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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

October 20, 1926

   Amos and William Munnell of Old Agency came over to Onigum last Friday with their new rig and sawed wood for the school.

   The Harry Meyers family moved Saturday from the Patton house to the Claubaugh home in Federal Dam.

   Vern Hardy intends to have another mail carrier on his route in Wabedo and is now “breaking him in”.

 75 Years Ago

October 23, 1951

   C. Brennan (Red) is back on the job at the Hackensack post office after several weeks’ convalescence after an operation.

   Bill Jennings was a supper guest at the Howard Sawyer home in Blind Lake township Monday night.

   A Cass County feller named Cram, living ten miles from Federal Dam; has kicked all the starch, from the lion in March; so he’ll end up the month like a lam’.

50 Years Ago

October 13, 1976

  Charles Henry Godfrey was born in Wabasha in 1889. His grandfather and father were the famous Mississippi boat builders. The family moved to Cass County and were early settlers of Wahnena township. He married Frances Slater in 1908, and they filed a homestead near the Slater home. They moved to Salem township on a farm which was their home for over 20 years.

   Alan and Sue Weaver are the proud parents of a son born October 1st weighing 6 lbs. 14 ozs.

   On September 19 a picnic was held in the newly constructed barn at the Charlie Larson farm in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bluhn and Jane of Tacoma, WA. Eighty relatives and friends enjoyed potluck and a day of visiting.

25 Years Ago

October 20, 2001 

   A Cass County feller named Nate, decided he’d try to get thinner. So all he would eat, was taters and meat, and corn beef and cabbage for dinner.

   Toney Lake died October 15th. He was born October 5, 1929, to Toney and Ruth Lake in Los Angeles. He entered the US Navy in 1949 and was a Merchant Seaman for 31 years for US Steel, Duluth, before retiring in 1991. He married Mary Ann Kibbler on January 8, 1972, and they made their home in Boy River.

   Chris Hoppe, Hackensack; Kati Cool, Akeley; and Michelle Robison, Federal Dam appeared in a BSU play in October. Hoppe is a senior majoring in biology, and Robison is a sophomore majoring in pre-medicine.

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