Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Sorted by date Results 951 - 975 of 1875
It's a world of laughter, a world of tears, it's a world of hope and a world of fears. There's so much that we share that it's time we're aware it's a small world after all. That Disney song keeps running through my mind these days, reminding me about family and friends all over the United States. So, as I watch the COVID-19 statistics for North Dakota and Minnesota where most of our family lives, I am also concerned for loved ones who live farther away who are in some of the hotspots in the...
New Rockford folks extend sympathy to the family of Eugene Anderson and Barbara (Gedrose) Hoppe. Thursday, Shirley Packard received a phone call from long time friend Gloria (Price) Marcon of Front Royal, Va. Gloria is fine and also says hello to former classmates Charles Richter, Gerda Backman and Bill Starke. Thursday, Jay and Heidi Schnieder stopped in on mom, Eloise Lucht, on their way back to Devils Lake after attending the funeral service for Eric Hewitt at the Federated Church in Carrington. Shirley Packard kept an important appointment...
Last Saturday, Jimmy Indergaard was a visitor at the Mervin Indergaard home. He enjoyed a phone call from his sister, Sharon Laxdal and was a visitor and supper guest at Sister Ruth and Andy Braaten’s. Janet Laube and Yip Yip were Wednesday afternoon and supper guests at the Charlotte Koepplin home. Margie Anderson enjoyed a Skype visit with Mitch and Amber Sylling and Weston and baby brother one evening. One afternoon, Ervin Longnecker returned home to find a nice surprise of home baked banana bread, other breads and some mighty fine buns on h...
They say a photo is worth a thousand words. There are very few words from the archives that describe this photo. In fact, the Eddy County Museum records say simply “Photo of woman on the prairie with binoculars and a young girl at her side.” Records also confirm the duo as Mrs. Harry West and Princess Egbert. One can presume they are on the prairie on an early spring day. The grass is not tall and the tracks leading away look soft in the ground. While Mrs. West looks sensibly clad in a coat and...
About 7 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, 1903, a fire burned down the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Axtle Johnson nine miles southeast of New Rockford. The men in the house had started a fire in the kitchen range and then went to the barn to take care of the stock. Shortly thereafter, a sister of Mrs. Burton Hulbert smelled smoke, got out of bed, and discovered the kitchen in flames. The only escape for her and three children was through the kitchen, so she broke a window and the four of them crawled out and...
Dear Savvy Senior, My husband and I are interested in taking our two grandkids on a big trip this summer and are looking for some good ideas. Can you recommend some travel companies that offer special travel packages for grandparents and grandkids? Doting Grandparents Dear Doting, Grandparents traveling with their grandchildren has become increasingly popular in recent years. Not only is this type of travel fun, it’s also a wonderful way to strengthen family bonds and create some lasting m...
As we watch the novel coronavirus continue its spread across the United States, there are many grim and scary facts that we have come face to face with on a daily basis. We try to balance these thoughts with stress reduction practices and reminding ourselves to take things one day at a time. But even at this time when the news is so full of illness and people are afraid, it is heartening that it is quite easy to find stories where people have seen the good. I am one of those people who has been...
Last Saturday found Jimmy Indergaard a visitor at the Mervin Indergaard home. Sunday he was a supper guest at the Andy and Ruth Braaten’s home. Friday afternoon visitors and supper guests at the Charlotte Koepplin home were Janet Laube and Yip Yip. Margie Anderson was among family to take first birthday greetings to great-grandson, Owen at the Ryan and Laura Hager home Saturday. Ervin Longnecker accompanied Dale and Diane Rosenberg to Sheyenne Sunday where they were among those who enjoyed the Annual Torsk dinner at the VFW. KC dog and M...
Because the Memorial Home in Maddock is limiting visitors, the Woodcarvers will be meeting at the Community Center until further notice. Lester Roberts was in New Rockford on business Thursday. Sunday afternoon, Midge Quam visited Lester and Sunday evening Chad Getscher visited him. Pam Schmid attended a bridal shower for her niece, Katie Hoffman in Munich on Saturday. Charlotte Simon took in the Benson County Music Festival held in Maddock on Wednesday. Grades 3 through 6 took part. Easton Simon participated in vocal and band. Thursday, Randy...
Todd and Karen Koepplin, Ross and Allyssa Lewis and Kenna, Martin and Janelle Koepplin, Brian and Angie Hopfauf and family, and other family and friends attended the baptism of sweet little Evelyn Jo, infant daughter of Taylor and Amanda Koepplin during worship service Sunday at First Lutheran Church in New Rockford. The family enjoyed a soup and build- your-own sandwich dinner in the fellowship hall. Ross and Allyssa Lewis are Evelyn’s proud baptismal sponsors. Janet Laube enjoyed Sunday phone chats with sister in law, Lois Ockert, and g...
Carl and Mathila Nelson pose in front of their Bremen restaurant, unaware that this picture will someday serve as a window into the past. At the time this picture was taken the Great Northern Railroad had just come through a couple years prior, and Bremen was a happening place. The residents operated and enjoyed amenities that included a meat market, bank, lumber yard, post office, drug store, confectionery, restaurant, hotel, two blacksmith shops and three general stores. It was a time before...
The Feb. 13, 1903, “Transcript” said Mrs. M.F. Kepner was recovering from pneumonia. William Erdelbrock had a Card of Thanks to his many friends and neighbors who “lent aid and kindly sympathy” during the illness and passing of his beloved wife. “DOG GONE—A black Gordon setter with ‘spike’ collar, Saturday night, Feb. 7. Finder please return to Wm. Wilson, Hotel Davies.” Jacob Allmaras was ill during the week with bronchitis. Mrs. I.W. Sheldon was very ill northwest of Tiffany with erysipelas [...
