Baseball Ringer

Some years ago, maybe in the 30's or 40's, the Norseland Store sponsored a baseball team. To help the team out, the Store hired a excellent athlete to come and work at the store during the summer and play with the team.
It was noted that these ringers might be good ball players, but did not make good store clerks. Most often they might be found sleeping in a obscure corner. end

FROM BUTTERHEAD TO ANGELS

The Norseland Community has three women who achieved the distinction of being a finalist in the Princess Kay of the Milky Way Contest. They are Joanne Bergevoet in 1956, Melody Schultz in 1974, and Denise Hermanson in 1978.

The last two women were contestants who had their heads carved in butter as part of the Minnesota State Fair activities. When asked what she did with the butter, Denise Hermanson said, "My Mom froze it and then at Christmas time, she cut it into chunks and gave to family members to use to make Christmas cookies." I bet angels never tasted so good! end

EARLY FEMINIST

In 1934, Mrs. Chester B. Nelson was elected Clerk of the District 6 School Board. Records indicated she served in that position until 1941. This was fairly uncommon for a woman to serve in elected office during that time frame. end

SCHOOL DAYS

While millions of students all over the country are going back to school and fussing and fuming about "what to wear" and hoping to be sure to portray that "cool" image; it is well to remember that many of their grandparents went to school under very different conditions.

For example, students at District 4 in Lake Prairie Township a few years ago were content to have two changes of clothes to wear to school. "We wore the same set of clothes all week," said Fred Hanson Jr. Then the Mom's would launder that set and the following week the students wore the second set of clothes. Alternating like that got them through the whole school year with little "to do" about "what to wear".

There was probably some changes from short sleeve to long sleeve shirts or the addition of a sweater when the winter weather came along. The District 4 alumni have some interesting stories that will be published in our Norseland History book. Keep the information coming. Send your stores to norseland150@gmail.com end