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CROSBY-IRONTON COURIER
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014
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Remember When?
Excerpts from the Courier files
95 years ago… 65 years ago… 35 years ago…
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 1919
Thursday, Oct. 27, 1949
Eric Peterson of Cuyuna
and Raymond Liebold of
Ironton, had a very narrow
escape from serious injuries
Sunday evening when their
automobiles collided on the
corner of Second Street east
and Main Street. The cars
were smashed up considerable and one of the cars is
minus a front wheel.
The Carpenters are nearing the completion of the W.
L. Merrick residence across
the street from the Armory
and will have the same ready
for occupancy about the middle of next month. This is
one of the new residences
being erected in Crosby this
year and is a very attractive
home.
Elmer Anderson received
a shipment of army shirts
this week and is now offering
them for sale. They are displayed in the John Hill building on 1st Street North.
Lost—A grey lamb.
Reward for the return of the
same. Notify Courier office.
The Mobil gas station in
Deerwood, which has been
operated by Chet Carlson, has
been leased to Alfred
Ruschmeyer, who returned
recently from California.
An office will be open in
the basement of the Ironton
Legion Club from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. today for local miners
out on strike who desire information on strike relief.
“Jumping Joe” Satovich
will be in the local line-up on
Sunday when a team of former high school and junior
college stars meet the famous
Globetrotters at the high
school gymnasium.
Harvey’s Jewelry, Crosby,
has recently received the franchise from the Wallace
Silversmith’s at Wallingford,
CT, to sell their line of sterling
silver.
85 years ago…
Thursday, Oct. 24, 1929
The state collected more
than $1,500,000 in the three
months period ending Oct.
from mining companies
operating on state owned
land, the largest royalty payment for a quarterly period in
the history of the state.
Advertised this week is a
Ranger Radio, all electric or
battery operated, offered on
30-day free trial. Prices
range from $40 for a table
model to $100 for a large
magnificent genuine walnut
console.
The Rexall block is being
fitted up with an oil burner,
replacing their coal burner.
A new corporation will
be formed soon to take over
the ownership and management of the Minneapolis,
Anoka and Cuyuna Range
Railway Company, following the sale of the line. The
company was sold Tuesday
to W. D. Lovell, Minneapolis
contractor,
for
$35,000.
75 years ago…
Thursday, Oct. 26, 1939
Crosby-Ironton
high
school and grade school students will again this year be
offered free admission to
special movies to be shown
at the Peoples and Ironton
Theatres in exchange for
their pledge that they will
refrain from mischievous
pranks on Halloween night.
Zane Grey of Altadena,
CA, noted writer and sportsman, died suddenly Monday
at his home. He was 64 years
old.
The new staff for the
Crosby-Ironton
Junior
College paper, “The Blast”
has been named. John
Crosby was named editor.
The brickwork at the
Cuyuna school house was
completed the fore part of
the week and the plastering
is finished, consequently, it
is expected that it will be
ready for occupancy by early
November.
55 years ago…
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1959
An early morning fire at
the Crosby Locker Saturday
did extensive damage to the
smoke house, completely gutted the basement of the building and left its smoke and
water damage in the grocery
and meat department.
The mayor who has served
Ironton for 24 consecutive
years submitted his resignation at the village council
meeting last week. Curtis
Johnson, who was elected
mayor of Ironton in 1935 and
has been re-elected continuously since, is retiring from
office.
The
Crosby-Ironton
Rangers varsity football team
suffered their first defeat of
the
1959
season
last
Wednesday, losing by seven
points to the Brainerd
Warriors.
The leaders of the Girl
Scouts and the Brownie
Troops have repainted the
council room in the Deerwood
auditorium and will use it as a
club room for their meetings.
45 years ago…
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1969
Trail-A-Sled, Inc., local
snowmobile manufacturing
firm has announced a name
change. The company will
now be titled, Scorpion, Inc.,
to further identify the machine
it manufactures.
