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  • From the Past: Randy Peterson rolls all strikes for a fourth time

    Renee Hopkins|Oct 28, 2024

    12 Years Ago November 3, 1949 At the homecoming festivities last Friday, Oct. 28, Joan Miller, sophomore, was crowned homecoming queen. A parade of floats prepared by the different classes and organizations went through town, and initiation of freshmen also took place during the day. Miss Betty Richter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Richter, Sykeston, is the deputy treasurer in the office of County Treasurer A. W. Erickson. She took up her duties officially as of Nov. 1, although she had spent se...

  • From the Past: Carrington runners earn all region honors

    Renee Hopkins|Oct 21, 2024

    12 Years Ago October 27, 1949 Homecoming Day at the Carrington High School will be Friday, Oct. 28, with several festivities scheduled for the full-day event. Vying for the coveted title of homecoming queen are Kathleen Brady, Mary Dunwoody and Joan Miller, representing the seniors, juniors and sophomores, respectively. The queen will be crowned by Charles Kahl and Wesley Hanson, football co-captains, at the homecoming dance Friday evening. On Friday evening, Oct. 14, Mr. and Mrs. William...

  • From the Past: 25 building permits issued

    Renee Hopkins|Oct 14, 2024

    12 Years Ago October 20, 1949 Recent activities of the Carrington future Farmers of America are included in information supplied by chapter officers. In a recent election, Maurice Zink of Melville was elected president of the local chapter. Serving with him are Virgil Zink as vice president, Kermitt Skadberg as secretary, Donald Theis as treasurer, Alan Willyard as reporter and Elton Leppke as sentinel. Starting with a kick-off breakfast Friday morning, a group of 20 men, representing the Junior...

  • From the Past: Braaten receives coaches award

    Renee Hopkins|Oct 7, 2024

    12 Years Ago October 13, 1949 Held Motor Sales, local Oldsmobile agency owned and operated by John J. Held and son, John A., will be in a new location next week, having made arrangements to occupy the Steinman building on west Main Street. The firm has been operating in the Klindworth building. A former Carrington resident, Brigadier General William A. Matheny, has been assigned as chief of staff of Continental Air Command’s newly established eastern air defense force at Mitchell Air Force B...

  • From the Past: Land purchased at Juanita Lake

    Renee Hopkins|Sep 30, 2024

    12 Years Ago October 6, 1949 The cause of the fire which did heavy damage in the Getty Cleaners and Furriers building Sunday afternoon has not been determined. The fire started at about 3 p.m. Sunday, and before the flames had been extinguished, the main floor in the central part of the building was badly damaged, and clothes in the pressing room were badly burned. In a critical condition in the Carrington Hospital is Darrell Peterson, 18, Bordulac, who was struck by a car on the highway at...

  • From the Past: Rolling Plains Art Gallery comes to Elementary School

    Renee Hopkins|Sep 23, 2024

    12 Years Ago September 29, 1949 The Cardinal football team won its first game of the season from New Rockford in a close contest Friday evening by a score of 7-0. The game was played on the new Carrington athletic field, which had been leveled off and equipped with guard cables for convenience and comfort of the fans along the sidelines. Selection of the state Dairy Queen will take place at Jamestown Thursday afternoon with a parade at 1:30 to open the afternoon’s festivities. Included among t...

  • From the Past: Zink sworn in as member of 119th Fighter Wing, ND National Guard

    Renee Hopkins|Sep 16, 2024

    12 Years Ago September 22, 1949 Thomas H. Cousins became the owner of the Club Café, business and building, in a deal closed between him and Ralph Law, the former owner, on Tuesday of this week. The deal goes into effect on October 1. When the Fairway grocery store opens for business on Saturday morning, October 1, there will be a new management to wait upon the public. On that date, Russel Marcussen and Floyd Feichle will be the new owners of that store. They purchased the business from H.O....

  • From the Past: Dr. Page signs contract with CHC

    Renee Hopkins|Sep 9, 2024

    12 Years Ago September 15, 1949 Sol Hoopli of Hollywood, king of the Hawaiian guitar, and Roy Odegard of Seattle, concert pianist and cornetist, will present a concert Friday evening at eight o’clock in the Methodist Church at Cathay. Seeking positions on the Carrington High School football team this season are 45 boys who have turned out for practice, it was stated this week by Coach Harold L. Pedersen. Leading the group are 14 lettermen, six of whom were starters last season. These include W...

