Fallon County Times (Baker, Mont.) 1916-current, May 27, 2016, Image 2

2- FALLON COUNTY TIMES FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016 MES or THE TIMES 10 YEARS AGO Friday, June 2, 2006 -- Baker American Legion Post #35 conducted Memorial Day services at the Plevna and Baker cemeteries. Pastor Bruce Inion of the Emmanuel Evangelical Free Church of Plevna led everyone in prayer, and Lorraine Piesik played Taps. . . Leonard Beckers has submitted his resignation after working in the Baker School system for 23 1/2 years in the maintenance and custodial de- partment. . . Reiny and Violet Straub will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary June 10. . . . Picture: Baker's busy Main Street traffic was brought to a halt when an ex- ceptionally long train passed through town. Traffic was backed up to the Lakefront Bed & Breakfast. . . Roy Bet- tenhausen was interviewed with respect to serving in the military during WWII. He served in the Army Third In- fantry Division and saw action in northern Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Germany and Austria... Montana State Uni- versity honored students for leadership, service and schol- arship at the 83rd annual Day of Student Recognition held Apr. 25. Julie Ho of Baker, junior, was among those hon- ored. 20 YEARS AGO Friday, May 31, 1996 -- Candidates for Fallon County Commissioner include William Duffield, Ron Siring, Ralph Losing, and Allen Rus- tad. The primary election will be held June 4. . . A going away party and golden jubilee celebration will be held for sisters Luella Zollar and Mary Carol Illa June 2 at St. John's Catholic Church in Baker. Sis- ter Luella is celebrating 50 years of religious life. . . Bart and Maralee Burdick are cele- brating their 25th wedding an- niversary with a barbecue June 8 at the ranch; John and Carol Karch will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary June 9; and Jack and Grace Lawler will celebrate their 50th wed- ding anniversary July 6. . . Kelly Blake placed first in the triple jump with a distance of 35'9\ at the state track meet and won the state high jump for the second consecutive year as she cleared 5'4\ May 24-25 in Bozeman. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 29, 1986 -- Cynthia Peterson is valedicto- rian of the 1986 graduating class at Baker High School, and Jeff Nichols is salutato- rian Virgil and Mildred Moline will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary June 8...At the Eastern Mon- tana College rodeo held in Billings May 23-25, Dean Wang was selected to a two year term as Big Sky Region Collegiate Rodeo Student Di- rector. He will receive an all expense paid trip to the Na- tional Finals Rodeo in Decem- ber...The U.S. Army Reserve has announced that Dave Schweigert and Kimberly Quenzer, both students at Baker High School, have been named winners of the 1986 Army Reserve National scholar/Athlete Award. 40 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 27, 1976 -- Danny Lutz is shown with his silver medal and participant badge he received in Billings May 11-12 for winning fourth place in the Special Olympics. . . District Conservationist Warren Lee will be leaving Baker in July when he reports to his job in Walla Walla, Wash... The annual Double or Nothing 4-H Rodeo will be held June 13 in the Plevna arena. . . May 23, the Baker High School Library was the setting for an afternoon recep- tion to honor L. Fredric Bruggeman who is retiring after having been a teacher and principal in the local school system for 42 years. The event was sponsored by Superintendent Harry Erick- son and school board mem- bers Rex Farstveet, Russell Culver, Art Koenig, Ashley Stanhope, Raymond Bruski, and Douglas Barone. 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 2, 1966 -- Vera Abrams is installed as Worthy Advisor of Rainbow Assembly No. 14. . . Merton Rustad will be the coach for the summer baseball program. . Bruce R. Dahlman gradu- ated from the Basic School of the Montana Law Enforce- ment Academy. . . The 90 pupils who received their eighth grade diplomas last Fri- day morning represents the largest eighth grade class in the history of the Baker school system. . . Montana State AAU Junior Olympic winners in Billings include: bantam relay team - Shelly McGee, Lynda Herbst, Sheryl Eshle- man and Sharon Moore; inter- mediate relay team - Marcia Ellingson, Carol Schaefer, Mary McGonigal, and Arlette Garber. 