Barnes County: A Moment in Time
1923
100 Years Ago... False Alarm Fifth Ave Hotel
A fire call at one o’clock this noon called the fire department to the Fifth Avenue Hotel but the investigation showed the alarm to have been false. The smoke from the chimney at the rear of the building was blowing over the roof toward the front and some person, thinking the building was afire, turned in the alarm.
Grand Prairie to play Wimbledon for the County Title
Nome girls play Leal for County Title in Girl’s Section
Final games will start promptly at 7:39 tonight to decide championships in Boy’s and Girl’s Section for Barnes County
Wimbledon won the right to play grand Prairie tonight in the final game of the boy’s section of the Barnes County tournament. defeating Nome 24 to 11 this morning. Grand Prairie defeated Noltimier 30 to 12 in the semifinals this morning. In the girl’s section Nome defeated the Grand Priaire girls and will play Leal tonight for the county title as Leal drew a bye in the elimination games. The Grand Prairie-Nome score was 22 to 12.
Wimbledon had everything their own way in the second half this morning after leading 6 to 2 at the end of the first half. Clavadetcher starred for the winners while Suby was the stellar player for Nome.
In the Grand PrairieNoltimier game the winners were able to increase an 11 to 9 lead at the end of the first frame to a total of 30 to 12. J. Carlton and McKay were the heavy goal getters for the winners and played a steady game throughout.
Grand Prairie led at the first half in the Nome girl’s game by a score of 20 to 8 but the southerners decided to even things up and couldn’t stop when they got going until they had a lead of 22 to 12. Clara Carlson is credited with the most field goals for Grand Prairie but Helen Noxon was by far the best girl player on the floor, her floor work and passing being responsible for the greater part of their scores. Gjovig starred for the winners with seven field goals for the game.
The final games are to start promptly at 7:30 this evening and it is hoped that all spectators will be in their seats by that time. Following the games tonight the Freshmen and junior classes of the high school will entertain all the visiting basketball players at a dinner at the Yulefindus Inn.
Games yesterday were generally one-sided with the following teams surviving the day’s play. In the consolidated school section Wimbledon, Nome, Noltimier and Grand Prairie defeated Litchville, Green, Leal and Svea respectively. In the girls section Nome, Grand Prairie and Leal survived.
Results for the games yesterday were as follows: Baldwin was defeated by Green 12 to 3 with Reith the star for the winners; Wimbledon defeated Litchville by the lop-sided score of 46 to 4. Darkenwald and Murdoch starred for Wimbledon. Dazey was defeated by Nome 17 to 10; Noltimier lost to Leal 17 to 25. In the girl’s section Nome defeated Green 20 to 9 and Grand Prairie defeated Raritan 21 to 4. In the evening the Leal girls defeated Wimbledon 26 to 10. This game was close in the first half with the score at 9 to 9 at the end of the half but the Leal girls walked away from their opponents in the second. Burke starrd for Wimbledon with nine out of the total 10 points for her team.
Grand Prairie defeated Green in the boy’s competition last night by a score of 34 to 17. The score at the end of the first half in this game was also 9 to 9. McKay starred for the winners.
1948
Leegard opens new truck agency in VC Announcement is made today of the establishment of a new truck agency in Valley City by the Leegard Auto and Oil Company.
New Diamond-T Trucks are now on display in the Leegard display room and immediate delivery can be had.
In their advertisement in this issue the firm invites the public to inspect the new line and the service department. The company will also handle a complete line of parts and accessories.
Stork wins race when car stalls in snow west of city
Gordon W. Kern, Bismarck police sergeant, tells this cop-and-stork story:
Last week he was flagged down by a nervous motorist stuck in the snow 10 miles west of Valley City.
Kern was in route to Bismarck, but turned around to take the motorist’s wife, and expectant mother, to Valley City.
They’d gone only a short distance in Kern’s car when his passengers called on him to stop– the stork was winning the race.
The prospective father was pretty nervous, Kern related, so he helped out.
After the baby, a girl, was born they started again for Valley City.
In a minute or two the man called to Kern that the baby was dying.
Spank her, Kern ordered.
The father did so, and was rewarded with a yell.
“Sweetest music I ever heard,” said Kern.
