Twenty-eight booths and 37 children drew a crowd of buyers Monday night at the Youth Trade Show hosted at the Take 16 Brewery in Luverne.
School-aged children were invited to sell items at the two-hour event that was inspired by Take 16’s general manager Luke Rensink’s daughter Mila.
She started “Mila’s Bracelets” in July, first selling her wares at a block party hosted at the brewery.
“I wanted to earn a little bit of money,” Mila said. “I got $80.”
She promptly put 25 percent of her earnings back into her business, saved another 25 percent and spent 50 percent.
“I spent the money on tickets for rides at the fair,” Mila said.
The Youth Trade Show opens the doors to other entrepreneurs like Mila to debut their wares to the public.
In addition to bracelets, the youth worked alone or worked with partners to make items such as bakery goods, jewelry, craft items, crayons, key chains, fishing lures, slime, fire starters and chunky-knit pumpkins.

Pap probate
STATE OF MINNESOTA probate COURT
                                                                         DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF ROCK                                                                     PROBATE DIVISION
 
In Re:Estate of                                                              Court File No. 67-PR-22-210
Donald Norman Pap,
a/k/a Donald N. Pap, a/k/a Donald Pap,           ORDER AND NOTICE OF HEARING
Deceased                                           FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
IN SUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION
AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
 
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND CREDITORS:
 
It is Ordered and Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of October, 2022, at  8:30 O'clock A.M., a hearing will be held in the above named Court at Rock County Courthouse, Luverne, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the will of the above named deceased, dated May 9, 2011, and for the appointment of Anna Jean Pap, whose address is 203 Oak Drive, #208, Luverne, Minnesota 56156, as personal representative of the estate of the above named decedent in supervised administration, and that any objections thereto must be filed with the Court. That, if proper, and no objections are filed, said personal representatives will be appointed to administer the estate, to collect all assets, pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, and sell real and personal property, and do all necessary acts for the estate. Upon completion of the administration, the representative shall file a final account for the allowance and shall distribute the estate to the persons thereto entitled as ordered by the Court, and close the estate.
Notice is further given that ALL CREDITORS having claims against said estate are required to present the same to said personal representatives or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this notice or said claims will be barred.
 
Date Filed: September 5, 2022 /s/ Terry S. Vajgrt
District Court Judge
 
Douglas E. Eisma /s/ Natalie Reisch Attorney for Petitioner Court Administrator
Eisma and Eisma
130 East Main (COURT SEAL)
Luverne, MN 56156
(507) 283-4828
I.D. #158343
(09-15, 09-22)

Celebrations
Doreen Rollag will be celebrating 70 years as organist and pianist Sunday, Sept. 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., following the worship service at Palisade Lutheran Church. A meal will be provided.
 
Card showers
Robert (Bob) Fick will celebrate his 85th birthday on Thursday, Sept. 22. Greetings may be sent to 1479 County Highway 4, Luverne, MN 56156.
 
Bev Viessman will celebrate her birthday on Saturday, Sept. 17. Greetings may be sent to 500 Phyleon Drive, Luverne, MN 56156.

Gort probate
STATE OF MINNESOTA probate COURT
                                                                         DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF ROCK                                                                     PROBATE DIVISION
 
In Re: Estate of                                                              Court File No. 67-PR-22-212
Judith Lynn Gort,
Deceased                                                 ORDER AND NOTICE OF HEARING
FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
IN SUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION
AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
 
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND CREDITORS:
It is Ordered and Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of October, 2022, at  8:30 O'clock a.m., a hearing will be held in the above named Court at Rock County Courthouse, Luverne, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the will of the above named deceased, dated May 3, 2011, and for the appointment of David W. Gort whose address is 507 SE 19th St., Willmar, Minnesota 56201, as personal representative of the estate of the above named decedent in supervised administration, and that any objections thereto must be filed with the Court. That, if proper, and no objections are filed, said personal representative will be appointed to administer the estate, to collect all assets, pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, and sell real and personal property, and do all necessary acts for the estate.  Upon completion of the administration, the representative shall file a final account for the allowance and shall distribute the estate to the persons thereto entitled as ordered by the Court, and close the estate.
Notice is further given that ALL CREDITORS having claims against said estate are required to present the same to said personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this notice or said claims will be barred.
 
Date Filed: September 5, 2022 /s/ Terry S. Vajgrt
District Court Judge
 
Damon T. Eisma /s/ Natalie Reisch Attorney for Petitioner Court Administrator
Eisma and Eisma
130 East Main (COURT SEAL)
Luverne, MN 56156
(507) 283-4828
I.D. #249269
(09-15, 09-22)

LSS meals at Generations
 
Monday, Sept. 19: Chicken-fried steak and mashed potatoes with gravy, Italian blend, dinner roll, dessert.
Tuesday, Sept. 20: Ham, baked potato, carrots, dinner roll, dessert.
Wednesday, Sept. 21: Tuna pasta salad, tomato wedges, pears, dessert.
 Thursday, Sept. 22: Meatloaf, au gratin potatoes, Italian blend, dessert.
Friday, Sept. 23: Turkey and cheese sandwich, potato salad, peaches, dessert.
LSS Dining offers well-balanced and affordable meals in a community atmosphere.
Call Lynette Hoiland at 283-9846, extension 11 to reserve one day prior, to arrange to pick up a dinner or for home-delivered meals.
Gift certificates are available at the meal site or online at www.lssmn.org/nutrition.