60 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 31, 1956-- A class of eighth graders, 40 CUSH & COMPANY) REAL ESTATE* - ---w- Ag Land & Auctions Monty - Rob (406) 234-1523 miles eiN www.leshandcompany.com (U5PS 184940) Ph. 406-778-3344 • Fax: 778-3347 PO Box 679 • Baker, Montana 2016 Member 59313-0679 Published every Friday in Baker, Montana Darlene Ilornung Publisher/Manager Susan Newell Typesetter Tammy O'Donnell Sales Sherry Vogel Reporter Michael Castleberry Graphics Advertising must be in by 2 pm. 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Fire Chief Vic Grainger and fireman Bing Bakken ae pictured with the new fire truck delivered to the department last week... Bing Bakken, Gene Russell, John Geisler and Sheldon Rediske attend a stockholders meeting of the Dickinson Radio and TV Assn. and stated Dickin- son should be on the air with television within 90 days...A tea was given in honor of Miss Edwina Eichenberger Satur- day afternoon for her retire- ment after 33 years of teaching in Baker. . . A picture page showing the new equipment of Fallon County Hospital is shown. Merri Bums is shown looking into a microscope with a new x-ray unit in the background; Mrs. Inez Krokker is shown in the process of answering Miss Veronica \Nickie\ Brugge - man's call for a change in the new incubator donated by the Lions Club... Roberta Yokley is installed as Worthy Advisor in the Rainbow Girls. 70 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 30, 1946 -- Memorial services list those from Fallon County who died for God and Country in World War II including Steve Aven- der, John Bergstrom, Leonard Chesnover, William Coey, Robert Felt, Delbert Halsey, Donald Halsey, Jean Hanley, Lloyd Harris, Earl Holmes, Earl Johnson, Aaron, Kochel, Denzil Kntager, Glen Leis- chner, John McGee, Edward Micka, Curtis Myhre, Floyd Sampson, Howard Schimmel, Gotfred Schlect, Thomas Schmidt, Vernon Schuetzle, Ronald Siring, George Sparks, Emmanuel Wenz, and Eli Wasnuk. . . Josephine Loran, daughter of Mrs. Josephine Loran, sustained a broken neck and died almost instantly in a car wreck and six other young Baker people were se- rious injured Saturday just be- fore midnight on Highway 12. . . Gideon Heimbuch has en- gaged the George Askin outfit to drill an artesian well in Plevna. Soon we should have plenty of water in Plevna. 80 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 4, 1936 -- One of the old trainsmen, Rat- tle Snake Pete, of Deadwood, S.D., is in the city located at Frank Kuss' Saddlery where he does some fancy leather - work for trade... E.E. Stoerig arrived this week from Ab- erdeen and has taken over the Baker Hotel Cafe. 90 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 28, 1926 -- Cottle S. Bisbee, George Buergi, J. Robert Corbitt, Frank Dickey, Mildred E. Gul- lidge, Gerald B. Hitch, Lavern Hough, Raymond Jardee, Debbie Lowry, Beulah J. Mc- Farland, Max L. Metier, Verol E. Shepherd, Mae G. Smith and Margaret H. Warren com- prise the graduating class of 1926, Baker High School. . . Earnest Heinrich, former mayor of Baker and owner of the Baker Creamery, is starting a truck line from Baker to Beach and Wibaux, including eleven intervening points. Weather Vane May 18 74 38 May 19 81 41 May 20 77 48 May 21 76 53 May 22 76 45 T May 23 70 42 T May 24 73 37 YTD Moisture - 4.93 3 A S Join us for a Onday l it wo e e Polka • Jitterbug Thee garage Showroom Kevin Dukart Republican Candidate for Fallon County Commissioner As a Fallon County Rancher and Clerk/Treasurer for the City of Baker I understand the needs of both urban pi and rural residents of Fal- \ Ion County. I welcome the opportunity to use my ex- periences to work toward solutions to best serve PE these diverse needs for our community. pi I would appreciate your vote for Fallon County Pi Commissioner in June 7 primary election. Paid for by Kevin Dukart * r 74 1:.0 41 1 , 3r k 1 ??, Baker, ,z MT 59313 *41.). iff ::.20.40111 Please join us for a concert by Ron and Opal Erickson, from Branson, MO, Medicine Rocks Church Sunday, May 29 11:00 AM Picnic following the service. If you wish to Join us, bring enough meat to grill and side dishes for your family and guests. The church will provide drinks. Medicine Rocks Church Is located 11 miles North of Ekalaka on Medicine Rocks Road, Just off Hwy 7. A freewill offering will be accepted for the Ericksons. For more Information, call 406-775-6645. 