Compiled by Don McNeil, Shakopee Heritage Society

From the Shakopee Valley News

January 1, 1953

Best of Everything, May the Magic Lantern of Success Light Your Way to Happiness – Mahar Hardware

Happy New Year – Borchardt Brothers, authorized Ford Dealers

A Peaceful New Year – Our thanks to everyone in town for their good will and friendship in 1952 – Mertz Agency (E. V. & R. E. Mertz)

Happy New Year – A full quota of joy and prosperity to each of you – Rein Truck Lines, Joe Rein, Owner

Should Auld Acquaintance be forgot…Will bring to mind your friendship throughout the year – S. M. Hennen, Building Contractor, Shakopee

In the old manner, we offer our cordial and heartfelt greetings – Ries Plumbing and Heating, John L. Ries, Proprietor, Shakopee

A heartfelt “thank you” for your loyalty and patronage in the past, and a Happy New Year – Florence and Johnny Kenfield, Hamm’s Branch Distributor, Shakopee

January 8, 1953

General Motors unveils 1953 Models…Three new auto showings this weekend.

It will be another big weekend on Shakopee’s “automobile row” as two local dealers plan showing of 1953 models. Effertz and Roster announce the new Golden Anniversary Buick while Schesso Brothers will unveil both the new Oldsmobile and Chevrolet with a simultaneous display. All three models go on display tomorrow and Saturday. Highlights of the new models:

• Buick – Headlines their new line with a V-8, valve-in-head engine in their Super and Roadmaster models – a departure from the traditional Buick Straight 8 design. A total of 87 changes including new twin turbine dyna-flow to greatly reduce slippage, reduction of road noise, restyled interiors, power steering optional on all models and power brakes optional on the Roadmaster. Horsepower ranges include: Roadmaster – 188, Super – 170, and Special 130.
• Chevrolet – The low-priced field leader has added a third series, the Bel Air, along with their Two-Ten and One-Fifty series. The entire line features new power train, improved automatic transmission, roomier bodies and many new convenience items. All models will offer power steering optional and the Automatic Eye optional, a mechanism that automatically lowers headlight beams for passing. Horsepower ranges include: Standard engine – 108, and the new “Blue Flame” – 115.
• Oldsmobile – The third General Motors car to be unveiled this week is claimed to be the candidate for best looking, best driving car of all for 1953. The new Olds Rocket engine in the “98” is rated at 165 horsepower, has a higher 8 to 1 compression and a new 12 volt ignition system. Optional equipment includes power brakes, power steering, and Frigidaire car air conditioning. Lines have been re-engineered with long, sleek lines with plenty of exterior chrome.

Shakopee Theatre Admission Prices: Adults – $.50, Children 12-15 – $.35, Children Under 12 – $.12…Continuous show Sundays starting at 3 p.m.

The Hy-Point Hatchery and Feed Co. of New Prague will hold its fourth annual open house Saturday. “The entire hatchery and all its equipment will be open for the inspection of our customers and public,” said manager, Ralph Hendricks in his invitation to attend the open house.

A second fire siren was installed in Shakopee in the hope that fire calls may be more easily heard by firemen in all parts of the city.

To aid taxpayers in completing their 1952 federal income tax returns, a representative of the IRS will be at the Scott County courthouse from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. There will be no charge made for this service.

Dr. Paul F. Nevin, Dentist…Office – Shakopee Theatre building, First St., Office hours 9-12 and 1-5. Evening by appointment.

January and February is the time to remodel…add a room, modernize your kitchen, finish the attic, paint and redecorate. Carpenters are now available. Materials and labor can be paid on our easy monthly F. H. A. payment plan…Gipson Lumber Co., Joseph Huber, Mgr.

Do you want more?? – More milk per cow…more cow comfort…more dairy products and less moisture…less barn odor…less expense?? We have it in the ventilation that pays for itself. Frank Knapp – Tel. RO97587.

Charles Schesso, prominent Shakopee businessman and civic leader for more than 30 years died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 63. Funeral services with the rites of the Masonic order. Member of the Shakopee American Legion post of which the deceased was an original member. The King Solomon Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Shakopee will conduct the Masonic rites. Mr. Schesso had been suffering from a heart condition for the past several months, but recently had shown marked improvement. Monday morning he went to St. Francis hospital for some dental work and it was there that he suffered the fatal heart attack.

Construction on the addition to St. Mark’s parochial school estimated to cost nearly $200,000, will start this year. Hubert Swanson, architect of the Shakopee High School addition and the new St. Francis Hospital, is drawing plans for the addition which will virtually double the size of the parish school. The present school would no longer be adequate because of the continued increase in school enrollment and the projected increase expected during the next decade.

The Shakopee Volunteer Fire Department closed the pages of 1952 with a record of 54 local fire calls answered in the Shakopee city limits and 23 out of town calls.

Radio Repairs…There’s no delay, no putting it off when you call August B. Dellwo for radio maintenance. We are experts on all popular makes and models of radios and TVs – Sales and Service – 634 W. 2nd St.

Bakery Specials…White cake with chocolate fudge icing – $.59; oatmeal cookies – 2 doz. – $.29 – Valley Bakery, Elmer and Gene Dahl, Shakopee.

A virus infection hits Shakopee school pupils…The virus is evidently widespread throughout much of the southern Minnesota area. Many pupils in both the public and parochial schools are absent with what is believed to be a type of influenza. At St. Mark’s Sister Carmelita stated that about 20% of the pupils in each grade were absent from school with the greater majority of them out with this “flu.”

Car Owners…for easier driving in snow or mud – get Goodyear “studs,” the newest in snow tires.

To make good “party line” telephone service better, always remember to replace the phone receiver; allow reasonable intervals between your calls; be sure to hang up quickly when you find the line in use; release the line promptly to allow emergency calls through…Northwestern Bell Telephone system.

Clearance Sale at Dueber’s in Shakopee Monday…Remember you can buy denim overalls at Dueber’s for $2.98 at any time.

Auto Battery Sale…$8.95 Up (Exchange)…Tires – 25% discount; Tune-Up Special $6.95 – includes new points, clean plugs; adjust carburetor and set timing – Joe Morello Motor Sales, Shakopee

Best Buy of the Year…360 acre farm – 130 acres under cultivation and alfalfa and hay; 150 acres open pasture – balance in timber; 1 modern dwelling; 1 modern cottage; 54′ x 82′ barn – 37 stanchions, 2 calf pens; hen house capacity for 1700 hens; double garage, granary – All buildings good as new – Priced to sell at $13,000.

Free Estimates – Complete building services of any kind of structure. Footings, block work; stucco, framework, roofing, curbs, sidewalk, residential/commercial buildings and public buildings…Shakopee General Construction, Inc. (formerly Cy Fischer – 224 Sommerville, Shakopee)

Beauty Consultant Direct from the New York Salon of Helena Rubenstein…meet the personal representative of Helena Rubenstein, the world’s beauty authority. Let her give you a free beauty analysis and a complimentary home beauty course, compliments of Helena Rubenstein. Make your appointment today…time is limited. Scott County Drug…Walgreen Agency.

Compiled by Don McNeil, Shakopee Heritage Society

From the Shakopee Valley News

Microwave antennas are becoming a familiar sight in the Shakopee area as more and more residents search for alternatives to commercial and cable TV. Microwave antennas, the increasingly familiar dish-on-a-stick that towers 10 ft. or more above residential roof-tops, are used to pick up microwave signals sent from the top of the IDS Tower in Minneapolis that carry broadcasts of Home Box Office (HBO) – the primarily first-run, recent and classic movies without commercials. Willy Anholt is the only person the Shakopee News found who sells everything necessary to set up a complete microwave antenna. He is confident the future of the antenna will continue to be bright.

The Scott County Commissioners have voted to raise the salaries of non-union county personnel by 5% for fiscal 1982, after freezing their own salaries at their current rates. The Scott County Board has also adopted a resolution fixing the 1983 minimum annual salaries for officials elected this year; county attorney – $31,692; county auditor – $25,075; county recorder – $22,502; county sheriff – $25,075; county surveyor – $23,491; and county treasurer – $22,502.

Shakopee ISD #720 has joined the city of Shakopee and Scott County in having aid payments withheld by the State. Superintendent Dr. Robert Mayer confirmed that the district didn’t receive its $480,000 check for the month of December. If the state decides to withhold more aid next month, Mayer said the district will begin studying the possibility of borrowing on anticipated tax revenues to make ends meet.

There is a possibility that at least one out of every 11 Shakopee homes has a potential “time bomb” sitting in the basement utility area. That “time bomb” could be a liquid propane or natural gas water heater, Shakopee Building Inspector, LeRoy Houser, stated.

If Shakopee is to become the tourist center that some people say it has the potential to be, city businesspeople, government officials and residents will have to work together to promote the city and its environs as a package.

It appears now that the attempts to move the Minnesota Renaissance Festival from southwest of Shakopee to Lakeville may not be dead.

There is a tendency of some cross-country skiers to leave established trails and venture onto the ice of Sand Creek. Currently the ice is dangerously thin in many places. To avoid the risk of drowning or hypothermia, visitors should always stay on the trail, ski with a friend and remember to read directions and regulations on informational signs.

Local Indians sell tax-free smokes…for the past two years, Norman Crooks has been trying to get some smoke signals going on the Mdewakanton Sioux Reservation and last week he finally succeeded. With the arrival of 26 cases of cigarettes from a Nevada tobacco dealer, the tribal chairman and 116 Mdewakanton are officially in the cigarette business – a business they hope will bring as much as $50,000 a year for tribal members. However, officials from the Minnesota Department of Revenue are hoping to throw a wet blanket on the whole idea.

Attorney at Law, Vicki Luoma; basic will – $35.00; divorce (uncontested) – $195; DWI – $300; Title Opinion – $60; Adoption (uncontested) $125; bankruptcy (Individual Chapter 7) plus court costs – $395.00.

Members of a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Welfare and Corrections will tour the Minnesota Correctional Institution for Women in Shakopee, with an eye toward possible replacement of the facility suggesting that the reformatory be moved to a site in Rochester.

Alien reporting dropped by I.N.S. – Gerald L. Coyle, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, St Paul, announced today that service will no longer require aliens in the United States to report their address to the agency each January. The requirement had been in effect since 1952. However, all aliens residing in this country are still required by law to report a change in their address within 70 days of such change to the nearest Immigration Field Office.

A local juvenile has been arrested and formally charged with extorting between $5000 and $8000 from a 41 year old Shakopee man by threatening to tell police that the man has taken pictures of young boys in the nude.

The average Shakopee sixth grade student is reading at a level of one year and six months above the national average.

Solid cedar full-sized bunk beds…sturdy 3 inch posts, includes springs, side rails and ladder…while they last $47.00 – L.N. Gephart Furniture, Lakeville, MN.

A group of concerned Shakopee residents are out to save O’Dowd Lake. The shallow lake and its companion, Thole Lake, are frequent victims of winter kill that wipes out much of the fish population every few years and makes the water miserable for fishing and swimming. The group is planning on installing a number of aerators in the lake to provide oxygen and hopefully end the problem.

Minnesota business forecast – What’s ahead for business in Minnesota? That topic will be addressed by legislators at the Shakopee Area Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Shakopee House. Sen. Robert Schmitz and Rep. Tom Rees will speak to the general membership.

Recent extreme cold temperatures and high winds appear to be the cause for the ten-minute electrical blackout that hit nearly all of Shakopee. The outage was the result of a “failed insulator between New Prague and Jordan.” All of Shakopee except Valley Industrial Park, which gets its power from a different transmission line, lost electrical power.

Two masked men robbed the owner of Arnie’s Friendly Folks Club at knifepoint early Sunday. He was tied up and the thieves left with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police reports say the robbery took place from 2:20 to 3:02 am, after Arnie Theis closed his bar down for the night.

The National Weather Service had said there was supposed to be a blizzard last weekend and a return of 70 below zero wind chill temperatures. It got cold…26 to 28 below zero according to one thermometer in town, but the heavy snows never came.

Local Job Service Gets Reprieve…Because of the worsening unemployment rate, a temporary hold has been placed on the possible closing of the Shakopee Job Service branch office. Cuts in federal spending had threatened to lay off more than 200 employees of the Minnesota Department of Economic Security, the federally funded state agency that runs Job Service, matching employers with job hunters. Those layoffs, which had been announced several weeks ago and then delayed, would likely have resulted in the closing of the local Job Service branch in Shakopee. Duke Henke, Area Office Manager at the Hopkins branch of Job Services, said the reason for the hold on layoffs in the Job Service is due to a $2 billion bill proposed by President Reagan to deal with the unemployment rate which is hovering precariously close to 9% nationwide.

Had Ronald Reagan chosen a career in the military he might have become a brilliant combat tactician. Instead, he entered the political arena and now gives every indication of being the General Patton of political warfare.

Formal charges are expected to be filed soon against Shakopee Girls Basketball coach, Jim McCormack, as a result of threats he allegedly made toward a Hutchinson player during a recent game. While McCormack denies the nature of the allegations, he confirmed that an incident did take place during the game involving himself, Hutchinson coach, Mark Anderson, and a Hutchinson player. The complaint states that McCormack, apparently upset over the rough style of play on the court, threatened the coach and the Hutchinson player in the following manner: “If you don’t get her out of here, she’s dead; if you don’t get her out of here, we’ll drop her.” McCormack stated that those words were never used and that “nothing really happened.” McCormack stated that all he was doing was trying to take care of my players. It was a fact that they were over-reacting to their being humiliated on the court (Shakopee 52-37). Hutchinson had 27 fouls called against them in the game compared to Shakopee’s 17. Anderson said games between the two teams have traditionally been physical.

The Shakopee Police Department will be getting a portable breath tester soon to give preliminary tests to suspected drunken drivers. The ALERT unit, short for Alcohol Level Evaluation Road Tester, will be on loan from the state at no cost to the city.

The thought of having 250 teenagers over to play doesn’t bother Gary Sheehan in the least. It may surprise some, but Sheehan finds them to be well behaved, polite and good for business. He is the owner of the Sub Machine Shop, a popular spot where one can get a good submarine sandwich and play a wide variety of the hottest video games at 25 cents a slot.

Elaine Klancke is anxious to relocate her store. “I’m kind of at the stage where I’ll believe it when I see it,” said the general manager of the Photo Mill store in the Minnesota Valley Mall. The decision to introduce a Photo Mill store in the Shakopee area, she said was based on a number of factors. “Demographics pointed toward the fact that there were a lot of new people in the area,” Klancke said. Also today’s higher costs for travel are conducive to localized sales. It was also clear, she said, that the city lacked photographic processing service. When another photo finisher closed their doors in the mall, Klancke made her move.

Even in an area of high growth potential such as Shakopee, the effects of an unstable economy on the housing market were readily apparent in 1981. Like other parts of the county, high interest rates kept housing sales down, according to city officials, even if housing starts lagged behind at moderate levels. Shakopee housing inspector, LeRoy Houser, said there were 77 starts in 1981, compared with an average of 85-90. Sales were sluggish.

A sign of progress and growth in any community is the revitalization and expansion of its banking and savings institutions. The opening of the new offices of the Citizens State Bank last year attests to Shakopee’s prosperity. “The growth potential for banking in Shakopee is tremendous,” said bank president, Ted Rietveld, who is also new to the bank and the community.

St. Francis Hospital has begun a $6.7 million modernization program that will temporarily cause some inconvenience for staff members, but will provide many conveniences and a great deal more space once the project is completed.

Bernie Carlson is not your average hardware man. He is a certified public accountant, has an almost completed master’s degree in business administration and teaches two classes in financial management at St. Thomas College every week. Before taking over the re-opened Shakopee OK Hardware Store in November, Carlson, 37, was making $53,361 a year as the City of St. Paul’s Financial Director. With those skills and that income, why would anyone go into the hardware business? “I’ve always wanted to be in business for myself,” Carlson said. “I didn’t want to continue working in a large organization.”

Stagecoach’s New Owner Keeps Traditions…If the Stagecoach was a friendly place for the past 45 or 50 years under Ozzie and Marie Klavestad, that much hasn’t changed since they sold the place last July. While the old town and opera house are closed down for the winter, the coffee’s on and the door is open at the Stagecoach Stores, Inc.’s gun shop. Cal Hotzler, proprietor, said, “We basically are geared for the hunter with an obvious bias towards ducks.” “We would like to do more work on the old town, but with interest rates the way they are, it’s hard to do anything and do it right.”

Prime retail space available now in 212,000 square feet enclosed mall shopping center complex, including K-Mart. This center is located in a dominant growth area of greater Minneapolis’ Southwest Suburban market serving a trade area in excess of 40,000 in population. The mall, located on US Highway 169, has been completely upgraded.

Dennis and Barb Sigurdson have received a lot of trophies and awards in the past year. The trouble is, all of them have come unassembled, in bits and pieces. Last June the couple took over as owners of Championship Awards, where assembling trophies is something they have more or less had to adapt to. Mr. Sigurdson is happy enough with the results of the new business so far that he is considering selling his sewer establishment to go into awards full time with his wife.

Surplus cheese is on its way to Scott County. The county’s portion of the 575,000 pounds of surplus cheese that is designated for Minnesota will be distributed. The processed cheese is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and it will be distributed in 5 pound blocks to households whose incomes are at or below eligibility guidelines used by the Minnesota Energy Assistance Program…household size -1 person…income $7616, 2 per persons…income $9,959, 3 people…income $12,302, 4 people…income $14,645

Shakopee residents lost a chance to have their taxes lowered when the Minnesota Supreme Court recently ruled against the city’s argument that the Fiscal Disparities Law was unfair. The court’s decision, upheld a ruling made last March by the tax court, and exhausted Shakopee’s last legal recourse in changing the law which commits 30% of the city’s total industrial/commercial valuation to a metropolitan valuation pool.

9-1-1…3 digits that could some day save your life or that of a friend or relative. Planned since 1973, the 911 Emergency Telephone Service for Minnesota is scheduled to become a reality in the metro area by the end of the year.

The financial troubles plaguing the Minnesota Valley Restoration Project (“Murphy’s Landing”) paint a pretty bleak future for the historic site east of Shakopee. Ed Sharkey knows as well as anyone how bad things are, but the interim manager who took charge of the operation on June 1st is an optimistic realist. He knows that the 75-year old project that captures life in Minnesota from 1840 to 1890 will somehow survive. Donations from private sources have dwindled from $146,000 in 1980 to $79,000 in 1982. Funding from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) which provided for a staff of 35 has gone from $98,815 two years ago to zero in 1982.

Computer in court may be nation’s first…There is something unique about Courtroom D at the Scott County Courthouse. The computer now has its foot in the door of what may be one of the greatest bastions of resistance to change…the courtroom.

Kawasaki Motor Corporation of California has announced that its research and development center in Shakopee will be closed and its entire line of snowmobiles discontinued. The small engine department will remain open strictly on a marketing and sales basis. Nine of the seventeen employees will be retained in clerical, administrative and technical positions.

The Shakopee City Council voted unanimously to grant a one-year lease of $1 to Minnesota Job Service to occupy the second floor of City Hall. The space is currently occupied by the Minnesota Stamp and Coin Co., which will be moving to a new location near the end of April.

After four special sessions and a regular session of the Minnesota State Legislature that saw massive budget cuts and increased taxes, Sen. Robert Schmitz is concerned, stating, “We’re going to have serious problems in the next few years, not just months. If the recession continues, there will be more shortfalls.”

Gas prices are coming down, though not as fast as most would like. A glut of oil on the world market has sent station owners throughout Shakopee scurrying up ladders to change their gas prices. Can 50 cents a gallon be far away???

Construction of a $500,000 research and administrative headquarters for Betaseed, Inc., a major producer of sugar beet seed, is underway in Shakopee. Betaseed, owned by Northrup King and a West German partner, will operate a 40-acre sugar beet farm with eight to 10 acres devoted to research.

