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WISHEK DIAMOND JUBILEE
Andrew Thurn was born on July 20, 1902, thirteen miles northeast of Zeeland, North Dakota, the son of Johann Thurn and Barbara Schnabel.
Mr. Thurn attended schools in rural McIntosh County in Strasburg School District No. 7.
Mr. Thurn took over his father's farm in 1925 and operated it until 1956, when he moved to Wishek. From 1956 to 1970 he worked for David Rueb and at the local Red Owl Store where he made the bologna and sausage. He retired in 1970.
On October 6, 1925, Mr. Thurn married Magdalena Martel. She was the daughter of Philip Martel and Katherina Woehl, and was born August 24, 1907. The couple had three children. A daughter, Ruth Speidel, now lives in Bismarck, North Dakota. Freida Ketterling, another daughter, now resides in rural Zeeland, North Dakota Elmer Thurn, a son, now lives in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Mr. Thurn has been very active in the Farmers Union organization. In 1942, he helped organize the Farmers Union local chapter of Zeeland, and served as secretary-treasurer of that organization for twelve years. He served for twelve
years on the board of directors of the Zeeland Farmers Union Oil Co., two of them as chairman of the board. He was a member of the McIntosh County Farmers Union board of directors for eighteen years, and served as secretary-treasurer for eight years.
Mr. Thurn has also been very active in connection with governmental agricultural programs. He served on the McIntosh County Agricultural Stabilization Committee Land Use Planning Program board for eight years. He served with the marketing quota review committee for Logan, Emmons, Kidder and McIntosh counties for seven years.
Mr. Thurn is one of the hardy farmers that survived the drought and depression of the 1930's. He can relate vividly the hardships that farmers had to endure in those years when very little would grow, and very little price could be obtained for that which did grow.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurn are members of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church. Mr. Thurn served as a Sunday School teacher for eighteen years and served as church treasurer for fourteen years.
Sources:
1. Title: Jan Olson - Note: Information from Friedrich Woehl's great-granddaughter.
2. Title: North Dakota Death Index
3. Title: Wishek, ND, Diamond Jubilee - Publication: www.odessa3.org
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