Looking Back
News from Bertha's and Hewitt's Pasts
25 Years Ago
November 20, 1996
Eileen Hartung and Brenda Guggleberger, president of the Bertha-Hewitt Education Association, and Mayor Harold Tritsch of Hewitt and Mayor Don Booen of Bertha proclaimed November 17-23 American Education Week. This is the 75th annual observation of this special week. This year’s theme is “The Future Being in Today’s Schools.”
75 Years Ago
November 21, 1946
The Bertha High School football team was given recognition by sportswriters of the metropolitan press when Ted Peterson, sports columnist, of the Minneapolis Tribune devoted most of his Tuesday morning’s column covering the local squad. The column opened, “Lee Henningsgaard, new athletic coach at Bertha, couldn’t have asked for a better debut at that school. His powerful six-man team swept to an undefeated season while rolling up 300 points to the opponents 71.” Star performer on the team was Captain Vaughn Hokanson, an end who stands at six-foot-three and a half inches and weighs 185 pounds. Others receiving special mention were Wayne Sagehorn, Donovan Johnston, Karl Bottemiller, Bob Schwantz, Bob Franklin, Billy Bottemiller, Donald Bauer and Dave Sparks.
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The streets of the village are soon to shine in their Christmas glory, according to Vern Young, chairman of the Commercial Club’s decoration committee. Mr. Young and the crew expect to have the decorations and lights up before December 1.
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