Opening soon…Performance Cycle and Supply, Inc. – One-half mile south of Shakopee on Highway 169. Complete line of motocross, enduro and street accessories…repair service on major brands – street and dirt.

All things being equal, residential property taxes in the city of Shakopee increased on average 30% this year, while agricultural areas experienced the majority of the tax burden in the county.

April 2 and Holding…Last Friday the car for the “Save O’Dowd Lakes Guess When It Falls Through The Ice” contest was still hanging in there. Warm weather caused the car to sink some, but recent cold blasts held it in place.

Secretary of Agriculture, John Block promised “solutions” to dairy surplus problems Tuesday, but would give no indication as to what the Reagan administration solutions might encompass.

Judging by the computer game craze that seems to be reaching epidemic proportions across the country, the masses appear to be fascinated by the challenge and sophistication that these machines are capable of. Shakopee senior, Drew Topel, sits beside the school’s Apple computer, which displays his computer game he calls “Froggy” for which he recently won a first-place award in the annual Metropolitan Educational Computing Consortium contest.

Shakopee has been chosen among American cities as the site for the National Consumer Education Week kickoff on April 26. President Reagan has already signed a proclamation and so has Gov. Al Quie, who will read his proclamation during a ceremony at 1:30 p.m. April 26 at the First National Bank of Shakopee. Shakopee was chosen as the site because this is where Consumer Education Week first started, said Virgil Mears, who coordinates the program for Shakopee Independent School District 720.

Toro Co. of Bloomington has announced tentative plans to sell its Shakopee Die-Casting facility as part of an overall consolidation of operations in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. Toro is the largest independent marketer and manufacturer of snow removal and lawn equipment in the country. Erratic snowfall and tight economy over the past couple years are largely responsible for the $20 million in losses realized over the last 18 months.

Shakopee Mayor Eldon Reinke, speaking as chairman on behalf of the other mayors in the county, noted the growing concern in the county over government spending, and he cited the need for an assessment of the situation at the local level. “We believe that, as cities, we have begun the process of looking at ourselves,” he said, by asking two fundamental questions: “Who receives or benefits from a program or service,” and “Who pays for that service?”

Citizens of Shakopee, which cable TV system is best for you? … We believe it is Progress Valley Totalvision…local ownership, most advanced system, programming and lowest monthly rates. If you are thinking about cable TV, why not think about the costs involved, the difference between PVT Cable and Zylstra Cable, and come to the public hearing April 27 at 7 p.m. at the high school cafeteria.

If you’ve been in Shakopee very long, chances are you have heard of George Muenchow. He is one of the most visible, enduring and endearing fixtures of the community. You might say George is the father of recreation in Shakopee. He has been director of Community Services for the city’s recreation and adult education programs for 25 years. Shakopee hasn’t played the same since George came to town in 1957. When George was first hired be the City Council it was only for a six month probationary period. The Council wanted to see if the city needed a full time person and if the people wanted a full time program for recreation. He’s been working at helping us play ever since. How many pot bellies have been prevented because of the leagues he formed? How many children have developed more self-confidence through the many individual and group activities? How many adults have had their horizons broadened through the adult education program?

Grr! Hiss! Kill, Kill, Kill! – Look out for “The Claw,” Sunday, April 25 is the night!…Shakopee High School gymnasium is the place and 8 p.m. is the time. The attraction: All-Star Wrestling. All of your favorites will be there: Rene Goulet vs. Brad Rheingans, Tito Santana vs. Jerry Blackwell, Big Bad Bobby Duncum and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan vs. Baron von Raschke and Buck “Rock & Roll” Zumhofe, and in the main event, Greg Gagne vs. The Sheik. Part of the gate receipts will go to support Shakopee Community Services and its many programs.

Warning – Ceramic Fever…Very Contagious…No Known Cure – Shirley Kroger and her husband, Frank are owner and operators of K & S Ceramics at 109 S. Fillmore in Shakopee. Take Mary Stang of Savage for instance. She said she had no intentions whatsoever of getting into such a past time until she stepped off at the local Greyhound Bus Agent, which just happened to be…you guessed it – K & S Ceramics. The reason for their prosperity is due to the simple fact that people are looking for hobby ceramics these days. Shirley said, “Fulfilling a need for creative expression in the classes is supplemented by the opportunity to socialize and meet new people.”

The tension is mounting and bad blood is boiling between the two cable television companies on the final decision to award the Shakopee franchise nears. Exacerbating the situation is the final report from cable consultant, Anita Benda, of Communications Projects and CTIC Assoc. Inc. of Arlington, VA which ranks Zylstra-United Cable Television higher in nearly every category than its competition, Progress Valley Totalvision, owned in part by a local group of businessmen.

Nineteen year old, Dave Fischer talks about his bicycle repair business as if he’s been at it for years. He has! “I estimate I’ve done at least 500 repairs, maybe even more,” said the young Shakopee native who recently moved his operation out of his parents’ garage on Tenth Avenue, where he has re-conditioned bikes since he was nine years old. Now the sign above 120 S. Holmes reads “F & M Recreational Supply and Repair,” with Fischer teaming up with his friend, Scott McDonald, 19, of Prior Lake in an all-out effort toward a full-fledged career in the business. He hopes they can sell anywhere from 50 to 100 new bikes this year and a minimum of 200 every year thereafter.

It was that time again for the Shakopee Community Services and other recreation enthusiasts to display their summer program offerings for another year. The annual Shakopee Showcase attracted more displays and bigger crowds than ever Monday night at the Shakopee Sr. High School, where people had their first opportunity to register for upcoming programs. Well over 1000 residents packed the gymnasium, auditorium and hallways.

Lance Crooks, 12, performed a ceremonial dance before students at Pearson Elementary School last Friday during Pioneer Days. Crooks, a Shakopee student, was performing as part of a “mini pow-wow,” led by Sam Gerenoc, a Native American from the Twin Cities.

The Metropolitan Council may have its friends…but they aren’t in Scott County. Mayors, township leaders and concerned citizens from throughout the county lambasted the intrusions and performance of the Metropolitan Council before the joint legislative commission on Metropolitan Governance at Shakopee Junior High School. Throughout the lengthy hearing, only one county resident had anything positive to say about the council.

Veteran State Representative, Tom Rees (R-Elko) ended area political speculation when he announced he will seek the new District 36 MN Senate seat in November. Rees has served for the past four years as District 36B representative.

The Minnesota Department of Revenue and the Shakopee House Restaurant, a local landmark, have negotiated a three-year installment plan for the repayment of two years back sales taxes. The total amount is approximately $94,000, including interest rates of 20 percent and a 10 percent penalty. The well-known restaurant also owes about $12,000 in local property taxes for 1981 and has until the end of the month to meet the deadline.

Shakopee has come a long way and so have we…Please come and visit us and tour our bank. Our two-story addition and interior remodeling is completed. Guided or unguided tours including the vault…First National Bank of Shakopee. Refreshments, souvenir gifts, balloons and friendship.

“What do you think is the most important problem facing the nation?” This was the lead question in a Gallup Poll. According to the poll results the top concern of Americans today is, “the lack of jobs.” The survey reported 44 percent indicated the category, “unemployment; recession” was our most urgent problem. Second place, with 24 percent, went to “inflation; high cost of living.”

The Shakopee branch of the Minnesota Job Service just completed its first week at its new downtown location above City Hall on First Avenue. Gene Tolzman and Keith Dickey said they were pleased with the new surroundings. City Council gave the Job Service a $1 lease when Federal budget cuts almost forced the closing of the service, which matches job hunters with employers.

Mdewakanton Sioux Smoke Shop, Prior Lake…cigarettes – $4.99 per carton…special sale – 4 days only. 2 cartons per person limit…everyone welcome.

Members of the Shakopee Bowling Team who participated in the City Bowling Tournament over the last two weeks were recently presented awards provided by the First National Bank of Shakopee. Team winners were Izzy Suel, Mary Beckrich and Darlene Schesso.

Investigators from the Scott County Sheriff’s Department searched for evidence and dusted for fingerprints in the entryway of the First National Bank of Shakopee following a robbery. The suspect was arrested barely 42 minutes after law enforcement officials were notified. The robbery came at the end of a week-long open house celebration at the newly remodeled First National Bank at approximately 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The bank was crowded with people listening to piano music, watching balloons being tied into animal shapes and touring the bank’s facilities. Wearing a stocking cap the suspect ran out of the bank and down Holmes St. to make his getaway. The Canine Squad dogs led investigators to the Holmes St. bridge where the suspect’s clothing, the robbery note, and the stolen $774 were recovered.

The Scott County Sheriff’s Department has arrested “Agent 007.” For those who don’t listen to police radio communications or scanners, “Agent 007” has been broadcasting “four-letter words” over the airwaves using a Civil Defense radio stolen from the vehicle of the Scott County Water Safety officer.

High winds prevented the Milwaukee Mutual Insurance hot air balloon from taking off Friday as part of the open house festivities for the Capesius Agency. The weather cooperated on Saturday, however. Persons showing up at Memorial Park were treated to a free tethered flight in the balloon.

Zylstra United Cable Television was awarded the cable television franchise for Shakopee by a 4-2 vote of the City Council. The narrowness of the vote was unexpected considering Zylstra-United has been the overwhelming recommendation of the Council-appointed Ad Hoc Communication Committee. ZU would begin digging the day the cable board gives the OK. If all goes well, the system should be operational by late Dec. 1982.

First Step Nears for New Downtown…A simple request to vacate an alley has brought about what may become the first of many projects in redeveloping downtown Shakopee. The request was made to City Council by Dave Moonen several months ago and was recently approved. He wanted to remodel his building on Second Avenue and Holmes, currently housing Link Realty, to face the parking lot across from the First National Bank of Shakopee. That action set wheels in motion down at City Hall and among members of the Ad Hoc Downtown Committee. The idea formed of developing the city parking lot to create an attractive focal point with greenery, shrubs, trees and benches as well as an efficient parking space that might encourage other businesses to alter their buildings to face this mini town square.

Speeders have left city officials little choice…to keep speeds down, the city can install stop signs, which they consider a waste of gasoline, a nuisance, and an unnecessary expense, or they can get drivers to voluntarily comply. It is hoped and studies back it up, that once aware, the problem drivers usually slow down.

Shari Sinn Dance Studio will hold its 15th Dance Recital at the Shakopee Sr. High auditorium, June 10 & 11 at 7:30 p.m. Sinn has a show every other year and has taught for 23 years in Shakopee. 225 students will present “Stage Door 82.” Boys and girls from Shakopee, Chaska, Jordan and Prior Lake will perform tap, ballet, jazz and acrobatic routines in gala and festive costumes. Three-year-olds and up will be sure to entertain with their daring dance antics.

“Craft Americana” is the theme of the 11th Annual Craft Fair to be held at Murphy’s Landing. Craftspeople dressed in 19th century style costumes will be stationed throughout the eighty-seven acre restoration project, among the many restored homes. They will be demonstrating the techniques and skills required by their crafts, as well as offering the finished projects for sale. The focus of the fair is on the traditional American craft and contemporary crafts which utilize age-old skills. The crafts demonstrated range from homemade dolls to stained glass windows and from wood carving to rug hooking.

Chairman Norman Crooks of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux tribe stands on the site of the proposed 1400-seat bingo palace that’s due to be constructed in the next couple of months. They’re building a million-dollar bingo palace that will be the biggest bingo hall in the country. The “they” that Crooks refers to is the New England Entertainment Co. of Boston, MA, who will construct and manage the building and the bingo operation, taking 45 percent of its overall profits. The rest will go to the Indians for the use of their land. The tribe’s alarming 60 percent unemployment rate could vanish overnight if the project is successful. Employing 70 people over three shifts, the bingo operations managers are obligated to hire Indians first, roughly one-third of which will come from the Shakopee reservation.

The future of Valley Industrial Park has suddenly become bright with the announcement that North American Life and Casualty of Minneapolis has entered a joint venture partnership with Scottland, Inc. An aggressive and intensive marketing campaign is expected to begin within the next 30 days, Scottland President, J. Brooks Hauser stated.

Valley News Editorial…Pat Bouley – Congratulations to Golden Agers Club on their 25th anniversary. Now known as the Shakopee Senior Citizens Club, the group began meeting in January 1957 at the old Shakopee Sr. High School. Twice a week they meet at the First National Bank of Shakopee Community Room. It is a time for our senior citizens to meet with their peers, talk of common concerns and meet new friends. As one of the first groups in the state for senior citizens, the local group has a long and colorful history of which they can be proud. Because of the changes in the family structure in the United States and the often over-powering youth-oriented influence on society, the need for such an organization is greater than ever. To all those who have made it possible over the years for the service to exist…Thank You!

Grand Opening Thursday Thru Saturday, June 17-19 – Minnesota Valley Mall – Ruehle Jewelers and the Photo Mill – free roses to the first 100 people every day…free bottle of jewelry cleaner each day…25% off on all merchandise…one Kodak Instant camera given away each day.

School Board Under Attack … Requests for more money, and the return of certain programs and administrators by the Shakopee School Board has prompted a meeting between a committee and the concerned citizens who are opposed to the way the district is run.

Artwork by Heidi VonBokern of Shakopee has been selected for display during the Minneapolis Aquatennial’s “Great American Family Reunion” festivities week. The F&M/Marquette National Bank lobby at 900 South 6th Street in downtown Minneapolis will display a mix of artwork created by Twin City youth and seniors.

Mark Lureen, a recent graduate of the Shakopee Senior High School, is one of ten students selected this year for Outstanding Student Awards by Dunwoody Industrial Institute, Minneapolis. The awards, which provide free tuition for the 1982-83 school year, are given to recognize exceptional high school students and to attract top quality young people to careers in industry and technology.

In what she sees as a continuation of her commitment to reduce government bureaucracy at the local level, Scott County Attorney, Kathleen Morris, 36, has filed for re-election to another four-year term.

Shakopee Police Chief, Tom Brownell, knows how to cut the number of traffic accidents in the city by half…shut down First Avenue. The long-awaited Shakopee highway by-pass could also do the trick. “Unfortunately,” Brownell said sarcastically, “that probably won’t happen in my lifetime.” In 1981 there were 480 traffic accidents in the city. The vast majority of accidents happened on First Avenue where 22,000 vehicles a day pass through the heart of the city.

State Senator, Bob Schmitz (DFL-Jordan), this week expressed the need for more local control over the district’s transportation system by reforming the policies of the Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC). “It currently appears as though the property owners of our district are paying much more in taxes into the MTC system than benefits they are receiving from this service,” Schmitz said. “Ideally I would like to see this service more locally controlled.”

Emotions ran high and low, mixed and battled for Shakopee’s Jill Sinn, as she finished second runner-up in the 1982 Miss Minnesota Pageant. As Miss Minnesota Valley, Sinn was caught up in the magic of the contest; meeting new friends, performing before thousands of people, reaching deep inside for strength and stamina and finding it.

The Minnesota Waste Management Board proposed an area in Belle Plaine and Helena Township in Scott County as a “candidate site” for a hazardous waste disposal facility.

Valley News Editorial – Pat Bouley – “Something has got to change in this country’s criminal justice system. A Washington, DC jury’s ‘not guilty by reason of insanity’ verdict for John Hinckley, Jr.’s shooting of President Reagan and three others is nothing short of disgusting. It’s not the jury’s fault. It is a backward judicial system that is suffering from misplaced compassion that put the jury in that unpleasant situation.”

Views about television and its effect on children are as numerous as Saturday morning cartoons. Television has proven itself an effective and interesting teacher, yet some suspect that too much television limits our children’s ability to think creatively and to learn in other ways. While some people claim TV breaks down stereotypes, others say it fosters them. TV exposes children to people, places and cultures they might not otherwise experience, but it also may expose them to situations that frighten them, to ideas they can’t understand or to morals their parents don’t agree with.

Details for a $30 million program to make low interest mortgages available to first time Minnesota homeowners were released by Gov. Al Quie in a press conference with State Auditor Arne Carlson and the Commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA). About 550 mortgages, averaging $55,000, will be available in the first phase of the program. The interest rate of the loans will be 12%.

Any young women interested in participating in the Miss Minnesota Valley Pageant are invited to attend a Pepsi Party at the home of Maggie Klein. The meeting is strictly informational and there is no commitment involved. All eligible women are welcome to participate for the $500 scholarship.

One of the longest-running national youth activity programs – The World Junior Frisbee Disc Contest – will be taking place at the Shakopee Jr. High. The 14th annual observance of the popular contest, sponsored this year by the makers of Wheaties, “Breakfast of Champions,” is expected to draw thousands of boys and girls 15 years of age and younger from throughout the US, Canada and Great Britain.

NEW…People’s Savings and Loan pays interest on checking – 5-¼% on Chextra Account.

Local Duo Does First Album…Bob Cole and Mark Magnuson are good friends. In real life Cole is a photographer who works as a cashier at Juba’s SuperValu. Magnuson is an Electronics Tech Second Class in the US Navy. But when they get together, their imaginations and ambition soar, and their creative juices flow as quickly as the Minnesota River at flood stage. Both are talented musicians who like to write their own songs…songs about friendship, love, life. They write letters, exchange tape recordings of their latest compositions and make plans. Their next project is to do a video disc featuring more of their music.

Junior high students living between one and two miles from school will be provided district-funded transportation for the upcoming school year without increasing the amount of the local levy.

The barn fire in Jackson Township was caused by children playing with matches, according to the Scott County Sheriff. Three young children admitted playing in and near the barn on the Norbert Theis farm where the fire occurred. Approximately 1500 bales of hay and the barn were destroyed.

Firecrackers Caused Auto to Explode…It happened at the Kaposia Days parade in South St. Paul. Moments after the parade had ended, a car driven by a young man exploded. The cause? Firecrackers! The explosion demolished the car, and injured the young man and a woman passenger. The “Firecracker Car” was displayed on the front lawn of the Shakopee Senior High and was sponsored by the Shakopee Lions Club. According to an article in the Minneapolis Star, “debris was thrown about 150 feet…and the blast was so powerful it even blew out a piece of asphalt on the street.”

The largest purses of the summer racing season are on the line for the July 4th weekend at Raceway Park with $7000+ up for grabs. A field of some 100 cars is expected.

Kathi Kraai of Shakopee filled the Minnesota Valley Mall with the sounds of music as she demonstrated the art of bell ringing as part of her speech for 4-H Demonstration Day. Kraai was one of many participants throughout the county trying to win a chance to represent their community at the Minnesota State Fair.

Phil Kanning, a 35-year-old Shakopee lawyer, has filed for the office of Scott County Attorney, where he feels costs can be cut and better cooperation is needed with other county departments and law enforcement personnel.

A Miami police officer arrives at the scene of a property damage accident to learn one driver is a Cuban refugee, the other a Russian immigrant. The drivers can’t understand each other. The English-speaking officer understands neither of them, nor do they have the slightest idea of what he is saying. It’s a complete collapse of communication.

St. Francis Hospital Auxiliary is having their second annual rummage-auction sale. The sale will be in the former Ben Franklin building at 112 Lewis St., downtown Shakopee. The sale will be held in conjunction with the Shak-O-Valley Days.

When wrestling enthusiasts and promoters began to make a mockery of the sport, Tom Grant put away his shoes and tights…that was 52 years ago. Today, at the age of 90, this former contender for the heavyweight championship is busy chronicling his unique and colorful life which began on what is now the John O’Loughlin farm on Valley View Road in Shakopee. “I could go on telling stories forever,” Grant admitted in a recent interview.

Finding and keeping a job is the purpose of CETA class. The topics for the first hour were: “The question I fear most in a job interview” and “having a job interview is _____.” The subjects were those any job holder, and job seeker or any recent high school graduate could relate to. Anybody could fill in the blanks, and yes, the answers were often different. This class of 15 students at the Carver-Scott Cooperative Center in the old junior high had many answers.

Sparrows…small, brown, brawling birds so common they are often greeted with contempt, are at the forefront of arguments about evolution. Two groups of these birds seem to be evolving into distinctly separate species in the wilds of South America.

