Yesterday's Memories

Compiled by Michelle Bigelbach

The Courier

10 Years Ago

Wednesday May 15, 2013

A new study released by the Montana Department of Commerce predicts that Valley County will experience modest population growth in the decades ahead and then return to about present-day levels by 2060. From the estimated 2012 population of 7,604, the numbers will rise to a peak of 8,188 in 2028. This is almost exactly what the population of Valley County was in 1990.

More than 100 fifth-graders from all the Valley County schools had a beautiful day to learn about soil and water and the growing things that inhabit their landscape. Their day began at East Side School with the annual rite of passage for fifth-graders: eating bugs. MSU Extension agent Roubie Younkin extolled the protein value of the mealworms ground up in her banana bread and the crunchy ants in the Rice Crispy treats.

Glasgow's Head Start is having a big birthday party this weekend. A 20th anniversary celebration will be held by the Head Start Parents Committee of 2012-2013 with a spring fundraiser. Over the past 20 years, the program has served almost 400 children and their families in the Glasgow, Valley County area. This year, the Glasgow Center has 19 enrolled children.

The B-Team Glasgow Reds christened the season on Sunday in Sidney, splitting a pair of games with the Patriots. With a dozen new kids in legion this year, there was bound to be some bumps and bruises early, according to Head Coach Jack Sprague.

Tamrah Pewitt and Makkell Baillargeon will make their Scottie golf debuts at the state tournament this season. The pair will be the only representatives for the Scotties after Pewitt took 11th and Baillargeon was 14th at the Northern B Divisional in Malta on Saturday.

It was complete and total domination for trackers in red at the District 2B Meet. The Glasgow girls scored 216 points; 82 tallies in front of second-place Plentywood. The boys were not quite as dominant but were still solidly the best team at the meet, scoring 199 points to Malta's 163.

25 Years Ago

Thursday, May 21, 1998

Glasgow School Board superintendent Gary Martin confirmed that approximately seven acres of of frontage owned by the school board on Highway 2 between First and Fourth Avenues North in Glasgow has been sold for $150,500. The buyer is Capital Consultants International of Billings. Though it was declined to name the stores until the contracts are signed, one is a retail store currently doing business in Glasgow.

The residents of Valley View Home were a noisy bunch at the rodeo held on May 15. They raised as much ruckus for the cowboy events as the crowd did at the fair. Clara Belle the rodeo clown (Cindy Bishop) and announcer Roy Connell kept the humorous events moving swiftly.

Betty Stone, manager of the Cottonwood Inn, was given a plaque recently by Glasgow Recreation Director Dennis Dawson for her support of the 500 Mile Club. For the past five years Stone has given a gift certificate for lunch for two at the Cottonwood's Prairie Rose Restaurant to everyone who walks 500 miles in one year. Dawson said 500 miles represents about 10 miles a week or two miles a day, which is the minimum level of exercise recommended for fitness and health.

The Glasgow Boys Track team defended their 2B Championship Saturday by rolling up 139 points to runner up Poplar's 104. The team is Casey Burke, Josh Dascher, Paul Yoakam, Joe Petrino, Teage Kinzell and Eric James, under the direction of Coach Mark Yoakam. The senior girls took second place during the competition, under the direction of Coach Mark Yoakam. The team consisted of Erin Archambeault, Kami Malnaa and Heidi Oschner.

Claiming the first place trophy in the boys' division of the 3C District Track Meet in Glasgow was the Nashua team, Corey Pisk, Shaun Pisk, Tyrel Brandt, Skyler Dutton, Jason Whittle, Coach John Jones, Jed Kirkland, Justin Johnson, Evan Guenther, Brad Watson, Tyler Viste, Ben Wagner and Jason Tatafu.

The boys and girls junior high track teams both ended their season on a victorious note at the District 3-C Track meet. The boys' team earned first place with 113 points. Individual placers were Nik Anderson, who won the shot put, and placed fourth in the 100m and the 200. Tyson Schlabs won the discus, jumped second in the high jump, second in the triple jump and third in the 100 hurdles.

50 Years Ago

Thursday, May 17, 1973

The Northeast Montana Law Enforcement annual pistol shoot opened at their new outdoor range at the Glasgow Trap & Skeet club grounds with some match shooting between Glasgow Mayor Jim Christinson and Valley County Commissioner Howard "Tiny" Cornwell. Both governmental representatives, firing standard .38 calibre police revolvers blazed away at paper silhouettes from all the prescribed distances.

Michael DuWayne Johnson is valedictorian of the Hinsdale 1973 graduating class and Laura Ann Mogan is salutatorian. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. DuWayne Johnson, is president of the class, the student council and the FFA chapter. He earned the state farmer degree in FFA at the state meet. He is vice president of Honor Society and the High School Band. He was a member of the varsity basketball team and is serving on the Raider track team. Mogan is secretary-treasurer of the Senior class, vice president of the Future Homemakers of America chapter and secretary of Honor Society. She has been selected to tour Europe this summer with other band and chorus members from the state.

Robert Starbird, former Opheim student, has signed national letters of intent to play football for the University of Nevada on a full four year scholarship. The grandson of Mrs. Beatrice Hedalen, of Glasgow, Starbird was named on to the Nevada AAA All-State team in both football and basketball last year at Las Vegas.

Glasgow Scotty golfers had one of the busiest weeks of the spring golf season – and just about re-wrote the GHS golf record book in the process as they traveled from Williston N.D., to Lewistown and to Hardin. At the pre-divisional tourney in Hardin, the GHS girls placed third, only one stroke behind runner up Billings West. The boys placed fourth with a 204 total. The boys' squad broke their school record by a whopping 13-strokes in what was their finest single appearance of the season and the girls were no less spectacular as they chopped nine strokes off the school record.

Leading vote getters in the kindergarten contest were named this week. Capturing the most votes for the girls are Gina Hartry, first; Nancy Koelling, second; and Rhonda Dungan. For the boys, Thomas LaRoque is ahead, followed by Michael Dalby and Harold Powell. The contest ends in early June.

It was a two team battle between the Lustre Lions and the Westby Rangers for first place in the District 1-C track and field meet May 9 at Medicine Lake. After changing hands for the lead all day, Westby pulled out the victory. The top point getter for the Lions, however, was Wes Senner, a spring with 14.

75 Years Ago

Thursday, May 20, 1948

Sale of the Glasgow hotel and Oasis lounge to Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Trew of Spokane, was announced by Paul. J. Campbell, owner. Mr. Campbell stated he had no plans for the future. He had operated the 38-room hotel and lounge here since the fall of 1933, and has been active in numerous civic and community projects, particularly aviation and development and construction of the Glasgow airport.

Jerry Dull and Patsy Pattison are valedictorian and salutatorian of the Glasgow High School graduating class of 1948. Senior Dull has a straight A average for his high school career. They will both be speakers on the high school commencement program.

Tuesday's maximum temperature of 102 here was the nation's highest for the day. It was a new record for Glasgow and it even caught the weatherman with his storm windows on. Robert R. Roland, official in charge of the Glasgow Weather Bureau Station said the 102 figure was the highest since records began in 1898, with figures not available for one or two years.

North Star Masonic lodge is another Glasgow organization that is giving active support for the current Deaconess Hospital financial campaign. Mr. Friedlund announced he had received a letter from George W. Lane, lodge secretary, enclosing the lodge's draft for $500 as a contribution to the campaign.

Miss. Arlene Bruce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Bruce of Glasgow, and Miss. Helen Tihista, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tihista, of Glasgow, will be graduated from the Columbus School of Nursing at commencement exercises in the Heisey Memorial Sunday night.