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Monday, July 1, 2013

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City of Langdon prepares for 125th Celebration July 4-7 The city of Langdon is eagerly anticipating to celebrate their 125th Celebration on July 4, 5, 6, & 7. “We’re hoping that people will come out and enjoy the event and we’re excited that we’re able to offer it to the community. It’s a family event; where the whole family can stick together all weekend,” said co-chair organizer, Judy Lill. “I’m very excited about all the activities we have to offer throughout the weekend. And the best part, to me, our entertainment is all FREE!”, said co-chair, Lori Peterson. Scheduled events will begin on Thursday, July 4 – with an opening ceremony held on Main Street at 10 a.m.; N.D. Room at the Library & Art Exhibit, Langdon Roots: Celebrating 125 years from 10 a.m. to 2. p.m.; 125th Picnic in the Park from 11 a.m to 2 p.m.; Tom Mann & His Sidekicks, Bob Tapson and Don Klein, will perform from 11-11:45 a.m. at the City Park during the picnic; the 125th Wine Social in the city park from 2-4 p.m.; music by Sawtooth Bluegrass Band at the Boyd Block Plaza Stage from 3-5 p.m.; Langdon Senior Center Bingo from 7-10 p.m.; and music by Hard Times starting at 7 p.m. (this will be a reunion of all band members from the beginning of Hard Times), followed by Free Beer. The Souvenir Store will be open starting Monday, July 1 thru July 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will be the main hub for information. Organizers are encouraging everyone to register, even if you live in Langdon. Friday, July 5-The Langdon Research Center will run tours of the facility at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Langdon Area Public School and St. Alphonsus will have open houses from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; N.D. Room at the Library & Art Exhibit, Langdon Roots: Celebrating 125 years from 10 a.m. to 2. p.m.; Langdon Hardware will feature the Chain Saw Guy from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Langdon Eagles Auxiliary Lunch at the Eagles from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; “Brothers of the Brush” Beard contest at 11 a.m. at the Boyd Block Plaza; Langdon Area Teacher Hall of Fame & History of Langdon Play will be held at the High School at 1 p.m. This will feature the community choir and children's choir also; there will be free kids games from 1-7 p.m. across from Choice Financial Bank; music by Kenny & the Classics at 3 p.m. at the Roxy Theater; Fire-

man’s Supper at the Activity Center from 5-8 p.m.; the gun raffle will be held at 7 p.m. at the Boyd Block Plaza and music performed by the Front Fenders at 9 p.m. at the Boyd Block Plaza. Don’t forget to register for the “Little Miss Langdon Pageant,” taking place on Saturday, July 6. If you have any questions, please contact Susan Faye Crockett at SusanFay@hotmail.com (please include “Pageant” in the subject line), or by telephone at 701-256-2781 (home) or 701-370-1890 (cell). Registration forms can be found on the Langdon 125th Celebration web site. If you’re looking to submit a parade entry, please contact KNDK Radio or visit www.langdon125thcelebration.com to fill out your forms online. Satruday, July 6 – A 5K Walk/Run, sponsored by Northern Lights Relay for Life, will begin with registration at 7 a.m.; St. Alphonsus will serve a breakfast at the St. Alphonsus Parish Center from 7-10 a.m.; an Alumni volleyball tournament at 9 a.m. at the Langdon High School Gym, (call Shannon Overby at 701-370-5005 to register); Tractor Cruise, register in Nekoma at 9 a.m. and they will drive from Nekoma to Langdon and hook up with the parade and showcase the tractors after the parade in the Show & Shine across from St. Alphonsus School; 125th Parade at 10 a.m.; Langdon Hardware will feature the Chain Saw Guy from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Show & Shine Car Show following the parade; The Langdon Line Dance will be held in Main Street at 12 p.m. to the Alan Jackson song "Good Time"; the United Lutheran Church Rhubarb Fest will be at the Eagles Club from 12-2 p.m.; N.D. Room at the Library & Art Exhibit, Langdon Roots: Celebrating 125 years from 12-5. p.m.; the Little Miss Langdon Pageant will be held at the Activity Center at 1 p.m.; there will be free kids games from 1-7 p.m. across from Choice Financial Bank; Ice cream social at the Presbyterian Church from 2-4 p.m.; music by the Matt Hodek Band will perform at 3 p.m. at the Eagles Club; the Demolition Derby at 3 p.m.; a Gun Auction will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Boyd Block Plaza; the night wraps up with music by Fat Daddys at 7 p.m., followed by Bob & the Beach Combers. Firewoks will start at dusk. Citizens that are curious about the gun that is being auctioned off will need to swing by the Langdon Hard-

ware Store for a view of it during the day of the event. Raffle tickets are available at the Souvenir Store. “We just ask that people abide the rules in order to make it fun and safe for everybody, and that they cooperate with our staff and help. If you’re uncertain about something, please come and ask us,” Lill stated. Sunday, July 7 – There will be a breakfast at Maple Manor from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. to bring the four day event to an end. If you have a room to rent (to help with lodging) for Langdon’s 125th Celebration, please contact the Langdon City Hall at 701-256-2155. The committee is in search of a few volunteers who wouldn’t mind shuttling folks around town during the celebration. Please contact Judy Lill or Lori Peterson if interested. Anyone interested in taking line dancing classes for the line dance to be performed after the parade on Saturday, can do so by going out to the Langdon Research Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6 p.m. The line dance will be to “Good Time” by Alan Jackson, sure to be a fun time for all involved. “We just hope a lot of people come out and have a really good time. We have put a lot of work and effort into this and a lot of the volunteer help has put a lot of their own time in preparing for the celebration,” Lill mentioned. “We have a lot of fun things planned and we hope everyone enjoys themselves and stays safe. We have done so much of planning and so many of people have given their time to make this celebration fun for all. So, get out and wish Langdon Happy 125th Birthday on July 4-July7!” said Peterson. If you have any questions about Langdon’s 125th Celebration, please contact Judy at 701-256-3318 (until 1 p.m.) or 701-256-3106 (weekends) and Lori Peterson at 701-256-5311. Keep listening to KNDK AM 1080 and Maverick 105 FM radio stations, or check out the Langdon’s 125th celebration web page at www.langdon125thcelebration.com for updated information pertaining to the celebration. Plan to attend Langdon’s 125th Celebration, July 4-7.

