Yesterday's Memories

10 Years Ago

Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012

The First Lutheran Church in Opheim celebrated its 100th Anniversary on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, by celebrating the joint venture of the Lutheran and the Methodist churches in Opheim.

In what was deemed one of the driest and shortest school board meetings in recent memory, the Glasgow School Board approved a three-year co-op agreement with Hinsdale in both wrestling and softball. The agreement continues Glasgow's and Hinsdale's relationship as co-ops as the two schools have longstanding agreement for football.

Local artist Penny Strommen received the prestigious Nancy Beelman Award at the annual Watermedia juried art show sponsored by the Montana Watercolor Society for her piece titled "Making Choices."

A new coalition of economic development organizations in eastern Montana has received a $228,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to plan for growth directly related to energy resource development in the region. The grant will be leveraged with $140,000 from the Big Sky Trust plus $20,000 in local contributions for a total of $380,000.

25 Years Ago

Thursday, Nov. 6, 1997

The Glasgow City Council voted Monday to defer the search for a new Chief of Police until after the holidays, and to promote temporarily the present top three police officers one grade, with "acting" status and the additional compensation which goes with the title. Lieutenant Mike Sukut becomes acting Chief of Police, Sergeant Mike Erickson becomes acting Lieutenant, and Senior Patrolman Bruce Barstad becomes acting Sergeant.

Brien Gault was sworn in as a member of the Glasgow Police Department by Mayor Willie Zeller on October 15, with acting Chief of Police Mike Sukut looking on. Gault, a Hinsdale native, has spent six years in the Valley County Sheriff's Department.

Leann Pippin, a former student and teacher at Saco Public School, is teaching this year in Japan. While attending a summer workshop at MSU-Northern to complete her elementary education degree, she heard about DoDDS (Department of Defense Dependent Schools). DoDDS is a worldwide system, operated by the Department of Defense in 14 foreign countries. Its mission is to provide quality education from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 for eligible minor dependents of DOD military and civilian personnel on official overseas assignments.

From dry northern China to dry northeastern Montana, a monolophosaurus head has found a new home at First Community Bank in Glasgow. The single-crested lizard from the middle of Jurassic period (150 million years ago) is a theropod. A suborder of meat-eaters who walked on their hind legs. The 12 centimeter high crest above its nose and eyes may have been a display to attract mates or establish territory.

50 Years Ago

Thursday, Nov. 9, 1972

While voters were traveling to the polls yesterday to cast their ballot in the general election, the results of their voting a year ago were taking shape at the site of the new Valley County Courthouse-Jail Complex. Voters approved the $792,000 new complex last November and Tuesday workmen were busily hoisting steel and lowering doors and heating units at the Third Avenue South site.

Burlington Northern "rolled out the red tracks" for 1,255 visitors last Saturday as they hosted Activity Day at Glasgow railroad depot.

Kenneth H. Berreth, of Ray, N.D., was hired as manager of Valley Electric Cooperative and the Valley Rural Telephone cooperative, succeeding Jim Turnland who resigned as manager.

A second quarterly grant payment of $20,000 has been made to the Glasgow City-County Library for the Golden Plains Library Federation demonstration, according to Alene Cooper, Glasgow City- County Librarian and David R. Hoffman, Montana State Librarian. Funds will be used to develop the collection of books to be used for area bookmobile, expected shortly after the first of the year.

75 Years Ago

Thursday, Nov. 6, 1947

Amy Walter, daughter of Col. And Mrs. E. H. Walter of Fort Peck, was a delegate to the United World Federalist Convention in St. Louis. This Convention was attended by representatives of 20,000 citizens who believe that a "world government with limited powers adequate to prevent war" is the only road to international peace.

The Glasgow Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor an air- tour over Valley County Sunday, Nov. 16, officers have announced. There will be a flight breakfast that morning at 7:30 in Glasgow and the group will eat lunch at Opheim. It is planned to land on most of the farm and ranch air strips in the county. Pilots interested in making the tour are asked to get in touch with Valley Fliers in Glasgow.

"If we had the money and the equipment we could completely eradicate tuberculosis," Archie Dalton of New York City representing the National Tuberculosis association, said in Glasgow last week. He explained that this would require a full program of X-Ray examinations, coupled with medical knowledge now available for treatment and arrest of the disease.