From the Mascot files
100 Years Ago
(July 14, 1922)
Several attend picnic
at Willmar orphanage
Several members of the Minneota community traveled north to Willmar to attend the annual picnic at the Bethesda Orphan's and Old People Home. Those attending from here were J.L. Teigland, Mr. and Mrs. Art Nelson, Mrs. Helga Heggeseth, Miss Susan Smith, Miss Bertha Rue, Mrs. Herbor Heggeseth, and Mrs. Anna Teigland.
Nice weather saw
Riverside Park filled
Because of the beautiful weather last Sunday, Riverside Park in Minneota was being used by several groups for picnics. There were five groups of people enjoying the nice day with a picnic lunch, including three different local clubs, a large family reunion, and another family gathering. The Amundson family reunion had 42 in attendance.
Girl Scouts hold
Camp Everett outing
The Minneota Girl Scouts spent a one-week outing at Camp Everett Hormell beginning last Sunday. Gloria Heggen accompanied the 12 girls, who returned home on Saturday. The girls had a great time outdoors hiking, camping and learning about nature.
75 Years Ago
(July 18, 1947)
Missing boy found
asleep at neighbors
Lyle Hovland, the eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hovland, caused quite a bit of excitement in Minneota early Wednesday morning when he disappeared from his bed and couldn't be found for several hours. During the time his parents, as well as other relatives and police officer John Bernardy were searching for him, Lyle was doing what all good little boys should be doing at two o'clock in the morning. He was found asleep on the davenport in a neighbor's home. Lyle had left his bed in his sleep, unhooked the screen door of his parents' home, walked across the street and entered the Sven Kvanbeck home, where he lay down on the davenport to continue his sleep. Lyle was discovered at 6 a.m. when Mrs. Kvanbeck awoke and found him.
Oregon man injured
when motorcycle rolls
Eugene Murphy or Oregon suffered a skull fracture and was bruised and cut about the face when the motorcycle he was riding hit a hole in Highway 68 between Minneota and Ghent on Wednesday morning. The motorcycle turned over and Murphy was thrown headfirst onto the road. He was brought to Dr. Wolston's office in Minneota by motorists who found him lying in the middle of the highway. He was then taken to Minneapolis in critical condition.
Mascot to close for
week; staff to vacation
In order to give the staff a week's vacation, the Mascot will be closed from July 27 to Aug. 3 and two issues of the paper will be printed next week; the issue for Friday, July 25 and the issue for Friday, Aug. 1. The same arrangement was used last year when the staff took a week off. It will help the Mascot staff if news correspondents and advertisers bear this in mind when preparing material for the next two weeks.
50 Years Ago
(July 13, 1972)
Local couple killed in
accident near Porter
A Minneota couple was killed around 6:30 a.m. last Friday in a two-car crash at a road intersection two and a half miles northeast of Porter. The two were Charles Hammerlinck, 70, and his wife, Elizabeth, 69. The driver of the other vehicle was Victoria Hayek, 17, of Porter. The accident happened where a township road intersects a county road om Yellow Medicine County. The Hammerlinck vehicle rolled over several times and the couple was thrown into the ditch. Hayek suffered only minor injuries.
Board hires new
principal, 2 teachers
At its regular monthly meeting last Thursday night, the Minneota School Board hired an elementary principal and approved contracts for two high school teachers. John V. Reishus of Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota was hired as the new principal. He is 30 years old, married, and the father of three children. The teaching contracts approved by the board were those of Michael Wisniewski, a native of Foley who will teach 11th grade bookkeeping and 12th grade Social Studies; and Mrs. Karen Friedrichs, a resident of Minneota, will serve as the Art teacher.
Senator J.A. Josefson
files for re-election
State Senator J.A. Josefson of Minneota, filled out re-election papers here last Wednesday afternoon with Wallace R. Pesch, the vice president of the First State Bank of Minneota, who notarized his signature. The papers were then mailed to Minnesota's Secretary of State. Mr. Josefson has served 18 years in the State Legislature.
25 Years Ago
(July 16, 1997)
MGT Convenience Plus
offers fresh rolls, pizza
MGT Convenience Plus has taken over for the loss of the town's bakery and is now offering fresh rolls, as well as muffins and cookies on a daily basis. The addition of booths also allows people to sit and eat there and visit with friends. They will soon be offering submarine sandwiches on site to go along with their homemade pizza.
Citizen's police academy
to be offered here soon
The Minneota Police Department will be conducting a Citizens Police Academy beginning on July 30. The academy will be held on Wednesday nights at 6 p.m. for five weeks. The Minneota Police Department will discuss and present different items regarding Law Enforcement and the Criminal Justice System. Each member of the class will be presented with the opportunity to participate in the Ride-A-Long program.
Volunteers needed to
assemble jungle gym
The new blue and gold jungle gym system will be put together on Aug. 4 at the Minneota Elementary School and volunteers are needed to assist. Volunteers will have the choice of working mornings, afternoons, or the entire day. Meals will be provided by local service groups. Money is currently being raised for Phase II of the project, which will include picnic tables, an off-the-ground sand table, park benches, monkey bars and a tire swing.
This Day in History
(July 14)
1789 - In an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris storm the Bastille prison and release the seven prisoners inside.
1798 - U.S. Congress passes the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the United States government.
1912 - American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie (“This Land Is Your Land”) is born in Okemah, Oklahoma.
1921 - Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are convicted in Dedham, Massachusetts, of murdering a shoe company paymaster and his guard. (Sacco and Vanzetti would be executed six years later.)
1976 - Jimmy Carter wins the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in New York.
1980 - The Republican National Convention opens in Detroit, where presumptive nominee Ronald Reagan tells a welcoming rally he and his supporters are determined to “make America great again.”
2003 - Newspaper columnist Robert Novak publicly reveals the CIA employment of Valerie Plame, wife of Joseph Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador in Africa who said the administration had twisted prewar intelligence on Iraq.
2013 - Thousands of demonstrators across the country protest a Florida jury’s decision to clear George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
2016 - Terror strikes Bastille Day celebrations in the French Riviera city of Nice as a large truck plows into a festive crowd, killing 86 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State extremists; the driver is shot dead by police.