Showing posts with label recycling news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recycling news. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
View From The Bridge 2/13/13
“VIEW from the BRIDGE”
By Muncie
2/13/13
ALERT-PLEASE READ
I know that Bethany Monroe (our new Reporter for the River Press,) will be writing the results of the Recycling Meeting last Thursday at the High School. However, I would like to ask you readers to cooperate in this Recycling Program. It is extremely important that more than 20 people show up at the Fairgrounds with their newspapers, magazines, and cardboard. THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM. The Committee needs to know how much recycling can be generated in Fort Benton.
The last two drop-off Saturdays did not yield enough material to satisfy Broadwater Cooperative’s interest in collecting in Fort Benton. The Committee would like to show that our town could generate enough recyclables to make it worthwhile. Plan B is being worked on.
Talk about recycling has been going on for years and any kind of negotiations have gone no-where. At this time, the Committee is working with the B.L.M., who will be a contributor. Grants have been obtained from a two other organizations that will be a tremendous help in purchasing equipment the Committee may need. However, none of this can get Fort Benton a Recycle Program if there is not cooperation from the community. Fort Benton has over 750 households and more than 20 persons need to bring recyclables to the Fair Grounds. There were many questions asked last Thursday. As a result, a decision was made today (Monday February 11) that the Pilot Program will extend to the following dates. The Committee invites you to the Fairgrounds on 2/16, 3/2, 3/16, 3/30, 4/13, and 4/27. The 27th of April will also be Dump Day conducted by the City of Fort Benton. More information about Dump Day to follow in the coming weeks. Please save your recyclable items now instead of throwing them in the trash.
The Committee would be extremely enthusiastic if 750 households would make a trail from one end of town to the other headed to the Fairground next Saturday, February 16 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. They invite you to join in this Pilot Program because it is the “right thing to do.” That phrase was coined for recycling at the meeting because it is what we must do for the environment. It is not difficult to recycle and once you get started, it becomes a habit. Spread the word, call one other person to remind them, ask them to call one other person, and on and on. Please tie your recyclables in bundles and let us make this program workable. JUST DO IT.
“WHAT LOVE MEANS”
9. “If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.” Nikka – age 6 (We need a few million more Nikka’s on this planet.)
10. “Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.” Noelle – age 7
SALUTE TO VETERANS
By the time you read this, “Salute to Veterans Week” will be half over. A National program goes from February 11 to 16. The Veterans Administration invited the public to visit the VA Hospital in Helena to visit the hospitalized Veterans. A visit would “brighten their day,” when you show them the appreciation they deserve. If you are in Helena in the next few days, (or actually any time you are there,) visit the VA Hospital. It is quite a revelation and what you see will remain in your memory forever. If you cannot visit, then I would like to suggest that you send a card and perhaps begin a “Pen Pal” correspondence with a Veteran. Please let me know if you do that, because I know there are people in Fort Benton who write letters and do not do e-mail.
I have visited the VA Hospital in Helena and know many Veterans (from the Marine Corps League) who have been treated there or had extended stays. However, most vivid in my memory is when I belonged to the Ford Motor Company Girls Club. I was about 19 years old and employed for about a year, when The Club supplied a large bus to take us to Kalamazoo, Michigan. We visited the VA hospital and we distributed candy, magazines, and cigarettes (God forgive us because we knew not what did.) and we visited with the very young men who were wounded from WWII. I have never forgotten any detail of that day and I cried for weeks after that. They were so lonely and trying to be brave. Many of them were from out-of-state and did not have any visitors. I believe all of you readers know how I feel about Veterans. The Veterans Photo Project is my pride and joy. Those pictures and bios will be there for a very long time as a reminder of what Chouteau County men and women did for their country. You can keep that spirit alive by, “WEAR RED ON FRIDAYS.”
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND OUR TROOPS
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
View From The Bridge 8/18/10
“VIEW from the BRIDGE”
by Muncie
8/18/10
NEW VESTS
There is a new fashion look for the Volunteers at the Visitors Information Center. A group of “Super Quilters,” worked from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Monday, the 9th. They cut and sewed black vests with each vest designed different colors and quilted designs. The new vests are very sharp looking and with the Volunteer buttons, the Volunteers will look very professional.
