Voices from the Past

March 21, 1924

A New Plan for Paying Bounty

The Montana Livestock Commission with headquarters in Helena will match dollar for dollar the amounts raised by local stock associations and community organizations for the purpose of exterminating predator animals.

E.A. Phillips, Secretary of the Commission, told the Miles City Star that the Commission will pay as much as $2.00 per coyote or wolf pups. Payment for adult animals will also be given. He recommended local stock associations employ a man for the season and pay him a salary. The season will run from April thru July.

March 25, 1949

Carnival here Saturday Nite

Broadus High School will present its annual carnival this Saturday night, March 26th, with the doors opening at 6:30. Admission will be 10 cents for adults and high school students. Grade school and preschool age children must be accompanied by an adult. Each admission will get a chance toward the raffling of an Indian blanket. Entertainment includes: fortune telling, ring the goose, bingo, baseball throw, dart games, fish pond, basketball throw, wheel of chance, candy sales, the gay 90’s cabaret, movies and food.

A Carnival dance will start at approximately 10:00 o'clock with Comstock’s Orchestra from Miles City providing the music. Admission for the dance is $1.20 per couple and .20 cents for extra ladies. The Home Ec Department will sell dance suppers starting at 11:15. Fifty per cent of all proceeds from the Carnival will go towards paying the deficit of the athletic program this year.

The prizes include Kewpie dolls,canes, hats, balloons, confetti, charms, novelties, and of course all Bingo prizes are from local merchants.

Come out to the School for a Fun Saturday evening!

March 21, 1974

New “20 Grand” Benefits Library

The sale of the old 3-K Club Monday brings the reality of a new County Library closer. The night club, 3 acres of land, and the liquor license were sold to co-owners Virginia Keats and Cap and Kathy Williams for $19,000 with the proceeds going to the County Library Board.

The Night Club and property was donated to the County by Elllsie Malley for a library building in memory of her husband, the late Henry Malley. The library already owns the property on which to build the new building. The property is located on the corner across from the Courthouse. It is hoped that the funds will be sufficient to complete a new building. If not, up to three mills may be levied to provide the extra funds.

The new owners of the night club are planning to begin immediately on a cleaning and renovating project with hopes of opening their new “20 Grand” supper club between April 1st and 15th. Cap Williams will be the manager.

The former 3-K Club was built by the late Joe Kane Jr. around 1969. He operated the club until his death and it was operated by a lessee for about a year and a half after that. At that time it was donated to the county by owner, Mrs. Elsie Malley, for a Library in memory of Henry Malley.

March 25, 1999

44th Annual Easter Egg Hunts planned

The 44th annual Broadus Extension Homemakers Easter Egg Hunt is scheduled for next Thursday April 1st. K- 3 students will be leaving the school at 1 pm on transportation provided by the school.

The hunt will begin at approximately 1:15 at the following locations: Kindergarten and First Grade - Courthouse Lawn and Second and Third Grade - Cottonwood Park. In case of bad weather the eggs will be hidden on the playground or in the classrooms.

Classes will return to school for their classroom parties and school will be dismissed at 2:20 for Easter Break.