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Looking for something to do during Langdon's 125th Celebration? Check these out! 125th Opening Cermonies • Thursday, July 4 at the Boyd Block Plaza at 10 a.m. • Dignitaries will be opening the 125th celebration. Street Fair • Thursday, July 4 - Saturday, July 6, Main Street Art at the Library Langdon Roots: Celebrating 125 Years • Thursday, July 4 - Satuday, July 6 at the Cavalier County Public Library. • Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m; Saturday 12 to 5 p.m. • A special reception will be held for the public on Wednesday, July 3. • Local artists • See inside story for more information. Bingo • Thursday, July 4 at the Langdon Senior Center

Langdon Research Center Tours • Friday, July 5 at the Research Center at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. • The entire research center will be toured. School Open Houses • Langdon Area High School and Elementary school will be open on Friday, July 5 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. • St. Alphonsus Catholic School will be open from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Chainsaw Guy • Friday, July 5 (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and Saturday, July 6 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at Langdon Hardware Brothers of the Brush Contest • Judging will be held, July 5 at 11 a.m. at the Boyd Block Plaza for all those who purchased a button. • Buttons can still be purchased at the Souvenir Store lo-

cated at Boyd Square or the old Photo Shoppe Building. Langdon Area Teacher Hall of Fame & History of Langdon Play and Community Choir • Friday, July 5 at 1 p.m. at the Langdon Area High School • The play is a recap of Langdon’s history and features local talent. Kids’ Carnival • Friday, July 5 and Saturday, July 6 from 1 to 7 p.m. east of Choice Financial Bank. • Free to all ages • 10 different blow up games/ rides. Cavalier County Memorial Hospital tours • Friday, July 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the hospital Langdon vs. Munich American Legion Baseball Alumni Game • Friday, July 5 at 3 p.m. at the American Legion baseball diamond

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Gun Raffle • Friday, July 5 at 7 p.m. • This is for those who purchased a raffle ticket. 5k Walk/Run, sponsored by Relay for Life • Saturday, July 6, Main Street, registration begins at 7 a.m. • $25 for adults; $10 for 12 and under. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society. Alumni Volleyball Tournament •Saturday, July 6 at 9 a.m. at the Langdon Area High School • For more information, contact Shannon Overby at 3705005 Tractor Cruise • Saturday, July 6 at 9 a.m. • Tractors will meet at Nekoma and cruise into Langdon where they will meet up and become part of the parade. • Tractors can then be part of the Show and Shine • $ (entry fees) 125th Parade • Saturday, July 6 starting at 10 a.m. • Route includes Main Street, where those with 125th membership will have special seating. • Entries can register the day of the event • Over 100 entries Show and Shine • Saturday, July 6 after the parade at the St. Alphonsus playground • Vehicles, cars, trucks, motorcycles, tractors, etc. that are in the parade or those that owners would like to show off, can park them at the St. Alphonsus playground where they will be on display throughout the day. • People can then walk through the playground to get a closer look. Line Dance • Saturday, July 6 at noon on Main Street

• Everyone on Main Street, whether inside or outside, will be asked to come join the fun of line dancing down the street to Alan Jackson’s "Good Time”. Sponsors of this event say that if you can walk, you can line dance. Little Miss Langdon Pageant • Saturday, July 6 at 1 p.m. at the Langdon Activity Center • There are 14 contestants and there will be a free will offering taken for the Children’s Make a Wish Foundation. • Come out and show your support for those that are in the pageant. 5th Annual Smash for Cash, Demo Derby • Saturday, July 6 at 3 p.m. at Dan’s Car Wash, West side of Langdon • $ 6,000 purse • Entrance fee with proceeds going to the Shriners • Truck derby at intermission Gun Auction • Saturday, July 6 at 6:30 p.m. at Boyd Block Plaza • Al Adams will be auctioneer • Auction tags can be picked up ahead of the event at the plaza • Those wanting to see the 125th Commerative Gun can view it at Langdon Hardware Fireworks • Saturday, July 6 at dusk • Fireworks can be viewed from Main Street $- Fees will be charged at these events Souvenir Store will be open starting on Monday, July 1 and run through Saturday, July 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The store will be located at Boyd Square or the old Photo Shoppe building.

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Artist donates original paintings to NLAC: Raffle during Langdon's 125th Judi Koehmstedt, former Langdon resident and watercolor artist, has donated two original paintings to Northern Lights Arts Council. The first painting is of the Boyd Block. The second is of the Langdon Public School, which stood on 9th Avenue from 1911 to 1980, when the structure burned. The Langdon Activities Center is located on the site. Both paintings are 10” by 12” with 16” by 20” inch mats. These paintings will be displayed at the art exhibit at the library “Art at the Library: Langdon Roots: Celebrating 125 Years.” Five dollar tickets for a chance to win one of these paintings will be sold every day during the 125th Celebration at the Cavalier County Library at 600 5th AV and at the Langdon Area High School before the Langdon History Review at 1 p.m. on July 5. The proceeds from the raffle will support the arts education mission of NLAC, such as Missoula Children’s Theater, Art Day Camp, traveling art exhibits and classes. The art exhibit at the library, “Art at the Library: Langdon Roots: Celebrating 125 Years,” opens July 3 with an Artist Reception from 5:30 to 7:30. It is

also open during library hours July 4, 5, and 6th, but will be closed during the parade on July 6. The exhibit will utilize both the main floor and the basement of the library. The exhibit includes a variety of media: painting, china painting, sculpture and photography. Thirty-seven artists will be exhibiting, all of them with Langdon Roots: Laura Amble, Leo Beauchamp, Sally Backes, John Bergman, Kitty McKenzie Bachman, Kevin “Cocoa” Beauchamp, Laurel Brusseau, JoAnn Balsdon, Laura Dease, Ruth Economy, Susie Evans, Jon Fetsch, Iris Gellner, Ellen Gasner, Tim Goff, Carol Hanson, Darby Hart, Anna Jacobson, Janet Jacobson, Bobbie Johnson, Leland Johnson, Lyndee Johnson, Adam Johnston, Julian Johnston, Judi Koehmstedt, Joan Kaluzniak, Laura McLean, Sylvia Moore, Paul Olson, Mindi Paulson, Leona Schneider, Dennis Schill, Diane Schill, Larry Stokke, Connie Schrader, Jim Twaddle, and Eva Waslaski. Make time during the 125th to view artistic talent with local connections.

