Yesterday's Memories

10 Years Ago

Wednesday June 19, 2013

The Glasgow Courier won two state wide awards for first place and three for second during the Montana Newspaper Association's 2013 convention last week in Missoula. The Courier's big winners in the MNA's Annual Better Newspaper Contest were Nashua correspondent Sandy Laumeyer for Best Column Writing and Sports Editor J. Levi Burnfin for Best Sports Column.

Justiss Firemoon, the Hi-Line's representative at Saturday night's Miss Montana Pageant, won the talent competition with her singing of "The Phantom of the Opera." In her first pageant ever, the Fort Peck Reservation 18-year-old survived the first two cuts of contestants that trimmed the field from 13 to seven.

A Canadian oil exploration company has withdrawn the offer it made to lease minerals on land belonging to Valley County, citing the difficulty of conducting business under restrictions intended to protect the habitat of the threatened sage grouse.

There were close to 10,000 collisions in Glasgow on Saturday. All of them were with malicious purpose as 17 drivers and cars participated in the 80s and Up Demolition Derby at the Glasgow Fairgrounds. With a Calcutta immediately preceding the wreckage, and thousands in prize money on the line, the drivers were not holding back and steel crunching punches. Coming out of the twisted Ball of Metal was Fred Potter, who took the top spot in the finals over second place finisher and defending Champion Willie Lauckner.

The Slugging Reds continued their offensive outpour for a perfect 7-0 record on the week. Coming to the Aaron's Tournament in Billings on Saturday and Sunday, The Reds were averaging nearly 10 runs per game, racking up 51 extra-base hits in only 15 games. Those trends continued in Billings even if not immediately.

25 Years Ago

Thursday June 25, 1998

The Glasgow School Board met on June 10 and accepted the retirements of teacher Carolee Gamas and Warren "Nick" Gamas, business manager and bus administrator of the school district. Superintendent Gary Martin thanked them for the total 77 years of service they gave to the district.

Nadine Pickthorn's new painting "Return to Sand Arroyo," has been chosen by the Franklin Mint to appear on a collector's set of four plates. The band of horses and their shadowy spirit riders will be divided into separate images for the plate series. The Nashua Artist's painting is set in an actual location about 20 miles south of Fort Peck, west of the highway, where bands of wild horses used to roam.

The Glasgow City Council was notified at their regular meeting on June 15 that construction of the walkway on Cemetery Road would begin June 18. They heard that the long delayed project is scheduled for completion on Aug. 14.

The Valley County Conservation District conducted their Fifth Annual Fifth Grade Outdoor Ecology Workshop on Wednesday, May 6, a windy but sunny day. All Valley County school students were invited to attend. Approximately 100 students from Glasgow, Nashua and Frazer took part in the event.

Vice President Al Gore and Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman announced the states of Montana and Oklahoma have been approved for Welfare of Work Grants of $14.9 million to help the hardest to employ welfare recipients acquire the skills, work experience and resources they need to find and keep good jobs.

Jalynn Schultz of Glasgow has signed a letter of intent with Jamestown College to play volleyball. The 6-foot middle/outside hitter plans to study Criminal Justice and psychology. While in high school, Schultz was on the top of the Class B State Championship Teams in her sophomore and junior years; school record holder for blocks; Made first team All State her junior and senior years; All-State Tournament Team, sophomore and senior years; All Conference, junior and senior years; and was the team captain her senior year.

In 1989, new legislation provided an opportunity for Fish, Wildlife and Parks to take a more proactive approach to managing fish habitat namely, to develop a program for restoring habitat that has been damaged. Funded from the sale of Montana fishing licenses, the program took 50 cents from each resident and $1 from non-resident fishing license. Between 1989 and 1995 the River Restoration Act funded of partially funded more than 60 stream restoration projects.

50 Years Ago

Thursday June 21, 1973

Linda Madson, 32, 16-year employee of the local radio station, takes over as station manager here effective July 1, according to W.L. Holter of Great Falls. Mrs. Madson succeeds Leo A. (Bud) McLachlan, a native of Wolf Point, who has been affiliated with the local station since 1957.

The Clansmen bowling team, sponsored by Tommy Rodgers and the Clansmen Cafe and Supper Club of Glasgow, has beaten the reigning 1972 National Bowling Congress Champion Hamm's Beer team of Minneapolis; out rolled 1.115 Montana teams entered in this year's Hamm's-sponsored Bowling Challenge; and ranked 10th among the keglers from 21 states entered in the contest.

Greg Vosen, straddling a Yamaha 250 MX in the 250 open class, led all event winners including the trophy dash finals to become the top money rider at last Sunday's Duck Creek motorcycle races.

A sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning brought home the winning run as the host squad defeated Baltruse Construction of Havre, 9-8, in the Fourth Annual Sam's Supper Club Softball Tournament held in Fort Peck last weekend.

75 Years Ago

Thursday June 24, 1948

Two hundred-fifty big mouth bass taken from reservoirs in southern Philips County were in Glasgow Wednesday afternoon on the way to be planted in a dozen public domain stock water reservoirs in Valley County.

Milo Jennings, who served in the last legislature as a state representative from Valley County, Saturday filed his petition for renomination to that office on the Republican ballot at the primary election, July 20.

The steeple of The Queen of the Angel's church in Nashua was struck by lightning Wednesday afternoon around 2:30. The northwest corner was shattered and a fire was started. This is the third time in recent memory that the steeple of The Queen of the Angel's church has been struck by lightning.

Heavy inflow the past week has brought the Fort Peck Reservoir to within a fraction of a foot of the record level reached during 1947, it was reported by army engineers Wednesday. Peak flow of 81,870 second feet was recorded Monday, no doubt reflecting flood waters from the Marias and Teton, Missouri tributaries.

The Opheim Junior Legion baseball team combined 15 hits and six bases on balls to defeat the Nashua Juniors, 19 to 2, on the local diamond last week.