5 YEARS AGO (2020)

Army veteran of the Vietnam War, Larry Nalder, has been chosen by the American Legion Ernest W. Jones Post #65 as the Honored Veteran for the Malad July 4th parade.

EmoLou Waldron Parry has been named by the Malad Area Chamber of commerce as the Honored Pioneer for July 4. She will be recognized during the annual July 4th parade.

Members of the Association of Idaho Cities (AIC) elected Malad City council President tom Jenkins as Council President for 2020-21. Outgoing Chairman, Mayor Suzanne Hawkins of Twin Falls, passed the gavel to Jenkins who took the oath during the 73rd annual AIC Annual Conference digitally. In an unusual year because of the novel coronavirus, the entire AIC conference was held digitally. Those attending either visited live or pre-recorded sessions on a variety of topics from home or work on their own computers.

The Association of Idaho cities (AIC) recognized Malad City with a city Achievement Award on June 11 during the AIC Virtual Annual Conference June 10 through 12, 2020

10 YEARS AGO (2015)

The Malad Area Chamber of Commerce has chosen Joe and Carolyn Barnes as the Honored Pioneers for 2015. As such, the Barnes will be riding in the July 4 parade.

Natalie Jensen and Cassie Johnson represented the local American Legion Auxiliary at the 69th annual Idaho Syringa Girls’ State held in Boise June 14 – 20.

During the final awards assembly at Malad Elementary, Susan Wittman and her family and Jeff Richins received Friends of Education Awards for their service to the school.

 Members of the Association of Idaho Cities (AIC) elected Councilmember Tom Jenkins of Malad as their new District 5 Director for 2015-2016. Jenkins was elected and took the oath of office on June 11 during the 68th AIC Annual Conference in Boise where over 250 delegates representing cities from around the state were in attendance.

 The Malad High School FFA chapter placed high in the State Career Development Events (CDEs) held in Moscow, Idaho, June 1 – 5. Malad had nine students make the long trip to participate in the competitions. Those students making the trip were Samantha Daniels, Madi Wilson, Makyla Madsen, Chet Potter, Ben Waldron, Rhett Daniels, Ashton Weaver, Dallin Atkinson and Cheyanne Palmer.

15 YEARS AGO (2010)

Dale and Evelyn Harrison will be featured on the Malad Chamber of Commerce float as Malad Valley’s Honored Pioneers during the Independence Day Parade on July 3.

Con Alder will be featured as Malad Valley’s Honored Veteran on Saturday, July 3 during the parade. This is a new and welcomed addition by the Malad Chamber of Commerce to the celebration.

Pictured in The Idaho Enterprise is the West Valley Lions Rugby Team who earned Samoan Flag Day Championship on July 28, 2006. Shown, left to right are, Asi Tuakoi, Paul Iloa, Meti Lomu, Nick Tuakoi, Tevita Maumau (grandson-in-law of Malad resident, Darl Gleed), and Timote Fangupo. They will demonstrate the game of rugby at the Malad Valley Welsh Festival.

This year, the Oneida County Farm Bureau recognizes Marla McClellan and the Verlin Moon family as the 2010 Woman of the Year and Farm Family of Oneida County.

The Malad Elementary School Second Grade students walked over 100 miles during the school year, working their way to their goal of being 100 miles healthier.

The Malad High School Chapter of the FFA recently selected officers for the 2010-2011 school year, as well as honored their past officers. President for the new school year will be Elsie Thomas. Vice president is Nathan Eliason. Paige Daniels will be serving as the District president and an honorary vice president for her chapter. Lindsay Davis is the secretary with Shannon Williams as the treasurer. Tyler Ogden is the Reporter. Carrie Ann Christiansen will be the historian with Matthew Williams as Sentinel. 

20 YEARS AGO (2005)

The Malad Chamber of Commerce has select-ed well-known business-man Ren Thomson to lead Malad’s 2005 Independence Day parade. Faye W. Caldwell, 93, will be featured on the Malad Chamber of Commerce float as Malad Valley’s Honored Pioneer in the 4th of July Parade next month. 

Lyn Anderson, of Plymouth, will reign over the 2005 Oneida Cowboy Classic Rodeo. Named first attendant was Alicia Lyn Adams, 17, of Malad. Second attendant is Shonie Murray, 16, of Wellsville.

 The Junior Queen is Amanda Joyce John, 12, of Portage. Her first attendant is Shianne Lowe, 10, of West Haven, Utah; and Second attendant is Taylor Bree Thompson, 11, also of Portage.