10 years ago (2012)
•Gary Papik of Papik Motors, Luverne, has been selected as the 2013 Time Quality Dealer of the Year nominee representing Minnesota.
The Time Magazine Dealer of the Year Award is one of the automobile industry’s most prestigious and highly coveted awards for new car dealers.
Recipients are among the nation’s most successful auto dealers who have also demonstrated a long-standing commitment to effective community service.
The award is presented in partnership with Ally Financial and in cooperation with the National Automobile Dealers Association.
 
25 years ago (1997)
•A Luverne man raced his way to a national championship during last week’s International Motor Contest Association Super Nationals staged at Boone, Iowa.
Brett Stegenga, an IMCA sprint car driver from Luverne, captured a huge purse by winning the 20-lap championship race for his class Thursday. The victory earned the local driver $1,800 and $1,000 in prizes.
For Stegenga, Thursday’s national title was the second one he has earned in his career. His first sprint car national championship came in 1992.
 
50 years ago (1972)
•Luverne police are investigating a break-in at Ohlen’s Corn Crib sometime between 2 and 4 a.m. on Saturday morning.
The burglars netted about $50 to $75 in change, most of it obtained from breaking into a cigarette machine.
The burglary was discovered around 4:05 a.m. when Orville Ohlen stopped at his business to pick up some keys before leaving on a business trip.
Entry was gained by breaking into the side door.
 
75 years ago (1947)
•The Rev. T. A. Rodsater, who for more than a half century has been a Lutheran minister, preached his farewell sermon last Sunday at the Bethlehem Lutheran church where he served as pastor nearly 44 years. Although he resigned on January 1, he continued to serve until his successor, the Rev. Erling Thompson, was called. The new minister will conduct his first services in his new parish this coming Sunday.
The Rev. Rodsater was ordained at the West Lutheran church, Manchester, October 1, 1896. His first parish was at Anaconda, Montana. From 1899 to 1908, he served at Forest City, Iowa, going from there to Brandon, S.D. where he was pastor from 1908 to 1913. From Brandon, he went to Hills, where he has since served the Bethlehem congregation. He also served as pastor of the Palisade church for a number of years.
 
100 years ago (1922)
•Preparations are now being completed by the Quartzite Quarries, Inc., for touching off the largest blast of dynamite in the history of the company. This will be done the first of the week, either Sunday or Monday.
The charge will consist of 7,000 pounds of dynamite, which will be placed in seven eight-foot holes and all ignited at the same time. It is expected that this explosion will push out a ledge of rock equivalent to 35,000 tons.
In the notable blast of August 1921, five thousand pounds of dynamite were used, five holes being used at that time for the planting of the explosive at a depth of about 75 feet. The coming blast will be planned along the same lines as last year, a thousand pounds of dynamite being placed in each of the seven holes.
The Dupont Power Co., of Minneapolis, will make a special delivery of the dynamite to be used, either today or tomorrow, making the delivery by motor truck.

Gath probate 
STATE OF MINNESOTA PROBATE COURT
                                                                         DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF ROCK                                                                     PROBATE DIVISION
 
In Re: Estate of                                                              Court File No. 67-PR-22-213
Ronald Junior Gath,
a/k/a Ronald J. Gath, a/k/a/ Ronald Gath,
Deceased                                        ORDER AND NOTICE OF HEARING
FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
IN SUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION
AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
 
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND CREDITORS:
It is Ordered and Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of October, 2022, at  8:30 O'clock A.M., a hearing will be held in the above named Court at Rock County Courthouse, Luverne, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the will of the above named deceased, dated May 25, 2018, and for the appointment of Beverly J. Gath, whose address is 1121 Central Fairway Drive, Luverne, Minnesota 56156, as personal representative of the estate of the above named decedent in supervised administration, and that any objections thereto must be filed with the Court. That, if proper, and no objections are filed, said personal representatives will be appointed to administer the estate, to collect all assets, pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, and sell real and personal property, and do all necessary acts for the estate. Upon completion of the administration, the representative shall file a final account for the allowance and shall distribute the estate to the persons thereto entitled as ordered by the Court, and close the estate.
Notice is further given that ALL CREDITORS having claims against said estate are required to present the same to said personal representatives or to the Court Administrator 
within four months after the date of this notice or said claims will be barred.
 
