Looking Back
- Apr 28
- 2 min read
News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts
25 Years Ago
May 2, 2001
Judy Siegle knows the true meaning of limitation. She has experienced challenges and victory. On August 11, 1979, Judy suffered a broken neck which was the result of a car accident involving a drunk driver. She was told she was a quadriplegic, but she found a way to walk across the stage at Concordia College in Moorhead to receive her bachelor’s degree. Through MeritCare in Fargo she worked as a social worker, and she was able to train for the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. Judy now devotes much of her time as a motivational speaker. She was born in Bertha at the Theil Hospital and her father, Al, was a teacher at Bertha-Hewitt.
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Steve Peterson from Hewitt and Gary Kleen from Bertha took first place in the doubles division of the National Bird Dog Challenge Tournament held at the American Heritage Hunt Club from April 27 to April 29.
75 Years Ago
April 26, 1951
An opportunity to “watch the birdie and smile” will be offered to all businessmen, professional persons and community leaders on Thursday between the hours of 3 and 8 p.m. A representative from a St. Paul professional photography studio will set up shop in the village council room. The purpose is to provide an up-to-date file of newspaper “cuts” for the Herald’s “library.” A project of this type has never been undertaken in the village and the Herald is desirous of obtaining cuts of our local personnel who are connected with a business, a profession or the community.
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Bertha will have weekly high school band concerts during June and July.
