Voices from the Past

Friday, January 21, 1921

Thrown From Wagon; Ear Nearly Severed

When the rough lock broke on his wagon, Huey Rouney was thrown from his seat underneath the horses and sustained severe injuries. His face was bruised considerably and his left ear was nearly severed. He was working west of Stacey, bringing in a load of corn into the field and was on a steep grade when the chain broke. Some of the harness was damaged and the wagon’s contents strewn over the ground.

Dr. James was summoned from Broadus Saturday to dress the young man’s injuries.

Friday, January 18, 1946

Lloyd Rue Owns Pioneer Store

Lloyd S. Rue has purchased the interest of Lawrence Thompson in the Broadus Mercantile Co., and is now sole proprietor of that pioneer Broadus institution. The change in ownership was made last week.

The firm of Thompson & Rue was established on August 1, 1943 when they bought the Broadus Mercantile Co., from C.W. Miles and G.W. Taylor. The firm of Miles and Taylor had operated the store since the town of Broadus was established in 1919 and previous to that time had operated other stores in this territory.

Mr. Rue went to work as a clerk in the Broadus Merc. on June 1, 1939 after working for a year as the driver of the mail truck between Broadus and Miles City. Previous to that he had been engaged in the livestock business with his father at the Rue ranch on Little Powder river.

Lawrence Thompson had been the manager for the Broadus Merc. for approximately twelve years before buying an interest in the concern with Lloyd Rue in 1943. Before assuming the management of the store he had been employed as a clerk and truck driver for the store.

Thompson is retiring from business because of poor health. He has been advised by his physician to stop work entirely and that is what he intends to do. He plans to live in Broadus where he owns his own home.

Thursday, January 21, 1971

New business opens in Broadus

Reeves Chevrolet, Inc. opened for business this week in Broadus. The new business owned by Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Reeves, is located in the building formerly known as Bogner Bros. Garage.

The Reeves, former Billings residents, have leased the garage building from the Bogners and have acquired the Chevrolet franchise for this area. They will deal in new and used cars.

Two mechanics are on duty at the garage and will handle all types of mechanical work. The mechanics, Gene Thompson and Gene Jackson, are also former Billings residents and are Chevrolet-trained, experienced mechanics, according to Reeves.

Mr. and Mrs. Reeves are the parents of five boys, all grown. The youngest son is in the U.S. Navy and the other four live in Wyoming. The Reeves are former Wyoming residents and had the Chevrolet dealership in Douglas before moving to Montana in 1965. Reeves was in road construction work until recently and became acquainted and interested in the Broadus area when he had the contract on the Powderville road last fall.

A Grand Opening is planned at Reeves Chevrolet, Inc. when the new Chevrolets arrive, Reeves said.

Thursday, January 18, 1996

Barnhart and Urick score in Speech

Erika Barnhart’s speech on overcoming prejudice won fourth and Kim Urick’s Bosnia talk placed fifth in Original Oratory at last Saturday’s speech meet in Glendive with twenty-five teams.

“Erika’s score was particularly amazing as she switched this week from Humorous Oral Interpretation to Original Oratory,” said Coach Paula Nisley. “Erika, a freshman, had to write, memorize, and fine-tune a nine-minute speech in a week’s time, and she did it!”

“Sophomore Kim Urick has consistently placed in the top six at every meet,” added Coach Nisley. “With the daily change in political events in Bosnia, Kim had to continually revamp her speech. She’s a determined, hard-working competitor and has been an inspirational leader on our speech team.”

Three other speech members earned semi-final rounds: Jessica Daly in Serious Oral Interpretation, Susan Brimmer in Humorous Oral Interpretation, and Danielle Preston in Serious Oral Interpretation. Other Hawk competitors were Marnie Andrews and Elissa Gilger in Expository, Jennifer Richards in Serious Oral Interpretation, and T.J. Delker and Caroline Morales in Impromptu.

This next Saturday is the Divisionals meet in Miles City. Only the top six competitors in each event continue on to State, which will be in Hamilton the following week.