ROY PART 5

  Archie F Johnson was born in Wellington, Kansas to Isabelle and George Johnson, one of four boys and two girls.  The Johnsons farmed in Kansas and in 1914 the family moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho.  Archie and his brother, Walter, came to the Roy area about 1915 and homesteaded in the Dory area (approximately 20 miles east of Roy). T 19N R 25E Sec. 22.
  After several years, they moved to Roy and opened a pool hall and set up a barber chair, since both were barbers.  In 1921 they closed the pool hall and Walter left the area.  Archie then moved to another building and continued with his barber shop until his death in 1951.  Archie was Roy's last barber. 
  He married Mary Komarek in 1932 and to this union were born two children, Lillian Marie and Lawrence Sidney.
  During the hardships of the thirties, many people bartered for haircuts with chickens and vegetables, Archie, with the goodness of his heart, gave many a free haircut.

  A. A. Johnson was born in Indiana on September 14, 1872. He graduated from the University of Illinois School of Pharmacy. In 1916 he was married to Jane Peebles at Moore.
  It is recorded that in July of 1916 he sold the Roy Cafe to Albert Severson. From 1916 to 1918 the Johnsons lived on his homestead north of Roy.
  In 1918 they bought a drug store in Roy which they operated until 1945 when fire destroyed the business. They moved to Lewistown where they resided until his death on February 21, 1957.
  Mrs. Johnson passed away in Michigan at the home of her sister on July 11, 1962.

  William B. Johnson was born on September 16, 1887 in Superior, Wisconsin, where he grew up and received his education. He moved to Bowman, North Dakota, in 1909 where he homesteaded. There he married Stella Bechand on July 15, 1911. Stella was born on March 21, 1891 in Bayfield, Wisconsin.
  Six children were born to this union: William L, Robert L, Richard W, Eunice (Hubbard), Joyce, and another daughter who was listed as having preceded her parents in death.
  They moved to Roy in 1912 where he was associated in business with Allison McCain in the McCain Johnson Lumber, Real Estate and Insurance company. In 1932 they moved to Lewistown where he worked for the Bureau of Reclamation. In 1938 they moved to
 

  Moore and operated the Moore Hardware.
  Richard married Margaret Biggerstaff of Hilger on June 29, 1944. He was a WWII veteran. After being discharged from the service they lived in Moore where he was an electrician for the REA. They moved to Glendive in 1949. Richard passed away in June of 1963 at the age of 50. He was born in Bowman, ND on March 21, 1913.
  William B. and Stella moved to Glendive in 1952. Their sons, William and Robert, also moved to Glendive. William B. passed away on April 21, 1964 in Minnesota at the age of 76. Stella passed away on April 11, 1965 at Glendive at the age of 76. William, Stella and Richard are all buried in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Glendive.

"Antonie Bendova" was the daughter of Tomes Bends and Barbara (Suchanova) Bendova. She was born August 1863, Radetice, Czechoslovakia. Antonette arrived in New York City on 28 May 1883, age 19.
  In 1885 she wed Jan (John) Kalal also a Czech native. 
  John (Jack) Kalal came to Montana and took a homestead near Roy in 1914. 
  Arrived in Roy on 21 August 1914. 
  Other than Ed in Chicago, Antonette's children were all in Montana by 1916. Daughter Alby and Sylvia (Babe) Kalal and her son, Dan and another son Jack
  In 1921, Alby wed Lindsay (L.M.A. Wass. 
  A month past her 93rd birthday Antonette fell asleep and never awakened (September 7, 1956).
 