The Malad District Cub Scouts held their annual summer Day Camp. There were about 75 scouters attending the camp. Pictured in The Idaho Enterprise, Sarah Robbins oversees the Cub Scouts through a flag ceremony held on June 15.

Pictured in The Idaho Enterprise, Cody Andersen gets his shoe autographed by Utah Jazz Center Curtis Borchardt. Looking on is Jacob Ihler, Logan Atkinson, Nells Anderson and Skyler Thorpe. Also pictured are the winners of the autographed basketballs for their work during the Jr. Jazz season. The winners were Hunter Clark, Tyrell Hubbard, and Jacob Ihler. Curtis Borchardt of the Utah Jazz took time to stop in Malad to visit with the players who participated in the Jr. Jazz Program last winter.

25 YEARS AGO (2000)

Officers for the 2000- 2001 Malad Lions Club were announced. Tom Strah will serve as President of the club. Other officers include: Bob Brennan, 1st vice president; Grant Heilsen, 2nd vice president; Gordon Griffiths, treasurer; Ken Wharton, secretary; Mark Thomas, Lion Tamer; Tom Koontz, Tail Twister; Directors: Doug Malone, Spence Horsley, Don Schwartz, AJay Jones, Ken Moss; and Leroy Rose, membership chairman.

 Malad High School senior, Dallas Thomas, has been selected to participate in the 18th Whittenberger summer writing project, which will be held June 18 to 30 at Albertson College of Idaho. Thomas is one of nearly fifty students chosen for the special 12-day intensive workshop.

The United States Achievement Academy announced today that Tyrell Neal from Malad, has been named an All-American Scholar.

Tyrell, who attends Malad High School, was nominated for this national award by Mrs. Julie Willie.

The national FFA Organization awarded a $1000 scholarship to Janita Showell of the Malad FFA Chapter. The scholarship is sponsored by Charles P. Lake – Rain for Rent Scholarship as a special project of the National FFA Foundation, Inc. Showell plans to use the funds to pursue a degree in Agribusiness/Business at Utah State University where she will be going into her junior year this fall.

Malad Lion, Don Paul Schwartz, was presented the “Lion of the Year” Award June 3 at the District 39 convention in Sun Valley.

 The University of Idaho has awarded more than $8 million to nearly 4,000 students who will be attending the UI for the 2000-2001 academic year.

Recent scholarship recipients from Malad and the scholarship(s) they received are the following: Brenda L. Forbush, Idaho Academic and Presidential; David W. Jones, Virginia Mowry; Peter L. Jones, Presidential and UI Scholars Class of 2000; Stephen S. Olson, Academic Transfer and College of Agriculture Development; and Steven A. Talbot, Idaho Academic.

40 YEARS AGO (1985)

There will be no more “Oneida County Rodeo”. 

But the legacy afforded area rodeo fans by, first, local cowboys, and the professional cowboys, will continue in Oneida County with the rechristening of the annual event, “The Oneida County Cowboy Classic”.  Announcement was made last Wednesday evening during the Oneida County Fair Board’s meeting. 

Chosen Saturday evening to reign over the Oneida County Cowboy Classic were these three equestriennes: 2nd attendant Cherie Weeks, Classic Queen, Deena Freestone, and 1st attendant Caree Davis. They are the first royalty to reign at the Malad event under its new name.

After serving as Magistrate for the past 16 years, Judge Ralph W. Hadfield will retire July 1, 1985.

The recent birth of the Frustaci sextuplets has everyone interested in the phenomenon of multiple births.  Malad has had its share of twins over the years and has even seen the birth of triplets. Well, it may have been the birthplace of sextuplets. Mrs. Helen Price, Oneida County Librarian, has received a request for aid in acquiring information concerning the birth of sextuplets in Malad. Michael Dave, an archivist from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, recently discovered a clipping in a very old scrapbook that listed Mrs. Hiram Snell as the mother of sextuplets. The scrapbook belongs to Mr. James Harrington and probably dates back to the turn of the century. The clipping reads: Malad, Idaho, Sept. 19--, Mrs. Hiram Snell has given birth to three boys and three girls.  They weighed eight pounds altogether. All are bright and hearty and promise to live. 