The romantic image of an intimate walk in the rain may never be the same, thanks to two U of M physicists who have discovered that rain is radioactive.

If that big elm tree that shades your house is still healthy, consider yourself lucky. If it makes it all the way through the summer, you will be lucky because it appears that this summer will be one of the worst years yet for the spread of Dutch Elm disease. Over 120 boulevard trees were recently marked with the fatal red circle.

The Shakopee Boy Scouts returned home from summer camp after attending “Camp Many Point” operated by the Minneapolis Viking Council North of Park Rapids, MN. The Shakopee scouts totaled 30 boys and were accompanied to camp by Scoutmaster, Wally Kopisca and assistants, Steve Thomas, Louis Greene and Tony Notermann. The group completed over 50 merit badges and numerous other scout rank awards.

Citizens say “porn” law broken…Penthouse offers aid to stores – Local store owners have been offered legal assistance from Penthouse magazine in their defense against charges that they are in violation of the city’s pornography ordinance. Shakopee residents are charging that the companies are in violation of the Shakopee pornography ordinance which states that “it is unlawful for any person to willfully furnish, display, sell or give another person obscene material.”

The map of Scott County was full of pencil marks where Shakopee Postmaster Cormac Suel had pointed out one arc after another where he feels the new county address system will hamper postal deliveries. He seemed anxious to discuss the situation and the circumstances behind his recent refusal to deliver some 350 telephone bills bearing the new addresses in neighboring townships.

Scott County First District Commissioner William Koniarski was greeted by President Ronald Reagan immediately after the President spoke to more than 5000 county officials at the 47th annual convention of the National Association of Counties in Baltimore, Maryland. Reagan told officials that his administration’s “New Federalism” program will return more responsibilities to local government, and best serve the interests of counties.

The Tootsie Rolls for the Handicapped Program, sponsored by the Shakopee Knights of Columbus, netted $1463 for the Scott County Association of Retarded Citizens, and $366.52 for the Carver County Chapter.

Owners and operators of the Valley Auto Plaza in Shakopee have been charged with 38 counts each in connection with an alleged recreational vehicle swindling operation at the dealership. The Minnesota State Department of Public Safety also revoked the dealer license.

Former chairman of the Scott County Planning Commission and Board of Adjustments, William Mueller, has pleaded guilty to four counts of cruelty to animals stemming from the discovery of 100 dead animals on his Spring Lake Township farm.

“The View from City Hall” by Judy Cox, City Clerk…Editor’s Note: Beginning this issue, a regular column on what’s happening at City Hall will appear on the community page. Members of the City Council will rotate writing the column. On occasion, city staff and department heads will go to the typewriter to explain an important subject, as City Clerk, Judy Cox does in this first installment.

Voters want spending cuts…Congressman Bill Frenzel of Minnesota’s Third District has released the findings of his annual poll of district residents. The results as related to the federal budget are of interest. The survey indicates majority support for the continuances of spending cuts, including national defense, a reluctance to effectively control entitlement programs, and approval of the tax cuts. Now all Congress has to do is spend less, tax less, provide some services and placate all of the special interest groups.

Rodeo returns to town…The RN Pro Rodeo returns to Shakopee’s Pat Thielen Rodeo Arena – Each show will feature seven events. The Prairie Squares will strut their stuff in lively square dances. During that day’s rodeo performance, the contestants for Miss Minnesota Valley Pageant will be introduced. Tickets are available at Juba’s, Berens’, Bill’s Toggery, Citizens State Bank and Pizza Hut.

Arts and crafts sale…The Minnesota Women’s Correctional Facility in Shakopee will hold an arts and crafts sale on the front lawn of the facility. All arts and crafts were handmade by the women inmates.

The City of Shakopee will be conducting smoke testing of the city sewer lines. The purpose of the testing is to help find leaks which allow rain water into your city sewer system and possibly overload the sewers. The smoke is completely non-toxic, stainless, a chemical mist that has no permanent odor and soon disappears leaving no trace. The smoke may enter your house through faulty plumbing or dry traps. Pouring five gallons of water into seldom used drains will help assure that the traps are not dry.

The Shakopee Jaycees are launching an infant car seat rental program called, “Buckle Up the Babies.” The project is intended to increase the number of area children who are buckled up in proper child restraint devices while in motor vehicles. During the last decade, 10,000 children under the age of five were killed as passengers. Of the hundreds of thousands injured, many remain permanently disabled. Auto accidents continue as the number one killer of children of all ages after the first few critical days of life. The Jaycees have purchased 25 infant restraint devices which can be rented by parents of infants who live or work in Shakopee for $15 (of which $8 will be returned upon the return of the seat) for nine months or until the baby outgrows the seat.

The Metropolitan Council will decide whether to review a bingo parlor proposal for the Mdewakanton Sioux reservation in Prior Lake. A “metropolitan significance review” has been requested by the City of Prior Lake, which contends that the proposed 1400 seat parlor would adversely affect the community. It claims the parlor would generate 1000 or more vehicles per hour, require premature expansion of sewer service and disrupt the community’s agricultural areas.

A group of 10 cyclists, joined by local cyclists, will arrive in Shakopee entering the city as part of a 9500-mile continuing bicycle journey through all 50 states to celebrate the spirit of American freedom and help invigorate the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the United States Constitution. Mayor, Eldon Reinke, will offer a proclamation and a message on our Constitutional heritage of freedom and the future of America.

St. Paul – The resignation of US Agriculture Secretary, John Block, was called for last week by the head of the Minnesota Farmers Union, a 24,200 family strong general farm organization. MFU President, Cy Carpenter, cited several reasons in calling for the resignation of agriculture’s representative on President Ronald Reagan’s cabinet.

Calling Shakopee’s pornography ordinance unconstitutional and in conflict with state statutes, the defense for SuperAmerica stores has made a motion for the dismissal of charges that the company willfully furnished and sold obscene material.

A curious bird playing around a switch at an electrical substation in Shakopee was zapped by 7200 volts, blacking out hundreds of homes in the city…power was lost for approximately 30 minutes.

Charlene Wagner, Shakopee, was recognized for her efforts in this year’s MS Read-a-thon with a picture with Minnesota Viking, Matt Blair, at Valleyfair where she was awarded a ten-speed bike.

State Representative, Tom Rees, IR-Elko, accepted a White House invitation to attend a briefing in support of a national balanced budget.

Elmer and Jeannette Rechtzigel of Shakopee were invited to Rochester, Michigan to tour the Lions Leader Dog for the Blind School. Elmer has been active as District Leader Dog Chairman for District 5-M-2 for several years. The Lions have the largest leader dog school in the nation, with more than 300 blind people per year going through a 28-day training period with their new dog before they return to their home community. More than 6000 blind people received seeing eye dogs over the last 40 years.

Jordan couple delivers baby themselves at Holiday Inn – Although Colleen Herzog had not planned on having her baby in a hospital, the Holiday Inn in St. Cloud was not the alternative she had in mind. The baby was, according to her doctor, overdue by about two weeks. But after several experiences with false labor, Colleen was not about to confine herself to her home any longer.

City gets clean bill of health from State Auditor’s office – The city of Shakopee is managing its finances quite well, according to the “Fiscal Health Profile” released last week by the Minnesota State Auditor’s office. “In the context of government, Shakopee is doing just fine,” State Auditor, Arne Carlson said in a telephone interview, stating his belief that a new commissioner is needed for the newly reorganized Scott County Second District. Lamont “Monty” Hennen began his campaign for the seat. Hennen, 39, a life-long Scott County resident who lives in Spring Lake Township, said he filed for the County Commissioner’s seat following encouragement from friends with the county. “The incumbent is presently serving his 20th year, and I feel it is time for us to have someone new to represent us in this new district.”

The arts and crafts sale held on the front lawn of the Minnesota Correctional Facility for Women, netted over $100 for some of the 15 inmates who offered handmade items. Afghans, pin cushions, wall hangings and clothing were some of the articles on display, with the next group sale scheduled for this December in the Minnesota Valley Mall. In addition, a display case containing inmate art for sale year-round is located inside the institution.

The passage of time is both a great healer and a great teacher…passions ebb, animosities subside, reason prevails – all of which gradually makes possible a clearer understanding of history. This year we mark the eighth anniversary of the resignation of Richard Nixon as President of the United States – the only president to ever have been forced to take such action.

The View from City Hall…by Mayor Eldon Reinke – One area I have been quite active in is forming of the Mayor’s Committee of Scott County. This committee has been working since February in areas of common concern to all cities in the county. One of these issues being the duplication of services between all levels of local government, whether township, city or county. I feel that the issues we have raised and presented to the Scott County Board are concerns of all cities in Scott County.

Tucked away in Jordan like some precious jewel waiting to be discovered, is a man whose talents have left him little choice but to create and develop his art. “I wonder if it is a blessing or a curse…I’ve got to do it. I’ll go insane if I don’t create,” said Frederick “Bill” Huber, 38, who has been maintaining his sanity by sculpting, painting and drawing ever since he was four years old.

Compiled by Don McNeil, Shakopee Heritage Society

From the Shakopee Valley News

Shakopee Library sets 28,802 book record for 1961. It was the achievement of the community branch of the Dakota-Scott Regional Library system. Of the total, 10,779 were adult books and 17,303 were read by children. This record 1961 total was a 19% gain over the 1960 book circulation of 23,500 and represents an average circulation of 5.3 books for each resident of Shakopee.

Assigned risk drivers in Minnesota, those who because of bad driving records cannot get regular insurance policies, cost the rest of the driving public high insurance premiums. According to the Insurance Information Institute, assigned risk drivers cost the insurance companies $132.50 in losses for every $100 of premiums received from such drivers over the past five years. The point is that the loss to the companies from such drivers is made up in higher premiums for all other motorists.

The Shakopee fire department answered a total of 65 calls in 1961, a decrease of seven from the 1960 figure of 72 according to records completed in the office of the County Sheriff.

Minnesota has suffered heavy out-migration of people in the past 20 years. Minnesota loses 40 people for every 100 it gains. Our rate of growth in the past decade was 14.5%, compared to the 18.4% for the U.S. Most of Minnesota’s population growth was concentrated in the Twin City Metro area. All Minnesota counties with less than 10,000 urban residents lost population – this is nearly half of Minnesota’s 87 counties.

Partial receipts for the calendar year ending Dec. 31, 1961, at the Savage post office showed a 20% increase over the past year.

The White Investment Co. of Minneapolis will offer, without obligation, free counsel to explain to you how you can get projected earnings of 9.13% on your protected investments.

Appliance demonstration and laundry clinic…Sears Mail Order Store – Bring your laundry problems, learn how cooking can be fun with a Kenmore gas range. Miss Sonja Oftedahl, Home Services Advisory of Minnesota Valley Natural Gas Co., will demonstrate. Sponsored by Sears Mail Order Store, Shakopee.

Something for everyone…”You may notice some typographical errors in this paper. They were put there intentionally. This paper tries to print something for everyone and some people are always looking for mistakes.”

The shortest line to prompt Rexall service is your telephone. Call us for free pick up and delivery services when it is inconvenient or inadvisable to leave your home…Eastman Rexall Drug.

Selected as one of the 10 national winners of the 1962 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Library Awards, was the Dakota-Scott Regional Library System. The award to be made an official presentation during National Library Week in April, consists of a plaque and a check for $1000 to be used for the purchase of books.

Shakopee Chamber of Commerce’s animated float, one of the entrants in the colorful St. Paul Winter Carnival parade, was awarded the Visitor’s Award trophy. The Shakopee float, with the theme, Sno-Man’s Land, presenting a salute to the Winter Carnival, featured animated snowmen complete with top hats, mufflers, ice skates and skis. One is at the front of the float and revolves on a snowball in a fountain that carry out the bright blue and white, trimmed in silver décor. Two more are at the rear of the float by an ice palace joining the fountain with a water effect.

Scott County Board of Commissioners purchased four used trucks from county road maintenance men to become the last county in the state to discontinue the policy of private ownership of maintenance vehicles for use on county roads.

To board a jet airliner were Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Christensen, Miller’s Trailer Court, who won the grand prize of a free all-expense paid trip and 7-day stay in Hawaii, feature of the fall Twin City area Parade of Homes. Theirs was one of 30,000 names entered.

For the purpose of taking initial sites in the organizing of a Girl Scout troop in Shakopee, interested parents held a meeting at the John Starr residence. Considered at this meeting was current interest shown by the community in the Girl Scout organization, along with the needs in regards to Brownie and Girl Scout troops should the movement be organized locally.

Solid cedar full-sized bunk beds…sturdy 3 inch posts, includes springs, side rails and ladder…while they last $47.00 – L. N. Gephart Furniture, Lakeville, MN.

Hard times and antics lead to the laughs and mystery to be in store for those attending the Shakopee High School Jr. Class Play, “Mummy and the Mumps,” to be held at the high school auditorium. Tickets are on sale from junior class members and at local firms or may be obtained at the door.

Coin operated dry cleaning coming to Shakopee soon…watch for the grand opening announcement. Dry cleaning…8 pounds per load; comfortable lounge facilities; attendant on duty; clean restrooms…Schesso’s Coin Operated Dry Cleaning – Corner of Second Avenue and Lewis Street.

Ninety-five adults enrolled in seven courses of the adult education program at Shakopee High School, John J. Feda announced. Courses are civil defense class, beginning bridge, welding, typing, knitting, woodworking, and cake decorating and fancy party foods. Great books and practical public speaking were not formed due to lack of interest and enrollment.

A former Shakopee student, Jim Steinhoff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Steinhoff, now associated with Phoenix Air Researchers, a Phoenix, Arizona firm producing gas turbine compressors and power units, picked up an extra $1,500 for a suggestion to change a gasket to eliminate 85 parts formerly used in the assembly.

Wool dressmaking was the activity in the Community Room of the First National Bank of Shakopee as eight Scott County homemakers were participating in an all-day wool workshop conducted by Scott County Home Extension agents.

New Social Security farm benefits…A Social Security representative will be at the Scott County Court House to answer questions and assist individuals in filing claims. Farmers having a gross income from their farm of $600 or more can get Social Security credits even if they had a loss in 1961.

10% discount on all meats…you can choose your own specials. Harvest Queen cracked wheat bread…2 for $.29, vine-ripened tomatoes – basket of 9 for $.29…Shakopee Red Owl; low, low prices – plus S & H Green Stamps.

Principal speaker at the DFL’s annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner will be Vice President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson. The event is to be held at the Radisson Hotel in Minneapolis. This dinner is a major fund raising project of the DFL.

’62 license plates must be on by March 1. New 1962 license plates must be attached to motor vehicles by Thursday, March 1, residents are warned by Deputy Registrar, Brendan L Suel, of the Shakopee Motor Vehicle Registration Bureau, in the Valley News building, 321 W First Ave. Persons driving with 1960-61 plates after the March 1 deadline may be arrested and fined.

Court awards $2,550 in cigarette vending case…a Scott County district court awarded a verdict of $2,550 in the personal injury suit in which the plaintiff, a pharmacist, sought $20,000 in damages. The complaint alleged that in the process of installing a cigarette machine the plaintiff was severely injured about the head and face, causing pain and suffering, permanent disabling injury, and loss of time from employment and medical expenses.

Shakopee’s World War I, Last Men’s Club annual banquet is to be held in the Shakopee American Legion clubrooms with all area World War I veterans being invited to attend this annual get-together event.

Shakopee Legionnaires of Post #2 will participate in the nationwide observance of the American Legion’s 43rd birthday announced Commander Donald Trutnau.

Annual report of the Shakopee Police Department for 1961, released this week, shows 64 criminal investigations were made with more than half solved and a total of 23 accidents being investigated.

Previous authorization of the burning of the Old Mill Pond building in Memorial Park by the Shakopee Fire Department after April 1, with the structure being considered a hazard, was stayed indefinitely by action of the Shakopee Common Council.

Minnesota leaders in industry, finance, labor, communications and savings bond volunteers met in the St. Paul Hotel kick off of the “Freedom Drive,” the most intensive campaign for purchases of U.S. Savings Bonds in 11 years. Theme of the drive “Underwrite Your Country’s Might and Buy Extra Savings Bonds.” The state’s goal for purchase in the campaign has been set at $42 million.

One regular construction program for the 1962 fiscal year in this area… the Highway 101, East First Street project in Shakopee on which preliminary work is now underway.

Quick response by the Shakopee firemen saved the dairy barn at the John Sarazin farm at the intersection of County Roads 16 and 17 from being a total loss when the blaze broke out about 8:55 p.m. Monday night.

Now is the time to trade your used typewriter, adding machine or calculator. We need machines…our stock is low. We are offering top dollar on trade-ins. Call today…Suel Publishing Co.

Protecting Your Dollar…by Walter F Mondale, Attorney General, State of Minnesota…Recent heavy snows have created a specialized market and a greedy few are rushing to fill a genuine public need with their hasty, ill-conceived and overpriced promises…I’m talking about home repair racketeers.

Real Estate Buy-of-the-Week: 4 bedroom rambler in good location on good lot – sacrifice at $14,000….3 bedroom rambler, 2 years old with attached garage, all oak, built-in stove and oven, all assessments in, near church and school – $17,800..Mertz-Horeish, Inc.

Sewing Machine Half Price Sale…Help! Help! – We are snowed under with dozens of late model machines – floor models, repossessions at less than half the original price. Singer late model – $49.00…Valley Sewing Center.

Topic Music Co. has stereo designed for modern living…V-M stereophonic high-fidelity console phonograph. Luxurious mahogany or walnut finished cabinetry. Model 809 only $229.95…Topic Music Co., 126 S. Holmes St.

Drs. J. E. Ponterio and P. J. Adams are now serving patients in their joint practice at the new Shakopee Medical Center clinic, 323 Naumkeag St., moving from their former offices above Strunk’s Pharmacy.

Attractive new addition to the Shakopee commercial district will be the new Berens Super Fair supermarket, with completion expected in about 90 days. The 72 by 100 foot, all steel building with a Roman brick front and two-tone steel panel will be located at 2nd and Fuller Streets.

The Shakopee Common Council revealed that selection of a tentative site for a new post office building has been made. It is planned to erect this building on North Lewis Street on a one-quarter block site. The area encompasses 21,300 sq. ft.

Pumping of flood water at the baseball diamond in Riverside Park was underway. Flood waters did not reach the ball diamond as the emergency dike building efforts proved successful, but the ditch to the north of the diamond’s fence filled up rapidly since water backed up through the culvert under the dike road.

Flying Cloud Drive-In Theater, Highway 169 S…Now Open – Paul Newman in Paris Blues also the shocker, “Town Without Pity” all action program in color.

On the construction site of the new Red Owl store to be in the Shakopee Valley Plaza Shopping Center on East First Street between Dakota and Minnesota Streets…Owner Earl Lull is building the new 7700 sq. ft. supermarket and expects the new store will be ready within the next 60 days.

Shakopee Girl Scouts and their adult leaders were officially invested as members of the Girl Scout organization at a candlelight investiture ceremony held at St. Mark’s auditorium. Mrs. John Starr, leader of Troop 300 pinned Linda Dols, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dols, who was one of the 77 local Girl Scouts from the two Shakopee troops to receive pins, along with their seven adult leaders.

A meeting will be held in the Community Room of the First National Bank of Shakopee by the Shakopee Chamber of Commerce Telephone Committee with all interested in obtaining Minneapolis telephone service being invited.

Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee: Question: Would it be proper upon leaving a hospital in which one has been a patient for some time, to tip a nurse who has been unusually kind? Answer: Better not. A nurse belongs to the professional class and might resent this. A nice gift, however, is in good taste.

Progressing on schedule is the F. H. Peavey & Co. Shakopee elevator, now going up with work on a round the clock basis at the 20 acre site in Valley Industrial Park, just east of the former NYA camp and across Highway 101 from the Owens-Illinois paper products division plant. A Christmas-like fantasy, that can be viewed for several miles results when the many lights are turned on for the work through the night.

