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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
5
Notice seeking correspondents in various county areas offering $1.00 per column for regular news items in standard type. Applicants should state location and post office address and indicate their township or section. If a locality is available arrangements will be made for correspondence.
Community diary entries show residents visiting neighbors and relatives. Read about calls at Harstad, Kaetzel, Aspland, and Aspland homes, barn dances planned for May 17 and Doc Raetsatte night, influenza illnesses, school starts, and upcoming baseball efforts. Local names include Mikel Harstad, Henry Hansen, Bert Aspland, Cyrus Sites, H. C. Kaetzel, Clara Ledell, Nellie Ledell, Otto Hintz, Lydia Hintz, Elmer Hintz, and many others.
Last Saturday's heavy rain and hail refreshed the area while locals discuss weather forecasts and a bumper crop ahead. Residents including Mr and Mrs Guy Shanks and families enjoyed Sunday dinners and social visits. Ed McMillen and Ed Webb family travels are noted alongside farm work as wheat feeding nears completion. A canceled lecture by F G R Gordon on Bolshevism is recorded, with attendees and weather effects shaping the week.
Miss Annie McCradie visited the Rose Hill school and spent Tuesday evening with friends. Miss Nellie Ludell’s school closed due to influenza, Ludell now teaches at High Cliff. Grant Rutledge and Fay of Missouri Ridge called on the Albright family. H Acelmiel went to Williston on Wednesday. George Albrecht visited his parents. Henry Hulbert was nearby. Mrs. Albert Hintz visited Mrs. John Albrecht. Carl Stenson called on Gene Cowan. locals who went to town Saturday faced delays.
Mrs M Rowe visited Mrs Ida Johnson Thursday. Marmon and Zahl residents hosted and visited, with many calls at Grimms, Kelly, Erickson, and Brown homes. Teachers, families and neighbors spent Sunday visiting relatives including Beulah Brown and Theola Silker.
Mrs Will Clarke of Arnegard visits relatives on the Ridge this week. M M Clark searched for stray horses at J L Smith’s. Pearl Clark attended a linen shower at Mrs Rhodes Wiliston for Sylvia Hartman and her marriage to F Ireland. Lester Swab returns from overseas and visits C A Wicks and others. Rev Hobbs from Williston preached at the Missouri Ridge schoolhouse with Mrs Hobbs and Mr Stice. Filo Rohrabacher returned home to visit his parents.
Relatives report the sudden death of George Bellock aged about fifteen near Amnegard in McKenzie County. A rock from a gravel pit fell on him, killing him almost instantly while he worked at the site. The incident was summarized as an accidental death with no further details available. Meanwhile, Ruby Keihle returned to Wili ston to resume high school after caring for her flu-stricken mother. Also noted are social visits by H J Poe, B Keihle, and Blankenships at the S M Clark home after church.
Ambition in children begins with the home environment that transmits aspiration. The basic need is a secure home and ownership, a hub of the universe that inspires thrift and prudence. Emphasize home ownership to secure the next generation's future and support local prosperity.
The Commercial Club of Wolf Point discusses a secretary selection. They note prior delays, praise the choice of a Willis ton man, and report good attendance and harmony at the meeting.
The Sherman Commercial Club meeting shows progress with pep and purpose as it considers hiring E. W. Hall as salaried secretary pending mutual agreement after interviews. The group discusses July plans, highway funding, and potential Chamber of Commerce membership, ending with a booster poem by A. H. Frentz. Also included is an agricultural note on first calf age for Ayre heifers from Maryland and Minnesota studies.
Sweet clover grows across most of North Dakota providing good pasture and hay nutritious as bran. It enriches soil ahead of alfalfa. Extension divis. N. D. Agr. College notes Henry's books in high demand, scarce copies of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain classic, alongside Anna Katherine Greene detective stories vie with adventure.
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