The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

85 Years Ago

Sept. 1, 1937

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Eller and two sons and a daughter were guests of Eller's mother, Mrs. Magalene Eller, at the George Gueck home north of Haxtun last week. The Eller family is returning from a world tour. They are in their 15th year of missionary work in India and have twice made the trip around the world.

Funeral services for George William Lindgren, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Radford Funeral home in Haxtun. The little boy had reached the age of four years, five months and 27 days.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Skold and daughters returned to their farm in the Fairfield community Friday evening after an extensive vacation to Yellowstone National Park and Southern Colorado. Mr. Skold declared to a Harvest reporter that none of the territory they had traversed equaled the Haxtun community.

70 Years Ago

Sept. 3, 1952

The Haxtun community will celebrate the publication date of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible on Sept. 30. The Rev. H.B. Lundgren, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Greeley, has been secured as the guest speaker for the occasion.

Fairfield News - Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Phillips and son Billy arrived in the community Saturday evening. Mr. Phillips is the instructor of the upper grades in the Fairfield school. They have moved into the little house on the Gust Anderson farm.

Ad: Introducing Miss Muriel Brown as my assistant at the OK Beauty Salon. She will give her customers a free hand-styling and hot Lactol manicure with each permanent during the month of September. Mrs. Alice Montieth, Prop. Call 51 R 2 for an appointment.

45 Years Ago

Sept. 1, 1977

A full day of classes Monday marked the opening of school for area students, with over 1,200 returning to school. Haxtun: 259 in K-8 and 101 in high school; Fleming: 167 in K-8 and 70 in high school; Holyoke: 419 in K-8 and 212 in high school.

Kindergarteners in Haxtun: Leah Anderson, Chase Baker, Harvette Becerra, Erin Brotherton, Lori Burley, Danny Cheever, Amy Dieckman, Roger Fetzer, Kenneth Frase, Jay Goddard, Doug Hainley, Michael Jackson, Ryan Jeffryes, Cherokee Kinzie, Carol Mooney, Kristin Neiman, Kristy Rahe, Tim Regier and Wade Reuter.

The Fleming Fire Dept. recently purchased an emergency unit to transport sick and injured to a hospital. Almost all 27 members of the department have advanced first aid training and are hoping to get EMT status this winter.

30 Years Ago

Sept. 2, 1992

With donations still coming in, Haxtun Hospital District administrator Paul Schmidt reported over $19,000 in proceeds from Stress Arrest '92, raising funds for new stress-testing equipment for the cardiac-care department.

A family outing was enjoyed over the weekend at Winter Park to honor the 80th birthday of Bob Anderson. Those gathered with Bob were his wife Violet Mae Anderson; Larry and Jean Anderson, Haxtun; Dean and Pat Anderson, Grapevine, Texas; Gilbert and Jeri Anderson, Jared, Leah, Toby and Julia, Haxtun; Tony and Cheryl Naff, Robyn, Ryan and Rhondi, Costa Mesa, Calif.; John and Renae Anderson, Haxtun; and Troy and Jeri Anderson, Haxtun.

10 Years Ago

Aug. 29, 2012

Countless patients of the Haxtun Family Medicine Center have heard Trilla Bornhoft's welcome greeting over the past 29 years, but on July 31, that changed for all callers as new voices started answering phones in the clinic. After almost three decades, Trilla made the decision to move onto a new part of her life, retirement.