Jensen is The Pioneer’s Hamburger King, 1949

The Mandan girls’ golf team ended its season with a tie for fourth place in the State Tournament held at Grand Forks. This year’s golf team consisted of juniors Kate Herzog, Gabrielle Goter and Alicia Brucker; sophomores Amy Shreve, Katie Wetsch, Beth Helbling, Jenessa Dwyer and LeNeika Gebauer; eighth grader Anjela Helms; and seventh grader Melissa Frohlich. Top placers for the Braves at State Tournament were Wetsch with a 176; Herzog, 182; Dwyer, 198; Shreve, 205; Helbling, 221; and Goter, 238. “This was one of the best finishes for Mandan High,” said Coach Jim McPherson.

The International Classique Miss Pageant was held Oct. 2 at the high school auditorium, directed by local celebrity, Fawn Riggin, and drew contestants from all around the state. Little Cara Mund, daughter of Doug Mund and DeLora Kautzmann-Mund of Mandan, won the “Tiny Miss” division. She is five years old and attends kindergarten at the Collins Elementary School in Mandan. (Cara represented North Dakota at the Miss American contest in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and was crowned the 2018 Miss America.)

Temps recorded Monday, Oct. 11: a high of 71 degrees; 36 degrees for the low.

The Mandan library is under new management. Daniel Sevig, a native of Minnesota, has replaced the retired Mrs. Jake Geiss, who had been head librarian for 10 years. A former elementary school teacher, Sevig received his master’s degree in information media from St. Cloud State College, St. Cloud, Minnesota, and his bachelor’s degree in history from Augsburg College, Minneapolis. Sevig’s assistant librarian is Roland Messmer, a Mandan native who attended Bismarck Junior College and Dickinson State College.

A rural Mandan rancher has withdrawn his petition in Morton County District Court to “quiet title” for the Greenwood Cemetery, a 40-acre pioneer burial area, four miles south of Mandan. Alloyd Nelson is abandoning his court attempt to take the cemetery which lies within his pasture. Now the county commission has called for restoration of the cemetery, which was established in January 1882, as an historical site. The commission has directed the county engineer to begin a survey of cemetery boundaries.

Vonna Doering, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Doering of Mandan, was installed Worthy Advisor of the Mandan Rainbow Girls Assembly No. 16 at an open ceremony Sunday afternoon in Mandan’s Masonic temple. E.J. Doering is the Rainbow Dad. Others installed were Lori Blazer, recorder; Marilyn Goertel, treasurer; and Brenda Klug, musician. Mrs. Floy Fogle is Mother Advisor; Diane Nelson was the installing officer.

A caravan of 11 boats made its fifth annual overnight cruise on the Missouri River this past week. Leaving the two marinas at Bismarck about 8 a.m., the group headed for the tailrace at Garrison Dam, stopped for gas at Washburn about 40 miles upstream and ate lunch on their boats, stopping for supper on a sandbar at the tailrace. After a Sunday morning breakfast there, the group floated back downstream to dock at 4 p.m. at Bismarck. Other excursions included boating to Mobridge twice and to Beaver Bay at Linton. Boat owners are Ron Fox, Dean Messmer, Jim Lahman, Larry Chesak, Dan Keller, Dick Marshall, Les Helm, Jim Hetzler, Bob Morrison, Herb Haas and Pat O’Neil.

Temps recorded Friday, Oct. 11: a high of 52 degrees; 34 degrees for the low.

Hundreds of people, including Mandan businessmen and their guests, the leaders of 4-H clubs throughout the county, attended the Chamber of Commerce recognition luncheon given for Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Newcomer at the Lewis and Clark dining room. They are to leave for Washington, D.C., on Nov. 1 where Mr. Newcomer will serve as agricultural secretary to Senator Milton Young. At the conclusion of the luncheon, Paul Kasson, district county agent supervisor, introduced Stanley Bales of Amidon who was chosen by the Morton County commissioners to succeed Newcomer.

Saturday’s specials at Vi’s Café, 212 East Main St.- Baby Beef Liver with onions, 65 Cents; Breaded Pork Chops Dinner, 85 cents. The dinners include bean soup, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttered peas, bread, butter and beverage. Vi’s is open at 6:30 a.m., Monday thru Saturday.

