Then & Now: A History of Rice County, Faribault & Communities
Edited by L. E. Swanberg Copyright 1976 by the Rice County Bi-Centennial Commission
Edited by L. E. Swanberg
Copyright 1976 by the Rice County Bi-Centennial Commission
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City <strong>of</strong> Northfield Bicentennial Commission<br />
Lee Fossum, Chairman<br />
Peter Linstroth, Vice Chairman<br />
Alma Gaardsmoe, Historian<br />
Heritage Projects - Clifford Clark and Kirk<br />
Jeffrey, Co-Chairmen; Historical Publication - Lynn<br />
Carlin; Log Cabin Restoration- Charles E. DeMann II,<br />
Al Houston; Scriver Building Acquisition and<br />
Restoration- Fred Gonnerman, Maggie Lee, Mary Lou<br />
Street, Larry Karbo; Bicentennial Minutes - Marston<br />
Headley, Marjorie Neuhaus; Bicentennial Calendar -<br />
Fred Gonnerman, George Soule, Marston Headley;<br />
Historic Tape Recording- Marvin Festler.<br />
Festival Events - Gary Flaa, Tom Blaisdell, Dale<br />
Erickson, Co-Chairmen; Fourth <strong>of</strong> July Festival -<br />
Committee; Defeat <strong>of</strong> Jesse James Days - Bernard<br />
Hughes.<br />
Horizon Projects - Marie Sathrum and Joan<br />
Halverson, Co-Chairmen; Seminars ''The<br />
Presidency" - Clifford Clark, Carleton College;<br />
Symposia, Seminars, Performances on "Native<br />
American Values" - St. Olaf College, David Wee;<br />
Bicentennial Sculpture Project - Dixon Bond,<br />
Margaret Bundgaard, Mac Gimse, Chris Hager;<br />
Original Musical on Northfield <strong>History</strong> - Northfield<br />
Arts Guild.<br />
Lonsdale Bicentennial Committee<br />
Mrs. James F. (Dorothy) Palma, Chairman<br />
Richard Nicoli<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vosejpka<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Al Kaderlik<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert'Pinc<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sticha<br />
Mrs. Elmer Vikla<br />
David Vikla<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Novak<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Palma<br />
Leonard Malecha<br />
Donald Novak<br />
Mrs. Roman Ceplecha<br />
Reynold Sticha<br />
Joseph Daleiden<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Daleiden<br />
Mrs. Thomas Pumper<br />
Mrs. Delores Roberts<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Valek<br />
James F. Palma<br />
Morristown Bicentennial Celebration Committee<br />
Wayne Merritt, Chairman<br />
Harold Kuball, Vice Chairman<br />
Leona Ellingsworth, Secretary<br />
James Senne, Treasurer<br />
Committee Members, representing eight<br />
organizations- Morristown Gun Club- Keith Remund,<br />
Wayne Merritt; Morristown Jaycees - James Senne,<br />
Brad Sammon; Morristown Commercial Club - Ivy<br />
H<strong>of</strong>fman, Mary Ann Churchill; Morristown<br />
Community Club - Mrs. Kenneth Schmidtke, Martin<br />
Wagner; American Legion Post - Harold Kuball,<br />
Phillip Wegner; Legion Auxiliary - Darlene Spitzack,<br />
Dorothy Walburn; Village <strong>of</strong> Morristown - Donald<br />
Remund, Jack O'Rourke; Morristown Public Schools -<br />
Frank H. Duncan.<br />
Preface & acknowledgements<br />
Finance Committee James Senne, Keith<br />
Remund, Jack O'Rourke<br />
Publicity Committee Ivy H<strong>of</strong>fman, Leona<br />
Ellingsworth, James Hermel<br />
Nerstrand Bicentennial Committee<br />
Barbara Sahl<br />
Louise Flom<br />
Barbara Haase<br />
Grace Kispert<br />
Paul Shelstad<br />
Ronald Haase<br />
Robert Larson<br />
Jean Kolling<br />
Staff <strong>of</strong> "<strong>Then</strong> and <strong>Now</strong>"<br />
George L. Clark, Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rice</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Bicentennial Commission, Book Chairman<br />
Mrs. Lester (Martina) Bursik, Librarian <strong>of</strong><br />
Buckham Memorial Library, Publisher<br />
Lester E. Swanberg, Editor Emeritus, <strong>Faribault</strong><br />
Daily News, Editor<br />
Acknowledgements<br />
We are grateful to the following persons for their<br />
important specific contributions:<br />
Research: Mrs. Lester (Martina) Bursik; Mrs.<br />
Elmer (Dorothy) Deming; Robert L. Kaupa; Mrs.<br />
Lawrence (Bernice) Knutson; Mrs. Aaron (Mildred)<br />
Lenmark, all <strong>of</strong> Buckham Memorial Library Staff.<br />
Miss Emily Mae Buth, Curator <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rice</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Historical Society.<br />
Typing: Mrs. James (Le Ann) Dean, Buckham<br />
Memorial Library Staff.<br />
Robert Norman, Oskar Teisberg, Ralph Merrill,<br />
Mrs. Charlotte Knoss, Mrs. Inez Sweet, Mrs. Mildred<br />
Lieb, Mrs. Walter Lentz, Glenn Cramer, Mary Carey,<br />
Mrs. Erich Krenz, Francis J. Lockwood, Mrs. Esther<br />
McKellip, George L. Clark, Wesley Lauritsen, Douglas<br />
Olson, Mrs. Eva Gallagher, Mrs. Louise Lick, Mrs.<br />
Clem McCarthy, Charles Roehrick, Lyle Schreiber,<br />
Miss Hannah Meyer, Mrs. Charles Robilliard, Miss<br />
Laverna Saufferer, Mrs. Dorothy Meyer, Mrs. Clara<br />
Nuetzman, Mrs. James J. Kolars, Mrs. Marge Neuhas,<br />
John Almendinger, Mrs. Catherine Spartz, Craig<br />
Keller, Donald Remund, Leona Ellingsworth, Ivy<br />
H<strong>of</strong>fman, Ronald Schwartz, Mrs. Alvin Kolars, Mrs.<br />
Betty Polson, Frank Chappuis, Mrs. Donald O'Neil,<br />
Mrs. Dorothy Palma, Mrs. Alvin Kolars, Mrs. Elmer<br />
Vikla, Mrs. LeRoy Pumper, Lee Fossum, Charles<br />
Carr, Bette Polson, Floyd Hammond, Paul<br />
Muellenmeister, Mrs. Harriet Steppan, Esther Reinke,<br />
Zita Kasper Taylor, Ira Harger Jr., Nerstrand<br />
Centennial Book Committee, Mary Heggedal, Ozzie<br />
Osmundson, Ambrosia Osmundson Ruble, Norma<br />
Bohn, Wilmer Schmidtke, Shirlie Reed, Tom West, Art<br />
Johnson, Louis Rud, Wilbert Meinke, Len Friedges,<br />
Mrs. Harold Voesjpka, Mrs. Charles Daleiden, Mrs.<br />
Leonard Daleiden, Mrs. Mary Landa, Edith Kampf,<br />
Mrs. Harold Moser, Mrs. Edgar Mentz, Thomas<br />
Vogelsberg, Carl Bartness, Thomas Gagnon and<br />
Norton J ohn·son and members <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Faribault</strong> Daily<br />
News Production staff.<br />
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