This Day In History - December 12
Author: Linda Huth, Broadwater County Musuem Curator
“What Happened This Week in History”
Submitted by Linda Huth; Sponsored by: The Broadwater County Historical Society and the Cotter Foundation
December 12
1912
"Doings of a Week”
Wm. Ragen, county clerk and recorder-elect is busy as a cranberry merchant these days in the office he is soon to assume familiarizing himself with his prospective duties.
Cliff Reynolds, one of the old timers of Broadwater County, arrived in the city yesterday accompanied by his wife. Mr. Reynolds is a prosperous farmer of the Beaver Creek Valley.
J.E. Kanouse shipped out a carload of oats this week to the eastern part of the state.
“Merry Hayrackers”
Wednesday night several loads of merrymakers made the welkin ring as they drove through town loaded in hay racks with new mown hay for seats, bound for John Whaley’s place where the evening was spent in dancing and having a royal good time. All say that if you can’t enjoy yourself at John Whaley’s farm, there is no use looking any further. Out of town young people together with a goodly portion of Townsend young folks made up the party and after enjoying the dance and luncheon to a late hour came home tired, but happy.
1940
“Personal News”
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holloway and daughters, Glory May and Mrs. R. Reiber and husband were Helena visitors Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frances Hough had as guests from Radersburg Wednesday, Mrs. Guy Tusing and Mrs. W.A. Miller, who were combining visiting and Christmas shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie D’Arcy left for Livingston on Friday where they will be located this winter. Mr. D’Arcy has a position with the State Water Board.
Miss Aletha Hale, R.N., was in Townsend the first of the week attending the bedside of her nephew, William Kimpton, who is a medical patient at the local hospital and who is very much better at this writing.
Jack Poole came over from Wisdom last Saturday to spend the weekend. He said it was 20 below when he left there and found 20 above weather here.
1968
“Half of Winners Double Value of Prize; Another Drawing to be Held Friday”
Five of the ten winners of gift certificates awarded last Friday evening by the Townsend merchants doubled their prize by being present in one of the participating stores when the winners were named
This year, if a person, or spouse, is present in a participating store, their $5 gift certificate automatically becomes a $10 certificate.
Winning $10 certificates last Friday were: Tom Hensley, Francisco Pharmacy; Polly Cross, Gambles; Dorothy Hahn, Coast-to-Coast; Mike Massa, Fryhlings; and Marie Ouren, Neifert-White.
Winning $5 certificates were: Bill Frey, Green’s Market; Chuck Smith, Jr., Bob’s Superette; Vera Arnett, Fisher’s Radio and TV; C.T. Smith, P-K Variety; and Bob Sullivan, State Bank of Townsend.
Next Friday, December 13, the Chamber and its participating merchants will hold another drawing for ten more $5 gift certificates. Be sure to be on hand and double the value of yours. It may be your lucky Friday the 13th.
“Local Ranchers Donate Calves to Boys Ranch; Picked up Here Last Wednesday”
Twenty calves were loaded out for Yellowstone Boys Ranch at Billings last Wednesday. This is only part of the total that will eventually be given to the boys ranch to be fed out and sold and also for food. Pete Cartwright has been contacting ranchers for several weeks lining up calves to be donated. He expects six or seven more will be sent to the ranch. The boys ranch will accept any calf as long as it is healthy. The extra care that can be given to a calf that may be blind is no problem and the calves that would not do good in a large bunch will do well with the extra attention. However, most of the calves loaded out last week were good big healthy calves.
Following is a list of ranchers who have given a calf so far:
Davis Brothers; John Plymale; John Williams; W.D. Williams; Bill and Albert Kimpton; Hunsaker Brothers; Mike Quinn of Boulder; Buck Anderson; C.A. Ranch, Three Forks; Charles and Robert Masolo; Bill Diehl; Plymale Brothers; Hubert Plymale; Charles Ragen; Dan and Larry Sullivan; Jim Tew, White Sulphur Springs; Bob Harris and Al Grandchamp; Pete and Harry Cartwright; and Thomas Carey, Boulder.
Pete has taken quite an interest in the Boys Ranch at Billings and was instrumental in a similar project for several years. He asks that any ranchers that may not have been contacted as yet and would like to donate a calf to this worthy cause to contact him and he will see it gets to Billings.
During its 12 years of existence, Yellowstone Boys Ranch has given help and a home to over 300 predelinquent or neglected boys. They currently have 80 boys to care for. Friends, through programs such as this one, have helped make their existence possible.
1996
“BHS Takes 4th at Science Olympiad”
Twenty-seven Broadwater High school and Townsend junior high school students participated in the 12th annual Science Olympiad, held in Bozeman Nov. 26. The BHS team finished fourth place among Class B schools and 14th overall.
Eli Clarkson and Elizabeth Welch earned a silver medal for their physics lab; Marc Beck, Amanda Sorenson, Heather Beck and Eric Flynn took fourth place in the Pentathlon competition; Michele Barrett and Kit Moldenhauer placed fifth in Water Quality. Other high school students competing were Ben Hanawalt, Niomi Winslow, Karen Alley, Megan Flynn, and Fred Boner. The high school students were coached by Pat Audet and Pete Robischon.
The junior high team, coached by Marvin Love, included Clint Hunsaker, Levi Hunsaker, Casey Dana, Erika Gutierrez, J.R. Middlemas, Daniel Spatzierath, Meghan Fautsch, Clint Baum, Jacob Updike, Jon Haas, Mike McNulty, Patrick Harrigfeld, Michelle Millay and Eily Wilczek.
