1941: Sundum is newest diamond club member
The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Nov. 27, 1941.
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By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 24, 2025The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group. Members of this group consist of persons age 75 and older. This article appeared in The Rock County Star on Oct. 9, 1941. Did you ever try to herd a bunch of hogs – or even try to chase one into an open door or thru a gate? If so, you have somewhat of an idea how hard Henry J. Lauck, Steen, had to work at the age of eight to get…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 17, 2025The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group. Members of this group consist of persons age 75 and older. This article appeared in The Rock County Star on Sept. 25, 1941. (Robert Norton continues his story with almost being caught in a blizzard.) The storm was so bad that they could not see the buildings, and although they walked in the general direction of them, missed them…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 10, 2025The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group. Members of this group consist of persons age 75 and older. This article appeared in The Rock County Star on Sept. 25, 1941. As far as is known, no one in Rock county has lived on the same farm as long as Robert C. Norton who resides a mile east and one and one-half miles north of Luverne. It was 72 years ago that Mr. Norton…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 03, 2025The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group. Members of this group consist of persons age 75 and older. This article appeared in The Rock County Star on Sept. 18, 1941. Twins, who came to Rock county to break the prairie in 1884, are this week’s Diamond Club members. They are Carl and Julius Wiese, above, the former a resident of Luverne, and the latter of Crookston. Julius,…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianAugust 27, 2025The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group. Members of this group consist of persons age 75 and older. This article appeared in The Rock County Star on Sept. 11, 1941. Because there was not enough to do on an eight acre farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, for 11 children, James Horne, 79, of Luverne decided the thing for him to do was to find work and support himself. A visit…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianAugust 20, 2025The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group. Members of this group consist of persons age 75 and older. This article appeared in The Rock County Star on Sept. 4, 1941. Holding an Australian cavalryman’s horse, hearing the whine of bullets and watching four powerful horses slip and slide on an icy road in an attempt to move a heavy cannon sounds like story book stuff. But in…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianAugust 13, 2025The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group. Members of this group consist of persons age 75 and older. This article appeared in The Rock County Star on Aug. 28, 1941. Ask John Oye, retired Mound township farmer who lives here, where he was born, he’ll tell you frankly he isn’t sure. At the time when he came into the world, the part of Europe where his parents lived was…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianAugust 06, 2025The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group. Members of this group consist of persons age 75 and older. This article appeared in The Rock County Star on Aug. 21, 1941. From the standpoint of years, it is doubtful if there is a public official in Minnesota today who has held an elective office as long as O. E. Ferguson, former county clerk of court and present judge of…- By Betty MannJuly 23, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 7, 1963. Hills had voting machine company in early 1900s Remember when C.S. Bruce and August Rathjen ran for county auditor of Rock county? Or when John Lind ran on the democratic ticket for governor of Minnesota? He was opposed by Samuel Van Sant on the Republican ticket and Brent Haugen on the prohibition ticket that year. Chances…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJuly 16, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 14, 1963. Council votes to increase hospital rates The Luverne city council last Tuesday night gave the Community Hospital board the go-ahead to raise the room rate at the hospital here. The raise in rates approval came following a recommendation by Howard Nelson of the hospital board. The new rates, effective March 1, are as follows…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJuly 09, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 7, 1963. Sportsmen plan fox hunt here on Sunday The Rock county sportsmen’s club is sponsoring a fox hunt this Sunday, it was announced by Louis Shelby, president of the club. The hunt is slated to begin at 1 p.m. sharp. Anyone wishing to participate may do so by being at the sportsmen’s club by 1, according to Shelby. Only shotguns…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 25, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 24, 1963. Production is going as per schedule at MID Packing Company, according to Don Dennis, general manager. The new plant, shown above, has been in operation for little over a month. When full capacity output is reached, 450 head of cattle will be processed per day. “We’re happy with our employees,” said Dennis. “Their willingness,…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 18, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 10, 1963. (Story continues from last week.) Teacher Problem Mentioned Another concern of the Hardwick board, expressed at the meeting was that of obtaining qualified teachers. They pointed out that they had an excellent staff of experienced teachers at the present time, but that replacements were becoming more and more of a problem.…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 11, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 10, 1963. School board at Hardwick explores merger possibility The Hardwick school board indicated here Monday night that it wants to be ready, should the legislature enact a bill this session, requiring elementary districts to merge with secondary districts, maintaining high schools. The Hardwick board met with the Luverne board…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 04, 2025The following article was published in The Rock County Star Herald on Jan. 3, 1963. Nearly half million paid in corn loans Rock County’s 1962 corn crop not only was a good crop in total bushels but moisture conditions are better than we have seen in many years, according to Jim Lewis, manager of the county ASC office. Most corn moisture runs from 16% to 19% moisture. Corn can contain 20%…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 21, 2025The following article was previously written by Carole Olson and published in The Rock County Star Herald on Oct. 8, 1992. County supported nineteen newspapers over its years At one time Rock County was peppered with newspapers. But times have changed. Only the Star Herald and the Hills Crescent are still published in Rock County today. At the time Arthur P. Rose was publishing his “…
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