Memories for Wednesday, March 9, 2022

10 years ago-

Wednesday,

March 7, 2012

Oxarart named the new president of Independence Bank branch

Independence Bank is pleased to announce Cody Oxarart was recently promoted to the position of Branch President in Malta.

He will begin his new position in Malta on March 26.

Oxarart is currently a Loan Officer at Independence Bank in Glasgow.

He will fill the position created by the resignation of Nate Simons, who has been the Branch President in Malta for several years and is leaving to pursue a full-time career in farming and ranching.

“Although I will miss the customers and staff I have worked with during my time at Independence Bank, I know I leave them in good hands with Cody as the new Branch President,” said Simons. “Cody has great banking experience and since he grew up in the Malta area, he also has a solid understanding of our customers and the local economy.”

We are number one now!

“I still keep checking stuff to make sure we won it,” Malta Mustang Coach David Costin said Tuesday, looking back on his team’s 67-62 victory over Manhattan in the championship game at the Boys’ Class B State Tournament in Bozeman.

It was Malta’s first boys’ state title since 1998—their sixth overall. And the first for Coach Costin, who took over head coaching duties six years ago.

“It’s so much fun, I wouldn’t mind doing it again,” he told a crowd that gathered Sunday afternoon in the high school gym to welcome home the victors.

It was something he and his assistants, Coach Tom Niebur and Coach Chad Bebee had looked forward to with anticipation. This was the year.

“Truly we felt that going into the season,” Coach Costin admitted.

It even affected his full-time occupation as a rancher.

“I did back (the cows) off in hopes we would be playing at state,” he said, noting that he won’t start calving for a few days yet.

“You got to like it when a plan comes together,” he quipped.

Showing at the Villa

A Woman In Black starring Daniel Radcliffe

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25 years ago-

Wednesday,

March 5, 1997

Saco elementary Odyssey of Mind team places first in their division

“Can you dig it?” is the Odyssey of the Mind problem that four Saco elementary students recently tackled for their performance in the regional meet in Scobey.

The team’s problem was to create and present a performance about archaeology that includes four team-made artifacts and a team member who portrays an archaeologist.

The performance takes place during an ancient time where the purpose and/or use of the artifacts will be depicted, and a modern act, where the archaeologist explains the purpose and/or use of the artifacts based on his or her conclusions.

The Saco team chose to discover artifacts from Atlantis. The team also competed in the spontaneous event where they have to give as many responses as possible to the spontaneous problem in a limited amount of time.

Team members are Brian Linn, Patrick Menge, Corinna Waters, and Andy Mogan.

Project manager for school project debated by trustees

Malta School Board members could continue their debate tonight over whether to hire a project manager to keep a watchful eye over the construction of a new junior and senior high school.

That debate began last week but a decision was tabled until officials could meet with their architects.

Board member Bruce Hould argued for hiring a part-time project manager while trustee Shiela Simanton questioned the need, saying the board is already paying its architect to oversee construction.

The decision was tabled after Supt. Parker said he thinks the architects have a plan for supervising the project. He suggested the board talk with the architects about how much time they will be able to spend on-site before making a final decision on a project manager.

Showing at the Villa Theatre

Absolute Power starring Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman

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50 years ago-

Thursday,

March 23, 1972

Mustangs Win Second State Hoop Championship

The Malta Mustangs are the 1972 State Class B Basketball Champions. They defeated the tall Medicine Lake Honkers 62-61 to claim the state championship for the second successive year.

The score of that game was identical to the one they defeated Missoula Loyola by in their first game of the tournament, and both of them were thrillers.

It was almost a repeat of the divisional tourney when they defeated both Fairfield and Conrad by identical point margins 70-68 in the divisional tourney before being defeated by Shelby for the championship.

The Mustangs finished the season with a 27-2 record, losing to Poplar in the last game of the regular season and to Shelby in the northern division championship game.

This brings the Mustang’s three-year record to 87-3.

New Bank Will Open April 3 The First Security Bank of Malta was issued a Certificate of Authority this week. Jack Kelly, president of the new bank, and Willis McKeon, director, were in Helena Tuesday to receive the document from John A. Dowdall, Superintendent of Banks.

Wednesday, articles of incorporation were filed with the clerk and recorder of Phillips County for the new business.

McKeon also announced that the First Security Bank will be open for business on Monday, April 3.

Showing at the NEW Villa

Zeppelin starring Michael York and Elke Sommer

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75 years ago-

Thursday,

March 13, 1947

Malta Girl Degree Candidate at Missoula

Jean C. Livdahl, Malta, is one of the 40 students who are candidates for degrees from Montana State University when the winter quarter ends March 20. Miss Livdahl, a 1939 graduate of Malta High School, will receive a bachelor’s degree in music. She will remain in Missoula as secretary to the dean of the music school, a position she has held for several years.

Other Malta students who have been attending the university during the winter quarter are Chadwick L. Cartwright, pharmacy school freshman and Navy veteran; Leo S Erdahl and Robert R. Harwood, both Army veterans and pharmacy school freshmen; Ramona Simanton, junior in the English department; Agnes A. Majusiak, WAS veteran and special student in home economics; Maude E. Parker, a sophomore in business administration, and George P. Spartz, a freshman in history.

Globe Trotters Put On Show Friday Night

Every kid in town is practicing hook shots, and flip passing will be common on the basketball courts next year. The Harlem Globe Trotters were in town Friday night.

Playing an exhibition game before a capacity crowd at the city hall, the dream team of the hardwood lived up to expectations. A feature player of the club was Forward Boid Buie, who has but one arm. The Trotters put on an exhibition of flashy basketball for three quarters and finished up the final quarter with three football plays and a fast inning of baseball.

None of the spectators seem to remember the final score, but it is assumed to be about 50 to 30. Seeing action against the Harlem club were Funk, Hromas, Howell, Hoagland, Trottier, Cummings, and Raymond. “Boots” Karaffa, the genial referee, was also a willing victim to some of the Trotters’ tricks.

Showing at the Palace

Pursuit to Algiers starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce

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100 Years Ago - 1922

- In Malta, petitions for the re-election of John Survant, mayor, and Al Winkler and Ellis Blumenthal as aldermen, were being circulated around town. The Enterprise whispered about possible opposition and warned against changing horses, etc.

- There was open-mouthed astonishment around town when the Great Northern water tank caught fire and required the services of the local fire ladies to extinguish the blaze. The Enterprise remarked that when a water tank caught fire, anything could happen in a semi-arid country that had been plagued with crop failures.

- At Bowdoin, a farewell party was given for L.E. Spellum and Milton Scholas, officials of the Bowdoin State Bank which apparently was discontinuing operations as the town itself faded. Spellum was headed for a Chicago medical school. Meanwhile, Bowdoin’s brief glory as a railroad center came to an end when the Great Northern began to tear down the roundhouse.

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118 Years Ago - 1904

- Things remained quiet on the Malta front 118 years ago and there was little worth reprinting today. The Malta Jolly Young People gathered at the R.V. Tucker home for a social evening and “Hardluck” Smith was in from the mountains for a visit. The only other news given a play by the editor was a plea for payment of delinquent subscriptions.