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Peeking in the past

10 years ago (1995)"Marie Walraven has been elected president of the Hills Development Corporation Board of Directors. Joining Walraven on the board are Wilmer Elbers, vice president, Ron Feucht, secretary, and Rodney Bonander, treasurer." 25 years ago (1980)"Peggy Elbers, a senior at Hills-Beaver Creek and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Elbers of Hills, was selected this week to the Worthington Globe all-area basketball team.The 5-11 senior was named to the fifth team by the staff of sports writers at the Globe. Peggy ranked as the leading scorer for the Pates this year and was the third highest scorer in the Tri-County Conference with 14.8 points per game."50 years ago (1955)"The Hills Legion Auxiliary voted at their last meeting to send a representative to Girls’ State again this year. Elected as delegate was Miss Frances Haan with Miss Donna Hengeveld as the alternate. Girls chosen for this honor must be juniors in high school and are required to be in the upper third in their class scholastically. 75 years ago (1930)"The Village Council passed an ordinance at its meeting Tuesday night which will bar all hog pens from the village in the future. The keeping of hogs in town has been a continual source of complaint and neighborhood discord, as well as a regular menace to public health, and the village dads simply solved the problem by removing the source. We understand the present hog owners will be given until May 1st, 1930, to dispose of their porkers." 100 years ago (1905)"The play ‘A Fight for a Million’ or ‘Puddin’ Dudley’ given by the Luverne Dramatic Co., at the Opera House Saturday evening drew out a fair sized audience, who thoroughly enjoyed this laughable farce comedy. The cast of this play is made up of Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman, two professional show people, and Editor Osborn and wife of the Luverne Journal and Mr. Thompson also of the Journal. Mr. Osborn followed the stage for 9 or 10 years, and all who saw him play the role of old ‘Puddin’ Head Dudley’ will not question it for a minute. He was easily the star in this play, and if ‘Eck’ was as good at ‘slinging’ editorials as he is on the stage he would drive the rest of us all to the woods. The play was good, and far above the average play given in towns the size of Hills."

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