Langdon School Foundation to induct three former educators into the Educator’s Hall of Fame The Langdon Area School Foundation will induct three former educators into the Langdon Educator’s Hall of Fame on Friday, July 5 during the Langdon’s 125th Celebration festivities. Those educators are: Carol Hart, Kathy Snortland and Dwight Dietrich. C a r o l Hart taught English and coached speech for Carol Hart 27 years. Her speech teams achieved great success across North Dakota. Carol was inducted into the North Dakota Speech and Theater Hall of Fame. Carol also served seven years on the Langdon High School Board. She was named Langdon High School Teacher of the Year. Carol played a key role in the purchase and restoration of the Roxy Theater and is the executive director of the Northern Lights Arts Council. Her community involvement has at times appeared endless. Kathy Snortland taught physical education and health for 38 years. She was proud to be part of the North Dakota pilot program to introduce coed physical education into the

school. She coached volleyball for five years and coached along side of her husband, Roger, Kathy Snortland in track for 30 years. Kathy counciled and mentors many young people and introduced life ling sports such as bowling, badmitten and curling into the phy-ed curriculum. Dwight Dietrich taught vocal music and business education for 34 years. Dwight began Lagndon High School’s first “Pop” choir. Dwight directed Sound of MuDwight Dietrich sic in 1972 which began a long series of muscials produced by him. His vocalists won awards across North Dakota for years. He coached boys and girls golf for 36 years including five state championships. Dwight assisted coaching football for five years and served as a board member of the MENC State Music group and also a board member of the Langdon Area School Board.

B.E. Groom Chapter of the FFA All former members of the B.E. Groom Chapter of the FFA (Future Farmers of America) of Langdon are invited to meet at the Langdon Research Extension Center at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 5. The Research Center will be holding field plot tours at 9 and 11 a.m., and by gathering at the Research Center meeting room at 10 a.m., former Langdon FFA members will have an opportunity to socialize and reminisce about the roll that Vocalized Agriculture and the FFA had on their lives. This will provide an opportunity to highlight agriculture during the Langdon 125th Celebration. The FFA Chapter in Langdon

began in 1940 when the Vocational Agriculture instructor was Mr. Maurice Ellensin, and the last Vocational Agriculture instructor here was John Nowatzki in 1986. The B.E. Groom FFA Chapter in Langdon was named for Mr. Bert E. Groom, who was part owner of the Cavalier County Republican newspaper beginning in 1912, and was a pioneer Cavalier County Teacher, County School Superintendent, and owner of several farms in Cavalier County. This gathering event is being planned by Bob Nowatzki, FFA Chapter President in the class of 1960.

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Langdon Long Ago- How this came about By Rita Maisel

Langdon residents are getting ready to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the town charter and that means various committees are scrambling to find out if we have any history that has not been used before and just what has been used for past celebrations. Several have suggested that I reprise the series of stories used in Langdon Long Ago back in 1984 and 1985 and that may not be possible. And there are some good reasons why. First off, that is when we were working as hard as we could on the Langdon Centennial Book and editing the stories on hand down to size that could be used. Some that might not fit in the book were used in the newspaper to drum up local interest and because they had been in a folder named Langdon Long Ago became the column.

Around the time of the centennial I did try to index Long Ago stories by title but that list is also gone. Locating specific stories in decades of newspapers would be truly searching for needles in haystacks. The stories that ended up in the Centennial book were as correct as we could make them. However the people working on the 1963 Jubilee book did not have as large a group of helpers or the time the centennial group had so over the years some of their stories could not be substantiated. They were not necessarily wrong but were seen from a different point of view. The Jubilee book contains the versions of that 1909 event as printed in the Cavalier County Republican and the Courier-Democrat. No, the versions are not the same as was pointed out to me over the years by Mrs. Bain (injured in the storm), the Bleakley sisters (their mother died that night), Mrs. Bird who wrote her memories of the storm 50 years after, Stewart Robertson in his delightful

books and a host of other “experts” on the topic. They all saw the event from a different point of view. The 1963 book also contained stories from other sources. Mrs. John Mahon was part of a group who interviewed original residents and wrote down the stories they told. We were never able to prove some of the stories in their collection. One of those was the tale that Robert Bruce Langdon whose occupation was given as surveyor visited the town, asked them to name it for him and promised them a bell for the school if they would name it Langdon. Not necessarily true in any of the details given in that sentence. He was a railroad builder who might have had surveying skills but never visited Langdon in person and the town was named several years before the railroad was extended to our area. In about 1985 a lot of research was done on the topic and printed in a story titled R. B. Langdon of Minnesota with the title taken from the county com-

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mission meeting of July 26, 1884 when no town existed. To make a long story short the Centennial Belt Buckle contained only the fictional story. Hoping to stall another similar error, this week’s story is based on the book about Mr. Langdon provided to the library by his family. There was a real person named Robert Bruce Langdon born in Vermont in 1826. His Langton ancestors (the spelling changed over time) had settled in Connecticut in 1636 and a number of descendants were involved in railroad building. The extended railroad family included the wife of Samuel Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, and their son Langdon Clemens. Our Mr. Langdon began working for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad at the age of 20 and was involved in various capacities with railroads until his death July 24, 1895. His history involves a long line of railroads he worked on down through the years moving west in the 1850s and then constructing a line south to Biloxi (possibly the Mobile and Ohio line) just before the War. During the Civil War much of this line was destroyed by both sides of the war in efforts to keep out the Union forces and to “starve out” the rebels. His wife had been sent home for her safety in 1861 and when he arrived back in Vermont he still had his pocket copy of Webster’s Dictionary but almost no money. All his railroading equipment was left behind in Mississippi. Following his life motto of “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again,” borrowed from Robert the Bruce of Scotland, he moved to Wisconsin and then to Mendota (yes, some later Langdon residents knew him there) and continued to build trestles and stone piers for railroads, bridges, mills and other landmarks in the Twin Cities area. Several of the bridges across the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers were his work. Langdon & Company built seven thousand miles of railroad in the United States and Canada over the years. Initially a member of the Whig party, Mr. Langdon eventually joined the Republicans in Minnesota and served as a Senator for many years. He was a member of the Federal Railroad Commission and while building the portion of the Canadian Pacific between Winnipeg and Calgary in 1884 was apparently nominated as a vice presidential candidate. Cavalier County was organized July 8, 1884 and on July 26 at their next meeting the county commissioners designated a spot on land owned by Mooney and McHugh as Langdon, Dakota Territory. Board chairman Noracong filed on the quarter of land west of the coulee which would later become the Dorval Addition. Now, about the bell. James J. Hill did visit Langdon and built or owned the railroad which reached Langdon October 24, 1887. Mr. Hill is said to have

