Dusting off the Archives
News from Verndale's Past
75 Years Ago, November 3, 1949
• St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, formerly the Norwegian Lutheran church of Verndale, will consecrate its completely remodeled and refurnished building on November 13 with special services in the morning and afternoon. This congregation, organized in 1906, is self-supporting and in a parish arrangement with Immanuel Lutheran Church of Wadena with Peter A. Thompson as pastor.
• Village Clerk Clayton Kopp informed us that the annual village election is to take place on Tuesday, December 6 and the filing deadline for candidates will be November 22. Officers whose terms expire this year are: Mayor Lester J. Marquardt; Trustee Fred E. King; Treasurer E. W. Orr. Also to be elected are one justice of the peace and one constable.
• The Beaver Brothers of Verndale have recently finished construction of a new 36x100 ft. barn along with two new silos and a new milkhouse. The new barn which is all modern is one of the best in the state. Lou Beaver and Albert Smith did the construction work.
40 Years Ago, November 7, 1984
• When the Halloween party last Wednesday night was canceled because of icy conditions, elementary students were taken through the haunted house on Thursday morning. After the kindergarten students, with the help of their teacher, Vickie Smith, managed to get past the ogre reaching for them, pictured above, their attention was drawn to the one below, where the students were wary about what they would encounter around the next turn.
• Pictured, Janet Anderson, dressed as Ruth Bussey, attacked one of the two party crashers of the Mystery Sisters held at the Rob Weiher home last week Monday. Little did she know at the time it was all in the family. The party crashers took their places amidst members of the club, Ruth Jensen as herself on the left, and Noni Stone as Dolly Parton on the right.
• November’s somber gray skies will light up at night with two barrages of streaking fireballs and with lovely Venus, the brightest of the planets. The next full moon, known as the beaver’s moon, will shine on the night of the 8th, and will be followed by the annual visits of the Taurids and Leonids meteor showers. Through it all, Venus will grow even brighter as it heads for a rendezvous with the moon and Jupiter.
15 Years Ago, November 5, 2009
• While most dairy farmers make a bee line to their barn at milking time, Dan Middendorf typically hops on his ATV to bring his herd into his yard and up to the barn to be milked. This is about the only time his bessies are under a roof except for when there are extreme weather conditions. His farming practices differ in this way from the majority of dairy farmers and in other ways as well. Since 1994, he’s been keeping the cattle outdoors and they’ve dealt with very few health problems.
• In the first round of playoff action, the number four ranked Lady Pirates volleyball team faced the number five ranked Eagle Valley Rebels on Thursday, October 29. The Pirates were able to run a strong offensive attack against the Rebels to pull forward into the second round of playoffs with a 3-0 win over the Rebels. Trista Finck finished with 17 kills for the night followed by Ashley Richter with 6 kills.
• When Blake Youngbauer turned 18 this past September, not only did he become an adult, he also had another reason to celebrate. Two days before his birthday, he sent in his final paperwork in to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. To attain the Eagle rank is a huge accomplishment, one that he has worked on since becoming a boy scout in sixth grade.
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