The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 31, 1949.
Monday Was Pay Day For National Guardsmen
They’re Not Phoney So Don’t Pass Up $2 Bills
Some over 1,000 two-dollar bills will be in circulation here during the next few days and weeks. And there’s nothing phoney about them either.
The bills represent the quarterly payroll to members of the Luverne National Guard unit, who received their “paychecks” in two-dollar bills Monday night.
Big Annual Payroll
Two-dollar bills are rather unusual in this part of the country and their appearance at this time will serve to stress the role that the national guard plays in the local business picture, says Capt. Lester U. Tollefson, commander.
During the year March 1, 1948 to March 1, 1949 $27,075.11 was paid to members of the unit. Full-time employees at the armory received $15,780; $8,564.86 was paid to the 67 men and officers for regular drills, and $2,730.25 was paid to the local men who attended national guard camp at Camp Ripley last summer.
Camp Dates Announced
National guard camp at Camp and field maneuvers will begin June 12 and continue through June 26 at Camp Ripley. The 135th Regiment of which Headquarters Company of Luverne is a part, will be the only Minnesota regiment in camp at that time. The other units will come from South Dakota this year for this period of training, Capt. Tollefson said.
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