75 Years Ago

Items taken from weekly issues 75 years ago, from the Daniels County Leader, est. 1922 (continuation of the Scobey Sentinel, est. 1912).

February 2, 1950

Red Cross, Federal Aid, Mustered To Help Snow Bound Farmers Here– Steadily mounting information on hardship cases in Daniels County, caused by heavy snowfall, drifting and inevitably blocked roads, caused the local Disaster and Emergency Relief Committee of the Red Cross to make arrangements with Arnold Fredricksen, local flier for a systematic, county patrol of isolated areas, according to Gerald Melena, chairman of that committee.

Packages containing red cloth were prepared and dropped to about 35 places in the Coal Creek, Silver Star, and north of Scob...