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News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago September 5, 2001 It’s a big jump from playing trumpet in the Bertha Grade School Band to being first-chair trumpet player in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Adolph “Bud” Herseth did just that! According to a news story in the Chicago Tribune, in 1988 Herseth had performed on the stage of the Chicago Orchestra Hall for 40 years. Bud came to Bertha in the fall of 1929 when his father, Adolph Herseth, Senior, became superinten

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago August 29, 2001 Diana Chromey of Hewitt thought she was getting a speeding ticket on the evening of May 18. She and her husband Gerald were heading home on Highway 210 when a state patrol vehicle passed her traveling east. About five minutes later a little maroon car driven by Kevin McGrane, 25, tore past them like they were standing still. When the Chromeys drove closer to the intersection of 210 and Todd County Road 77, the

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago August 22, 2001 Harold Tritsch of Hewitt is home after undergoing open heart surgery about two weeks ago. Tritsch was having chest pain on Tuesday, August 7, and was taken to the Tri-County Hospital in Wadena. From there he was air-lifted to the University of Minnesota Hospital in the Twin Cities. While at the U of M he had one valve replaced and one bypass done. According to his son, Steve, Harold returned home on August 12 a

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago August 15, 2001 What is it like to go back to school when you have a family? Kristy Finck, Tyna Richter and Meg Schuller all went back to college within the past couple of years to complete their degrees in education. Kristy and Meg both have school-aged children. Meg completed her master’s degree in secondary English 7-12 and will be teaching at Battle Lake High School. Kristy will be finishing her student teaching at Wadena

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News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago August 8, 2001 Vicar Blake Rickbeil has been teaching parishioners the word of God at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Bertha and Trinity Lutheran in Hewitt since this past March. He said the synod which he is through can make exceptions and allow a vicar to become a pastor earlier. Rickbeil has had a vast amount of experience in Biblical studies from very rigorous seminary training at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayn

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago August 1, 2001 Council Member Jim Walker, City Clerk Marsha Hansen, Council Member Juanita Mitchell, City Maintenance Mike Schwantes and Mayor Cliff Filbert were on hand Saturday during the Hewitt festival for the dedication of the new park equipment. Filbert said that this is just one step in the many they are planning to beautify Hewitt. ********** Donna May Klebs has opened a new shop in Bertha. It is located in the forme

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago July 25, 2001 Around $1100 was discovered to be missing from the All Star Station in Bertha. According to Chief of Police Shawn Bennett the last employees had left All Star about 11:15 p.m. on Friday, July 20. The morning employee arrived at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday and discovered the money missing. ********** Maria Guadalupe Eisenbraun, who lives in Bertha, was born in Monterey, Mexico. Rick Eisenbraun, who would become her fu

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago July 18, 2001 On Saturday, July 7, a caravan of many cars welcomed home a hundred very tired, but excited Bertha-Hewitt band members and their chaperones after an eight day tour of Niagara Falls, Boston and New York. Their trip took them to 12 states, Canada and the United Nations. They visited many places that most of them will experience only once in a lifetime. The band participated in America’s oldest Independence Day para

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