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  Jack Kalal worked for the railroad and was in Montana as early as 1909-10.  He homesteaded in 1914 north of Roy. (Bob Fink now has the place.)  Later he moved to the old Sharp place near Valentine.
  Jack married Lilly Harnden.  They had five children; Lilly, John, Alice, Ray and Don, who were all born and raised in the area.  They attended a school near Valentine.  The eldest Lilly did stay with her Grandmother, Antonette, and attended school in Roy for a year or two. 
  Jack was a tall man and was exceptionally artistic.  His death was the result of injuries received when the team of horses he was putting into the barn bolted.  After Jack was hurt, the family moved to Lewistown.  Jack was born in Chicago on November 12, 1885; he died March 8, 1933.
  Charly died as a young man, in Chicago.
  Edward G. and Alby Antonette Wass remained in Roy.
  Daniel Silvester, was still in his teens when he came to Roy with Ed.  They came out on an emigrant train with the cattle.
  During his time in Roy he worked at various jobs, mostly did butchering for his mother.  He married Marie Dorsey who had a homestead near Valentine and also taught school.  They had two children, Ruth and Robert.
  After serving in WWI, he went into construction work.  He was a foreman on the building of Hoover (Boulder) Dan when he met with the accident that claimed his life.  He had a feeling of impending disaster and went in to warn his men.  They got out and survived-he did not.  Dan was born December 30, 1893 in Chicago-he died in 1933.
  Marie is still living and is 97 years old.  Ruth lives in Vancouver, BC.
  Sylvia Elodie "Babe" was 16 years old when she came to Roy in 1914.  Babe married Lynn Van Zandt in 1922. He was a cashier at the bank in Roy.
  Van Zandt went back to attend college in Wisconsin and became an accountant.
 

  My father Ed Kalal homesteaded in the area of where the Musselshell River enters into the Missouri River in Petroleum County.
  Ed and his mother, Antonette first came here in 1914. His mother stayed, while Ed returned to Chicago to sell his interest in a meat market, as well as other interests he had, before coming back to homestead. My grandmother, Antonette told me many times of having over $200,000.00 when she came to the Roy area from Chicago. Antonette had four sons and two daughters. Antonette was living with her son, Ed, in Roy at the time of her death at the age of 93. She died sitting in her rocking chair.
 Ed, and his brother Dan, who homesteaded north of Roy across the Missouri River, left their homesteads and went to world war I together. They served nearly two years in Europe with Battery A, 348th Field Artillery Unit. During this time Ed was permanently disabled and therefore was unable to return to his homestead. His convalescence required hospital care for the next few years
 Ed married Gladys Irish in 1922. Gladys and her father, PJ. Irish, and her brothers had homesteads in the Valentine and Dovetail area and that is where Ed met Gladys.
  Ed did various things after world War I to make his living such as helping run his mother's store at Valentine, later operating his own meat market in Roy, and doing his own buying and butchering which was all field butchered at that time. Ed also put up ice for his meat market as well as for most of the people in the town of Roy to which he delivered the ice. Ed had mail routes from Roy to Wilder, as well as others. Later, having the only telephone in the area which he had for years, he delivered messages to the people of Roy. He also, in later years, operated one of the general stores, formerly Wass Merc. and also managed the Liquor Store. During the bad years, he was able to purchase the old John Kaaro ranch and later became partner with Gladys' father, PJ. Irish. Ed passed away a March 26, 1971 and Gladys is living in a nursing home in Lewistown.
  Ed and Gladys had three children Joan, Perry Ed and Dick.  Joan married Earl Jakes and they had two boys David and Doug. Joan lives in Moore, Montana as does Doug and David lives in Stevensville Montana.
  Perry Ed married Marjorie Larson. They tried their luck at farming and livestock raising along the river, on King island, for awhile. During their time there they flooded out three times, twice with an above normal June 'raise' of the Missouri River and once because of an ice jam. Marge recalled the ice jam that occurred sometime during the 50's. They had taken the kids over to her mothers earlier. The water rose so high that only the roof of the house stuck out above it. "We lost 60 pigs which were about ready for market, only one was left. All our chickens and one dog drowned too. Two years later during the June rains the water was again, so high that only the roof of the house stuck out. I said "That's it. I don't want to live here any more." 
 Being in a flood is a frightening thing, recovering after one is a disheartening chore. Everything is full of silt. "We had a couple feet of silt covering the floor. All the vehicles had to be torn apart and motors cleaned"
Perry and Marge had rescued a lot of things, but couldn't work fast enough to save all. They have also had the misfortune of burning out-twice in their lives.
  From the river the family moved to Roy, then to Zortman where Perry secured a job with the highway
 

