Remember When June 13, 2019

10 years ago (2009)
•Minnesota’s primary seat belt law went into effect Tuesday, giving both drivers and passengers even more incentive to buckle up.
The new law means drivers and passengers in all seats — including the back seat — must be buckled up or in the correct child restraint.
Making it a primary offense means law enforcement can stop motorists solely for seat belt violations. This includes both drivers and unbelted passengers.
 
25 years ago (1994)
•Monti Ossenfort made Luverne High School sports history by becoming the first player to qualify for the Minnesota State Class A Tennis Tournament during the section 3A Individual Tournament in Montevideo Wednesday and Thursday, May 25 and 26.
Ossenfort won four of five matches during the tournament and placed second to Benson senior Ben Jacobson in the 16-player singles field. The top two place earners in section competition advance to the state tournament. …
Ossenfort, a sophomore, is expected to represent southwest Minnesota well. The four matches he won during section play lasted just two sets. His lone loss went to a player who placed third at the state tournament last year and is ranked No. 2 in Class A this season.
 
50 years ago (1969)
•Reinhold Opp, who for the past three years has been superintendent at Magnolia High School, has resigned to become superintendent at Clearbrook High School.
Opp accepted the position as Magnolia principal in the fall of 1964 and replaced Lewis Schetnan as superintendent in the fall of 1966.
The Magnolia School Board hasn't named a replacement for Opp. He plans to move to Clearbrook with his family the last week in June. He’ll start in the Clearbrook system July 1.
 
75 years ago (1944)
•Eleven persons miraculously escaped injury, but two cars were badly damaged in a collision at the intersection of U.S. 75, a half mile west of Hardwick Sunday afternoon.
Driver of one of the cars was Charley Kemerling, of near Hardwick, while the other was driven by Hans Ask of Kanaranzi. There were four persons in the Kemerling car and seen in the Ask car. The accident occurred when Kemerling, who was headed east, on a side road, drove onto U. S. 75 on which Ask was traveling at the time. Impact of the collision tipped the Ask car over on its side.
Damage to the Kemerling car amounted to about $250 while damage to the Ask car was about $200.
 
100 years ago (1919)
•Plans have been completed for the modernization of Nelson Brothers’ department store front, and work is to be started thereon within a short time.
In the work of remodeling, the plate glass window lines will be moved out eighteen inches to conform with second-story walls, and the wide stairway at the west side of the store will be entirely eliminated, giving much additional display window space.
The floors of the show windows will be lowered about eighteen inches, and the iron pillars and all other visible steel supports for the plate glass front will be encased in brick of the same finish and style construction as that of the second floor front.
This will provide for a plate glass front that will extend out to the east and west walls of the store, on a line with the edge of the sidewalk, with entrance through four plate glass doors at the center.
These doors will open into a vestibule ten by fifteen feet in size, the plate glass show windows on the sides of the vestibule being on straight line, north and south. Entrance to the store proper will remain on about the same line as it is now, and will be through a revolving door. The plans provide for a plate glass door on each side of the revolving door, for use during the summer months.