Looking Back
News from Bertha's and Hewitt's Pasts
25 Years Ago
August 19, 1998
Bertha-Hewitt welcomed three new teachers this year. Pat Ward will be a special education teacher for both the elementary and high school. Christine Staples will teach business education. Jane Swanson will teach science. There are 541 students enrolled for the 1998-99 school year, with 14 new students enrolled for the new year.
**********
Ardis McFarlane, Physician Assistant, will be providing medical care at the Bertha Medical Clinic on Thursday beginning in the middle of September. McFarlane grew up in the Bertha-Hewitt area and is a former laboratory director at Tri-County Hospital.
50 Years Ago
May 6, 1948
Members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Hewitt enjoyed a picnic in the Hewitt Park on Sunday and also observed the sixth birthday anniversary of Mary Elda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo Russell. Mary Elda received a number of gifts but the outstanding feature of the day was the presentation of a folding wheelchair to the little miss, who has never walked.
***********
Reverend Walter Ratzlaff, Mary Lou Solid, Phyllis Bluhm and Glen Klebs, delegates from the local Church of God, attended the international Young People’s Convention.