100 Years Ago Fallon County Times Successor to the lallonite Printed weekly at Baker, Montana, in the interest of the people. Butte H. Tipton, Publisher Entered at the PostetTice at Baker, Monbana, as Second Class matter Two dollars the year, strictly in advance The !anon County Times is 100 years old the week, May 28,2016. Following are a couple of stories from back then. 100 Years Ago Hotel will be finished soon Negotiations are now underway whereby the financial difficulties which beset the Baker Hotel corporation will be smoothed out and the building completed. Everyone is pleased at this announcement. The new hotel will be a credit to the city. In the hands of careful and conservative financiers the affairs of the company will soon be adjusted to the satisfaction of everyone who has invested money in the enterprise or who has filed attach- ments against the property. City levies tax current year At the regular semi-monthly meeting of the council Tuesday eve, presided over by Mayor Barstow, a resolution was passed fixing the levy on city property for the fiscal year ending the first Monday in May, 1916. The levy as provided for in the resolution is as follows: General and Contingent -3 mills; Street and Alley -4 mills; Light- ing Fund - 3 mills; Interest and Sinking fund - 4 mills; Part Im- provement - I mill. Baker, the City of Opportunity Baker is being advertised to the world in most attractive manner through the splendid booklet recently issued by the Baker Chamber of Commerce. Throughout its pages are depicted in the most truthful manner possible, viz: by photographs, busy scenes in and about the city, portraying bustling activity and prosperity. The descriptive matter is written in a forceful yet entertaining style, without the bombastic, rhetorical effusiveness characteristic of similar publications. Standing out in bold relief, embossed in gold on the front cover, is the trenchant motto - Baker the City of Opportunity - that will be widely advertised to thousands of men and women in whose hands the booklet may fall. The writer of the booklet believed \the truth about Baker is good enough and stuck to it\. In his opening lines we find: \It sometimes happens, in the process of empire building, that one community is especially fa- vored; that the riches surrounding it and contained in its soil are so copious that Nature appears to have made it one of her principal depositories.There are few places more favored in this respect than is that part of Fallon County, Montana, of which the City of Baker is the center.\ The officers of the Chamber of Conunerce, and particularly Pres- ident Price and Secretary Bamford and Messrs. Wintcrmutc and Bums, to whom a large part of the literary work is accredited, de- serve the thanks of everyone for their faithful service to the com- munity. Of course every business man who contributed toward the booklet deserves credit too, but the good that will eventually accrue will far outweigh the dollars that it cost— DaiIgSpeczd. • 71( y 27 - lone Friday- Finger Steaks w tide Tcotato Tortellini Soup Saturday - Mu Can Eat Soup and Salad Bar Tuesday - Swiss steak wMashed Potatoes Beef Noodle Soup Wednesday - Fried Chicken reloaded Mashed Potatoes • Knoeprla Soup Thursday - Pepperoni Pizza Wraps Creamy Mushroom Soup We serve homemade breads and desserts or take a loaf of homemade bread home! Lake City s ngi, Center To Go Orders • See us on Facebookl 4 2202 (pen y - SaturLy Please give 24 hours notice 5:30 ATM - 3p.flv for pans of caramel rolls 0;j4 FARMERS INSURANCE I IUGE discounts on new homes, auto/home and new roof. (Inc simple call could save you a lot of money Recently saved a Baker customer $3,000 per year on their autos alone! Baker office In the Lake City Shopping Center I-800-859-0333 • (406) 679-0262 RaeAnn Svedberg, Agent rsvedberg@farmersagent.com www.farmersagent.colorrsvedbcrg ftrsd us. Facebook I) 8 11 Baker Agronomy Center Full Service Agronomy Plant Fertilizer • Crop Protection • Seed • Recommendations and farm service geared around your operation • Latest in crop mair . iagement products to maximize this year's crop potential Grower owned company helpino to debit otieceo. , in the field Stop in and visit: Parker Murnion Call: 406-778-2929 Letters to the editor policy Letters to the editor are welcome and will bC published if they adhere to the following rules: They must be signed (unless e -mailed) and include an address and phone number for verification. They must be an issue of public interest and preferably concern only one topic. Letters should be as brief as possible. We reserve the right to edit the letters for length as well as taste and libel. Letters should be typed or legibly written. 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