The Griggs County Hospital Auxiliary organized May 20, 1949 at Berg Memorial Gymnasium, W. Ray Radliff presiding.
Charter members were:
Miss Olga Standal
Miss Borghild C. Bue
Mmes: Albert Evers
Art Sarsten
James Hazard
Lucius Hazard
Roscoe Winterer
Clarence Arneson
John Fredrickson
Oscar Idsvoog
M.A. Frigaard
Norman Edland
Carrol Torgerson
Barney Bakken
George Johnston
W. Ray Radliff
Hamlin Saxerud
Maynard Langford
Fred Oakley
Casper Overby
Ray McCardle
Kenneth Hanson
Nora Frigaard
Einar Overby
Kenneth Monson
Otis Knutson
Perry Haaland
Melfred Monson
Ed Gilbertson
Carl Brudwick
Thelmer Olson
Ralph Bender
Givan Brown
Henry Herigstad
Inga Ueland
Carl Johnson
William Phelps
Manley Torgerson
Maynard Loge
Harold Hall
Fred Rose
Severin Sola
Roy Ohman
Max Borchert
Andrew Urness
Nels Urness
Henry Hammer
Selma Overbye
Al Loder
Gerald Nierenberg
Thos. Boe
Henry Nelson
H.W. Hildre
William Barr
Marie Kittelson
A.E. Dahlbom
Borghild Stromme
Charlie Groff
Oscar Huso
A.T. Huso
Arthur Larson
A.C. Brown
Vina Njaa
L. Anderson
Edith Skofstad
Gina Udgard
Officers elected 1949-50-51 were Mrs. Al Loder, president, Mrs. William Phelps, vice-president, Mrs. Thos. Boe, secretary, and Mrs. Oscar Idsvoog, treasurer, and three additional members for executive committee: Mrs. Albert Evers, Mrs. Kenneth Hanson, and Mrs. Carrol Torgerson.
Meetings were held in various churches the third Friday of every month with three hostesses and plate collection for lunch. Dues for all members are $1.00. A magazine subscription project was handled by Lise Johnson, who is still active in 1982.
The first project was to sew curtains and bathrobes for the hospital by Mrs. Fred Oakley, chairman with Mrs. Mae Saxerud, Mrs. Clarence Njaa, Mrs. Givan Brown, and Mrs. J.F. Hazard and Mrs. Maynard Langford.
Money projects were washing hospital windows, coffee parties, recipe sales, bake sales, lunches at basketball games, wildlife derby, flight breakfast, Jamestown College choir, Strand Theatre benefit show, picnic suppers, ice cream socials, softball game, Farm Bureau banquets, purses made by Mrs. Gina Soma, rugs woven by Marie Kittelson, birthday calendars, bazaars.
Money projects paid for: bed linens, dish towels, pan-holders, curtains, materials, baby shirts, baby blankets, tray favors, 1964 isolette incubator, oxygen tent, bedside tables, serving carts, ice makers, fans, TV's, tray carts, sleep chair, air conditioners, sump pump and gauge, foot stools, bedspreads, pictures, sewing machines, trees, shrubs, grass, Christmas trees, waiting room furniture, venetian blinds, wheel chairs, refrigerator freezer, slicer, 30" range, cupboard, Whirlpool massager, knife sharpener, coffee pots, blender, food carts, mirrors, activities center, volunteer pins, drapes, gifts for children and gift counter, wallpaper and labor for the nursing home rooms.
Thumb sponges are made by members at meetings when needed.
1980-81-82 officers are Mrs. Grace Knapp, president, Mrs. Esther Hinschberger, vice-president, Mrs. Helen Bender, secretary, Mrs. Miranda Pittenger, treasurer.
Source: Cooperstown, North Dakota 1882-1982 Centennial Page 239