Bennie H. Haugen was born February 15, 1893 in Greenfield Township. He attended the Stromme School and was graduated in 1908. He was married to Bertha Jordet from Mapleton, Minnesota. He wrote the Greenfield News from about the time of World War I. The Griggs County Farmers Press with Bennie as one of the Stockholders bought the Sentinel Courier in 1919 and hired Gerald P. Nye as editor. Soon after that he began writing the Greenfield News. He continued to write this news long after the last stockholders sold their shares to a private owner. His news of Greenfield contained news of weather, neighborhood gatherings, births, deaths, weddings, illnesses, accidents, church and school events - his own comments were added as well. He had served in a number of church, Township and school district offices over the years. Bennie and Bertha Haugen had four children:
Some interesting items found in a notebook kept by them from about 1923 to 1925 are as follows:
On January 11, 1924 bought one pound of Coffee for thirty-five cents, bought one hundred pounds of Sugar on June 15, 1925 for seven dollars and forty cents. In September and October of 1925 a veal calf was sold for fourteen dollars, a cow shipped for nineteen dollars and fifty-seven cents, and a heifer for eleven dollars and thirteen cents.
They celebrated their 50th Anniversary at the Union Lutheran Church in 1968. Bennie H. Haugen passed away June 7, 1973 and Mrs. Bennie H. Haugen passed away September 18, 1973.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 296