The Official Newspaper for Foster County
The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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12 Years Ago October 28, 1948 “You and Your Clothing,” was discussed in detail by the Foster County Homemakers project leaders when they gathered in Carrington on Oct. 19, for their fall clothing meeting. Mable L. Coyne, county home agent, reported. Windup of a year of 4-H work in Foster County took place Saturday evening at the armory, Carrington, when the annual 4-H banquet and program were held. The Rebekah Lodge served the meal to 175 members and friends. A new hangar, 50 feet by 60 fee...
12 Years Ago October 21, 1948 Provided good weather prevails, an extensive improvement project will be completed at the Klindworth Seed and Supply owned and operated by Otto Klindworth, before the end of this year. It was announced this week by Mr. Klindworth. The story of Babe Ruth, the all-time great man of baseball, will be shown on the screen at the Grand Theatre on four days next week, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. William Bendix plays the part of home run king in this picture....
12 Years Ago October 14, 1948 Brig Gen. William A. Matheny of Carrington, serving with the U.S. Army Group in Greece, was awarded the decoration of Knight Commander of the Order of George I for “valuable and inestimable services to Greece and her Army.” The award was presented by King Paul at ceremonies held at the Royal Palace in Athens in the presence of American and Greek military and diplomatic leaders. The state Homemakers council, representing Homemakers clubs in 52 counties, will hol...
12 Years Ago October 7, 1948 The Rev. Wilmer Quiring of Emo, Kansas, has accepted an appointment as pastor in Calvary Baptist Church, Carrington, and is expected to arrive here late in November to take up permanent duties. He will succeed Rev. A. Itterman who resigned and left in August. Wheeler’s Service Station, Carrington, is one of 10 in the state which won honors in a Standard Oil tire sale contest. As a reward, a representative of the station is entitled to a free trip to the Atlas Tire F...
12 Years Ago September 30, 1948 Mrs. Dave Montgomery of Carrington was elected president of the district Rebekah Lodge, at a meeting of representatives from Kensal, Sutton, Valley City, Barlow, Binford and Carrington, held here Tuesday. Mrs. June Johson was elected vice president. Mrs. Bailey of Sutton secretary and Mrs. Ellen Garland of Barlow treasurer. The menace of dogs running at large on the school grounds has reached such serious proportions that some action must be taken to keep them...
12 Years Ago September 23, 1948 Committee chairman of the 1948-49 school term were announced last Wednesday by H.G. Kraus president of the Parent-Teachers Association, when the first meeting of the season was held. Mrs. Wilfred Meyer is program chairman. Mrs. Harold Kively, lunch; Henry Kirchoff, membership; Norman Hanson, attendance; Mrs. C.L. Vreeland, publicity. Publicity was given recently in a national magazine about the success of Miss Esther Johnson, formerly of Courtenay, who is raising...
12 Years Ago September 16, 1948 Foster County’s annual Fall Fair opens next Tuesday and will continue for four days, during which farmers, homemakers and youth organizations will exhibit their projects and compete for prizes, which total $1,000 in cash plus special awards. Advertising for the Foster County Fall Fair will be distributed to at least 17 towns in central part of the state by airplane next Saturday, the Central Flying Service, H.T, Hayashi, Jr., proprietor, having volunteered the s...
12 Years Ago September 9, 1948 Miss Irma Posey of Juanita will go to Jamestown next week to attend the state dairy show and to represent Foster County as this county’s Dairy Queen. She will compete with other “queens” of the state for North Dakota Dairy Queen honors. Thos. A. Roney, Carrington attorney was recently qualified and admitted as an “attorney and counselor, solicitor, advocate and proctor.” in the United States District Court. Notification of his acceptance came from Fargo. Myrtle McD...
