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1944: McDowell recalls waiting out blizzard in school
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
March 13, 2024
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 May, 11 1944. Did you ever wonder what you would have done if you had been caught away from home during the famous blizzard of 1888? Jim McDowell…
1943: Fritz continues story about the 'good old days'
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
August 08, 2023
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 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…
1943: Cora Mitchell shares life story with Diamond Club
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
February 28, 2023
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 Aug. 19, 1943. “When the Kiebach family moved from Iowa to Rock county,” declared Mrs. William Mitchell, Luverne, I thought they were going to clear…

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