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George A. Dingfelder was one of two hundred and fifty-six law enforcement officers who graduated on June 7 from the FBI National Academy Program at Quantico, Virginia. The 276th Session of the National Academy consisted of men and women from 49 states. Included in the class are members of law enforcement agencies from the District of Columbia, 35 international countries, five military organizations and seven federal civilian organizations. Dingfelder is currently employed as...
Funeral Services for Diane Joyce Hockenbary, 59, St. Francis, Kansas, formerly of Ekalaka, MT, were held June 18, 2019 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka, MT, with Tom Stieg officiating. Burial followed at Beaver Lodge Cemetery in Ekalaka. Diane passed away on June 8, 2019 in Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas, after a brief battle with cancer. Diane Joyce (Erickson) Hockenbary was born September 3rd, 1959 in Ekalaka, MT to Marvin and Laura (Stieg) Erickson. Diane was...
A graveside service for David G. Elmore, 79, of Baker MT, was held June 3, 2019 in the Bonnievale Cemetery with Pastor James Biswell officiating. In accordance with David's wishes, cremation has taken place David passed away May 27, 2019 at Fallon Medical Complex, Baker, MT. David Gale Elmore, was born June 19, 1939 in Ekalaka MT, the son of Bert and Madeline (Butler) Elmore. Growing up, he attended Foster School through 8th grade and Carter County High School, graduating in...
Donna Sjoblom Smith of Sheridan passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. She is now at home with her Savior and family who passed on before her. Donna was born on February 4, 1938 in Ekalaka to Ernest and Beulah Sjoblom. Donna's family had a farm about 10 miles out of town, so she had to board with families in Ekalaka during her school years. She was a very outgoing young lady throughout her school years, playing numerous instruments in the...
Commencement exercises for the Carter County High School Class of 2019 were held on Saturday. A large crowd of family and friends gathered to wish the one-hundredth CCHS graduating class well. Though a small class with only six students, they were still double the size of the first graduating class of 1919. In addition to being a milestone year, the graduation will be memorable as over five inches of wet, heavy snow covered the ground for much of the day. Former...
Funeral services for Areatha Penn, 89, of Ekalaka, were held May 15 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka with Pastor Scott Kiehn officiating. Burial followed at Beaverlodge Cemetery. Visitation for Areatha took place prior to services at the funeral home. Areatha went to be with her Lord on May 10, 2019, at Dahl Memorial Healthcare after a long illness. She came into this world on July 15, 1929 in Ekalaka, the 3rd child of six born to Herbert and Sylvia McCamish. Areatha went...
Commencement exercises for the Carter County High School Class of 2019 will be held this Saturday, May 18 inside the gymnasium. This year there will be six seniors graduating. The ceremony is set to begin at 2:19 p.m....
Last week, The Eagle printed a hundred-year-old article about the CCHS Class of 1919. Anita Ewalt was the valedictorian of the class. Local Nancy Brence has a handwritten copy of Ewalt’s commencement address. Her class was the first ever to graduate from Carter County High School. The 1919 commencement address follows: “Our Class of 1919 is here to night to speak a last word of farewell before we separate. Whatever pathway each one of us may choose will lead to honor and success if we but follow it rightly. Tho our paths may...
On Friday, May 3, Mr. Del Raso, Mrs. Cathy Frye and Jaelee Strangford traveled to Billings for the State Music Festival held at Billings Senior High School. Accompanied by Mrs. Frye on piano, Jaelee performed her solo "Romanze & Menuetto" by Mozart and received a superior rating. Jaelee will play her solo again on Tuesday, May 14 during A Night With The Arts, 6 p.m. inside the Carter County High School gymnasium....
On Tuesday, Carter County High School seniors and their parents attended a banquet at the school. The annual event, hosted by Sagebrush Service Club, was catered by CCHS FCCLA. After a chicken dinner, club member Susan Tooke had parents and students play a short game. Then, Dahl Memorial CEO Ryan Tooke, a 1991 CCHS graduate, spoke to the students. This year's banquet was themed "The Wizard of Oz," as apparent by the characters on the left side in the above...
The old, wooden bleachers at Carter County High School have been removed and installation of new ones was completed last week. The bleachers previously posed a safety risk as locking mechanisms were failing. The new, plastic bleachers donned in Bulldog blue have additional handicap areas and hand rails on the stairs. Additionally, they are equipped with a remote and electronics, making "pulling" them out a breeze. The bid for the installation was just under...
As you read this memories article, you will discover that it is a little different from past articles. When reading through some Shifting Scenes, I became interested about the Mumedy family from an article written by Leona Mumedy Miller who begins with her father and mother, Andrew and Margaret Mumedy. She wrote this information in 1981. It includes information about her family, homestead days, school, daily activities, court house clerk for different attorneys, and up through her time at state and federal government...
Edward William Arbuckle, aka "Billy", passed away peacefully on October 16, 2018 in Eureka, CA. His family and friends will miss his humorous storytelling and famous Arbuckle-isms. Born November 2, 1933 in Carter County, Montana on the Arbuckle ranch, he graduated from Carter County High School in 1951. He served in the US Air Force for six years. He then attended the University of Montana in Missoula, graduating with a Bachelor of Art in Mathematics. Here he met and married...
