Voices from the Past

February 10, 1922

A County High School Planned

At its regular monthly meeting, the Broadus Chamber of Commerce endorsed a county high school project as a necessity for meeting the requirement of higher education for the young men and women of this county. The action resulted after a general discussion in which facts and figures were presented to sustain such a course.

A mass meeting of everyone interested in a county high school has been called for 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon, February 18, the day of the home talent play, and at that time data and all possible information will be presented pertaining to a county high school. The procedure for initiating the county high school petitions, cost to the taxpayers, number of county high school pupils to be benefited, candidates as location for high school, etc. Everyone interested in advanced education for young men and women of this county are urged to attend the mass meeting on the day mentioned.

February 7, 1947

School Notes – Offices Granted

Friday, January 31, President Roger Rumph appointed his new cabinet and every appointee was confirmed by the Student Body. The commissioners are as follows:

Commissioner of Justice, Robert Irion; Commissioner of Finance, Chris Mangen; Commissioner of Maintenance, Joy Rogge; Commissioner of Physical Education, Lee Harrsch; Commissioner of Social Science, Faye Hough; Commissioner of Natural Science, Betty Daniels; Commissioner of Mathematics, Gladys Wiechman; Commissioner of Social Activities, Lorena Trucano; Commissioner of Languages, Vivian Dent; Commissioner of Library, Grace Smith; Commissioner of Music, Bettyan Halleck. President Rumph also chose Lawrence Powell as Secretary.

Parking Meters Not Interesting

President O.G. Christianson presided at the regular monthly meeting of the Powder River Commercial Club held in the Community Church basement Monday evening following a supper served by the members of the Community Club.

The club voted to send a delegation of members to the meeting with the new highway commission of South Dakota that is being sponsored by the Highway No. 212 association. The president appointed the following to the delegation: A.W. Heidel, Ashton Jones, J.A. Williams and H.R. Straiton.

Steve A. Holt, Jr., reported for the ice skating rink committee. He said that he asked J.P. Miller for permission to flood the Miller lots on Lincoln Avenue and that this permission had been granted. He stated further that the county road grader had cleared and graded the rink site and that the rink had been flooded by members of the Broadus Volunteer Fire Department.

Holt also reported for the hospital committee and said that the need for a hospital was not diminishing even though the outlook for the construction was not bright. He suggested that contributions for the construction of a hospital should be solicited. Chester E. Onstad added his words to these remarks. Ashton Jones said that the cost of such a hospital would preclude the possibility of raising the money in this manner and that if the people of the county wished to have a hospital, they would vote bonds for its construction. He proposed that the commissioners be petitioned to call for an election at the time of the primary election in the summer of 1948 to vote on hospital bonds.

H.L. Whiting brought to the attention of the members the fact that the Miles City Star had stated that at a round table meeting held in Broadus during the past week, the subject of the parking ordinance in Miles City had been discussed and that the people of Powder River County were opposed to the parking meters in that city. It was brought out that no such meeting had been held in Broadus and that the citizens of Broadus and Powder River County felt that Miles City could solve their own problems without any outside assistance.

Mr. Gibbs of the Montana Highway Department was introduced by A.W. Heidel and told of his work in the planning survey. Mr. Gibbs is in the department that seeks gravel for highways in the areas where gravel is scarce. He said that sufficient amounts of good gravel were available along the Biddle Road to assure and adequate surface for the secondary road to the Wyoming line.

Kenneth Smith asked the club members to endorse the School Re-organization bill now pending before the state legislature and to notify the Powder River County delegates of their action. After considerable discussion in which Smith said that the objectionable features had been withdrawn from the bill, the club voted to endorse the bill.

On motion, the club voted to pay for the ribbons awarded in the annual rural school track and field meet to be held in Broadus during the spring.

February 10, 1972

New Drivers Ed Car for School

Gerald Reeves of Reeves Chevrolet, Inc. in Broadus delivered a new driver’s training car to the Broadus High School Monday morning. The new car is a 1972 Impala four-door sedan equipped with air conditioning, automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes, tape deck and a 400 V-8 engine. The car was delivered to the school with a total of six miles on the odometer.

Reeves furnishes the school with a driver’s training car with some assistance on expense from the Chevrolet company. This car is the second car the school has had this year from Reeves. The car used during the past semester was a 1971.

Bob McCurdy of the Park Mobil station in Broadus furnished studded tires for use on the training vehicles during the winter weather. The tires which McCurdy furnished this year were transferred from the vehicle used during the past semester to the new car before delivery.

Mr. Glenn Gerry, Driver’s Education Teacher, said the thought the new car was wonderful. He said he was very pleased with the air conditioning, as the cars in the past have been extremely uncomfortable for the students in the early fall and late spring.

Reeves said he updates the training cars as often as necessary. He had planned to keep the new car for himself, he said, but felt the car was needed at the school for the new semester.

February 6, 1997

Hawks Gun Down Wibaux and Forsyth

The Broadus Hawk Varsity had “an excellent weekend” according to Coach Jerry Coulter, posting a 63 to 53 point win over Wibaux here Friday evening, and a 69-51 point win over conference rival Forsyth on the road Saturday.

“The kids came off the bench and played real well too,” the coach said. “As a team we’re starting to make a few more three pointers. We’re a pretty good team with our size if we can shoot the ball well from the outside and play good defense.”

Friday evening the Hawks held a two point lead at both the first and second quarter stops (10-8 and 22-20). Broadus then began to open things up in the second half and jumped to a 12 point, 41-29 lead in the third quarter. In final quarter action, the Hawks held back a bit but still scored 21 points, giving up 24 to Wibaux.

James Ray led the scoring attack with 21 points. He also finished with eight rebounds, and assist, and took a charge to turn the ball back over to his Hawk team. Bob Samuelson finished with a double-double, scoring 11 points while pulling down ten boards, seven on defense. Samuelson also finished with two blocked shots and two assists. Jiggs Bilbrey scored in double figures too, with ten points. And, he had five boards, one blocked shot, three steals and two assists for an excellent game. Kevin Thompson was one for one from beyond three point range and finished with seven points, to go along with one rebound, and two assists. Thompson also took a charge to turn the ball back.

David Stanley drained one of three, three point tries and finished the evening with five points. He also had one rebound, three steals and four assists. Jason Coulter struck for four points, and pulled down four rebounds and had two steals and an assist. Joel Mathieson added three points. Lucas Dow chipped in with two points. He also had three rebounds and two assists. Mike McGregor finished with two assists, Jason King with two rebounds and a steal, and Jesse Fleming with one point and two steals.

The Hawks dominated rival Forsyth Saturday, leading at all quarter stops. The Hawks jumped to a seven point, 19-12 first quarter lead, and held on to go into the half still up by seven, 35-28. Broadus then jumped on Forsyth hard in the third quarter to finish the period up by 15, 53-38. Broadus outscored the Dogies 16-13 in the final quarter for the big win.

James Ray had a double double, 16 points and 13 rebounds, along with a charge, and three steals for a truly fine effort. Thompson struck for 14 points, pulled down one rebound, and had two steals and two assists for his usual fine effort also. Stanley drained two of two shots from beyond three point line, and finished with seven points, four rebounds, three steals and three assists - a solid effort. Coulter also drained two of two three point attempts for six points. And, he had two rebound and two assists to go along with his six points. Jason King finished with six points too – along with six rebounds, two steals and an assist. Mathieson and Dow both chipped in with two points. Dow also had one rebound, and Mathieson, one steal and an assist. McGregor had one steal in the game, and Jeff Rogge and Jesse Fleming both finished with single rebounds.