Yesterdays: Employees cry foul in CFAC profit sharing deal
Columbia Falls played Eureka in basketball in January, 1962. At the time, Eureka was the Redskins. The original caption did not identify the players. (Mel Ruder photo)
70 years ago
Feb. 1, 1952
The first generator was going in the Hungry Horse Dam. General Electric had the contract to install four generators into the dam at a cost of $4.6 million. A story said the glaciers in Glacier National Park were “on the comeback,” according to Glacier scientists at the time. That comeback, at least in geological time, did not last long.
60 years ago
Feb. 2, 1962
Tuberculosis was a concern in the Flathead. The county had six active cases and one person reportedly had exposed 50 people. There was lots of snow at Trout Lake up the South Fork, with 36 inches of snow, compared to 21 the year before.
50 years ago
Feb. 4, 1972
Snow dominated the front page, as it closed Highway 2 east of East Glacier and Lake McDonald was completely frozen over. Local snow plowers said it was “the worst ever” winter they had seen as far as keeping roads open.
40 years ago
Feb. 4, 1982
The Anaconda Aluminum Co. and the Forest Service were working on a land swap to settle a lawsuit over fluoride pollution on Teakettle Mountain. In the settlement, Anaconda would buy about 2,000 acres of private land near Coal Creek up the North Fork from private owners and then transfer it to the Forest Service. The Forest Service, in turn, would give Anaconda about 5,000 acres of rocky land on the west face of Teakettle Mountain.
30 years ago
Feb. 6, 1992
Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. executives Brack Duker and Jerome Broussard denied any wrongdoing in response to a class action lawsuit brought by employees over profit sharing. But the two promptly suspended accountant Bobbie Gilmore who first reported the company was not reporting profits equally with employees.
20 years ago
Feb. 6, 2002
Randy Jones Construction was advertising that they could build a house of your lot for $144,000. The home would have three bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths and a two-car garage. The Columbia Falls speech and debate team won its third straight state title.
10 years ago
Feb. 1, 2012
The housing market in the Flathead Valley was definitely busted, with a price drop of nearly 30%. About 63% of home sales were bank-owned properties, meaning they had gone into foreclosure.