10 YEARS AGO (2015)

Stone Elementary students are pictured in The Idaho Enterprise, learning about fire safety from Fire Chief Brayden Eliason. They are Nathan Edwards, Jr. Kaylor, Hyrum Smith, Emma Bird, Julissa Lopez, Sydnee Sorenson, Valeria Oseguera, Morgan Wells, Rasp Carter, Brigham Hubbard, Dayton Bird, Quade Carter, Ammon Smith and Mason Eliason.

ATC Communications held an Open House for their customers to help answer questions about the new fiber optics construction being completed in Malad City. Besides visiting with customers and introducing them to some of the latest technology, there were some really tasty treats to enjoy and lots of small gifts provided. 

Pictured in The Idaho Enterprise, Kyle Bradshaw, ATC Office Manager, explains the latest in technology to Malad customers, Kathleen Atkinson, Dixie Hubbard and Sharon Hess.

State regulators today approved a 16-month plan for Idaho’s second area code to be implemented in late 2017. An hour after the Idaho Public Utilities Commission issued its order approving the plan, the agency that contracts with the federal government to administer the nation’s area code numbering plan, Neustar, issued Idaho’s second area code: 986.

15 YEARS AGO (2010)

Dr. Stephen Johnson submitted his resignation to  Oneida County Hospital CEO Todd Winder on October 21 and will see patients at the Oneida County Clinic until mid-January. Dr. Johnson has been practicing medicine in Malad for the past 28 1/2 years, arriving in July of 1982.

Rocky Mountain Power officials told the Oneida County Commissioners meeting October 26 that the power transmission line running along Interstate 15 is scheduled to be energized on November 17.

The Malad Lions Club – long in the business of providing vision tests for local school children – is considering the purchase of a new PediaVision Screener S09. Ed Hazen and Jim Turner, Lions from Fruitland and Weiser, traveled to Malad last Thursday to demonstrate the machine for the club’s regular meeting. This computer-generated program features the latest in technology for optical testing.

The Southeast Idaho Tactical and Response Team trained at Sheriff Semrad’s residence and property on October 27. The STAR Team is made up of officers from seven counties in eastern Idaho, who train twice a month during the fall, winter and spring months.

The Malad High School football team is one step closer to achieving their biggest goal of the 2010 season – the state championship.

20 YEARS AGO (2005)

According to a feature story in The Idaho Enterprise, World War II was underway and Clarence Kent was working at Hill Field when a marine recruiter showed up on base recruiting for what he was calling a “Mormon Battalion.” To the 20-year-old, this sounded pretty good – a thousand U.S. soldiers! Those days and the War and Military service on the minds of most young men, and the thousands serving with so many of his own faith was enough to get Clarence to sign up. Things didn’t turn out quite like he thought, however. The battalion” the recruiter talked about ended up being a “Mormon Platoon” (comprising 60 soldiers, not a thousand), and the way things turned out Clarence was a day late getting checked out at Hill Field, so he missed the Mormon group altogether. Despite being disappointed there was only one thing to do, and that was to move on.

Hailey Willie, a senior at Malad High School, is currently in Coeur d’Alene representing Oneida County at the Idaho Junior Miss Scholarship program. She will be participating with 39 other senior girls from around the state.

National Guardsman Jared Sorensen is back behind his desk at Mountain States  Insurance after spending 32 days in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, helping in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

25 YEARS AGO (2000)

The Oneida Greenbelt Pedestrian/Bicycle path was completed with the asphalt laid November 2 and 3. H-K Construction Company, of Idaho Falls, completed the asphalt paving using 935 tons of asphalt mix.

The Malad Fire Department has new officers. At the helm as Fire Chief is Ron Blaisdell. Dan Williams Jr. is vice chief and Lynn Price is secretary. The officers will serve through fiscal year 2001.

The Oneida School District’s maintenance men were the center of attention October 23 when the three-man crew received recognition for the District Office managers for the good job that they do. Kurt Davis, Jon Christiansen and Mike Richardson joined administrators and staff workers at a special luncheon where they were thanked for their conscientious work. The men were presented official nameplates to sit on their desks.

Work is progressing on the new Malad L.D.S. Stake center. With the foundation now complete, the walls are going up. The framework is beginning to take shape for the building’s south and north sides.

40 YEARS AGO (1985)

Oneida County Hospital is county owned and operated, supported almost entirely by the revenue it generates from services rendered. A small, nearly insignificant, amount of money is provided by the County each year to partially cover indigent care.

Members of the Malad Elementary School staff presented Marion Price with a gold watch in remembrance of his service. October 31st will be recorded in Marion Price’s journal as his last day at the job at Malad Elementary School after 21 years as custodian there. He went to work for the Oneida School District in the summer of 1964 after receiving a layoff from Thiokol Chemical Corporation.

In conjunction with American Education Week, November 17 – 23, the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary will be honoring all retired schoolteachers from Malad Schools at a joint meeting to be held November 21 at the American Legion Building. 

