Looking Back

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts

25 Years Ago

July 19, 2000

At the July 10 Bertha City Council meeting, Don Booen, Bertha mayor, told the council members that there were some complaints from citizens on the tornado warnings on Saturday night. Some people didn’t know when the warning was over. There were suggestions of possibly installing a different siren system in town. Police Chief Diedrich was going to discuss this problem with Todd County to see what other cities do in a tornado and/or severe storm emergency.

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The Bertha-Hewitt school age childcare, the Hang Out, hosted a carnival for the Freshwater District school age childcare programs. Over 100 children attended the one day special event. There were many games and activities for the children to enjoy. The highlight of the carnival was Snake Man. He brought several different snakes to show the children and they even got to pet them.

75 Years Ago

July 20, 1950

Dr. W.W. Will will be one of a number of prominent Minnesota medical men who will be heard on a special radio broadcast next fall sponsored by the University of Minnesota, as part of its centennial celebration. The broadcasts will be heard over most of the stations in Minnesota. The broadcasts will be made by means of a tape recording made here last week by a documentary unit of the U of M Radio Station KUOM. Dr. Will is interviewed and tells of his experiences as a “country doctor”. He is also heard in a typical office interview with a patient, Doris Hartz, who simulates an injury.

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Teams from South Bertha and Bertha will meet tomorrow evening in a softball game at the high school athletic field. The game looms as a pitcher’s battle between Rodney Westergren for the southerners and fast fielder Bill Cary from the town team.

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