Gardens in Montana” by Dr. G.W. Clay, “The Ladies” by Charles H. Stevens, and “The Future of Malta” by Judge Tallant.

- More than $300,000 damage was done to the Havre business section by fire. Soldiers from Fort Harrison were called out to guard business places against looting. Lewistown also reported heavy damage from a fire in its business section.

- Hay was selling for $7 per ton and it was 24 degrees below zero on the day the Enterprise was published. (Some things haven’t changed at all)