Memories for Wednesday, March 2, 2022

10 years ago-

Wednesday,

February 29, 2012

On To State! Mustangs Open Against Whitehall

For the first time since 1999, the Malta Mustangs are going to state. A 44-38 victory over the Fairfield Eagles Saturday night in the Northern Divisional championship game ended the drought.

The Mustangs run up against Whitehall, the number three team from the southern division at 2 p.m. at the state tournament at MSU-Bozeman.

“They’re a very deliberate team,” Malta coach David Costin said Monday. “They like a slower pace and they’re going to play a lot of, probably exclusively, 3-2 zone.”

Champion Speller

Blake Sjostrom, a seventh-grade student at Malta Middle School, is the 2012 County Spelling Bee Champion. He earned the honor Tuesday afternoon at the Bee which was held in Whitewater. Trace Simonson, a sixth-grade student at Whitewater School, was runner up. A total of 25 students participated in the competition, five each from Malta Middle School and Elementary, Saco, Dodson, and Whitewater. Blake won the competition by correctly spelling “philosophize.”

Showing at the Villa

Red Tails starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Gerald McRaney

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25 years ago-

Wednesday,

February 26, 1997

Three file for Malta school seats

Ed Pekovitch has tossed his name into the Malta School District trustee election making it a three-way race for two seats.

Pekovitch filed last week as the nominating process came to a close on Feb. 20. He joins incumbent Orvin Solberg and former board member Doug Ost on the ballot for the April 1 election.

Trustee positions currently held by Solberg and Brian Green will be filled by the election with the top two candidates in the election filling the positions.

Solberg is a farmer and rancher and has served on the board for three years. Ost is a Zortman Mining Inc. employee and served on the board for six years, two as chairman. Pekovitch is a member of the Montana National Guard and serves as part of the permanent full-time staff stationed at the local armory.

Simanton chosen as cheerleader for Shrine Game

Malta senior Jenifer Simanton has been selected as a cheerleader for the East/West Shrine Football Game next July in Great Falls.

She will join five others from Malta in the annual classic. Scott King and Tad Schye will coach while Mike Morris, Kelly Kuszmaul, and Eric Ottinger (as an alternate) will also be in the Shrine Game.

Simanton is the daughter of Steve and Wendy Simanton and granddaughter of Florence Sorenson and Bob and Laura Simanton, all of Malta.

Showing at the Villa Theatre

Dante’s Peak starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton

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50 years ago-

Thursday,

March 16, 1972

First State Tournament Game Tonight vs. Loyola

The Malta Mustangs left this morning (Thursday) for Great Falls to participate in the state Class B basketball tournament.

The Malta team, which placed second at the divisional tournament, and the Shelby Coyotes, division champions, will represent the strong Northern Division in the state tourney.

The Mustangs with a 24-2 season record will meet Missoula Loyola in the 7:30 game Thursday evening. Loyola, champions from the western district, has a 23-2 record.

A large Malta delegation will follow the Mustangs to Great Falls for the tourney. A total of 288 adult reserve seat tickets have been sold in this area and over 150 student tickets had been purchased Tuesday with more expected to sell Wednesday, according to the high school office.

Luggage Lost South of Malta by Rocky Band

Anyone traveling on highway 191 between Malta and the Bohemian Corner junction about 20 miles south of the Robinson Bridge over the Missouri River is asked to be on the lookout for lost luggage.

The Rocky Mountain College band appeared in Malta Tuesday evening and left Malta about 7 a.m Wednesday.

At the Bohemian Corner junction, it was discovered that the door of one of the luggage compartments at the back of the bus had come open and luggage and possibly some band instruments were lost from it.

Anyone finding articles that may belong to the Billings students is asked to bring them to the residence of Dr. Jim Hitch, veterinarian, in Malta and it will be returned to the owners.

Showing at the NEW Villa

Get Carter starring Michael Caine

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75 years ago-

Thursday,

March 6, 1947

Dial Phones For Saco Announced; New Service to be Available on March 11

Dial telephone service will become available to Saco telephone subscribers on March 11, according to a statement made by R.M. Murray, Malta manager of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company. Present telephone instruments will be replaced by dial telephones previous to that date and dial switching equipment will be installed in quarters specially designed for it, Murray said. The Saco Drug Company will become an agent for the telephone company as soon as the dial service is established, and payment of telephone bills may be made at that place of business thereafter.

Under the new system, all calls between Saco subscribers, now approximately 93 in number, will be handled entirely by the dial equipment. However, to call a Malta telephone, to make a long-distance call, or to secure the assistance of an operator in completing a call, telephone users should dial “0” (operator). This will connect them with an operator at the Malta switchboard.

Former Editor of Enterprise Dies at Chinook

Daniel Charles Kenyon, 79, Chinook city attorney and county assessor, died Sunday evening at his Chinook home of a heart attack.

Mr. Kenyon was born March 21, 1868, at Yates, Orleans County, New York. In 1872, the family moved to Monroe County, Wisconsin, where he attended school and studied telegraphy. He was married there to Anna E. Scott. They came to Montana in the spring of 1898, and he was employed as telegrapher and Great Northern agent at Malta.

In 1901, he took charge of the Malta Enterprise and operated it for three years, then returned to the railroad, serving again as the agent at Malta and at Dodson. In 1912, he was elected first county treasurer of Blaine County and in 1915, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Chinook.

He was a member of the Montana legislature two terms, 1923 and 1925; mayor of Chinook two terms, and on the school board 12 years.

Showing at the Palace

My Darling Clementine starring Linda Darnell and Henry Fonda

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100 Years Ago - 1922

- V.J. Ludwick was in Washington securing patent papers for a gasoline-saving device he had invented during the winter. Savings up to 40 percent on gasoline were claimed for the gadget, which was soon to go into production.

- It was announced that wooden coaches were soon to be a thing of the past on Trains 1 and 2. All steel from now on crowed the Enterprise.

- The basketball team ate pretty well during the week. First, they were entertained at dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.P. Jacobson. Jake had been the coach for some years back. There was a second feast put on by Miss Edna Partridge, following a promise to her brother that if the team won a game, she would serve them a feed. The boys added insult to injury by bringing their girlfriends along.

- The country was having weather trouble. The Ynot community reported 46 below zero. Stockmen were complaining of short feed and stock losses and were hoping for an early spring. As spring’s best harbinger, the Enterprise pointed out to the presence of Billy Garland in town, saying he never showed up unless spring was just around the corner.

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118 Years Ago - 1904

- If something doesn’t happen pretty quick, we’ll have to eliminate the feature for a while! Considerable space was devoted to bragging up the new Valley County jail at Glasgow, the editor delivered himself of a mighty blast in opposition to pardoning a local criminal and the Malta Band was readying itself for a St. Patrick’s Day concert, with bagpipe numbers by a Miss Krickshaw as an added attraction. Otherwise, the only news was that Harry Otterson and George Campbell were readying themselves for a ten-day trip to the Missouri River Breaks However, Malta’s real progress was reflected in an announcement that V.H. Grover was about to install a city telephone system. The exchange was to be at the Great Northern Hotel.