Remember When May 19, 2016

10 years ago (2006)
•Betty Mann will play an old pump organ at 7 p.m. Monday in the Rock County Historical Museum during the tri-annual meeting. The organ was recently donated by Erma Schubbe, Hills, who has kept the organ in her family. It was her great aunt’s and the Rock County Historical Society also has her aunt’s book of music that was used while playing the organ. …
The organ was made in Chicago by M. Schultz Co. in the late 1800s. Schubbe is a former board member of the Rock County Historical Society.
 
25 years ago (1991)
•The Library Building Committee isn’t ready for a moving van yet.
The committee and Librarian Glenda Bremer met Tuesday with Luverne construction manager Virgil Christensen to discuss preliminaries for remodeling the former First Minnesota Bank building. The five-person committee is composed of representatives from the Luverne City Council, the Rock County Board of Commissioners and the Library Board.
 
50 years ago (1966)
•This is Soil Stewardship Week. Officially the week is proclaimed to run from May 15 to 22. The week is a national observance. In counties and soil conservation districts throughout the nation there are special observances in churches and communities. …
In Rock County special stewardship materials were made available to all the churches in the district by the County Soil and Water Conservation Committee. A total of twenty-three congregations are participating in some matter
 
75 years ago (1941)
•The miniature airplane contest being sponsored by the Luverne Rotary club, will be held tomorrow afternoon, the 17th, at 3 o’clock at the Al. Christensen farm northeast of town. The contest is open to boys from 9 years up, and reports to those in charge indicate that at least 30 boys will participate. The public is invited to come out and witness the contest. The committee in charge is Mayor H.L. Fay, chairman, Rev. Calvin Knock, Jake Schoon, Bob Gardner and W.E. Norelius.
 
100 years ago (1916)
•The initial showing of “The Battle Cry of Peace,” said to be one of the two greatest motion picture productions thus far produced, was made yesterday afternoon at the New Palace theatre, with a second portrayal last evening.
Manager Herman Jochims has secured the attraction for three days, and afternoon and evening presentations will accordingly be made today and tomorrow. The prices of tickets for the matinee performances are 25 and 35 cents, with no seats reserved. For the evening performances reserved seat tickets will be sold, the prices being 35 and 50 cents.