Powder River Examiner -

April 13, 1923

First Seasonal Horse Roundup

The first horse roundup of the season started Sunday morning from the place of Jack Smith on Crow Creek and is now working westward, up and down Crow Creek. Horses numbering from 800 to 1,000 will be gathered in this roundup. They will be segregated and branded with designs of their various owners and then taken to their home ranges.

Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Draine are attending the horse roundup, representing stockmen from Little Powder River. John Beach, Len Matter and Mike Leff are “reps” from Pilgrim Creek and Jim Taylor is the personal representative of Byrd Edwards from Big Powder River.

April 9, 1948

Auxiliary Show Saturday Night

Following is the program for the vaudeville show being presented in the high school gymnasium under the sponsorship of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW:

Welcome: Mrs. O.G. Christianson; Piano Solo: “Lonely Little Petunia” and “In an Onion Patch”, Mrs. Ed. Kaufman - Onions, first graders, Petunia, Sharon Doyle; Solo: “Sioux City Sue”, Harold Miller, Jr.; Musical Saw Number: Joe Dent, Sr.; Acrobatic Number: Gloria Meade; Monologue: “The Exodus of the Big Bad Wolf”, Dolores Dent; Piano Solo: “Viennese Melody”, Loyce Williams; Baton Twirlers: Vivienne Dent, Sheila Daniels, Louise Edwards, Dee Edwards; Poem: “The Little Green Frog”, Stevie Holt; Dent’s Band: “Mountain Music”, Joe Dent and sons; Reading: “The Wedding of Miss Bray”, Bettyan Halleck; Vocal Solo: Selected, Jean Cathey Hough; Piano Solo: “Old Irish Melody,” Marshall Sullivan; Saxophone Solo: “12th Street Rag”, Paul Hanson; Short Comedy: Guess Who?; Vocal Solo: “A Perfect Day”, Faye Means.

Admission charges to the Home Talent Program will be 50c for students and adults and 25c for grade school children.

April 12, 1973

King and Queen Crowned

March 30, the Junior Class put on the annual Junior-Senior Prom. Candidates for Queen were Cheri Smith, Mary Heidel, Peggy Traub, and Julianne Minow. Candidates for King were: Ron Amen, Rick Trucano, Don Randall, and Roger Stabio. Cheri Smith and Ron Amen were crowned King and Queen.

Coalwood Post Office to Close

The Coalwood post office will be closed as of April 30th, according to information from officials of the Miles City post office.

Mrs. John Gunther, clerk in charge of the office, has resigned her position and the post office department says the office will be closed as of that date. The Coalwood office is a rural branch of the Miles City post office. Mrs. Gunther took over the Coalwood office in December of 1964 and the facility has been a branch office since that time.

Mrs. Gunther said the Coalwood store is for sale but that everything is “up in the air right now” whether there is a buyer or not.

The Coalwood office served seven families with boxes and another seven families called for their mail there. These families will now be serviced out of the Volborg post office. The highway boxes will also be served out of Volborg.

Prior to 1964, Coalwood was a regular post office facility. Date the post office was established is not known.

April 9, 1998

Basketball Season Awards Given to Top Athletes

Broadus Hawk basketball athletes were honored during an end of the season awards ceremony last week. Forward Jason Coulter was named as Most Valuable Player for the season, and was also honored as top rebounder.

The Mr. Hustle award went to junior guard Jessie Fleming. Senior forwards Jiggs Bilbrey and Joel Mathieson were honored, respectively, as Mr. Inspirational and Most Improved.