The Official Newspaper for Foster County
The Official Newspaper for Foster County
75 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 McDaniel and Gus Rudd were united in marriage Monday, August 23, at Carrington, Rev. Sylvan Steman of the Brethren church performed the ceremony at 2:30 at his home.
Mrs. Frank Pergande entertained eight little girls on Friday, Aug. 27, in honor of her daughter, Diane, on her 7th birthday.
Mrs. Chas. Reider entertained several friends at a birthday party for her grandson, Charles Thompson.
Fri. Sept. 3, meeting of the Legion auxiliary was held at the golf club house with hostesses Mimes. J.L. Romine, Duane Clapp, and Lucy, and Eddy Winterer. Reports on the state convention at Devils Lake were given by Mrs. Glenn Kraus of Velva, Mrs. P.J. Goss & Mrs. George Swanson.
John Bauley defeated H.M. Knott to cop the title in the Carrington City Golf Tournament last week. Others playing in the championship flight were A.G. Schultz and Floyd Felchle, the latter winning the consolation.
Injured in an accident at the farm home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Odes Scanson, Grace City, last Friday at about noon, Barbara Jean Scanson, aged 19 months, died at 9:30 p.m. the same day in the Carrington Hospital. The child was injured when a car, driven by her grandfather, Tim Scanson, backed into her. The car did not pass over her but pinned her so severely that she suffered internal injuries. Scanson who had intended to move the car but a short distance, had checked before backing up, but apparently the child ran into the path of the moving car.
50 Years Ago
September 12, 1973
Little Audra Kutz of Sykeston area is alive and well after having swallowed an open safety pin - thanks to the skilled hands of W.C. Voglewede, Carrington physician surgeon. After a wait at Carrington hospital for an anesthetist to come from Harvey, Dr. Voglewede performed surgery to achieve successful removal of the pin from the child’s stomach.
Sale of two major businesses in Carrington was announced during the week - Klindworth Seed & Supply and C & G Furniture and Hardware at Carrington. New owner of C & G stores at Carrington and Devils Lake will be Jim Haverlock of Williston.
Five towns are cooperating this year in a multi-district vocational center for high school juniors and seniors. The towns included in this program are Aneta, Binford, Cooperstown, Finley and Glenfield-Sutton.
Diane Marie Stewart and Elwyn Phillip Krogh were married Sept. 1 at Trintiy Lutheran Church, with Rev. James Schoeld officiating. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sheets.
The Carrington Cardinals picked up their second win of the young football season as coach Dave Ouradnik’s squad got the offense into gear against the New Rockford Rockets Friday evening. Quarterback Tom Bronaugh sparked the Cards as he rushed for two touchdowns and connected aerially with Craig Penas for another. The Cards hit the scoreboard in all quarters. The final tally was 28-6.
25 Years Ago
September 14, 1998
North Dakota’s First Lady, Nancy Schafer, will be the guest speaker when the Carrington and New Rockford Kiwanis clubs celebrates their 75th anniversary on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Foster County is nearly five inches behind the long term average rainfall for the growing season of April 1 through September 1.
There are cold war artifacts on display at the Foster County Museum. The stash of boxes and barrels were probably from the 50’s and 60’s fallout shelter supplies that were still stored in the basement of the old Carrington Bottling Works building. There were several shelter set up during the height of the hype of the national fear that the Soviet Union would send a nuclear bomb our way. Some of the various shelters in Carrington included the Armory, the Courthouse and the old North American Creamery once located across the street north from what is now Dakota Central Telecommunications.
“Carbohydrate supplement” made up part of the supply list for the Cold War fallout shelters. While some of the food boxes contained crackers, the carbohydrate contents remain a mystery.
An old safe with a unique lock and unique history was given to the Foster County Museum recently. The safe, dated 1852 was originally owned by Walter Cruchet, an early resident and famed woodworker in Carrington.
Several cases of vandalism were reported in the city recently. All incidents were reported during the weekend of Sept. 5. Kelly Hagel reported damage to a semi tractor at Hagel Construction. Bricks were apparently used to shatter all windows and mirrors in the vehicle. Damage was reported to be between $1,500 and $2,000. In another incident two windows in the men’s rest rooms at the courthouse park were reported broken out. In yet another incident, damage was done to the leather seats of a 1987 BMW, which had been parked in the lot behind the Carrington Police Station.
Obituaries - Bernard Sullivan, 66, of New Rockford died Sept. 4 at his farm residence. Ruth E. Reddig, 89, Carrington died Sunday, Sept. 6 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd.
Carrington Cardinals won the District 7 opener against Minnewaukan-Sheyenne, but lost Ann Johnson in the fourth quarter when an opposing player went in the air and landed on Johnson’s ankle. Ann Johnson a junior, is the scoring leader for the Cards.
