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Legends of Showdown · The Shareholders Era, 1957–1973

1999 Jim Hasterlik, Dale Pugh, Allan Rabbit, Pinky Mathews — Top Rock — Ski Bums Group

1999 Jim Hasterlik, Dale Pugh, Allan Rabbit, Pinky Mathews — Top Rock — Ski Bums GroupGeorge Willett Collection

Pinky and Vera Mathews

He wired the 1970 double chair and got the phones going

Legend of Showdown

Born
First skied at Showdown: c.1962, at thirty-nine
First worked here: on the mountain's telephones and electrics from 1970
Years at Showdown: c.1962–c.2001
Positions: Telephone and electrical work at the ski area, with Joe Pinski and the mountain crew, from 1970
President, Great Falls Ski Club 1969-70
Director, Great Falls Ski Club 1970-71
Vera Mathews — Publicity Chairman, Great Falls Ski Club 1969-70
Great Falls Ski Bum

What they did

2 entries

1969-70Wrote the 'Prez Sez' column in the King's Crier, as Great Falls Ski Club president
January 1971Proposed holding cross-country ski races for all ages, via a notice in the King's Crier

Photographs

15 in the archive

1999 Jim Hasterlik, Dale Pugh, Allan Rabbit, Pinky Mathews — Top Rock — Ski Bums Group — 1999 Jim Hasterlik, Dale Pugh, Allan Rabbit, Pinky Mathews — Top Rock — Ski Bums GroupGeorge Willett Collection

2001 Pinky Mathews — The Hole in the Wall Saloon — Ski Bums Group — 2001 Pinky Mathews — The Hole in the Wall Saloon — Ski Bums GroupGeorge Willett Collection

2001 Pinky Mathews — The Hole in the Wall Saloon — Ski Bums Group — 2001 Pinky Mathews — The Hole in the Wall Saloon — Ski Bums GroupGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Joe Pinski, Montana Decker, Vera-Mae Mathews — The Hole in the Wall Saloon — 1990s Joe Pinski, Montana Decker, Vera-Mae Mathews — The Hole in the Wall SaloonGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Pinky Mathews, Vera-Mae Mathews — The Hole in the Wall Saloon — 1990s Pinky Mathews, Vera-Mae Mathews — The Hole in the Wall SaloonGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Pinky Mathews with people — 1990s Pinky Mathews with peopleGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Pinky Mathews — Top of the mountain — 1990s Pinky Mathews — Top of the mountainGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Pinky Mathews — Lodge Deck — Ski Bums Group — 1990s Pinky Mathews — Lodge Deck — Ski Bums GroupGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Chik Neble, Pinky Mathews — Ski Bums Group — 1990s Chik Neble, Pinky Mathews — Ski Bums GroupGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Pinky Mathews, Vera-Mae Mathews — Ski Club Bus — Talking about the map — 1990s Pinky Mathews, Vera-Mae Mathews — Ski Club Bus — Talking about the mapGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Vera-Mae Mathews, Ed Noble — The lodge — Ski Bums having lunch — 1990s Vera-Mae Mathews, Ed Noble — The lodge — Ski Bums having lunchGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Pinky Mathews — Top of the mountain — Group of Skiers — 1990s Pinky Mathews — Top of the mountain — Group of SkiersGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Pinky Mathews — Top of the mountain — Skiers smiling — 1990s Pinky Mathews — Top of the mountain — Skiers smilingGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Pinky Mathews — On the Mountain — 1990s Pinky Mathews — On the MountainGeorge Willett Collection

Ski Bums? Pinky — Ski Bums? PinkyHarlan Cory Collection · Provided by Nancy Springer

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In the papers

6 documents

Kings Crier UnnumberedNovember 1969 · page 2
Kings Crier UnnumberedDecember 1969 · page 2
Kings Crier UnnumberedJanuary 1970 · page 2
Kings Crier Unnumbered — published monthlyOctober 1970 · page 3
Kings Crier UnnumberedJanuary 1971 · pages 4, 6
Kings Crier UnnumberedMarch 1971 · page 4

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Also

Built he wired the 1970 double chairlift — the electronics hooked up and the phones working — and recruited Charlie Lay from his own telephone company, beginning a fifty-year succession on this mountain's phones

Added by the people who were there