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  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

Dec. 23, 1925

  James Connolly and Bessie Bailey of Boy River were married on December 30th at Walker.

   William J. Spain and Evelyn M. Ralya of Hackensack secured a marriage license on December 23rd.

   Mr. and Mrs. Chas. N. Bourdon left Federal Dam Thursday for Minneapolis where they will spend Christmas with their daughter.

75 Years Ago

Dec. 19, 1950

   An Onigum PTA was organized Thursday evening. Officers elected were Percy Lyons, Joe Bellanger, Reverend Rice and Mrs. Percy Lyons. 

   Hugh Slocum, owner of the local garage in Federal Dam, made a business trip to St. Cloud Friday.

   Ted Haugen baled hay for Art Preble on the Island last week.

   Federal Dam is celebrating the Grand Opening of their new Village Hall on December 23rd with a dance and music by Lem Hawkins and Orchestra.

   Mr. and Mrs. Ed Folwick announce the arrival of a baby girl at the Grand Rapids hospital.

   The Longville Town basketball team was victorious over Remer on Sunday night.

75 Years Ago

Dec. 29, 1950

   Mr. David McFee who came to Longville as a homesteader in 1915 has died recently in Washington.

   Frank Rogers worked for his brother W.A. Rogers, Sr. in the woods during the winter and on a Mississippi steamboat in the summer. He homesteaded on Swift Lake from 1892 until 1933, until he became blind and then lived with his brother.

   Mr. and Mrs. Bob Manders of Clear Lake, Indiana are spending a few days with the Stengels and Manders families in Longville.

50 Years Ago

Dec. 25, 1975

   Ethel Sonnenberg married Eric Schroeder and lived most of her life in Hackensack where they operated Sunset Bay Resort on Pleasant Lake until their retirement.

   Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Coalwell, caretakers at Camp Patmos on Stony Lake who announce the arrival of daughter Sara Ann.

   Bill Manders speared a couple of lunkers on Little Boy the other day. Not many have been getting fish, either angling or spearing.

 25 Years Ago

Dec. 17, 2000 

   Marguerite Johnson, 90, died Dec. 13th. She married Oscar Johnson, and they made their home in Boy River. She served as the Boy River postmaster for 18 years.

   Jim Sizenbach has been chosen EMT of the Year by the Remer Area Ambulance Service. He serves as Deputy Chief of the ambulance service.

   Last Tuesday District #118 voters rejected a $11.9 million construction and remodeling proposal by 25 votes. In 1999 they said “no” by 434 votes.

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