Gaslights are back and we’ve got ’em! Nothing’s more modern than a brand new “old time” outdoor gaslight. Install a Cabildo Gas Lite, nothing down…$1.00 per month for 48 months…Minnesota Valley Natural Gas Co.

Dredging of a nine-foot navigation channel on the Minnesota River between Savage and the Valley Industrial Park, miles 14.7 to 21.8 above the river’s mouth, was underway Monday of last week to May 7, with the dredge going upstream on the previous Friday to ready for operation. The dredging operation three blocks east of the new F. H. Peavey & Co. Shakopee elevator and river terminal now going up at a 20 acre site in Valley Industrial Park just east of the former NYA camp and across Hwy 101 from the Owens-Illinois paper products division plant.

Guest speaker at the commencement exercises of Prior Lake High School to be held May 24, in the school’s gymnasium will be Walter F. Mondale, Attorney General, State of Minnesota.

Interest is still mounting for the proposed swimming pool for Shakopee, first discussed in an exploratory meeting held May 7, in the Shakopee Community Council chambers, called by the Shakopee Joint Recreation Board with two representatives from each service club, church and community-wide groups invited.

Mayor proclaims clean-up drive…Shakopee businessmen, homeowners, civic groups and others are asked to give their full cooperation next week in Shakopee’s observance of Spring Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up Week, May 20th to 27th. Aim of the annual drive is improvement and beautification of the community through removal of unsightly rubbish, repair and painting of homes and business places and care of yards, fences, hedges and shrubbery. “At no other time of the year is it more important that we rid our community of the drab, the unhealthy, the offensive and the hazardous,” Shakopee Mayor, Dr. J. C. Huber, noted in designating the week. “A clean, attractive community is necessary if we and our guests are to enjoy to the fullest the beauty of this area.”

The Shakopee Public School Board of Education, District 720, agreed Monday night to accept the invitation of the Rural Independent District 722 to meet with their board members a second time to jointly discuss the merits of a merger.

Sixty-six seniors will receive diplomas from Shakopee Public School at commencement exercises to be at 8 p.m. next Thursday, May 31, in the high school auditorium.

50 Years Ago…March 22, 1912 – William Langer has purchased the Peter Sarazin home for a consideration of $700. They will take possession by May 1st and will rent their present home.

Billowing smoke towering hundreds of feet in the air with accompanying steam could be seen for miles when flames quickly engulfed the Shakopee Warehouse building, destroying the 80,000-square-ft. wooden structure and all its contents.

Bob Ryan, award-winning television and radio newscaster for KSTP, will deliver the 1962 annual Shakopee Memorial Day address May 30th.

New first for the area will be accomplished by a group when they literally drop through space over the John Clark farm, two and a half miles east of Shakopee, as members of the Minnesota Sky Divers Club of Minneapolis stage their tri-state parachute meet on Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17. President Wagaman invites all in the area to attend the meet for which there is no general admission.

The Shakopee Community Theater group is now readying for its coming season, and is in the midst of preparations for its first presentation, “The Miracle Worker,” a dramatic three-act play by William Gibson, to be staged during the latter part of June.

Memorial Day Observance held May 30 at the court house grounds was somewhat marred with reports of flag vandalism. As is customary each year, the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars placed flags on graves in the area cemeteries May 26 in preparation for the observance. The grave designating was completed by 2:30 p.m. and within less than an hour at 3:15 a call was received that vandals had been at work.

Intention of filing for State Senator when filing opens on June 13, is announced this week by Richard Mertz, Shakopee, real estate and insurance agent. Mertz will be seeking selection in the new twelfth legislative district created by the statewide redistricting enacted by the 1959 legislature. The new district is comprised of LeSueur and Scott counties.

Freedom was short-lived for three escapees from the Women’s State Reformatory in Shakopee. The trio, including one 19-year-old who had previously escaped and was apprehended and given an indeterminate sentence by Judge Harold E. Flynn last January following a hearing in Scott County District Court, left the reformatory together at approximately 7:50 p.m. Friday in a car stolen on the grounds. All three were apprehended last Saturday and Sunday and face charges of escape and auto theft.

The new Shakopee Shops shopping center on East First Street between Dakota and Minnesota is now taking shape and plans on that construction to be completed and tenants will take occupancy by early fall. Major tenant will be Earl Lull whose new Red Owl supermarket will occupy a 70 by 110 foot space at the northwest corner of the new structure. The center includes the entire block, with the exception of the northwest corner retained by the American Oil Company.

310 gallons of paint give “new look” to Holmes Street highway bridge. They first put on the orange colored primer coat, using some 50 gallons, then the black paint of which 225 gallons were needed. Railings were given a coat of green paint and this took 35 gallons. This handiwork being a complete repainting job by the State Highway maintenance crew. The bridge was last painted in 1940.

St. Francis Hospital will expand to 100 beds with a $400,000 wing. The three-story addition, 51 feet wide and 126 feet long, to be erected to the west of the present building. On the second floor will be two nurseries with 20 rooms for the maternity section.

Start of construction of a second traffic lane on T.H. 101 between Shakopee and Interstate Route 35 has been scheduled for 1964. Estimated costs of the three major projects in the Shakopee area are: T.H. 101 grading the westbound roadway from Shakopee to one mile west of T.H. 35, a distance of 10.5 miles is $370,000; grading two roadways on T.H. 169 is $1,356,000 and the T.H. 169-212 bridge is $240,000.

The Shakopee Community Theater Group presented its dress rehearsal of “The Miracle Worker” for the Shakopee Reformatory inmates. The play was presented in the theater barn in Riverside Park, with transportation provided by reformatory employees.

“Protecting Your Dollar,” by Walter F. Mondale, Attorney General, State of Minnesota…I have just completed a study that convinces me fictitious pricing is becoming more and more of a problem for the unwary consumer. Fortunately, not many retail businesses use this technique. Some do, however. These are the merchants who advertise an inflated “list,” “usual,” “ordinary,” or “regular” price in connection with a so-called sale price. Close checking, however, reveals they never have charged the so-called “regular” price for merchandise. The “sale” price is not much different than the price the merchant usually charges for that particular item. The deception is that at casual inspection, the sale appears to offer a great savings. These “savings,” I am sorry to say, are too often illusory.

Reports of incidents of stray bullets resulting in minor property damage to two area residents were given, with occupants of one of the homes sitting in the living room as the bullet came through the kitchen screen door and then ricocheted to hit the screen door on the back porch, the slug later being found on the porch.

Current rates offered on your investments are: 4% interest on 12 month time certificates of deposit, 3.5% interest on 6 month time certificates of deposit, and 3% on savings accounts.

Featured in the “Press” section of Time Magazine was Maurice H. Stans, former Shakopee resident. Presently head of Western Bancorporation in Los Angeles, Stans has served as Deputy Postmaster General and Director of the Budget in Eisenhower Administration. He is now writing, as a sideline, a weekly column which is syndicated in a number of U.S. newspapers including the St. Paul Sunday Pioneer Press. Even though he is president of the nation’s largest bank holding corporation and earns $100,000 per year, Maurice Stans is a “moonlighter.”

Peterson (?) Where are you?…Seattle man wants his suit! … There’s a fellow by the name of Peterson or Petersen, apparently from this area that is walking around with some other fellow’s suit on, the other man being a resident of Seattle, WA, and this has prompted some three weeks of unsuccessful sleuthing and several long distance phone calls to William Wermerskirchen, owner of Bill’s Toggery. The proprietor of the local firm was brought into the hunt for the missing suit as the unclaimed suit, still on the rack at the dry cleaning establishment in Seattle, has a Bill’s Toggery label inside the suit jacket. Seems that Peterson or Petersen believed to be C. E. but not definitely established, left his suit to be dry cleaned and ended up with a rather expensive one belonging to the Seattle resident.

25 years ago…1937 – The grasshopper situation in Scott County as well as in many other sections of the northwest is taking on serious proportion. The situation has become so serious that a countywide meeting has been called for in the school house at Jordan to consider and discuss ways and means of meeting the situation.

What constitutes the central business district? Should future development be concentrated in the downtown area or will it follow a “strip business district” along the entire length of First Ave.? What is the growth potential of Shakopee? Will it be sustained growth reaching 13,200 population by 1980, will it be moderate growth reaching 20,000 population by 1980, or will it be rapid growth reaching 40,000 by 1980?

With the completed survey by the Telephone Committee of the Shakopee Chamber of Commerce indicating 62.5 percent of telephone users in favor of extended area service, it is expected the request for expanded phone service will get the sanction of the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner as this meets the Commissioner’s requirements.

This newspaper does not accept every advertisement offered to it for publication. Perhaps this policy goes virtually unnoticed, as most readers are not aware of the misleading libelous or false advertising that is offered. In this category might be included the advertisements for vending machines, earn-at-home rackets, fly-by-night promotions and the like.

Fire, fanned by a strong southeast wind, destroyed a large dairy barn at the George Shutrop farm, five and one-half miles east of Shakopee on County Highway 16. The fire also considerably damaged a second barn and three other out-buildings as well as taking a calf and 55 pigs and thousands of bales of hay in its wake. Shutrop estimated the loss between $12,000 and $15,000.

The Shakopee public school eighth graders will begin to receive television instruction in science. The course being three days a week and broadcast over St. Paul education station KTCA, Channel 2.

A flotilla of 15 boats and 79 family member enthusiasts had a breakfast cruise last Sunday on the Minnesota River, coming up-river from the Aquacrafts Marina just off Lyndale Ave. in Bloomington to the Millpond Club on the east edge of Shakopee.

With the passage of several weeks since the end of the lengthy 120 day strike of the Minneapolis newspaper, it’s revealed that the economic ravages of the long work stoppage were crippling to both sides. It was estimated that the employees of the newspaper lost more than $3 million in wages plus another $1.2 million in lost wages to carrier boys and circulation personnel. Actual loss in revenue to the management was placed at about $13 million.

25 years ago…In a statement this week, R. L. Brown, Shakopee police chief, warned users of rifles and firearms that their weapons would be confiscated if shooting within the city limits continued.

Hey Kids…Today is Grand Opening Day for the new Lull’s Red Owl. Come and join the fun with activity to get underway at the all-new supermarket, the first to open in the Shakopee Shops shopping center at Dakota Street and First Avenue. Axel and His Dog will be handing out prizes and for Mom and Dad the drawing for the Grand Prize…a beautiful autumn haze mink stole, plus…free $1000 insurance policy for one year. The firm that has moved from the former location on Lewis Street is now one the largest privately-owned Red Owl stores in the area. Ribbon cutting ceremonies will be by Mayor J. C. Huber and Frank J. Schneider, Shakopee Chamber of Commerce President.

Savage Bridge Breaks Down…The Minneapolis Northfield and Southern Railway swing bridge across the Minnesota River near Savage broke down Friday, and has been closed to navigation. Parts for the bridge’s operating mechanism were being fabricated with all possible urgency.

Miss Shakopee 1962-63 will be crowned at a special coronation banquet at the new St. Paul House. The banquet is sponsored by the Shakopee Chamber of Commerce. Selection of the new queen will be made from a group of 18 candidates.

Ground was broken for the new $100,000 production laboratory and office facilities for Rubber Industries, Inc. of Shakopee, a subsidiary of Flo-Tronics, Inc., Minneapolis, at the new site on the south side of Highway 101 at the east edge of Shakopee, adjacent to Viking Steel Production in Valley Industrial Park. The firm’s facilities are presently located on the north side of Highway 101 in the former NYA campsite area just to the east of Memorial Park.

An organizational meeting at which a new Lions Club for Shakopee was formed and first term officers were elected was held at the Millpond Club. The new Shakopee Lions Club is to meet the second and fourth Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. at the Millpond Club. The Shakopee Lions Club will be sponsored by the Chaska Lions. Some 30 in the community have already signed up as members of the new organization.

Approved by the City Council was a resolution stating that the council was in accord with the preliminary plans for the City of Shakopee access in the highway department’s proposed alignment of Highway 169, prime highway construction project for this area.

With the traditional pomp and pageantry, Miss Betti Lu Wermerskirchen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wermerskirchen, was selected as the new “Miss Shakopee.” The 19-year-old newly crowned queen is employed at the Minneapolis division of the National Foods Store in Hopkins and plans to attend the U of M to major in physical education.

Beginning today and continuing tomorrow and Saturday, is the Grand Opening event at the Berens Super Fair, relocated from the former location at First and Holmes to the new site at Second and Fuller Streets. The new all-modern supermarket, now expanded to include 8640 sq. ft. of merchandising facilities on a three-lot site that provides customer parking for 60 cars, is offering an impressive list of grand opening prizes. All in the community are invited to visit and inspect these new quarters for a firm that is a Shakopee institution having been in operation for nearly 90 years.

Now under construction at Port Cargill in Savage is a two-mile dike that will completely surround the property to afford flood protection. The new levee is to be one foot higher than the 1952 flood level of 715, with normal elevation being 687.

Beginning next week the Dakota-Scott Regional library in Shakopee will discontinue being open Friday morning from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., these special hours having been added during the summer vacation to accommodate patrons. The library also announced that it intended exhibiting the work of Shakopee art students and would appreciate them contacting the library so that facilities can be offered them to exhibit their work.

Area school enrollment up 14%…Increase of 93 in Shakopee and 100 in Prior Lake, coupled with the continued larger increase in the Savage area of 421, combined with others to make a 14.1 percent increase in area school enrollment for the 1962-63 school year as compared with 11.4 percent increase last year.

Persistent burglars hit again at Ries SuperValu supermarket over the weekend breaking a hole in the wall at the rear just two feet from where the same type of an attempted break-in was made in June of last year. Similar grocery break-ins occurred last weekend in LeSueur and Montgomery where a 500-pound safe was hauled away.

Two new businesses in the Shakopee Shops shopping center will hold separate grand openings. The events are announced by Big V Department Store and Shakopee Hardware. The Big V will feature dry goods and wearing apparel, as well as a wide selection of variety items. Merchandise will be displayed on attractive gondola-type cases and in a peg board display paneling on the walls. Both new additions to Shakopee will be staffed by local residents.

A steering committee to acquaint the public with the facts concerning a proposed golf course in Shakopee was appointed during a meeting of golf enthusiasts in the community room of the First National Bank. The Shakopee Common Council agreed to place on the ballot the proposal of granting a franchise for the proposed golf course using land in the NYA area. The proposal as discussed by about 35 persons, centered around the possibility of obtaining the use of 35 to 40 acres at the NYA site.

Northwest Premiere…Mail Orders Now! Daryl F. Zanuck’s “The Longest Day” playing at the new Mann Theater, 706 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis – Smoking Lodge seating: $2.80; Main Floor: $2.65; and Balcony: $2.40. Include remittance and stamped return envelope.

“Rather disheartening note does exist with regards to usage of our library. I fear that due to increased demands on our children by means of school and television that reading as a child’s pastime is diminishing to a considerable degree.” This was the comment of Superintendent, John F. Schmidt, in a release concerning the Prior Lake school’s library and its use.

50 Years Ago…1912 – Pursuant to the action taken by the council, a mass meeting was called for last Monday evening at the Opera House. The purpose of the meeting was to get an expression from the people of Shakopee on the proposition as to whether or not the council should enter into a contract with the Minneapolis General Electric Co. to furnish this city with electric energy for light and power purposes.

A gift to gladden the heart of any woman…A mink stole was awarded to Mrs. Edna Larson, 6932 Newton Avenue So., Minneapolis, by Lull’s Red Owl, Earl Lull, during their Grand Opening event.

Two young men escaped Monday night when their car was struck by a Chicago and Northwestern Railway train at the crossing on Naumkeag Street near Second Avenue. The young men were passing through Shakopee planning to stop to visit at 309 7th Street. when the mishap occurred shortly after 9 p.m.

Francis Horrigan, former editor of the Park Rapids Enterprise is the new managing editor of the Valley News, John Suel, editor, announced. A native of North Adams, Massachusetts, Mr. Horrigan has a background of over 20 years experience as a newspaperman.

The annual Shakopee Pet Show will be held on July 27, at Holmes Park, announced Park Recreation Director, George Muenchow. He added that details of this fun activity are to be given in next week’s Valley News. All types of pets are eligible to enter and Muenchow urges those interested to begin making their plans now as the event is just two weeks away.

For the fifth consecutive time the Shakopee Chamber of Commerce’s summer float has won the Vice Commodore’s first place award for out-of-town Chamber of Commerce entries in the Minneapolis Aquatennial competition, being judged in the afternoon Grande Parade.

Successful opening night was the experience of the professional company at the new Belle Union Opera House of the Stagecoach Players, July 12, when the new theater, designed specifically for presentation of melodrama, opened at the Stagecoach on Highway 101 between Shakopee and Savage. The Stagecoach Players will present three productions, each running four weekends during their first summer season.

Picketing continues at the Shakopee Foundry Co. with strikers appearing at the location July 27 after the fourth meeting for negotiations was held the previous day at the Shakopee Public High School auditorium. At the negotiations meeting a staff member of the Shakopee Valley News was present to report the meeting, but at the request of the Federal conciliator, he was instructed to leave the meeting, it being explained that the union representative objected to the press being represented.

50 Years Ago – Oct. 1911 – About 2000 people were on hand to greet President William H. Taft when he arrived in Shakopee from Cologne Tuesday morning on the President’s special train en route to Mankato.

Most informed observers of state government feel that the sales tax will be a roaring issue in the next state legislative session. Most DFL-inclined legislative candidates, including incumbent Rep. John Fitzgerald and incumbent Sen. Michael McGuire of this district are solidly against this progressive tax.

Lt. Gov. Karl Rolvaag, DFL-endorsed candidate for governor, will be principal speaker at the rally to be held at 12 noon Saturday in Shakopee High School. Senator Eugene J. McCarthy will also address the rally on the Cuban problem. Tickets at $1 each and may be obtained at the door or beforehand from Art DuBois, chairman of the luncheon arrangement committee.

Mrs. Monroe Kopisca, 119 W. Fifth Street, Shakopee, Scott County Chairman for the 1962 “Little Red Stocking” appeal of the Children’s Home Society of Minnesota, announced that organization for the county-wide November appeal had been completed. The Children’s Home Society of Minnesota is the state’s only non-denominational adoption agency.

The barge of grain was loaded at the new F. H. Peavey Co. terminal in Shakopee en route to the company’s flour mill at Alton, Ill. Barges can be loaded at the rate of 20,000 bushels an hour at the Shakopee terminal which provides an accessible facility for grain shippers of the western grain-producing states.

Hunting Headquarters – Deer rifle: Famous German M-91, Mauser 7.65MM-30 cal. – $19.88 (compare at 5 times the price), Quick-Draw gun case – 66 cents, Outdoor insulated boots – $4.22, all-rubberized Hunt Coat – $5.99 – Eastman Drug is now located in Shakopee Shops. Starting today the business, which had been located at 115 E. First Street, will be conducted in spacious quarters in the new shopping center.

More than 500 enthusiastic “Mertz for Senator” campaign supporters attended the LeSueur-Scott County dinner and rally held at the New Prague High School. Motor caravans from key spots throughout the two counties formed late in the afternoon and converged on the meeting place where “Dick” Mertz, state senatorial candidate, discussed campaign issues.

Shakopee businesses again this year will go crazy on Aug. 25. Joe Ries, Chairman of the Retail Division of the Shakopee Chamber of Commerce announced traditional Krazy Daze events, with all participating firms making a particular effort to offer special events and attractions to their individual stores. The event met with outstanding success as thousands thronged the business district last year to join the local merchants in their biggest, zaniest and most popular event…Sidewalk sales, displays galore, prizes for shoppers, and the “coolest” of auctions along with free lemonade and the entertaining spectacle of the kiddie parade.

