5 YEARS AGO (2021)

It was an exciting day on Saturday, January 16 when 13-year-old Rydon Montgomery, son of Hadon and Lacie Montgomery, won the top prize in the Devils Creek Big Dog Ice Fishing Tournament – not only for Montgomery and his parents but also for organizer Bret Felter. Felter said, “Today was a very special experience, probably the best tournament I’ve ever witnessed, watching a father help his 13-year-old son land a fish that is the biggest native trout fish we’ve had in 15 years. Money cannot buy the experiences and the feelings that were felt today by father and his son.” With that, Felter named Rydon the “Big Dog”!

The Malad High School Dragonettes took part in their first competition of the 2020 - 2021 season on Friday, January 16, when they competed virtually in the Upper Valley Classic.

The Upper Valley Classic Dance Competition is traditionally hosted at Madison High School in Rexburg. this year, the format became virtual with dancers showing the judges their routines on Zoom. High school dance teams from all around Southern and Western Idaho competed.

Malad finished the competition with two first place awards and two second place trophies. Malad took first place in Dance and Hip Hop. They finished second in Kick and Military.

Malad High School Dragonettes pictured in The Idaho Enterprise are Brylee Clark, Rayleigh Barnes, Hunter Olsen, Alexis Shaw, McKinna Owens, Alexus Tarbet, Jade Daniels, Sydney Carey, Ryley Williams, Bailey Timothy and Rebekah Smith.

10 YEARS AGO (2016) New first baby, Harper Ann Maughan, doesn’t know what all the fuss is about! She is wearing the shirt Mom bought her that declares, “Baby of the Year!” Proud brand new parents are Aaron and Elsie (Thomas) Maughan.

 10 YEARS AGO (2016)

At the regular meeting of the Malad City Council on Wednesday, January 13, Mayor Joan Hawkins and councilmen Larry Knudsen, Lance Tripp, and Tom Jenkins were sworn into office by Malad City Clerk Susan Wittman. In addition, the Mayor make appointments for clerk, treasurer and city attorney, which were all approved by the council.

The appointments made and ratified by the council were for Susan Wittman as Malad City Clerk, Terrill Schwartz as Malad City Treasurer and Dustin W. Smith as Malad City Attorney. Tom Jenkins was elected by the council as the president of the council.

Excited brand new parents Aaron and Elsie (Thomas) Maughan and their cute little daughter, Harper Ann, are the winners of the Oneida County First Baby of the Year Contest. Even Dr. Tandy Olsen who delivered the baby felt quite special when he found out he had probably delivered the first baby of Oneida County! Harper was born two weeks early, on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at 8:30 p.m. At birth she weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and was 19.5 inches long.

The Malad High School Cheerleaders performed at the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers basketball game last Saturday, January 16. The team attended a clinic hosted by the United Spirit Association before their performance.

The MHS Cheerleaders had the chance to learn from the Jazz Cheerleaders when they participated in the camp prior to the Utah Jazz game. Those participating included Sami Williams, Breelle Daniels, Kassy Love, Kaclen Hill, Brenna Williams, Daysia Harris, Hayley Brown, Abby Goddard, Abby Timothy, Hailee Schwartz, Kallee Warren, Kelsey Owens and Bracken Degn.

15 YEARS AGO (2011)

  Fire Chief Ray Davis came before the Malad City Council and Mayor Spence Horsley at their first meeting for 2011 with an invitation to visit a fire station located in Fielding, Utah. The local fire department members envision building a similar structure on property that the city has already earmarked for that purpose.

A large number of Oneida County residents visited the Oneida County Clinic on January 13. No, there isn’t an epidemic! Community members turned out in force to offer their thanks and best wishes to Dr. Stephen Johnson as he concludes his medical practice in Malad.

Mary Ellen Knudsen has always loved dolls. She is also a very talented seamstress. The two interests came together may years ago while living in Pocatello, Idaho. Mary Ellen became very interested in the process of making porcelain dolls, so under the tutelage of her friend, she learned the craft of doll making. 

“My knitting keeps me from unraveling…” So states Loryne Thomas when asked about her favorite pastime. Loryne will have a lot of time now to participate in this pastime, along with her list of other favorite things to do, such as cooking; spending time with her grandkids, friends, and brother and sisters; and gardening, since she retired from being a cook at the Malad Drive In. Loryne started in the summer of 1963, working at the Drive In as a carhop. She quit working to take care of her young children, Stacy, Cory, Todd and Clint. In February of 1980, she started working as an evening cook, then gradually started cooking during the day. 