bragged about having Hillsboro and Jamestown named after himself (not verified by information from those towns!) and is said to have told Mr. Langdon that you owe something to a town that honors you by being named for you. When the question was asked what to give them, Hill apparently said “a bell for their school or something…..” There is no indication Mr. Hill gave the towns named for him a similar gift. Langdon built a school in 1889 and in searching for a picture we did see a bell tower but no visible bell. In 1898 they built the second portion of that building with a matching bell tower and stories are told that John Mahon (president of the school board) had asked for a bell – we do not know for which tower but it was not received until some time after Mr. Langdon died. The school and its two towers burned in 1911. That bell burned. Mahon or his wife wrote to the Langdon family asking for a replacement bell. The family provided one and school children were asked to write a story about this. Louis Charrier as a child did what his teacher asked. A copy must have remained in the area because he saw his childhood story later in a 1939 newspaper honoring 50 years of Cavalier County history and North Dakota statehood. That story was included (without his name) in the 1963 Jubilee book along with the information that the final resting place of the bell was as part of a scrap metal collection sent to help fight World War II. While the town was preparing for the Jubilee Dick Forkner wanted to invite descendants of Robert B. Langdon to participate. This brought to light another connection. At some point the town had acquired a portrait of Mr. Langdon which hung in city hall when it was located above the fire hall – both replaced by newer construction today. I do remember Girl Scouts meeting there but we paid no attention to Mr. Langdon’s picture if we saw it at all. Boy Scouts were more mischievous and used it for other purposes. Some of those scouts were on the city commission at the time of the Jubilee and later. The intact portrait you can see there today has been flawlessly restored. Langdon Lake and Township in Minnesota, Langdon, ND and Langdon, Alberta at the end of the line to Calgary constructed in 1884 are all known to be named for Robert Bruce Langdon. Lillian Arnold was overjoyed when her great-granddaughter was named Langdon. A charmer with curly hair Little Langdon visited the town and great grandma a number of years ago. Langdon Liebeler, son of Lars and grandson of Jim, was here in 2008 visiting the town and relatives as well. And it is always amazing how many travelers spot the name on a map and stop to ask questions about the man the town is named for.

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BOYD BLOCK Then

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1887 – Patrick McHugh 1888 – Joseph B. Boyd Established Retail Store at this Site 1925 – John J. & Richard Boyd Golden Rule Store 1936 – Kathren Boyd 1974 – Richard S. Johnson, JC Penney Store 1992 – Jon Brosseau 2000 – Wm. Bodelson, Hans & Diane Reinhardt Divided into Five Stores 2004 – Sept. 5, Destroyed by Fire 2013 – Reestablished as Boyd Block Plaza An Outdoor Entertainment Area Wherever your journey takes you, your hometown bank is closer than you think. Art in the Library, Langdon Roots: Celebrating 125 years Artist Reception & Opening Wednesday July 3 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Refreshments served.

Artists with local connections (37 artists) display their artwork at the historic Cavalier County Library, converted from local train depot in 1980's. Open during library hours, except during parade. Raffle tickets available for one of two original paintings (Boyd Block & Langdon Public School) donated by Judy Koehmstedt. Paintings on display at the Cavalier County Library. Tickets for $5 will be sold at the library during the 125th and the high school July 5 prior to the Langdon Historic Review. Drawing July 6 at 4 p.m. Proceeds support programming for Northern Lights Arts Council.

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Langdon Long Ago-Langdon's Mayors By Rita Maisel

Notes on Mayors Original City Government for Langdon consisted of a mayor elected at large and aldermen chosen for the ward where they lived, along with a City Treasurer, City Auditor, and Justice of the Peace. The mayor chaired the council and all served two year terms with the option of re-election. The council had its own officers elected each year and the person serving as president of the council generally became acting mayor as needed. The number of aldermen depended on the population in each ward and there could be as many as eight or nine aldermen on the council. In 1930 the city adopted the Commission form of government which had five commissioners elected at large for four year terms. The president of the commission serves as mayor. Elections are held every two years or as needed to fill terms of those who resigned, died or moved away. Auditor, City Attorney and other positions are by appointment. Patrick McHugh – 18881892 (re-elected in 1890) Co-founder of the town and present at the organization of the county in July of 1884, McHugh and his partner W. J. Mooney were granted the town site rights for obtaining the right of way for the railroad which arrived in Oct. 1887. McHugh also served on the City Council in later years and ran for a third term in 1896 but lost to long time council member Mercer. A former resident of Walsh County, McHugh modeled the new city organization and early ordinances on the format and laws of Grafton. The first City Hall with council chambers and jail as well as an engine house

for the Fire Department was constructed under McHugh’s leadership. The Fire Department asked for ladders and five dozen fire buckets. This group named the original streets, arranged for the first wooden sidewalks, established the first ordinances and left a legacy of strong leadership while working with very little in the way of finances or existing infrastructure. J. B. Boyd – 1892-1896 Boyd took office in May 1892 following the spring election and was re-elected in 1894. He had earlier been City Treasurer and a member of the City Council so along with Mercer and Orton had served as acting Mayor while McHugh was in the Territorial legislature and participating at the Con-Con (a convention which wrote the constitution for North Dakota following statehood). The only known group photo of an early Langdon mayor and council was taken while Boyd was mayor. Along with many other projects, a dump ground site was purchased from Mike Sullivan and also a gravel pit to provide fill for city streets. F. E. B. Mercer – 1896-1898 Owner of a pioneer hardware, Mercer took office April 21, 1896 for his first term and served several terms on the City Council with Acting Mayor duties. Council member Paul Gardner suggested and built the first electric light plant during this administration. Special mention is made of installing a 16-candle watt electric bulb in the engine house where the Fire Engine was stored. D. H. McMillan – 1898-1900 Dan McMillan Implement was a long-time business on Langdon’s Main Street. He also owned but did not edit one of the early newspapers. Interested in state politics he served at least one term as State Treasurer. Mike Sullivan and Celsus

