| Summary: | Julius Halvorson Family JULIUS HALVORSON FAMILY Julius was born on a farm in Troy township in 1913, to Halvor and Severina (Stiveland) Halvorson. He grew to manhood and received his education in Troy township. As a young man he worked for farmers in the area. Julius married Mildred Zittel who was born and raised in Blooming Prairie township, south of Ambrose. The wedding took place in Saint Patrick's church in Crosby in 1935. They worked on farms in several places until 1940 when they rented a farm east of Fortuna, which was owned by Ellef Ellefson. In 1943 they bought the farm and are still there. In 1970 they bought the Swan Nelson farm just north of Highway number five. Julius was a member of the board of the Divide County Farmers Telephone company in the early days and he serviced the lines until the company merged with the Nemont Telephone company of Scobey, Mont. Also, he served on the board of the Farmers Elevator company of Fortuna. Pie has served for a number of years as chairman of the board of Gooseneck township. He has been active in the Hard Wheat show in Williston and has won many prizes. He has also been president of the show for several years. He has been president of the Wheat Producers of North Dakota board. Also, he is president of the Divide County Crop Improvement association and has been for many years. He is a member of the Divide County Red Cross. During the school term, he has been driving the school bus for the past four years. Julius and Mildred have been active members of Saint Bernard's Catholic church in Fortuna, and Julius is church treasurer. Pie is a member of the Knights of Columbus at Columbus, N. D. Julius and Mildred have two daughters: Jean Marvaye, born in 1952, and Marccne Catherine, born in 1954. Jean is a student nurse at Minot State College, She is in her third year and has been selected "Student Nurse of the Year" for the state in 1973. Marcene attended North Dakota State University at Fargo. In 1973; she married Errol B. Thvedt in Saint Patrick's Catholic church in Crosby. SELMER B. HALVORSON I was born in 1900 in White Rock, South Dakota to Martha and Andrew Halvorson. Both my parents came from Norway. I was the third oldest of ten children and when I was about a year old we moved to Forest Lake, Minn. I joined the Navy in 1919 and was discharged in 1923. In 1924 a friend and I bought, a £5.00 Soo Line ticket on what was called the Wheatline. We could have gone to Wliitefish, Mont., on that ticket but got off at Colgan because everything looked so green. I worked for Willard Vincent and Oscar Gulbranson that fall. I met Evelyn Monson at this time and we were married in 1926. Evelyn was born in 1906, daughter of the late George M. and Annie (Hogelin) Monson, who were among the first Divide count}- homesteaders in 1903 in Ambrose township. Her father drowned in a well on his farm in 1919, leaving three small children — Clarence, Evelyn and Angeline (Mrs. Einar Skar), and his widow, Annie, who died in 1946 at Crosby. Clarence died in 1951 at Crosby. We arc the parents of three girls and one boy. Doris married Kenneth Triplett of Donnybrook who passed away this winter (1973), leaving a great void in our lives. Doris lives in Minot and they have tliree children — Holly, Airs. Don Eoeneke, has a daughter, Kara Lee, Richard and his wife, Anita, both teach at Washburn and Kenny Guy is at home. Shirley married George Erickson of New Ulin, Minn., and they have four children — Wendy, Dawn, Brent and Bruce. They live in Fridlcy, a northeast stirburb of Minneapolis. Mable married Donald Wallin from Noonan and they are living in Fort St. J olin, B. C. and have five children. Debbie and Jodie Hill of Lignite have a year-old daughter, Gretclien Heidi. Joni and Bill Lappenbrush of Beaver Lodge, Alberta, have two children — Kelley, 2, arid Richard, 1. Dorene and Clayton Callison, Fort St. John, B. C, have an 8 month old daughter, Lisa Dawn. Donald and Gcrri Lee live at home. Edward married Agnes Dosch from Karlsruhe. He is a science and math teacher at Devils Lake. They have five cliildren — Linda, Lance, Louise, Lisa and Lloyd. We have 17 grand children and five great grand children. Evelyn and I are presently living at 824 First Avenue N. W., in Minot and enjoy fair!}' good health. I retired after 25 years in the Fairview Mill company at Crosby. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES R. HANSEN By Mrs. Charles (Myrtle) Hansen When tlie first history of Divide county was compiled in 1964, Charles and 1 were still on the SW yi of Section 5 in Twin Butte township. It is the farm formerly owned by Charles' father, Peter J. Hansen. By that time, Charles had acquired a well-boring machine. He "brought in weJls for quite a number ol people m an area as Jar west as Plentywood, Mont, and east to Columbus. He also worked in the northern part of Williams county, lie said it was really thrilling to get a good well for a farmer. We also began raising sheep about fifteen years ago. We found that we liked it and wished we had gotten into it earlier. In 1969 our son, Charles David, bought the Henry Lien farm two miles west of Noonan and moved there. They have a family of five, two daughters and three sons. Besides raising grain and cattle, Chuck has worked witli oil wells for thirteen years. They are one of tlie few- farmers who milk cows and sell cream. Yvonne, (Mrs. Lyle Strand), Charles' daughter by a former marriage, lives in Havre, Moflt. They operate a motel. Their family consists of two boys. 87 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.
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