With 400 people present,
including 20-plus Cedarbrook
Manor
residents,
the
Generation Jamboree on
Saturday would have to be
termed a success.
With the announcement
that federal funds are immediately available to provide a
community room for senior
citizens,
the
Ironton
Commercial Club, meeting in
regular session Monday afternoon, took action to appoint a
steering committee to investigate the local sentiment for
such a facility and available
locations.
U. S. Air Force Captain
Michael R. Polich, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Polich,
Deerwood, has received the
Air Medal for air action in
Southeast Asia.
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 1979
Joe Zauhar was presented
with a life membership in the
Myrin-James
American
Legion Post, Ironton, on
Saturday evening. Henry
Jensen, already a life member,
was presented with a plaque
for his years of service to the
local unit.
Dr. Philip Mayer is opening a dental office today in the
new addition to Gene Foote’s
Lake Region Agency in
Crosby.
Kelly Frazier and Mark
Young placed second and
third in the District 18A cross
country meet to qualify individually for the regional. The
cross country team took second place as a team at the district meet.
25 years ago…
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 1989
The new intersection of
Highway 6 and 210, east of
Deerwood, is now open to
traffic.
Carol Mills was named
EMT of the Year by the
Minnesota Association of
Emergency
Medical
Technicians.
Firemen from Deerwood,
Crosby and Cuyuna fought an
early morning fire last
Thursday, Oct. 19, which
completely destroyed a building owned by Dave Zontelli
and $160,000 to $200,000
worth of inventory for
JAACO Inc., a Crosby company which manufactures
doors and windows.
The slow demolition of the
Franklin school building is
currently
taking
place.
Demolition is expected to be
completed by the end of
November.
Gordy Forbort began work
as Cuyuna Range Hospital’s
chief financial officer recent-
ly.
15 years ago…
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1999
The Deerwood Lakes
Lions celebrated Charter
Night at Ruttger’s Bay Lake
Lodge with Lions from
around the area attending to
support the new club (formerly Bay Lake Area Lioness).
Raffle winners at the C-I
Women of Today’s Bingo
Barn Bash held last Saturday
were: Curtis Metsa, casino
package; Cass Turk, framed/
numbered print; Terri Monroe,
Beanie®
basket.
Brant
Peterson, Merrifield, won a
ghost Beanie®.
Dr. Todd Newman, recently
opened
Crosby
Chiropractic at 424 Oak Street
in Crosby. He and his wife,
Nena, bought and remodeled
the building. The site was
rezoned by the City of Crosby,
allowing the building to serve
as a chiropractic office as well
as their home.
Helen Lord, Ironton, was
recently notified that her photograph of Deerwood’s deer
statue decked out in blaze
orange for hunting season,
was chosen to be included in
the
National
Library’s
Photography’s anthology.
on the project. Some $9,000
still has to be raised to cover
the costs associated with the
project.
The Crosby-Ironton varsity football team closed out a
perfect regular season last
Wednesday with a 40-14
shelling at Aitkin. The
“Stump” trophy will stay in
Crosby. It has been in Crosby
for two years after it spent
three years in Gobbler Land.
5 years ago…
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
The Minnesota Resort and
Campground
Association
(MRCA) has named Chris
Ruttger of Ruttger’s Bay Lake
Lodge, Deerwood, 2009
Minnesota Resorter of the
Year.
The Crosby City Council
heard Monday night from Bill
Leonhardt that the Vietnam
Moving Wall will be coming
to Crosby on July 21 through
26. Lots of different organizations have stepped up to assist
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Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m. -10 p.m.
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Home Made, Hand-Tossed Pizza
Okoberfest Menu Selections
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Mexican Mondays • Comfort Food Tuesdays
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS 4 TO 10 P.M.
Halloween
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Live…‘Hat Trick’ 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
9 Pack of 16 oz.
Coors
Light............................899
750 ml
Ice Hole
Schnapps................................899
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