Orton chaired Langdon Council sessions as acting mayor in his absence. The first poles for telephone and telegraph were installed along streets and alleys of Langdon during his time in office which also spanned the Spanish-American War, a conflict which involved a number of volunteers from this area. A city well and a bridge across the coulee were constructed. James McPhail – 1900-1902 McPhail was another early implement dealer with banking and real estate interests. We do not believe he served on the City Council before running for mayor. He first appears in council minutes in 1899 when the city wished to purchase a small strip of land from him for a road to the dump ground. He refused but the strip of land was acquired years later from another owner. While earlier elections had been won by large margins McPhail won over attorney Fred McLean by 9 votes – an election record at that point in time. McPhail’s time in office is remembered for two things: he introduced a young man employed as his bookkeeper to city government (George M. Price) and suggested the city consider a water and sewer project and offered the plan in use in Mayville for consideration. City water and sewer was tabled until 1917. Fred McLean – 1902-1904 Former and future City Attorney, McLean also served on the City Council at various times while in Langdon and was in the real estate business with John Truax. He later opened a law office in Fargo and spent time working in a government office in Washington DC. F.E.B. Mercer – 1904-1906 Mercer was the first of three men who held non-successive terms as mayor of Langdon and served additional terms on the Council before and after his ser-

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vice as mayor – all while owning and managing a hardware store. Peter P. Kopriva – 19061908 Initially owner and operator of the Bee Hive Store at the east end of what is now Boyd Block, Kopriva had served on the City Council over the years and was active in the Immigration Society which encouraged settlers from other states and countries to settle in Cavalier County. E. J. Fox – 1908-1910, 19101912 The only person actually living in Langdon the winter of 1885, Fox taught a term or two at the later built Langdon Township school and served several terms as County Superintendent of Schools. In later years he opened an abstract office. During his terms as Mayor he served with nine Aldermen on the City Council. Salaries of the mayor, council and others were set during his time in office. He later served nine more years on the Council. The first cement sidewalks were constructed under his administration. The school burned in February 1911 and some classes were held at City Hall until a new building could be constructed. W. A. McIntyre – 1912-1914, 1914-1916 Attorney in Langdon from 1906 through 1915, McIntyre moved to Grand Forks and was associated with the Burtness and McIntyre firm there until his death June 23, 1934. He was elected head of the North Dakota State Bar Association during his years in Grand Forks. The first cement sidewalks in Langdon were condemned and new ones built in 1914. Both a bell and tower were approved for City Hall. This arrangement appears to have replaced a fire bell purchased from funds the ladies raised in 1890. Telephone rental was $9.60 per year.

Notes on the next several administrations are based on newspaper headlines as the council and commission minutes from 1916 through 1931 have not been found. John J. Power – 1916-1920 While no minutes or newspaper report of the 1916 election has been found, an April 1, 1918 newspaper lists the 1918 election as the smallest voter turnout ever (77 total votes cast) and that Mayor J. J. Power, Aldermen Tom Smith, R. T. Burke, and J. A. Balgaard along with City Treasurer J. D. Milne were all re-elected. For the first time six women cast their votes in a general election. Tom Devaney was City Attorney. World War I dominated the news of the day and Company E was reactivated, trained at Langdon and went to France and back. All of Cavalier County suffered losses from the influenza epidemic. Power is remembered as the mayor who worked long and hard to bring city water and sewer to Langdon residents. Wilfred M. Stranger – 19201926 April 22, 1920 Langdon voters elected W. M. Stranger as Mayor, E. J. Fox, W. A. Bolton, Henry Albrecht and J. A. Balgaard as Aldermen and appointed Tom Devaney as City Attorney and James H. Bain as Auditor. Returning veterans organized the Argonne Post which later became Post 98. Work continued on the water and sewer project begun under Mayor Power. The April 6, 1922 “quiet election” returned incumbents to office with 80 votes were cast by men and 9 votes by women. Election interest heated up on March 18, 1924 with no prior advertising in the newspaper. Incumbent Wilfred Stranger received 236 votes for a previously unheard of third term as mayor over former-mayor John J. Power who received 205 votes, also

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Cavalier County Republican running for a third term! Richard Burke, W. A. Bolton and Walter Ramage were elected to the council. Page after page of the newspaper listed the condition of area banks and mortgage foreclosures. Not only were the banks foreclosing on investors but also asking for payment on overdue bonds and city debts dating back to 1904. Contracts were being worked out with a new electrical firm – Otter Tail Power Co. Pilots trained during the war wanted a firm contract for an airport. Lloyd H. Liebeler – 19261930 Bill Stranger left politics to others and joined Gordon McLauchlin in selling Studebakers and Buicks. On the ballot for mayor April 5, 1926 were former alderman Henry Albrecht and his next door neighbor Lloyd H. Liebeler. The count registered 289 votes for Liebeler and 283 for Albrecht – the closest election up to that point in time. Albrecht’s grand-daughter would be elected Langdon’s first female mayor in 2002. G. M. Mossing, a partner in the Golden Rule Store, Roy Wells and Frank M. Bear were new aldermen with Richard Burke and Milne (city treasurer) continuing their positions. City officials went to Bismarck to try to secure funds to operate the city. They were given permission for a Special Election to approve issuing bonds to pay old debts. For many years there had been an item on the agenda known as the poor list. These were funds given to assist those who were destitute in each ward. As the banks failed and farms or homes were lost the lists grew longer month by month. Finances were a major problem. New equipment was needed for the Fire Department and the city had no money to help them out so at one point all but three members of the volunteer fire department resigned. The turnover in council members was also very frequent when faced with these problems. At the 1930 election voters chose the commission form of government over mayor and council and the new leaders took on $75,000 in debt. Lyle C. Nicholl – 1930-1934 With a new form of government Lyle C. Nicholl as president of the city commission filled the role of mayor with George M. Price, Fred Kyle, C. G. Miller and Ole Johnson as the first commissioners. They got temporary state help on restructuring their indebtedness, continued to care for the poor in the city, ordered 18 stop signs for street corners and leased the airport to Claude Skinner. Unable to pay the light bill for street lights they first reduced the size of the bulbs at 16 corners and in Feb. 1933 turned off all street lights except a few on Main Street. The National Recovery Act of 1933 established countywide welfare departments and the city phased out aid for the poor. Water was in short supply so they dug tunnels from well to well and worked to dig two new wells. The Governor requested sending a CCC company of 100 to Langdon and the city asked for paving on Highway 5. Prohibition was repealed with licenses to sell beer begun in 1934. Each council meeting saw the discussion of the new licenses and many who applied were refused a license. George M. Price – 19341942 Two local attorneys, Tom Clifford Sr. and George M. Price ran for president of the city commission/mayor on April 3, 1934. Price won by 27 votes and the tally no longer listed how many

