1942

1942: Diamond Club member Charley Ehlers' green thumb fully on display
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
December 09, 2025
The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 1, 1942. “I’m having some of the fun now that I didn’t have time for when I was a youngster,” declares Charley Ehlers, Luverne, who is this week’s Diamond Club Member. Charley, who reached his 75th birthday in November says that the fact that one has passed the three-quarter century mark does not mean that he is getting old unless he…
1942: All businesses close Saturday at same time
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
April 27, 2021
The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 9, 1942. 9 P.M. Saturday Closing Advised Civic And Commerce Executive Committee Holds First Meeting Holding its first meeting in the Luverne National bank, the new executive board of the Luverne Civic and Commerce association recommended Monday evening that all retail businesses in this city close promptly at 9 p.m. on Saturday nights.…

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