Riverfront trail, road will cost $1.4 million HMS play: ‘The Thirteen Clocks’ opens Monday/ 7A Wrestling team captures section title/11A On a mission: Local woman going on mission to the Ukraine/6B HHS skiers take individual honors at State meet (photos Kelly Peterson and Lindsay Williams) New high school closer to completion City Council approves water-rate increase Photo: ‘A churnin’ for butter’ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton fourth-grader Patrick Slaughter, left, cranks an old-fashioned butter churn as classmate J. T. McManmon monitors the progress. The activity was part of the fourth-grade Pioneer Day last Thursday. For more information, turn to Page 7A. 56 Years Ago THE HASTINGS GAZETTE November 5, 1964 Moms May Patrol School Crossings Mothers of Hastings school children may soon be directing traffic at school crossings, if the recommendations of state highway safety officials are adopted.

Oldest Voter (photo) At 90 years of age, Peter Frey was the oldest voter going to the polls in Tuesday’s election here. His daughter, Mrs. Ann Nollet, 402 E. 6th, took him to the First Ward polls in the East Side warming house. Mr. Frey has voted in every general election since he was 21, each of his ballots has been cast in Dakota county; and, he said Tuesday, he voted Democratic, just as he has in every previous election.

October 1, 1964 Bishop At Centennial The centennial of St. Mary’s Episcopal church at Basswood Grove, in Denmark township, will be celebrated Sunday, Oct. 4, with Bishop McNary expected to take part in some of the day’s activities. Bishop Kellogg, unable to be present this coming Sunday, held an early centennial service at the church last Sunday.

Heads Fund Drive For Save St. Croix (photo) L. J. McNulty, Rt. 4, Hastings, is the newly- named chairman of the “Save the St. Croix” fund drive, for which a goal of $10,000 has been set. Funds will be used to oppose the proposed Northern States Power Co. generating plant at Oak Park Heights near Bayport. The Save the St. Croix Committee Inc., of which McNulty is a member of the board of directors, contends that water and air pollution and barge traffic resulting from the proposed plant would be detrimental to the area.

Benefit Dance Sat. For Diving Victim The Tom Keene Benefit Dance will be held Saturday

Grove Community Hall.

Proceeds will be used to aid Keene, who was paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident in Wisconsin on July 17. He remains in Veterans Hospital at Fort Snelling, but is gradually regaining the use of parts of the paralyzed area.

Tickets for the dance are still available at the following places in Hastings: Freed Chevrolet, Hastings Co-op Elevator, Hastings Hardware, Local Oil Co., Reuter’s Linoleum and Carpeting, and Dr. T. R. Trutna’s office.

As a door prize, a choice of either a shotgun or a rifle is being offered. There are on display in the Meyer Co. store window. 80 Years Ago THE STILLWATER NEWS January 3, 1941 STATE’S TOP 4-H STOCKMAN (photo) ROY Lerud, 18, of Twin Valley, Norman county, is Minnesota’s top notch 4 – h livestock club member for the year. He was chosen by State 4 – H Club Leader A. J. Kittleson on the basis of nine years of club work in which the boy specialized in baby beeves, and also took part in judging and demonstration contests and general club activities. *** He had the champion beef heifer at the Norman County Fair three times, and once each at the Red River Valley Winter Show and the Minnesota State Fair. Prizes won on 75 exhibits at the county and state fair total $257 and total livestock sales certified by County Agent George C. Landsvertk as $779. The boy received a handsome gold watch as the state award in the annual Thomas E. Wilson meat animal service.

Mrs. Kuhn Dies Mrs. Mayme Kuhn, wife of Louis J. Kuhn, 503 N. Fourth street, died Wednesday morning, January 1, in Lakeview Memorial hospital following a short illness.

Mrs. Kuhn was a native of Stillwater, a daughter of Mary McKusick and John Goodrich, early pioneers of this city. She was a graduate of Stillwater high school and had lived her entire life here.

She is survived by her husband, one sister, Mrs. Charles Fall of Minneapolis, and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 2:30 this Friday afternoon in Simonet Funeral Home, the Rev. Thomas Moehle officiating. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery.

100 Years Ago THE MIRROR (produced by the inmates of Stillwater prison).

February 15, 1900 Total population for the week ending February 14, 527.

