| Summary: | Valley City in 1971. TISH KRAMER JOHNSON, formerly of Linton, won 1st place in the 1973 women's archery tournament, her husband, Tom, won 1st place in the men's division and their son, Chuck, copped first place amongst the Cubs. CAROL KALBERER, Hazelton, won 1st place in the State Class I Poppy Poster contest and her psoter was entered in the national contest in 1971. NEAL KALBERER, Hazelton, was one of the choices of the Minnesota Twins, a left-handed pitcher. He was selected the outstanding 1966 Class B. Junior American Legion player in the state while in Hazelton, and picked up the same honors as a Class A Legion player in Bismarck. In addition to baseball, he starred in basketball and football. DEBORAH KASEMAN, former Linton High School senior, won regional and state poster contests, took top honors at the "Know Your State" competition at Grand Forks, and won 5 awards for her entry in the 25th annual International Science and Engineering Fair held at Notre Dame University. CLEMENS F. KELSCH, Emmons County native, was Morton County States Attorney, First Assistant Attorney General of the State of North Dakota, Special Attorney for the Public Service Comm. and State Water Commission. KENNETH K. KETCHUM, Linton, was a delegate to the North Dakota Constitutional Convention in 1972. KERRY KIEMELE, Linton, voted Miss Emmons County in 1972, is a fashion designer and model at Dayton, Ohio. She was an exchange student and lived with a family in Hamburg, Germany. While there, she joined a church choir which went on tour in Sweden and Denmark. EDWARD KIST, Temvik, was honored in 1975 for having served 19 years on the Temvik Farmers Elevator Board, 13 of them as secretary. DON KOEPPEN, JR., Linton represented North Dakota at the National Science Youth Camp in West Virginia. He was a winner at the District Science Fair in Bismarck, at the State Science Fair at Dickinson, was a finalist at the National- International Science Fair at St. Louis, Mo., and won the top award at the Junior Engineering Technical Society exposition at the UND. He also received a U.S. Army Award for outstanding achievement in chemistry. JODI KOEPPEN, Linton High School senior, member of the National Honor Society, a top winner at the annual Spring Music Festival for 3 successive years, 1st North Dakota winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs essay contest. As a winner of the North Dakota "Northern Lights District" essay contest, her story was presented in "Junior Keynotes", a national music magazine. She was crowned 1975 Miss Emmons County. DR. ALOYSE E. KOPP, class of 1927 Strasburg High School, is a dentist, author and lecturer. He has been Trustee of the American Dental Association, president of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce and recipient of the Association's distinguished Service award in 1968. PAT KRAFT, Linton, participated in 2 movies filmed in Hollywood while he was attending the California College of Mortuary Science. He was a guest at a banquet held at the Continental Hotel on Sunset Strip, at which some 500 stars and other film people appeared. This banquet was put on by "Golden West"., a movie magazine, which carried Pat's picture. While in the Army in Germany, he received the General Douglas McArthur Award for Distinguished Leadership. ALMA B. KREMER was listed in the 1970 71 edition of "Who's Who of American Women, with the World Notables". She taught school, was clerk for the Supt. of Schools, deputy and elected County auditor, treasurer and register of deeds. DAVE KUNTZ, Linton High School student, won the State championship wrestling event for the 155 lb. class at the Class B tournament in 1971. HENRY AND GERTRUDE (ALLENSWORTH) KYLLINGSTAD, spent 7 years in Alaska where he was a teacher, ornothologist and bird photographer. In 1952 they moved to Cairo, Egypt, where he was employed by NESCO, until being evacuated because of the war. LEO LACHER, Linton, took 1st in the 100 and 220 yard dashes, the low and high hurdles and a 2nd in the discus at the ND. intercollegiate meet at Jamestown in 1947. He led the North Dakota College Conference in individual scoring in basketball, was All-State Class B Basketball selection while at Linton High School. He was picked four times to to the Fargo Forum's All North Dakota Intercollegiate conference team. As a back and end in football, he was selected twice for honorable mention on All-State teams. LEO B. LANDSBERGER, Hazelton, was the salaried staff coordinator for the John Birch Society in North Dakota, operated a public affairs consulting firm in Bismarck and was a candidate for Governor of North Dakota on the Taxpayers Republican ticket in 1968. ROSEMARY LANDSBERGER, a Hazelton native, is an artist in oils and acrylics, giving private lessons and conducting classes throughout the State. In 1968 she was a candidate on the Taxpayers ticket for the East District congressional seat. She ran again on the Republican ticket in 1972. RUTH LANGELIERS, rural Pollock, was crowned State Dairy Princess in 1971. At the national event in Chicago, she was named Miss Congeniality by the other contestants. EUGENE LEHR, science instructor at Linton High School, was chosen the Outstanding Biology Teacher of Region III in North Dakota in 1974. In 1969 he had been named Linton's Outstanding Young Educator. ALOIS LEIER, Linton, was named president of the North Dakota State Soil Conservation Districts in 1974. At this meeting Emmons District received the Allis Chalmers Environmental Conservarion Education Award. GLENN LEIER, Linton, was awarded a tour of the Minneapolis area through the Peavey Clean Grain program, on the basis of the national 4-H report he had completed. NORDAN LUNDE, a soil scientist with the Emmons County Soil Conservation Service, is credited with saving Madonna Gefre, 16, from drowning at Beaver Bay in 1974. VINCENT J. MAGRUM, Braddock, was named Director of Council Activities for the North Dakota Knights of Columbus. He served as a district deputy, received the conservation award twice, and in 1969 was named outstanding district deputy and attended the Supreme convention at Houston, Texas. MAJOR HUGO MAREK, a much-decorated fighter pilot in Vietnam, received the Silver Star with oak leaf cluster; the Distinguished Flying Cross with three oak leaf clusters; the Air Medal with eleven oak leaf clusters; and the Air Force Commendation Medal. When he was killed in the