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Mary Osterfield, born in 1911, was a British musician and music teacher. She taught music at Moorhead State University from 1967 to 1977 and played with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra. She died in 2012 at 100 years old.
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union is an organization of Christian women banded together for the protection of the home, the abolition of the liquor traffic, and the triumph of Christ’s Golden Rule in custom and in law. The Lucy Hayes Union was founded in 1886 and reorganized in 1889. The early records have been lost. The bulk of this collection is dated from 1933 to 1969.
Leon Simon was born in 1927, the son of Harry Simon, a Russian immigrant. Leon Simon, along with his brother Jack, became partners with their father in the furniture business in 1931. Along with Simon’s Furniture Store, the Simon’s owned and operated Simon’s Warehouse Corporation as well as being involved in the ownership of three shopping centers in the Fargo-Moorhead [North Dakota-Minnesota] area.
Levi Thortvedt was born in 1860 in Norway. He came to America in 1861 with his parents, Olav and Thone, and his four brothers and sisters. They landed in Quebec, Canada, and in 1870 journeyed by covered wagon to the Red River Valley. The Thortvedts were among the earliest settlers of the Otter Tail County area of the Red River Valley.
Marvin E. Christianson (1928-1969) was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in1965 from the 65th Legislative District and re-elected in 1967 from the 66a District. He died in office and was succeeded by his wife, Donna Christianson (See S266).
This collection is made up of the Linsell Township clerk’s records from 1908 to 1976. These records consist of account and town record books, treasurer’s records, road records, docket for the justice-of-the-peace, and voting records for the township.
Life long resident of the Glyndon, Minnesota area, Keith Langseth and his wife Lorraine operate a dairy farm in Elkton Township between Glyndon and Barnesville. Langseth, who had served as Clay County DFL Chairman, was elected to the Minnesota State Legislative in 1974 when he unseated Arlan Stangeland. He continued to serve District 9B until 1978 when he failed in his re-election by eleven voters, one of the closest races in the state of Minnesota.
John Corbid was elected to the Minnesota Legislature from District 1B in 1974 and served in the Legislature until 1980. At the time of his election Mr. Corbid was a teacher living in Oklee, Minnesota, having graduated from the University of North Dakota with a B.S. degree. Mr. Corbid later owned a resort. John Corbid and his wife, Roberta, had three children, Kevin, Rachel, and Rebecca.
The Moorhead League of Women Voters has existed since 1954. Its purpose has been to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation in government, and to take action on governmental measures and policies in the public interest.
The Kittson County Farmers Co-operative Mercantile Company of Hallock, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1904. The intent of the farmers who organized the company was to cooperatively own and operate “a general mercantile, trading, shipping, forwarding, and commission business; [to engage in] buying, selling, exchanging, and dealing in all kinds of farm produce, supplies, implements, machinery, and other articles of merchandise incidental or necessary in operating and conducting a general store; [and] to buy and sell as much real estate as is reasonably necessary in conducting its business.”