Looking Back - Do you remember when...

  Information for 100, 75, 50 and 25  year news briefs was researched and gathered by Renee Geving and Cec McKeig from Cass County newspaper archives at the Cass County Historical Society. 

100 Years Ago

Nov. 3, 1921

  LeRoy Woodford and Florence Bennett of Longville were wed October 31st in the Lutheran parsonage in Walker by Rev. Carl S. Mundinger.

   Rev. R.H. Magelssen married Menzel V. Woodford and Mary E. Anderson, both of Longville, on November 1st. They will make their home in Kego.

   John Lincoln and Mrs. Anna Hurd, both of Onigum, were married this past week.

 75 Years Ago

Nov. 1, 1946

   The Longville Dairy is a new business. Douglas Wuersinger has installed a pasteurizing milk plant in the new building.

   The Chalich school house was moved to Boy River Wednesday to be repaired and used for the Lutheran Church.

   Ben Lego drove the Boy River bus to Cass Lake Sunday and took a load up to the show.

50 Years Ago

Oct. 28, 1971

  Roy Peterson of Brainerd is helping on the new basement for Vernon and LuJean Erickson at Blind Lake.

   Mr. and Mrs. Dick Engen and family have moved into their new home on Big Sand Lake. Bruce is now living in their other house.

   Mrs. Wattles and Valerie from Bemidji and Anne’s sister, Geney Rockstad of Big Falls, were luncheon guests of Mrs. Monte McKeig on Thursday.

 25 Years Ago

Oct. 28, 1996

   Friends and family will celebrate the marriage of Curt Stowell and Marcia Staack, Oct. 26th at Bethany Lutheran Church in Remer.

   Another new face around NHS is that of Mr. Kelly Frisbie who has taken the place of Ms. Reitveld, a math teacher for the younger grades and a volleyball coach.