Memories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022

10 years ago, Wednesday,

July 11, 2012

New Manager at Family Matters

She’s new to Malta and now she’s the manager at Family Matters. Avery Sorenson was hired to fill a vacancy in the management of the publicly owned clothing store by its board of directors.

She and her husband, Leif moved to Malta in June from Glendive so he could accept a position as a new lineman with Big Flat Electric Cooperative. The public will get a chance to meet Sorenson, who started work last week, at a “meet and greet” Thursday, July 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. The event will also feature a summer line style show with models from the store.

Fire impacts residents, livestock operators

Not only have the fires in southern Montana consumed homes, but they have also consumed almost 325,000 acres of pasture and hay land. Some producers have lost everything.

The Phillips County Extension Office has received calls from areas affected by recent fires in the southern part of the state.

“The calls were looking for pasture for displaced livestock and for available hay or straw,” according to Extension Agent Marko Manoukian.

The Northern Ag Network reported early estimates that at least 4,400 head of livestock have been displaced. Obviously, the need will be bigger than the supply but if you have pasture, hay, or straw, contact the Extension Office to be placed on a list. Your contact information will be shared with officials that have contacted the Extension Office.

Gas prices static

In Montana, July 9-Average retail gasoline prices in Montana have not moved in the past week, averaging $3.47/g yesterday. This compares with the national average which has increased 1.8 cents per gallon last week compared to $3.41/g, according to the gasoline price website MontanaPrices.com.

Amestoy sets 2nd pool record at Sidney meet

Senior swimmer Brett Amestoy set his second pool record of the year as the Malta Swim Team competed in the Sidney Invitational Saturday and Sunday. Amestoy posted his record time of 1:15.24 in the 100-meter breaststroke.

He went on to be Malta’s only high point winner in the meet with first place finishes in the 200-meter IM, 100-meter breaststroke, and 100-meter butterfly.

Only 10 swimmers competed in the meet, but all made it into the finals in each of their individual events to earn 5th place overall as a team.

Showing at the Villa

Men in Black 3-starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin

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25 years ago-

Wednesday,

July 2, 1997

Installation service set for July 20

The Greater Malta Lutheran Parish invites the public to attend installation services for Pastor Ron and Melanie Martin-Dent on Sunday July 20.

Reverend Tom Lee will perform the installation.

Services will be held at Loring at 9:30 a.m. Whitewater at 11:15 a.m. and in Malta at 5 p.m. A potluck lunch will follow.

“Wheels for Life” to benefit St. Jude Hospital.

St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital has announced plans for the Malta “Wheels for Life” Bike-A-Thon to be held on August 9, 1997. Coordinator for this year’s event is Mrs. Mary Lou McConnell who encourages all residents and businesses to support this community effort.

St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital, founded in 1962 by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, is the largest childhood cancer research center in America in terms of the number of patients treated and treatment success. Treatment is provided at no cost to the family and all findings are shared freely with doctors and hospitals all over the world. Thanks to St. Jude Hospital children who have leukemia, Pediatric AIDS, sickle cell anemia and other life-threatening diseases now have a better chance to live.

Local Malta news by Mary Ann Dooner

Honey Wood, Bill Simanton, and Christine Schwartz were honored at a birthday party at the Stockman Bar recently. Their ages added up to 183 years… so figure it out!

Guess the local news was so good last week, it ran twice, and yes, I noticed!

The George Hoynes, Duane Comptons, George Knudsens, and Swede Falgren were in Billings to attend the installation of former Malta resident Kent Bell, now of Glasgow, as the The Most Worshipped Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Montana.

Some of life’s question to ponder

Have you logged on to “Bullwiz,” a nightly electronic newsletter, yet (On the Internet)

It featured the Stephen Wright School of School of Questionable Philosophy

If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?

Would a fly without wings be a walk?

If a funeral procession is at night, do people drive with their headlights off?

If a stealth bomber crashes in a forest, will it make a sound? When it rains do sheep shrink? Is there an expiration date on sour cream? Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets? How do you know when it’s time to tune your bagpipes? Is it true that cannibals don’t eat clowns because, they taste funny?

Why do they call it a TV set, when you only have one? What was the best thing before sliced bread? And what is sure to be the favorite with Montanans,

If it is tourist season, can we shoot them!

Showing at the Villa Theatre

Face/Off- starring Nicolas Cage and John Travolta

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50 years ago-

Thursday,

July 13, 1972

City Council Decrees 20 Percent Raise in Garbage Hauling Fee

It was agreed that garbage charges will be raised 20 percent. The garbage department budget for the coming year reflects the increased cost of the landfill dump, including daily operations of a bulldozer, and anticipating eventual purchase of a new garbage truck.

The $20 annual assessment for residents will increase to $24, the $7.50 charge for trailers will increase to $9.00, the $4.00 charge for an apartment will be $5.00. The quarterly charge for businesses for excess or daily pickup will also be increased 20 percent.

In Alaska

Four employees of the Malta District of the BLM office are in Alaska as part of a crew fighting some 100 fires in the Anchorage and Fairbanks areas. Lee Chamberlain and Lee Holden left July 3 and Jerry Knoll and Neil Talbot left July 10.

Beneficiaries Need Not Apply for S.S. Raises

Social Security beneficiaries need not apply for the 20 percent increase signed into law by President Nixon July 1. Raymond Pederson, District Manager said today that Social Security beneficiaries who are on the benefit rolls in September will receive the increase automatically.

The increase which is effective for the month of September will put an extra $2.1 million in the pockets of over 95,000 Montanans.

Showing at the Villa

The Panic in Needle Park- starring Al Pacino and Katy Winn

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75 years ago-

Thursday,

July 10, 1947

Phillips County Advertised in West Coast Papers

“The stark silhouettes of low buttes break the vast, sweeping plains of Phillips County”, reads an early summer advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle, one of the west coast’s greatest newspapers. Against a background of an Indian Chief in ceremonial dress who is inspecting a sign which reads “Visit Varied and Colorful Montana. This was the land of the rip-roaring gold camp, the devil-may-care cowboy, the storied Milk River valley”.

Last year the state Chamber of Commerce received and answered over 60,000 inquiries about Montana.

British War Nurse Visits Brothers in Malta

Mrs. Agnes Robertson of Mains of Demmule Huntley, Scotland, arrived in Malta this week to visit her brothers, George, Bob, and Bill Forbes. Mrs. Robertson had not seen George since he came to the United States in 1903, or Bob since he left for Montana in 1907, Bill returned to Scotland when their father died in 1923.

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100 years ago - 1922

- Joe Carney, who acted as guide for Joseph Pulitizer while the later was on a big game hunt in the western part of the state, was seen on the streets of Malta, but was believed to be hiding across the Canadian line to avoid appearing against Pulitizer who was charged with illegal killing of game. It was safe to say that he was well out of the way of legal hands.

Shearing was about complete in the Malta area. A total of 130-365 head of sheep had gone through two shearing plants.

A drizzling rain was cheering ranchers who reported range grass short.

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118 YEARS AGO- 1904

Emil Lucht appeared before Justice Henry Cosner and was cleared of all blame in the shooting of a south Saco farmer. Cosner ruled that Deputy Lucht acted in self-defense.

Harold Cowan was going around on crutches as a result of a 4th of July argument with a horse.

George Morrison was among north bench farmers in for a supply of grasshopper poison.

The Ruby Gulch mine was in operation again. It has been closed since 1917.

Showing at the Palace- The Kid from Brooklyn, starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, and Vera Ellen