crash of a jet plane, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel posthumously. LINDA MAREK, Linton, was a member of the Minot State College Band which marched in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena on New Years day, 1969. She was a member of the International Tour Band which performed in several European countries, Canada and part of the U.S. in 1968. LEWIS R. MARQUARDT, 1954 Linton High School graduate, served in the Army in Germany as a Russian linguist until 1961. He was elected to the South Dakota State House of Rep. in 1967. Since earning his PHD, he is professor in the Division of Humanities at Arizona State University. GEORGE MASTEL, Hazelton, was elected Presi dent of the North Dakota Land Improvement Contractors Association at a convention in Bismarck in 1973. KATHRYN (KRAFT) MASTEL, Strasburg High School graduate, has been president of the North Dakota Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, presi dent of the Catholic War Veterans Auxiliary and president of the State Postmasters Auxiliary. She is a member of the National Council of the VFW Auxiliary, traveling throughout the U.S. BOB MARTELL, formerly of the Glanavon area, became a cartoonist. He drew the comic features, "Mr. and Mrs." and "When a Feller Needs a Friend". His brother, Theo., was Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor and later an official of the North Dakota Unemployment division. THE REV. CHARLES J. MEYER, a former pastor of St. Anthony's Church, Linton, was the author of a short novel, "Not Guilty", and has had it published. DR. HAROLD J. MILLER, was appointed presi dent of Mary College, Bismarck, in 1970. He served with the Department of Public Instruction and in 1967 was awarded a federal grant to do research concerning the effects of integration on Indian pupils. Since he became President of Mary College, the school has received national accreditation and has shown the highest percentage of enrollment increase of any college in North Dakota. KEITH MILLER of the Meier Insurance Agency in Linton, was named President of the North Dakota Association of Independent Insurance Agents in 1972. MICHAEL M. MILLER, Strasburg native, has served as State Director of the North Dakota Committee for Library Developement and Director for the 1970 National Library Week program. In 1971 he was selected as a member of the North Dakota Education Association Century Club. GREG MISCHEL, Linton, traveled to the Ivory Coast, Africa, with the Peace Corps. CLEO ANN MOCH, Kintyre, was named Emmons County Flax Queen in 1957 and became State Dairy Princess of North Dakota in 1962. CLARENCE NIEUWSMA, Strasburg, was stationed in the Phillipine Islands as a missionary. JOHN NIEUWSMA, 1974 Strasburg High School graduate, played in the first annual North Dakota North-South Shrine All Star football game at Fargo in 1974. REV. JOHN NEIUWSMA, 1928 Strasburg High School graduate, completed two religious books, and has written articles for national religious magazines. A. C. OBERLANDER, former Linton High School Principal, has applied for a patent for toy trucks he has designed. RUTH (JELLEMA) PETERMAN, formerly Of Linton, has written two books. One, entitled "My World Was Too Small", was published as a paperback by the Tyndale Publishers. She is in the process of writing the biography of Norma Zimmer of the Lawrence Welk group. BEVERLY RAMBOUGH, Braddock, was elected State president of the Juniors of the Rural Letter Carriers convention in Bismarck in 1969. She won the 4-H local, county and district speech contests and competed for state honors. She represented Braddock High School at Girls State that year. CLELL RAMBOUGH, Braddock, was named "Man of the Year" of the North Dakota Flying Farmers organization in 1975. A 27 year member, he served as a director for 10 years and vice president and president twice, and attended 5 international conventions, 4 times as a delegate. BRENDA LEAH REIS, Kintyre, was the winner of an American Dental Award at the International Science and Engineering Fair at New Orleans, La., in 1972. She was on stage along with other distinguished guests, including Gov. Ronald Reagan of California. DR. CLARENCE RODENBURG, Linton dentist, attended a post-graduate dental seminar in 1969 which took him to the Royal Dental College in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Karolinska Institute School of Dentistry, Stockholm, Sweden and the Amsterdam University Dental School, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The trip also took the group to Moscow, USSR for a tour of the Soviet Ministry of Health. ARNOLD ROOS, Hazelton, toured Europe with the Jamestown College Choir in 1975. The tour took them to Holland, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. Highlight of the trip was singing in the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. KATHY RYCKMAN (Anderson) was selected "Young Careerist 1975" by the North Dakota Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. As holder of this title, she attended the National Federation of BPW clubs annual con vention at Las Vegas. RENAE SAVILLE, Braddock, was elected Miss Emmons County of 1974, was crowned Miss Universe North Dakota and competed in the National contest at Niagara Falls in 1975. She was a winner in the BEK Telephone annual essay contest and won a 5 day tour of Washington, D.C. in 1973. MONTE SAYLER, who attended grade school in Linton, won 1st place in the Washington State talent contest for high school seniors. His painting was sent to Kansas City, Mo. to compete in the National contest. The art scholarship program is sponsored by Hallmark Cards, Inc. and the General Federation of Women's Clubs. JOHN SCHNEIDER, JR. of Strasburg, won the State Knights of Columbus free throw contest, thus winning his 4th trophy (local, District, regional and State). SHEILA SCHUMACHER, Linton, was on the North Dakota State Executive Board of Student Councils as member at-large in 1972. She attended both the State and National convention in Chicago. S. J. SCHUMACHER, Linton, was re-elected a board member of the Automobile Dealers of North Dakota at their annual convention in Honolulu in Apr. 1975. VICTOR SCHUMACHER, Linton, was a student teacher in Cartagena, Columbia, South America. The Colegio Jorge Washington is an American 170 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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