The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Oct. 5, 1932.
Luverne Firemen are Hosts to 300 Visitors …
(Continued from last week)
The visiting firemen who registered for the convention were: E. F. Zierke, George Duhmal, W. F. Schendel, Blue Earth; Edward Schueller, A. F. Zwaschka, Adrian Klein, Frank J. Fiebyn, Sleepy Eye; Wm. Kephort, George H. Ostiwald, R. C. Kephart, J. W. Will, Jr., Lakefield; V. E. Hayecroft, Edw. C. Yager, John J. Trowbridge, Bert Zwirt, L. H. Eager, Madelia; L. L. Willmert, Walter G. King, John Lasso, G. Malmin, A. G. Mass. Kent, Henry Luscher, H. A. Roske, C. S. Kent, W. B. Weber, J. F. Kopplin, Blue Earth; W. P. King, Jackson; Jos. F. Auel, Minneapolis; Ben E. Baugerter, W. H. Anderson, Mankato; E. S. Allen, Gus Running, Jas. Larson, Roy Gibson, A. E. Karst, Claude Karst, Ivor Jacobsen, John Keyman, G. E. Shafer, Valley Springs; B. L. Kingsley, state fire marshal, Minneapolis; L. M. Gladhill, J. F. Tinnis, Eli M. Pfieffer, H. H. Weissert, Adrian; R. F. Schultz, F. J. Herchow, C. A. Wayland, Sven Edmunson, Ivanhoe; Peter Jenson, John L. Olson, Oscar Handeland, Chas. A. Kaikai, Storden; C. M. Hanson, A. N. Erickson, Windom; R. E. Braden, deputy fire marshal, Minneapolis; E. R. Henke, Carl L. Hagger, C. W. Duncan, Blue Earth; L. S. Tobias, Julius Franz, W. E. Bushnell, John Piszek, Pipestone; R. A. Lynn, A. M. Kephart, W. H. Weinberg, Jack Ford, Dave Rorebeck, H. B. Grove, W. H. Huntley, R. S. Miller, Spirit Lake, Iowa; J. W. Pierce, A. D. Brown, Pipestone; Ben. E. Bangerter, W. H. Anderson, Mankato; Frank Pinney, Valley Springs, F. A. Newcomer, S. C. Toffleman, H. C. Toresdahl, Dan Moriarty, Pipestone; Nels Madsen, Hans P. Hansen, Ruthon; W. V. Leach, Valley Springs; A. A. Peterson, G. R. Stoakes, Hardwick; Otto P. Meyer, V. J. Fromm, J. F. Ewans, H. Pratt, P. Rheinhart, Currie; R. G. Hart, Pipestone; J. W. Else, F. L. Howe, Carl Barhydt, Roland Pinney, Valley Springs; John S. Thurman, John. C. Frohloff, Rock Rapids; Abran B. Diek, B. N. Hiebert, Henry P. Rempel, John D. Hippner, Peter A. Janyor, Mountain Lake; D. A. Braken, Otto Glese, Jasper; Fred Pfaender, John F. Herrog, Frank Niemann, Otto Niemann, New Ulm; Bert Sodemann, J. J. Overland, Hardwick; J. A. Roberts, Rock Rapids; August Niemann, Otto Stieler, C. E. Schmidt, Andrew Steinke, E. Adolphson, Springfield, O. A. Schofer, H. T. Myers, Dell Rapids; J. W. Stamman, Fritz Petersen, John Hoffman, Hardwick; Chas. A. Lehman, Conrad Ronning, Jim Williamson, D. J. Sinclair, H. L. Storhal, Jasper; G. A. Wicks, W. H. Beto, Dell Rapids; Ray F. Marth, C. W. Eddy, Paul Nonast, C. M. Stevens, T. C. Blaine, A. D. Gill, Peter Jordt, Albert Larson, Lake Benton; C. W. Sherman, Barney Richeter, L. J. Sisterman, C. R. Holleran, Ellsworth; M. C. Piszek, A. H. Westphall, Floyd Totman, Pipestone; C. A. Moede, Windom; M. O. King, Ed Scheppman, Art C. Ruthenbuk, Herman Kuhlman, Okabena; Dick Craig, Valley Springs; O. W. Gammort, Mat J. Tinbus, Walnut Grove; C. A. Hoard, A. Pilling, E. W. Davies, G. W. Knaack, Pipestone; J. A. Crane, P. J. Gillam, C. A. Moede, Milo Wymie, R. D. Allens, Windom; A. W. Olson E. E. Converse, Walnut Grove; A. C. Thomspon, J. P. Schemen, Henry O. Jelle; J. E. Eitreim, John Julson, Garretson; James P. Lund, Jasper; B. Y. Gray, Arthur Mortenson, A. Isakson, F. O. Baukson, Canton, S.D.; H. A. Geick, Rock Rapids; L. M. Aelann, Henry Stube, H. A. Ellis, E. J. Bruin, Slayton; C. L. Perrizo, L. A. Peterson, E. A. Iverson, Jasper; S. A. Tysland, H. Edwards, W. Transs, Canton; W. O. Shilquist; R. Sawyer, G. C. Olson, Wilmont; J. A. Daldrup, Rock Rapids; M. N. Johnson, E. H. Storerau, C. E. Sanders, C. C. Macfadden, Sherburn’ S. O. Simerson, Pipestone; Nick Bach, Ned Smith, A. Myerelas, Joe Stavas, Lismore; S. L. Pinchas, Geo. H. Shields, Geo Edwards, Woodstock; J. L. Howard, Thos. Flynn, H. R. Porkmann, Currie; J. P. Heins, J. F. Schrader, Hardwick; R. L. Woodman, V. G. Totman, E. F. Fields, I. L. Demaray, Pipestone; George E. Holliday, Rock Rapids; I. A. Jacobson, Valley Springs; W. H. Lake Alex Mitchell, Jasper; Wm. G. Bruns, Wm. Joul, Wilmont; S. Swanson, Web Drummond, Dell Rapids; Gerhard Lewis, C. M. Thompson, B. H. Hansen, Frank J. Sell, Adrian; Arnold Staver, Lismore; J. J. Kies, Lee Shell, Worthington.
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