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voters were women. He took office May 2, 1934. A request made to re-route Highway 1 down Main Street was discussed and refused (we are not sure if the request came from the state or from the city.) The state agreed to pave Spruce Street (Highway 5) from the railroad to Highway 1 – a project for 1937. Much of the city business revolved around liquor licenses, the revolving door for city officials and the need for more water. A well 1800 feet deep was to be drilled to provide artesian water. This was costly and ended at 1000 feet with no water. On land purchased from J. J. Robson a new reservoir was built with a treatment plant nearby. In 1942 Mr. Price retired listing a municipal water system, storm sewers, the pavement of Highway 5 and Main Street, and “White Way” street lights as his major contributions after more than 40 years of city work in various capacities. Mr. Price died a short time later. Louis Charrier – 1942-1943 On the city commission since 1936, Louis Charrier ran for president in April 1942 and was initially declared the winner over John L. Kertz. However Charrier was one of three of the men on the ballot who had used stickers which were later ruled to have been used illegally (a 9-page document spelled out the problems) so in February 1943 District Court ruled that Kertz was entitled to a four-year term as president of the city commission with the change to take place when a bond for Kertz was approved. With World War II declared and rationing a way of life for Americans, a major piece of Langdon City legislation, the Black Out Ordinance (Air Raid Laws) was implemented before Charrier left office. John L. Kertz – 1943-1947 A long time Langdon businessman, Kertz took office in March 1943 and died March 3, 1947. He is remembered as the first mayor to die in office. I. E. Ottem was appointed as his successor. I. E. Ottem – 1947- 1961 The new election was held April 22, 1947 and formally elected I. E. Ottem commission president with Elmer Knudson, A. J. Backes and O. C. Platz new commissioners. Con Beiers continued as carry-over commissioner. The years that followed were a busy time for Langdon city government and Ottem’s obituary includes the expansion of city water and sewer, paving 84 blocks of streets along with curbs and gutters, purchase of land for a city park and many other projects. When Ottem’s health failed, H. W. Fischer filled in as acting mayor but Ottem’s death in December 1961 was deemed “unexpected”. He was the second mayor to die in office. By appointment Oscar DeVold was chosen to serve the last months of Ottem’s term. O. I. DeVold – 1961-1966 A respected businessman, DeVold had headed a number of organizations but not been active in politics until he was asked to step into the void left by Ottem’s death. He was formally elected president of the commission at the April 1962 election. Both Oscar and his wife enjoyed being part of the 75th Jubilee Celebration in 1963 and after his term expired in 1966 they went on to be active in the formation of the Cavalier County Historical Society Museum at Dresden where both held offices for many years. Harold Blanchard – 19661974 One of Harold Blanchard’s

first visits to the City Commission was in 1961 when he suggested the Civil Air Patrol be formed. He went on to run for a seat on the city commission in 1962, become a leader in the Jaycees and on April 5, 1966 was elected president of the city commission. His first eight years as mayor included the changes that came to Langdon with the ICBM installations across the county since many of the workers and their families moved to Langdon and the ABM complex at Nekoma along with the PAR site at Concrete adding their staff to the overcrowded housing available. Trailer parks sprang up everywhere and all facilities were strained to the maximum. Doubling the population in such a short period of time meant moving in short term housing, extending water and sewer mains, new schools and many complex problems for Langdon government and citizens. City Hall which had deteriorated over the years was replaced in 1972. Feeling John MacFarlane would do fine, Blanchard left city politics in 1974, served on the Langdon School Board and continued to work with the missile leadership then at the height of their construction and expansion. He even ran for a spot on the state legislature but more changes were coming. John MacFarlane – 19741978 Otter Tail Power Company brought John MacFarlane to Langdon in 1971. a man whose talents were recognized in many other areas during his stay in our community. He chaired the Langdon-based committee working with government and military officials during the active construction years of the missile complex. He was also still mayor when the project officially closed. In 1978 MacFarlane stepped up in leadership with Otter Trail and the company which brought him to Langdon moved the family away.

Harold Blanchard was asked to finish out his unexpired term. Harold Blanchard – 19781986 Back in city politics for another eight years, Blanchard had a long list of projects yet to complete. The destruction of the former Langdon Public School by a spectacular fire led to the building of the Activity Center on that same lot, a project near and dear to the heart of Mayor Blanchard. It has become one of his major legacies to the city of Langdon. He went on to work closely with the many aspects of the upcoming Centennial celebration and until his death in 2012 had a genuine interest in the city of Langdon and its residents. Donald Haugen – 19861990 A member of the city commission from 1978 until elected president in 1986, Haugen was the first second generation city official to become mayor. He was co-chair of the Centennial Committee during the long years of planning that event and recently mentioned the Library as one of his major contributions since the city purchased the depot from the railroad and moved it to the present location for library purposes. The Centennial in 1988 was a major highlight of this administration. Kenneth Wilhelmi – 19901994 Known during his years at St. Alphonsus High School as a farm boy from Nekoma, Ken became an agronomist and worked in that capacity in Liberia, Tunisia and South Africa, had a teaching career in Nebraska and then returned to Langdon where members of his family still lived and opened KJ’s Pizza Shop. A major project during his time in office was the formation of the Rendezvous Region, a cooperative venture including the cities of Langdon, Cavalier, Walhalla and Pembina. Several activities under the Rendezvous umbrella remain active