  • From the Past: School-to-work program started

    Renee Hopkins|Sep 2, 2024

    12 Years Ago September 8, 1949 Carrington High School has an enrollment of 279 as compared to 269 last year. It was announced by Superintendent N. H. Hanson. O.T. Belsheim, director of the school band, said he had 56 students enrolled in the band this year. In the opening week last year, the band numbered 39 pieces. Two Northern Pacific employees escaped death in an explosion of the locomotive of the Carrington-McClusky branch train a mile west of Goodrich Monday afternoon. Fireman Albert...

  • From the Past: Carrington swim team defeats Valley City

    Renee Hopkins|Aug 26, 2024

    12 Years Ago August 25, 1949 Carrington JCC baseball team closed the season at Valley City last Wednesday night, defeating the Eagles there under lights 12 to 9. Martin and Dell were pitchers for Carrington and Sobolik catcher. A special feature at the Foster County Fair this year will be the judging of the VFW Cootie Whisker Club, and appropriate prizes are to be awarded. Winners will include the Cootie with the most artistic whiskers, the most complete, the blackest and the poorest. The...

  • From the Past: Bill Bauer lives out Old West dream

    Renee Hopkins|Aug 19, 2024

    12 Years Ago August 25, 1949 Three persons from here are attending the Red Cross National Aquatic School at Brimson, MN. According to Mrs. F.B. Peik, water safety chairman of the Foster County chapter. Those attending the school are: Bill Chaffee, Tommy Cousins and Alice Mae Reimers. All are graduates of Carrington High School, and all will be attending a college this fall. Mary Ann Hayashi, governor of ND Girls State was to arrive in Washington, D.C. last Sunday to attend the third Girls’ N...

  • From the Past: Chamber welcomes new business

    Renee Hopkins|Aug 12, 2024

    12 Years Ago August 11, 1949 Of the six farms in Foster County entered in the state soil conservation contest, the farm of J.H. Lyman of Grace City was scored highest and was recommended for consideration of the state judging committee for a state award, it was announced by County Agent, Geo,. F. Stewart. Chosen to handle the Carrington membership campaign for the Central Concert Association of New Rockford, to be held during the week of August 22-27, have been Mrs. Jacob Haas, Mrs. John Held,...

  • From the Past: Bergan, Heinley on All-Star team

    Renee Hopkins|Aug 5, 2024

    12 Years Ago August 11, 1949 For faithful service with the Standard Oil Co. for 20 years, Art Anderson of Carrington was presented a 20-year pin at a company party held last Friday night at the Miami Grill’s Fiesta Room. A youngster playing with matches was blamed for a fire which did about $500 damage to the Tenborg potato warehouse Friday afternoon. The child set fire on the outside of the structure, and it spread to the building. Only the driveway shed was damaged, the main building being o...

  • From the Past: New auditorium for Kensal School

    Renee Hopkins|Jul 29, 2024

    12 Years Ago August 4, 1949 Heavy earth-moving equipment is currently being used in a construction now underway at the Carrington Municipal Airport, where the Coghlan Construction Company of Rolla has the contract for rebuilding the northwest- southeast runway. Tragedy struck double near Carrington Sunday afternoon when two brothers, Alvin Sam and Math Chris Rall, Hurdsfield, were drowned in the sand pit pool about 4 miles south of Carrington. Two plates will be issued to each North Dakota...

  • From the Past: Lightning destroys farm home

    Renee Hopkins|Jul 22, 2024

    12 Years Ago July 28, 1949 New Rockford won the district championship in the Junior Legion baseball tournament held at Harvey last week, taking the final game from Harvey 11 to 0. Rainfall in one of the heaviest showers of the season came to this part of the state Tuesday evening too late to be of any great benefit to the growing crop, except for corn and late flax. Carrington lost 11 to 6 to Bremen in a baseball game played on the Carrington diamond Sunday, this event winding up the Tri-County...

  • From the Past: Circus coming to town August 2

    Renee Hopkins|Jul 15, 2024

    12 Years Ago July 21, 1949 Laverne Peterson, local angler, caught a 30-lb. snapping turtle in the Sheyenne River last Sunday morning. The turtle was to be sampled by Laverne and members of his family Wednesday evening. The Girl Scout camp at Camp Rokiwan, Spiritwood Lake, opened Sunday, July 10 with sixty-four girls registered for the first week at the camp, including a group from Carrington. In attendance from Carrington were Shirley Stern, Mary Ellen Ebentier, Karen Skjonsby, Mary Ann Okert,...

  • From the Past: Sharp increase in vandalism in June

    Renee Hopkins|Jul 8, 2024

    12 Years Ago July 14, 1949 An annual Luther Day celebration was held at Spiritwood Lake on Sunday, July 10. Over 1000 people were in attendance at both the morning and afternoon services. Mary Ann Hayashi, governor of Girls State, and Sam Zimmerman, representative from Carrington to Boys State held at the state college in Fargo, were featured speakers on the Kiwanis program held Wednesday. The Carrington ball club defeated Leeds in a Tri-County Amateur league game at Leeds Sunday, 10 to 3, to...