The women who took on this project were (in alphabetical order,) Helen Anderson, Judy Beloate, Ruth Carlstrom, Jan Fisher, Margaret Haugworth, Corina Holcomb, Sue Lepley, Karen Sansouzi, Joan Schaefer and Sue Swanstrom. Dee Lohse opened and closed the building and set up the tables for the Quilter’s sewing machines.
NOTE: There will be a meeting of all of the Volunteers at the Wake Cup Coffee Shop on Monday, the 23rd at 10:00 a.m.. Please plan to be there, as the vests will all be completed and given to those who do not yet have them. There will also be a discussion to plan an upcoming event.
TOONERVILLE TROLLEY TO ROCKING K
Dennis Nottingham gave all of the following information to me. He has better access to research and he lives in Carter. He has been a great supporter of this article on the Carter Bar, as well my Adopted Plot where he placed rocks underneath the New Bridge and landscaping the area for me. It looks so much better and I hope that you have noticed it too.
Dennis found a recent article in the Great Falls Tribune detailing the early use of electricity in the Electric City. An electric streetcar was shown in one photo, which brought back memories of Car No. 40.
Highway 29 (now Highway 87,) used to closely follow the Great Northern Railroad alignment from Havre to Great Falls using Carter’s main street through that area. Sometime in the 1930s, the alignment was changed to bypass Carter to the north. In 1931, the Great Falls electric trolley system was replaced with diesel busses and the trolley cars were surplused.
No. 40 was moved to Fort Benton for a while and was then purchased by Bob Vischer and Wesley Nottingham, (Dennis’ father.) They moved the trolley to Carter and located it along the new highway alignment at the present site of the Rocking K.
In 1935 highway traffic needed gasoline and food service. The Toonerville Trolley fulfilled this need under the name of the Toonerville Service. At this time, a cartoon named “Toonerville Folks” was popular in many newspapers featuring a fictional trolley car, and so the name Toonerville Trolley. The “Toonerville Trolley was a famous landmark in Carter and word of its existence was widespread. The seats from the Trolley (dated 1905,) can be seen today at the Carter Methodist Church
Business was good, but in the early 1940’s, the business was sold to Andy Larkin who owned a tavern in downtown Carter and he moved the building to the Trolley location. He and the Cronkhite Boys formed a new Tavern business. It was common in those days to use everything in a frugal manner including old buildings and the Trolley was moved to the Vischer Ranch. It was later sold for scrap and everyone today wishes it had not been scraped.
A long line of owners and remodeling followed for this Carter Tavern including Wesley Nottingham, (for a second time.) Dennis said that the Carter Tavern helped put him through college. This is the end of Dennis’ story.
A pamphlet and a book were published by Jack K Caster. For everything you ever wanted to know about Carter, go to the Chouteau County Library and check out “A new Town, Making Good,” from 1975, and “Carter, MT Homestead Boomtown 1909-1930,” published in 1990.
From other sources, I learned the names of many of the owners of the Carter Bar. I do not have the order in which they owned the Bar nor the year. They are Bob Vischer, Wes Nottingham, Andy Larkin, Stub and Doris Stubster, Jeff Morger (1948,) Ray Kline (murdered by one of his employees,) Vince Webb, Vic Fatz, Greg Stubbs and John Dawson, and now Tamara Adams. If anyone has any information as to the order or the dates, please let me know. Perhaps we can compile an accurate historical record.. Actually, I have not made a trip to the Court House and I will try to plan some time this week to do that. That would probably be the simplest way.
FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT
What a delightful evening of singing and the playing of dozens of instruments. There were approximately 90 to 100 people in the audience who brought their picnic lunches and lawn chairs. We sat within the stockade walls of the Old Fort. When the weather turned nasty, Aodh Og O Tuama asked the audience, if it rained, would they each take one of the instruments inside the Trading Room. Soon the wind began to blow fiercely and everyone jumped up to either leave or to take shelter inside the Trade Room.
All the instruments were brought into the building safely and the show continued to intermission. Molly Trindle, (Organizer Vera Conrod’s granddaughter,) baked a cake as well as Vera. They passed out plates of cake during the intermission, which was a nice surprise for the audience. It was nice to be inside, warm, and cozy, while it rained outside. The rain did stop by the time the concert was over and everyone agreed that it was a very pleasant evening.
I was pleased to see many young people and children attending. I told one young girl that it was so good to see young people interested in that kind of music. She said that her grandmother had one of their CD’s and she listened to it often.