 department a job he held for several years. They moved several times, to the Western part of the state around Polson, Missoula, Ovando, etc.
  In 1969 they moved back to Roy and took over operation of Jess's Corner Service and built up a thriving cafe business the Bohemian Corner Cafe.
  Perry and Marge purchased the old Kellner place where they are engaged in farming and ranching in addition to running the cafe.
  Perry and Marge had eight children. Linda (Rasmussen) has three children; Margie, Heidi and Joe. Heidi is a 1988 RHS graduate. Laurie (Kibbee-Bowser) also has three children; Lisa, Shelly and Kim, who all attended school in Roy for awhile. Linda and Laurie both live in Lewistown.
  Kathy is married to Mike Shirey. They live in Roy where he manages the  Legion Bar. Kathy's children are Paul (Kalal), Crystal (Martin), Boone, James and Katie Shirey.
  Jackie the youngest daughter runs the Corner Service Station.
  Their sons, Perry M, Perry (Pepe) and Keith (Kathy's twin) are all deceased.
  Dan is employed at Zortman in the mines.
  Dick Kalal married Lucille Harrell in 1949. Previous to their marriage, Dick was in the Marines and Army, then shortly after they were married, the Korean War broke out and Dick went into the Navy. After the Korean War, Dick went to school. In 1960, they bought a bar in Zortman, Montana and within a couple of years added a cafe (Miners Club and Wapiti Hay Cafe). They later built a garage with motel units, a mobile home court, and a museum. Dick and Lucy sold their bar and cafe in 1988 and moved to Lewistown.
  Dick and Lucy had five children: Dicky, the oldest, died at the age of nine; Debby, the oldest daughter and her husband, James Gustovich, have three children and they live in Austin, Texas. John and his wife, Candy (McGuire), own the Zortman Garage and Motel. Cindy and her husband, Allen Berg, have the Ford dealership and garage in Livingston, MT. They have one daughter. Joanne married Mike McGuire and they live in Las Vegas, where he is stationed in the Air Force.

  Frank Knouse came to Montana in 1907. His family lived in Kendall, Montana. His father, James, worked in the mines. Frank drove freight to Kendall. Frank and Jim homesteaded near Winifred in 1910 or 1911.
  Jessie Trotter came to Montana in 1911 to be with her folks who had come here in 1909. Jessie first job was as post mistress at the Flax school; then she taught school for one year, 1912-13.
  Frank and Jessie were married in Lewistown on October 11, 1913. They farmed there until 1926, then moved south, where Frank worked on construction. Jessie cooked for the men (around 80 men).
  In 1986 they returned to Montana and farmed for awhile. Then they ran the cafe in Winifred. They bought the Roy Cafe in 1958 from Kucera's. Frank died in January of 1962. Jessie sold the cafe and moved to Lewistown to live with her daughter, Marian Gradl. She then went to Texas to live with her daughter, Kathryn Thrall, where she died in November of 1965. She was buried in Winifred.
  Frank and Jessie had four daughters, Frances Walling, who passed away in 1974, Mrs. Gradl, Mrs. Thrall, and Clarice Asbjornson.

  William Lane was born in Scotland, and migrated to Canada at age 14 which was about the year 1880. He came into Montana, as near as I can recall being told, about 1890. He arrived in the Roy country soon after the turn of the century.
  For a time he drove the stage between Roy and Lewistown. After the Milwaukee Railroad reached Hilger he operated a stage between Roy and Hilger. In 1916 he was awarded the contract for carrying the mail between Roy and Valentine; three times weekly.
 

