The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-07-01
MANY FRIENDS
BID LISTERUDS
FOND FAREWELL
BRIDGE PICNIC GATHERING
HONORS PIONEERS ON
EVE OF DEPARTURE

Thursday evening Mr.. and Mrs
John Listerud and their daughter
Helen, took their departure TO
Los Angeles where they intend t,
make their home. Miss Helen. /.
local high school graduate, will con
tinue her education at the Univer
sity of Southern California. Vol
Point has been the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Listerud since 1910.
Tuesday evening the community
picnic previously mentioned, was
held at Resthaven park at the
bridge. The large attendance from
both town and country included a
large number of those who also
came to Wolf Point during the
early part of its transition from a
crude village of a hundred people
or such into a modern, hustling
business town.
A fair sized portion of the school
band and director Simon we're pres
ent and made the woods ring with
cheerful music. Judge Charles Cor
don, representing the Commercial
club, was drafted to make a speech
preliminary to a little surprise for
Mr.. Listerud. The occasion tuned
the Judge to his bappiest vein of
humor, and with a local applica-
ton of viii Rogers style, he pic
tured events of ancient days when
he and John labored together to
get the town on its feet. Once
when the Judge was in dire need
of someone to go on his bonds
his old friend came to the rescue.
But he admitted that the report
that both he and Mr.. Listerud came
up the river with Lewis and Clark
was grossly exaggerated.
Here the Judge paused to read
a bulletin from the Democratic nat
ional convention in Chicago. The
nomination for vice president, he
said, was reported to lie between
Senator Thomas J. Walsh and Gov
rno Woodring of Kansas, VIM. J.
Kearney of Wolf Point having with
drawn from the race in favor of
his old friend Walsh.
In his conclusion the speaker
grew serious and told of some Of
the splendid services John Listerud
rendered the town in both earlier
and later days. Asking him to step
forward Judge Gordon, with appro-
advice and good wishes, pre-
sented Mr.. Listerud with a beauti-
Jul gold watch, the gift of a large
number of friends and well-wish-
ers. In response the recipient ex-
pressed his pleasure and gratitude
Ind assured his friends the token
would be worn and zealously kept,
md would be constant reminder Of
hem and Wolf Point.
The assemblage Joined in sing
ng God Be With You Till We
feet Again.
John Listerud came to Wolf
Joint from Tioga, N, Oak, in 1910I
nd established the first lumber
ard here. In 1912 he built an ele-
.ator and engaged in the grain j
usiness. In 1913 he sold his lumber {
usiness to the Rogers Templeton {
Iompany, and in 1914 he built an s
lectric light plant and a flour
ill. In 1915 he sold his elevator
nd in 1920 he sold his electric
ght plant. c
Both he and Mrs. Listerud have @
ways been interested in civic Il
nd social betterment in the town i
Ir. Listerud helped establish the a
rst church in Wolf Point, the I'm b
church, now the Presbyterian a
lurch. Later on, when there were Il
lough Lutherans here to estab- @
5h a church of their own, he was
ne of the prime movers in sup
3rting that church. He helped to
art the first school. At that time u
rolf Point was part of the elias (
wv district. John Listerud, w. B. d
yerett and W. II. Smith put up a
money for the first school f.
,use, and were reimbursed after II
g district was separated from the fC
.asgow district. Mr.. Listerud was h
member of the first board Of al
hool trustees. tt
encouraged the incorporation 81
Wolf Point as soon as the city CT
ID enough population, and was a.
ected the second mayor Of the Z
wn, Joe Klinkhammer being the m
st. During his term Of office h.
any excellent ordinances were G.
ssed by the council. n,
Although Mr.. Listerud has not h,
en- active in business during the n,
few years, he has always been
ady to assist with any worthwhile b1
terprise, giving both financial &c
d moral support. Last winter he
IS active in Red Cross relief W
,rk. VI
Mrs. Listerud has always taken ne
r part in the work Of the com co