Dated: September 5, 2022 /s/ Terry S. Vajgrt
District Court Judge
 
Douglas E. Eisma /s/ Natalie Reisch 
Attorney for Petitioner Court Administrator Eisma and Eisma
130 East Main (COURT SEAL)
Luverne, MN 56156
507-283-4828
I.D. #158343
(09-15, 09-22)

The 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 the event future historians should ever go through these pages searching for material on what happened “way back when.”
There are those who ask, even now, who in the world were Gimm and Byrne?
Well, as I remember them, Gimm was a jolly, well-built German, whose first name was Fred, but who often was called “Feedy.” Byrne was an Irishman, slight build, serious in demeanor.
Gimm was the talker and had a hearty laugh. Byrne was quiet.
Gimm was tri-lingual. He was best at German and English, but he could also speak and understand Norwegian.
It wasn’t until the prohibition era that I was old enough to come to town with Dad, and invariably, one visit we made in Luverne every time we came was Gimm and Bryne’s. (Before prohibition, it was the corner saloon). Gimm always hailed Dad with a greeting in Norwegian as he stood behind the massive bar. The best drink he could then serve was a bottle of Country Club near-beer which he called “Peeah.” “Peeah” was beer with a German accent.
I had my first drink of root beer in Gimm and Bryne’s. In a mug. It was at Gimm and Byrne’s that I had my first hamburger in a restaurant. Up to that time, I thought a hamburger could only be bought at a food stand at the county fair, and nowhere else.
What a treat a Gimm and Byrne hamburger was for a farm boy who had to be content with sandwiches made of minced ham, grape jam, and cold roast pork every noon while attending country school.
Gimm and Byrne’s also conjures up another boyhood memory. It was the only place I knew of to go when I had to go. A place like that you don’t forget too soon.
The first black man I ever saw was in Gimm and Byrne’s. When he wasn’t cooking in the kitchen, he was out in front cleaning and scrubbing.
A row of chairs lined the side of the building opposite the bar. Here was the town’s meeting place for men. A cuspidor (c’mon, man, they were spitoons, and you know it) stood beside each chair. The town characters of those days could usually be found sitting there.
It was at Gimm and Byrne’s that I came to know Dada Baer and Fred Start. The Martins and the Coys may have been feudin’ mountain boys, but their feud was a lover’s quarrel compared to the feud those two men had developed over the years. One thing, though, Dana and Fred never pulled guns or fought with their fists. Usually, when one came in, the other went out by another door, mumbling words unprintable in a family newspaper. They just weren’t for being in the same building together.
One thing I never did see in Gimm and Byrne’s, however, was a woman. Unless, in later years, it might have been a waitress. A “nice” woman wouldn’t go in the place; in fact, she wouldn’t even walk down that side of the street. I always wondered why!
Gimm and Byrne’s has been gone now for many years. Changes have been made, most of them for the better, I am sure. But as years go by, places like this take on a historical significance, not because they present an era that is gone, never to return.
Fred Gimm and John Byrne never achieved fame of greatness during their lifetimes. But ask anyone who knew them, and he’ll tell you they helped make Luverne history. That’s why, perhaps, you still occasionally hear an old timer refer to the “corner” as Gimm and Byrne’s.
Anyone for erecting a plaque, designating it as a historic site?
The Rock County Historical Society is having our annual meeting on October 3 at noon at the Big Top Events Center. We invite you to join us, $15 a person in advance available at the History Center; $25 at the door. Our program is on old restaurants. Do you remember this one?
         Donations to the Rock County Historical Society can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, 312 E. Main Street, Luverne, MN 56156.
Mann welcomes correspondence sent to mannmade@iw.net.

Nearly 50 returning graduates from the Luverne High School Class of 1972 gathered at the Luverne Country Club on July 16 for their 50th class reunion. Pictured are (front, from left) Jeannine Clark Vastenhout, Jeanne Murphy Vehle, Paula Bentson Kolander, Gail Boelman Harmelink, Kathy Bowman, Colleen Habbena Kelderman, Lori Boelman, Kathy Rapp Ryan, (second) Tom Stanley, John Smith, Peggy Herrmann, Mary Wilcox Ebert, Jeanette Slieter Rutten, Mary O'Toole Hemme, Gloria Oien Wesley, Marcia Huiskes Bork, Karen Tilstra Rollag, Marlene Schuur Vos, Andy Schmidt, Connie Walker Boler, Fred Boll, (third) Jack Hommen, Steve Sehr, Wendy Wildung, Roger Tollefson, Zane Birky, Pat Pelstring, Max Jensen, Diane Foerster Jauert, Mary Clark Jons, Twyla Strassburg, Vicki Birkeland Smook, Al Padilla, (back) Martha Vegge Nelson, Dennis Oehlerts, Lynette Noll Medellin, Becky Gangestad Keller, Maxine Iveland DePauw, Rick Olson, Mary Galagan Arnold, Paula Wendt Joyce, Paul Navara, Joel Christensen, Sally Frahm Smith, Pixie Larson, Donna Kennedy Roman and Doug Meyer.