By Deb Moldaschel
60 years ago – Sept. 15, 1964
The window at NFO headquarters, West Main, was broken early Sunday morning. Jerry Goldschmidt, president of the Brown County NFO, said a rock about the size of a baseball was thrown through the window and crashed against the was at the rear of the building.
Grant Friton won the Brown Swiss dairy cattle grand championship in the FFA competition at the State Fair. The cow, Rose O. Stark Fancy, was named champion over 21 other animals judged in the breed.
45 years ago – Sept. 13, 1979
Indians football fans will be able to watch most of the rest of this season’s home schedule on a lighted field. A local group offered last week to put up and pay for a complete lighting system for the football field and track, and the school board accepted the offer. The group offering the lights calls itselff the Sleepy Eye High School Athletic Field Light Association, and was organized by Richard Mathiowetz, Melvin Cook, and Dale Krzmarzick.
Neighbors feature: Vernard Haala, 23, nine miles southeast of Sleepy Eye, liked to repair motors and engines when he was a kid in grade school. He still does. He earns his livelihood as a mechanic at Brown County Co-op Oil Station on West Main.
30 years ago – Sept. 15, 1994
After over 41 years in business, Cobden Grain and Feed Company was officially purchased by Sleepy Eye Farmers Elevator Company on Sept. 2. Cobden Grain and Feed Company Owner/Manager Jerome Renner said the sale seemed to be the best move for his business. Renner, along with four other employees in Cobden, will continue to work for Farmers Elevator as part of the purchase agreement.
The Inquiring Photographer asked, “Why do you donate blood?” Greg Reiniger said, “To help people in trouble.” Rita Weiss said, “Because it’s a simple thing to do that’s a valuable thing to do.” Carol Lochner said, “Because I have a rare blood type (type 0-) and it’s always needed.”
15 years ago – Sept. 10, 2009
A group of visitors from Luxembourg made a stop in Sleepy Eye on Sept. 1. They stopped first at the Depot Museum where they were greeted by Judy Beech and Mayor Jim Broich. After a quick stop at the Chief Sleepy Eye statue, the group made its way to Gene Bertrand’s Little Luxembourg.
Sleepy Eye Public School will have four new teachers when school starts today. They are: Adam Wissman, high school English; Darcy McGee, business math, computers and video production; Samantha Stenzel, K-12 Spanish, and Samantha Schmit, third grade.
