Distinctly Montana Magazine

D I S T I N C T L Y M O N T A N A M A G A Z I N E • S P R I N G 2 0 1 9 60 THE ELLEN RESTORATION 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of The Ellen Theatre in downtown Bozeman. To ensure that this magnificent building is here for another 100 years, we're raising money for a major façade renovation. Our goal is $470,000 and, thanks to a generous matching grant from the Taylor Family Foundation, we've raised $335,000. For nearly a century, Ellen has welcomed hundreds of thousands of happy patrons. Last year alone, 55,000 people visited this grand showplace. Now it's our turn to say thank you. This stylish lady deserves a beautiful exterior, to match all the terrific talent that has appeared on her stage. Your contribution ensures that Ellen will continue to entertain not only all of us and our children, but many generations to come. TO MAKE A DONATION Visit TheEllenTheatre.org or call 406-585-6910 Or mail a check to: The Ellen Theatre, P.O. Box 28 Bozeman, MT 59771-0028 Sometime thereafter Julian and Margaret divorced, and in 1915, Julian remarried Tennessee-born Ella Newton Davis, 25. By 1930, inhabitants included son Julian Anderson Jr. and his Missouri-born wife Mattie, 45, who worked as a "chamber maid" at a "club house," as well as daughter Elenorah and her husband of three years, Add Edison Banks, a native Alabaman who worked as "a porter at a hotel." roughout all this change, Anderson continued to shake and stir, even authoring a recipe guide of his most popular mixes. In 1938, members celebrated Julian's 45th anniversary with the club, signing a tribute to him that announced: "To Julian Anderson who never forgets us, is always constant, pleasant and compe- tent." By 1940, Anderson was a widower and he was taking in African-American lodgers who made their living working in the local service industry. On June 20, 1953, Anderson was honored for 60 years of service at the Montana Club at a board of governors' dinner and later feted at a reception by hundreds of club members. Around that time, the bartender who had become one of Helena's most familiar institutions, retired from service. Newspapers reported that he celebrated his 99th birthday at a family dinner party at home and enjoyed his favorite cake— pound cake, without icing—with nine red and green candles on each side. He said that at one time he chewed tobacco but never smoked or imbibed in alcoholic beverages. He attributed his lon- gevity to clean living and plenty of work. Each year he cultivated a vegetable garden at his home. Julian Anderson died in 1962 at the purported though unveri- fiable age of 102. Ands stayed until 1953, when he reted as e of the "Queen City of the Rockies'" most recognizable chacts The Ellen is a non-profit group 501(c)(3), (Tax ID 84-1374984). All gifts are tax-deductible.

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