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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 13, 2022The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on June 10, 1971. Who in the World Were Gimm and Byrne? Not everyone remembers Gimm and Byrne’s any more. There are still some, however, who do, and this writer is one of them. Now that Ohlen’s Café, which years ago was Gimm and Byrne’s, is closed, it is unlikely there will ever be a restaurant there again. So we’re going to reminisce a little in…
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 30, 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 29, 1943, edition of The Rock County Star Herald. A resident of Rock county since 1909, and a resident of Luverne since she and her husband retired from…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County HistorianAugust 23, 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 David E. Payne, one of Luverne’s pioneer presidents. The article appeared in the April 15, 1943, edition of The Rock County Star Herald. While in North…
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 HistorianJuly 12, 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 February 18, 1943 edition of The Rock County Star Herald. To the average reader of this article, a covered wagon is a kind of wagon described in stories about the Old…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJuly 05, 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. Lived on Milk Five Days From there he went back to LeMars where he worked for Dr. Foster, the man who, according to Everett, imported…
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