Looking Back
News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts
25 Years Ago
October 24, 2001
The Bertha United Methodist Church held its last service on October 14. Pastor Gary Taylor said that at a church conference held on September 23 the possibility of closing the church was discussed. It was decided at that time that there were too few members and not enough money to be able to keep the church open. On August 12, 1877, the church was organized under the supervision of Reverend Heinrich Bottecher.
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The Bertha-Hewitt Contemporary Conflicts class is part of a service-learning project that would connect the communities of Bertha and Hewitt closer together. This project is a joint effort between several classes at the Bertha-Hewitt School. The project would consist of building a four-mile trail between Bertha and Hewitt, where the old railroad tracks were. It would possibly be paved eight feet wide with mowed shoulders.
75 Years Ago
October 25, 1951
The Bertha High School Ag Department, in cooperation with the State Department of Vocational Education, will sponsor a series of adult evening classes again this year, according to Wallace McKay, ag instructor.
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Mrs. Alvin Engelman was named to the executive committee of the Todd County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis which was reorganized Monday evening at the meeting at the Clarissa Public School.
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