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Law enforcement officers were called to a private residence March 27. Officers found a teenage boy with a single gunshot wound to the head. Thirteen year old Ryhan Schmidt was transported by ambulance to Fallon Medical Hospital where he died of his injuries. A benefit account has been established at the Bank of Baker for the family of Ryhan Schmidt. . . The Baker Jam had another successful tournament - 35 teams competed. . .A fire was reported March 25 in a pole barn located at the Deb Ranum residence north of Baker. The building was a total loss and an adjacent building sustained some damage as well. . .Lauren Wang is pictured with fruit she sold during the annual 4-H Fruit Sales. Lauren was the top seller by selling 67 boxes of fruit, 57 boxes of beef sticks and 27 boxes of string cheese.

Royalty crowned at the Plevna Prom 2000 was king Brian Rowe, son of Doug and Donna Rowe, and queen Brea MacKay, daughter of Donald and Laurie MacKay. . .King of the Baker High School prom is Derrick Enos, son of Pete and Cindy. . .Charity Enos was crowned queen. She is the daughter of Mark and Sue. . .Picture: Robert Singer and Carole ODonnell were recognized for their personal achievement in accumulating unused sick leave hours. Robert received an award pin in recognition of his 2,500 hours of unused sick leave from the Postal Service. Carole received an award pin in recognition of her 500 hours of unused sick leave from the Postal Service. . .Census questionnaires have been delivered to 115 million households throughout the nation and now the Census Bureau is urging all people living in the United States to complete the their forms and mail them in. . .Knights of Columbus Youth Basketball Tournament will be held April 8 at the Baker High School and Longfellow gyms. . .Baker music students will be at, the District Music Festival April 7-8 in Glendive. Plevna music students will be at their District Music Festival in Miles City April 7-8.

High temperature March 31 was 71 degrees. . .Rolph Tunby of Plevna, life-long resident of Fallon County, filed as a candidate for state representative. . .Lorna Bennett and Tim Howe were elected prom royalty. . .Katrina Rusley of the Baker FFA has been nominated and is expected to receive the highest degree awarded by the Montana FFA Association, the State FFA Degree. Katrina is the daughter of Wilma and Robert Rusley. . .Unofficial results of the school election: Gary Wade and Delbert Schweigert elected to the board of trustees; elementary levy passed and high school levy was defeated. . .A permanent memorial is to be placed in the lobby of the Longfellow School to honor Emil Yirka who taught sixth grade in Baker for 19 years. . .Frank Gonsioroski celebrated his 80th birthday March 22. . .A co-ed wallyball tourney was held March 25. The team captained by Pat Harrison garnered first place. Members of the team were Paul Berger, Pat Harrison, Jenny Hughes and Joyce Johnson. . .1990 census takers report that local folks are very responsive and friendly. . .Fallon County Times is hosting an egg decorating contest.

Pictured are Scoutmaster Rudy Rudolph and Tom Breitbach with his Eagle Scout award. Tom is the fifth Breitbach to receive the honored award. . .The Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a meeting with Ron Marlenee to discuss the Ekalaka-Alzada road April 9 in the Blue Room. . .John and DeeDee Geving have bought the Baker Cleaners from Harold Lund. . .A total of 427 votes were cast for school board members. Winning a one year term was Mike Krieger. For a three year term was Everett Knipp and Vic Uttke. Both mill levies also passed. . .Grand prize winners in the grade school Science Fair were Dean Wang, Tim Barth, Tony Stark, Brenda Bechtold and Sandy Madler. . . Shirley Sieler, age 44, passed away at her home in Sacramento. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdy Carlson. . . New officers for the year for the Lions Club are: president Al Fradenburgh, first vice president Tom McGonigal, second vice president Ron Meredith, secretary Everett Bowland, treasurer Matt Helfrich, Lion Tamer Gordon Olson, Tail Twister Fred Williams.

