Remember When May 30, 2019

10 years ago (2009)
•A first-ever Memorial Candlelight Vigil unfolded Sunday night in pristine weather on the Rock County Courthouse lawn.
It was a last-minute idea that attracted a modest crowd for a poignant ceremony at sundown.
About 100 people gathered by candlelight around the stately Rock County Veterans Memorial to pay tribute to local soldiers who were killed or missing in action.
Rock County Administrator Kyle Oldre served as master of ceremonies.
 
25 years ago (1994)
•Quentin Aanenson’s “A Fighter  Pilot’s Story,” the epic video of the former Luverne man’s experiences during World War II, will be aired nationwide on PBS during the first and second Saturdays in June. …
The reason for showing the film on two separate nights is its length. The initial segment runs for one hour and 30 minutes long.
Aanenson, now retired  and living in Bethesda, MD, originally wrote and produced “A Fighter Pilot’s Story” in response to requests by his children and grandchildren to share his World War II experiences. He spent two years gathering photos and action films and sorting through more than 700 letters he and his future wife exchanged during the time he was overseas.
 
50 years ago (1969)
•One hundred and nine of the 142 graduating seniors at Luverne High School plan to continue their education next fall. Twenty-one seniors plan to work, four plan to enter the service, two plan to get married and six have no definite plans.
Sixty-eight of the 109 students who plan to continue their education will be working toward a four-year degree. Four plan to attend junior college and 37 plan to attend some type of special or trade school.
 
75 years ago (1944)
•Eleven persons miraculously escaped injury, but two cars were badly damaged in a collision at the intersection of U. S. 75, a half mile west of Hardwick Sunday afternoon.
Driver of one of the cars was Charley Kemerling, of near Hardwick, while the other was driven by Hans Ask of Kanaranzi. There were four persons in the Kemerling car and seven in the Ask car. The accident occurred when Kemerling, who was headed east, on a side road, drove onto U. S. 75 on which Ask was traveling at the time. Impact of the collision  tipped the Ask car over on its side.
Damage to the Kemerling car amounted to about $250 while damage to the Ask car was about $4200.
 
100 years ago (1919)
•The Graaf clothing and shoe store, of this city, which has been under the ownership and management of Chas W. Graaf for the last twenty years, was sold this week to the Cooper Clothing Co., of LeMars, Ia. An inventory of the stock is now being taken, and as soon as this is completed the new company will be given possession.
The Cooper Co., of which A. C. Cooper is president, is at present operating a chain of five clothing and shoe stores, which stores are located at Hawarden, Paullina, Kingsley, Cherokee and LeMars, Iowa.
The company some time ago decided to open a clothing and shoe store in this city, and accordingly leased the first floor of the Coffey building to be erected this summer on the site of the old Vienna bakery, and the purchase of the Graaf store is in furtherance of the company’s original plans.
Under the company’s contract with Mr. Coffey, the new building is to be ready for occupancy September 1st, at which time a complete new set of store fixtures and new stocks of clothing and shoes are to be installed therein.