Memories

Snow is deep — the days long, maybe do an article for you readers. In going through the Shifting Scenes Vol. III, I found two families I had been thinking about for some time. Those two were Chris and Gerda Bentz and Damian (Curly) Culver.

“Christian and Gerda Bentz

By William Kevin Armstrong

Christian C. Bentz, was born December 20, 1891, at Artas, Campbell County, South Dakota, the son of Jacob and Margaret Bentz, of German extraction, one of four sons and three daughters.

He attended Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota and received a high school teaching certificate in 1914. He...