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11 THis
1868: Christopher Latham Sholes
received a patent for an invention he
called a 'Type-Writer."
Day Wibaux gearing up for centennial
WIBAUX, Mont. - A full sched- It is named after the pioneer p.m. at Angel Park. including a meal at 6:30 p.m. at the to 1 p.m. at the fairgrounds; the
1972: Richard Nixon and H. R.
Haldeman discussed ways to obstruct
the FBI's Watergate investigation.
Revelation of this conversation
spurred on Nixon's 1974 resignation.
ule of activities including a Bump-
n-Run and a parade are planned in
Wibaux during a July 1-4 communi-
ty reunion highlighting the 100th
anniversary of the Town of
Wibaux's incorporation.
The first settlement in present-
day Wibaux was Camp Macintosh,
which housed railroad surveyors
and their military escorts from
about 1879 to 1881. After the rail-
road's construction, the community
went through several name changes,
including Keith, Beaver and
Mingusville before settling on
Wibaux in 1895.
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• Southwest Water Authority
board meeting, Tuesday, July 5,
beginning at 9 a.m., at the Elks
Lodge, Dickinson.
• 34th annual Medora Car
Show, June 25, Medora
• Golden Valley County Fair
& Spirit of the West Celebration,
Aug. 3-7.
cattleman Pierre Wibaux. In its
early days, it was a major cattle
shipping point on the railroad and
rough around the edges. As home-
steaders flocked to the area, local
businessmen seeing a need to
clean up the town and improve
water and sewer services pushed
for incorporation of the town.
Voters approved incorporation on
April 17, 1911.
The list of events for the centen-
nial weekend include:
- Friday, July 1: a home run
derby at 5 p.m. at the softball field,
and a wine fest and art auction at 7
- Saturday, July 2: Fun run and
mini-marathon at 8 a.m., starting at
the fairgrounds 'and concluding with
a 10 a.m. breakfast for run partici-
pants at the nursing home; an open
house and silent auction of obsolete
school items at the Wibaux
Elementary School Gym from 9
a.m. to noon; a craft show in the for-
mer Just Your Era Antiques store
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; a horseshoe
tourney in the park starting at 1
p.m.; face painting in the park from
2 to 4 p.m.; an ice cream social at
the museum from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.;
a community/all school reunion
fairgrounds exhibit hall; and a street
dance from 9 p,m. to 1 a.m. on the
north side of the museum. The
exhibit hall will also be open for
class reunions from 4 to 10 p.m.
Saturday and from 1 to 8 p.m.
Sunday.
Sunday, July 3: community
breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. at St.
Peter's Catholic Church; craft show
at the former Just Your Era Antique
store from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; a
parade through downtown at 11
a.m.; a performance by Alte
Kameraden, an oompa band from
Red Lodge and Billings, from 12:30
Kevin Quade/Tim Dschaak
Memorial Bump'n Run at 2 p.m. at
the fairgrounds; and an old time
phot o show from 1-5 at the fair-
grounds exhibit hall. The parade
will line up at 10:30 a.m. in front of
the nursing home.
- Monday, July 4: Great Falls
author Richard Baker will give a
presentation "An Afternoon with
Pierre Cruzatte's Ghost" at 12:30
p.m. at the Pierre Wibaux Museum,
followed by a speech from House
District 38 Rep. Matt Rosendale;
and car "show and shine" from 3 to
5 p.m. on Orgain Avenue.
Flag Day Parade
At left: Rodeo queens lead the Flag Day Parade through Medora on June 14.
Above: Cowboy Lyle Glass waves to spectators. (Photos by Richard Volesky)
• Wibaux, Mont., Centennial
Celebration, July 1-3.
• Billings County's 125th
Anniversary. Celebration ;noo n .to-
3 p.m., past and present €ourt-
houses, Medora, Friday, July 1.
Nathan Dahl
Dahl earns
doctor of
pharmacy
degree
ERIE, Pa. - Nathan Dahl of
Beach earned a doctor of pharmacy
degree from Lake Erie College of
Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM)
School of Pharmacy on Sunday,
May 29, at the Louis J. Tulio Arena
in Erie, Pa.
The college awarded profession-
al degrees to 124 pharmacy stu-
dents. On Tuesday of commence-
ment week, Dahl was awarded the
LECOM School of Pharmacy
Academic Excellence Award for
graduating top of his class.
Dr. Dahl has accepted employ-
ment and will start in July as a hos-
pital pharmacist at Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, Minn. He is the son of
Jonathan and Rosemary Dahl. of
Beach.
Sunny days
ease concern
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
A few sunny days in between
rain have meant the problem of ris-
ing water in Beach's sewage
.lag°°ns has eased.
The city of Beach also was able
to discharge wastewater from the
third lagoon cell - the cell located
furthest to the east - which includes
treated water. The city obtained a
discharge permit from the North
Dakota Department of Health. The
wastewater goes into a nearby
drainage ditch and flows northwest-
erly toward Highway 10.
A water sample from the lagoon
cell showed that the water met the
standards for suspended solids, ph,
and oxygen levels, said Dell Beach,
the city's public works superintend-
ent.
There had been concerns that
too much groundwater was getting
into the sanitary sewer system, and
that residents were improperly dis-
charging water from sump pumps
into the system.
"It (the flow of water in the sys-
Sunny
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The top of each class
On the last day of school, students at Lincoln Elemetary in Beach celebrated the top of the class winners in Accelerated
Reading. Accelerated Reading is a program in which students read books and earn points. Top of the class winners, from
left, are Elijah Holkup in kindergarten, Tevin Dietz in first grade, Madi Nunberg in second, Shawn Smith in third, Sydnee Steele
in fourth, Jenna Helsper in fifth, and Ray Wegner in sixth grade. (Courtesy Photo)
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