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The Jordan Grays visited the Brewers of St. Paul in the athletic game of baseball. We are deterred to go into details of the game as it would not make good reading. The Brewers won 3 to the Grays 1 score.
You can save enough on a barrel of flour at $1.65 for 100 pound by the recent price cuts to buy your wife a new hit at Dennig’s.
F.S. Leonard has procured the agency for the Manhatten Life Insurance Company and is prepared to write life insurance in all its forms.
Contractors for steam fittings are finishing work for furnishing the Doctor Janes Hospital, the Kehrer Dry Store and several other buildings.
Go to Ritschel’s for your fresh biscuits at 10 cents a dozen; fresh special cookies at 10 cents a dozen and fresh apple pie at 10 cents each.
Lumber dealer Westerman is constructing a high picket fence around his yard to preserve his building material from animals, children and light–fingered gentry who prefer borrowing to buying.
While Mrs. Norman Chard was doing the family washing on Monday she took the boiler of clothes from the store and carefully placed it on the floor. Her two year old son was pushing the cover with both hands and fell in scalding his arms, breast and head. He died Tuesday morning.
Henry Arens has purchased a cash register for his meat market. He is strictly up-to-date, accommodating, ready to please and has nothing but the best.
Mr. Hilgers, the original gasoline motor man, has placed a 3 ½ h.p. engine to run a centrifugal pump in the stone quarry of Theodore Kipp. Mr. Kipp can now get at the lower levels of stone used for building and cemetery use.
There was a social dance at the Pekarna home Sunday evening with lively music of the violin. At midnight refreshments were served.
Jordan’s young baseball team, “The Ramblers,” met the New Prague Juveniles on New Prague’s eighty-foot diamond by the railroad bridge. With brilliant plays and nice batting the score was 8-8 at the end of the ninth. After four more innings the Ramblers won 10-9. The Ramblers team is Smith, Dennig, George Herder, John Jenny, Robby Rausch, Ben Rosendahl, Mich Lebens, Henry Jenny and John Hufman.
Lydia arrived late for their game with the Jordan Grays on the Omaha diamond. After a good, clean game Jordan won 8-3. Jordan Gray teammates are the Rosendahl Brothers, Joe Casey, Carl Herder, Albert Schneiderhan, Harold Varner, Phillip Schaefer, Art Rauschand, S. Busch.
W.F. Baier, the jeweler, has arranged his display window attractively with new stock in fine glass display cases.
John Marxen has severed his employment with Linn Brothers Harness Ship. Mathias Betz has taken his place as an apprentice to the harness trade.
The Premium List for the 1952 Scott County Fair is published in the paper. Entry day is September 4th with judging on the 5th. Over $4,000 will be paid in ribbon premiums. The fair is 38 years old.
While haying last Friday on his farm just east of Jordan Marshall Darlington, 55, was severely injured in a horse run-away. Highway 282 runs through his farm and guiding his team on the road the team became frightened and Marshall jumped off. He has a skull fracture and concussion, 3 broken ribs and many bruises. He is in the New Prague hospital.
The Brewers won the game against St. Peter 3-1 last Thursday, but on Sunday evening the Brewers lost to Belle Plaine 8-1 in the final River League game. Now to the playoffs when Jordan will meet Prior Lake.
Jordan Sawmill will resume operations on August 12 after having been closed since June 24 for conversion to gas for power as reported by Herb Trost.
The Jordan High School Band went to Le Sueur on Sunday where they participated in the Fun Day Parade. The band played their final summer concert on Saturday to a nice crowd by Jordan Hotel.
The V.F.W.--Victor B. Langer Post 2854--will host their annual picnic on Sunday, August 10th at the Tourist Park in Jordan. Dinner begins at noon.
T.H. No 282 was given its first bituminous treatment last year from 169 in Jordan to the junction with Highway 13. It became so popular and used so heavily that the Minnesota Highway Department allotted reconditioning to the eight miles, one of the shortest state highways in Minnesota.
Threshing is commencing around here and some areas already finished. The old familiar whistle of the Bieder threshing machine is heard often.
Tragedy struck the Jordan community Monday evening when a double fatality automobile accident took the lives of 2 well known Jordanians and for years active in many community affairs Mr. and Mrs. Frank Betchwars. They leave four children. He was 51, and she 44. The accident happened about 5:30 p.m. on a rain slicked county road 12, along the north shore of Spring Lake.
Lyle Schultz and Robet H. Busch have been chosen for inclusion in the 1972 edition of “outstanding young men of tomorrow.”
Presiding at the dedicatory ceremony held on the apron of the newly built fire station was Robert Nachbar. Honored guest was Carol Herder, a member of the department for 45 years, from 1903-1948, who was accorded the honor of cutting the ribbon, with Mayor Earl Hedstrom.
Scott County board of commissioners voted to accept an American Federation of State and County Municipal Employee (AFSCME) which puts county employees on an eight hour day and 40 hours a week.
Some 3,000 persons enjoyed the two-day, old-time steam and gas festival held last weekend.
In playoff play, the Brewers split 2 playoff games. On Sunday the Brewers defeated LeSueur in just 8 innings by a score of 12-1 in the 10 run rule after seven innings. On Tuesday night the St. Peter Saints shutout the Brewers 3-0 on a 4-hitter. The Brewers now face the winner of the LeCenter-LeSueur game Friday night at Jordan.
Linda Voigt & Connie Hennen were co-chairpersons for the Miss Jordan 1992 pageant to help stage this annual event. Miss Jordan 1991, Tiffany Schoenbauer, placed the crown on the head of Hannah Herzog, the new Miss Jordan 1992 at Lloyd’s last Saturday night. Selected 1st princess is Melissa Whipps; 2nd princess is Jessica Chalupsky; and Miss Congeniality is Martha McNamara.
Jordan’s very own German singing group “Singverein” was formed a year ago to promote the singing of German folk songs. Members are Marie Ries, Marion Pearson, Monica Pink, Wilma Lambrecht, Rotz Hart, Werner Hartman, Ambrose Busch, Dennis Gerold, Ed Breunig, Henry Allman and Jim Parsons. Corella Langhoff is the piano accompanist for the group.
The 69th annual state baseball tournament will be held in Jordan and Belle Plaine on three weekends. A Class B rundown of teams that are either in the 1992 state amateur baseball tournament or are earning their way, was drawn up.
The M.A. Gedney company of Chaska is the 7th largest pickle company in the United States.
The Jordan Brewers for the second straight week won two and lost one in section playoff action. Shakopee 1 Jordan 0; Delano 1 Jordan 14; and Chaska 3 Jordan 6. Ron Beckman reached a couple of milestones this past week as he played in his 500th Brewer game at Chaska and picked up his 700th Brewer hit in his four-hit game against Delano.
Looking Back is compiled by the Jordan Historical Society. For more information, email jhcsecretary@gmail.com.
Looking Back is compiled by the Jordan Historical Society. For more information, email jhcsecretary@gmail.com.
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