Phyllis Mildred Burk, baptized August 17, 1913.
Clinton Blocker of Carrington and Maybelle Strouse of Juanita married in the M.E. parsonage by Rev. Armstrong, January 15, 1913.
Funerals
November 2, 1912‑ Baby Solbert, 9 months, McHenry.
May 9, 1914‑ Baby Marcotte, Juanita
March 1, 1913‑ Arthur Edward Olson, Juanita, age 24‑ froze to death.
There are three people buried‑ 2 babies and Arthur Olson, east of the road, across the railroad tracks, southeast of Juanita (perhaps mostly east).
The first baby born in Juanita was Frances Marcotte.
Some of the early organizations in Juanita
Modern Woodman Lodge; In 1910, there was a Women's Federation Club with Mrs. Lloyd Nelson, president; In the 1930's, a Homemakers' Club was organized, Mrs. Howard Spickler, first president. The Community Club was organized when Mr. Lake was County Agent. John Burk was its first president.
The town of Juanita had its own electric light plant at one time. Juanita also had a telephone exchange complete with a switchboard operator. Grace Krei was operator.
At one time, Juanita had a very good baseball team when playing on the home diamond or out of town. All business places, except the post office, closed to follow the team. The names of the players were:
Otis Rohr, catcher
Ralph Olinger and Ralph Koenig shared pitching honors
Jimmie Jones played first base
Deafy Dahl, second base
Ernie Cooper, third base
Johnnie Sloan, right field
Howard Hazlett, center field
John Brown, left field
Charlie Hazlett, shortstop
Always on hand to help out in case of injuries, was Will Sloan, who played several positions well.
Juanita people claim they had the first outdoor movie theater in the state, if maybe not in the nation, with a large wooden screen painted white; the show was put on by the businessmen, and was free to all viewers. It brought many to town on Saturday nights and all business concerns profited. Mr. Kirwan, O.A. Brewer and Art Hoefert operated the projector. Later C.J. Wold did.
Town records were destroyed by fire in 1958. The peak population of Juanita was possibly 112.
Moonshiners operated in Juanita‑ after dark and in the shadows. Old Dad Koonfare was the most famous of these. The revenuer arrested him and brought him to trial in district court. The jury sampled the evidence and Old Dad was turned loose for lack of it (Carl Pewe's story).
During the fall, gamblers and poker players were numerous. They preyed on the harvest hands and threshing crews. Many were the men who lost the hard‑earned summer wages to these.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 286