Voices From The Past

December 9, 1921

Number of Teachers Take State Examinations

Thursday and Friday of last week, public school teachers of this county took the required state examination which qualifies them for teaching if they pass certain grades.

In Broadus the written examination was conducted at the courthouse under supervision of Miss Florence Fitzpatrick, County Superintendant. Teachers present were Mrs. Caroline Bird, Rosa Lee Daily, Robert Bishop, Mrs. Florence Dorr, Miss Eva Crane, R.D. McCurdy, Mrs. Nina R. Craw, Mrs. Lester Earley, Miss Nellie Edwards, Mrs. Chester Hopkins, Mrs. Hazel Jesse and Miss Agnes LaFleur.

At the Cross Ranch, Biddle, the examination was conducted by Mrs. Robert Eccles. Teachers present there were Mrs. John Hitzel, Miss Bessie Lewis, Mrs. Fred Toman, Miss Julia Kocian, Ora Garst and Miss Anna Harrsch.

At the Trevaskis ranch, Stacey, the examinations were taken by A.M. Harlan and Theo Bair.

December 9, 1971

Win a Few, Lose a Few

Greg Roberts and Lynn Bostwick each scored 17 points as the Broadus Hawks soundly defeated the Poplar Indians 65-48 Friday night in Broadus.

Gary Murdoch said his team went into the game with a fine attitude resulting in a good team play. This was accented by 20 assists compared to 6 in each of the two previous games.

Team effort on the boards split the rebounds with Dave Nisley getting 13, Sid Samuelson 12, Lynn Bostwick 11 and Greg Roberts 10.

The Hawks played their usual good defensive game that allowed Poplar only a 30% completion average. Poplar’s offensive standout Ben Zimmerman was held to 15 points, far below his 26.5 points per game average.

Poplar was ranked as the sixth best Class B team in the state. Playmaker Chris Mangen was out with the flu and a sprained ankle but Ron Amen did a fine job at the point.

The freshmen and the B-squad teams traveled to Pine Hills last Friday night and suffered two defeats at the hands of the Beavers in their first contests of the year.

Coach Ron Moore’s freshman team led from the opening basket but fell behind and lost in the final four minutes on several bad passes and key turnovers. The freshmen looked great on defense but their poor shooting combined with a poor rebounding output cost them a relatively close ball game, 39-47. Zane Worman looked good for the future Hawks.

The B squad also lost a close game 54-48, but their downfall came in the very first four minutes of the contest when they fell behind 20-3. Randy Reeves, Roger Stabio and Greg Gardner all turned in stellar performances for Coach Holmlund but it was too little too late to catch the Beavers led by Luis Big Hawk’s 22 points.

Commercial Club Elects Officers

Floyd Irion was re-elected Monday to head the Powder River Commercial Club for another year. Officers elected to serve with Irion were, vice president, Glen Burton; recording secretary Georgie Vandever; corresponding secretary, J. Fred Toman; treasurer, Tom Lesselyoung, and to serve on the board of directors are Bob McCurdy and Don Heidel.

Dr. and Mrs. Carl DeOnier were guests of the club and were welcomed to the Broadus community by members present.

December 5, 1996

Top Hawks Named During Annual Awards Ceremony

Broadus Hawk Football team members received performance awards during annual ceremonies last week, presented by head coach Lynn Safranski.

Mike McGregor was named as the 1996 Most Valuable Player. Kevin Thompson received the Best Offensive player award while Best Defensive award went to James Ray. Jiggs Bilbrey was named as the 1996 “Mr. Hustle” and Lucas Dow received the Most Improved award. Skyler Gali received the Todd Harris Memorial “Mr. Stick” award for the year.

Two of the top athletes – McGregor and Ray – were named to the 1996 All Conference Team, Ray at his defensive line position and McGregor as running back. On the second All Conference team were Ray, offensive tackle; Gali, defensive back; and Thompson, punter.

Teacher of the Year

Connie Barnhart has been selected as the 1996 Broadus Education Association’s Teacher of the Year. Barnhart has taught art, math and enrichment in the local school system for the past 13 years. Criteria for the award includes hard work, professionalism, and cooperation with other staff members. What makes the award special is that it is voted upon by the people who are most knowledgeable about the education profession – teachers. The 1995 recipient was the late Colleen Samuelson. Marilyn Emmons was the 1994 recipient.