November 14, 1907
Six non-resident hunters who had neglected to secure state licenses were arrested in Itasca County yesterday and required to pay fines aggregating $450 besides the costs of trial before a justice of the peace at Grand Rapids.
John Miller reports having shot a young coon in the woods east of town last Saturday that weighed twenty nine pounds.
Clearwater is soon to have its new pulp mill in running order. The building which is two stories high and covers about 3,600 square feet is built of cement blocks which were made on the grounds.
The dance last Friday evening in the hall was not attended as well as it might have been. A trifle early for a masquerade ball yet. Music was furnished by Otto Vogel and Wm. C. Gille.
The flax which has been grown in this locality for twine is being bailed and shipped to the factory in St. Paul. In the neighborhood of 100 tons will be shipped from Annandale this year.
November 14, 1929
Hunting of deer, moose, caribou, elk and bear is prohibited in Minnesota this year. The season is opened only in even numbered years, between November 15 and November 25.
The Annandale High School Basketball teams pried off the lid of the basketball season on Friday night by winning two games from Montrose, with scores of 22-15 for the local girls and 21- 12 for the local boys quint. Both teams showed flashes of effective playing at times, which is promising at this stage of a long basketball schedule.
Work has been started on the cutting down of the old bridge across the Mississippi river between Anoka and Champlin, which structure will be moved to span the river at Clearwater, the new concrete span at Anoka was dedicated Thursday evening. It has been open to traffic for the past week.
Another improvement in Annandale business lines is announced by Carl Sather, proprietor of the Grand Theatre, this week. Mr. Sather has installed a Phototone, or otherwise known as a talking movie, and will give the first "talkie" Saturday this week. Mr. Sather has provided an entertainment in Annandale that many have driven several miles to witness, and he should have your patronage.
November 13, 1952
Stan Lundeen, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Lundeen, Annandale, Minn., and an experience pilot with more than 2,000 flight hours to his credit has entered a new aviation career – that of a United Air Lines first officer. After an intensive indoctrination course at the company’s Denver flight training school, he has been assigned to mainliner flights in and out of Denver.
The coaches meeting in Buffalo on Nov. 5, was attended by Coach Jos. Yantes of Annandale School. At this meeting, the All-Conference team was selected. Annandale has three players on the team: Neil Klemz, back; Dick Arney, tackle; Marv Smith, guard.
Basketball practice got underway Monday evening at the Annandale school, with an enthusiastic group of players out. The team will play the first game on the home floor, with Cokato the opponent, on Nov. 25. Coach Yantes advises that a big basketball jamboree is being scheduled for the end of this month, with each team participating in a part of the game.
Dayton Barkley was very much pleased with the response he received to the Grand Opening of his furniture store on Main Street last Saturday. It took a lot of hard work and long hours by workmen to get the furniture moved, also new shipments placed and in readiness for the big event.
November 11, 1987
Many local residents are wondering what happens now after the health maintenance organization (HMO) Share recently announced it no longer will providing health coverage for Wright County residents. The answer to that question is a hard pill to swallow, especially for senior citizens living on fixed incomes. With HMOs leaving rural Minnesota, many people are facing the prospect of higher premiums, hundreds of dollars in deductible charges, and co-payments for medical coverage.
Not many Future Farmers of America members ever climb to the heights of earning an American Farmer Degree. To be precise, only 728 of the FFA’s 416,000 members will receive the American Farmer Degree during the National FFA Convention at Kansas City this weekend. Wayne Triplett is one of 18 Minnesota FFA members who will receive the American Farmer Degree award this year. He is the first Annandale FFA member to ever earn the award according to files Annandale FFA advisor Red Petersen can find.
Annandale hasn’t had an officially designated Chief of Police for more than a year, not since September, 1986, when former Chief Bill Ledwein was suspended, and not through last week when Ledwein formally resigned in a negotiated settlement with Council. Officer John Monk has filled in as Acting Chief during that time. But the city council apparently is in no great hurry to name a Monk the permanent chief, or to take any quick action regarding the Annandale Police Department.
Upset was on the minds of the Annandale Cardinal volleyball team. No, the Cardinals were not thinking about which team they were going to upset in the District 20A volleyball tournament last week. The Cardinals were wondering if they would be the next top-seeded team to fall to the underdog. "Those three other matches were upsets; we were a little scared," Annandale senior hitter Tammy Fobbe said after the Cardinals defeated New London-Spicer.
Trevor Prinsen is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota, Morris. He is the son of Steve Prinsen and Sharon Schumacher. He works in the Twin Cities.