50 YEARS AGO (1975)

A young Preston mother of two, Mrs. Sue Weeks will reign over Oneida’s Night Rodeo here on July 11 and 12. First attendant is also a mother of two, Mrs. LaNora Corgatelli, Logan and second attendant is Miss Danece Daniels, who will be a junior at Malad High School next fall.

After 20 years as music teacher in public schools in Idaho and Utah, Leon J. (Don) Castleton submitted his resignation to Oneida School Board last week.  Mr. Castleton taught music in Malad High School from 1951 to 1972 when he became Malad Elementary music instructor. Prior to that time, he taught music two years at Thomas, Idaho, and four at Moab, Utah. His wife says he will do more fishing and gardening, his favorite pastimes, and continue to give private lessons.

Lorelei (Pinki) Willie was named outstanding girl 4-H leader at the recent 4-H Congress at the University of Idaho, Moscow.

It was the fifth boy for Mr. and Mrs. Welton Ward, and arrival of Lyle John on June 11th resulted in his dad getting the $5 Father’s Day Beef Gift Certificate donated by Trail’s End Cowbelles to the father of the baby born nearest Father’s Day. 

60 YEARS AGO (1965)

Those from Malad participating in the L.D.S. Dance Festival during the weekend at Salt Lake City were the following: Don Ray Bowen, Brent Bowen, Vickie Grover, Lorene Jensen, Christine Williams, Janet Corbridge, Bob Swenson, Leslie Braker, who participated in the folk dance group; Tom Scott, Sherrie Sweeten, Roy Brown, Sherman Barker, Brenda Ipsen, Nelda Wight, David Corbridge, JoAnn Swindel, Ballroom Dancers. Mrs. Irene Grover, Mrs. Thelma Hawkins and Elbert Sweeten accompanied the group.

 LaVern W. Colton and Sons, Malad, have been selected to membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph, Mo., announced Glen Bratcher, secretary.

Miss Fern Tovey, Washington, D.C., is a delegate to the National Education Association’s convention to be held at Madison Square Garden in New York City from June 25th to July 2nd. Following the convention, Miss Tovey will return to Cambridge, Massachusetts where she will resume her graduate study at Harvard University.

An explosion and fire at the Garland factory of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., Wednesday damaged a portion of the warehouse. One man suffered minor injuries.  Damage was estimated at about $50,000. A portion of the west wall of the warehouse was knocked down by the blast.

70 YEARS AGO (1955)

Eldon Jones, who has been with the U.S. Army in Korea and Japan for the past two years, arrived at Fort Ord, California according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick R. Jones.

Indication that the uranium-hunting fever, which has swept the West hasn’t missed Oneida County is given by the fact that about 40 mining location claims have been filed at the office of County Recorder John McAllister.

Miss Lois Vaughan, who represented Malad in the “Miss Idaho” pageant, and named as a top finalist, returned home Sunday. Her father, James Vaughan, went to Boise Saturday and accompanied Lois, her mother, and her aunt, Mrs. Margaret Fullmer, home Sunday. 

 Mounted heads of two Stone Mountain sheep from Canada are being displayed at Sam’s Place. The animals, the larger of which weighted approximately 325 pounds, were bagged by Joe D. Jones and Dewey Fredrickson on a hunting trip in Canada last fall.

80 YEARS AGO (1945)

  Pvt. Fredrick D. Thomas died in action September 7, 1944, the war department informed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Thomas, this week. The letter from the adjutant general of the army was as follows:

 “The war department has been notified of the destruction at sea on September 7, 1944, of a Japanese freighter transporting American prisoners of war from the Philippine Islands.

 “A number of survivors were later returned to the military control of our forces. It is with deep regret that I inform you that your son, Pvt. Fredrick D. Thomas, air corps, is among those listed as lost when the sinking occurred. The war department regrets its inability to entertain a probability of his survival and must consider him to have died in action September 7, 1944. Date of receipt of final evidence was June 1, 1945.

“The information available is that the vessel sailed from Davao, Mindanao, August 20, 1944, with 750 prisoners of war. The vessel was sunk by torpedoes off the shores of Mindanao September 7, 1944. The indications are that relatively few of the prisoners had opportunity to leave the sinking ship and of those who did many were killed by enemy gun fire. A small number managed to reach shore and a close watch for others was kept for several days. The Japanese government reports all of the prisoners as lost, indicating that no survivors are in the hands of the government.”

 Miss Jane Jones, and Mrs. Jean Jones Byrd, will graduate from the University of Colorado School of Nursing June 22. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Jones.