Dear Savvy Senior, Do kidney problems run in families? My mother died from kidney failure 10 years ago at age 74 but didn’t know she had a kidney problem until it was too late. Just Turned 60 Dear 60, Anyone who has a family history of kidney disease, or who has high blood pressure or diabetes is at increased risk and needs to have their kidneys tested. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, around 37 million U.S adults have chronic kidney disease (when the kidneys c...
Uncertainty about Coronavirus has many of us a little unnerved as we wait in the United States to see what unfolds as the disease progresses across the country. The internet has been overtaken with information, both good and bad, while toilet paper seems to have become one of society’s most valuable items. Conversation in local businesses centers around coronavirus, so the conversation about calving that I overheard while waiting in line at the store yesterday was a refreshing, back to normal c...
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Pam Schmid visited her dad, Bud Hermanson, in Hampden on Saturday. John, Donna and Lacey Grann spent Friday at the Valley City Winter Show. Lacey competed in the barrel racing at the rodeo there. Johnny Grann and Stephen Merrick went ice fishing on Devils Lake with friends on Saturday. Ben and Brittany Grann attended the Valley City Winter Show on Saturday. Jake, Amanda, Fallyn and Piper Hegland were in Fargo this weekend to celebrate their nephew, Logan Zietz’s first birthday. They celebrated with the Zietz family. Wednesday, Lester Roberts r...
Jimmy Indergaard was a visitor last Sunday at the Ervin Longnecker home. Tuesday afternoon visitors and supper guests at the Charlotte Koepplin home were Janet Laube and Yip Yip. Visitors this week at the Margie Anderson home were David and Karen Anderson and grandson Weston Sylling, Gary Anderson, Doug Cudworth, Pastor Rick Loewen, Patti Larson and Sandra, and Kristi Frahm. Ervin Longnecker enjoyed a fresh fish supper Sunday at the Eric and Lisa Longnecker home. Saturday found Candy Jensen a dinner and afternoon and supper guest at the Charlot...
Robert Lies, Bill and Diana Ziegler, Duff and Sandy Settelmeyer and Kim Brown were among those who attended the annual voters meeting of Circle Trail Riders, Inc., Monday evening at Hanson’s Bar in New Rockford. Kevin Johnson was a brief helper at the Shirley Packard home Tuesday. Thursday visitor and supper guests at the Eloise Lucht home were daughter Heidi Schnieder and Callie. Sunday visitor at the Ken and Marvis Holte home was daughter Amanda Bickett. The Holte’s enjoyed a call from daughter Fayette and Dennis Nelson. Martin and Jan...
Kathy Magnan and Jan Loe attended the benefit for Steven Cartwright at the Eagles Club in New Rockford last Tuesday evening. Patti Clifton kept another appointment in Carrington last Thursday afternoon. Jan Loe and Kathy Magnan were at City Library in New Rockford last Thursday afternoon to hear Shirley Nelson's son play guitar and sing for those attending. Sunday afternoon, Steph Loe and mom Jan Loe were in Lakota to visit Marilyn Stenberg. Jan shared her pictures from her vacation in Florida earlier this month....
Tobacco users in North Dakota are encouraged to Take Down Tobacco on March 18, 2020, by making it their day to quit using tobacco. Lake Region District Health Unit and NDQuits, North Dakota’s tobacco cessation program, are aiding the effort by providing practical tools and educational resources to help anyone who wants to quit. A quit plan is the best way to improve a tobacco user’s odds at success. A quit plan includes setting a quit date, like Take Down Tobacco Day, along with removing tobacco products and triggers from the home and work...
Meet Delores. She is one of the mannequins that helps display items at the Eddy County Museum. In this photo, she is wearing a hat adorned with dyed and natural feathers. This is just one of the many women's hats on display in the Dodds School House at the Eddy County Museum. Many of these are ornately decorated with feathers. Feathered hats were of particular fashion during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The demand of the fashion took such a toll on the populations of migratory birds...
At 9 p.m. Feb. 5, 1903, Barney Engberg and Martha Zimmerman were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hanson, Barlow, by Rev. J.R. Beebe. They would live on the Engberg farm six miles south of New Rockford. The Feb. 6, 1903, “Transcript” contained a letter from “OLD MAN HANSON” which said he did not write an article in the issue of the “Provost” from two weeks prior, but which had been ascribed to him. The letter had attacked C.J. Maddux of the “Transcript” for his poor handling of a f...
March 20, 2020 — On this weekend in 1996, the movie “Fargo” premiered at the Fargo Theatre. It went on to be nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards that year, and news agencies descended on Fargo to cover the history-making night. The scene outside the theater was as quirky as the movie itself, as news people from around the country were bedazzled by a tractor pulling a wagon full of people dressed in farmer-plaids and caps with earflaps. Inside, hundreds watched themselves on the big screen, as they became part of Oscar’s ceremon...
Dear Savvy Senior, What kinds of legal documents do I need to prepare to help my family after I’m gone? I would like to get my affairs in order but could use some help. Almost 75 Dear Almost, All adults – especially seniors – should have at least four essential legal documents to protect yourself and your family. These documents will make sure your wishes regarding your estate are legal and clear and will help minimize any conflicts and confusion with your family and your health care providers i...
On a recent mini-vacation to Minnesota, it was interesting to see how small towns across Minnesota promoted St. Patrick’s Day. I realized how little I knew about St. Patrick’s Day. Interestingly, my research showed that while St. Patrick was the patron saint of Ireland, many of the St. Patrick’s Day traditions were actually born in the United States. History.com tells us that the United States becomes an “emerald country” every March 17, wearing green clothes and drinking green beer. Green mil...