   He married Mary Ruth Arnaud in 1910, or there about. They had met in Lewistown. She brought with her three children by a previous marriage; Victor, Perry and Edith Arnaud. Victor helped drive the stage and they continued to do so until the railroad came into Roy in 1913 or 1914.
  Victor married Emily Cliff, a niece of Mrs. J. B. Sargeant.  They later moved to Great Falls, Montana. Edith married Fred Henningsen and moved to Hoosac, Montana. Perry joined the navy.  All have passed away now.
  The folks homesteaded one and a half miles east of Roy.  Two daughters were born to them there; Helen now Mrs. Leonard Dunn and Alice, now Mrs. Henry Kahler. 
  The folks operated a dairy and sold milk in Roy during the years between 1915 and 1920.  The town itself had grown rapidly, so the dairy business was very good.  I think it was about the time that Helen started to school that the folks decided to quit the dairy.  They sold some of the cows but kept the ranch.  At this time they bought a house in town.  Sarah LaRocque lives in the house which once belonged to us.
  Dad moved the bunkhouse in from the ranch and made it into a cream station.  He bought cream for the Fergus County Creamery for many years.
  Mother passed away September 10, 1923.  This was a traumatic time for our family. However, Dad continued on buying cream for the Fergus County Creamery. 
  After operating the cream station for so many years, he decided to build a garage and filling station on the corner and sold gasoline for the Arro Oil and Refining Co. out of Lewistown. He sold this at a later date and built another station across the street.  This time he sold gas for Mr. Weiloff out of Lewistown.  He continued to do this until he passed away in 1947.
  According to my baptism record, I was the third child to be baptized in the Roy Presbyterian Church by Rev. Everett Jones, the first minister of the Roy church.  The date on the certificate is January 1916.
  I started School in 1921, in the school house that still stands. Unfortunately the building where I went to High School burned and so with it all of our school records were lost.  Mrs. R. N. Jensen was my first teacher. 
  I have always felt a special closeness to RHS, not only because I graduated in 1933, but the high school had closed in the early 1920's.  In 1927 or 1928 the city fathers got together and decided a high school was again needed.  My father happened to be one of them.  Each family pledged so much money and two teachers were hired.  The following year they were able to get assistance and so Roy once again had an accredited high school.  Mr. Petersen was the first principal followed by T. Wendell Walker.  The attendance rapidly grew too.  After Mr. Holmstrom came, Roy did get on the map, so to speak with a new school and gymnasium.
  I had the honor, also of having my fathers name on my diploma.  He signed as chairman of the Roy School Board.
  The church still stands that served my sister and me in our growing years. Our Mother's funeral was held in that church too.
  Some names that I recall were the Goves and Scotts. Charles Scott married Kathryn Gove and lived in Lewistown. Mr and Mrs. Forseman were a couple I remember very well too. He was so active in all our Sunday school activities, and she was a beautiful seamstress.
 

 She made many of the clothes as I was growing up.
  I married Henry Kahler in 1936 in Lewistown.

  I was born in 1912 in Roy, Montana so I have seen some of Roy grow as the years went by. The town grew rapidly after more settlers came in and took up homesteads.
  I was born in a log cabin, the daughter of wonderful parents. My father worked around 1910 or so, hunting wolves, working for the government. Later he became a farmer; then went into the dairy business and then had a creamery and a service station. He was always a very hard worker.
 When I was ready for school at age 6, there was no school in Roy so I didn't start school till I was age 7. I went to school in the old P.A. Weedell building which used to be a store. My first teacher was Miss Dubois. Later in the grade school, I had Mrs. McCain and Mr. Joslyn. When I was ready for high school, there was no high school in Roy; so I waited until the following year and then started. I took one year of high school; my father had to pay so much a month. I did not finish high school as I was married the following year to Leonard Dunn.
  We lived in the Roy area for the next several years, farming, and helping my father. Later we moved to the Pacific Northwest.
  I lost my mother when I was quite young, and it was one of the saddest times of my life.
  Leonard and I have a wonderful son and family who live not far from us. (In Olympia, Washington.)

