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News from Verndale's Past
75 Years Ago, March 18, 1948
• The Heinemann and Goebel store, a firm name known throughout the community and county for the past 36 years, will change hands next week. The new owners, A.B. Peterson and son, Gordon Peterson, of Brainerd, will open the doors to the store next Tuesday under the new firm name of Peterson and Son. The Petersons, formerly of Breckenridge, have had considerable experience in other businesses, and with the capable help now employed in the store will be in a position to carry on the store business in a credible manner.
• Andy’s Cash Store of Verndale will present a free movie in the high school auditorium next Wednesday evening beginning at 8 p.m. The movie will show actual illustrations of weed destruction and how weeds can be controlled by proper weed eradication methods. Sponsors of the show will be the Hilltop Farm Seed Co. of Minneapolis. County Agent Miles Rowe will be present as well as representatives and sponsors.
• After receiving the endorsement at the Wadena County Republican convention in Philadelphia on June 21, Mrs. Boyd Conley was elected at the district convention in Little Falls last Saturday to represent the sixth district as a national delegate. Mrs. Conley was nominated by Loy Colson of Wadena, county executive chairman.
• The Lone Pine Patrol of the Verndale Girl Scouts will sponsor a rummage sale in the new future. A house to house collection will be made April 2 and 3. Any collection of articles will be greatly appreciated.
40 Years Ago, March 24, 1983
• A benefit pancake supper will be held next Tuesday, March 29, to raise funds for the Bill Carter family who lost all of their belongings in a fire that destroyed the interior of the home they rented from Helen Mordici of Jamesville, Wisconsin, last Saturday evening. They had no insurance coverage. The family had gone to the home of their neighbor, Vernon Mason, whom they had been looking after since his return from the hospital, to check out his report of smelling smoke. When they returned home, they found smoke pouring from their home. The family consists of Mr. and Mrs. Carter, their daughter Carol Costillo and her three children.
• Giving excellent renditions of musical numbers before the members of the PTSA Monday evening were Naomi Weber, who was accompanied by Ted Mason, presented Rondo from the Mozart Clarinet Concert and Ken Waisanen played Fantasie-Impromptu by Chopin. Art compositions by members of Mr. Aeling’s art class were also on display, and Keith Schmidt, president of the FFA Alumni, was also present to urge parents to encourage their children to become involved in an agriculture class, stressing that there are 99 other jobs besides farming available to those with an ag background.
• Jim Carlson, a 75-pound fifth grader, received special recognition at the Staples wrestling tournament last Saturday for having the most falls in his age group, and another, naming him the outstanding wrestler. He is the son of Ken and Doris Carlson.
• Area residents are reminded that government surplus butter and processed American cheese will be distributed from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in Wadena County on Thursday, March 24, and starting at 9:30 a.m. in Todd County on Saturday, March 26. Distribution sites and home delivery numbers were listed in local area newspapers during the week of March 14-18.