Monday, July 1 2013 – Page 7 B today. Commission minutes also list the finalization of several land annexations to the city proper and the continuation of many ongoing city projects. He left office at the end of his term and died suddenly in 1995. Donald Haugen – 19942002 Haugen returned to the position of president of the city commission following the 1994 election and served two more four year terms as mayor. His record is one of the longest for service to the city of Langdon. Now a retired teacher he has remained active in the community, also serving as a member of the Langdon Area School Board, working in various businesses and participating in many community events. Bonnie Olson – 2002-2006 Langdon’s first woman president of the city commission, Bonnie is actually a third generation elected official as her father served in various capacities and so did both of her grandfathers. Henry Albrecht who ran for mayor in 1926 was one of her grandfathers. The other grandfather, Jerry Kelland, held several elected positions at the county level. Bonnie also served for years on the Langdon School and Park Boards and along with other family members was part of the group that built and operated The Stables. Charles Downs – 2006-the present Other than driving on some smoother streets as the city tries to upgrade its existing infrastructure, we are too close to Chuck’s time in office to evaluate his administration other than to comment that he has dealt with many projects begun by those who preceded him in office. The 125th is a major celebration during his time as mayor.

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Tom Mann & Sidekicks (Bob Tapson and Don Klein) • Thursday, July 4 from 11 to 11:45 a.m. at the Langdon City Park • This is during the 125th Picnic Sawtooth Bluegrass Band • Thursday, July 4 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Boyd Block Plaza • Original bluegrass mixed with the sounds of today Hard Times Reunion and Free Beer • Thursday, July 4 at 7 p.m. at the Boyd Block Plaza • Local band reunites to kick off the 125th celebration Kenny & the Classics • Friday, July 5 at 3 p.m. at the Roxy Theater Front Fenders • Friday, July 5 at 9 p.m. at Boyd Block Plaza • Music from the 50’s through the 80’s with newer songs and country favorites, and a mixture

of their own style and presentation with each song. Matt Hodek Band • Saturday, July 7 at 3 p.m. at the Eagles • Polka style music Fat Daddy’s & Bob and the Beachcombers • Saturday, July 7 at 7 p.m. at the Boyd Block Plaza • Opening Act Fat Daddy’s, from Fargo, is gaining in popularity with its rock sound. • Bob and the Beachcombers perform a collection of classic rock and rock and roll of 60’s and 80’s songs, along with hits from the Beach Boys and Jimmy Buffet. All three nights of musical entertainment are free thanks to the Langdon Area Chamber of Commerce Music Fest. A beer garden and food will be available each evening.

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By Rita Maisel In September of 1939 the Cavalier County Republican printed a Golden Jubilee edition of the paper honoring 50 years of North Dakota history. Vin Working was hired either by the state or the North Dakota newspaper association as part of a national writer’s project to spend time in each county and compile this history so part of our local Jubilee paper is identical to papers compiled for surrounding counties and part is local history. However the stories told to Mr. Working and his writers have been difficult to prove since original pioneers they interviewed tended to remember history in various forms. One story with numerous variations has become the story of how Langdon got its name and a long ago school got its bell. We know from County Commission records Langdon was named in 1884 on motion by W. Hudson Mathews, a commissioner who might have worked his way west on a railroad line constructed by Robert Bruce Langdon who in 1884 was a member of the Federal Railroad Commission, busy constructing a CPR line west from Winnipeg to Calgary and a good friend of President Rutherford B. Hayes. Mr. Langdon was spoken of at that time as an anticipated vice presidential candidate in the 1884 national election. As a student assigned to find something on local history, I found the 1939 story about the naming of the town and the promise of a bell in a scrapbook and copied it for a class taught by Mr. Osmon. He informed me the story was “cute, but not true.” Fast forward to the 1963 Jubilee book and you will find an even more detailed but possibly also not true version along with a picture of Mr. Langdon. In the 1970s older residents who had lived in Langdon all of their lives asked me to dig around in old records or newspapers and see if it was true. My search was in vain. Reading newspapers from the 1880s, county commission minutes from the earliest days and a book written by one of Mr.

Langdon's 125th Celebration The Langdon Name Story...Is it true? Langdon’s daughters in the 1920s provided no proof that he had ever visited our town or that he made a promise to give a bell to the school when it would be built. These same older residents thought the story had been one they heard as children in school when John Mahon, a long time school board member and known storyteller, would come and “tell them stories.” The UND Library had some items given them by members of the Mahon family which I was allowed to read and with the magic of microfilm we found an 1895 obituary for Mr. Langdon in a St. Paul newspaper which described him as a well known builder of bridges, mills and commercial buildings in the Twin Cities and a good friend of President Rutherford B. Hayes who had appointed him to the Federal Railroad Commission. The UND Library also had a copy of a book, The History of the Red River Valley, c. 1909 with a chapter by John Mahon including some of the stories he had enjoyed telling over the years. Books about James J. Hill who had a controlling influence in the building of the railroad to Langdon indicated he had a tendency to suggest the names for towns along his railroad lines. Mr. Hill’s railroad was not built to Langdon until 1887, three years after Langdon was named, but Hill is quoted as advising friends that they should honor towns named after them by “buying them a bell or something….” Technically the first school was not located in the town of Langdon but on its eastern outskirts and was owned and built by the surrounding township, then known as Langdon Township, and now known as Elgin Township. In 1886 all of the named townships were larger than they are today. A Langdon Public School was built on the site of the present day Activity Center around 1889 but was soon too small and was enlarged in 1898 to form the Twin School. Early pictures do show towers on both buildings but no bell is visible to present day searchers. Today no one knows