  Emil Landa was section foreman for the Milwaukee Railroad at Roy from 1956 to 1972.
  Emil was born on 23 July 1912 and was educated at Coffee Creek, Montana. He was the son of Anna and John Landa. On 8 September 1937 he and Dorothy Foster were united in marriage at Brooks.
  Dorothy, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Foster, came to Montana at the age of four from Allerton, Iowa, where she was born 27 August 1914. She received her education at Hilger, Brooks and graduated from Fergus County High School class of 1935.
The Landas moved from Roy to Lewistown in 1974.
  They had four children: Shirley, Edward, Dorothy (Mrs. Arne Sand) and Margaret (Mrs. Al Zowada). Their daughter Shirley preceded them in death.
  Dorothy passed away on 1 January 1975 in a Great Falls hospital, age 60. Emil died in Great Falls on 8 April 1976, age 63.

from a taped interview with Rose Gardipee.
  There are several spellings of the family name LaRock, Laroque, LaRocque. Rose says that the old "correct" spelling is LaRocque.
  The LaRocques came from Willow Creek, Sask, Canada. There were several families that came together--the LaRocques, Doneys, LaFountains, Swans, Gardipees. All settled in the Central Montana area. In Roy there were the LaRocques, the LaFountains the Doneys and the Gardipees. Ralph LaRocque his brothers, Louie and Ambrose and sisters Marie (Mrs. Eli Gardipee) and Caroline (Mrs.  Louie Flint) all lived in Roy. The LaRocques are of Indian (Chippewa-Cree) and French descent. Rose is proud of her heritage and can't understand those who aren't.
  Ralph LaRocque and Isabelle Thomas were married on September 12, 1898. They had 11 children. Rose (a daughter) listed off those as she could remember, in order of birth: Frank, Sarah, Steve Jim, Rose, Agnes and Joseph. She also named Flora, Cecelia, Marie and Laurence, but said she didn't remember them much as they had an passed away as young people. Her mother had lost her first husband, Alec LaFountain, and two daughters to a flu epidemic
  Rose was born in Roy. In 1931 she was married to Fred Gardipee who was born near Black Butte. They left Roy after their marriage-for good. They had 10 children but none were ever around Roy.
  Rose remembers moving around several times as a youngster. Their homestead was in the vicinity of Black Butte. She remembers that they traded at Pete Hansons. "Mother always paid in cash. Mr. Hanson would give us kids a big sack of candy". The kids always looked forward to that; it was a big treat.
  At one place she remembers moving to, a scary event occurred. They had arrived in a wagon at the place after dark; all were cold and hungry. "Mama got us in the house,  lit the lamp and made a fire. There was a granary near the house where Dad went to hang up the harnesses. He thought he spotted something when he opened the door and upon investigation he found a man, hanging by the neck, in that granary. They never did find

