Yesteryear
100 Years Ago
(Jan. 19, 1923)
Sunnyside school house destroyed by fire last week
The Sunnyside school house was destroyed by fire last Thursday evening. The school house was one of the old timers and is not a very great loss. It is though that the fire caught from the chimney in some way. Probably a modern school house will be built and it should not be impossible to get one or two other districts to go in with this one and build a good two-room school. A modern school house should be well insured as most of them are like kiln-dried lumber; the least little accident may set fire to them.
Weather ideal this year for Locy's harvesting of ice
The ice harvest has just been gathered in. There has been a good crop and the weather has been just right. H. Locy, the ice man, has been harvesting and he tells us that his granaries are now full and that he has all he will need for the coming season. Locy said that he has just put up 1,200,000 pounds of ice.
Gislason wants stolen coat returned as soon as possible
B.B. Gislason wants the fellow who ran off with his fur-lined coat to return it as soon as convenient. He says he is not certain who the fellow was but this being the thirteenth coat that he has lost in just this way, he is very anxious to have it returned, as he has always been of the opinion that thirteen is a lucky number and not an unlucky one.
75 Years Ago
(Jan. 23, 1948)
Askdal, Schulte, Buysse elected MBA officers
Minneota Businessmen's Association members elected Jonas E. Askdal as president of the organization for the coming year at the annual meeting held in the Legion Hall Wednesday evening. Askdal served as vice president last year. Dr. J.M. Schulte was named vice president of the association and Walter Buysse was named secretary and treasurer. H.W. Tillemans and Virgil Ufkin served the past year as president and secretary-treasurer, respectively. The most important item that came up during the meeting was whether or not to continue closing stores on Saturday evenings during the winter months. Almost unanimously, the members voted to close on Saturday evenings until the first of March.
Opening cornerstone box at Hope reveals interesting items
A cornerstone box placed at Hope Lutheran Church in 1889 was opened on Tuesday evening during an annual meeting. The cornerstone was taken when the church moved last fall. The original name of the congregation was Immanuel First Norwegian Congregation. Much of the material in the box was written in the Norwegian language and was translated at the meeting by Olaf Dovre. After translations are complete, some of these documents will be placed in a new cornerstone when the new church is built. Some of the items in the cornerstone included a letter from former pastor Rev. Hoel dated May, 1889; five church magazines; a Norwegian newspaper; two Norwefgian hymnbooks; a Norwegian Bible; an 1889 Indian head penny; and a list of the members of the Ladies' Aid.
Taunton Catholic Church has record year financially
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Taunton broke all records in all departments of financial receipts last year, according to Rev. John Pawelski, pastor of the church. Rev. Pawelski declared this week that spiritually and financially the year of 1947 was the best in the history of the parish. Total receipts for the year amounted to $10,478.97 and that new records were established in pew rent receipts, bazaar, monthly collections, plate collections, and the children's collections. There are 104 families in the parish. Rev. Pawelski also told the Mascot that a convent home will be built at some point this summer if nuns can be secured.
50 Years Ago
(Jan. 18, 1973)
MBA elects three new directors at annual meeting
Three men were elected to the board of directors of the Minneota Businessmen's Association when that organization met for their annual meeting Monday evening in the auditorium of the public grade school after a customary dinner. The three men who were named to the board were Dr. Robert Schulte, Jack Rehkamp and Juston Andersen. These men are to meet with the entire board next Monday evening to name a president and vice president. The office of secretary and treasurer, held for many years by Carl Strand is appointive.
Interesting program planned for annual upcoming crop show
Final details for the 20th annual Tri-County Crop Show and educational program include a variety of interesting subjects and displays. Adults, 4-Hers and FFA members from Lincoln, Lyon and Yellow Medicine counties will be exhibiting their best varieties of farm crops. The entries include 32 classes of corn, grain, legumes, flax, soybeans, roughage and eggs. The educational program will be held at the Legion Hall and will include guest speaker Robert Jacobs, extension animal husbandman. It will include an interesting presentation on new growth stimulants for beef cattle to replace stilbestrol.
25 Years Ago
(Jan. 21, 1998)
March of Dimes auction to be held in Porter on Jan. 30
Committee members are gathering items to be auctioned off at the annual March of Dimes fundraiser on Jan. 30 in Porter. The members have been soliciting area merchants and accepting items that will entice local people to come and bid, all for charity. Nancy Longhenry is the president, Walter Larson is vice president, and Ervin Esping is secretary/treasurer. Other board directors are Evelyn Regnier, Marlin Friis, Roger Longhenry and Dick Regnier.
Donkey basketball coming here; four teams signed up
The Minneota Basketball Boosters are sponsoring Bob Crosby's Donkey Basketball on Feb. 1. This event is a fundraiser to purchase new uniforms for the younger basketball teams at Minneota. There will also be a Whopper Feed in the high school cafeteria that night. The first game will include the "City Slickers", businessmen and women from the area, against the Senioritas, a team of energetic ladies. The second game will be "Farm Dogs", a group of local farmers, against the "Whistlers", a group of school coaches and personnel.
Candidates chosen for Sno-ball festivities here
Students at Minneota High School have chosen their candidates the Sno-ball festivities. Seniors include Sarah Lundberg, Kristi Coover, Galen Lanners and Paul Timmerman. Juniors are Dana Pohlen, Kari Gorecki, James Telste and Adam Przymus. Sophomore candidates are Jodi Timmerman, Angie Haugen, Justin Differding and Josh Bottelberghe. Freshmen are Chessie Yeo, Brittany Dalager, Chris Buysse and Dude Myhre.