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2 - FALLON couNFI\omEN FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 FILES OF THE VMS 10 YEARS AGO Friday, January 13,2006. - December 29, a farewell open house was held at the Bank of Baker for Shirley O'Connor who retired after working at the bank for nearly 30 years.. When the Baker City Council met Jan. 4, officials were sworn in by City Attorney Russell Culver. Officials sworn in were Anna Straub, City Judge; JoDee Pratt and Rod Morris, councilpersons; and Clayton Hornung, mayor. ... Fallon County's first baby of 2006 was Anthony James Fradenburgh. He was born Jan. 4 at 7:39 a.m. He is the son of Anthony Fradenburgh and Andrea Quintanilla of Baker. . . High temperature Jan. 9 was 52 degrees.. . Sue Nelson of Baker was the first place winner in Water Color Painting at the Billings Art As- sociation Juried Show... Ping and Gloria Askin and Cliff and Ruth DuCharme will celebrate their 50th wedding anniver- saries Jan. 15... At the Janu- ary 5 Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture meeting, new officers were elected. They are: Pat Ehret, president; Karol Zachmann, first vice president; Mike Griffith, sec- ond vice president; and Merri Beck and Anna Griffith, direc- tors. Randy Morris will con- tinue as treasurer and Lori Quenzer will continue as sec- retary. Outgoing president was Carla Rustad... Winner of the Coyote Calling Contest held Jan. 6-8 was the team of Tony Held, Todd Ifeid and Kelly Johnson from North Dakota.. Gladys Moseley recently cel- ebrated her 98th birthday. 20 YEARS AGO Friday, January 12, 1996.. Randy Frank marks 20 years with UPS. The company pre- sented him with a plaque and served cake and coffee in Glendive. . . The O'Fallon Community Band is for Fallon Couniy; and surrounding com- munities. The project is organ- ized by Jana Obye as a service project for a Gold Award for Girl Scouts. . . Lawana Hay- den is Reynolds Supermarket January Employee of the Month.. . Baker Core Group holiday shopping spree win- ners were: 1st - Alice Heiser, $250; 2nd - Delaine llickey, $150; 3rd - Debbie Pool, 575. ... Russ Fischer was the win- ner of the Pro -Bowl trip to Hawaii given away by the Corner Bar. . . The American Lutheran, Assembly of God, Baker Community United Church of Christ and St. John's Catholic Church con- gregations will join together for an ecumenical celebration for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Pastor David Olson of the American Lutheran Church will deliver the message. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 9,1986 - The local Beef Cook -Off, sponsored by the Baker Cow - Belles, was held recently at Baker high School. Thomasene Stieg took first place, Cindy Tronstad second and Brigitte Ferrel third. Judges for the event were Georgia Hansen, Clarence Schell and Ella Aniell... Out- going mayor Fred Williams is pictured passing on the re- sponsibility of the city to the new mayor, J.D. Kyle, through a handshake. City Council members are Walt Ehman, Bill Bohle, Tom McGonigal, and Richard Schueler.. . New of- ficers to be installed at the an- nual Chamber of Commerce banquet are Gerry Gamrath, president; Duane Quenzer, president-elect; Marilyn Askin, vice president; Barcia Samsel, treasurer; Alice An- derson, secretary; Larry Mer- win, Gordon Heimbuch, Maranda Fuchs, Harold Jensen, and Dale Boggs are directors... Daniel Handran of Baker was recently elected to membership in the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA). Dan is the owner of a local CPA firm... With the combination of snow and wind that has hit our area already this winter, the road crews have been busy trying to keep roads clear. Some days this has not been possible, and the roads have been closed off and on in the past two weeks. 40 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 8,1976- A recent article of the early spring -like weather lasted only long enough to get the story to press. Last week's weather produced six and one-half inches of snow in the Baker area with sub -zero tempera- tures, strong winds, drifting and in general, blizzard condi- tions. . . The Chamber of Commerce is in the process of preparing a new brochure about Fallon County. Anyone who has any black and white or color pictures they would loan for reproduction, please leave them at the Times Of- fice. . . Esther Leutkens is at her desk on her last day of work for the Montana -Dakota Utilities Company after 33 years of service. . . Mr. and Mrs. Herb Varner were hon- ored on their 25th wedding an- niversary at an open house given by their children at the American Lutheran Church. 