  • From the Past: Company F held reunion in Carrington

    Renee Hopkins|Jul 1, 2024

    12 Years Ago July 7, 1949 An Editorial: Residents of this community were visibly shocked by the severity of the accident which occurred south of town Saturday night in which several local people were involved. Accidents will happen and do, and when they do there are certain rules which we as passer-bys should enforce upon ourselves to facilitate the work of those who must help the unfortunate victims and fix responsibility for the crash. First of all, we should get help for the victims by...

  • From the Past: Lyman Foster County Dairy Queen

    Renee Hopkins|Jun 24, 2024

    12 Years Ago June 30, 1949 Foster County will be represented in the State Diary Queen contest by Donna Lyman of Grace City, who won the honor of Foster County Dairy Queen, in Carrington during Dairy Day last Wednesday. Delegates to the Hiawatha regional conference in Wadena, Minn., June 21 to 24 from the senior Girl Scouts of Carrington were Norma Pedersen of Juanita and Phyllis Perkins of Carrington. The delegates attended under the sponsorship of the Carrington “A” Association. Featured at...

  • From the Past: Fair dedicated to Dale Townsend

    Renee Hopkins|Jun 17, 2024

    12 Years Ago June 23, 1949 Lottie Posey, postmaster for 36 years at Glenfield, was honored Sunday, June 12, at an appreciation day. A special program was presented in her honor and gifts were presented. At the invitational golf tournament at New Rockford, Sunday, local men made placings. Attending from Carrington were Barney Schroeder, H. M. Knott, Harold Upgren, R.W. Hargrave, Sr. Phil Neuharth, Bruce Anderson, and Bob Stitzer. Results showed Neuharth winning the third flight; Knott, medalist;...

  • From the Past: Hayashi elected Girls State governor

    Renee Hopkins|Jun 10, 2024

    12 Years Ago June 16, 1949 Mary Ann Hayashi, a senior at Carrington High School next term, was elected 1949 Girls State governor at Jamestown, Friday. By virtue of this office, she will be one of two delegates from North Dakota to attend the Girls Nation in Washington, D.C. on August 21-27. Foster County people, especially those of the Glenfield community, turned out in large numbers Sunday to honor Miss Lottie Posery, Glenfield postmaster, who has been an ardent community worker for...

  • From the Past: Kutz wins American Legion Derby

    Renee Hopkins|Jun 3, 2024

    12 Years Ago June 9, 1949 Three students from this area were among those graduated this week from the senior class of Jamestown College. Natalie Knott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Knott, and Alice Mae Reimers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Reimers, both of Carrington, and Betty Lou Thompson, Glenfield, were the graduates. Showing the last time tonight at the Grand Theatre is Sonja Heinle in “The Countess of Monte Cristo.” Friday and Saturday there is a double feature, “Rusty Leads the Way...

  • From the Past: Wenaas new Legion commander

    Renee Hopkins|May 27, 2024

    12 Years Ago June 2, 1949 Dr. C. P. Lura, president of Mayville State Teachers College, delivered the address at graduation services here last Thursday evening. His topic was “The Future is Your Problem.” The top-ranking students receiving honors were Betty Fornshell, valedictorian, and Anna Lofstedt, salutatorian. Other honor students were Leonard Albus, Ross Bestgen, Calvin Greatsinger, James Hogan, Bonita Pedersen, Kent Simonson, Irene Steinman and Eileen Zink. Duane Clapp, reseller salesman...

  • From the Past: Braaten named head girls' coach

    Renee Hopkins|May 20, 2024

    12 Years Ago May 26, 1949 Six boys from Carrington High School received placings at the district track meet held at Devils Lake last Saturday, Ed Reisnour took first place in pole vault and Donald Theis placed second in the half mile run. Alan Willyard took fourth place in the 220-yard run and he also placed fourth in the broad jump. In low hurdles, Maurice Zink was fourth, and in the pole vault Neis Erstad tied for fourth place and Matt Fruhwirth took fourth place in the mile run. O. W. Klindwo...

  • From the Past: Zwinger Nurse Hero of the Year

    Renee Hopkins|May 13, 2024

    12 Years Ago May 19, 1949 A reward for honesty was received this week by Luverne Graham for his help in returning a pocketbook to his owner. The reward was in the form of a bill of generous donation sent to him by mail. Terence Short and James Eberhardt have been named winners for Juanita High School in the 1949 essay contest sponsored by the Flax Institute of the United States. Each has been awarded a five dollar cash prize in addition to a certificate. Election of officers took place at the...

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