Barnes County: A Moment in Time
1923 100 Years Ago...
Sanborn branch trains to stop at Valley City
Change in operation will be made about the first of May
Herman Stern, of the Straus Clothing Co., received a telegram from H.M. Hannaford, Jr., of St. Paul, announcing the unofficial decision of Northern Pacific Railway officials to run passenger trains of the Sanborn-McHenry branch line into Valley City, the change in operation to take effect about May 1st. It is expected that the official announcement will be forthcoming in the near future.
Business men of Valley City have recommended the change for years but have never been able to get any official recognition of their claims. Herman Stern has been an indefatigable worker to accomplish that end and has brought facts to the attention of the company’s officials which ultimately resulted in their favorable decision.
Facts as presented by Mr. Stern show that a large proportion of the passengers from the branch line changed from the Northern Pacific at Rogers to the Soo Line, thus being able to get to Valley City about an hour and a half sooner and this condition resulting in a loss of business to the Northern Pacific of approximately one hundred passengers from Rogers to Valley City each week. When the facts were brought to their attention the railway officials decided to grant the request of the Valley City merchants for a change.
The telegram received by Mr. Stern is published herewith:
St. Paul, Minn, March. 15, 1923. Herman Stern,
Mr. Smith of Northern Pacific advises me Northern Plains trains from McHenry and Cooperstown branch will run to Valley City about May first. Want to congratulate you on the work you have done which I hope will be productive of increased business to you and the other merchants of Valley City.
H.M. Hannaford, Jr. Ritchie appointed as Colonel
D.S. Ritchie received official notification of his appointment by Governor R.A. Nestos as colonel of the 164th Infantry which composes the North Dakota regiment of the National Guard. Incidentally Col. Ritchie is the youngest commanding officer the North Dakota regiment has ever had.
1948
75 Years Ago...
New Times-Record Society Editor…
The Times-Record is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs. Lucille Pomeroy Moe as society and local editor.
Mrs. Moe succeeds Miss Ina Fast who will be united in marriage to Randolph Oppegard next Sunday.
Well known in the area, Mrs. Moe has lived here for 13 years and is the daughter of M.C. Pomeroy, with whom she lives. She was a member of the Peoples Opinion staff and later worked for the McFarland Voss and Kent studios.
Mrs. Moe will be glad to a assist social and civic club leaders in presentation of news items through the columns of the Times-Record and will also assist with local items phone in to 52.
Former Valley City Men on New KFGO Staff
At least three mem
From 2
bers of the new Fargo radio station KFGO which was officially on the air for the first time Sunday are formerly of Valley City.
Charles Burke, city editor of the TimesRecord about 20 years ago, is the station manager. Billy Stern, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stern of Valley City, is an announcer, and Wallace I. Bey, formerly of KOVC, is the station’s chief engineer.
1973
50 Years Ago...
John Schindler captures regional free throw title
Valley City, ND - A Valley City youth, John Schindler, has shot his way into the finals of the Elks National Basketball Free Throw Contest.
Schindler canned 21 or 25 foul throws Saturday in regional competition in Kearney, Nebr., to capture top honors in the 8-9 year old division. Schindler earned a spot in the regional shoot-off by winning local competition sponsored by the Valley City Elks Lodge and the state event at Jamestown.
Regional competition at Kearney included state champions from North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas.
Schindler now advances to Kansas City and the national finals which will be held in conjunction with the NAIA national college tournament.
National winners and runners-up in the 8-9, 10-11, and 12-13 age divisions will stage an exhibition at halftime of the NAIA Championship Game March 17.
Schindler is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Schindler of Valley City.
And the sirens howl…
No. Valley City did not have an air raid last night, even though it did sound like an Old World War II movie.
A power line broke in the north part of town and brushed a telephone
wire resulting in stray high voltage entering the control wires touching off the alarm system for the fire department.
Along with the continuous alarm sound, several residents reported a loss of phone service.
But, today all is well, with systems restored and in proper working order, and Valley City has recovered for its mock air raid.
1998 25 Years Ago...
Sunday crash sends several to hospital By Jean Schlegel TR Staff Writer
Five people were sent to the emergency room at Mercy Hospital on
Sunday as the results of a one-car rollover near the Sheyenne Bridge on Interstate 94.
Three people were stabilized and transferred to a Fargo hospital and two were treated and released said Kathy Schneider, director of Community Development at Mercy Hospital.
State Highway Patrolman Roger Haha, the investigating officer, said the five people involved in the accident were apparently all family members from the BismarckMandan area, heading west.
He said the driver, Edward Kautzmann, 63, Mandan, told authorities he fell asleep at the wheel. He is reported to have a broken leg.
His 1997 Pontiac hit the guardrails, ripping out 30 feel of them, rolled over on the highway and then landed back on its wheels. The Pontiac was totaled. Haha said.
The passengers were his wife, Geraldine Kautzman, 59, Mandan; Auriol McCarl, 81, Bismarck, who is in a Fargo Hospital with internal injuries; Karin Haskell, 34, Bismarck; and Brenda Haskell, 4, Bismarck. Haga believed the only one who was seriously injured was McCarl.
Haha said all of the passengers suffered cuts and bruises and they were all wearing seatbelts except the 4-year-old, who was ejected from the car. He apparently wasn’t seriously injured.