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 13, 1966 - The revenue bond issue for the sewage lagoon will be up for the voters Jan. 17. . . Baker school enrollment as of Jan. 11 in grades kindergarten through twelve topped the Baker all time high which was recorded in the school year 1963-64 when there were 1051 stu- dents... Fallon Post No. 35 of the American Legion held their annual meeting Monday night. Speaker was Senator Gene Huntley. . . Rev. John Hanrahan showed slides of Ireland to the Baker Lions Club at their meeting Monday night at Grainger's Hall. FALLON COUNTY TIMES Montana 2016 Member (UM'S 1K49-00) Ph. 406-778-3344 • Fax: 778-3347 PO Box 679* Baker, Montana 59313-0679 Published every Friday in Baker, Montana Darlene Hornung Publisher/Manager Susan Newell Typesetter Tammy O'Donnell Sales Sherry Vogel Reporter Michael Castleberry Graphics Adsenising must he in by 2 p.m. Tuesday Periodicals postage paid in Baker. MT POSTMASTER Send address changes to: FAI.I.ON COUNTY TIMM • PO Box 679 • Baker, MT $9313 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $39 in trade area ($93 & $86 up codes) $TI in Montana $44 outside Montana ADVERTISING RATES: Local per column inch $7. to National Advertising per column inch $8.36 Classified per word over 25 words $8.95 m,niiiiiiiii. ill strictly cash Cards of Thanks I5.• per word over 50 words $6.g5 11111101111111. all strictly cash e-mail: kiimes@midrivers.com • www.FallonCountyfistra.com 40 -gl er Country Media, Inc. Come and Celebrate , ..... / 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 12, 1956 - Fallon County has received 123 doses of polio vaccine which will be given to chil- dren from one to 14 years and to pregnant women who have not previously received any polio vaccine. . . Oil activity seems to be centering in the Pennel area as the wells are being connected to the Butte pipeline... Baker Chamber of Commerce recently elected Dr. Mel Rogstad as president in their annual election of of- ficers. 70 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 10,1946 - At the regular meeting of the Commercial Club, Al Eckes was unanimously re-elected president. C.H. Doppler, vice president; Rex Flint, second vice president; L. Price, treas- urer; and W.L. Riddle, secre- tary. . . On and after Jan. 2, boards will no longer issue ra- tion books. Starting that date just the food ration books will be handled by the board. . . Fred Quenzer, who was sta- tioned in the Philippines for nine months, has been visiting relatives in Plevna for the past week. He plans to work in Billings. 80 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 9, 1936 - The first meeting of the Fallon County Fair Board was held Jan. 8 with president Larry Burns presiding. Other mem- bers were L. Price, Homer French. and FE. Bruggeman.. W.G. Melton of Lewistown, one of the oil operators devel- oping the Winnett oilfield, is in Baker this week looking over operations of MDU. . L.E. Baker, proprietor of the Baker Hotel and Cafe, was no- tified Tuesday from the Post- master General's Office, Washington, D.C., that he has been appointed to take over the duties as postmaster in Baker. He succeeds R.E. Mor- ris. . . L.E. Rushton elected president of the Commercial Club at annual meeting. 90 YEARS AGO Thursday, Januar 14, 1926 - Stockholders of the Fallon County Farm Loan Associa- tion held their meeting at the office of secretary R.W. Rus- sell Jan. 12. Messers Ames, Finch, Griffith, Bergstrom, McGinnis. Rogers and Sher- win were elected directors... Clerk of Court Keener is busy with the jury list for the next term of court... A.E. Munroe has purchased the Alheiser house near the courthouse and is having it remodeled. . . George Ferrel and Ruben Haven were in from Cabin Creek Tuesday after supplies. They say the snow is too deep for comfort out in that neigh- borhood. . . Basketball prac- tice started this week with a large number turning out for both boys and girls. Miss Johnson is coach for the girls and Mr. Graham for the boys. Legal Tip of the