Another first…many of the people in the Trade Room were there for the first time. Dave Parchen announced a welcome to the Old Fort that is a community project and belongs to all the residents of Fort Benton. I have been urging you Readers many times to take the Old Fort Tour. It is all about the beginnings of Fort Benton, the fur trade and the steamboat era. “If you don’t know where you came from, you cannot know where you are going.”
The Old Fort will have tours through the end of September. Make it a point to take in all of the venues that Fort Benton has to offer. You will be amazed to see and learn about how history ties all events together. It is a “small world” in our “where we came from.”
CHOUTEAU COUNTY FAIR
Well, it is here at last. It looks as though the weather will be cooperating and much preparation has been put into organizing all the food concessions, day and evening events and vendors in general. The end of summer is in sight with the closing of the swimming pool on Saturday the 14th and the Fair this coming weekend. Enjoy and a good time should be had by all. It is all what you make it.
RECYLING NEWS
I forgot to tell you about my recycling experience in Bozeman last week at the motel where we stayed. I noticed as soon as we entered our room, that there were paper cups instead of plastic. When I went to the Continental Breakfast the next morning, I told the attendant how pleased I was that they were using paper plates and cups instead of plastic. She said that it was POTATO WARE. I asked her to repeat as I thought that I heard it wrong. No I did not, as she explained that someone had developed Potato Ware actually made from potatoes so it was biodegradable. The motel has been using these products for four months.
I immediately thought it was worth the trips to the moon to develop biodegradable tableware. Unfortunately, the forks, knives, and spoons do not work with that system because one might end up eating them. (Sometimes I make jokes.)
If you travel in the near future, be sure to check out what your accommodations are doing for recycling. Every little bit helps.
SO LONG FOR NOW
A reminder that Charlotte Caldwell will be returning in October for work on the photography book for one-room schoolhouses. Keep the calls coming (622-3217 after 2:00 p.m. and 899-1380 after 9:00 a.m. if a local call. If it is long distance, you will have to wait until after 7:00 p.m. MT time.) Do a good deed every day and be kind. GOD BLESS AMERICA.
by Muncie
8/18/10
NEW VESTS
There is a new fashion look for the Volunteers at the Visitors Information Center. A group of “Super Quilters,” worked from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Monday, the 9th. They cut and sewed black vests with each vest designed different colors and quilted designs. The new vests are very sharp looking and with the Volunteer buttons, the Volunteers will look very professional.
The women who took on this project were (in alphabetical order,) Helen Anderson, Judy Beloate, Ruth Carlstrom, Jan Fisher, Margaret Haugworth, Corina Holcomb, Sue Lepley, Karen Sansouzi, Joan Schaefer and Sue Swanstrom. Dee Lohse opened and closed the building and set up the tables for the Quilter’s sewing machines.
NOTE: There will be a meeting of all of the Volunteers at the Wake Cup Coffee Shop on Monday, the 23rd at 10:00 a.m.. Please plan to be there, as the vests will all be completed and given to those who do not yet have them. There will also be a discussion to plan an upcoming event.
TOONERVILLE TROLLEY TO ROCKING K
Dennis found a recent article in the Great Falls Tribune detailing the early use of electricity in the Electric City. An electric streetcar was shown in one photo, which brought back memories of Car No. 40.
Highway 29 (now Highway 87,) used to closely follow the Great Northern Railroad alignment from Havre to Great Falls using Carter’s main street through that area. Sometime in the 1930s, the alignment was changed to bypass Carter to the north. In 1931, the Great Falls electric trolley system was replaced with diesel busses and the trolley cars were surplused.
No. 40 was moved to Fort Benton for a while and was then purchased by Bob Vischer and Wesley Nottingham, (Dennis’ father.) They moved the trolley to Carter and located it along the new highway alignment at the present site of the Rocking K.
In 1935 highway traffic needed gasoline and food service. The Toonerville Trolley fulfilled this need under the name of the Toonerville Service. At this time, a cartoon named “Toonerville Folks” was popular in many newspapers featuring a fictional trolley car, and so the name Toonerville Trolley. The “Toonerville Trolley was a famous landmark in Carter and word of its existence was widespread. The seats from the Trolley (dated 1905,) can be seen today at the Carter Methodist Church
Business was good, but in the early 1940’s, the business was sold to Andy Larkin who owned a tavern in downtown Carter and he moved the building to the Trolley location. He and the Cronkhite Boys formed a new Tavern business. It was common in those days to use everything in a frugal manner including old buildings and the Trolley was moved to the Vischer Ranch. It was later sold for scrap and everyone today wishes it had not been scraped.