Beginning Tuesday of this week the new depot for the Greyhound Bus Lines is Clem’s 66 Service Station and Cafe on West First Street. Ticket facilities were moved on Monday to the restaurant from the former depot at Eastman Drug on East Fourth, now located in the new Shakopee Shops Shopping Center.

Ray Murphy is now co-owner, with Harry Graff, of the Millpond Club, Inc. in Shakopee. Before becoming associated with Mr. Graff in the local club, Mr. Murphy opened the Chalet in Crystal and more recently Diamond Jim’s in Lilydale. Previously he had been manager of the St. Paul House in Shakopee.

Announcing Dick Finch and Arda Dale are now entertaining nightly Wednesday thru Sunday, organ, drums, vocals and dancing. Membership applications now being accepted – Millpond Club, Shakopee.

Workers were engaged in putting the roof on the new Brambilla Chrysler-Plymouth-Rambler building on West First Street. The E. B. Murphy Trucking Co. of St. Paul transported the 50-foot-long, pre-stressed concrete sections to the site and they were positioned by a large crane. Mr. Brambilla expects that the new facility, with the present staff increase from 11 to 23, will be in full operation next spring.

Northern States Power Co. is paying taxes at the rate of about a million dollars a week, company officials report. NSP paid $9451 in real estate taxes last week in Scott County. The company is the largest taxpayer in Scott and 23 other Minnesota counties, as well as several in Wisconsin and North and South Dakota. NSP’s total tax payments this year amount to $50,517,000.

Minnesota Twins Stars…Two stars of the Minnesota Twins baseball team will appear in Shakopee at a Baseball Appreciation Night. The Twins players – Lenny Green and Rich Rollins, will be featured on the program to be presented at the American Legion Club. Zoilo Versalles will be unable to be on the program since Versalles must be in Chicago to “straighten out” his visa.

A special block of tickets for Shakopee area fathers and their sons has been purchased for the Minnesota Vikings “Free Football for Kids” program. For each adult ticket purchased (cost $5), an adjacent seat ticket will be given free by the Minnesota Vikings, provided that at least a block of 25 tickets (plus the free 25 boys’ tickets) are purchased. George Muenchow, Director of the Shakopee Recreation Department, said arrangements should be made soon so that the best possible seats may be obtained. If sufficient interest is shown locally, a bus will be chartered for transportation.

Representatives of the Shakopee Board of Education will meet with the City Council to discuss use of the Shakopee Public School as a possible Civil Defense fallout shelter. By law, school boards cannot spend money for other than education purposes. Moneys necessary to make school facilities adequate for shelter programs would have to come from an outside source.

The first attempt in 75 years to review and put into step with the modern world Minnesota’s chaotic criminal code is presented to the public after seven years of study by a representative committee of lawyers and judges.

Cooperation in attempting to obtain a more suitable site for a proposed post office building for Shakopee will be given by the Common Council, the aldermen decided. In a resolution, the council had expressed its disapproval of the site originally accepted. The council, in this resolution, expressed disapproval of the site at the northeast corner at Atwood Street and the alley between First Street and the Minnesota River, stating that it would entail great additional expenditure on the part of the city, including the providing of a safe pedestrian crossing of First Avenue at Atwood.

Long time post office employee, John J. Lynch was named Assistant Postmaster of the Shakopee Post Office. He succeeds Miss Elizabeth Schell who had worked as clerk and Assistant Postmaster under six different postmasters since 1923.

Shakopee Rotary will sponsor an “International Student Weekend.” In keeping with Rotary continuing efforts to promote understanding between men of all nations, area residents are urged to invite a foreign student to their home for the weekend.

Minnesota Federal Savings & Loan Assoc. expects to open its branch office in Shakopee. This was learned as the association was advised by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in Washington, DC of the approval of its application to establish an office in the new Shakopee Shops Shopping Center here.

Coming soon, telephone calls to the State Capitol in St. Paul will go through much more quickly than at present. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. will unveil its new direct inward dialing system known as Centrix. Centrix, in effect, makes private lines out of each Capitol phone extension with most of the 12,000 calls received daily at the Capitol bypassing the console switchboard.

Two area teenagers have been taken into custody by Scott County Sheriff’s deputies following a shooting spree in Cedar Lake Township. The boys allegedly used a .22 caliber automatic pistol or rifle to shoot a dog, a cat, mail boxes, highway signs and real estate signs and an electric meter or a utility pole.

The Grand Lodge of Masons of Minnesota is offering two $500 scholarships to the 1963 graduates of Minnesota public high schools. Pupils submitting applications for scholarship must submit an original composition on the subject “What Public Schools Do for America,” of not over 500 words in length.

New students at St. Cloud State College must prove they can do college work in a shorter period of time under a new plan adopted by the Faculty Senate. The student with an honor point ratio of 1.5 or less after two quarters is placed on trial during his third quarter. If he fails to earn a “C” average in that quarter, he may not apply for re-admission for at least 12 months.

Open tomorrow at their new location on the west side on Lewis Street will be the Gamble Store’s new furniture department being added in the store’s general expansion. Move from present quarters across the street will be completed the first of next month.

Recognition has been give John H. Clay, Commander of Shakopee VFW Post No. 4046 and the post itself by the Veterans’ monthly publication, “Gopher Overseer.” The Shakopee Post receives mention in four separate articles in this issue of publication, which is considered a top achievement in itself.

One hundred fifty-one attained the honor roll at Shakopee Public High School for the second six weeks with 29 students on the “A” honor roll, according to the roster released last week by the office of the principal.

Being unloaded last Thursday were concrete blocks for the new Prior Lake postal facility now being erected at the corner on Dakota and Third Street. Stephen and Orth Development Corporation of St. Paul is building and leasing the facility.

A bank, originally established by a group of Shakopee men, the State Bank of Belle Plaine, observed its 80th birthday with an open house. The Shakopee group established the bank in 1882, but in the following year their stock was purchased by Belle Plaine men. With many changes in stock ownership, it has been strictly home-owned and home-operated.

A 17 year old St. Paul youth who led Shakopee patrolman, Richard Kaley, on a 105-mile-per-hour chase, was charged with four traffic violations. The owner and driver of the car came in with his father and gave himself up. He was charged with speeding 100 miles an hour in a 50 mile zone, reckless driving, improper passing and failure to stop for police. The 17 year old was one of three persons in the car who were apprehended after the car stopped.

Several ways of reducing blood cholesterol concentration are being studied at the present time. The amount of cholesterol in blood usually reflects the concentration of other fatty substances in the blood as well. If cholesterol is reduced, other fats in the blood usually decrease.

Several Army Reserve units in this area, including a unit of about 50 men from Shakopee platoons, will be affected by orders issued recently by Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, in reorganizing the US Army Reserve.

Of the approximately 400,000 blind people in the United States today, more than half are 65 years of age or over according to the latest information supplied by the American Federation for the Blind.

50 Years Ago…Dec. 1912 – Hunters report having seen a silver-gray fox at the lower end of the lake, but the rarity of the animal causes some skepticism as to the species of the beast sighted.

Compiled by Don McNeil, Shakopee Heritage Society

From the Shakopee Argus-Tribune

Reformatory here has a good record. Until permanent assignment to a specific cottage the new inmate is housed in what is known as the entrance cottage. Permanent cottage assignments depend upon classification, compatibility and work assignment. These, however, are not inflexible and can be altered if and when the need arises. Occupations in the institution include such things as work on the farm or in the gardens, laundry, domestic and kitchen duties, sewing, cleaning, care of the grounds and similar occupations which not only afford employment, but give each woman the opportunity to improve her skills and expand her knowledge along homemaking lines.

You can now call 700,000 Bell telephones in Minnesota. It took 59 years to reach the 350,000 mark, but only the last 13 years to double the number to 700,000. 222,189 added since the war. 4 out of 5 residence customers are on party lines.

Applicants for new driver licenses will be required to turn in their old cards before a new one can be issued. Licenses will still be valid for four years and will continue to cost $1. New licenses will be issued within five working days after being received by the state office.

180 HP and you don’t have to use premium gas! – Chrysler Fire Power – Metcalf Motor Service, First and Fuller St.

Better but fewer days…because the pigs go to market earlier according to Dr. D. L. Halver who this week told the Argus-Tribune about the newest of new things in raising pigs. That new thing is known as pig milk replacer – a synthetic sow’s milk which in the few months since its commercial introduction is making a strong bid for permanence in the pig’s diet.

New Chevrolet for ’52 on display, Sat. Jan. 19 – Schesso Brothers, 204 E. 2nd St.

Optional feature on ’52 Buick Roadmaster Supers and Specials – power steering which works like a helping hand for the driver; contains the mightiest and quietest running engine, most powerful brakes, and the richest upholstery fabrics ever put into a Buick car.

History in the making…most local residents may not realize it, but in Shakopee history is being made in the mental health program. Since 30 mentally deficient youngsters – all of the lowest intelligence grade arrived here last October, some really amazing progress has been made in dealing with their unfortunate disabilities.

The State Bond Chairman stated that two convenient ways to buy Defense Bonds were through the Payroll Savings Plan offered by firms and the Bond-A-Month Plan handled through any bank.

A new Oldsmobile and $10,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds are prizes in the Name the Polio Poster Boy contest to raise funds for the 1952 March of Dimes. Entry blanks are available at the Red Owl agency in Shakopee.

A call for bids for the construction of a new 50-bed hospital here is to be issued January 3 according to an announcement made by the architects. The announcement came shortly after the architects and Sisters of St. Francis received word that the final plans for the modern institution had been given the approval of the federal and state agencies through whom federal funds are to be allocated to the Shakopee project.

Smoking and drinking by teenage youngsters will be the subject of a discussion sponsored by the PTA, featuring talks by persons in the fields of health, law enforcement and athletics.

78 get jobless benefits from Shakopee office…there are 78 persons registered for work and claiming unemployment benefits from the Shakopee part-time office. The local office serves all of Scott County and residents of Chaska and its vicinity.

Clarence Czaia and Isla Lindmeyer, mayor and city council president respectively, have been named chairs of the March of Dimes campaign in Shakopee. There are now 15 “polio cans” in various business places throughout the city where residents can drop in contributions for the fight against polio.

Traffic on Minnesota’s trunk highways has increased almost 50 percent in the last 10 years on the basis of data obtained from 27 automatic traffic recorders located on rural trunk highways. Every year since the war has shown substantial gains.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Hospitalization Insurance…now is the time, only one open enrollment period in 1952. Applications must be in our office before February 1, 1952. Farmers only eligible through Farm Bureau Group.

A full length feature picture, “Galahad Jones,” will highlight the parade of entertainment to be staged for farmers and their families who attend the 16th annual John Deere Day show as guests of Molnau Implement Co. at Rex Theater.

Alex Meisnissan, blind carpenter, who is working on the home of Mrs. Doris Weinmann here, was featured recently in Ripley’s “Believe It Or Not” syndicated column. The feature is circulated throughout the nation in more than 500 metropolitan daily newspapers. “His work is excellent.” At the present time he is shingling the roof of her new home.

“Gold Rush Is A Comin’ – There’s Bargains In Sight…Gold Rush Is A Comin’ – There’s Dancin’ At Night”. This could well be the theme song for the three-day good will event to be held in Shakopee February 14, 15 & 16. Business, industrial and professional people are uniting their ideas and efforts to make the affair attractive and interesting to the entire trade area. Merchants are planning special bargain prices and there will be a multitude of free gifts valued at nearly $1000. Throughout the 3 days there are to be special features and entertainment including novel stunts Friday and Saturday and a dance Saturday when the gifts will be presented. Sponsored by the Shakopee Commercial Club, the affair is being supported in radio broadcasts over WCCO. It has already gained wide attention and is expected to be one of the most outstanding activities ever held in Shakopee.

Local residents will have a chance to express their views on Shakopee as a shopping center in a new four-week contest starting in the Argus-Tribune. Anyone can enter, regardless of age or residence, and entries may be as short as 100 words. They can be on the subjects “Why I Like Shakopee as a Shopping Center” or “Why I Don’t Like Shakopee as a Shopping Center.” What is wanted are original ideas or observations along with suggestions on the merits or demerits of this city as a place to shop. Winning entries will be published in the Argus-Tribune in four weeks, along with a resume of the others received. A $5 credit at one of the stores advertising in this paper from now until the close of the contest will be awarded the first place winner, with a year’s subscription to this newspaper given those persons who write second and third place entries.

People will have paper to burn from now on – that is, unless Shakopee Boy Scouts can find a market for the tonnage they already have stored up. Wallace Kopisca, local scoutmaster, said the boys have discontinued picking up waste paper because they have been unable to sell it in recent weeks. Formerly they made regular Saturday pick-ups at homes and business places throughout the city.

“I’ll Be Here For Gold Rush Days…Will You?” – Cut me out and bring me in…I’m good for one FREE grease job during the month of February…Robbins Motors, Shakopee.

NOTICE: Local stores will remain open every Friday until 9 p.m.…We are making this change in accordance with many requests we have received from our customers.

Two Minneapolis boys are owners of a new radio and television repair shop. The new shop offers servicing on all makes and models of radio and television sets. Called the B & N Service Co., they offer home service as well as repair on sets brought into their shop.

The Shakopee “Gold Rush Days” event was an outstanding success merchants generally agreed. The three-day affair gave strong support to the opinion that shoppers were well satisfied and pleased with the cooperative effort made by the community. One unfortunate break in the program was the “let down” by the weather man who provided such mild weather that the ice at Recreation Park was too soft to permit the staging of the ice show.

Dead Stock…Highest cash prices for dead or disabled horses and cows. Prompt sanitary removal service – call us collect…Empire Rendering Co.

Standing committees for the year 1952 were appointed at the regular Shakopee Commercial Club meeting held at the Legion Club Tuesday night.

Kids waste too much time on comics and TV. The time wasting effects of comic books, radio, television and movies were stressed at a discussion meeting of the Shakopee PTA. Speakers were Dr. Bror Pearson and Glenn Partridge. Judge F. J. Connolly also spoke on the problem of indecent literature and the campaign of Minnesota juvenile court judges to discourage news dealers from selling adverse publications to young people. Dr. Pearson dealt with the effects of TV and comic books, in particular, on the emotions of children, citing several examples when temporary maladjustment had resulted because of too much emphasis on these media.

Roofing, Siding, Insulation…Minor Carpentry. Gamble Store, 53rd and Lyndale, Tel. PL 6853. Ask for Burke or Swanson or call WA 5943 after 6 p.m….reverse charges, of course.

The Gallup poll recently gathered some information that should let you know where you stand in the cost-of-living picture. The question asked was, “What is the smallest amount of money a family of four needs to get along on?” People in big cities of 10,000 population or more answered $60/week. Small towns and farm areas said $50/week was the minimum. The same poll taken in July 1937 found that the public considered $30/week the minimum needed for a family of four.

A demand for improved county roads in the Third Commissioner district and replacement of the district’s road patrol and maintenances crews was lodged before the county commissioners by a group of irate farmers. Nearly 30 residents of the rural areas east and south of Shakopee, who made the trip to town on tractors and in trucks because of the poor conditions of roads hit by the spring break-up, appeared before the commissioners to place their demands for action.

The latest, and undoubtedly the last, snow sculpture for this winter is a carefully molded chalice and angel figure that stands in the yard of the J. A. Coller home. The statue, like several others, which have since melted, was done by Mrs. Coller as a winter hobby.

50 Years Ago…Scott County Argus, April 10, 1902 – Foreign settlers are coming to the West by the thousands this spring. This means stronger competition in farming and farmers generally must make the best of it.

Robbins Selling New Royal Tire…A new tire reported to provide greater safety and mileage economy was announced this week by W. C. Robbins, owner of Robbins Motor Co., Shakopee. It is the “U.S. Centipede Grip,” a regular pressure type tire built by United States Rubber Co. for more skid resistance and stopping power.

Always a hit for its smooth, satisfying, real beer flavor…Master brewed and mellow aged from the choicest ingredients. For real satisfaction ask of Bub’s today! Brewed and bottled by Peter Bub Brewery, Inc., Winona, MN. Time honored for over 90 years.

Buyers have 129 car model-color choices. A striking array of miniature Chevrolets illustrates the 129 model-color choices available to the 1952 buyer. Brilliant new colors in solid or two-tone combinations with smartly styled interiors in harmonizing shades are features of the recently introduced line.

Shakopee Theater…Now Showing – Thursday, “Sunny Side of the Street,” Friday and Saturday, “Hong Kong,” Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, “Retreat, Hell,” Wednesday and Thursday, “Shadow in the Sky.”

Council Ends Year…Starts New Term – To start the new year, Alderman Huth called the council to order and was named temporary chairman on motion of Alderman Frank. The council selected the city employees: Dr. B. F. Pearson was re-appointed health officer; J. A. Coller II was again named city attorney, and John Abeln was returned as fire apparatus engineer.

The urgent need for blood and the funds to process it for military and civilian use was stressed at a Red Cross meeting held at the Legion Club here Tuesday afternoon.

Twenty-five Boy Scout members were guests at a sleigh ride party given by Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Capesius Wednesday evening. Refreshments were served after the ride at the Capesius home.

25 years ago…March 10, 1927 – The Rock Springs restaurant owned and to be controlled and operated by Shakopee’s mayor, Miss Elizabeth Ries, will swing open its doors to the public next week.

The 1953 federal budget of $85.4 billion is greater than all the incomes of all the people west of the Mississippi.

The simple joy of being able to spread her own bread with jelly has been given once again to Marjorie, thanks to Easter Seals. Marjorie lost her right arm in a farm accident.

Nearly 100 Page and Hill employees were still out on strike following a walk-out. The strikers are members of the AFL Carpenter’s Union, District 171, and are asking for $.30 hourly package wage increase. Officials of Page and Hill said the company had offered a $.25 per hour increase, but by Wednesday the two sides had failed to reach an agreement.

50 years ago…Scott County Argus – The dynamo for the electric light plant reached here Saturday and about a dozen men are busy putting the machinery in place. It is hoped that the plant will be in readiness by a week from Saturday so that the lights may be turned on for a solemn service at St. Mark’s church that evening.

Now I feel sorry for women who don’t have my Chrysler power steering…On every turn my hydraulic power does 4/5 of the work, my hand does only 1/5. On every turn I turn the wheel 1/3 less distance than other cars. I can start in the morning and drive into the night with never a hint of shoulder strain…with the same wonderful “wheel feel” and safety in every mile!

NOTICE: Application in writing will be received by the City Council of the City of Shakopee for the position of Assessor. Salary for the Assessor has been set at $850. Applicants must also appear in person. The Council reserves the right to reject any and or all bids. City of Shakopee, by F. A. Dircks, City Recorder.

Weekend Special at Dueber’s, Shakopee…stamped pillow cases $1.00 a pair – 3 inch hemstitched hem ready to be embroidered; flour sacks $.29 – large size, bleached to a spotless white. “The Best” in flour sacks; dress or sport socks $.37 – you have never seen a value like this…beautiful argyles, diamond and other gay weaves.

A sweet-running car is a combination of a lot of things – and we have the combination…fine Pure Oil lubricants, expertly applied according to the Pure Chek-Chart – that’s the right combination. Come in and get it fresh every 1000 miles. Grease job complete $1.00. Dawson’s Pure Oil Service, Shakopee, Phone 162.

25 years ago…Maurice Stans, an honor student in 1925’s graduating class of the Shakopee High School, maintained an “A” average in an accountant’s night school course at Northwestern University, Chicago, while holding a good position during the day.

In a transaction completed Saturday, the Shakopee Theater was sold to Harold Case, formerly of Osage, MN, and Spencer, IA. Mr. Case took over the management of the business Sunday. Henry Workman has operated the theater since its erection by the PAW Theater Corp. in 1936.

Nature is getting an assist at Riverside Ball Park where an electric pump has been in operation on a 24-hour schedule since May 1, sucking the flood waters off the diamond at a rate of 950 gallons per minute. From starting date until present it had drawn 10,944,000 gallons off the area…and the muddy ground came into view.