Week Did you know ... that you may be able to file your taxes for free and get your refund back in as little as eight days? The www.Mon- tanaFreeFile.org website gives you information on how to file your taxes for free and where to get tax help. It also gives you other general tax informa- tion that will make filing your taxes easier. For more information, visit www.MontanaFreeFile.org. If you can't find the information you want, click on the Live - Help button or call the Mon- tana Legal Services Association HelpLine at 1- 800-666-6899 free. Patchwork Quilt Guild Submitted by Joan Granunond The Patchwork Quilt Guild met Dec. 8 at Thee Garage with six members present. The project for the day was a wreath made with fabric leaves in fall or Christmas col- ors. The results were beautiful. The manner in which the leaves were sewed determined the finished look. This was also their Christmas party. The Guild will meet Jan. 12 at Thee Garage at 10 a.m. Please bring ideas for future projects. We will have election of officers. New members are welcome. Extension calendar Jan. 12 - Winter Ag Series, Ekalaka Jan. 13- Winter Ag Series - Baker; Fallon County Live- stock Committee meeting Jan. 18 - Holiday - office closed Jan. 20 - Fallon County 4-11 Council meeting Jan. 21 - Carter County 4-H Council meeting Cards Submitted by Jay Gregory Twelve people came out to play pinochle January 3 at the Baker Senior Citizen Center. There were three tables of four players. Winners were Lorraine Meschke - won twice, Jay Gregory and Carl Hepperle. Pinochle will be played at the Senior Center next Sun- day, January 10, at 1:30 p.m. U S EYE CARE 16W Divide • Bowman ND 58623 Call TODAY for an appointment 701-523-7707 Tootsie Hansons 90th Birthday Sunday, January 10th, 2016 From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. At Thee Garage Showroom In Baker, MT Your presence Is the only present needed! Padden - Kerr -Hoff Scholarship This scholarship is available for continuing education stu- dents. It will be awarded to a Fallon County and a Carter County student. The scholar- ship application can be found on the Fallon/Carter County Extension website at: http://www.msuextension.org/ falioncarter/homemakers.html Scholarship applications need to be turned into the Extension Office by May 1, 2016. For further information, please contact your Fallon/ Carter Extension Office at 406-778- 7110 or falloncaner I @mon- tana.edu. Fire news The Baker Fire Department responded to two separate fires last month. December 8, a call came in at 5:30 p.m. from a southeast Baker rural residence. An electrical malfunction caused a small shed to ignite which then spread to a nearby haystack burning it to the ground. The following week, De- cember 17, the BFD received a call at 2:00 a.m. from a home on the 400 block of First Street West. The home was filled with smoke and a faulty fur- nace motor was discovered to be the culprit. Volunteers, Continued from page 1 Baker Rec Department at 406-778-3152 Lincoln Elementary 406- 778-2022 Superior Care Villa 406-778- 3201 Fallon Medical Complex Long Term Care 406-778- 5186 Lakeview Baptist Church 406-778-3437 Fallon County Library 406- 778-7160. Weather Vane Dec 30 16 9 .01 Dec 31 20 9 T Jan 1 31 16 Jan 2 33 6 Jan 3 36 -1 Jan 4 41 11 Jan 5 36 8 YTD Moisture - 14.87\ Fallon Count Time!) -Tips By Sherry Vogel There is nothing better to take the winter's chill off like a warm, delicious mug of cocoa. This quick and conven- ient powdered mix is made ahead of time, stored in an air- tight container and ready to add to a mug of hot water. What better way to welcome guests or to warm up on an out-of-doors excursion. Cherry Cocoa Mix 6 1/4 C. nonfat dry milk powder 1 Jar (16 oz.) non-dairy powder creamer 1 Pkg. (16 oz.) chocolate mix for milk 1 Pkg. (16 oz.) confectioners sugar 1/2 C. cocoa 2 Pkgs. (0.13 oz. each) unsweetened cherry flavored soft drink mix Whipped cream and maraschino cherries with stems to garnish In a very large bowl, com- bine dry milk, creamer, choco- late mix, confectioners sugar, cocoa and soft drink mix. To serve, combine 2 1/2 heaping tablespoons cocoa mix with 6 oz. hot water. Garnish each serving with whipped cream and a cherry. Yields: 15 C. cocoa mix Publishing the history of Fallon County since 1916 ... 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