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By Betty MannMarch 14, 2023The 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 Aug. 26, 1943. (Lars Larson of Hardwick continues his story from last week.) There were no public schools at that time, and the education the…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMarch 07, 2023The 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 Aug. 26, 1943. Claims made by friends that the United States was the ideal spot on the globe to live tempted Lars Larson, Hardwick, to leave his home…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianFebruary 28, 2023The 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 Aug. 19, 1943. “When the Kiebach family moved from Iowa to Rock county,” declared Mrs. William Mitchell, Luverne, I thought they were going to clear…- By Betty Mann, president, Rock County HistorianFebruary 21, 2023The 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 Aug. 5, 1943. (continuation of the interview with Jacob Wahlert of Luverne) Two of his brothers left home before he did, and came to this country,…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianFebruary 14, 2023The 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 Aug. 5, 1943. Jacob Wahlert, Luverne, holds two county records and both records are worthy of note. First he is the father of 16 children, all of…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianFebruary 07, 2023The 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 July 29, 1943. This article is continued from last week. That fall, Mr. (Theodore) Lemke was helping his father plow. The place they were working was…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJanuary 31, 2023The 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 July 29, 1943. A lone, dim light, shining in the inky darkness, served as a beacon to direct an ox-drawn wagon and its four weary occupants toward…
January 24, 2023The 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 July 22, 1943. This article is continued from last week’s feature about Mr. and Mrs. William Schuldt of Hardwick. One of the most popular events of…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJanuary 10, 2023The 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 July 22, 1943. Whenever you feel you’re working too many hours a day, at too small a salary, think of Mr. and Mrs. William Schuldt, of Hardwick. When…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJanuary 03, 2023The 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 July 15, 1943. This article is continued from last week’s edition of the Star Herald about Mrs. S.D. Reynolds of Hardwick. Hauled Supplies Mrs.…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 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 July 15, 1943. If more people today had the same philosophy on life that Mrs. S.D. Reynolds, of Hardwick, has, there would be less complaining about…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 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 July 8, 1943. This article is continued from last week’s edition of the Star Herald about L. G. Larson. Remembers Storms Mr. Larson spent part of…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 13, 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 July 8, 1943. A man with experiences is L. G. Larson, who lives in the northwest part of Beaver Creek township. Student school teacher, store clerk…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 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. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on July 1, 1943, and is continued from last week. Helped Bind Grain Before she was married, Mrs. Ellis W. Colby learned how to do both indoor and out of…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianNovember 29, 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 July 1, 1943. One of the few living persons in this area who can claim having seen Jesse and Frank James, the famous Northfield bank robbers, is Mrs…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianNovember 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. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on June 24, 1943. To have a band playing, and a celebration in progress to herald her arrival to this section of the country was the experience of Mrs.…
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