Stubby is an opposum that showed up on the Alex Collie ranch west of Willard just before Christmas looking for easy pickings. The Collies have had this rare pet ever since. . .Newcomers to the area are Dan Sheehan and his wife Ann and children Cheryll, Theresa and Sandra. . .Filing for county commissioner are Leon Rieger, Henry Bohle and Christ Lang on the Republican ticket and Jake Ehret on the Democratic ticket. For Clerk and Recorder are Bea Atkinson, incumbent; Ida Wild, Republican; and Marine Helgerson, Democrat. Diana Gill has filed for County Treasurer. Assessor has Kenny Wash and Curt Huether for the Democrats and Edmund Freier on the Republican ballot. Lucille Riley has filed for Superintendent of Schools; Terrence Cameron for Sheriff; Denzil Young for County Attorney; and Russ Culver for City Administrator. . . Howard Breitbach receives farmers degree, an honorary degree from the FFA board of trustees. . .Ed Wilson is the new Penneys manager. . .Edgar Justesen and Ashley Stanhope have filed for positions on the school board.

Thursday, March 31, 1960 --

This April Fools joke is on you. Effective April 1 your telephone bill is going to go up from 25 cents to $4 a month, depending upon what type of phone service you receive. . .Mrs. Arthur Kuehn announced this week that she has taken in her son, Tom Eilek, as a partner in the business. . .Bud Hoenke is the new head of the Fallon County Creamery. . .Two prostitutes are being held in jail after a Friday night raid on the Baker Hotel. . .Kovash, Inc. of Dickinson is the successful bidder for the curb and gutter project for the City of Baker.

Vic North and Roy McClain were re-elected school trustees in District 12 at Saturdays election. . .Rex Flint was appointed a fair board member by the board of commissioners due to the resignation of R. H. Robinson who moved to Worland, WY. . .A new switchboard section of 80 lines has been opened and will permit more ease and speed in taking care of local calls, reports R. E. Vogelsang, manager of the local office. . .Supt. Stiles represented Plevna at the 27th M.E.A. delegation in Helena last weekend.

Mantoux test for TB reaction will be conducted again in Fallon County High School under the sponsorship of the Baker Womans Club and under the direction of the State Tuberculosis Association. . .Mrs. W. Eilek was named president of the Baker Womans Club with assisting officers Mrs. C. F. Hogeboom, Mrs. Fredric Bruggeman, Mrs. B. A. Johnson, Mrs. A. L. Eckes, Mrs. K. R. Pleissner and Mrs. G. B. Guldseth. . .R. H. Robinson and M. V. North are the two trustees running for office at the annual school election April 6 . . .Under the sponsorship of the Lutheran Ladies Aid of Ollie, a group will appear in Baker tonight to present a two act play entitled Kidnapping Betty. The cast includes Mrs. Albert Sherva, Mrs. Norman Rost, Mrs. Fay Shepherd and Rev. G. B. Guldseth.

To take over the practice of Dr. G. A King will be Dr. C. C. Lull, until recently of Topeka, KS. He arrived in Baker Thursday and is now in Dr. Kings office in the Baker National Bank building. He has taken up residence in the Baker Hotel. . .A deal was consummated in Baker this week when Vaughn Ragsdale Co., who operate 21 stores in four states, became the new owners of the stock and fixtures of Wiers Co. Golden Rule Store located on Montana Avenue. . .Seven high school seniors received their B emblems at the annual lettermens banquet in the community hall. The honor men include Eddie Flasted, Wesley Livingston, Joe Micka, George Hoag, Milton Duppler, Ray Moline, and Harry Schorsch. . .Representing Baker High School in the district oratorical contest Friday evening at Miles City will be Miss Mildred McDonald. . .The interior of the Economy Grocery is considerably improved by the building of a display room and an office in the west part of the store

At a large and exceptionally well attended baseball meeting held at the athletic club rooms Tuesday even- ing, Baker was assured of a baseball team for the coming season. Lloyd Owen was elected temporary chairman; L. W. Busch, manager, G. J. Silvernale, treasurer; and H. M. Gilbert, field captain. . .The Arrival of Kitty, a three act farce, given by the Baker High School football team was presented at the Lake Theatre Wednesday evening and was greeted by a large crowd. The cast included Jeanette Price, Mariam Mohr, Helen Owen, Violet Moline, Roger Silvernale, Chauncey Biffle, Ward Grant, Henry Zook and Lester Trout. . .L. W. Busch received appointment at a dollar a year as vocational advisor for Fallon County. He will act under the supervision of the Federal Board for vocational training of disabled soldiers.

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