11 May 2023

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Charles Nesbit

Charles Nesbit


Charles B. Nesbit, 95, of Billings died Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. He was born in Poplar on Feb. 10, 1927, to Ralph and Marie Nesbit. Raised on a farm in the Mineral Bench community 30 miles north of Poplar, he went a mile and a half across two wheat fields to grade school. When he graduated from eighth grade, he moved to Poplar to go to high school, living with his sister, Nellie, her husband and their two small children. In high school, he participated in almost every extracurricular activity offered — football, track, band, cheer squad — and graduated as valedictorian of his class. After high school, he enrolled in the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program as a way to attend college and went first to the University of Idaho and then, after recommendation for further schooling, to the University of West Virginia. Discharged from the Army in 1946, he enrolled at the University of Montana, where he got his bachelor degree in English and, for a year, taught, as a graduate assistant, freshman composition to other GIs, all of whom were older than he. In January 1951, he moved to Billings to teach English and moved quickly from freshmen to sophomores to juniors to seniors, and ended up teaching Honors English 12. Along the way, he earned

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Yoakam To Appear In Matilda

Yoakam To Appear In Matilda


Yoakam To Appear In Matilda McKay Yoakam of Glasgow will play the leading role in Fort Peck Summer Theatre’s Matilda. Winner of nearly 50 international awards and based on the beloved novel by fantastical genius Roald Dahl (Willy Wonka), this captivating modern masterpiece follows young Matilda. Surrounded by largerthan- life characters, her powerful imagination transforms into magical powers and inspirational dreams as she searches for a better life. Yoakam, age 9, is a third grader. She said her favorite subjects are music and math. Her favorite movie is Mamma Mia. She likes basketball, cookie dough ice cream and has a labradoodle named Murphy. She said she’s nervous about talking on a major performing role on stage. Yoakam said her role reminds her to appreciate her Yoakam Glasgow’s McKay Yoakam will star as Matilde at FPST in July. (Submitted photo) off-stage family. “I love to read and sing like Matilda,” said Yoakam, “but my family is a lot nicer.” Don’t miss Yoakam and over two dozen local youth actors in this summer’s production. Matilda runs July 7-23, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m.

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