Erection of the life-size crucifixion group was completed in St. Mark’s cemetery. The statues, weighing 2500 pounds, were donated by Henry C. Husman, who with Herman Abeln, Ben Abeln and Herman Verch, also constructed the massive concrete base on which the figures are mounted. With the assistance of the municipal utilities pole hoist the statues and the heavy steel cross were placed in position.

Grand Opening…M & M Gas Station and Café (formerly the Dinette), Sat., May 7. Free coffee all day and opening special! Gas – regular $.25/gal. Your hosts Manny and Marge Hergott.

On our lot this week…1947 Chev, 2 dr, 1940 Pontiac, 2 dr, 1940 Ford, 2 dr and 1938 Chev, 2 dr. “You can’t go wrong going to the right dealer”…Robbins Motor Co., Cyril Sames, Service Manager.

White Lady Baltimore Cake with Chocolate Fudge Icing…59 cents, Valley Bakery, Elmer Dahl, Proprietor.

When you’re tired and weary, don’t just moan and sigh, just open a bottle of sparkling Bub’s Beer and kiss your troubles goodbye! Time honored for over 90 years.

Eagle Creek…a fisherman’s paradise! The stream was stocked with thousands of trout. Ernie Boyd, Scott County Game Warden and Clem Roberts dumped the fry into the creek.

The marvelous feats of a modern crane and its operator were demonstrated at the Rahr Malting plant when a huge steel scaffolding was hoisted in one piece and placed between two newly constructed additions to the plant. The framework, weighing several tons, will be part of a ventilator shaft.

Shak-O-Pieces by Glenn H. Partridge…We held this column out for a few weeks, hoping somebody would miss it and tell us so. There wasn’t a peep out of anyone, however, so it will continue out of sheer spite!

Worsening floods spur interest in tree planting…A total of 40,000 trees were delivered to Scott County farmers for planting this spring by the county soil conservation district. “Tree planting is one of the best erosion and flood control measures we have,” states the district representative. “Whenever water erosion on steep hillsides or gullied areas and wind erosion on sandy soils cannot be controlled, conservationists turn to trees as a possible solution.”

The Seniors of the Shakopee High School enjoyed a field day when they explored the Ford plant in Minneapolis and the WCCO radio station, where they observed Cedric Adams’ noon broadcast.

The old and the new are graphically portrayed in Shakopee these days as construction of the 50-bed St. Francis hospital progresses next to the present building. Workmen report that construction is progressing on schedule, aided by the favorable early spring weather.

A calendar of 100 district court cases will await commencement of the June 1952 term in the Scott County Courthouse here next Wednesday. Eight of the total are criminal cases.

Now Open…Serving hamburgers, soft drinks, French fries, vanilla and chocolate Dairy Whipts – Bagge’s Dairy-Whipt…open every day from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m….east end of Shakopee on Hwy. 101.

180 horses under the hood…drive a Chrysler! Learn the difference…Metcalf Motor Service, First and Fuller.

The girl who is selected “Shakopee Gold Rush Queen” will go to the St. Paul Winter Carnival as a representative of Shakopee, it was decided at a meeting of the queen contest committee at the Legion Club. Each contestant in the Gold Rush Queen contest must have a sponsoring agency, must be between 18 and 25, must be single and have a minimum education of high school. To be eligible for competition, a girl must also reside in Shakopee or its trade area.

M. A. Deutsch, 87, one of Shakopee’s last remaining pioneer businessmen, died at St. Francis hospital. He had operated a drug store here for half a century in the building now occupied by the Dueber Store.

Farm families from Scott, Carver and Hennepin counties will have the opportunity to take an air tour from Flying Cloud airport to study soil conservation in the area. In many cases, farmers will be able to see their own farms from the air. Flights will start every five minutes during the day.

Entries in the Argus-Tribune’s new “Pick the Nominee” contest are coming in steadily, and already a wide selection of names have been offered. So far postcards have arrived bearing the names of Taft, Eisenhower, Stevenson, MacArthur, Kefauver, Warren, Stassen and Truman as the people readers predict will get the president and vice presidential nominations. If you hit the four names correctly, we will give a year’s free subscription to you or someone else of your choosing.

50 Years Ago…the celebration of Independence Day at Shakopee passed off the same as usual. People began to arrive early in the morning and the streets were well crowded by nine o’clock when the parade occurred. Under the management of the marshal of the day, H. P. Fischer, it made a fine appearance.

Owners and employees of the St. Paul House hereby express our thanks and appreciation to the Mayor, City Council and to all the citizens of Shakopee and vicinity for their support and assistance in securing a license for the St. Paul House. We desire each and all of you to know that we are very grateful to you…Frank, Marjorie and Jerome Wampach.

Joe Morello, owner of local Ford garage, announces the purchase of a new used-car lot next to the Ford garage. Our staff of efficient employees are trained to give you fast, quality service. Just call 219 for an appointment. This week’s special: ’50 Ford V-8, 2-door, guaranteed low mileage – $1198…Joe Morello Motor Sales, 338 East First Street.

Little Susan Kerber, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Martin Kerber, wandered away about 5:30 Wednesday evening. After frantic searching by her parents, firemen were called out at 6:15 to assist the hunt. The little girl had wandered away from her father, who was at the National Tea store. She was found, quite undisturbed by all the excitement, near the railroad depot on West Second street.

With Bloomington furnishing the opposition, the Shakopee Indians will make their first home game appearance at Riverside Park Sunday afternoon. The game will likewise be the first time the locals have been on their home diamond since a disastrous flood left the park too soggy and in generally poor condition.

Personal Items Concerning Local People…Mrs. Ward Burdick and son, Clayton, of Elk River were callers at the home of Mrs. Joseph Thiel last Thursday afternoon. The Burdicks and Thiels were former neighbors.

Babies and appendicitis kept local doctors on the run last month, according to case records at St. Francis Hospital. A total of 31 little people made their debut during the month. Appendicitis cases totaled 14, a record for the month.

Henry Marschall, who had been employed to canvass the community to determine the number of unlicensed dogs in the city, reported that he had secured license fees for 114 animals and that six owners of 20 dogs had refused to acquire licenses as required by city ordinance. The matter of unlicensed dogs was referred to the Chief of Police for proper action with instructions to report at the next meeting of the council.

Sheriff W. B. Schroeder has announced that his office will continue to enforce the law relating to illegal sale and use of fireworks. The law was passed in 1941 for the safety of the state’s youngsters after a great deal of agitation on the part of citizens of the state because of the large number of children being burned, blinded, maimed and even killed by fireworks each year. The law makes it a misdemeanor for anyone to possess, offer for sale, sell, or use fireworks of any kind including firecrackers, skyrockets, torpedoes, daygo bombs, Roman candles and sparklers in the state of Minnesota.

Polio epidemic feared in Texas…two more deaths listed as disease hits 771 victims. It could strike here! Is your family protected? $5000 polio insurance for families, only $6.00, Mertz Agency, Shakopee.

Noxious weeds must be destroyed. You are required to destroy noxious weeds on your property by order of the township and municipal weed inspectors of Scott County.

The Scott County Sheriff’s office has a newer, faster police car capable of traveling 125 miles per hour. The Ford Interceptor V-8 engine is built especially for police work. It features the Ford Power Pilot which automatically meters and fires the right amount of gasoline for every power condition. Other features include: “Centri-Flo” carburetor, super fitted 4-ring pistons, rotating type valves, full flow cooling system, and water proof ignition. The new car is designed to give extra acceleration when needed, higher performance and more dependable power.

State prisoners will get a break under the new superintendent of the St. Cloud State Reformatory…prisoners will now be allowed to carry matches, instead of getting “lights” for their cigarettes from a “light boy” that went from cell to cell. The reformatory will also pay for soap, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor blades and other personal items which heretofore were purchased by the prisoners from their wages of 17 cents a day.

We hear the United States Post Office is running in the red…its reason given for recent postage boosts. That may be…but is there any government agency that isn’t operating at a deficit? It seems strange that the post office should have to show profit. Incidentally, a great percentage of the mail handled by this department is government propaganda.

District of Columbia families led the nation in per capita ownership of insurance policies, says a release. And in this election year, we’ll bet that wind insurance is most popular.

Newest type of kitchen equipment is an “island sink,” located away from the walls and accessible on all sides…latest type of cigarette lighter gives you music as well as a “light.”

You can’t make a wrong choice in office supplies when you buy at the Argus-Tribune. Carbon paper…all weights and sizes, budget books, bookkeeping forms, receipt books, staples, adding machines, tapes, rubber stamps made to order. Plenty of parking space! Shakopee Argus-Tribune.

Shop! Compare! Save!…Wheaties, 12 oz. box – 21 cents, Monarch Pork and Beans, 21 oz. can – 6 for $1.00…Wozniak Grocery, Phone 321…free deliveries at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. “Just Call – That’s All!”

Baseball…Excelsior vs. Shakopee, Minnesota Valley League, Sunday, 2:30 p.m., Riverside Park, Admission – 25 cents and 50 cents.

Dad and Mom, brother too, can register to de-tassel corn…farm families, college students, retired persons, teachers, teenagers (14 and older) have found de-tasseling profitable. Your nearest Northrup King plant will supply details. Minimum rate $15 per acre. Part-time de-tasseling also possible.

Two heavy-duty John Deere two- and three-plow tractors, successors to models “A” and “B,” will be announced by the Vevea Implement Co. of Prior Lake. Free coffee and doughnuts will be served throughout the day and there will be gifts.

Employing a hair pin and a piece of fine wire to pick the front door lock, burglars entered the Minnesota Valley Natural Gas Co. office at Belle Plaine sometime early Monday and looted the place of $238.42.

Four Shakopee youths were among the eight from the county who reported for active military service according to an announcement from the local selective service board.

Police Car Problem Still Before City Council…The questions of spending more than $400 to repair the vehicle which was damaged in an accident. Mayor Czaia advised the council that as a result of the accident the city is now without a police car and that the officers are patrolling in their privately owned cars.

Precautions When Polio is Around: Don’t mix with new groups; don’t get chilled; don’t get overtired. Do…keep clean! Recommended by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

New wonder drug for corn sufferers…Only Blue-Jay Corn Plasters have phenylium…fastest-acting, most effective medication…33 cents, Scott County Drug.

Woehlings Live Bait…minnows, crabs, worms and frogs…24-hour service. Bluff St., Shakopee, Phone 56.

Best “Mosquito Dope” available: 4 oz. best quality olive oil, 1/4 oz. Beechwood creosote, 1/4 oz. green camphor, 1/4 oz. oil of pennyroyal…apply this concoction to exposed areas and the skeeters will pass you up as a meal ticket.

Wanted: Mechanics, painters and bodymen…$1.76/hour mechanics, $1.81/hour painters and bodymen. Incentive plan and other benefits. Steady employment. Ultra modern shop. Jay Kline Chevrolet, Inc. – So. St. Paul, MN

Old Chief Shakopee, this city’s namesake, will have a permanent recall to fame. The old warrior will have the honor of having his portrait on this year’s official Gold Rush Days button. There is a possibility, of course, that the chief’s picture will be renewed on every year’s emblem, thus assuring him a lasting place in Shakopee civic life.

Shakopee Theater, phone 20. Matinees: adults 35 cents, evenings: adults 44 cents, children under 12 – 12 cents anytime. Now showing: “Darling, How Could You?” starring Joan Fontaine and John Lund.

With presidents and presidential aspirants foremost in the news and in the thoughts of people these days, many Shakopee residents may recall the first and only time a chief executive visited this city. The name has a familiar ring in these times too, for he was William Howard Taft, father of Sen. Robert A. Taft who last week was defeated for the Republican nomination. President Taft came to Shakopee in 1911 after completing a tour of towns in South Dakota. Hundreds of citizens came out as the private presidential train steamed in from Cologne. An army of over 100 deputies, appointed by Sheriff Kopp, ringed the temporary platform that had hastily been constructed west of the depot.

Party line service is what you make it…you can make it good by following these 4 simple rules: 1) space your calls… leaving a 5-minute interval allows others to use the phone. 2) Hang up quickly and quietly when you find the line in use. 3) Release the line for emergency calls. 4) Always remember to replace the receiver when you’ve finished your call…Courtesy of Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.

Laying of the cornerstone for the new St. Francis hospital has been scheduled…definite plans for an appropriate ceremony have not been arranged, but it is expected that a program to which the public will be invited will be outlined in the next few weeks.

“It is therefore ordered that the old, antiquated and antique building, sometimes designated as the Scott County jail and Sheriff’s residence, is hereby officially condemned pursuant to law, and the Sheriff of Scott County MN, is hereby directed to henceforth transport all prisoners to the jail located with the city of Chaska.”

“The farm labor situation throughout the country is becoming more acute and serious,” according to C. R. Schoby, president of the American Dairy Association. Mr. Schoby, an Iowa dairy farmer, says growing shortages of dairy farm workers and the heavy investment a dairy farm demands today leads him to wonder if the question, “how much does a quart of milk cost?”, may be replaced by, “where can we get a quart of milk?” Census figures show that there were about 1320 fewer people working on US farms in 1950 than in 1940.

The Minnesota Amateur Baseball Association, at its last regular meeting, passed a resolution paying tribute to the late William F. Duffy for his work in that organization. Mr. Duffy was a regional commissioner of the association for many years and was awarded a scroll designating him “Mr. Baseball” at last year’s state tournament at Faribault. Mr. Duffy was a lifelong resident of Shakopee.

Any burros to lend? Anyone owning or having information as to where the Gold Rush Days committee could procure some, is respectfully asked to call Wendy Roster. Plans for the biggest, most colorful, most spectacular civic celebration in the history of Shakopee are nearly complete. Variety and wholesome entertainment, plus great money-saving bargains in this city’s stores will attract thousands to Shakopee.

Stay in and talk with us about your particular furniture problem…we can refill those old cushions, bolster that sagging back, or even rebuild that broken down spring foundation…Lebenscraft Upholstering, 205 Atwood, Phone 442, Shakopee.

Machinery Show – See mammoth 80-acre machinery and home appliance shows…largest in the world. Order reserved grandstand and home show tickets by mail – $1.50 and $2.00, including tax…Minnesota State Fair.

Everybody in Carver County is watching their dollar bills with greater interest these days. Merchants are passing out “lucky bucks,” one of which will buy a new 1952 Plymouth.

The Northwestern long-distance telephone station was moved from Strunk’s Drugstore to the central office of the Shakopee Telephone Co.

New easy-to-operate controls developed by Plymouth Motor Corp…lets handicapped persons drive without the use of their feet. One hand does the work of both feet in operating the clutch, brake and accelerator through a single hand lever.

Floral wallpapers are always favorites, especially in bedrooms. This year they are bigger, brighter and prettier than ever, and for a change, the flowers look like something you might see in a country garden instead of lush and tangled tropical growth or hot house flowers.

Used car values…Clean and dependable – 1948 Buick Super 4 door, radio, air conditioning, good tires…Sharp – $1,045 – 1948 Buick Roadmaster 2 door Sedanette, two tone green, radio, air conditioning, Dynaflow, very good tires…$1095 – 1947 Nash 4 door, radio, air conditioning $695…Effertz & Roster, Inc., Shakopee.

Policies up to $5000 aggregate…Financial protection for each insured against these ten diseases – polio, scarlet fever, leukemia, diphtheria, smallpox, encephalitis (sleeping sickness), tetanus (lock jaw), spinal meningitis, rabies, tularemia – Annual cost…$10.00 for family, $5.00 for individual…Roman J. Kopp Agency, Shakopee

Men wanted for factory work…carpenter experience beneficial but not necessary. Good wages, good working conditions. Apply at Page & Hill Co., Shakopee.

Assure your supply of fuel oil now when you get top quality heater oil (#1) and furnace oil #2 with metered delivery, prompt service and complete satisfaction. Fill your tank today. Kopisca Oil Co., Shakopee.

“Miles per gallon” is something everyone talks about and Buick owners take pride in telling us that they’re doing OK in this area. But the kind of miles is important too. The real pay-off you get when you own a Buick is what happens while you’re turning gas into power. Every drop of gas sets off a tiny tornado of energy in Buick’s Fireball 8 engine. You swoop from a standing start to any speed the law or good sense permits with effortless smoothness, thanks to Dynaflow Driver…Effertz & Roster, Inc. Shakopee

Movie Fans to Get Top Films: Movie fans in the area are in for a wealth of top entertainment, Harold Case, owner of the Shakopee Theater disclosed. “California Conquest,” starring Cornel Wilde and Teresa Wright. “The Story of Will Rogers,” with Will Rogers, Jr., Jane Wyman, and Eddie Cantor doing the heavy work. Standout of this month is “Quo Vadis.”

Announcing the appointment of Cavanaugh’s as the exclusive dealer for Tappan Gas Ranges in the Shakopee area…$234.50 with convenient terms.

Ann Steinhoff uses a tuning fork to test the pitch of one of the Northwestern Railway’s new five-chime musical air horns. With 90 new diesel locomotives being delivered to the Northwestern this year, the “song of the rails” is acquiring a new note in the interest of harmony as well as safety and the diesel locomotive seems to have acquired a “voice” as distinctive to its day as the “whistle in the night” was yesterday. The air chime sounds an A-major seventh chord (C-sharp, E, G, and A).

Free 50-gallon barrel of gasoline with every used car purchased. $25 down will handle any of the following: 1942 Plymouth Super Deluxe 4 door, very clean…1941 Pontiac 2 door, 1932 Chevrolet 1/2 ton pickup.

25 years ago…The Fred Rohlfs Builders and Contractors completed for the Shakopee Bakery a brick and tile addition at the rear of the building where Jos. Ploumen, the proprietor, installed a large Hobart up-to-date oven.

R-U Aware? – When howling, one coyote may sound like an entire pack?

Treasure Hunt – Join the fun!! Prizes galore await you at your friendly Marshall-Wells Store, Shakopee. Every Friday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nothing to buy, just good fun for all. If the number on your treasure hunt coupon matches any number on any Treasure Hunt tag in our store, the merchandise identified by the tag is yours, free.

Nation Picks Eisenhower – Record vote sweeps GOP into top offices in state…As in the nation, state and county, Shakopee recorded the largest vote in history in Tuesday’s general election that swept Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon into the nation’s two highest offices to terminate 20 years of administration by the Democratic Party.

Continued extreme dryness coupled with carelessness continues to result in an epidemic of fire alarms. Fire Chief H. J. Pass, reported that in 16 days the department made 25 fire runs – all of them grass and brush fires.

A 4000 HP experimental gas turbine locomotive’s undergoing an intensive 90-day test on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. The locomotive is equipped with two gas turbines, each of which drives two electric generators which in turn supply electrical power to eight tractor motors mounted on the wheel axles. The turbines operate on expanding gases created by the burning of cheap, heavy fuels in combination with compressed air. The gas turbine has fewer moving parts than a diesel and its length is approximately half that of a diesel of similar power.

Putting Christ in Christmas to be KC topic…Jim Quint, Minneapolis, long active the spread of Christian doctrine through his work with the St. Paul Archdiocese, will address the Shakopee Knights of Columbus. Mr. Quint’s address will be on the subject of putting Christ back into Christmas and in his discourse he will suggest ways and means of accomplishing that goal.

A new Shakopee police car was delivered to the city by the Joe Morello Motor Sales. The new Ford, especially designed and built for police duty, generates ample power to provide service for the two-way radio equipment which the car carries. Purchase and delivery of the new car ends an issue that had long occupied the attention of the city council, other city officials and the constituents generally.

The Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. has asked the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission to review its order of last February, establishing the current rates for telephone service. “We did not obtain authority for the full amount of the increase requested and badly needed in 1951,” stated the Minnesota Vice President and General Manager.

Art DuBois was declared chief of the Shakopee Fire Department, succeeding H. J. Pass, who has served as head of the department for the past 10 years.