12 Years Ago September 3, 1948 In a deal closed last week, Eugene Sondag became the owner of the Garland Hotel, purchased it from Judson Tracy. Sondag, a former resident of Sykeston , has been a Carrington resident about a year. John Summerville of Heaton was rushed to a doctor in Carrington shortly after noon, Monday, after being in a a binder accident. His left hand had been cut so badly by the sickle that the hand had to be amputated just below the elbow. Summerville fell in front of the sick...
12 Years Ago August 26, 1948 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Matheny, former Carrington residents, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Sunday, August 22, at their home in Monterey Park, Calif. Sgt. Ernie Day, whose remains were brought home for burial last week, was buried with military honors Sunday afternoon at a service at the Carrington Cemetery, with Rev. E.E. Lang in charge. Pallbearers were Robert Semmens, Ray White, Thos. Dunn, Jr., Warren Duntley, James Sharbono and Jack Sheets. C.W....
12 Years Ago August 19, 1948 Clifford E. Bassett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bassett of Bordulac, has been awarded his Bachelor of Science degree in higher accounting from the Bowling Green College of Commerce, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Clifford is a graduate of the Bordulac High School. North American Hatchery manager Harold Meyers, Mrs. Meyers and John Cook will attend the North Dakota 14th annual hatchery school scheduled to take place August 23-27 on the North Dakota Agricultural College...
12 Years Ago August 12, 1948 Recent births at Carrington Hospital include: Aug. 5 - boy to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Winterer, Carrington; girl to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pulst, Sykeston, Aug. 6 - girl to Mr. and Mrs. Allan Heron, Cathay. Aug. 10 - girl to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stegmeier, Melville; boy to Mr. and Mrs. John Fritz, Carrington. A number of 4-H members gathered recently at the P.L. Beckley home and helped Percy, Jr., to celebrate his birthday. Lunch was served to the guests and Percy was prese...
12 Years Ago August 5, 1948 Checked in as manager of the Thompson Yards lumberyard in Carrington this week is Chas Edle, formerly of Valley City. Frank Bourdon, who has been acting as manager in a temporary capacity will continue to be an employee of the company as assistant to the manager. Harvest of the 1948 crop is rapidly nearing the general stage, according to reports from various parts of Foster County. Several farmers have been swathing barley, oats and rye recently, and some barley has...
12 Years Ago July 29, 1948 Carol Jean Short, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Short, passed away Sunday morning at the home of her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Short, pneumonia being the cause. Born July 2, 1948, she was just 22 days of age when she died. Construction on new tracks east of the overpass on the Soo Line is about to get underway, it was announced this week by Herman Kraus, Soo agent. The new track was necessary to hold the long trains now being pulled by a fleet of new...
12 Years Ago July 22, 1948 Back from a fishing trip ‘way north of Canada, Dr. Voglewede reports good fishing and expresses enthusiasm over the use of the airplane in travel. The doctor, who received his pilot’s license just three weeks ago, flew a Carrington Flying Service plane to International Falls, Minn., to join a fishing party of old friends. Camping out at Wilderness Scout camp in Minnesota this week are: Jimmie Ebentier, Donald Froelich, Bumpy Smith, Sam, Gail and Allen Zimmerman, Lyl...
12 Years Ago July 15, 1948 A record crowd of 1,500 to 2,000 people attended the annual farmer-business-men picnic at Green’s Grove Sunday, the event sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The weather was ideal for the occasion, and every detail was carried out as planned. With Bud Semmens on the mound and Bud Sobolik behind the plate, the Carrington baseball team defeated Brantford in a baseball game on the local diamond Sunday afternoon when Carrington won 7 to 1. A new portable P...
12 Years Ago July 8, 1948 The big gap between development of new grain varieties by the North Dakota agricultural experiment station and getting the seed into farmers’ hands is being bridged by action of the North Dakota Crop Improvement Association. The association, acting through a special executive committee headed by Otto Klindworth, Carrington, is buying a farm to be turned over to the NDAC experiment station for use in increasing the production of new varieties of seed. Construction has b...
