Looking Back

              120 YEARS AGO
Hutchinson Herald
June 30,1892
Hon. Jacob Schnaidt, Warren Di-mock
and W.A. Branch were here as
a committee from Menno looking up
the records as to whether or not Olivet
was the county seat and to further the
scheme of removing the county seat to
Menno.
A grand celebration will be held at
Menno on the 4th of July, consisting of
speaking in bowery, containing seat-ing
capacity for 1,500 persons. Music
by Menno band, horse and pony race,
foot race, catching greased pig, climb-ing
greased pole and other sports. Also
a fine display of fire works.
As I wish to move to my farm in the
near future, I will sell or rent my livery
barn in Olivet on reasonable terms.
Henry Grim, Olivet.
100 YEARS AGO
Hutchinson Herald
June 27,1912
A very sad accident happened at
Wolf Creek Colony in which two high-ly
esteemed young men from Freeman
were drowned. August G. Huber and
Wm. Steinfort went out in a boat to
look at a net and later the Mennonites
saw a boat turned over under which
they found two caps. Huber was found
tangled up in the net which evidently
caused him to drown as he could not
swim.
Susie Hawkins was united in mar-riage
to AJ. Swanton. After July 15
they will be at home to their many
friends at Menno where Swanton has
a nicely furnished home awaiting his
bride.
Will Jungmann of Menno is em-ployed
as second man at the Goodrich
Call Lumber Yard.
Em. Mettler sold seven Wagner
motorcycles with the one he sold last
week to Clarence Minnis, the mail car-rier.
Adam and Philip Nusz bought G.
Haisch's house for $1,700 for their fa-ther
who will move down from Free-man
to Menno.
Clara Gundert and Christ C. Gross
were married June 19.
Albert Peterson is hauling out lum-ber
for a house on his land north of
Wittenberg.
Clyde George and family are camp-ing
on the Jim at Wolf Creek.
Ernest Hertz returned Monday from
St. Paul where he has been attending
school.
Konrad Berreth came in from the
Steiger farm where he has been build-ing
a barn.
80 YEARS AGO
Hutchinson Herald
June 30,1932
Emanuel J. Haisch had the big-gest
crop of Early Richmond cherries
this season that he ever had, report-ing
about 800 pounds which he sold
to farmers and people in town. He
has a big orchard, many trees in it be-ing
planted by his grandfather Jacob
Haisch a half century ago and one ap-ple
tree is the largest, probably, in this
county. It did not bear for several years
and somebody told him to drive nails
into the tree, as it needed iron that was
not in the soil in sufficient quantities,
so he did as directed and since then
has had apples on that tree every year
that the frost does not get them. He has
white and black mulberry trees and
claims the white ones are sweeter.
Elsie Rosalia Reimer, daughter of
Mrs. John Maul, and Helmuth Mutch-elknaus,
son of Karl Mutchelknaus of
Freeman were married.
Mrs. Albert Ulmer, nee Weiden-bacfi",
"age 25 years,^assed away June
18.
Henry Sayler bought a new binder
of Jones Mettler and used it to cut rye.
Some years ago one dealer would sell
about 20 new binders during the har-vest
season. This year there is more
call for secondhand machines.
Adolph Mettler and Henry Quasi
have both been kept quite busy lately
doing repair work on binders.
Mr. and Mrs. Bethuel Aisenbrey are
the proud parents of a baby boy born
June 29.
Jacob Lehr took his mother out
home with him after she came from
Alpena with her brother Mike Wahl.
Mrs. J.S. Headley thought she was
able to go to the band concert but had
a fainting spell in the car. She has been
lame and sick for a couple of months.
Boegler & Son sold a new John
Deere binder to the Handel brothers
which was taken out. Edward Thra-num,
or his sons, bought a new binder
of the Menno Mercantile Company
and Karl A. Ulmer also bought a new
one.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baney are
proud parents of a baby boy.
If the department of agriculture is as
good as it claims on pest control, then
how come all those flocks of lobbyists
around Washington?
50 YEARS AGO
Hutchinson Herald
June 28,1962
Richard Bohlman died June 17.
The golden wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Mueller was cel-ebrated
June 10.
Norman D. Streyle, 18, has accept-ed
a staff announcer position at radio
station KDAK in Carrington, N.D.
He prepared in radio-television tech-niques
at the Brown Institute in Min-neapolis.
Dale Quasi and Gust Quast came
for a visil in Menno.
30 YEARS AGO
Hutchinson Herald
July 1,1982
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Munkvold
will celebrate their 25th wedding an-niversary
July 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Herrboldt will
celebrate their 40th wedding anniver-sary
July 9.
Raecille Hellwig and George White
were married June 12.
Kay Bainbridge and Mike Smidt
were married June 19.
A bridal shower was held June 27
for Rena Handel at the home of Lonna
Miller. She and Mike Schaeffer will be
married July 17.
Welcome to Olivet to Mr. and Mrs.
George Johnson of Tulsa, Okla., who
arrived late Salurday.
Sheryl Sorlien, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Sorlien, is working in the
office of Dr. Mueller in Tripp. This
two month period is part of her train-ing
as a clinical medical assistant at
Lake Area Vo Tec Institute at Water-town.
The Dakola State Dean's List in-cludes
Linda Aisenbrey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Donley Aisenbrey.
USD/Springfield honor roll in-cludes
Theresa Suurmeier, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Suurmeier.
15 YEARS AGO
Hutchinson Herald
June 25,1997
The Menno Volunteer fire Depart-menl
was called lo the Paul Mehlhaf
farmyard northeasl of Menno. Con-siderable
fire damage was done lo Ihe
from of a 1984 Ford Tempo car. The
fire apparently started when the bat-tery
shorted out
Gladys MalhiasJ^died June 17.
Lynetle Jonas was honored wilh a
bridal shower June 16. She and Terry
Hauck will marry July 5. Their parents
are Duane and Karon Jonas and Alfred
and Arlena Hauck.