Rambo Memorial Bridge dedication set for May 25
Arthur J. Rambo
The Staff Sgt. Arthur J Rambo Memorial Bridge dedication has been scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at Fred Brown Pavilion in the Riverfront Park.
Tony Smith, a close friend of Arthur, will officiate as the presenter. Along with family from across the state, attendees will include many of Art’s classmates as well as several members from Art’s unit of the 11th Armored Cavalry, Black Horse Regiment.
The family invites recipients of the Libby High School Arthur J Rambo Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was established by his parents, Howard and Viola Rambo in 1970 and has continued for the past 56 years.
Art Rambo grew up on a farm south of Libby, Montana, milking cows each morning and bucking bales of hay in the summers. With his friends, among other things, he would fish, hunt and play baseball. He played Little League, Babe Ruth and American Legion ball. He played first base on the Lee Gehring Field located near the bridge which will bear his name.
Besides athletics and academics, Art was accomplished musically.
Rambo graduated in the top of his class in 1963. That class was the next-to-last to graduate from the old high school on Lincoln Boulevard near downtown Libby. Following graduation, Art enrolled in Carroll College in Helena. It was here that he met his wife, Helen Ryan, while both were singing in the Carrollers, the music choir known as the “Singing Ambassadors of Carroll College.”
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