A long line of owners and remodeling followed for this Carter Tavern including Wesley Nottingham, (for a second time.) Dennis said that the Carter Tavern helped put him through college. This is the end of Dennis’ story.
A pamphlet and a book were published by Jack K Caster. For everything you ever wanted to know about Carter, go to the Chouteau County Library and check out “A new Town, Making Good,” from 1975, and “Carter, MT Homestead Boomtown 1909-1930,” published in 1990.
From other sources, I learned the names of many of the owners of the Carter Bar. I do not have the order in which they owned the Bar nor the year. They are Bob Vischer, Wes Nottingham, Andy Larkin, Stub and Doris Stubster, Jeff Morger (1948,) Ray Kline (murdered by one of his employees,) Vince Webb, Vic Fatz, Greg Stubbs and John Dawson, and now Tamara Adams. If anyone has any information as to the order or the dates, please let me know. Perhaps we can compile an accurate historical record.. Actually, I have not made a trip to the Court House and I will try to plan some time this week to do that. That would probably be the simplest way.
FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT
What a delightful evening of singing and the playing of dozens of instruments. There were approximately 90 to 100 people in the audience who brought their picnic lunches and lawn chairs. We sat within the stockade walls of the Old Fort. When the weather turned nasty, Aodh Og O Tuama asked the audience, if it rained, would they each take one of the instruments inside the Trading Room. Soon the wind began to blow fiercely and everyone jumped up to either leave or to take shelter inside the Trade Room.
All the instruments were brought into the building safely and the show continued to intermission. Molly Trindle, (Organizer Vera Conrod’s granddaughter,) baked a cake as well as Vera. They passed out plates of cake during the intermission, which was a nice surprise for the audience. It was nice to be inside, warm, and cozy, while it rained outside. The rain did stop by the time the concert was over and everyone agreed that it was a very pleasant evening.
I was pleased to see many young people and children attending. I told one young girl that it was so good to see young people interested in that kind of music. She said that her grandmother had one of their CD’s and she listened to it often.
Another first…many of the people in the Trade Room were there for the first time. Dave Parchen announced a welcome to the Old Fort that is a community project and belongs to all the residents of Fort Benton. I have been urging you Readers many times to take the Old Fort Tour. It is all about the beginnings of Fort Benton, the fur trade and the steamboat era. “If you don’t know where you came from, you cannot know where you are going.”
The Old Fort will have tours through the end of September. Make it a point to take in all of the venues that Fort Benton has to offer. You will be amazed to see and learn about how history ties all events together. It is a “small world” in our “where we came from.”
CHOUTEAU COUNTY FAIR
Well, it is here at last. It looks as though the weather will be cooperating and much preparation has been put into organizing all the food concessions, day and evening events and vendors in general. The end of summer is in sight with the closing of the swimming pool on Saturday the 14th and the Fair this coming weekend. Enjoy and a good time should be had by all. It is all what you make it.
RECYLING NEWS
I forgot to tell you about my recycling experience in Bozeman last week at the motel where we stayed. I noticed as soon as we entered our room, that there were paper cups instead of plastic. When I went to the Continental Breakfast the next morning, I told the attendant how pleased I was that they were using paper plates and cups instead of plastic. She said that it was POTATO WARE. I asked her to repeat as I thought that I heard it wrong. No I did not, as she explained that someone had developed Potato Ware actually made from potatoes so it was biodegradable. The motel has been using these products for four months.
I immediately thought it was worth the trips to the moon to develop biodegradable tableware. Unfortunately, the forks, knives, and spoons do not work with that system because one might end up eating them. (Sometimes I make jokes.)
If you travel in the near future, be sure to check out what your accommodations are doing for recycling. Every little bit helps.
SO LONG FOR NOW
A reminder that Charlotte Caldwell will be returning in October for work on the photography book for one-room schoolhouses. Keep the calls coming (622-3217 after 2:00 p.m. and 899-1380 after 9:00 a.m. if a local call. If it is long distance, you will have to wait until after 7:00 p.m. MT time.) Do a good deed every day and be kind. GOD BLESS AMERICA.
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