Powder River Examiner -

May 20, 1921

Coalwood to be platted as town

Immediate action will be taken for the creation of Coalwood townsite, according to John W. Janssen who was in Broadus Wednesday making arrangements for the preliminary work. It was expected that County Surveyor F.L. Funkenbusch will start work on surveying the townsite the fore part of next week.

Coalwood townsite will comprise about 40 acres of land on the John W. Janssen homestead.

The Coalwood streets have been named Main, Madison and Monroe and will extend from east to west, while the avenues, running north to south, have been named for post offices in Powder River County, Olive, Kingsley, Stacey and Broadus.

Mr. Janssen is said to have signified a willingness to donate ground for cemetery, park, community hall and church purposes.

The townsite would be platted eastward from the present store building. Business lots would measure 25 by 142 feet while residence lots would be 50 by 142 feet.

The Coalwood of today consists of a general store and post office conducted by William Janssen and a road ranch managed by Fred Janssen, both sons of John W. Janssen.

May 17, 1946

Commencement Exercises on Friday Night

On Friday evening, May 17, 1946, at eight o’clock in the High School Auditorium, twenty-four students will receive their diplomas in recognition of four years of hard, persistent work. The will commemorate the 25th annual commencement for Broadus High School.

Twenty-three diplomas will be presented to the group at the exercises by Mr. Ashton Jones, member of the Board of Trustees. Norman Hopkins, having completed his required work toward graduation, will be sent his diploma. He is now serving with the Marine Corps in Japan. Both Bernice and Kenneth Carter have accomplished much of that required through correspondence. Two of this group compiled with the requisites at the end of the first semester in January. These were Charles Miles and Violet Smith.

Of the group of seniors the five honor students are Marjorie Rice, Dan Denson, Kathleen James, Ross Denson, and Dorothy Mitchell.

All parents, patrons and friends are invited to attend this exercise which will mark a milestone in the lives of this group of outstanding young people of our community. Graduates: Donald Bartholomew, Ethel Blaylock, Dolores Bone, Lawrence Capra, Bernice Carter, Charles Carter, Kenneth Carter, Gordon Christianson, Dan Denson, Ross Denson, Billy Embrey, Edna Harrsch, Edith Harrsch, Norman Hopkins, Carole Irion, Kathleen James, Margaret Kramlich, Betty Leary, Charles Miles, Dorothy Mitchell, Danny Nisley, Marjorie Rice, Violet Smith, and Edith Wallace.

May 20, 1971

Belle Creek wins the track meet

The Belle Creek Elementary School was the over-all championship of the rural track meet held in Broadus last Friday. The track meet was held at the rodeo arena in Broadus with all the rural schools in the county participating.

Students participating in the events divided into four classes. Class C was made up of boys division and girls division of six and seven year olds. Class B boy and girl divisions were made up of eight and nine year olds. The Junior division consisted of boys and girls aged 10 and 11, and the Prep division consisted of boys and girls 12, 13, and 14 years of age. Five Belle Creek competitors were the over-all champions in the eight classes.

All around winners were as follows:

Class C boy-Billy Gorder of Belle Creek; Class C girl-Laurie Morris of Belle Creek; Class B boy-Charlie Pattison of Two Tree School; Class B girl-Susan Bowers of Huckins School; Junior division boy-Robert Griffin of Belle Creek; Junior division girl-Pat Traub of Huckins School; Prep division boy-Zane Worman of Belle Creek, and Prep division girl-Rita Fortner of Biddle.

May 16, 1996

Cold, wet and windy for local golf tournament

By Coach Darcy Nevala

Cold, wet and windy describes the Powder River High School Invitational Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 4. About 60 golfers braved the wintery weather for Saturday’s meet.

Schools competing were Baker, Broadus, Colstrip, Mile City and Sturgis.

The Lady Hawks placed fourth with a team score of 441, their best score ever. Colstrip won the trophy with a 403.

The medalists were: Meghan Little, Sturgis, 90; Angela Coryall, Colstrip, 92; Erin Sanburn, Broadus, 97; Mary Maag, Colstrip, 98, and Kelly Christensen, Sturgis, 100.

Many of the Lady Hawks had their best scores ever. The ladies scores are as follows: Erin Sanburn, 97; Rakki Richards, 112; Kristie Coulter, 129; Karen Stanley 117; Suzanne Trusler, 115; Mandy Samuelson, 137, and Amber McCutchan, 138.

The Lady Hawks have one more meet, in Miles City, before state. The State meet is May 14 and 15 in Cut Bank and Shelby. The Lady Hawks should do well at State because each tournament their scores have improved.