John Jensen is the “Hamburger King” among the Pioneer delivery boys with the credit of eating 11 burgers in one sitting. A hamburger contest among the delivery boys was sponsored by James McKanna, circulation manager of the Mandan Daily Pioneer. The object of the contest was a gain of four new subscribers on the delivery boy’s route within 10 days. For this, he was entitled to eat as many hamburgers as possible in one sitting; and for an additional three subscribers, the delivery boy could also invite a friend. The following boys qualified for the contest: Warren Hoovestal; Charles Koch and friend Howard Koch; Daniel Berger and friend Gerald Schaff; Frank Berger; John Jensen and two friends Dean Kautzmann and Ken Sailer; Walter Butler; Darrell Hoovestal and friend Duane Hoovestal. Tied for second place for consuming 10 hamburgers each were Warren Hoovestal and Charles Koch.

Funeral services were held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church for one of Mandan’s pioneers, J. H. McDonald, 83. James Henry McDonald was born in Faribault, Minn., and arrived in Mandan with his parents in 1879. He attended the city’s first school, a small log house, located about a block from Main St. and two blocks east of Collins Ave. At age 16, he was employed at the Northern Pacific’s shops as engine wiper, later as call boy. He began work as a fireman at age 18, and at the conclusion of five years, he was advanced to the engineer’s position. McDonald worked for the NP Railroad for 52 years, retiring in 1934 at age 68. He married Elizabeth Carey in 1896; she died in 1937. Survivors include three children-John Leo, Fargo, and Leslie and Eleanor, both of Mandan. Burial was at Union Cemetery.

Births announced this week: daughters, to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gartner, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hermes, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wetzel, all of Glen Ullin. Sons, to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Jansen, Mandan, and to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Geck, Glen Ullin.

Temps recorded Tuesday, Oct. 11: a high of 57 degrees; 35 degrees for the low.

“Thirty new tablet armchairs, necessitated by the heavy enrollment in the high school this year, have arrived and been put into service. Several typewriters have been purchased for the commercial department to replace the old machines that were badly worn by years of use, but it has been impossible to admit to the typewriting call, all those desiring to enter the class, because there are no machines available at certain periods of the day.

“County Supt. of Schools H.K. Jensen, who is also president of the North Dakota State Elks Association, has issued a formal announcement of the winners in the contest conducted by the 10 Elks Lodges of the state- Mandan, Bismarck, Dickinson, Valley City, Jamestown, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Devils Lake and Williston. Miss Ruth Wilder of Mandan was declared winner in the state contest with her essay on “Mother.” Mary McKone of the Fargo jurisdiction won second and Margaret Bertrand of Devils Lake, third, each winning $35, $25 and $15, respectively.

“St. Joseph’s Catholic Church was filled to the limit of its seating capacity by friends of the late Alfred W. Farr, 53, and the family, who gathered to pay their last respects to him at funeral services on Monday afternoon, officiated by Rev. Fr. Clement Dimpfl. Farr was born in 1871 at Liberty, Indiana, and came to this area with his parents in 1880. In 1884, the parents moved to Missouri, but Al, although a youngster of only 12 years, elected to remain at Bismarck and was employed at the Baker Cattle Ranch near Bismarck. He married Mary Pluma Bedoin in 1901 and then moved to Mandan, taking employment with the Missouri Valley Milling Company, later merged into the Russell Miller Milling Company. He was with the mill until 1910 when the Mandan Transfer Company was formed, and he became its active head. The deceased was a charter member of the Mandan Rotary Club and was a charter member of the Mandan Lodge No.1256, B.P.O. Elks. Survivors include his widow and nine children; his aged mother and two brothers, all residing in Ohio and a sister, Mrs. Edna Jones, Liberty, Ind. Burial was at the Union Cemetery.”

Temps recorded Saturday, Oct. 11: a high of 74 degrees; 51 above for the low.

“On Wednesday, Oct. 11, the mercury climbed to a high of 40 degrees; 32 degrees was the low.

“It looks now very much as though Mandan would soon rise to the dignity of possessing electric lights. On Tuesday night, a city ordinance was passed by the council, giving a franchise for the stringing of wires, laying pipes and erecting poles, etc., to provide for the lighting of the streets by electricity. The lighting of the city at a cost of $60 per month for streetlights that will burn every night of the year, and all night long, cannot be regarded as being a burdensome expenditure for the city to pay.

“According to a published City Ordinance, Hiram R. Lyons, his heirs and/or successors has been granted the license and privilege to erect the electrical equipment throughout the city avenues, streets, alleys, public grounds and thoroughfares of Mandan and to sell the same to all persons, bodies or corporations desiring to purchase the service until contract’s complete expiration of 30 years.

“Teacher Wanted for Sentinel Butte School, N.D. A first-grade teacher for a term of eight months, commencing at once. $45 per month. Apply to H. Gilbert, chairman of board, Sentinel Butte, N.D.

“C.E.V. Draper is now the only licensed undertaker in the state, west of the Missouri River. He recently passed a state examination, and his average was 98.5, which is certainly a high standing.”