5 years ago

Monday, Feb. 18, 2020

Citizen’s Advocate

Two Henning truckers have traded life on the road for an apron and slab of meat. Chad and Amber Mesker, as well as Jamie Olson, have recently opened Ole’s Up Nort Meats & Processing in the former Henning Locker Plant building. For Chad Mesker and Olson, the opportunity to bring a meat locker to Henning for the first time in nearly 20 years allows them to fill a need in the community, as well as spend more time at home. “(Jamie) called me up one day and said we should start a meat locker,” said Chad. “I’m tired of trucking (and Jamie was too).”

Getting a fix it ticket for a broken taillight or headlight will come with an extra bonus for local residents. The Henning Police Department is the latest department in the state to join the Lights On! program. The program provides individuals with a voucher to replace their headlight or taillight to help take away some of the financial burden associated with the repair.

25 years ago

Thursday, Feb. 16, 2000

The Henning Advocate

A semi driver found out that the roads along Highway 29 were too slippery for his rig Tuesday afternoon. The driver lost control and rolled over into the ditch just past the junction of 210 and 29. The driver was unhurt.

After several inches of snow fell Tuesday morning, many schools and events were cancelled for the day. Henning School children got out at 1 p.m. The School Board meeting originally scheduled for February 15 has been tentatively postponed to Tuesday, Feb. 22.

Sledding was one of the activities at the annual Medallion Days party at the hollow Friday night. Tubes were available for the kids as well as a kiddie medallion hunt in the snow for candy prizes. Adults and kids alike enjoyed free hot dogs, coffee, hot apple cider and other treats, courtesy of the Henning Chamber of Commerce.

50 years ago

Thursday, Feb. 20, 1975

The Henning Advocate

Local Gas Co. has announced that the office maintained in Wadena has been closed and that they are moving to Henning in the former bakery building next to Consumers Co-op station. Manager John DeBauche stated that this will provide a more central base for their facilities. The company will now maintain a full-time office staff and service department in Henning. They will continue to handle Maytag, Magic Chef, Siegler and Dearborn gas appliances in the local office.

About 25 Henning residents attended a public hearing Monday night were nearly all in agreement that some city streets should be improved, but questioned the city council’s proposal to do an extensive upgrading of almost all the city streets. It was the consensus of those in attendance of Henning’s streets will require some attention this year. The proposed upgrading would call for new curbs and gutters, regrading of road beds, and resurfacing of streets. The total cost for the large-scale project was estimated at $600,000.

75 years ago

Thursday, Feb. 22, 1950

The Henning Advocate

A benefit basketball game will be played at the high school auditorium here Friday night with featured attraction a game between the businessmen of Henning and Vining. All proceeds will go to the high school letterman’s club. Activity tickets will not be accepted.

The businessman’s team from Henning will floor such former stars as Rudy Oppegard, Walt Dilly, Maynard Ellenson, Ralph Boline, Billy Russ, Harold Pikal, Duke Johnson, Rollie Thiel, Don Winkler, Chuck Christenson and many others who want to play.

The Vining businessman boast this fine array of talent: Clayton Christopherson, Roy Nikula, Leo Finke, Levon Christopherson, Myron Cox, Leo Wilson, Almore Finke, Arden Nyberg, and Oscar Ingebrittsen.

For the past three weeks, the freshman girls have been working in the industrial arts shop, while the boys were working in the home economics laboratory. The experiment was considered a success by the students and by the faculty members involved, Miss Theresa Tornblom and Mr. Robert Prigge.

During their term in the industrial arts shop, the girls became acquainted with the various tools and their uses. The jig saw proved the most popular with girls. The projects were picture frames, all out of wood and rose bud patterned candle holders made out of transparent plastic. They also were given experience in splicing electric wires and simple wiring in everyday household tasks.

While under the direction of Miss Tornblom, the boys learned how to iron a shirt, patch overalls, sew on buttons, operate a sewing machine while making aprons, andhow to darn. The boys made a campfire dish, candy, cake, apple crisp, and wound up serving the girls lunch.

100 years ago

Thursday, Feb. 20, 1925

The Henning Advocate

Electric heating will soon become general and it is more of how soon there will be sufficient electric power generated to heat the homes of the land, than absence of demand. Leading this world, this nation is approaching the time-consuming coal burning furnaces or old fashion wood burners generally used.

Hunt for a bank robber gang, which terrorized southern Minnesota and northern South Dakota in three years of “capturing” towns, slashing telephone and telegraph wires, shooting out lights and robbing banks, landed seven men and three women in jail at Omaha, after a battle of wits with detectives extending over Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas, Montana and Nebraska. At least seven bank robberies, six of them in Minnesota, have been linked to the seven robbers.