 out who the man was, They asked around but, no one seemed to know."
 "Once when we lived at Armells we lived in that white building that is now the community hall at Fergus. It was moved there from Armells. There were two rooms. One side was Mom and Dad's and us girls and the kitchen, and the other side was the boys. Later we moved up to the mountains into a log house."
  Ralph herded sheep, mostly, and worked on oil rigs. He couldn't read or write. Rose remembers him as being short and really dark. Isabelle janitored at the school and took in washing. For several years Isabelle took care of "old" Bill Lane and upon his death he willed his house and some lots to her.
  The children attended school in Roy. Then Jim and Rose were sent to an Indian School at Chemewa, Oregon. Rose went for three years; Jim only one, He had developed TB in his ankle bone, as a result of a childhood accident while they were playing, and was sent to a sanitarium in Phoenix, Arizona. Rose, Joe and "Aggie" also attended school at St. Paul's Mission at Hays.
  When Rose returned from Oregon her brother, Steve came to get her in a newly purchased Model A, which he "didn't know how to drive. I was scared all the way to Roy on that narrow road and hung on tight. When we pulled into Roy to our home--When I saw it.. Well my stomach just flipped. It was a little one room tar paper shack. Oh how I hated that place.
  "My grandmother, Angeline Thomas Carrier, and my brother Frank were staying at Armells. I went to stay with them."
  "My grandmother died when she was in her 90's and still had all her teeth, but they were worn down to the gums from chewing hides when tanning them."
  Rose remembered helping her grandmother with the tanning of hides and the making of thread out of sinew. "She put salt on the inside and rolled the hides up. In about a week or so, Oh they'd be rank! We'd unroll them and sit outside and with funny looking tools, they had blades on them about 3 to 4 inches wide (shown with hands), we'd scrape the hair off the hides."
  They would gather chokecherries. Rose's brother got each a flat stone and made it into a type of hammer. They would take a few chokecherries and mash them, pits and all, and then make patties out of them and put them on a canvas to dry. Yellow jackets loved this process. Rose said she didn't know how many times they got stung. When they wanted some to eat them grandmother would put a little grease in a pan and with a little flour crumble up the patties into the pan. "And Oh my they were so GOOD."
  Another thing they gathered to eat was wild turnips, "They were so crisp and sweet." Wild rhubarb was another thing they enjoyed eating. It too she described as crisp and sweet. There was a certain stem that grew in the middle that was especially good.
 Rose could only recall one remedy her Grandmother used, though she had many. This one was good for bladder infections. When the herb was in bloom, the blossoms were made into a tea. It was also picked in the fall and stored in sacks. The roots "big roots" were also used.
  She remembers a wonderful Indian bread, bannack, that her Aunt Caroline used to make Her uncle would make a hole in the ground. They'd put wood in the hole; put the bannack in the covered baking pan and cover it all with dirt and let it bake. When done it was a delicious golden brown.
  Another food she remembers from these good old days was a type of pudding called "son-of-a-bitch in a sack"! After it was made it hung in a sack. When some was wanted they'd take it out of the sack and slice it. She doesn't remember how her mother made the pudding, but her mother use to dry lots of berries; June berries ("service berries is a terrible name to call such a good thing"), currants, gooseberries, etc. She assumes these were used in the pudding.
  A good friend of her brothers that Rose recalled was Al Knapton. He lived along the river. Al was a horse trader, made moonshine and "I was in love with him when I was young. He was such a lot of fun-a nut--that you couldn't help but like him. I remember one time he came over to listen to our radio. I wasn't feeling very good and he and my brother got to telling stories. My! You never heard such a bunch of lies. They were so funny, I laugh when I think of him yet." Al is long deceased.
 "We had an old fashioned radio." One of the last memories that Rose has of her grandmother Carrier is of her sitting and smoking her pipe, listening to the music from the radio. "She was a sweetie", she says of her grandmother.
 Ralph LaRocque died May 19, 1944. He was born May 5, 1880 near Lewistown.
  Isabelle passed away April 3, 1966. She was born March 20, 1879 at Willow Creek, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Thomas. Both are buried at Calvary Cemetery in Lewistown as are most of the other family members who have passed on.
  Aggie was quite young, 29 years when she died and Frank had also preceded his parents in death. He had left Roy and was herding sheep in the Dupuyer area when he was struck and killed by lightning.
 

