Looking Back
News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts
25 Years Ago
December 23, 1998
Chief of Police Dave Cowlishaw will take 128 hours of EMT training beginning in January. As a police officer he is required to be educated only in CPR and basic first aid. After completing EMT training he hopes to join the Bertha Ambulance squad. Cowlishaw again asked the council to consider applying for a grant to hire a part-time officer for the city. Zimmerman said, “I’m not totally convinced that we need one.” Mayor Don Booen said even though a grant would cover 75 percent of the officer’s salary, there is insurance, gas, and wear and tear on the car. It is an added expense to the city. “I am not sure we are at the point that we need one. I don’t think we can afford any more.”
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Band Director Ken Nelson spoke at the Bertha-Hewitt School Board’s December 15 meeting regarding an opportunity to march in the 1999 Rose Festival in Portland, Oregon. The Bertha-Hewitt Marching Band has been invited to participate in the parade portion of the Rose Festival in June. With a five mile parade route Nelson said it will be by far the longest parade we’ve ever marched in and the toughest. The board voted to approve the June 1999 band trip.
50 Years Ago
December 23, 1948
Christmas services and programs by local churches: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Rev. Leo E. Brandi; Congregational Church, Rev. George E. Bartz, Minister, and Mrs. Harry Maine, School Superintendent; Church of God, Rev. W. F. Ratzlaff, pastor; The Methodist Church, South Bertha, Rev. Eugene F. Grover; Methodist Church, Moran, Rev. Eugene F. Grover: St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rev. A.J. Kretzschmar, Pastor, and Mr. A. Herseth, School Superintendent; Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hewitt, A.J. Kretzschmar, pastor; Church of the Nazarene, Hewitt, Russell B. Knudson, Pastor, and Ray Jolliffe, Superintendent; Peach Evangelical and Reformed Church, Rev. E.E. Rapp, Pastor, Evangelical United Brethren Church, Hewitt, Delmont Gordy, Pastor; Evangelical; Immanuel Brethren Church Wrightstown: Delmont Gordy, Pastor; Immanuel Lutheran Church Bartlett, Herbert W. Schmidt, Pastor.
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Christmas Greeting from businesses and merchants: Bertha Locker Plant, Potratz Market, The first National Bank, Gamble’s, Bertha Theatre, Hartung’s Hardware, Bob’s Dairy Bar, Thiel Hospital Association, Olson and Quanbeck, Guy Williams, Bertha Telephone Company, Municipal Liquor Store, Farmers Feed and Produce Company, The Golden Rule, Coffee Shop, Bertha Drug Company, Bertha Co-op Creamery Association, A and W Variety, Bottemiller Garage, The Sunshine Grocery, Bertha Hardware and Furniture Co., Doctors W.W. Will, C.B. Will, M.B. Will and George Jonda; Bertha Produce, Ahrendt Oil Co, Bottemiller Oil Company, Domian Farm Supply Co., and Kozy Nook Cafe.
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