Remember When Oct. 20, 2016

10 years ago (2006)
•For more than 20 years ice cream lovers have enjoyed Dilly Bars and specialty Blizzards at the Dairy Queen on Main Street and Highway 75.
But a sign in he window now says “Closed. Thanks for your business.”
Owner Marian Halverson operated the Dairy Queen for 12 years and said she’s getting out of the business for personal reasons.
(The former Dairy Queen is now the home of The Laundry Room.)
 
25 years ago (1991)
•Every year for the past five years, one or more teams of Luverne golfers have participated in the Chaska Rotary Club Invitational at Hazeltine National Golf Club.
This year’s participants were Mike Hesch, Mike Kunkel, Tom Foster and Jerry Stordahl.
With an eight-under-par for the scrambler event, the team managed to place third in the overall standings.
 
50 years ago (1966)
•Sunshine, clouds, rain, hail, lightning, thunder, snow and frost. The weather in Rock County ran the gamut over the weekend. ...
Considerable hail and wind damage was reported to the unharvested soybean crop west and northwest of Luverne. Lloyd Rapp, Luverne turkey grower, also had a severe loss when about 557 turkeys crowded together and smothered.
The hardest hit area as far as the hail is concerned was near Jasper.
•Luverne High School’s 1966 Homecoming royalty were Queen Diane Mollberg and King David Lorenzen.
 
75 years ago (1941)
•Beauty and modern design have been artfully combined with comfort and entertainment values in Luverne’s new Pix theatre, which will open its doors to the movie-going public at a matinee this Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock, showing Tom Harmon, All-American football player of 1940, in “Harmon of Michigan.”
Located in the former Gerber store building on Main street, the Pix is owned by Herman Jochims, also owner of the Palace theatre here, and is managed by Mark (Doc) Beaubien, manager of the Pix in its former location for the last five years.
 
100 years ago (1916)
•Preliminary steps toward the end that the people of Luverne may again be privileged to enjoy the pleasures that accrue from a conveniently located municipal skating pond during the coming winter, were taken the latter part of last week, when O. P. Huntington, as president of the council, secured the use of the half block of ground north of the Omaha station for this purpose. ...
At that time the undertaking was purely an experiment, but with the large and steadily increasing number of  young people, and not a few of the older ones, that spent many delightful hours on the ice, the project rapidly became one of benefit and pleasure to a large percentage of the people of the city, and it is in recognition of this that the council has taken the initiative at this time.