1958
October 11, 2023The Luverne High School Class of 1958 gathered for a 65th reunion Saturday, Sept. 30, at Big Top Tents in Luverne. Pictured are (front, from left) Dennis Jorgensen, Lavonne (Padilla) Reiner, Marlys (Top) Baxter, Mary (Smit) Donth, Ardyth (Hansen) Bowen, Lora Lee (Schmidt) Ruthenbeck, Orrin Anderson, Wes Pierson, (back) Merlyn Groth, Judy (Schmuck) Hagen, Wanda (LaFrenz) Kafka, Donna (Kallsen)…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 18, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on April 17, 1958. Luverne Lions Club begins The Luverne Lions Club came to life officially last Wednesday night when John Lutter, Lions District Governor, presented the new group’s charter to its president, Donald Stoterau, at left. Charter members of the Luverne Lions Club and their wives attended the charter banquet. The…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 11, 2019Only 15 cities with more than 2,500 population in the State of Minnesota have a lower tax rate than Luverne. Only one of them is in southwestern Minnesota. According to an announcement by the Minnesota Taxpayers Association, Luverne’s tax rate for 1957, payable in 1958, is 180.36 mills, which is lower than its neighboring cities. Nearby cities that have a higher tax rate include…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 04, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on April 10, 1958. County Road Improvement Contracts Total $162,437 Rock county’s Board of Commissions Tuesday awarded a total of $162,437.27 in three contracts for road improvement this year. Major projects will be the installation of a gravel base and bituminous surface costing $102,898.67 for 10.7 miles on C.S.A. No. 5.…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 28, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on April 10, 1958. Phone Subscribers Will Get Call Explaining Dial System Starting Monday, April 14, Northwestern Bell Telephone Company will start calling all Luverne telephone customers, according to N. C. Johnson, local manager. “The reason for these calls is to explain the new dial service which will start Sunday, May 4…
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…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyApril 30, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on April 3, 1958. Special Good Friday and Easter Services Are Planned Most Rock county churches will have special Good Friday Easter Festival services tomorrow and Sunday. There will be no Community Good Friday services this year. This year individual churches have scheduled Good Friday services or will go together with…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyApril 16, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on April 3, 1958. Free Movies For Children Saturday A free movie extravaganza of cartoons will be enjoyed by Luverne area youngsters Saturday at the Palace Theater here at two special matinee movies. There will be one youngster who is going to be made especially happy. A shiny $40 bicycle will be won by a lucky boy or girl…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyApril 09, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on March 27, 1958. Frick Elected To Head New Business Corp. Officers and committee heads were elected by the Luverne Industrial Corporation at a meeting here last week. Named as president of the newly incorporated group is Ray Frick. Larry Brinkman is vice president; Magnus Christensen, secretary-treasurer, and Merle Geving, executive…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyApril 02, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on March 27, 1958. Telephone Rate Increase Goes Into Effect Tuesday A telephone rate increase, granted by the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse commission last week, will go into effect here Tuesday, April 1. The rate increase, which will affect 134 Northwestern Bell Telephone company exchanges was requested by the telephone…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMarch 26, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on March 27, 1958. Star-Herald Begins 86th Year Today With this issue, the Rock County Star-Herald begins its 86th year of weekly publication. This is issue No. 1 of Volume 86, which means that the Star-Herald has been bringing news and shopping bargain advertisements to its readers for 85 years. The newspaper…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMarch 19, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on March 27, 1958. Merchants To Hold Annual Easter Bunny Day Saturday Free Candy For Children Ages 5 Through 12 Luverne’s second annual “Easter Bunny Day” will be held here Saturday, under the auspices of the Luverne Civic and Commerce Association promotion committee. Free bags of Easter candy will be provided for youngsters ages 5 to 12,…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMarch 12, 2019The following appeared in the Rock County Star Herald on March 20, 1958. Organization Of Industrial Group Completed Corporation To Promote New Business Here Articles of incorporation for the Luverne Industrial Corp. were completed this week and sent to the Minnesota Secretary of State for filing, it was reported yesterday. The new corporation is the group that will spearhead this community’s…
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