200 Youth at 4-H Recognition Dinner – The Scott County boys and girls were honored at a 4-H recognition day dinner prepared by members of the leaders council in the 4-H building at Jordan. J. A. Metcalf, Shakopee, served as toastmaster and Dr. W. Adair Muralt provided the musical entertainment and led the group in community singing.

Open house at the Gamble Store is announced by R. D. Johnson, owner. The open house, at which coffee and cookies will be served, is planned to afford shoppers a preview of Christmas items and to permit those who wish to make their selections. Johnson said his toy department will be open and fully stocked for the occasion.

50 years ago – 1902 – Minnesota by defeating the U of Wisconsin, 11-0, is again in the front rank of football in the West. She has only to defeat Michigan to win the championship.

A transparent plastic face shield and heavy rubber clothing protect Charles Johnson of Minneapolis as he opens a tank of sulphuric acid at a big linseed oil plant. The powerful acid is used in the process of refining the oil. Minnesota leads the nation in linseed oil production – just as it leads the nation in the production of iron ore.

Knits Kraft Sleepwear, full and standard sizes – large selection; Percale Prints – just unpacked another shipment of Clothes of Gold and Topmost percale prints…extra quality only 39 cents a yard. New fall colors first quality nylon hose, 51 gauge – 79 cents…M. J. Berens & Sons, First and Holmes Street.

Grand Opening, Webers Mill Pond, Saturday night, November 15. Everybody Welcome! – Al and Bill Weber Props.

Open Saturday, Nov. 15, Cities Service. Welcome to a service you and your car deserve. Walt’s Cities Service Station, Walter Lipistor, owner and manager, Holmes and First, Shakopee

Accordion Lessons – The Traficonte System – Gloria Schneider, Phone 562-W, 216 Main St., Shakopee

Solve your gift problem with new Parker Pens – New Parker “51” pen $15, set $22.50; new Parker “21” special pen – $5, set $8.75 – Scott County Drug

Shakopee Theater, Sunday Shows 3:00-5:00, 7:00-9:00; admission prices – children under 12 – 12 cents, 12-15 – 35 cents, adults – 50 cents. Howard Hughes presents, “One Minute to Zero,” starring Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth.

“The Samba, Rumba and Tango aren’t my part of South America,” says George Grim who will give his first hand report “Adventure, South America,” at Shakopee under the auspices of the PTA. The world traveler looked behind what the tourist would see.

Prospect of new industry for Shakopee was explored when Eugene Andrews of the Minnesota Department of Research and Development addressed the Shakopee Commercial Club. “Shakopee is as well-fitted for industrial development as any community in the state,” Andrews declared in his opening and then amplified his statement by adding, “here you have anything that could be desired in the state of Minnesota for industrial development.”

A proposed city ordinance provides for a 10:00 p.m. curfew and would require all 18 year olds to be off the streets and out of public places at the hour unless accompanied by parents or legal guardian. It would also impose penalties on parents for non-compliance and set the fines at $10 for the first offense, $25 for the second and $100 for the third infraction.

Telephone repairman Tom Carlton, suddenly saw the danger! The line wire sparking against the pavement, the fascinated four year old. There was no point in shouting, the scene called for action – fast. Tom dropped his tools, raced to the spot as the boy stooped for the wire. A second too late to snatch him back from electrocution, Tom saved the youth with a running kick – a kick that lifted the boy over the wire and out of danger.

Class of 1917 has reunion…Members of the Shakopee High School and Normal Training graduating class of 35 years ago held a reunion. The group had dinner at the St. Paul House Wednesday evening and were entertained later at the Leo Marschall home. The motto of the class was “Tonight We Launch…When Shall We Anchor?” Their flower was the American Beauty rose, a bouquet of which centered their dining table.

Welcome to Sears, Grand Opening, 101 Lewis Street, Shakopee – Same-Day service – just place your order by noon. Your order is rushed to Minneapolis…it’s the newest, it’s the easiest way to shop in the world. $1.50 gift certificate, just order $15.00 in Sears merchandise during our Grand Opening. Free gifts for all – roses for the ladies, yardsticks for the men – yo-yo’s and pencils for the kiddies.

Own your own water softener – Rainmaker, dozens of people in this area are buying their own water softener under Rainmaker’s sensational new plan. No installation charge. Phone 237 or see at 338 W. 7th, for free analysis of your water supply.

Compiled by Don McNeil, Shakopee Heritage Society

From the Shakopee Valley News

March 12, 1986 – Salute to Shakopee at ’86 Taste of MN. St. Paul mayor George Latimer had a good taste in his mouth last Wednesday when he met with Shakopee mayor Eldon Reinke and other city officials. Latimer flew into Flying Cloud Airport to invite the City of Shakopee to participate in this summer’s Taste of Minnesota Festival that will feature and salute four southern Minnesota cities. The cities are Shakopee, Marshall, New Ulm and Rochester. Each city will be featured for one day at the festival. Latimer commented, “you’ve got so much to offer the state.” “You have businesses, attractions and history. If you had any more, you’d be St. Paul.”

March 12, 1986 – Murphy’s Landing will be holding an auction on May 17. Donations are currently being sought for the auction. They are looking for donations of antiques and collectibles as well as other items that are saleable. Buttons must be purchased in order to attend the auction. The buttons will also be used for a drawing.

March 12, 1986 – Hours expanded for city pool – Shakopee Community Services Director George Muenchow stated the pool will be open June 7 to Aug. 24. Prices will be the same as last year. A daily ticket will be $1.00 for children and $1.25 for adults. Senior citizens are admitted free. The water slide will be $1.00 for four runs or $2.50 for the session.

March 19, 1986 – The Shakopee Coalition recently instituted a recognition program for volunteers and named Joan Salter its first recipient. Salter was presented the Don Schultz Award as Shakopee Volunteer of the Month for March 1986. Brian Norris, Chair of the Shakopee Coalition, listed her many accomplishments.

March 19, 1986 – City of Shakopee might be “Star City.” The “Star City” program, sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Energy and Economic Development, is intended to get communities involved in economic and/or community development. The process is more significant than the designation. To attain “Star City” status, community representatives must attend an annual training conference, as well as complete eleven steps. Shakopee only has four steps left to complete.

March 26, 1986 – Five possible sites for a new Highway 169 bridge have been selected. The alternatives have been sent to a consulting firm. Burton-Ashman will do an environmental assessment of the alternatives, taking into account the environmental, social and economic impact of each one. The city engineer stated that, “we’re looking at a possible pedestrian overpass from the high rise over the bypass.” The project is scheduled to begin in 1990.

March 26, 1986 – Shakopee will soon be making some important financial decisions that may affect how much development occurs in the future. The Shakopee City Council was scheduled to start discussing and re-evaluating an existing policy on Tax Increment Financing (TIF). TIF is a financing tool that cities can use to attract developers. When a TIF district is established, the existing taxes on the land are frozen for a specific amount of time. Shakopee has five TIF districts.

March 26, 1986 – Men and women walked up and down First Avenue this week with signs which asked for help in safely crossing First Avenue. The residents said First Avenue is full of hazards for pedestrians. The hazards they listed in the petition included: short “walk” lights, speeding; running of red lights; and failure of traffic to yield to pedestrians.

March 26, 1986 – Shakopee School District Technology Coordinator Ron Ward and Minnesota Correctional Facility Education Director Roger Knudson manned video cameras at Shakopee High School. The two television monitors provided pictures of the students in the classroom and the female inmates at the state prison in Shakopee. The two institutions were linked for the education exchange by cable TV. Ward’s and Knudson’s idea allowed a hook-up with three social studies classes. The hook up is part of the institutional network that is run through Zylstra-United Cable Company. People who subscribe to cable TV could potentially get some of the programs and the classwork. “We could offer the community something – it’s not just for people in prison.”

March 26, 1986 – Canterbury Downs’ first year exceeded expectations. Minnesota’s first horse racing track opened in Shakopee last year, bringing about 13,000 people a day into the area between June and October. Canterbury Downs Publicity Director Ben Cambra said the track’s first year was better than expected. The track brought about 800 seasonal jobs to the area. In addition about 700 people worked in the backstretch. There are about 60 year-round jobs. “We contributed about $4.5 million to the state through a portion of the money that was brought in,” Cambra said. “Canterbury Downs is the only major league outdoor sport in town,” Cambra commented. “We have our own niche.”

March 26, 1986 – Guests are coming…about 3,200,000 of them…hopefully for dinner, drinks, a room overnight. Because the Chamber of Commerce feels the better we look and the better we act…the longer our guests will stay…this summer, bright beautiful banners will line Shakopee’s main street to welcome our guests!

March 26, 1986 – Riverboat tours are available four times a day in the summer by Creative River Tours. Owners, John Constantine and Greg Anderson also take private charter tours down the Minnesota River. The tour takes in the river from Murphy’s Landing to the Highway 169 bridge to ½ mile beyond Murphy’s and back to Murphy’s.

April 2, 1986 – 1-Hour photo shop opens in Shakopee…Photo Finish opened in Shakopee Bowl in December with the chance to get film developed within just one hour. Owner Marlene Jarrett and her son, Chuck Berg, said they can develop 35, 110, 126 or disc film. “One night we were sitting at Happy Chef and we started thinking about what we could get into to diversify. We needed a business that wouldn’t conflict with the bowling alley,” Jarrett said. “The two businesses complement each other”, Berg said. Photo Finish is probably the most interesting business I’ve ever been in”, Berg said.

April 2, 1986 – McGraw opens new clinic. Dr. Daniel McGraw has only been in his chiropractic office for about two weeks, but he said he already has a lot of patients. “I’ve got lots of patients,” he said. “I’m real busy and real happy with that.” McGraw opened his office in the former Minnegasco building on March 17, with his assistant and fiancée, Mary Seivert. He said he decided to open an office in Shakopee because, “Shakopee is a progressing, friendly little town.”

April 16, 1986 – Shakopee Police Chief Tom Brownell said fireworks are illegal in the State of Minnesota and therefore, in Shakopee. The bottom line is, the only legal fireworks are cap pistols and caps and no other type of fireworks.

April 16, 1986 – Communities in the southwest metro area aren’t getting a fair shake on their future population growth estimates by the Met Council. That’s the position to be argued by a lobbyist who will be paid by several cities, with support from Carver and Scott counties as well.

April 30, 1986 – Duane Wermerskirchen never intended to own a jewelry store. Duane owns a dental lab. One day, he discovered he knew how to make things from gold. He began making jewelry for his wife, Pam, and the word began to spread.

May 7, 1986 – Social Security Won’t Disappear by Sen. Rudy Boschwitz:
Every year as we in Congress try to hammer out a federal budget, there is talk about possible cuts in the Social Security program. That kind of speculation has escalated this year. “I spent three years reviewing the Social Security program and I have no doubts that Social Security will be around to serve my children and grandchildren too.”

May 14, 1986 – Steve Bremmer, owner of Bremmer’s Truck and Repair is restoring a 1939 fire engine in this shop. Bremmer can make old fire engines ready for parades.

May 21, 1986 – Murphy’s Landing held an auction and netted a total of $13,000 for the day. The money will help to repair the floors and roofs of some of the old homes.

May 21, 1986 – Minnesota Job Service plans to undertake efforts to encourage the hiring of their clients. A statewide marketing effort to encourage employers to hire workers through Job Service (the State Employment Agency) has been announced by Commissioner Joe Samargia of the Minnesota Department of Jobs and Training.

June 4, 1986 – Workmen used bright artificial lights to illuminate the city water tower east of Sweeney Elementary School on 10th Avenue. They were patching the structure to prepare it for a new paint job.

June 4, 1986 – Banners welcoming tourists between Apgar Street on the west and Marschall Road on the east – 42 bright yellow banners have been hung from city utility poles on First Avenue. Seven different messages are portrayed. The logo and name of five area attractions: Canterbury Downs, Little Six Bingo, Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Murphy’s Landing and Valleyfair, plus “Welcome to Shakopee” by the city and “Welcome” from the Chamber of Commerce.

June 18, 1986 – County libraries showed circulation growth in 1985. Libraries are no longer places just for checking out books. Libraries in Scott County answered more than 32,000 reference questions and sponsored more than 400 programs. The library staff keeps track of everything; all the numbers have to be reported to the state.

June 25, 1986 – Survey says many are willing to pay food tax. A recent survey of American consumers indicates they are not only aware of the financial plight of many of the nation’s farmers, but are willing to give them a helping hand through a one-year, one percent national sales tax on groceries.

Rick Berg helped pull truck driver Ed Wschola from his burning semi cab. Wschola’s truck, carrying 8200 gallons of gasoline, overturned and caught fire. The fire melted the tanker because firemen let the gasoline burn rather than have it flow into the ground or streams nearby.

A man who allegedly burglarized 20 homes in Shakopee is now in custody at the Scott County Jail. Jesse Wright, 25, allegedly burglarized the homes during about a one-month period. According to police, he confessed to a majority of the burglaries.

Employees of Canterbury Downs will vote later this week on which union, if any, they want to represent them. It will be their first opportunity to decide about union representation, even though many had to join a union or not work.

Corn Power! – American corn farmers, including many in Minnesota, are hoping consumers pay no heed to the rampant “No Ethanol” campaign being propagated by some oil companies and many more local dealers. At least they are hoping that consumers will listen to their side of the story. Some oil companies and dealers refuse to carry the blend, claiming that it causes problems with engines.

In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt called the first presidential conference on small business. Because fist fights broke out between the delegates, very little was accomplished and another conference was not held until 1980.

If you are one of those drivers who doesn’t like to endure bumpy railroad tracks…here’s good news for you…at least some of the crossings in Shakopee may soon be rubberized.

After police officers started aggressively ticketing traffic violators at the intersection of County Roads 42 and 27, Savage Police Chief Gordon Vlasak thought the complaints about traffic snarls would stop…they did. However, the increased patrol brought a new wave of complaints from several violators vehemently protesting their tickets and the accompanying $44 fines.

On any given night in the Twin Cities area, about 1100 people are homeless, a Metropolitan Council committee report estimates. In a year, the report says, about 36,500 people move through the region’s system of shelters and emergency housing, or spend time living on the streets.

Become a word processor, an electronic repair technician, an accounting clerk, a computer operator or programmer. These are a sample of the occupations for which you can train at no cost to you. The Twin Cities Opportunities Industrialization Center has been providing full scholarship training to all its students since 1966.

It’s now possible to see a doctor taking out tonsils the old-fashioned, and probably very painful way in Shakopee. The circa 1880’s doctor’s office is one of four new attractions at Murphy’s Landing which opened at the 1860’s-1880’s representative village.

The Second Avenue parking lot, which is almost finished, features a red brick retaining wall, concrete steps down to Second Avenue, trees and a wooden railing. Decorative light poles will be installed. The parking lot, located between Holmes and Lewis streets, was built as a demonstration model for the downtown’s future “streetscape” project.

Ziegler Tire of Shakopee recently had lights, cameras and lots of action when a Minnetonka firm shot a training video for Bandag, Inc., a tire retreading company. Bandag will use the finished product as part of a custom training system for its 1000 international tire dealers.

“SuperAmerica Man,” a 10-foot tall inflated character with Pat Evans inside, was on hand at the revamped Shakopee SuperAmerica service station and convenience store. The station re-opened after a large expansion, regular gas selling for 85 cents a gallon.

A new shopping complex is being developed in Shakopee, but the developers are “mum” as to what kind of tenant will be occupying the space. The complex is under construction on County Road 17. Bill Henning & Co, Shakopee is the contractor for the project. Scott Realty, Inc. of Shakopee is handling the leasing.

The population in the Twin Cities metro area increased 6.7% between 1980 and 1986 according to a new Met Council estimate. During that same period, Shakopee’s population increased an estimated 13% based on the 1980 census figure of 9941 and the April 1, 1986, estimated population of 11,236. The estimated metro population on April 1, 1986 was 2,118,222 up 132,349 since 1980. The seven-county Twin Cities area is the 16th largest metropolitan area in the U.S.

Shakopee woman preaches work as key to longevity…most of us will never live as long as Gussie Strehlow, but for those of us who wonder what might be the key to attaining a healthy 98 years, she insists that it is working, which will bring happiness…”keep active.”

City budget was based on decreased assessed valuation….the question is to what extent we’re going to minimize the impact of the loss of the $7M in value and preserve the unexpectedly large dip in property taxes in 1986.

A downtown Shakopee businessman has quit the Shakopee Downtown Ad Hoc Committee because two other business owners threatened him. The action is linked to a petition regarding the downtown streetscape project. He resigned shortly after joining the committee.

The Royal Lichtenstein Circus will present a free performance at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Normandale Community College. In its one-hour performance, the circus will feature a lightning-paced potpourri of juggling, comedy, aerial bar antics, magic, music, domestic and exotic trained animal acts and two narrated mime fables.

Ethanol information is incorrect…by Sen. Dave Durenberger – At this year’s Minnesota State Fair, several dozen fairgoers stopped to question me about the future of the country’s fuel ethanol industry. Is the future of ethanol threatened…for example, by continuing low gas prices? And, what about all the claims that ethanol hurts automobile engines? National security and U.S. economic interests insist that we continue to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of oil.

Tax bill will improve economy…by Sen. Rudy Boschwitz – The tax bill which is expected to pass both houses of Congress and be signed by President Reagan this fall, is the great surprise of 1986 in Washington. The bill, which looked like a goner only four months ago, has whizzed through Congress in a whirlwind. It will change the nature of our tax system and I think it will improve tax fairness and strengthen our economy.

A paperback reprint of a book describing in detail how Minnesota’s Dakota Indians lived 150 years ago recently was published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. Written by missionary Samuel W. Pond, one of the first settlers in Shakopee, “The Dakota or Sioux in Minnesota As They Were in 1834” is unrivaled today for its accurate and thorough discussion of Dakota culture and social, political, religious and economic institutions, writes historian Gary Clayton Anderson in his introduction to this book.

Prescription Advisor Gary Gustafson, R.PA…an integral part of our pharmacy service is involved with checking, double checking and then checking one more time to be absolutely positive. Sure it takes much extra time to do this on every prescription, but when it comes to dispensing a medicine there is no way we can take a chance that something may be wrong…Eastman Eagle Drug, 214 S. Holmes.

Sheila Mitchell of Shakopee calls the birth of her first child 16 years ago, “an experiment in terror”. She said she was left in a dark little room. Her husband Paul could not be with her. No one checked on her and the nurses were curt, telling her, “thousands of women have had children before, you’re no different, so quit screaming.”

Some renters and property owners in Shakopee may be surprised one of these days when they get a warning ticket in the mail. The City is cracking down on renters’ code violations according to City Code Enforcement Officer Howard Jones.

The Scott-Carver Economic Council could be considered a maiden name, relegated now to inclusion only in parenthesis. If you please, the new name is Scott-Carver-Dakota Community Action Agency, Inc.

People now between the ages of 67 and 72 who want to continue giving blood – or who want to give for the first time – will no longer be turned away according to the St. Paul Regional Red Cross Blood Services, which includes Scott County.

A Shakopee man who has just had his first song recorded said he is, “excited” about it. Dale Potthast, a carpenter by trade, wrote the song “Lost Soul” which appears on the newest release from Rainbow Records of Hollywood, California. The album “Hallelujah” features gospel songs by writers from all over the country.

“Welcome to Pablo’s,” the menu says and goes on to list a large assortment of tasty Mexican dishes – tacos, enchiladas, burritos, tostados, chimichangas, nachos. quesadillas, and more…much more…Pablo’s Restaurant, located at 230 Lewis Street, is Shakopee’s newest restaurant.

“I remember you,” Eagle Drug pharmacist Gary Gustafson chatted with Gov. Rudy Perpich. “You were my first dentist,” Gustafson told the governor who was in Shakopee to stump for DFL candidates Bob Schmitz, Becky Kelso and Bob Jenson.

