Dusting off the Archives
News from Verndale's Past
75 Years Ago, November 10, 1949
• Last week the Verndale village added another fire truck to their fire fighting equipment. The additional truck gives the fire department much more adequate equipment, in that, when the department is called out of town for a rural fire or to another town, they will still have another fire truck for fire protection in the village.
• The head of a coffee importing firm urged American housewives Friday not to worry—there would be no coffee famine. Noting there were widespread fears of a serious shortage, with rising prices. A. Barclas Scull said there will be no sudden disappearance of coffee from breakfast tables in America. The jump in prices, he explained, was due to a severe drought in the Brazilian growing area last season.
• More than 40 Minnesotans are scattered over the globe in the diplomatic services of the state department, and among these are Carl D. Corse, of Verndale, who is acting chief of the division of commercial policy at Washington D.C. Carl, the son of Dr. Charles Corse of Kelliher and former Verndale resident, was born in Verndale and obtained his early education at the Verndale School.
40 Years Ago, November 14, 1984
• Lions members Grant Boe and Jim Neuerburg told council members at their regular meeting November 5 that their organization would like to construct a community center which would then be deeded over to the city, since they are not allowed to own property. They said there are two possible sites for the 40’x96’ building—one on West Clark Drive and the other on East Clark Drive. They felt it should be away from the residential area and have space for adequate parking. It would be open for use by the community on a rental basis. Council members were receptive to the idea and encouraged the Lions to proceed with the project.
• The Regan-Bush ticket out distanced the Mondale-Ferraro ticket at about the same rate as the school voted and general elections, as did other candidates running for office on the national and state levels. Rudy Boshwitz, seeking another term, received 235 out of the 324 votes cast in the city. His opponent Joan Growe received 164. Arlan Stangeland was strongly supported with 212 in his favor in the town vote while 139 at school voted to return him to office as the U.S. Representative in Congress. Collin Peterson, his opponent, only received 104.
• Eight area men will be seeking the first “Miss Tootsie” title this Friday in a contest sponsored by the Verndale PTSA, to raise funds for the scholarship program. The program will begin at 8 p.m. and will be held in the school auditorium. Contestants committed thus far are Todd Pilgrim, Bert Johnston, Dan Fisher, Gary VanDam, Dan Kvamme, Tom Yule and Jim Neuerburg.
15 Years Ago, November 12, 2009
• The Verndale Pirates football team secured their spot in the state tournament when they narrowly defeated the Bertha-Hewitt Bears last Friday at the Fargodome with a 26-24 victory in the Section Four championship game. This is the third year in a row that the team has made it to the state playoffs. The team will now face Clinton-Graceville-Beardsly in Morris at 7 p.m. this Friday.
• If it’s a blustery day outdoors, you’ll surely find Homer “Chuck” Stinar poised intently with a canvas or carved fish in front of him. Stinar of Verndale can’t imagine what he’d do if he didn’t have art to keep him busy. You can only watch so much television, he said. Since he was ten years old this has been a “continual thing” for him—that’s when he began making fishing decoys out of wood.
• The Verndale School Board has canvassed the results of the November 3 election. Jeremy Schwartz and Scott Veronen have been elected to four year terms on the board, and Bill Blaha has been re-elected for another four year term.
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