20 YEARS AGO (2006)

City and County officials will comply with the minimum requirement for the Idaho Contractor Registration Act that took effect January 1. Both Oneida County Commissioners and the Malad City Council discussed the new law in recent meetings, and both came to the same conclusion.

January 16 was the day Congress set aside this year for Americans to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the martyred civil rights leader. However, it was also the 40th anniversary of the day Malad Valley residents switched from telephone operators to the rotary dialing system. Malad was the last vestige in the state of Idaho to convert over from manual to dial.

Oneida High School held Commencement Exercises for three graduating seniors. Cassandra Ann Cutright, Blake Martin Healy and Wind Benjamin Mills picked up diplomas upon their completion of Idaho high school graduation requirements. Family and friends attended the ceremony held in the Malad Elementary Auditorium.

30 YEARS AGO (1996)

Eight men from Utah lost their lives early Monday morning when the plane they were in crashed headlong into John Evans Canyon. The crash site was located about ten miles northwest of Malad City.  Four corporate executives of Swire Coca-Cola U.S.A., of Salt Lake City, and two advertising executives from Scopes, Garcia, & Carlisle Advertising Agency, also of the Salt Lake area, were enroute to Pocatello for a sales meeting. Also killed were the pilot and co-pilot. 

30 YEARS AGO (1996) SWEARING IN THE MAYOR. E. Spence Horsley was sworn in as Malad City’s 11th mayor January 10 when the city council met for the first time in the new year.

E. Spence Horsley took the oath of office January 10 at the regular monthly meeting of the Malad City Council, accepting the gavel from Mayor Terrill Schwartz. Incumbents Sandra Hess, Jared Crowther, and new member Marvin Pett were sworn in as council members.

Annabel Ipsen was among the December graduates at University of Idaho. She graduated ‘magna cum laude’ in the school of Arts and Sciences. She received a degree in both Spanish and Latin American studies.

      Jenny Hawkins, has been accepted into the Idaho State University Ambassadors, a high profile student organization. Hawkins, a freshman majoring in mathematics, is a 1995 graduate of Malad High School.

Twenty-three members of the Malad Chapter of Future Homemakers of America recently participated in a weekend leadership training conference held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Students attending are: Krishel Smith, Sara John, Shannon Willie, Tim Moon, Lupe Romero, Lorraine Ward, Bryce Robbins, Nicole Jones, Bree Price, Brian Thomas, Trevor Neal, Chloe Hummell, Kellie Stokes, Casey Eliason, Jared Robbins, Trevor Reel, Jennifer Brown, Connie Brown, Amanda Dredge, Tanya Ward, Marty Zirbel, Travis Gugelman and Monica Colton. Chapter advisor, Sarah Robbins and student teacher, Michelle Archibald, also attended.

40 YEARS AGO (1986)

Deputy Lee Pfieffer is trying out the Sheriff’s chair, which will officially become his on February 28th. The new sheriff appointee will spend the next month ‘in training’ under the direction of Sheriff Ken Wharton.

With sirens sounding and the band playing, Idaho’s first lady, Lola Evans, climbed the steps in front of the old J.N. Ireland Bank building in this, her old hometown. She was here to announce the candidacy of her husband, Governor John V. Evans, to the U.S. Senate. Mrs. Evans was filling in for her husband during the first phase of his announcement tour, following an accident in which the Governor fractured his ankle, after slipping on an icy street during an evening jog.

Oneida County Commissioners and the State Transportation Department met together during the regular monthly meeting for the commissioners and discussed an agreement for a road trade-off. The exchange would involve Oneida County taking over 14.65 miles from the Holbrook Junction of State Route 37 to the Power County lines in exchange for the state taking 12.63 miles from the Deep Creek Junction of Interstate 14 to the Franklin County line.

Recently appointed Animal Control Officer for Malad City is Rene Deschamps. Deschamps, who officially took over duties January 15th, will make at least two trips through town each day, looking for stray animals.

50 YEARS AGO (1976)

Kirk Corbridge has earned the Boy Scouts of America’s highest honor – the Eagle Scout Award. He received his Eagle Badge at the national Court of Honor. For his service project, Kirk – as president of the Priest Quorum and of the explorer post – was in charge of painting the home of the late Millie Parry. Together with other Scouts, Kirk brightened up Mrs. Parry’s home, located across from the schools with a new coat of white paint with green trim.

Mayor-elect M. R. (Swede) Hanson has asked the Malad City Council to appoint a new person to fill the mayoral position here, citing continuing medical problems as reason for stepping down. According to Idaho’s Assistant Attorney General David High, the mayoral position would revert back to the former mayor, Glen B. Williams, since Mr. Hanson has not yet taken his oath of office. When contacted by the Enterprise, Mayor Williams - who has held the position for the past 11 years - stated that he too would resign.

