Looking Back
- Mar 17
- 2 min read
News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts
25 Years Ago
March 21, 2001
The parishioners of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Bertha and Trinity Lutheran Church in Hewitt have been making quilts for people around the world and locally since 1970. The project began when Helen Hoffman (wife of Pastor Herman Hoffman) and Elsie Erdman encouraged some women of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church to meet weekly in the church basement to sew quilts for the Lutheran World Relief. Soon the women of Trinity Lutheran in Hewitt were making quilts, too. Now the women of both churches meet together and work together on the quilting project which runs from January until Holy Week.
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After completing just over a year as police chief/liaison officer for the city of Bertha, Kevin Diedrich is moving on. He announced that this was the last police report he would be giving; his final day serving the city will be March 23. He has take a position in Sherburne County, which is near the Twin Cities area.
75 Years Ago
March 22, 1951
Parents of basketball players who were at the State Basketball Tournament in Minneapolis were informed by radio they were staying in the Twin Cities until Monday due to the blocked roads.
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A letter was received by Mr. and Mrs. Van Truax concerning their son, Robert, who was wounded in action in Korea. “I am sorry to inform you that your son, Corporal Robert J. Truax, was admitted to the hospital February 28, 1951. His condition is considered to be serious due to an enemy gunshot wound to the head. He received the wound while engaged in combat in Korea.” Sincerely yours, Kenneth Brewer, Colonel Commander.
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