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Short, Fossum crowned March 14
75 Years Ago March 18, 1948 Defeating a determined Bordulac team 34-28, the Dawson High School girls’ team won the state championship Saturday night in the final game of the 1948 state tournament...
From the Past: Malinski grand champion at 'Dilly Day'
75 Years Ago March 11, 1948 William H. Cook, 36, farmer of near Carrington, met his death in an accident at about 5:30 p.m. Friday while he was doing chores. As he walked from the pump hose on his...
From the Past: Alliance Pipeline will begin construction
75 Years Ago March 4, 1948 Beverly Briss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Briss, Kensal, died in a Jamestown hospital Tuesday after an illness of several days. She was about 3½ years old. John Harlin...
From the Past: 'Dilly Days' part of Winterfest
75 Years Ago February 26, 1948 I.R. Sheets and James Clancy are spending enforced vacations as the result of accidents caused by the ice which covered the streets and walks of the city since last...
From the Past: Berdahl named Agent of the Year
75 Years Ago February 19, 1948 The season’s worst storm hit Carrington at 9 p.m. Wednesday, when snow began falling and the wind blew at 50 or more miles per hour. Before the snow came a heavy rain...
From the Past: New Rockford Clinic closes its doors
75 Years Ago February 12, 1948 The death of former resident of Carrington, died in an Ames, Iowa hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Kelly, was a widely-known artist. She won acclaim throughout...
From the Past: Carrington boxers won against Harvey
75 Years Ago February 5, 1948 With the opening of the new semester in Carrington High School, two new teachers were on the faculty, replacing two who resigned. Mrs. Benard Schroeder, a former grade...
From the Past: Parlor furnace fire destroys farm home
75 Years Ago January 31, 1948 Selected as the Good Citizenship Pilgrim of 1948 is Betty Turner, a senior in Carrington High School, it was announced this week by Mrs. J.C. Hoffert, chairman of the...
From the Past: 110 kids absent from school due to flu
75 Years Ago January 24, 1948 Leaving tonight are four Carrington people and two from South Dakota who will sail from New York on the Maurentania on a cruise to the Bahama Island, points in South...
From the Past: Larson to retire at end of school year
75 Years Ago January 15, 1948 In a fast sharp shooting game, the Carrington Cardinals edged the Maddock Aggies 44-36 on the local floor Wednesday evening, Jan. 7. A former resident near Courtenay, Mrs...
From the Past: Chieftain will add new sports lounge
75 Years Ago January 8, 1948 Lars Tollefson, Carrington, was named chairman of the board of county commissioners at the board’s reorganization meeting this week. He succeeds C.W. Jorgenson of...
From the Past: Schroeder retires after 42 years
75 Years Ago January 1, 1948 Negotiations are now in the process for the purchase by W.L. Beaton and son Walter, Jr. of the real estate on which was recently situated their liquor store which was...
From the Past: Fredrickson named Coach of the Year
75 Years Ago December 25, 1947 Publication of a Carrington publicity pamphlet in January is one of the projects of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, members of which studied a draft of the pamphlet at...
From the Past: Chief Wheeler extinguishes car fire
75 Years Ago December 18, 1947 A motor fire in the Woodrow Topp car parked on Main Street here Tuesday forenoon was quickly extinguished by fire Chief F.K. Wheeler, who used a hand operated...
From the Past: Amateur boxing coming to Carrington
75 Years Ago December 11, 1947 Eileen Zink was named honorary chief of the fire department during ceremonies at the Firemen’s carnival held last Friday evening at the armory. She won the honor by...
From the Past: Two vehicles reported stolen
75 Years Ago December 4, 1947 Since last Thursday, the Carrington Fire Department was called to two fires, one in the Sylvan Lee home at midnight Thanksgiving Day, and the other in the A.D. Matheny...
From the Past: Voglewede opens her third store
75 Years Ago November 27, 1947 Opening the season at McClusky Tuesday night, the Carrington High School cardinal basketball team was defeated 37 - 27 by the McClusky High School quintet. Mrs. L.E....
From the Past: FFA members attend district rally
75 Years Ago November 20, 1947 Attending a district rally at Jamestown last Saturday were members of the newly organized Future Homemakers of America chapter of Carrington High School and their...
From the Past: Mustangs at state B this weekend
75 Years Ago November 13, 1947 Winter took hold in the Carrington community Tuesday, when a 2-inch snowfall was recorded here, to break the long spell of unusually mild weather. Nevertheless, this sec...
From the Past: Charity Ball held in Carrington
75 Years Ago November 6, 1947 Sale of registered Polled Shorthorns last Friday at the first annual North Dakota sale sponsored by the state Polled Shorthorn Breeder Association, held in the fairground...
From the Past: Range management teams earns gold
75 Years Ago November 3, 1947 At a meeting called by Supt. Stienstra at Kensal and attended by school administrators from Bordulac, Sutton, Pingree, Glenfield, Courtenay and Wimbledon, an athletic con...
From the Past: Haystack ignited at Bordulac farm
75 Years Ago October 30, 1947 Election of officers for 1948 and discussion on civic projects and other events took place at the regular weekly meeting of the Kiwanis club held Wednesday at Rainbow...
From the Past: Garrison Diversion dedicated Sunday
75 Years Ago October 23, 1947 Large scale production of the Steinman Improved Swather will get underway this fall and winter after the construction of a new building on the west side of the present...
From the Past: Mobile x-ray unit here next week
75 Years Ago October 16, 1947 Personality, poise, scholarship and activities will be the criteria upon which 14 University of North Dakota girls will be judged for Homecoming queen, Dorothy Hanson,...
From the Past: New owners of the Club Café
75 Years Ago October 9, 1947 Mrs. Edith Edinger and Mrs. Gladys Westerlund are the new proprietors of the Club Café, having purchased the business from Ralph Law as of October 1. Mrs. L.E. Greitl of...
