The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31

Mrs. Andrew Stohawiak and
daughter, Vivian and son, Frank,
publisher of a small paper, were
burned to death.
Wanda was completely snow
bound.
The county commissioners de-
cided not to pay any old age pen
sions until the federal government
guaranteed so per cent of the
funds.
The city council put teeth into
the liquor ordinance by making il
illegal to possess unstamped Ii
quor; engaged the Duncan Elec-
trio shop to eliminate radio recep-
ton interference in the interest of
KIND.
The Church of Christ began its
sixtieth anniversary celebration.
An airplane flying to take Viola
Pankonin of Sanborn to Minnea-
polls for an emergency operation
crashed against a telephone pole
two miles north of the village.
Reede Gray, superintendent of
schools, returned from the Ma
tional Education association meet
ing in st. Louis.
Gibbon left Redwood Falls with
the class A basketball champion
ship after defeating Echo % to 81
in the finals.
March IL, 1886
Most townships in the county
voted increases in road and bridge
funds at annual town meetings.
With water running hub deep
over grades, roads in parts of
southern Redwood county were
ordered closed.
A straw vote at the Farmer-La-
Dor association county convention
favored Elmer A. Benson for gov
ernor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Greene and
Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Kennedy cele-
brated their golden weddings.
Stanley Peterson, already under
a suspended sentence for tamper-
ing with a Minneapolis police car,
stole an automobile from Frank
Starr. The car was found parked
outside the Big Tree club at Nor
ton where Peterson was arrested
A plane carrying an invalid boy
and DR.. L. H. Roberts of Little
Falls crashed at Sleepy Eye when
it was lost in fog on its way to
Rochester.
Mrs. Caroline Thomson and
Miss Emma Honzay purchased a
style shop at Window.
Funeral services were conduct
ed here for Mrs. A. w. Ross, wife
of the former Presbyterian minis
ter.
Redwood Falls placed fourth in
the district basketball tournament
which the Sleepy Eye Indians
won at New Ulm.
March 19, 1886
The state highway department
planned condemnation proceed
ings to obtain parts of AZ Red
wood county farms for the plan
ned re-routing of highway II
from Sanborn to Rowena.
Application for a Carnegie me-
dal and scholarship was made by
a local committee for Charles
Joneson who rescued a friend,
Philip Schwerin, from drowning
two years before.
Five deputies were appointed to
patrol county roads to enforce the
three ton load limit.
Lamberton won final victory in
a three year legal fight to build a
street crossing over the Chicago
and North Western tracks as the
supreme court upheld the decis-
ions Of lower courts.
Heavy thaws caused the Red
wood river to rise 13 inches in 18
hours.
Providers broke into the II. j.
Kolbet Creamery company and
stole $12. Indications were that
the thieves were man and a wo-
man.
March 26, 1886
Edward Steffl, 81, former coun-
ty commissioner, died at Morgan.
It was announced that Miss M.
Alice Ide, former teacher of nor
NAL training which was discontin-
ued would be principal of the
grade school.
Clark Sponaugle of North Red
wood was named head of WPA
'recreational activities in the coun-
ty.
Mrs. L. P. Adkins and Mrs. Ro-
ger Shumate, former residents,
wrote of their experiences in the