12 Years Ago July 1, 1948 Oscar Dell came close to pitching a no-hitter last Sunday, when the Carrington baseball team defeated Brantford by a score of 6 to 2. He gave up just two hits, and on these the Brantford batmen were lucky to get on base. The locals had 7 hits off two Brantford pitchers. The Foster County Livestock Association sponsored a 4-H livestock judging event at the Hamlin Garland farm at Barlow last Saturday. Thirty 4-H members took part in the judging workout. Those scoring...
12 Years Ago June 24, 1948 H.M. Knott won the championship at the golf tournament held at New Rockford last Sunday, to head the list of Carrington golfers winning prizes. John Bauley of Carrington was medalist. Other winners were: A.G. Schultz, runner-up in the championship flight; Bob Stitzer, first flight winner; Bill Kunkel, runner-up in first flight; Floyd Neuharth, second flight runner-up; Steve Wenaas, second flight consolation. T.H. Cousins, Jr., became the new owner of the business...
12 Years Ago June 17, 1948 Erma Posey of Grace City, prominent member of the Grace City Live Wires 4-H Club, was elected Foster County Dairy Queen at the climaxing event of the annual Dairy Day in Carrington Tuesday. Other candidates for queen, were Lois Indergaard, Estabrook Merrymakers Club; Marlys Midgley, Busy Brownies, McHenry; Bonita Pederson, Clever Stitchers, Juanita, and Theresa Wolf, Busy Bees, Bordulac. At the golf tournament held in Harvey on Sunday, Dr. R.F. Gililand won the...
12 Years Ago June 10, 1948 Several Carrington golfers participated in the tournament at Devils Lake Sunday and several prizes were brought back. A.G. Schultz won the first flight, Bud Bauley the second, Dr. R.F. Gilliand the third, Joe Sparrow the fifth and Frank Johnson the seventh. Bob Stitzer was runner-up in the third and Hunstad in the sixth. Other players from here were John Bauley, H.M. Knott and Gordon Stene. Anna Lofstedt and Eileen Zink left Thursday for Jamestown where they will...
12 Years Ago June 3, 1948 Business is picking up in the office of County Judge M. P. Roberts now that June is here. The trend began in May when five marriage licenses were issued. Only one was issued in April. The licenses recently issued by Roberts are for: Clifford Hill, Jr., and Violet Remford, both of Carrington. April 27, Goodwin Syverson, Kensal, and Helen Briss, Kensal, May 11. Ernest E. Clark, Jamestown, and Betty J. Vanderberg, Juanita, Mary 24. Raymond House, Grace City and Cecelia...
12 Years Ago May 27, 1948 Mrs. J.L. Romine was elected president of the Band Mothers Club when the business session of the club was held last Tuesday. Mrs. Lyman Robertson was elected vice president, Mrs. Jacob Hass secretary and Mrs. Henry Kirchoff, treasurer. Jud Tracy was elected president of the Carrington Junior Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting last Thursday evening at the regular meeting place. He succeeds Russ Marcussen, who has been serving since the resignation of last...
12 Years Ago May 20, 1948 Nearly 150 boys have been registered for North Dakota Boys State, Americanism program sponsored by the American Legion, which will be conducted at NDAC in Fargo, June 13 - 20, LeRoy Pease, director, says. Three organizations in Carrington are sponsoring boys to attend Boys State. The Junior Chamber of Commerce is sending Ross Bestgen, the Kiwanis Club is sponsoring Leonard Albus and the American Legion, James Hogan. Attending the state Future Homemakers convention in Fa...
12 Years Ago May 13, 1948 Delegates from Foster County to the Democratic State Convention being held this week in Fargo, were named at a county Democratic convention held last Wednesday afternoon. Chosen as delegates at the meeting were N.N. Loesch, Melville; L.M. Harmon and Otto Klindworth, Carrington, and Ralph Law, veteran delegate, Carrington. Norma Rypka, a senior in the Juanita High School, is the winner of the flax belt prize of $100 in the contest recently conducted by the flax...