  Joe, Jim, Steve and Sarah all remained and lived in Roy. Rose at present, lives in Lewistown with a daughter.
  Joe and Theresa's children are Darrell, Frankie, Dawn, Irene and Karen, and another little girl that died; Rose didn't remember her given name but she was called Dodo. Karen was a stepdaughter to Joe.
  Joe was a handyman; Jack of all trades. He hauled hay, sheared sheep, worked as a ranch hand. Joe and family lived in Roy for several years and the kids attended Roy school. Joe passed away sometime in the early 70's.
  Jim and his wife Della, and their children Belle, Carrie, Alley and Melody also lived and went to school in Roy for several years. Jim was a railroad section man at Roy. After they moved to Lewistown Carrie was killed when run over by a truck. In later years Belle, by this time herself a mother but still quite young, died by accidental drowning. Alley resides in Great Falls and Jim is a patient in Lewistown nursing home. Jim also had four other children by previous marriages Victoria, Sonny, Steve and "Cookie."
  Steve was also a railroad section man at Roy. He and his wife, Marie, had two children, Raymond and Nanan, a nickname. Rose couldn't remember her name. Steve died of cancer while living at Choteau. He too is buried in Lewistown.
  Sarah never married. She worked at the old St. Joseph's Hospital in Lewistown for many years. Upon retiring she bought Isabelle's house in Roy where she now resides. Sarah keeps busy with her crocheting and makes quilts. "She's not one to sit around and twiddle her thumbs" Rose says.

  Adolph (Jerry) Laschat was born 18 February 1868 at Lankischken, Germany, the son of Daniel and Hinertte Laschat.
  It is not known when Jerry came to the United States; but it must have been at an early date, for it is known that he worked at gold mining at Marysville when it was Montana's leading gold producers, with the Drumlummon producing $50,000,000 in the 1880's.
  He came to Central Montana and was in Gilt Edge during the boom of this little city. He resided in Ft. Maginnis when it was an important army center, and worked in this territory long before Roy was started.
  Jerry homesteaded in the Valentine area. He was always interested in mining and worked some claims in the Judith Mountains during the forty years he lived at Roy. He was a respected pioneer of this area.
  Jerry Laschat was 84 years when he died at Great Falls 10 January 1966. He suffered with dropsy some time before his death. Interment was at Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Montana.

  Jim and Myrtle Latty came to Montana from Chicago, Illinois and homesteaded in the Roy area.
  They left the homestead and moved to Lewistown, Montana where Mr. Latty was employed as a janitor at the Judith Theater for a number of years. He later worked at Carpenter's Hall. He was an avid pool player. They lived near the Searle Seed House. 
 Jim Latty was born 25 April 1888 in Illinois.  He died at the home of his brother, George, in Chicago 19 September 1966. His wife preceded him in death.

  William "Bill" Lettengarver was born and raised at Drake, North Dakota.  He came to Montana in 1931 and first worked on the Harlow Ranch for Bob Frazer.  He then worked for Dallas Disbrow and John McVey when they had cattle in the Roy Area.
  He married Esther Cameron and they lived at the Horse Ranch, working for Carseteen Packing Company.  Bill and Esther went to North Dakota and bought some cattle to run, while working there. Chan Cook took over the Horse Ranch and brought in Mexican steers.  In 1942 Lettengarvers took over the Steve Ghezzo place on Armells. They sold it and bought the Bowser place at Roy and ran cattle and sheep.
  Three children were born to Lettengarvers: Jeanie (class of 1957), Billy and Duane. Bill and Esther lived at Roy for fifteen years, then divorced.
  Bill and Alice Lund were married in 1959 and moved to the Judith River to ranch one year later. They sold the Judith River place in 1978, retired, and moved to Lewistown. Alice died 4 August 1986 and is buried in the Lewistown City Cemetery. Bill lives in Lewistown.

  Jean and Billy lived with their father, after their parents separated, and grew up and went to school in Roy.
  Evelyn Jean Lettengarver was born May 12, 1939 in
 