The Bismarck policeman made the last few miles to Mercy Hospital at a speed the highway patrol would criticize.
The parents are Mr. and Mrs. James Faust of Hobart Township.
1973
Tri-W-G employees and management will be watching with interest Channel 11 on Wednesday night, March 7 for the movie of the week on the ABC channel.
The movie is titled “Cyborg,” and said to be a 90 minute drama of a test pilot badly injured in a crash who is “remade” into a superman. The TV ratings also call it the Six Million Dollar Man.
It will be the hospital equipment more than the action Tri-W-G will be watching. The film, built aroung a medical background, shows three of the equipment items manufactured by the local company in use.
A. John Weber, president of Tri-W-G said that Universal Studios, producer
of the picture had obtained the use of a set of parallel bars, motorized tilt table and a treatment table from his company for filming.
Universal Studios, when planning the filming of Cyborg had been referred to Rancho Los Amigos, large Downey, California, rehabilitation center, as to equipment to use in the scenes. The Rancho recommended the Tri-W-G equipment and Universal made arrangements to have the items sent from Valley City to their studios and returned after the picture was filmed.
Weber commented that Rancho Los Amigos, a buyer of Tri-W-G equipment, was a very large institution of over 870 buildings, operated by the County of Los Angeles.
Universal Studio has, since the filming of Cyborg purchased similar equipment which was used in the filming of “Quiesta” a picture about a robot machine which will be released in May, 1973.
The studio also produces some of the medical television series that are currently popular. Among them are Medical Center, Dr. Welby and Emergency.
Channel 11, KTHI, will present the Cyborg picture at 7:30 this evening.
Valley City woman to appear on TV show
Mrs. Harold (Ellen) Kiefert, Valley City, will be one of several North Dakota rural residing artists who will be appearing on a special televised show Saturday evening on KXJB, Channel 4. The “Spirit of Rural North Dakota” will be seen immediately following “All in the Family” and preceding the Class A ND State Championship Basketball Game.
Women of the Farm Bureau organization set out to determine in what direction North Dakota rural people direct their spare time activities and
what the results of these activities might be. The show, sponsored by the Nodak Mutual Insurance Company, begins at 7:30 p.m. March 10.
Mrs. Kiefert, designs the Dakota Prairie Pictures using original seeds and weeds and pheasant feathers to create wall hangings and glass framed pictures of several flower designs.
1998 25 Years Ago... Crabtree named VCSU dean
Dwight Crabtree, chair of the division of business at Valley City State University, has been named dean of the university for 1998-99. He will start in the position July 1.
President Ellen Chaffee established the position, and a comparable one at Mayville State University, to take effect upon the resignation of Dr. Ray Brown, who has been Vice President for Academic Affairs for both universities and is temporary one-year appointment.
Crabtree is an associate professor who has been teaching courses in finance, computing and other topics at VCSU since 1993. He became chair of the business division in 1995. Previously, he taught at Bemidji State University, the University of North Dakota, and the University of Minnesota at Crookston. He spent 15 years in business administration from the University of North Dakota.
“We are very fortunate to have someone of Dwight’s experience and background who is willing to step into a leadership role for the university,” Chaffee said. “During the coming months, we will be discussing how to structure the academic leadership of the two universities beyond 1998-99, in consultation with Chancellor Isaak. In the meanwhile, I am confident
that Dwight will help the university continue to advance.”
Krapu advances to state
Participating in geography bee
Annie T. Krapu, Valley City, has qualified to participate at the state level of the National Geography Bee, sponsored by the National Geographic Society and Sylvan Learning Centers. The Bee will be held April 3 in Minot.
Annie, a fifth-grader at Jefferson School, is the daughter of Madeline Luke and Gary Krapu, Valley City.
Student participants in the state level must be from the proper grade levels of four through eight and must have participated in and won a contest at the school-level that involved at least six students.
One winner from each state and territory will advance to the national competition, which will be held May 19 and 20 at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C. Transportation and accommodations for the Washington, D.C. trip are provided for each state winner and a teacher escort.
The first place national winner will receive $25,000.
The final round of the 1998 National Geography Bee, featuring Alex Trebek, will air on local PBS stations.
75 Years Ago...
50 Years Ago... Tri-W-G items included on TV special tonight