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

March 3, 1922

   Leo Jordan broke the road to the upper end of Long Lake and brought back some hay. 

   Joe Carver and Manders are putting up ice this week. The creamery ice was put up this year by Emery Toland.

   A clothes pin dance will be given at the Pine Lake schoolhouse on March 3. 

 75 Years Ago

Feb. 28, 1947

  Dorothy Thibault, daughter of Jos. Thibault of Remer and Drexel Horton, son of Mrs. Robert Horton, were married at Walker on Feb. 19th. Their party was at Lucas Café.

   Lt. (jg) Warren Wallace Garden (USNR) of Brevik received permanent citations for the Air Medal, Gold Stars in lieu of the Second, Third, Fourth Air Medals from the Secretary of the Navy, for the President.

   David Carpenter, who attends schools in Grand Rapids, spent the weekend with his parents, the Harry Carpenters, He registered with the draft board Tuesday.

50 Years Ago

Feb. 24, 1972

   Ensign Bruce Buxton of the Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps, has been assigned to the Northern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Pennsylvania. His parents, the Bruce Buxtons, are from Hackensack and his wife parents, the Tom Collins, are from Walker.

   We are all glad that Minnie Shepard is home from the hospital. Isabell Duncan celebrated her 80th birthday on February 22nd.

   Mildred LeClair died February 21st at age 81. She and her husband Leon operated Happiness Lodge on Ten Mile Lake for a number of years.

 25 Years Ago

Feb. 25, 1997

  Annie Thompson, age 94, was born in White Earth, the daughter of George and Elizabeth McDonald. She attended school at White Earth, Wahpeton and Haskell, where she graduated high school. After her school she married and settled on the Leech Lake Reservation.

   Alvin Gale, age 31, died February 14th in a car accident. He is the son of Bert Gale of Federal Dam and Geraldine Gale of Longville.

   A Cass County feller named Coyle; once moved to the city to toil. But he soon scorned the pay, of $5.00 per day; to get back to Cass County soil.