exactly when this bell arrived as it was not mentioned in local newspapers until the school fire of 1911 when we are told the bell melted along with other items of artistic value that had been donated to the school. It has always been understood that written records were also lost in that fire. The replacement school was constructed in 1912 without a tower and the replacement bell requested from Mr. Langdon’s descendants by school board members was placed on a metal tower on the school grounds. This tower and the bell were taken down in 1938 when the gymnasium was constructed and the school remodeled to provide a Smith-Hughes Department which offered agriculture courses, shop and home economics. The bell inscribed “Presented to the Langdon City School by Cavour S. Langdon, Martha L. Truesdale and Caroline Langdon Brooks in memo-

ry of their father, Robert Bruce Langdon” was displayed in the show window of a downtown store for some time and later donated to a scrap metal drive during World War II. Mr. Langdon’s picture is another story and the restored picture has hung in City Hall since 1983. A clipping mentions the commercial club receiving a letter from Mrs. Robert Langdon Brooks, wife of a grandson, telling that an artist had painted portraits of several men associated with the Great Northern Railroad and they would like to donate the portrait of Robert Bruce Langdon to be hung in an appropriate place in Langdon. The clipping is dated May 2, 1957 and the portrait was presented to the city at a ladies night gathering. The picture fell into unkind hands in later years and the city had it restored while Harold Blanchard was Mayor. Blanchard loved the story and wanted the leg-

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end of the bell engraved on the back of the belt buckle for the Centennial. Over protests from many he got his wish. Is the story true? We will probably never know. But in between came the 1963 Jubilee. Dick Forkner set out to have an actual member of the Langdon family in attendance. I knew nothing about the 1963 celebration until it was over so I cannot report on how successful his search was at that time, but when we were working on the 1988 celebration Dick mentioned we needed to contact the Langdon family. At that time we could not find the names of the 1963 special guests and to the best of my knowledge no one from here reached a member of the Langdon family in 1988. However, many people named Langdon have stopped by over the years and left their comments on the town that shares their name.

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125th Picnic in Park • Thursday, July 4 at the Langdon City Park from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Free for those with 125th membership tickets, $7 for those without. Money raised will be used to help with the cost of the celebration. • Hamburgers or hot dogs, chips and a drink • Paul Hansel will be cooking the meal. • Seating is limited, so bring your own chairs. • Entertainment by Tom Mann & Sidekicks (Bob Tapson and Don Klein) will start at 11 and go untill 11:45 a.m. 125th Wine in the Park • Thursday, July 4 at the Langdon City Park from 2 to 4 p.m. • $25 per person • Purchase price includes: commemortive wine glass, wine stopper, three red and three white 2 oz. samples of wine. • A glass of wine may be purchased separately for $5.

Langdon Eagles Auxilary Lunch • Friday, July 5 at the Eagles from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Meal can be purchased day of event. Fireman’s Dinner • Friday, July 5 at the Langdon Activity Center from 5 to 8 p.m. • Tickets are $15 and are limited. Tickets may be purchased from a fireman. Money raised goes to help the Langdon Fire Department. St. Alphonsus Breakfast • Saturday, July 6 at the Parish Center from 7 to 10 a.m. • Breakfast can be purchased at event. United Lutheran Church Rhurbarb Fest • Saturday, July 6 at the Eagles from 12-2 p.m. There will be a fee for this event. Ice Cream Social • Saturday, July 6 at the Presbyterian Church from 2-4 p.m. Maple Manor Breakfast • Sunday, July 7 at Maple Manor from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be a fee for this.

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Opening Ceremony, Main Street – 10 a.m. Art at the Library, Langdon Roots: Celebrating 125 Years– 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. 125th Picnic in the Park – 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. $ Tom Mann & Sidekicks Bob Tapson & Don Klein, City Park – 11-11:45 a.m. 125th Wine Social in the Park – 2-4 p.m. $ Music: Sawtooth Bluegrass Band, Boyd Block Stage – 3-5 p.m. Langdon Senior Center Bingo – 7-10 p.m. Music: Hard Times Reunion & Free Beer, Boyd Block Stage – 7 p.m.

Friday, July 5

Langdon Research Center Tours – 9 & 11 a.m. Langdon Area School Open House – 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. St. Alphonsus School Open House – 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Art at the Library, Langdon Roots: Celebrating 125 Years – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Chain Saw Guy, Langdon Hardware – 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Langdon Eagles Auxiliary Lunch, Eagles – 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. $ Brothers of the Brush Beard Contest, Boyd Block Plaza – 11 a.m. Langdon Area Teacher Hall of Fame & History of Langdon Play, High School – 1 p.m. (Featuring Historic Personna and Community Choir & Children's Choir) Kids’ Games across from Choice Financial – 1-7 p.m. Cavalier County Memorial Hospital Tours – 2-4 p.m. Langdon vs. Munich American Legion Baseball Alumni Game – 3 p.m. Music: Kenny & the Classics, Roxy Theatre – 3 p.m. Firemen's Supper, Activity Center – 5-8 p.m. $ Gun Raffle, Boyd Block Plaza – 7 p.m. Music: Front Fenders, Boyd Block Stage – 9 p.m.

Saturday, July 6

5k Walk/Run, Sponsored by Relay for Life – 7 a.m. (Registration begins) $ St. Alphonsus Breakfast, Parish Center – 7-10 a.m. $ Alumni Volleyball Tournament, Langdon High School Gym – 9 a.m. (Call Shannon Overby at 701-370-5005 to register) Tractor Cruise – 9 a.m. Registration in Nekoma $ (Will hook up at the end of the parade and join the Show & Shine) 125th Parade – 10 a.m. Chain Saw Guy, Langdon Hardware – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Show & Shine Car Show – After the Parade Langdon Line Dance down Main Street to Alan Jackson’s “Good Time” – 12 p.m. United Lutheran Church Rhubarb Fest, Eagles Club – 12-2 p.m. $ Art at the Library, Langdon Roots: Celebrating 125 Years – 12-5 p.m. Little Miss Langdon Pageant, Activity Center – 1 p.m. Kids’ Games across from Choice Financial – 1-7 p.m. Ice Cream Social, Presbyterian Church – 2-4 p.m. Music: Matt Hodek Band, Eagles Club – 3 p.m. Demo Derby – 3 p.m. $ Gun Auction, Boyd Block Plaza – 6:30 p.m. Music: Fat Daddy's & Bob and the Beachcombers, Boyd Block Stage – 7 p.m. Fireworks – Dusk

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