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Milk didn’t always come in plastic-coated cardboard cartons. Way back in the 1950s, it came in pint-or quart-sized glass bottles and was delivered to your door twice a week by Fred the milkman or his teenaged helper on the truck. Fred watched the card in your front window for any change in the number or kind of milk you wanted, but he had pretty well memorized the type and number of milk products wanted by every household he served in Havre. If it was below freezing outside, Fred would put the milk inside the door. If hot in...
Though regular employment of women away from home was rare in Havre’s history, there were indeed several women legitimately employed in respectable public occupations, even in Havre’s earliest days. Early police women There is no doubt that there were influential women in those early days but it was unusual to have that influence in a working world dominated by men. There was for example, a woman employed as a Havre policewoman in 1909 through 1923. She was not allowed to carry a gun and had limited hours but served the def...
The lawn on the west side of the Hill County Courthouse is always an attractive shaded area. In early spring the sidewalk into the west entrance is decorated with big colorful peonies. An assortment of other flowers and plants grace the area along those same walks later in the season. When Veterans ceremonies are held there, the walks are lined with American flags. That same area of the lawn has been the site of other special events including weddings and pie socials. It also...
