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By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 27, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 23, 1944. There was adventure aplenty for Ole J. Skyberg, Luverne, during his youth. Unlike most boys born of parents of average means, he…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 20, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 16, 1944. Nels Lunde of Luverne continues story about life on the prairie. Cold in House If people would have had the money in those…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 13, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 16, 1944. A 26-year-old Clay county, Minnesota, farmer rode into Fargo, North Dakota, on top a load of choice prairie hay one day in 1897. As…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 06, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 9, 1944. F.A. Leicher reflects on when a merchant helped get materials to his repair shop in Trosky. “That made me sit down and think.…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianNovember 29, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 9, 1944. “Every bump has an element for boost if you keep your eyes open, and take it from me, there are plenty of bumps in this world,” said…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianNovember 26, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 2, 1944. (Chris Fitzer continues his life story.) Farm machinery was gradually becoming modernized when he was a boy, but he recalls how he…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianNovember 15, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 2, 1944. One of Luverne’s better known retired business men still likes to think of himself as a farmer, although it has been about 19…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianNovember 08, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 24, 1944. John Stavenger continues his story. During the many years he (John Stavenger) worked as a carpenter, he never worked on a finer…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianOctober 25, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 17. Ernest A. Meyer, Luverne, continues his life’s story. Drove Mules Mr. Meyer helped with the breaking of the horses, and whenever his…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianOctober 11, 2023By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on February 3, 1944. (August Rollert’s story continues of how he arrived in Rock County.) In the fall of 1895,…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 27, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on January 20, 1944. (Editor’s Note—Because its content is much the same as “Diamond Club” biographies, the Star Herald this week is devoting the “…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 13, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on January 13, 1944. Perhaps one of the most vivid descriptions of a pioneer farm home ever to be printed in this column will be the one that follows…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 06, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 6, 1944. Perhaps one of the happiest 10-year-old boys to come to Rock county in 1878 was John P. Ingelson, now a resident of Luverne. When…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 01, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Dec. 16, 1943. An old autograph, sent here recently by Leo D. Meany, of Austin, Minn., and mentioned briefly in “Chaff” brought back many memories…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianAugust 15, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Dec. 2, 1943. William John Spease, Luverne, now 75, is of the opinion that a man is just as old at 50, or young at 80, and it is the latter goal that…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianAugust 08, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Nov. 25, 1943. Continued from last week. Frank Fritz recalls the “Good Old Days.” “Then I went to Hills and became a Norwegian,” he related. “I…
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