50 YEARS AGO (1975)

A very happy winner of a Kitchen-Aid built-in dishwasher is Peggy Neal of Stone who is pictured in The Idaho Enterprise along with Mrs. Helen Thomas of Gerald Thomas Electric and Furniture, local Kitchen-Aid dealer. The only Southeastern Idaho winner in the drawing, Mrs. Neal said, “It is the first time I’ve ever won anything in my life!”

Pictured in The Idaho Enterprise is Robert Hess, receiving the annual Goodyear Rubber Co. “Outstanding Cooperator” award for good conservation practices used on his farmland. Presenting the plaque is Kenneth Blaisdell, chairman of the Oneida Soil Conservation District supervisors. The five OSC supervisors selected Hess this year on the basis of his erosion-preventing techniques. 

Darl S. Gleed, native of Malad, will transfer November 15 from the Snake River Area Boy Scout Council to a similar position in Ogden. 

Joe Daniels, his wife Euarda and five children were invited by the president of Snow College, Marvin Higbee, to attend special Homecoming activities. Joe played football while attending college in 1955-56, receiving All-Conference honorable mention. 

In keeping with the nation’s Bicentennial celebration, the Oneida county Farm Bureau Women’s Committee changed their annual safety poster contest this year to an American heritage poster-essay contest. Of the 35 entrants, six winners were selected in two divisions to compete in the statewide poster contest, which will be held later this month. Presenting awards to the winners of the senior division is BelvaLene Baker, vice president of the Women’s Committee. Winners are Gina Zivkovic, first place, Ronda Hess second place and Michele Naylor third place. Winners of the junior contest division are Lorna Hess first, Michele Parry second, and Ronda Jones third. 

50 YEARS AGO (1965)

Four Oneida County men left Malad this week to serve in the U. S. Army under the Selective Service system. They are Max Isaacson, Steven Vaughan, Joe Don Thomas and Kenneth Smith. They reported for duty at Fort Douglas, Utah.

Two MHS girls were elected to district FHA offices at a district meeting held in Shelley, Idaho. Ranae Hill was chosen for the office of district president, and Vickie Grover was elected district secretary.

Lance Wuthrich completed the summer quarter on the scholastic honor roll of students at the Ogden school of Stevens Henager College. Lance is enrolled in an accounting and business management course.

Elder Jim Blaisdell who is serving an LDS Mission in England, is one of nine missionaries selected to play on a basketball team representing the Central British Mission and which will compete in a tournament scheduled at Birmingham. Teams participating will be from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England and the event, planned in mid-November is to be televised.

70 YEARS AGO (1955)

In the Idaho State contest held in Boise Monday, Miss Helen B. Harris won second place in the “Home Make It Yourself” contest, sponsored by the Ladies Wool Growers Association. Helen modeled a black coat she had made.

With the definite possibility of an Idaho National Guard unit being established in Malad, the local Chamber of Commerce is presently investigating feasibility of the plan. It is the third time in the past eight years that a Guard unit has been considered here and the past two times the idea was dropped because of lack of local interest.

A total of 33,293,000 bushels of wheat was being stored on farms and in commercial warehouses in Idaho as of October 1, the USDA Crop Reporting service for Idaho states.

The long and arduous task of computation necessary in order to refund about $2,300,000 to the Mountain States Telephone subscribers is nearing completion stated Gould D. Fay manager of the Malad Exchange.

The refunds cover increased rates for local exchange and long distance intra-state service that were collected under bond by authorization of the Ada County District Court on bills dated May 28, 1953 and after to July 20, 1955.

It is noted in last week’s edition of the Power County Press in American Falls, that it was on July 11, 1906 when the Oneida County Commissioners, in session at Malad, granted incorporation of the Village of American Falls.

80 YEARS AGO (1945)

Another real treat is in store for the people of Malad Valley when James O. Thomas, son of Mrs. Rhonda Thomas of St. John will speak at the regular sacrament meeting at the Malad Second Ward on November 11th. Mr. Thomas graduated from Malad High School in 1935 and the University of California in 1941. One month after graduation from the university, he began working for the Pan American Airways and was assistant airport manager at Guam on December 10, 1941, when he was taken as a Japanese prisoner. He was kept at Guam for one month and then was taken to Kobe, Japan, where he was held prisoner for 3 years and 8 months. He was released on September 9, 1945, and arrived at Malad on September 26th. 

Cpl. Clarence Kent, who is with the Marines, has been transferred from Guam to Tientsin, China according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Kent. Prior to being at a rest camp at Guam, he was at Okinawa. 

First Lt. Martha White has accepted the position of superintendent of the Oneida Hospital. Lt. White received her training at the LDS Hospital at Idaho Falls and graduated in 1940. In November 1942, she joined the Army Nurse Corps and spent 20 months in the European Theater of War.

Discharged from the army under the adjusted service rating plan at Ft. Douglas Separation Center, November 3, 1945, Sgt. Don E. Goddard wearing five battle stars for campaigns in the European theater of operations.