Remember When May 2, 2019

10 years ago (2009)
•Clear your calendars Saturday, May 9. Dancing with the Rock County Stars at the Palace Theater is a show that will not disappoint.
“The whole night is going to be fun,” said Sue Sandbulte, service excell- ence representative at San- ford Hospital Luverne. …
This year’s gala is based on ABC’s television series, “Dancing with the Stars.” Hosts for the Luverne event are Dan and Monica Dingmann. The night features six dancing couples in a competition sure to wow judges and audience members alike.
Duos are Don and Lisa Dinger, Phil Paquette and Paige Pierce, Dr. Tim and Carol Ceynowa, Evan Verbrugge and Terri Ebert, Kyle Oldre and Susan Skattum and Jim and Diana Ouverson.
 
25 years ago (1994)
•A small tornado is being blamed for damage at the Cardinal Drive-In and Dunkle Trailer area on the east edge of Luverne City Park.
Luverne Police Chief Keith Aanenson said Officer Russ Monson spotted a tornado from the Luverne Airport at about 7:15 p.m. Monday.
Shortly afterward, high winds or a tornado ripped away the sign and portions of the awning at the Cardinal Drive-In and mangled seven travel trailers parked farther east.    Winds also uprooted a large pine tree in the park and severed a nearby power pole. …
Nearly seven tenths of rain fell after the storm passed, and a tornado watch remained in effect until 1 a.m. on Tuesday.
 
50 years ago (1969)
•The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael L. Doyle, who for the past 22 years has been pastor of St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Luverne, will leave Thursday for a four-month visit to Ireland, his native homeland.
Father Doyle plans to return to Luverne in September after visiting two sisters and several nieces and nephews in Dublin, Ireland. “With the help of God, I’ll also visit with some of my old classmates,” Father Doyle said.
Born Aug. 3, 1889, at Bohola County Mayo, Ireland, he came to America in 1912. Father Doyle said, “That’s 1912 A.D.” He made his classical studies at St. Nath’s College in Mayo, Ireland, from 1903-1907. From 1907-1912 he attended Maynooth Seminary in Kildare, Ireland. In 1912 he entered the St. Paul Seminary and studied philosophy and theology before being ordained in 1914.
 
75 years ago (1944)
•Deposits in Rock County’s seven banks exceeded six million dollars as of April 13, the date of the April “call report,” and showed an increase of $409,055.90 for the period from Dec. 31, 1943 to April 13, 1944. Deposits amounted to $6,006,461.08 as compared to $5,697,405.18 on Dec. 31, whereas on June 30, last year, deposits were $4,865,615.00.
 
100 years ago (1919)
•Having exhausted every apparent source of obtaining information, without results, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Dell, of this city, have about given up hope of ever learning the exact fate of their son, Private Elmer J. Dell, who has been numbered among the missing in France since October 15th.
Private Dell was one of the Rock county boys who enlisted in old Co. A., and the first official report of his disappearance was received by the parents the first part of February, and this information stated that he had been missing since October 30th.
But Mr. and Mrs. Dell were aware of their son’s disappearance before that time, for they received a letter from their other son, Private Buril Dell, who enlisted at the same time, and who was a member of the same company in France that Elmer belonged to, and the brother wrote that Elmer disappeared on October 15th.
It was during the fighting in the Argonne Forest that the soldier disappeared and according to the information received from the brother, the point at which Elmer was last seen remained no man’s land for two weeks after the battle of October 15th.