10 years ago (2010)
•Deb Vogt has been living two miles north of Magnolia for most of the 34 years she has taught in the kitchen classroom of Luverne High School.
Just as the smells of ovens and whirls of sewing machines led the way to her Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) room, her homemade Cardinal flag marks her home.
Vogt hand-sewed and displayed the flag for her daughter Laura’s and her son Jesson’s graduations.
“I thought I would do it for my retirement,” Vogt said with a smile.
Sitting on her front porch, Vogt said her retirement plans include landscaping her yard and tending her garden. …
Vogt also takes care of a full flower garden and orchard, while her husband, Allan, continues to farm.
25 years ago (1995)
•Luverne Superinten-dent Norm Miller is looking forward to retirement from his work with the school district, but he doesn’t plan to retire from education altogether.
At 57, he’s about to embark on a brand new career in education, putting to use his years of experience for the benefit of other school districts in the areas of management, finance, mentorship and facilities.
He and two other retiring superintendents, Don Anderson, Melrose, and Patrick DeSutter, Norwood, are launching the business, The ADM Group Inc. Their newly printed promotional material describes the business as “assessing management systems to assure education results.” …
With a combined 73 years of superintendent experience in ADM, Miller said he feels the business can offer valuable guidance, both for new superintendents and for the districts that hire them.
50 years ago (1970)
•Firemen were called to the August DeBoer farm five miles south of Luverne early Tuesday afternoon to extinguish a fire within approximately 900 recently baled hay bales setting close to the barn. DeBoer guessed the fire originated from a short in his electric fence which ran next to the bales. Neighbors and friends were able to save about 250 of the bales, but fire and water damaged the remaining 650 bales which DeBoer estimated at 60 cents apiece bringing his loss to around $350. DeBoer stated that the loss would be partially covered by insurance.
75 years ago (1945)
•Dr. C. L. Sherman announced today that the Luverne hospital will close July 15 for at least two months, due to the inability to secure replacements in the nursing staff.
Dr. Sherman stated that it is impossible for members of the staff to postpone taking much needed rests any longer, and that because competent replacements cannot be secured, his only recourse was to close the institution temporarily.
“It is with deep regret that I made this announcement,” he stated. “It is not easy to close an institution whose doors have been open continuously for over 36 years. There is no other alternative that we can take. We cannot maintain the required standard of service without competent replacements. Rather than lower the standard of service, we must close the hospital until a full staff can again be organized.”
100 years ago (1920)
•Luverne’s fourteenth annual Chautauqua will open on next Thursday, July 1st, for the usual seven days’ session. As heretofore the Chautauqua tent will be pitched on the Central school grounds. Two sessions will be held daily with the exception of on Wednesday when three sessions will be held. The afternoon programs will start at 2:30 and the evening programs at 8 o’clock.
Season tickets for the Chautauqua are now on sale and may be obtained at any of the four banks in Luverne, at the department stores of Hawes & Son, and Nelson Brothers, the drug stores of J. E. Treat, John Connell and E. S. Hartenstein, at the Legion café and at the Herald office. …
The advance reports on the Chautauqua this year give promise that the forthcoming event will be the best in the history of the Luverne Chautauqua.
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