This Week In History Aug 26
 | Author:
Linda Huth, Broadwater County Musuem Curator
Linda Huth: MT43 News Board Member and Copy Editor |
August 25, 1938
4-H Achievement Day Festivities Postponed to Stop Spread of Disease, One Case of Meningitis Reported
The annual Achievement Day for the 4-H clubs of the county, which was to have been held this Saturday, has been postponed, according to Mrs. W.G. Kirscher, president of the county’s 4-H Club Council.
Mrs. Kirscher pointed out that with the one case of meningitis in town, the council thought it advisable to seek advice from the health authorities and co-operate in forestalling the spread of the disease, if possible. Health Officer Frank P. Nash advised that the postponement of the affair would be advisable for a few weeks, and it is thought the program will be carried out in about one month.
The condition of Miss Joan McCarthy, the 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.G. McCarthy, now suffering from spinal meningitis, is improved. She has been seriously ill at her home here for the past ten days. The house is under a strict quarantine and so far, no other case has been reported.
One case of scarlet fever was reported during the week. Boyce Robbins is practically recovered from a light case of this disease.
The whooping cough epidemic is under control, according to Dr. F. P. Nash, health officer.
1949
Swimming Classes to Close Saturday, Tommy Jenkins Says
Swimming classes are being held at the Missouri River bridge and the attendance for this class hit an all-time high Monday with 127 children checked in and out according to Tommy Jenkins, who is conducting the classes.
The classes will end Saturday, August 17, Mr. Jenkins said, and he wishes to thank the following high school boys for their help in watching the children: Kenny Marcott and Donny Clare.
He also said he wished to thank Ted Kieckbusch for letting them use his planks for the diving boards.
Toston News
Bert Quinn entertained a large number of relatives and friends at a lawn picnic at the home on Wednesday afternoon of last week. Present were Mrs. Clarence Berberet of Portland, Ore., Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tiddy, and family of Butte, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Austin and family of Helena, Mr. and Mrs. Casey and Mr. and Mrs. J. Farley of East Helena, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Berberet and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Quinn and family of Townsend, John McCullough, Frank Ross and Mrs. Ed Talbot.
Little Miss Lee Ann Wilcox celebrated her fifth birthday Wednesday afternoon by entertaining ten of her friends at a birthday party. Those who attended were Linda Belknap, Billy Cole, Bobby Flynn, Jeannie Greaves, Joyce and Judy Johnson, Gary Smith, Cheryl and Jimmy Thompson and Alan Wilcox. After an afternoon of games, the guests presented Lee Ann with gifts and refreshments were served by her mother.
1955
Toston Overpass Spanning River & R.R. Opened
The Montana Highway Department opened the newly completed Toston Bridge to U.S. Highway 10 traffic Saturday.
Highway officials said the $625,000 bridge over the Missouri River was built to replace the hazardous, 15-foot wide bridge that had bottle-necked U.S. 10 traffic for a number of years. In addition, the structure forms an overpass over the Northern Pacific railway tracks. In the past, the railway crossed the highway at one end of the bridge, creating a traffic hazard.
Officials said the $625,000 cost included grading work, bridge construction and erection of the overpass. Two separate contracts were let on the bridge and overpass
Anyone stopping in Toston will double back off highway 10, a distance of about a quarter of a mile.
Frank Byers has erected a new building on the highway to house his bar, the Red Rooster, moved from Toston to the new location the first of the week.
1966
Local News
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peters and sons left Saturday for Conrad where they will make their home. Mr. Peters has accepted a teaching position in the Conrad schools for the coming school year.
Gary and Tony Kaul and Mike Ragen were in Salt Lake City over the weekend.
Ronald and F.L. Olsen have taken their racehorses to Missoula where they will race at the fair this week.
Mr. and Mrs. David Wake and family returned home Friday from Farmington Ill. where Mrs. Wake and the children had stayed with Mr. Wake’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wake, while Dave attended school at Champaign Ill. He was enrolled at the University of Illinois where he attended the National Science Foundation Summer Institute with modern math as his course.
Fighter Squadron One Five One
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif. 96601
12 July 1966
Dear Editor:
The hard-fighting Vigilantes of Fighter Squadron 151 take a great deal of pleasure in announcing the selection of Miss Candace Diane Davis as our Tonkin Gulf girl of the month. Her sweet visage is a welcome companion through the flak ridden skies of north Viet Nam.
We ask that you present the enclosed squadron patch and charm to Miss Davis as a remembrance. May success follow her in her academic endeavors at Western Montana College.
The Townsend Star comes to us weekly through one of our fellow officers, Lt. jg. Bradley C. White. This weekly has caused Townsend, Montana to become for us, in the Thornton Wilder sense, “Our Town”.
Sincerely,
The Officers of VF1151
1977
Radersburg News
Jane Bottler and Lola Ricketts attended the Blood Pressure clinic held at the Senior Citizen Center a week ago. Mrs. Mary Grandchamp accompanied them to Townsend.
Debbie and Alan Smith got their trailer house today, Monday, after two weeks of long hours and hard work putting in water line and septic tank and hauling dirt away, not far to haul. George Hough needed it for fill around his place.
Mrs. Minnie Heisey and Mrs. Leslie Parks of Helena were Radersburg visitors one day last week. Leslie took her brother, Bill Holdaway, to town for shopping and Minnie visited with Oppie and Me.
Saturday, July 16, the Williams Brothers, Doc and John, took cattle to the Holdaway place for summer pasture. A picnic lunch was enjoyed at the new cabin site by most everyone.
Bea (Harris) Baker and her husband of Santa Monica, Cal., left the Houghs after spending some time in Radersburg and headed for Helena and Butte. They visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cobban and family of Winston. Then with Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Barraugh of Helena.
They were in Billings to visit her sister, Bobby Ann and family before returning home. Mrs. Hough received a letter on Monday that they had made it home safely.
Patti Ragen Schwisow, who is staying with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, while her husband is in school for the summer, left Thursday for Missoula to attend a wedding Saturday of a friend. She came home Sunday.
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