Looking Back

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts

25 Years Ago

August 9, 2000

Judy Siegle didn’t let a 1979 car accident that left her wheelchair bound deter her athletic abilities. She has become a winning wheelchair racer around the world. Siegle, 39, now lives in Fargo. She is the daughter of Faye and Al Siegle. Al is a former teacher at the Bertha-Hewitt School. Siegle suffered a broken neck in a car accident that left two people dead just a month before she was to begin a basketball career at Concordia College. This will be the second time she has participated in the Olympics. She came in fourth in two events and fifth in another in the 1996 games in Atlanta. She broke the U.S. and World Record in the 800 meter race. Unfortunately, that was only good enough for fourth place.

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Head of Maintenance in Hewitt Mike Schwantes was busy putting up new banners in town on August 4. The Hewitt Centennial Committee purchased the welcome banners and American flags and presented them to the city of Hewitt. Schwantes installed new brackets throughout the city on Highway 210 and hung the welcome banners. The flags will be displayed on holidays.

75 Years Ago

August 10, 1950

Lt. Col. Herman Heuer, an Army chaplain, recently returned from four years of duty in Germany, and visited Saturday and Sunday with his brother, William Heuer and family. Colonel Heuer stated that living conditions in Germany have improved a great deal since the end of World War II. There is plenty of food over there now. Col. Heuer’s next tour of duty for the Army will be as a student at Columbia University in New York.

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The young people of the South Bertha Methodist Church will hold a family night at the church Sunday, August 13, at 8:15 p.m. On the program will be a singspiration, music specialties by the young people, and a religious movie, “Beyond Our Own.”

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