Diamond Club
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianNovember 01, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 27, 1943. “When we could see three stars in the sky, then it was quitting time,” declared D. W. “Dick” Campbell, Luverne, as he recalled the days…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianOctober 25, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 20, 1943 and is continued from last week. Corn Main Food Although he wouldn’t advocate trying it, Mr. Merkel knows that it would be possible to…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianOctober 18, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 20, 1943. Lycurgus N. (Coge) Merkel, Beaver Creek, one of Rock county’s pioneer settlers, is this week’s Diamond Club member. Mr.…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianOctober 11, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 13, 1943, and is continued from last week’s issue. (Continued from last week, featuring Mrs. Sarah Scott.) She remembers how two small boys who…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianOctober 04, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 13, 1943, and is continued from last week’s issue. The Biblical prophecy “there shall be wars and rumors of wars,” may be just another…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County HistorianSeptember 27, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 6, 1943. This is continued from last week’s issue of Mrs. Charles Brauer’s story. After living there six years, the Brauers moved to Missouri, in…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 20, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 6, 1943. Of all the trips she has ever made, the one perhaps remembered the best of all by Mrs. Charles Brauer, Luverne, was the voyage from…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County HistorianSeptember 06, 2022(Continued feature with Mathilda Schneekloth, Diamond Club member) The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. This article appeared in the April 29, 1943, edition of The Rock County Star Herald. By Betty Mann Mrs. Schneekloth says that…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianAugust 16, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. This article appeared in the April 15, 1943, edition of The Rock County Star Herald. Helping to move the buildings of an entire village using only oxen as motivating power, earning his own living at…
August 09, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. This article appeared in the April 15, 1943 edition of The Rock County Star Herald. Skiing, now a popular winter sport in Minnesota, served a practical purpose as well as being a form of…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianAugust 02, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. This article appeared in the April 1, 1943, edition of The Rock County Star Herald. The term “cost of production” is an expression which brings back memories to Mrs. Mina Carlisle of Battle…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJuly 26, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. This article appeared in the March 25, 1943, edition of The Rock County Star Herald. When Edward Byrne, Luverne, came west from Iowa to settle, South Dakota was still a part of Dakota…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJuly 19, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. This article appeared in the March 18, 1943 edition of The Rock County Star Herald. One of Clinton township’s well-known retired farmers is Bernard Slieter, Steen. Known more familiarly to his close…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 28, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. This article is continued from last week about William Everett. Survives “La Grippe” Siege It was in about 1878 when there was a siege of “la grippe,” then a very rare disease. He recalls that he was…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 21, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. March 11, 1943 “Can’t agree with you that Luverne’s as good a place as any,” declared William Everett, when someone commented that this part of Minnesota was a pretty fine spot for a home. “I’ll take…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 14, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. March 4, 1943 To have seen a real prince and princess as a boy was one of the many interesting experiences of William C. Tomlinson, Luverne. Mr. Tomlinson was the son of Joseph and Mary Tomlinson. He…
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