 Lewistown. We lived in a log cabin on the Al Knapton place east of Roy, till I started school. Most of my school years were spent in Roy. I remember when the school burnt down. We went to school in a church, barber shop, or wherever there was room!
  We lived on the Steve Ghezzo place next to the cemetery. During the summer I could stand outside in the evening and hear people talking downtown, dogs barking, kids playing, people laughing. I guess the hill captured the sound and bounced it back. It always seemed so peaceful there, then.
  Another early memory is of the wooden water tank for the railroad. It was pretty tall and made of wood. Water always dripped out of it. In the summer heat the town milk cows would go stand under it in the cool shade. In the winter the icicles would hang way down from it.
  I live in Portland, Oregon now. I married Ellis Fish in 1957 and we have two children, Diane and Wes. We were divorced in 1975 and I married Elvin Pickard in 1976. He died in 1984.
  My brother Steven William "Billy" was born July 13, 1943 in Lewistown. He attended school in Roy through the 10th grade. When Billy was 10 he had polio which left his legs paralyzed. He spent much time in hospitals receiving treatments and undergoing surgery.
  Since 1975 he has worked for Taylor Electric Supply and is manager of the customer's service department in Portland, Oregon.
  In October of 1985 he married Earlene Bishop. They live at Troutdale, Oregon with her six year old grandson, Robert Hart.
  In spite of Bill's handicap he has led a very active life. He has played wheelchair basketball with the Portland Wheel Blazers and helped to organize and participate in wheelchair marathon runs to raise money for the teams. On one such marathon he traveled 890 miles in 4 days. He is associated with Special Olympics and does volunteer work for the Easter Seal Telethon. He is president of the Rollin Squares Dance Club and he and Earlene do exhibition dancing and travel to Washington and Canada. 

  Art Londo's poolhall operated in the 1930's and occupied Effie Bakers' building, Block 7, lots 13-14 on the north side of the A. A. Johnson Drug Store. The Londos left Roy and Mrs Lena (Dee) Potterf bought the building where she ran the Potterfs Cafe through the 1940's until it was destroyed by fire.

  Lewis S. Madison was born on April 10, 1847 in Denmark.
 In 1911 Madison, a widower, and his son, Henry, packed their possessions and livestock into a box car and left Nebraska by train, for Montana. They arrived at Hilger; then continued to Roy by horse and wagon. They settled on 80 acres of land near Box Elder Creek, about 10 miles east of Roy.
  Lewis Madison had 14 children and of the 14, only four lived in the Roy area; Anna Madison Allbough, Emma Madison Bare, Simon and Henry Madison.
  He was among the first influx of homesteaders to arrive in the area. He cultivated 25 acres of oats in 1912 and harvested hay. The next year he planted 30 acres of oats and 15 acres of wheat and cut the crop for hay. In 1914 he had 70 acres in oats and harvested about 20 bushels per acre. In 1915 there were 55 acres in oats and yielded 1100 bushels and 15 acres of wheat yielded 180 bushels.
  He died, October 4, 1915, at his home and is buried in the Roy Cemetery.
  Anna Madison Allbough, daughter of Lewis Madison and Rachel Anson, came to Montana to be near her father. She applied for 160 acres, about 12 miles northeast of Roy. In 1914 Anna applied for an additional 160 acres, making a total of 320 acres.
  In March 1917 she married Marion Allbough at Sioux City, Iowa. They had one son, Oliver, who was born in Roy on January 30, 1920.
  Anna died March 9, 1920 of influenza in Roy and is buried in the Roy Cemetery. She was born on May 3, 1887 in Salix, Iowa.

PHOTOS-DESCRIPTION

• Ed Kalal with Perry Ed, Joan and Carley Wass.
   
• Marge Larson Kalal July 1947
   
• Gladys  Irish Kalal
   
• Alice Fadrhonc, Dick Kalal and Joan Kalal on the bandstand that stood over the town pump which was located in the middle of main street in downtown-Roy.
   
• Frank and Jesse Knouse inside the Roy Cafe.
   
• The Lane family on an outing about 1921. William in front, Mary, Alice (barely visible as she was quite small yet) and Helen.
   
• Mr. Lane's oil station, taken in 1927.
   
• Helen and Leonard about 1927. In the background are Alice Lane and A.A. Johnson.
   
• Bill Lettengarver is the fellow to the left of the post. Next to Wilbert Zahn, then Ernest Zahn and "Little" George Richards. "Little " George gained a reputation as a roper. He was living in Washington when last heard of.

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