Thursday, February 17, 2011

Volume 98; Number 36

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City receives
anonymous
monetary donation
By Venus King
All members were present for
the Browerville City Council
meeting on February 10, 2011.
After the Pledge of Allegiance,
approval of minutes and pay-
ment of claims, department
reports were given. The new
ambulance is in and approval of
payment for the ambulance was
given. Cost of the new ambu-
lance and Stryker cot was
$103,805.00.
The Browerville Fire
Department’s Truck Committee
has been meeting to look at pos-
sibilities for a new fire truck.
An amendment to the Snow
and Ice Removal Ordinance was
approved. The amendment now
reads in part…”Time Limit for
Removal in Business District:
All snow and ice must be
removed from sidewalks abut-
ting Highway 71 from 8th Street
on the north to 4th Street on the
South within 12 hours after the
fall of snow or accumulation of
ice. Time Limit for Removal all
other sidewalks designated as
Primary is within 24 hours after
the fall of snow or accumulation
of ice.”
Approval was given to con-
tract with Oberg Farms to per-
form certain snow removal func-
tions. Oberg Farms has the
needed equipment and staff to
assist in performing snow
removal and property mainte-
nance and the contracted price is
as low as or lower than the price
at which the service and equip-
ment could be obtained else-
where.
Another item approved was
the $1,000 anonymous donation
to the Ambulance Fund. This
money will be used to purchase
other needed equipment.
After a short discussion on the
purchase of approximately 18
acres of land, council members
encouraged conversation with
land owners.
The meeting was adjourned.
75¢
The Seven Sarff Brothers: farmers, Christian
ministers, and two county commissioners
By Rin Porter
As part of the migration of
settlers from Indiana to Todd
County in the early 1870s, seven
of the nine sons of John Henry
Sarff came with their families in
covered wagons. They chose
homestead claims in Ward and
Hartford Townships, and set
about farming and ministering
to their neighbors.
The Sarff brothers came from
Jackson Township, Randolph
County, Indiana, and arrived
some time before the Sutton
families that were profiled
recently. Their parents, John
Henry Sarff and Salome Mary
Hoke, were born in
Pennsylvania, he in 1797 and
she in 1800. John Henry Sarff
was the son of Abraham Scharf
who emigrated from Germany in
1777 and settled in York
Pennsylvania (according to “The www.familytreemaker/ genealo- 1869, and their deaths could have
George Sarff Family Home Page, gy.com
Continued on page 16
The Sarff boys’ parents died in
Photo above: Standing (L to R): Jacob Johnson, Joseph Sutton, Joseph Sarff, Rufus Hindsley;
Sitting: Sadie King, Delilah Sutton, Elizabeth Noffsinger Johnson, Lydia Sarff, Melinda Hindsley.
Sadie, Delilah, Lydia and Melinda were daughters of Elizabeth. (Sadie was the daughter of Elizabeth
Noffsinger Johnson and Edward Johnson.) Jacob Johnson was the son of Edward Johnson and
Catherine Corle Johnson. The photo was taken at Sarff’s home in 1895. Photos are courtesy of the
book “Families of Todd County, MN” by Kathy A. Lewis, at the Todd County Historical Museum

Coaches vs. Cancer is a huge success

By Bob Schueller.
The Browerville Girl’s and
Boy’s Basketball Coaches would
like to give a sincere thank you
to everyone from the Browerville
community who helped make
our Coaches vs. Cancer
Fundraiser a huge success.
Thank you to Matt Middendorf,
Browerville Fire Dept., Steve’s
Country Foods, and Knotty Pine
Embroidery for the raffle dona-
tions. Thank you to the
Browerville Liquor Store and 4
R Music for putting on the
“Remember Mark” dance.
Thank you to all staff and stu-
dents who helped with the mak-
ing, cutting out, and sorting of
raffle tickets or paper bricks.
Thank you to the girl’s and boy’s
basketball players who helped
with the sale of paper bricks,
M&M guess, and raffle tickets
during the home games. Thank
you to Roger, Ribsy, and Kristy
for taking care of the half time
free throw contest.
Three years ago we started
The Browerville High School gym was awash in pink during the “pink out nights” held last the C vs. C effort here in
week during both the boys and girls home basketball games. The pink attire was to show sup- Browerville. Each of the first
port for the Coaches vs. Cancer fund raiser.. Additional photos inside. Photo by Tarissa Host. two years we took in around
$400 by doing a couple of
fundraisers at several home
games. At the Coaches
Association meeting held during
the MN State Tournament,
many coaches from around the
state were impressed that this
small community would raise
the amount of money we did.
Many people from our com-
munity, have been, or are affect-
ed by cancer. We have lost loved
ones, co-workers, friends, or peo-
ple we know through others.
This year we expanded our
efforts to this great cause by
adding some additional
fundraising ideas. The sale of
pink t-shirts with the slogan
“Shooting for a Cure” was the
first idea we came up with.
Building a paper brick wall to
remember those lost to cancer
and those who have survived
came next. Finally, we decided
on a dance in the memory of
Mark Perkins. Along with begin-
ning an annual, “Remember
Mark” dance, came the idea of
having a small raffle.
Matt Middendorf (Girl’s bas-
Continued on page 16

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