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By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJanuary 14, 2020The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on January 13, 1905. The committee in charge of the Modern Woodmen’s annual dance which is to be given next Thursday, January 19, have completed all arrangements in a very satisfactory manner and the indications are that the dance will be one of the most enjoyable entertainments of the kind ever given by the lodge. As previously announced the…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJanuary 07, 2020The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on January 13, 1905. Barely a quorum of the members of the Maplewood Cemetery association turned out Monday evening to attend the annual meeting held in J. H. Furlow’s office. While this fact indicates the implicit faith and entire satisfaction of the lot owners in the present board, the officers would much prefer to have seen a large turnout.…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyDecember 17, 2019The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on December 4, 1931. Will Open Bids on New Paving December 22 Eleven Miles on No. 6 from Luverne to Iowa Line is Included in Projects Under Consideration 1932 Program Calls for 428 Miles of Concrete Paving Luverne to Adrian Link Will Make Continuous Pavement from Cities to Iowa and Dakota Boundaries Bids on 223 miles of truck highway…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyDecember 03, 2019The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on November 13, 1931. Women Leaders of Poultry Project Build Self-Feeders Models Fashioned are Conclusive Proof That Feminine Hands Can Efficiently Hit the Nail on the Head Women leaders have been “hitting the nail on the head” the past week as a result of their leader training meetings, which were held in Luverne Thursday and Friday of last…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyNovember 25, 2019The following appeared in The Rock County Star on November 6, 1931. Capone Men Visit Luverne? Smooth Strangers Pass $10 Counterfeit Bill on Local Café; Almost Make It $20 Federal Investigators Raid Gangers’ Den In Chicago and Find Set-Up For making Spurious Currency — Being Distributed in Rural Communities The activities of Al Capone, master gangster and criminal, may have included Luverne…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyNovember 19, 2019The following appeared in The Rock County Star on November 6, 1931. Luverne Cuts Employees’ Salaries $2000 Ten Per Cent Reduction To Lower Tax Levy One-Fifth; Every Office Is Affected George DeLate, Superin-tendent of Light Plant, Takes Biggest Loss — Town Police to Receive $90 Per Month The Luverne city council made a 10 per cent wage cut for every employee on the town payroll at the…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyNovember 12, 2019The following appeared in The Rock County Star on October 30, 1931. Bankers of Rock County Organize Organization of a Rock County Bankers’ Association was perfected at a meeting and banquet held at the Manitou hotel in Luverne Friday night. Until this organization was perfected, Rock county was the only county in the state not having a bankers’ association. Need for the…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyOctober 29, 2019The following appeared in The Rock County Star on October 18, 1929. Barbecue To Be Feature of Witch Day Gigantic Community Hallowe-en Party to be Held Here Oct. 31st Under Auspices of Commercial Club “Witch Day” will be featured in Luverne, on October 31st with entertain-ment and decorations appropriate to the Hallowe’en season and with a program climaxed by a tremendous Barbecue, at which all…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 24, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on September 7, 1967. Crowds Throng Here To Make Centennial Whopping Success Luverne’s 100th anniversary birthday party was a whopping success. Young and old alike came to celebrate — many in costume, many in whiskers, the rest in modern day garb appropriate for the occasion. It was a fun event for three days and…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 20, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on July 8, 1965 First National Bank To Open In New Location On Monday Moving day for the First National Bank of Luverne is this weekend. First National will move to its new building at Main and McKenzie over the July 10 weekend and will be open for business as usual at the new location Monday morning. The Grand Opening is scheduled for July…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 06, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on July 1, 1965. TALK ABOUT A WET SPRING- She Pumps Water Every Morning At 3 A. M. To Keep Well From Getting Too Full “It’s the absolute truth,” says Mrs. Elsie Herschberger, Kenneth. “It’s been so wet this spring that I have to get up every morning at 3 o’clock to pump out my well, or it gets too full.” It’s no…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 23, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on July 1, 1965. No Outgoing Mail After 6 P.M. Service on Night Mail Cut Tuesday Beginning Tuesday night, there was no outgoing mail service for any mail dropped in the outside collection box at the postoffice after 6 p.m. The announcement was made by Assistant Postmaster Arlo Bier-Bierkamp after receipt of a letter from…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 16, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on June 17, 1965. Odd Jobs Club Now Open From 9-11 On Week Days A plan to operate the Odd Jobs Club from the Luverne Community Center was announced this week by Rev. Wayne Hoffman, chairman of the Center. A telephone and desk, to be manned by volunteer help, has been installed for coordinating work with employers and…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 09, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on June 10, 1965. Three Stores Hold Grand Openings New Fronts Give Main St. New Look Grand opening days will be held this week at three Luverne businesses with more than a thousand dollars in free merchandise prizes to be given away Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Along with this issue of the Star-Herald is a special commemorative…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 14, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on April 10, 1958. Past Week’s Precipitation Totals 1.14 In. After an unusually dry period the first three months of 1958, Rock County came in for some brisk rainfall in the past week. Starting last Thursday and continuing intermittently through Sunday a total of 1.14 inches of moisture was recorded at the Luverne precipitation gauge. The…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 07, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on April 10, 1958. City May Rent South Air Strip Luverne’s airport committee was authorized to negotiate for a lease of the landing strip south of the city on U.S. Highway No. 75 by the City Council Tuesday night. Benjamin Vander Kooi, representing the city’s airport committee, appeared before the council and urged the city…
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