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

85 Years Ago

Sept. 22, 1937

The first pension checks authorized under the new $45-a-month pension law were received at Haxtun Tuesday. The checks were mailed from Holyoke by Dana Archbold, county director of public welfare. There were 110 who received checks in the county this month.

Arland Weers, age 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Weers of Venango, was fatally injured Saturday afternoon when struck by a truck on the highway at Venango. The little fellow had gone to the store to buy an ice cream cone and was returning to his father's car when he ran into the truck. Mr. and Mrs. Weers are former residents of the Haxtun country and made their home on a farm in the Highland Center community before moving to Venango.

70 Years Ago

Sept. 24, 1952

Funeral services were held Tuesday in Denver for Mrs. Greta Young, mother of Mrs. Lloyd Jensen, former Haxtun high school teacher.

Mrs. Ivan Brooks and daughter Carol, Kermit Scheel, Mrs. Frank Monteith and Joy, and Mrs. H.B. Prouty and Jean and Betty Beedle were among those who attended band day in Boulder Saturday.

Alvin Madsen returned home from a Denver hospital last week after receiving treatment for several weeks for polio. Mr. Madsen is able to be about with the aid of crutches.

45 Years Ago

Sept. 22, 1977

A recently-erected sign at the Haxtun Housing Authority project at the corner of Raymond Street and Washington Avenue gives a name to the new project: Villa East. Work is progressing rapidly on the structure.

The Haxtun Shoe Shop, owned and operated by Alvin Schumann, will open for business on Sept. 15. Schumann has been in the shoe business and Haxtun for over 15 years. The new shop is located at 121 North Logan.

Mike Miller has been named Haxtun's FFA boy of the week. His supervised farming program consists of beef breeding and fattening. He holds the Greenhand degree and will soon be a Chapter Farmer.

30 Years Ago

Sept. 23, 1992

Workmen placed the liner over the bottom of Haxtun's fishing pond last week. They will now need to add dirt and place rock and other materials in the bottom before beginning the process of pumping water.

What began as a hobby has now become a documentation of history. When Wilbur Kipp began copying old photos three years ago, it was for the fun of it, to preserve some of the family's heritage. His hobby soon branched out to copying photos for friends and neighbors in the community.

10 Years Ago

Sept. 19, 2012

Saturday, Sept. 22 will be a day to remember for LeRoy and Joanine Lousberg. Over their 53 years of marriage the two remember a lot of special days; their wedding, when each of their seven children were born, welcoming grandchildren to the world and now a new one as the two are honored as grand marshals of the 2012 Fleming Fall Festival.

Van Liufau grew up in a Congregational Church in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific, where his father ruled as king and served as a judge. Julia (Strobel) Liufau grew up in the Congregational Church at Bethune where her parents farmed and her brother Leland Strobel. They share wedding vows they took on Aug. 11, 1956. They share two children, four grandchildren and the times they spend together as a loving family. They share a love for education and the school system that provides it. They share a love for the Haxtun community, the place they have called home since 1964, and the people they call friends and neighbors, who gather to enjoy the foods they prepare for their famous luaus; the first prepared for the late Nora Dinsmore's 100th birthday that drew over 800 people. They share the memories they made during the five trips to Hawaii that they hosted for area residents, many of those Haxtun teachers that they met through their work with the school. And this coming Sept. 29, the two share the honor of leading the 91st annual Haxtun Corn Festival Parade down Haxtun's main street.