Pictured in The Idaho Enterprise are the Arbon Valley Protection Association members, D. T. “Sod” Williams, Gail Wood, Larry Fitch and Luther Estep as they discuss the $250 reward they pay to tipsters for information which leads to the arrest and conviction of persons caught stealing in the area. The reward stands as a project of the association and anyone who provides information of theft in the Arbon area, which leads to a conviction is eligible.

60 YEARS AGO (1966)

Oneida County’s newest citizen, week-old Vera Danise Thomas, will keep her parents busy collecting prizes for awhile as she is the winner in the 10th annual First Baby Derby of Oneida County. Daughter of Robert and Karen Thomas, Danise is blue-eyed with brownish-red hair and arrived at the Oneida Hospital at 6:28 a.m. on January 13. Weighing 7 pounds 6 1/2 ounces, she measured 20 1/2 inches long.

Mr. and Mrs. Royal Swenson have been notified that their son, A/1C Robert Dean Swenson has arrived in the United States from Viet Nam. Airman Swenson will attend a special radar school at Myrtle Field, South Carolina for four months before returning to Viet Nam.

Joe Don Thomas arrived home from Fort Polk, Louisiana, where he was stationed with the U.S. Army, to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Thomas. He was one of six top expert riflemen in his group. He will report to Fort Sill, Oklahoma on January 29 for artillery aviation training.

Newport, R. I. – Commander Winston Dean Briggs, formerly of Malad Idaho, has assumed command of the destroyer USS Charles P Cecil. Cmdr., Briggs is the son of Charles Q. Briggs, Malad, Idaho. The Cecil, whose homeport is Newport, is an anti-submarine and general-purpose destroyer commissioned in 1945. She was one of the first ships and in the Cuban quarantine line in 1962 and was credited with exhausting and causing to surface a Russian submarine off the Cuban coastal waters.

70 YEARS AGO (1956)

The Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow in Malad High School is Shirlee Swenson. She received the highest score in a written examination, which tested the homemaking knowledge and attitudes of senior girls in the graduating class.

When the Denver Central Bankers make an appearance in the Gem State later this month, Idaho court fans will get a first hand look at one of their “home products” who has gained wide acclaim in recent years for his brilliant basketball ability. The Bankers, one of the nation’s top-flight amateur clubs and third place finishers in last year’s National Industrial Basketball League chase, will have LaDell Andersen, Malad, on the firing line when they tangle with the Phillips 66ers. Andersen, after leaving Malad, spent his college days at Utah State Agricultural College where he gained All-Conference honors two years, and was one of the team’s most prolific point-getters. 

Terry Conley, a sophomore at USAC, Logan, has been elected to the office of recorder in the active chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a social fraternity.

Mrs. Maude Griffiths announced the marriage of her daughter Carol, to David Deschamps Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. David Deschamps.

R. Dean Harrison who is stationed with the U.S. Air Force in Wiesbaden, Germany, has been promoted to first lieutenant according to his mother, Mrs. Lily Harrison. Mrs. Harrison’s son, Wayne, who is in the U. S. Navy Air Corps, has been promoted to a lieutenant commander and has been transferred from North Carolina to Maryland.

80 YEARS AGO (1946)

Joseph Neldon Andersen, Elden J. Jones, David F. Thomas, Delbert A. Leavitt, Darrell Lyle Leavitt, S. Claude Williams, Deroy Thomas, Vaun C. Davis, Russell Pack Roe, William G. Reynolds, Rex T. Evans, Stanley Waldron, Cenious Waldron, Lewis F. Leonard and William R. Rieske have been discharged from the armed services, according to information received by the Oneida county selective service board this week.

Very satisfactory progress is being made in the drive to secure funds for purchasing fair grounds for Oneida County, S. L. Smith, chairman of the committee in charge of the campaign states. Solicitors who have reported have met with a very fine response and state that most persons contacted are much in favor of acquiring a fair site and properly improving the same.

Sgt. William R. Evans, brother of Mrs. Lynn Richards, visited with his sister and his aunt, Mrs. Alice Williams. He has just returned from overseas were he has been for two years. He has been in the tank corps for three and a half years. He received his discharge at Fort Douglas, recently. He has the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Pre-Pearl Harbor and E.T.O. Ribbons with two battle stars, Victory Medal, American Defense ribbon and the Distinguished Unit Citation.

Mrs. Eva N. Clegg of Downey announces the marriage of her daughter, Bertha, to Melvin J. Hess, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hess. The ceremony was performed January 8, in the Salt Lake Temple with Elder Robert Burton officiating.