The Official Newspaper for Foster County
The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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12 Years Ago February 13, 1947 Carrington’s sales tax collections topped 1945 sales tax for 1946 by $12,000 at $54,532.23. An announcement was made this week of the purchase of an implement dealership by Frank Johnson Implements, Inc., a new corporation. Johnson purchased the dealership from Chaffee Brothers Co. which began the dealership in 1902. Rooms in the city hall have been undergoing redecoration recently, the improvement including the city library. Floors are being sanded also in p...
12 Years Ago February 6, 1947 The café located in the Buchanan hotel building, will reopen this week under the name of Hotel Café and will be operated by Jack Pettit and Quentin Jensen. Ten million dollars may be available for rural electrification in North Dakota during the next fiscal year if Congress appropriates funds being asked for the REA. Senator Milton Young is fighting vigorously any attempt to cut REA appropriations. Frank C. Johnson, Foster County agent since 1941, has resigned h...
12 Years Ago January 30, 1947 The sophomore class of Carrington high school is sponsoring a card party - bridge and whist - to be held in the school gym. Proceeds will go toward purchasing photography equipment for use by the Sentinel and Anchor staffs. Lunch will be served during which Ruth Kyle, Lola Martin, Bety Fornshell and Irene Steinman will play the piano. A series of altercations which finally wound up in a bloody scene on Carrington's main street early Saturday evening, ended in...
12 Years Ago, January 23, 1947 The 32nd anniversary of Kiwanis International was observed at the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis club Wednesday when F. Ray Rogers was in charge of the program. N. E. Dickerson and Leo Steinman were in Jamestown Monday to attend an organizational meeting of blacksmiths and welders of the state. Visible at long distances are the new signs at the North American Creamery plant and hatchery which have been recently installed. Above the main plant is a new neon sign...