NC State College of Veterinary Medicine student Amanda Kortum is the recipient of a government fellowship that launches her dream career path fighting the world's most devastating infectious diseases. Kortum joins just a handful of students across the country awarded a National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Scientist Training Program fellowship from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. NBAF Scientist Training Program fellows...
Local scholarships are now available through the school counselor’s office at Carter County High School. The staff, students and alumni of Carter County High School thank the many individuals and organizations who contribute to the numerous scholarships that are available to juniors, graduating seniors and alumni continuing their education. CCHS seniors have been given many local scholarship applications, most of which are due May 1. So senior parents, you may want to be checking with your son or daughter to be sure they a...
Carter County Museum Director Sabre Moore had a busy week bringing a portable planetarium, StarLab, to Ekalaka students. On Tuesday, Moore set the StarLab up for CCHS students. High school math, science and FCS students spent time learning about magnitude, math in space and measuring distances. On Wednesday, Moore spent time with grade school students in the StarLab. They learned about constellations, the phases of the moon, what planets are made of and astronomy and Native...
Alice, daughter of Fred and Eva Townsend, gives more information on the early day family that homesteaded in the Tie Creek area with the home buildings being just one mile west of the Padden Ranch. She wrote: "My dad got itchy feet again and in 1919 started to Canada-you guessed it-in a covered wagon! They landed in Leslieville, British Columbia, Canada. They stayed there two years and then went back to the old ranch in Tie Creek country." After reading about those...
Delores (Peggy) Volin, age 87, passed away peacefully at home on March 20, 2019. Peggy was delivered by her grandmother at home, on June 15,1931, at Ridgway, MT. She grew up living in the country in Carter County, MT. She used to talk about riding to school bareback on her horse. She moved to town in Ekalaka, MT., to attend high school. She worked for room and board doing domestic chores. She played the drums in her Dad's dance band and kept the beat all her life. At this...
In this article, I will continue writing about the Chuck and Maude Welch family with a thought by their daughter Lucile: “I don’t believe my parents ever regretted coming to Montana although I am sure they did endure many hardships. I guess the good times off-set the bad!” Maude passed away in 1961 and Chuck in 1970. After reading many articles in Shifting Scenes of the Homestead Days I have to agree. What made these “good times?” It had to be then, and today, because of caring, wonderful neighbors and people who were read...
In this article, I will continue on with stories about Charles (Chuck) and Maude Welch. Lucille wrote that her father and mother had many hard times but also many good times and wonderful neighbors; many who gave up their homesteads and returned to their former houses. She lists at least ten families with the statement “just to name a few.” The names listed were not known to me. Maude writes of their “Literary Societies,” social neighbor singing groups and baseball teams. She mentioned that Chuck was quite a catcher. Those b...
Funeral services for Larry LaBree, 76, of Ekalaka were held February 13, 2019 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker. Larry passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at his home in Ekalaka. Larry Michael was born April 23, 1942 in Miles City, the son of John Earl and Mary Frances (Jordan) LaBree. He grew up on the family ranch, 30 miles south of Ismay. Growing up he attended grade school in Ismay and Country School and graduated from Carter County High School. Larry enlisted in...
This article is about another neighbor, Bonnie Peabody, who also lived across the street and up the hill from us. I would like to share some information about Bonnie, but first I need to go back a generation on the Peabody family. Charles and Mary Peabody Charles was born in Vermont and moved to Iowa where he met his future wife, Mary Hite. They were married on July 4, 1879. In the summer of 1884 they moved to Rapid City, South Dakota coming overland in a covered wagon, drawn by four horses, trailing their cows and milking...
Jennifer Bird first learned about equine massage therapy while attending Montana State University. "The things that therapists could do for a horse always intrigued me," she said. A 2007 Carter County High School graduate, Bird went to Bozeman to study animal science. She received her bachelor's degree in 2011. After college, Bird thought about taking classes for equine massage, but instead moved to Broadus where she spent three years working for the department of revenue. The...
Wade B. Arledge of Sanco, Texas and Saxon D. Schell of Capitol, Montana recently announced their engagement. Mr. Arledge is the son of Dr. Joe W. Arledge III, DVM, of Sanco, TX, and Annette L. Scarmardo of Bryan, TX. He is a 2005 graduate of Robert Lee High School and presently works on his family's cattle ranch near Mill Iron. Ms. Schell is the daughter of Timothy R. and Jodi L. Schell, of Capitol, MT and is a 2013 graduate of Carter County High School. She currently works...
Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association will be hosting a heart health awareness event at the Carter County High School Basketball games versus Custer/Hysham on Saturday, February 9. All who wear red to the games that day will be entered into a drawing for prizes. DMHA will also be accepting donations for the American Heart Association. Donating helps fund innovative research for new treatments, provides programs and services for survivors and their families and helps more of our loved ones lower their risk....