Another fifteen minutes has been added to the working hours.

The prison snowplow was put to practical use for the first time last Friday.

At present there are only four third grade (third degree) men out of a population of 527. One and all should endeavor to reduce that figure four to a cipher with the rim knocked off.

W. E. Crosette, of Chicago, Ill., and Harvy R. Davis, of St. Paul, Minn., were shown about the prison last Saturday by Cellhouse Keeper Glennon.

120 Years Ago WASHINGTON COUNTY JOURNAL January 4, 1901 Health Ad: P. H.

Christiansen’s Quinine Hair Tonic Will positively cure Dandruff and prevent the hair from falling out. It strengthens and stimulates the growth of weak and diseased hair, and will positively make the hair grow thicker.

Try P. H. Christiansen’s Hair Balsam for gray hair, it will color your hair when all others fail.

Prepared and sold by P. H. Christiansen.

128 Years Ago THE PROTEST Republican. “Hew to the line and let the chips fall where they may.” Subscription $2.00 per year. Minneapolis and St. Paul. Volume 1, Number 6.

August 13, 1892.

HISTORICAL REVIEW.

From a Bystander’s Notes—A review of Von Halst’s Historical Works.

The Struggle a At This Time as Then, to Oppress and Subordinate the Colored*

*Term kept in for its historical usage, as The Protest devoted itself to advocacy.

After a lengthy, eulogy on the historical works of the late author, Von Holsts, the writer adds that “For the first time, the history of the great Republic is regarded as “one act in a great drama, the history of Western civilization,” and the fat kept steadily in view that “the actors in this drama were neither demigods nor devils, but men.”

The author, therefore, laying aside immaterial questions, seeks to define the motives of these human actors, and in what manner they were affected by the Constitution under which the American people were growing toward a unique and distinct nationality (story continues).

132 Years Ago AFRO-INDEPENDENT September 22, 1888 LOCAL POLITICS G. P. Ritt, Esq.

Some weeks ago he mentioned the candidacy of a gentleman who aspires to the nomination of Register of Deeds for Ramsey Co. At that time there was some question about his having enough support to give him the nomination, which we are pleased to say is no longer the case. He will go into the convention strong enough to be nominated on the 1st ballot. Such a man is the genial G. P. Ritt.

CITY NEWS Mrs. Chas. S. Sweed, wife of the managing editor of the AFRO INDEPENDENT, left last Wednesday eve for the Pacific coast over the C. St. P. M. & O. via Council Bluff, Kansas City and Denver. She will spend the winter in the land of “sunshine and orange blossoms.”

Ladies call at Pell’s 83 East Seventh Street for low prices on fine shoes.

A furnished room suitable for two young men. $10 per month. 533 W. 7th Street.

PERSONAL Mr. Robert Hunton is rapidly convalescing.

Mr. Loyd McDonald left last week for Adrian, Mich.

Mr. John Daubbins paid for the AFRO, a pleasant call on last Sunday.

Mrs. Wm. Godett will return shortly from an extended visit in Ohio.

Miss Franker will spend about ten days with relations in Chicago.

163 Years Ago THE EMIGRANT AID AND JOURNAL OF MINNESOTA City of Nininger, Dakota County, Minnesota Territory January 27, 1858 “A Bee Line” Editor Emigrant Aid Journal: SIR—Believing that the citizens of Nininger will find that one of the greatest natural advantages possessed by their town, is its position as the best point for the people of the valleys of the Cannon and Vermillion Rivers to cross the Mississippi River when they want to take shortest route to St. Paul or Stillwater, I would suggest the propriety of immediately using the necessary means to profit by this fortunate circumstance next

When it becomes generally known that the distance from Nininger to St. Paul (ferrying at Nininger) is barely seventeen miles, there will be a rapidly increasing amount of travel by this route…The farmers of the Cottage Grove district will subscribe at least $500 towards the Ferry

project.

The bridge from the island to the main land should be built this winter, and a small wooden pier would be erected at Basset’s Landing from the first of April. The steamboats will land passengers there at all times. This pier and a small ‘waiting house’ will be absolutely necessary while the main levee improvements are going on.

PROGRESS NININGER, Jan. 23d.