Yesterday's Memories

10 Years Ago

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Valley County jail is temporarily housing prisoners from Roosevelt County, while their jail is being retrofitted, painted, fixed and cleaned. According to Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier, the extra prisoners put the jail near the top of its capacity.

Laurel Anne Wageman, chosen Glasgow High School's homecoming queen last fall has been named a finalist for the 33rd annual Montana Homecoming Queen selection to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah.

A fake $100 bill was passed at Albertsons, the first counterfeit money seen in Glasgow in a long time. There is video of the transaction but the person can't be identified from the video. The paper on this bill feels a little thicker than a real bill and the color is darker, according to Captain Brien Gault, of the Glasgow Police Department.

Glasgow softball let a month's worth of pent up frustration explode in a four-game demolition of conference opponents on Friday and Saturday. The Scottie girls had practiced for two months straight but had played only one game so far this season due to the weather. Shyla Bergtoll delivered a combined no hitter, with teammate Sadie Sukut, and a three-run homer in the same game to lead the Scotties to a 19-1 victory over the Colstrip Fillies.

A pillar of Glasgow High School and Glasgow athletics, Bob Farrell passed away this week due to blood disease. Farrell started as a teacher and a coach in Culbertson in the late 1960s before moving to Glasgow in 1972, where he immediately had an impact on the school and its sports.

The Opheim High School track team competed in the Jean Dreikosen Memorial track meet in Glasgow, hosted by Hinsdale on April 20. Due to snow on the field, discus, long jump, javelin and triple jump were not held, which reduced the events of some of the athletes. Ashley Carroll placed sixth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 37.1 seconds. Ella See placed fifth in the 1600 with a time of 7:36.3. Emalee Fry placed fourth in the 300 hurdles with a time of 60.5 and fourth in the 100 hurdles with a time of 21.5.

25 Years Ago

April 23, 1998

The Glasgow City Council voted to apply for $1 million in grant funds for Phase 2 of the sewer separation project, which will improve the sewer system on the north side of Glasgow.

The famous Oscar Meyer weinermobile was in Glasgow en route to a promotion at the air base in Minot, N.D. Word spread and people actually clustered around to see the 23-foot long "frank tank." They made an impromptu appearance at the Milk River Activity Center before getting their buns on the road to "ketchup" with their schedule.

Headquarters Hair Salon was dealing with more than hot rollers and hot oil treatments. The Glasgow Fire Department found some alarming laundry when a load of drying towels caught fire. Luckily it was mostly smoke.

The Scotties have 27 girls out for the golf team this year. The four seniors are Erin Gilchrist, Marissa Copenhaver, Jaime Hood and Kaysi Braden. The four juniors are Ristina Johnston, Brette Sisson, Angela Norcutt and Marcia Stratton. The returning sophmores are Callie Riggin, Katie Pederson, Robyn Geiser, Deon Stein, Mary Baumgartner, Tasha Morehouse, Ammy Whittle Lacie Eastman, Allison Reddig, Chelsea Bunn and Kara Osterman. The newcomers include Krista Markle, Sarah Swanson, Dyan Newton, Debra Berger, Ashley Hughes, Sarah Stidman, Pam Southern and Janine Borgen.

Lindsey Peterson, daughter of Bruce and Sheila Peterson, of Nashua, plays golf for the Rocky Mountain College's women's team. In the first ever tournament held by the school, Rocky Mountain won the event by one stroke over Western Montana. Peterson, who tied with Brooke Markus of MSU-Northern for third place, won an individual medal, as they each placed 92. Peterson was the top golfer for her school in the event, recording a 45-47-92 scoring record.

The Nashua Lady Porcupines took second place with 63 points, at the Brockton Invitational meet while the boys' team placed sixth, with 34. For the boys, Jason Whittle placed fourth in the 200 meter with a time of 24.88; Jed Kirkland placed fourth in the 800 and third in the 1600; Skyler Dutton took sixth in the 1600 and Jason Tatafu ran sixth in the 300 hurdles. Also racking up points for Nashua was Evan Guenther, who threw the javelin to take second. The Lady Porcupines were led to second place honors, overall by the likes of Kellie Kramer, who ran the 800 to lace up first place. Kramer also jumped in the pole vault. Dani Oye and Jayme Shanks also jumped.

50 Years Ago

Thursday, April 26, 1973

Youngsters of all sizes began to gather at Hoyt Park in Glasgow shortly after noon on Easter Sunday for the annual Jaycee Easter Egg "stampede." Well over 200 youngsters took part in the annual egg hunt.

It was business as usual for Glasgow's City Council as they tackled two of the stickiest problems facing the city in the next four years, despite the fact that it was the final night of decision for half their number. What the new councilmen "cut their political teeth on" was: 1) incorporation of city-county law enforcement under the roof of the new Valley County courthouse jail complex and 2) providing adequate sewer facilities to the northeast Montana fairgrounds west of Glasgow's city limits.

Mark Etchart was reelected commissioner of the Glasgow irrigation district at the election April 7. Sever Enkerud of Tampico was named president at the reorganization meeting of the board. Ralph Eayrs of Nashua is vice president.

Three Glasgow women earned recognition at the state women's bowling tournament in Lewistown. Romona Tow earned 200 and 500 pins in the singles, chalking up a score of 233 with a 542 series. Sherry Richardson bowled 206 in the singles to earn a 200 pin. Rita Stebleton bowled an all spare game in the singles to earn a patch from the Montana Women's Bowling Association. The women are members of the First National Bank team in the Stars and Strikes League.

75 Years Ago

Thursday, April 22, 1948

City officials reported today that work on Glasgow's new lighting system is expected to start within the next two weeks. Saturday at 5 marked the deadline for filing protests against the creation of special improvement districts for the work.

Glasgow High School musicians who participated in the state solo and small ensemble festival at Montana State University in Missoula last weekend came away with a good record. The group was directed by Vern Hallenbeck. It was the first time Glasgow schools had been represented in the festival.

Bruce Ellis received one of only four Division 1 ratings given in brass solos for his French horn solo. He is eligible to go to the national regional competition.

The brass sextet, composed of Charles Sternhagen, Marvin Kuebler, Bruce Ellis, George Mahugh, Richard Austin and Richard Mahugh received a Division 2 rating. This was classified as excellent.

A Division 2 rating was given to the clarinet quartet – Marjorie Peters, Donna Jean Jensen, Floradell McKay and Marie Pattison.

Luella Rawe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rawe leads the Nashua high school graduating class in scholarship with a four-year average of 95.29. A close second is Florence Nicholson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Nicholson, of Fort Peck with an average of 94.5. The two will be valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.

Heralded by a ground-breaking ceremony Sunday, following regular services, work is starting this week on the new First Congregational church building in Glasgow. While the old church structure will be utilized in the new plans, the new edifice will be virtually a new building with no trace of the old to be seen.