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Hampden North Dakota
It would be interesting to know the location, (ANYONE HAVE A GRID OR MAP?) years of operation, names of the owners, current status etc. Once we know town history, it will be fun to recall events related to your experiences!!
I. Northfield and Hampden history (Much of this first part is in the 75th Anniversary book)
A. When and why did Northfield become Hampden in 1904
B. The town in the middle of the 1900s – when, where, why?
1. The Railroad : Depot, Section House, Section crews
2. The Post Office, Rural Delivery (Carl Mortenson) and??
3. The Telephone Office - Viola??? then Violet Hamre
4. The bank (Name?) Owner/Manager??? More than one???
5. The Hotel (Name?) (Mr. & Mrs. Jack Carroll) spelling?
6. The Community Hall 19___ to __ Sponsor org. or builder and funding??? Uses
7. The Willing workers Building Builders - funding?????? Uses
8. Churches
a. Zoar Lutheran (????? /Rev. Lawrence Rassmussen/ ???Tollefson/?????/
b. Methodist (????? Rev. ?? Kepler/
c. American Lutheran (???? / ???Koch)
9. The School - Pre 1907??? First Building, Gymn, Brick Addition
10. Businesses
a. Grocery - Damschen’s/Jantzens ( ? Damschen/Bill & ? Jantzen) sp?? Myhre’s/ Ogilvies /HELP (??? Myhre/ Olive Ogilvie)
b. Hardware - Knudson’s (Mark Knudson) Waade’s/Overboe’s (John Waade, Vernon Overboe
c. Variety - Goles, (?? Gole and ??)
d. Drug Store - Litschers (???? Litscher and ????)
e. Restaurants - Early??, Name? ??? (Harold & Myrtle Lokken 1948?) Rainbow Inn (Fred & Ruth Kelly) Recent (help)
f. The Barber Shop and Pool Hall/Bar (Freddy Kelly)
g. The Beauty Shop (Ruth Kelly)
h. Implement Dealers - Interntional Harvester (Jim McMillan) John Deere (Mentor Iverson/Frithjof Lunde/Richard Lunde)
i. The Locker Plant - (??? Damschen?? / Clifford & Geta Thorson/??)
j. Lumber Yards (2) Robertsons (????? Ray Reimer) / ?????? (?????)
k. Hampden Oil Company - (Mgrs. Hank Reimer/ Ray Reimer, Dutch Peters/ ElmerWerner/DennisWerner/?????)
l. Standard Oil Company - Bulk (Alfred Dahl)
m. Farmers’ Elevator - ( Mgrs. ?????????Carl Swanson ????????)
n. Farmers Union Elevator - (??????Years of operation?????)
o. Firehall/garage for road maintainer????
p. The Hampden Mall – Tell its story (how did it come about being built?)
C. Other____________________
NOW, What do
SCHOOL
This should be fun, be sure to give dates/grade you are writing about or your story may be "lost" for the friends who enjoyed it with you. As you read each one, say "I remember. . ."
I. Teachers/coaches and staff you remember
II. All school Events
A. Sports Days - (competing in running, jumping, games)
B. School Carnival (fishpond, dart games, bingo, king and queen selection, door prizes etc. etc.
C. County Recitation Contest in devils Lake
D. County nurse giving immunization vaccination and shots. (Lining up, who fainted?? )
E. Collecting scrap iron for WWII - school contest
III. Attending Hampden Grade School
A. First grade memories and other grade memories
B. Eighth grade graduation
C. School bus memories (getting there in the winter)
D. Christmas Plays
E. Lunch Time - Lunch buckets/pails, School lunches,
F. Playground (merry-go-round, giant strides, swings, concrete basketball court) OSHA!!
G. Games - at noon and recess
H. Holiday fun (Valentine boxes, May baskets, drawing names for Christmas)
III. Attending High School
A. Basketball (who remembers a tourney won because "someone" shot the last basket in the wrong basket?)
B. Softball – i.e. county tournaments
C. Plays presented ( Don’t forget play practice!)
D. The Band
E. High School graduation (banquet, graduation ceremony , senior trip)
F. School Newspaper
G. Other Activities
HAMPDEN COMMUNITY EVENTS
Think childhood excitement, work it took to make the events take place & make it a special memory!
I. Hampden Days
A. Old Settler’s Picnic
B. Carnival (merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, little cars, misc. rides)
C. Pioneer Farm (This has to be recent and bring about good memories)
II. Community Plays (I know that is how my parents met - someone must remember
plays/rehearsals)
A. Easter
B. Memorial Day (cemetery decoration, parades, speeches, picnic)
C. Flag Day (June 14th)
D. 4th of July (fireworks?? picnic, etc.)
E. Labor Day (First Monday in September)
F. Armistice/Veterans Day (November 11th)
G. Halloween (mostly deviltry??)
H. Thanksgiving (Last Thursday in Nov.)
I. Christmas (Christmas plays, visiting, yulebok)
J. OTHER_______________
IV. Victory Celebrations (VE Day, May 8, 1945, VJ Day, August 15,1945)
V. Town Administration
A. Mayors
B. Sheriffs / Justice of the Peace
C. Other?????
VI. Church Activities
A. Confirmation Classes
B. Ladies Aid - Pancake suppers, lutefisk suppers
C. Luther League Methodist ??? Ep_____ League (I can’t seem to think of the name)
D. Summer Bible School
VII. Organizations
A. Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts
B. Girls Scouts???
C. 4 -H Clubs
D. Homemaker Club Meetings and Activities
VIII. Miscellaneous
A. Saturday Night Movies
B. Sunday Night roller skating
C. Dances (who remembers the story of Lawrence Welk coming to play and being sent back to Strasburg with $10.00 when only 2 couples showed up???)
IX. Special People
A. Military Service
B. Town Characters never to be forgotten
C. etc. etc. etc.