| Summary: | AUGUST 24, 1960 Carson Junior Rodeo contestants win big at Mandan Junior Rodeo. Jerry Weinberger, Kay Stevenson, Vaughn Chesrown, Dawn Chesrown, Jerry Weekes, Jack Weeks, and Nola Weeks all won buckles. James Welsh, County Extension Agent moved to Bozeman, Montana. Morris Holm is new County Extension Agent. Round steak sold for 69C a pound - Picnic ham 29<J a pound - 24 Hershey Bars 59C and 5 bottles of catsup for $ 1.00. Frank J. Reummele named Abstractor of the Year. Jack Merrick builds post office building. Greg Dahners won Soil Conservation Award. Joe Deichert, Carson Implement Dealer, discontinues business. Mrs. Byron DeLange passes away. Local passenger train service changed to mixed train. Carson Cafe, owned by Mrs. Earl Holmquist holds grand opening - new name - Bonanza Cafe. Edward Matthys, Leith, passed away. Subscription to Carson Press was $3.00 per year. Mrs. Mary Hanson passed away at age 80 years. Alois Paul of Raleigh, took over management of Carson Locker. Bonanza Cafe has smorgasbord for $1.50 per plate. James and George Bohn received degrees from (JND. 1961 Daily mail route established for route no. 2. Frank Fischer elected fire chief. Lark Depot discontinued. Shields and Freda stockyards were discontinued. Surplus grain asked for pheasant feeding. G.T.A. elevator robbed. Chesrown-Hartman purchased I.H.C. firm. LLoyd Kempf purchased interest in Grant County State Bank. Post office and A.S.C. building completed. Cheese 49C per lb. - turkey 37C per lb. - coffee 49C per lb. pink salmon 69C. $20,000 fire damage at Carson Supply, owned by Floyd Hixson. Ten wild turkeys planted South of Leith. Gottlieb Zeller, 88, Leith, passes away. K.L. Peterson admitted to practice law in Federal Court. John Wagner appointed Grant County Judge and Clerk of Cour/t to replace M.A. Landgrebe. Three training school escapees captured near Carson. Delbert Havinka, Lark, graduated from medical school. Floyd Hixson holds fire sale. Grant County State Bank to open branch in Flasher July 17. Hazel Wessel, formerly of Leith, now serving on hospital ship HOPE is in Vietnam. New Carson post office dedicated during fair. Vernon Lane was postmaster. Carson resurfaced streets. Mrs. Ethel Mossman, 75, Leith passed away. Tim Weatherly, 79, formerly of Leith passes away. Lester Teker, Leith, selected for Peace Corps. Herman Haas hired as A.S.C.S. Manager. Secrest and Wilkins families honored at a farewell party. Bader Lumber Company at Carson sold to Reuben Goetz. 1962 Carson Volunteer Fire Dept. elected new officers, Roger Harmon, Fire Chief, Art Nuss, Assistant, Tom Kuntz, Secretary. Mr. M.M. Hayden former Brisbane banker died at Orina, California, December 14, 1961. Bank President L.C. Kempf announced Grant County State Bank will pay 4% interest on one year certificates. Julia Steinley, 85, passes away. Carson Chieftains cap County Tournament. Orville Wahl lands 11 lb walleye at Heart Butte. Application filed to remove stockyards at Carson. Presbyterian Manse dedicated in Carson, services conducted by George Van Bockern. 60 Mrs. James Danzeisen, Lark, passed away. Carson Boy Scout Troop No. 62 to hold Court of Honor. Wm. Besser Jr., elected County Commissioner serving with Fred K. Schock and Soren Hauge. We salute Carson Chapter of Future Farmers of America. Grant County Rural Development Committee was organized in Carson February 20th. Edwin Johnson, Carson; Ernest Peters, Lark; from Dist. I; Joe Wingenbach, Carson; William Besser Jr., Carson; from Dist. II. Don O'Connell purchases Carson Supply Store from Floyd Hixson and will do TV and radio repair. Services for Mrs. Brett 86, held at Carson. 179 Wildlife tree planting established in 1961 - consisting of 882 acres. Record of 72 years broken last week - coldest weather in this century for February 27 and 28. Low temperature 45 degrees below zero. Morton County District Court awarded $14,738 to Mrs. Edna Harter of Mandan for death of her husband Clarence in Grant County jail in 1957. Adolph Zeller Sr., 83, dies in Bismarck Hospital. Village election has small turnout - Harold Krause and Floyd Hixson elected to Village board - Art Eggers elected clerk - Delores Chase, treasurer - Herb Huber, assessor. Henry Steigman, 71, dies in Pendelton, Oregon. Carson board will pass ordinance excluding livestock and fowl from city residence and business district. Edmund Zimmerman and Jerome Broadhead, two Carson FFA boys join State Chorus. Gary Leintz, age 25, named new manager of Farmer Union Oil Company at Carson. Archie Malm of Flasher still holds world's record for bow killed pronghorn antelope taken in 1958. Carson Wildlife Club sponsors Crow Hunt. Delbert Ferguson represents Bismarck-Minot Presbytery at General Assembly in Denver. Ed Ochoxner, Carson, named Chairman of Grant County Fair Board. Jerome Boardhead adn Forrest Loeffler sponsored for Boys State. Walter J. Thome Legion Post No. 45 of Carson sets May 25 for Clean-up Day at Carson Cemetery. E.L. Shane, 93 funeral from First Presbyterian Church, Rev. Jay Bollman officiating. "Butch" Woodbury breaks leg bulldogging. Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Northern Pacific Railroad Co. to abandon 66 miles of track between Flasher and Mandan. Carson Theatre to open June 2 for summer season. Jerome Broadhead named State FFA President. Surfacing bid let on Leith road. Miss Kay Stevenson, Carson, was crowned N.D. High School Rodeo Queen and All Around Cowgirl at N.D. High School Rodeo at Beulah. Bicycle ordinance to be enforced in Carson. Omer Johnson farm selected winner of 1962 Grant County Soil District Award. Dr. Delbert Hlavinka joins Elgin Clinic staff. Morville Skretterberg heads Carson School Board. Helen McDowall, 70, Carson, funeral services held with Jay Bollman officiating. Charles Brown, 79, funeral held in Leith. Bob Schriock and Richard Bahm winners in Gackle Rodeo. Kay Stevenson and Jerry Weinberger compete in National High School Rodeo held in Valentine, Nebraska. Marjorie Bierwagon crowned Grant County Fair Queen. 1000 attended the rodeo during county fair. Anna M. Lane, 92, died after a long illness. Services held in First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Geo. Van Bochern officiating. Governor Wm. Guy visits Grant County. Curtis Streigel appointed manager of Federal Land Bank Office in Mandan. Bell Telephone Co. announced Raleigh Telephone Project underway. Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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