June 18, 1925
The school house was broken into sometime during last Sunday. The building is secured by the best locks obtainable, and parties capable of picking them are capable of picking any lock. There was nothing of value taken, but the trail they left behind seems to be that of youngsters, or of some undeveloped mind. Some electric fixtures were broken and paint daubed on desks and the floor, and things were generally mixed up.
A.Q. Lundman was in a car wreck near Minneapolis on Monday. His vehicle was hit by an approaching car and forced off the road down a 15-foot embankment. He received many minor cuts and bruises and is being treated in the city. His car was a wreck. The parties in the other car fled, leaving their car behind. Police think it was a stolen car.
The local baseball club, organized last week, made an auspicious bow to the public in a practice game by defeating South Haven in a merry 10-2 fashion on the Pleasant Lake grounds on Sunday. South Haven, it will be remembered, won the 1924 championship in the Wright County League.
June 14, 1945
Mr. and Mrs. Gust Walberg of Annandale were notified on June 9 that their son, Pvt. Milton LeRoy Walberg, had been killed in action on Luzon on May 22. Milton had been overseas about eight weeks.
Vernon Benson is on a destroyer minesweeper which was struck by a suicide plane and a 500-pound bomb during the Okinawa invasion. The ship also shot down six planes.
South Haven village has the honor of being the first village to go "over the top" in the present war bond drive. South Haven has a quota of $5,628, but sold $9,068.75 to date. This is a splendid record. J.G. Lies is the local chairman. Other villages that have exceeded their quotas so far include Delano, Cokato and Montrose.
The 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Crow River Lutheran Church will be observed Sunday, June 17, at Knapp with all-day exercises.
The new plate glass windows were replaced at "Dad" Hill’s Country Store on Saturday. There were quite a few sidewalk superintendents supervising the work.
The U.S. Post Office has specified that the Annandale post office will be raised from third class to second-class status.
June 14, 1962
A freight train crashed into the handcar used by the welding crew on the Soo Line railroad about one quarter of a mile west of the local depot on Tuesday. The handcar and equipment were demolished, but no one was injured.
Motorists have reported some close calls with children riding bikes in Annandale – much too close for comfort. Some small fry ride in a weaving way, some zoom around a corner in a split second and some are just plain forgetful. Parents, please talk to your lively child and help him or her to stay alive. A gay, carefree child wheeling happily on his bike is apt to forget that he’s but a minor bit of weight compared to an auto of about two and a half tons.
Annandale girls are invited to register for the Miss Annandale contest. Judging will be on the basis of beauty, poise, posture, personality and charm.
Members of the Annandale Conservation Club will hold the annual Spring Dance Party at the Pavilion on Highway 55 east of Maple Lake. The proceeds from the event are used to safeguard and improve our natural resources. Propagation of fish and game, water levels, dams, food for waterfowl and predator control are among the projects sponsored by the club.
June 19, 1991
Arson was the cause of a fire that destroyed a Southside Township home Wednesday afternoon, according to the State Fire Marshal. The home, three miles west of Annandale on County Road 38, was destroyed with the aid of a flammable accelerant that was used to start a fire in the bedroom of the one-bedroom home. The resident was not home at the time. No arrests have been made, and the Wright County Sheriff’s Office would not comment on possible suspect leads.
A wave of vandalism has been keeping the Annandale Police Department busy and the city of Annandale in a constant state of repair over the last few months. The most recent and extensive damage occurred at the new Annandale High School, where sometime over the weekend of June 8 and 9 vandals broke windows and lights and spray painted walls and carpets. Total damage was estimated at over $10,000. The most extensive damage was in the commons, where four large skylights were broken and obscenities spray painted on the walls.
Bendix Elementary School is currently receiving a $70,000 facelift as part of the 1989 school bond issue. The most notable changes will be the rearrangement and enlargement of classroom space as well as the partitioning of classrooms, offering more privacy to students and teachers. With the moving of grades five and six to the middle school, the student population at Bendix will drop from just over 1,000 to around 700.
June 21, 2006
It was 150 years ago last month that Thomas C. Partridge took a look at a place he and others had found along the Clearwater River and declared it "a fair haven." At least that’s the legend surround the event. Fair Haven residents will celebrate the sesquicentennial of the townsite’s founding at the 80th annual Old Settlers Picnic on Saturday, June 24.
Ben Greve, a 2000 Annandale High School graduate, and former University of Minnesota basketball star Lindsay Whalen became engaged in May and are hoping to work around professional golf and basketball schedules to have a 2007 wedding.
Amanda Opatz, a 2004 Annandale High School graduate, plays shortstop for the Southwest Minnesota State University Mustangs. She started all 53 games this year, batting .390 and helping the team to a record-setting 41-12 mark and the school’s first appearance in the NCAA tournament.
There are 18 candidates for the title of Miss Annandale this year. Currently reigning royalty are Miss Annandale Alyssa Van Lith and princesses Alisha Doppenberg and Jenna Carlen.