5 years ago

Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020

Citizen’s Advocate

Stephanie Jorgenson’s third grade class put together a surprise for a fellow classmate. Jaeger Sapp’s dad, Jeremiah, is in the United States Coast Guard and the Henning third grader likely won’t get to see him for Christmas. Jorgenson and the rest of the class decided that they would surprise Sapp with a special Patriotic Pillowcase for his dad. Each member of the class took turns sewing on the pillow case, made of recycled red, white, and blue t-shirts. They created a secret “pocket” for his dad to save special things inside of. On top of surprising him with the pillowcase, the students also wrote Christmas cards to Sapp’s dad. 

Over the past decade Jerry Moen has seen just about it all at his body shop in rural Deer Creek. There were deer playing chicken with cars, pheasants who flew up in front of the wrong kind of a grill, vehicles colliding with one another, rocks and even a few baseballs that wanted to take out some aggression on the window of a car. It seemed like there was a never-ending amount of unique crashes and stories that vehicle owners could tell about their reasons for coming to Six Pak Auto Body in rural Deer Creek.

Christmas came a little early for the Deer Creek Fire Department. The department purchased a used 1999 Freight liner FL80 pumper/tanker truck to replace an old 1984 tanker. Deer Creek Fire Chief Travis Collins said the new truck will be a nice addition to the department, while serving not only as a tanker, but serving as a backup engine.

25 years ago

Thursday, Dec. 12, 2000

The Henning Advocate

Just as it seemed that Ottertail was sliding into home base regarding funding for their proposed water project, Rural Development has thrown a wrench into the plans. At a meeting December 6 with Rural Development heads Chris English and John Strand, Ottertail Councilmembers and city engineers heard that RD wants look at other options for funding.

Santa didn’t disappoint local children this year. He took time out of his busy schedule to visit Vining, Henning, and Ottertail recently. Kids received treats and told Santa what they wanted for Christmas. Santa was sponsored by Henning Chamber of Commerce, Ottertail Business Association, Ottertail Parks and Rec., Ottertail Lions and Vining Palace in each of their towns.

50 years ago

Thursday, Dec. 14, 1975

The Henning Advocate

New to Henning Hornet’s starting varsity team Friday night, Keith Finke went for one of the 19 points he scored in the game with Rothsay. Finke also was 5-7 from the free throw line and led in rebounding for Henning with 11.

Members of the Henning High School concert choir, under the direction of Richard Johnson, will present a Christmas cantata on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The elementary Christmas program will be presented at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the old gym.

75 years ago

Thursday, Dec. 15, 1950

The Henning Advocate

A large committee of the Park Region Camp met in Henning last Wednesday for their annual meeting. The financial report showed about $10,000 has been received. A bridge has to be built in the causeway at the camp. Without it REA will be unable to place its poles. Estimated costs of the project is about $1,500. There is still the possibility of working through our state representatives in having the state cover costs.

Mr. Wallace, the architect, submitted his blueprints. It is a master plan covering the whole island with various cabin villages placed at the most scenic and advantageous spots. The island is located in East Battle Lake.

Many of the country roads here were blocked during the week as about six inches of snow fell and the local snowplow was held up for repairs. The plow is expected to be ready for work again today. The weather remained comparatively mild through Tuesday, but Wednesday morning the temperature took a sudden dip to five below zero. Up until noon there was a steady rise to ten above, however.

Word has been received here that Dr. E.S.J. Halvorson, who practiced dentistry in Henning for 12 years, suffered a severe heart attack Monday in Minneapolis and is in a hospital there. He is in an oxygen tent.

100 years ago

Thursday, Dec. 17, 1925

The Henning Advocate

The Royal Neighbor Lodge gave a party at the city hall Friday in honor of their first anniversary. A large crowd attended and various games and cards were the amusement for the evening. At eleven o’clock delicious refreshments were served. Everyone reported a very good time.

According to the government report, the census of 1925 showed that there are 6,601 farmers in Otter Tail county and the land and buildings were valued at over 87 million dollars. There were 5,019 owners, 23 managers and 1,499 tenants in the county. Of the grain raised oats were by far the largest crop, there being about five million bushels raised, wheat comes next with 1,717,126 bushels and barley comes third month list in production.