5 years ago

Citizen’s Advocate

Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019

Eli Hill quickly writes some notes on a white board at the front of the computer lab near his shop. The industrial arts teacher was all ears as a handful of students talked about some of the challenges they faced as part of the career learning class at Henning School. The new on the job learning class continues to evolve as students get a chance to get out of the classroom and put their lessons to work in the real world. 

Logan Meyer, the son of Steve and Kelly Meyer, was crowned king and Marissa Rehm, the daughter of Ron and Stacey Rehm was crowned queen, at the annual Snow Week coronation on Monday afternoon. The coronation was the kick off to the Snow Week activities at the school. Other members of the Snow Week Royal Court include: Abbigail Moran, Shadley Bunkowski, Marissa Rehm, Logan Meyer, Tucker Balbach and Andrew Jensen. Back row: Kayla Sweno, Maggie Cronk, Tyler Reese and Hunter Doll. 

25 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, Feb. 3, 1999

Henning’s main street business district has a new face among its membership as of Monday morning, February 1. It was on that date that Wayne Schwartz of rural Vining became the new owner of the Henning Auto Parts, the local NAPA auto parts dealership. Schwartz takes over ownership from Jon and Julie Lundquist, who have had the business for the past 11 1/2 years.

Henning Festival Queen Shelley Scott was pretty busy this past weekend, attending the St. Paul Winter Carnival as part of her royal reign. Scott traveled down to St. Paul and began a fun-filled weekend with lots of activities, both royal and relaxing in nature. First, the group of queens were invited to mingle with other royalty from across Wisconsin and Minnesota and enjoyed delicious food.

50 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, Jan. 31, 1974

Clyde Sebastian, a 1970 graduate of Henning High School has accepted a teaching position in Victoria Australia. He will be teaching High School Math.

75 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, Feb. 3, 1949

According to Supt. Stanley Vejtasa, Kenneth Skjegstad has won valedictorian honors of the class of 1949 of the Henning High School. Co-salutatorians are Donna Silverberg and Jane Linder.

Announcement was made yesterday of the sale of Camp Balmoral by C.J. Matthews to LeRoy Wilson and E.C. Prescher. The new owners will take possession March 1. Mr. Matthews has operated Camp Balmoral 27 years and has built up the place from a country store which he purchased from B.J. Schwalem, longtime operator of a combined store and post office. The post office is no longer there. Camp Balmoral is a land mark of this area and dates back to early pioneer times. It was a stop-off for a stage coach which plied between Battle Lake and Perham. The old hotel, part of the Camp Balmoral property and a pioneer landmark, was destroyed by fire in 1947. The present camp, in addition to store and pavilion has many cottage facilities on Ottertail Lake.

100 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, Jan. 31, 1924

A frightful mine disaster is reported by radio as occurring at Crosby, Minn. last evening at 4:30 p.m. in which the lives of 41 miners were snuffed out. The report says that the men were caught like rats in a hole and drowned, but it does not say where the water came from. Crosby, an iron mining town, is located on Serpent lake and the theory is that the bottom of the lake had been tapped into the underground mine. The radio report states that seven of the miners on the second level escaped. Most of the victims were old employees were married and had large families residing at Crosby.

Former President Woodrow Wilson died at 11:15 Sunday morning. The end was peaceful. Life ebbed away while he slept. Dr. Grayson, his friend and physician announced the end of the great war president in this bulletin: “Mr. Wilson died at 11:15 o’clock. His heart’s action became feebler and feebler and the heart muscle was so fatigued that it refused to act any longer. The end came peacefully.”

125 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, Feb. 2, 1899

Education begins at the mother’s knee, and every word spoken within the hearing of little children tends toward the formation of their character.

Minnesota’s victory, in competition with Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas and South Dakota, at National Buttermaker’s convention this week emphasizes the importance of the place already attained by this state in the butter industry. It has already added great wealth to Minnesota and is destined to great future expansion.

By a decision filed yesterday in the federal court by Judge Lichen, the Northern Pacific railroad is given the title to 1,000,000 acres of land in the northern part of Minnesota and Wisconsin, patented to it by the United States. The government brought suit for the cancellation and annulment of a patent issued to the railroad company April 22, and for the restoration of the land to the public domain on the grounds that the patent had been issued in derogation of the rights of the United States, through inadvertence and mistake.

One hundred and fifty-seven publishers who have grown weary of the oppression of the paper trust, made their presence felt in Washington Monday as opposed to the continuance of the $2 tariff on lumber which enables the paper trust, which practically monopolizes the spruce and poplar of this county to make its own prices. They will give senators and the join high commission something to think about at least, for the publishers of this country have considerable influence, and even a high tariff republican organ may revise its views to some extent when the tariff hits it right where it lives.

The new $1 silver certificates are now being paid out by the treasury and will soon be in general circulation. The design is entirely new, with a view to meet the complaints against the old design. The distinguishing features of the face of the note are a spread eagle with the United States flay in its talons and the capitol in the back ground; one very large numeral and the seal, both in blue and miniature portraits of Lincoln and Grant, surrounded by laurel wreaths. The back of the note is painted in green and on back and front there is more white paper to be seen than on any other note ever issued by the government.