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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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News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago July 11, 2001 Martina Hendrickson’s sister, Eleanora Berthiaume, who lives just outside of Hewitt checked on a shed that had blown over in the storm. Inside she found a mother cat and eight of her kittens who had perished in the building. Three other kittens were still alive. One died shortly after being found. The other two were taken to Martina’s daughter, Cathy, who was at work at the time, and brought them home. Gizmo, th

To the Editor: No Reason To Die Who am I? My name is Norman Hagelstrom. I was born at the Thiel hospital in Bertha on January 27, 1940. I graduated from Bertha-Hewitt School in 1958. I have spent the last sixty plus years studying the human mind. The following is what I’ve learned. Our cells are constantly dying every few days to ten years. New young cells replace these retiring cells. If we completely renew our cells every ten years why do they wear out? They wear ou

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago July 4, 2001 Amy Ashbaugh is doing something that a lot of people never think of doing. She is going to Spain for eight weeks to study Spanish. Amy is a 1996 Bertha-Hewitt graduate and is the daughter of George and Jean Ashbaugh from Hewitt. She graduated from Concordia College in May 2001 with a major in Spanish. Being out of the country is not new to Amy. She was an exchange student in Peru and when she returned she went to

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago June 27, 2001 The children of the Berthat-Hewitt community will have an opportunity to attend the Birak Shrine Circus in Fergus Falls through the courtesy of local businesses and others. Adults who wish to go along as chaperones are asked to call the school office. ********** The past week found the Bertha-Hewitt Band busy with three competitive parades. The band sparkled with a first place finish (Class A) in Milaca, and an