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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

November 18, 1926

   A dance in Mr. Erickson’s new barn in Kego was well attended last Saturday night.

   Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hrdlichka moved this week to their son’s place near Leech Lake on the new section of Hwy. 34. The Truman Carver family moved to the Hrdlichka place.

 75 Years Ago

November 20, 1951

   Theodore Hinshaw, Boy River, and Hazel Yoemans, Federal Dam, applied for a marriage license on November 14th.

   Forest Tent caterpillars are estimated to hit Cass County forests hard, with 1,205,000 acres to be infested and defoliated. There is some discussion that the forests will be sprayed with DDT.

Carl Peterson, owner of Sunny Springs Farm on Lost Lake in Woodrow township, died November 18th at age 55. He also was Woodrow township treasurer for 25 years and worked for the advancement of his township and neighborhood.

50 Years Ago

November 10, 1976

  It is now 7 weeks since the day and night of the Huntersville-Badora fire. This fire burned 23,000 acres and nearly six square miles. Badora has known deadly fires in 1918, 1926, 1936, and 1967. The fire burned in three counties, Cass, Hubbard, and Wadena.

   Mr. and Mrs. Rick Wolske spent one day last week hunting pheasants at the Allen  Wake farm. They were supper guests of the Wakes that evening.

   A Cass County feller named Geer, went out in the woods for a deer. To keep the deer’s head from being shattered by lead, he hit all his game in the rear.

25 Years Ago

November 18, 2001 

      Longville Lions Club president Roger Novak presents a check for $1,500 to Longville Lakes Clinic manager Tony Sausman to assist with the clinic’s new automated pharmacy fund drive.

   Roger Brown, formerly of Remer, died November 4th. He was born May 15, 1953, and graduated from Northland High school and BSU. He married Cheryl in 1978. He worked for Deluxe Corporation in 1979 and was plant manager in Salt Lake City.

   Donald Hemsworth, Sr. of Remer died November 13th. He served in the US Navy during WWII in the Pacific. Arden Elliot and he were married in 1947. He moved to Longville in 1971 and operated Longville Plumbing and Heating until retirement in 1987.

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