Soon the City of Shakopee may own a hotel. This one, though, might not attract many overnight guests. The Merchant’s Hotel, which was declared unfit for human occupancy in July 1985, may be the city’s newest acquisition. The hotel’s owner recently asked the city to purchase the property.

Dave and Diane Bloom have had a busy year. Besides getting married last September and expecting their first child this month, they bought the Mr. Donut in Shakopee. The Blooms took over the Mr. Donut franchise located at 1037 East First Avenue.

City Council sets 18.5 target mill rate…higher taxes likely. If the city can achieve the 18.5 mill target rate set by the city council, taxes on a home worth about $84,000 will increase about $26. The drop in taxes this year came because of an increase in the taxable assessed value of the city. That increase, $7 million worth, was due to the addition of the value of Canterbury Downs. This year, the value of Canterbury Downs, about $18 million, is not taxable since it was financed through tax increment financing (TIF). When the TIF district for the track was set up, the city decided it would not start capturing the increment until this year.

The site of the former Women’s State Prison in Shakopee is up for sale. However, not just anyone can buy it, at least not yet. The property is owned by the state. At this point, the property can only be sold to local units of government. The state offered the property to the county and the school district, both of whom turned it down. The city has no use for the site, but it still may buy the land and turn around and sell it to a developer. The city council authorized the city staff to send out requests for proposals.

After a little more than three months the robbery at First National Bank of Shakopee remains a mystery. According to the FBI, the robbery is still under investigation. The bank was held up by a lone robber at 10:15 a.m. when a man walked up to a teller and asked her to change a bill, then indicated that he was holding up the bank and told her to give him what was in her cash drawer.

Downtown property owners will have a chance to give some input into the proposed downtown development project before a feasibility study is completed. The city will be holding three informal meetings to explain the Streetscape Project to affected owners. A representative from Westwood Planning, the consulting firm for the project, will be at the meetings to go over Streetscape elements that are being recommended by the Downtown Ad Hoc Committee.

Shakopee will soon have a mini-park. The Stans Foundation, named for former resident Maurice Stans, will be building a mini-park on Second Avenue between Holmes and Fuller Streets. The park will consist of the existing two-story home, plus a gazebo, trees, paths, benches and flowers.

Canterbury Press was reportedly burglarized according to police. Manager Richard Coulter said someone broke into the building by punching a hole through the plaster walls and opening a door in the south end of the building. The report said a Panasonic tape deck valued at $100 was taken from a desk. Also taken were a case of Stroh’s beer valued at $10 from an upstairs refrigerator, a Craftsman Micrometer valued at $40 and a pair of keys for a forklift.

Shakopee Area Transit (SAT) is looking for new van pool riders. Routes are now forming and several empty seats remain for commuters heading to downtown Minneapolis, the U of M, Normandale, and the State Capitol.

Editorial: Are you tired of driving around the Bloomington Ferry Bridge – Again?
Are you tired of contending with the additional traffic detour through Shakopee whenever the high water of the Minnesota River forces the closure of the Bloomington Ferry Bridge Road (County Road 18) again? With high water on the Minnesota and the inconvenience caused by it a regular occurrence, it’s time to say, “I’m sick and tired of it, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” It’s time for Shakopee residents to stand up and say, “Let’s get that new Bloomington Ferry Bridge built!”

Compiled by Don McNeil, Shakopee Heritage Society

From the Shakopee Argus-Tribune

Jan. 26, 1961 – Jobless benefits total $82,888 at Shakopee in 1960. A total of $82,888 in unemployment benefits were paid through the Shakopee branch of the Hopkins Employment Security office during 1960. According to C.H. Swenson, manager of the Hopkins office, the figure represents a 12% increase above 1959 payments.

Jan. 26, 1961 – Joint Recreation Board to sponsor adult classes. Six education classes to be added: Beginning sewing – Project will be sewing a summer dress, Typing – introduction to typing fundamentals (students are asked to furnish their own typing paper), Spanish – introduction to Spanish (textbook needed), Ladies Home Mechanics – furniture refinishing, repairing of simple home appliances, painting and varnishing, and a simple study of home planning, Men’s Physical Education – basketball and volleyball, Slimmasters – volleyball, basketball and exercises.

Jan. 26, 1961 – Shakopee to get $21,821 in State Aid funds, it was announced by the Minnesota Highway Department. Shakopee officially passed the 5000 population mark as a result of 1960 census figures. Monies are derived from gas tax and motor vehicle registration fees.

Jan. 26, 1961 – “Could you be Brainwashed?” is the title of a talk to be given by newspaper columnist George Grim at the monthly meeting of the Burnsville-Savage PTA. Grim’s speech will detail Communist efforts for the mastery of men’s minds.

Feb. 2, 1961 – Board OK’s $4700 base for 1961-62 teacher salaries. Approved by the School Board of Education, the amount received by a teacher with a four year degree and no previous experience. The base for a MA degree without experience is $4700 plus ten percent and the base for a PhD degree is $4700 plus 20 percent.

Feb. 2, 1961 – New Rotarian – Scott County farmer Cameron A. Marshall was accepted as a new member of the Shakopee Rotary Club. Marshall, a member of a well known Scott County family has farmed for a number of years. In addition he has been active in public affairs, serving on various township and school boards. He is currently County Republican chairman.

Feb. 2, 1961 – Cub Scouts window display. Cub Scouts of Pack 218 will have a window display in the show windows of Winnie’s Dress Shop from February 3 through February 12. Each boy will be represented with some craft he has made during the past year. The display will be judged during the weekend of February 4 and 5.

Feb. 2, 1961 – Burglars take $87 in Break-Ins. An early morning burglary of Hap’s Bar, First Ave. and Lewis Street netted $87. During the same period, the burglars also broke into the nearby Rock Springs Bar but got only $8 in Canadian quarters for their efforts. A door leading to the adjacent Rock Springs Cafe was also broken open but no loss was reported.

Feb. 2, 1961 – Chamber of Commerce President Cy Sames congratulates banker E.J. Huber at the Chamber testimonial dinner. A capacity crowd attended the annual Chamber of Commerce Ladies Night and testimonial dinner. On the program was also Dr. W.A. Muralt who sang a song in honor of Mr. Huber and the Minnetonka Area Barbershop Singing group with several selections.

Feb. 2, 1961 – Two pilots were killed in a mid-air crash over the north end of a north-south runway at Flying Cloud Field. The two planes collided in mid-air as both were attempting a landing on the field. “It was all over in about two seconds. It seems as though the two pilots did not see each other, perhaps because the ground at this time of year has a camouflage effect which makes it difficult to spot low incoming planes.”

Feb. 23, 1961 – Mr. Wurst and Mrs. Sweeney offer resignations. The Shakopee public school system’s first major administrative personnel changes in a decade were announced this week with the resignation of Al N. Wurst, Superintendent of Schools since 1945 and Mrs. Grace Sweeney, veteran educator and High School Principal since 1950.

Feb. 23, 1961 – WDGY “Wonders” are in town at the Shakopee High School, Tues., Feb. 28 at 8 PM. Bill Diehl, Ex WDGY “Mr. Top 40,” Bob McNamara, Ex U of M football player and others. WDGY “Wonders” vs Shakopee Independents – Adults $1.00 Students $.50.

From the Shakopee Valley News

Feb. 23, 1961 – Community Hospital patients get I.D. bands as safeguard…possibility of a patient mix-up at the New Prague Community Hospital is now remote because of a small plastic identification band which is fastened around the wrist of every patient upon admission.

March 2, 1961 – Shakopee Profile Presenting…Robert O. Sweeney
Robert O. Sweeney was a local municipal judge, a Shakopee resident of widely varied achievements and interests. He was a member of the faculty of Marshall High School in Minneapolis; doing graduate work leading to a doctorate degree in education. He served as a member of several community and professional organizations and operated a private income tax service. Bob was born in Minneapolis, the son of the late E.J. Sweeney, former Shakopee Superintendent of Schools and Mrs. Grace Sweeney, retired Shakopee High School Principal. He served as an electronics warfare officer in the army. He has also served as a Shakopee City Council member for more than one term.

March 9, 1961 – Shakopee physician Dr. B.F. Pearson and the Jeep which he used in braving Sunday night’s blinding snowstorm to answer an emergency call at a Lydia area farm home…The trip which took the doctor and his son over miles of snow covered rural roads, took more than two hours. The Jeep was provided by Cy Sames, proprietor of Cy’s Standard station, Shakopee.

March 9, 1961 – A general brightening of the area employment picture was indicated this week by information received from the Hopkins office of the State Employment Service. The population movement to the suburbs is bringing a constant increase in the number of people living in the area served by the Hopkins office. “This means, simply, that workers formerly served by our Twin Cities offices are coming to Shakopee, Chaska, and Hopkins for service.”

March 9, 1961 – Real Estate Values: 3 bedroom, large lot, garage, close to downtown – $11,700; 100 acre farm close to Shakopee – $32,000.

March 9, 1961 – River Cleaning: Many valley residents, between Mendota and Mankato and even further upstream envision the Minnesota River as a body of water with a bright future for recreational use. In this area, for the past decade, the major emphasis has been on the navigation factor.

March 16, 1961 – A 1961-62 teacher salary schedule with a base of $4500 for an inexperienced teacher with a 4-year degree was adopted.

March 16, 1961 – Only fourteen file for City Offices as deadline of March 20 nears.

March 16, 1961 – A hearing to be conducted by the Minnesota Labor Conciliator’s office will highlight a continuing salary schedule dispute between the Shakopee School Board and the Shakopee Public School faculty.

March 23, 1961 – The annual Recreation Department Table Tennis Tournament will be held Monday evening at the Shakopee High School Auditorium. Trophies will be awarded.

March 23, 1961 – Marble Tournament – The annual grade school Marble Tournament will be held the week after Easter.

March 23, 1961 – RCA Victor TV 1st Again…First choice by the biggest margin in RCA history…Results conducted in a survey:
1st with the New Vista Tuner, 1st with 5-year factory warranty, 1st in black and white TV sales, 1st to pioneer color TV’s as both a manufacturer and broadcaster, and 1st by far among TV broadcast station engineers for RCA transmitting equipment.

March 23, 1961 – Now open…Tri-Y Drive In…Sunday through Thursday 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Our specialty…homemade French fried onions, hamburger, pizza. Tri-Y Drive In…1 mile north of Shakopee on Highway 169.

March 23, 1961 – The Common Council of the City of Shakopee will accept applications for position of Garbage Collector for the City of Shakopee at its next council chamber meeting; term to be May 1, 1961 to May 1962.

March 23, 1961 – Mr. & Mrs. Viggo Anderson are recent winners of a free trip to Europe via Scandinavian Airlines. The trip was awarded by KSTP-TV on the Treasure Chest program on behalf of SAS and Cinerama Holiday.

April 13, 1961 – Aldermen approve employee wage hike…The new pay rate will go into effect on May 1st.
Police Chief: $450 per month – an increase of $20 per month.
City Patrolman: $420 per month – an increase of $29 per month.
Superintendent of Streets: $447 per month – an increase of $17 per month.
Asst. Streets Superintendent: $401 per month.
Classified Labor (All permanent seasonal employees) – $2.00 per hour – an increase of ten cents per hour.
Part-time police: $1.90 per hour.
Fire Chief: $300 per year
Volunteer Fireman: $2.25 for the first hour on a call and $1.75 for each additional hour or fractional hour.
City Recorder: $2908 per year.
Deputy Recorder: $1008 per year.

Shakopee Banker Ed Huber and Shakopee Mayor J.C. Huber displayed one of the red and white safe driving pledge car stickers now being sold by the First National Bank of Shakopee. The reflectors are being sold at cost (40 cents) to any person who wishes to participate in the safe driving campaign by signing a special safe driving pledge. One copy is retained by the driver and the second is forwarded to Gov. Anderson’s office.

Details of the Urban Renewal Program, as a stimulus to repair old and run down business and residential areas, were explained to an interested audience at the Chamber of Commerce meeting at the First National Bank.

The Shakopee Community Theater will present a three-act drama, “My Three Sons.” Performances will be in the new community theater building in Riverside Park.

Gary Ries and George Muenchow, Shakopee Recreation Director, displayed a picture painted by Ries, a Shakopee resident, and exhibited at last week’s Shakopee Festival of Art, where he was awarded a blue ribbon for his display.

Hiawatha Vanguard Bikes – 24 and 26 inch models for $39.88 ($3.95 down, $1.25 per week)…includes Delta Headlight, luggage carrier, sparkling chrome fenders and handlebar…flamboyant red for boys, blue for girls.

American-Wheaton Plant Begins Bottle Production – The first glass bottles produced in the new multi-million dollar American-Wheaton Glass Corporation plant began rolling off the production line. The new plant is located on 37 acres of land in the Valley Industrial Park just east of Shakopee. The new plant has been planned to be the nation’s most efficient glass manufacturing facility.

John J. Feda, Villard, MN, was hired as 1961-1962 Shakopee Superintendent of Schools by a 4 to 2 school board vote. His annual salary was set at $10,000. In addition, the new superintendent will receive a $300 expense account. He was chosen from a field of 50 applicants.

Beer, Liquor Licenses OK’d by City Council – Off/On Sale 3.2 beer licenses and On-Sale liquor licenses were approved by the Shakopee Common Council. On Sale licenses were granted to the Pullman Club, the New St. Paul House, Parson’s Bar, House of Hoy, Rock Springs Bar and Café, Shakopee VFW Club and the Shakopee American Legion Club. Off and On Sale beer licenses were approved for the Shakopee Tap Room, Vic’s Place, and the Sportsman’s Bar

“Ben Hur,” academy award winning MGM production will open at the Flying Cloud Drive-In Theater on T.H. 169 northeast of Shakopee. The film has received 11 academy awards.

Free Prescription Delivery offered by Eastman Drug.

Shakopee’s 1961 Summer Parade Float portraying “The Bridge to International Friendship” will be parked for the season. The float was prepared under the auspices of the Shakopee Chamber of Commerce float committee and involved about 260 hours of accumulated donated time. It ended up winning the coveted Aquatennial “Skippers Award.” The award was presented on the basis of judging about 30 floats in Aquatennial’s out-of-town, non-commercial division.

Unemployment benefits paid through the Scott and Carver County Employment Security offices during the past twelve months were 4.3 percent higher than in 1959-60.

Shakopee’s new municipal sewage treatment plant announced completion.

How To: By Anne Ashley – Question: How can I straighten out candles that have drooped because of excessive heat? Answer: Place the candles in a flat-bottomed vessel filled with water at about 80 degrees. Add small amounts of hotter water until the candles can be straightened easily with the fingers. Once they have been re-shaped, drop the candles into a container of cold water to re-harden them.

Unless the current international situation deteriorates sharply over the coming weeks, President Kennedy’s plans for a build-up of American military strength will have little immediate effect on Scott County Army Reserve and Selective Service sources.

Plans for the annual community Halloween celebration are being completed with parties planned for all of Shakopee youth, George Muenchow, Shakopee Recreation Director reported.

Alderman Eugene Greicar and Lee Monnens, Utilities Superintendent, checked the new “Welcome” sign north of Shakopee across from the ballpark on T.H. 169. Three “Hello Friends – Welcome to Shakopee – Population 5,201” signs have been erected at the entrances to Shakopee. Signs sponsored by Lions Club, Rotary Club, Veterans organizations and Chamber of Commerce.

Joe Noterman received a “Certificate of Appreciation” from President Eisenhower for his 10 years of continuous service on the Scott County Draft Board.

Open bowling at 3 p.m. daily, Monday through Friday; weekends 1 p.m. Teams and individual bowlers needed for league play – Shakopee Lanes.

Shakopee residents will be treated to a concert by internationally famed popular concert artist Rubinoff and his violin, on Monday, November 13 at the Shakopee High School Auditorium under the sponsorship of the Shakopee Rotary Club.

The Shakopee Community Theatre group will present “Under the Sycamore Tree” Saturday, Sunday and Monday in the Theatre Barn near Riverside Park.

A Model T Party – A meeting of all Model T Ford owners was held for the first time Sunday at the old Rademacher farm in rural Shakopee. About 40 Model T’s were represented at the “party” which included models from 1909 to 1927 with almost every year represented.

“Safety Circus” to be presented in Savage – A unique event in which elementary school children in Savage will learn about traffic safety through efforts of a police officer and his talented dogs. The trained dogs will be doing tricks which will demonstrate to the children how to be more alert to traffic safety. The officer and his dogs have toured the entire county to present their safety message.

Plans for the new Valley Shopping Center to cost nearly a quarter of a million dollars was unfolded by Robert Reich of the Towle Co., Minneapolis realty firm. The development would be located in the block between Minnesota and Dakota Street and First and Second Avenues on the east of Shakopee.

Shakopee is again located on the “sonic boom” air route which has been coordinated with the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) for flying periodic training missions of the B-58 Hustler, the free world’s first subsonic bomber. The B-58 soon will begin flying periodic training missions over towns and cities with a 40-mile corridor from Minot, ND to Minneapolis.

Typewriter and Adding Machine Repair – Call for fast, efficient, economical typewriter repair – complete repair and service on all typewriters, adding machines and calculators. Used typewriters, $34.95 and up; used adding machines both manual and electric.

Komatz Construction Co. of St Peter will begin removing trees and blasting for a storm sewer on East First Avenue from the junction of T.H. 169 and 101 to the east city limits. Removal of trees and storm sewer construction are in preparation to the major part of the contract to complete grading, base, curb and gutter and bituminous surfacing for 1.1 miles of East First Avenue which will begin in spring.

Changes in Mail Service…Cormac A. Suel, Postmaster, announced the following changes: outgoing mail service for Shakopee and seven other Minnesota Valley communities was improved as the result of a new mail handling program instituted at the local post office. In effect Shakopee has become a concentration point for mail originating in area communities. Another collection box has also been installed in front of the post office…there is now a box for Shakopee mail and one for out of town mail.

Oral polio vaccine will not be offered in public clinics until the arrival of Types 2 and 3 of the vaccine said Dr. B. F. Pearson. It is the feeling of the medical profession that oral polio vaccine should only be given during a polio epidemic.

Per J. E. Quest, president of the firm, all operations of the Quest Mfg. Co. will be discontinued effective Oct. 31. The closing of the local firm, an independent corporation, will not affect the operations of the Shakopee Foundry Co., also a Quest owned firm. The manufacturing plant normally employed about 11 people.

The Shakopee Indians were dumped from a four-way tie for first place in the Minnesota Valley Conference race in taking a beating at the hands of the Orono eleven, 25-13. The limping Indians had five first string players on the serious injured list.

“Public Welfare and the Public” will be the theme of the Region VII conference on the Minnesota Welfare Association to be held at the Millpond Club in Shakopee.

The new three-year motor vehicle license plates will go on sale all over the state, it was announced by Brendan Suel, Deputy Motor Vehicle Registrar. When you receive the IBM application and the registration card, bring both to the Deputy Registrar for issuance of plates.

Mrs. William J. Runge will serve as Chairman of the 1961 “Little Red Stocking Neighbor to Neighbor Appeal” in Shakopee. This appeal supports the work for the Children’s Home Society of Minnesota, the only private, non-denominational adoption agency in the state. Since its establishment in 1889, the Society has cared for more than 8400 homeless children.

Aldermen Propose City Expansion Study…A nine-member committee will be appointed, consisting of three aldermen, three planning commissioners, and three public officials to study possible expansion, pointing out that the city is rapidly reaching the point where no residential building lots are available. Although Eagle Creek adjoins Shakopee on the east side and Jackson Township on the south, it is not the purpose to annex these two townships as such unless the investigation should determine that this is feasible and the residents of the affected areas were in agreement.

Call for bids on $40,000 county jail remodeling…The Scott County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution calling for sealed proposals on the remodeling work and another on equipment needed. Funds were made available through legislative approval to spend the extra money.

In 1886, Richard W. Sears, then 23 years old, started selling watches to supplement his income as a station agent at North Redwood, MN. With his watch selling successful, Sears quit his job and moved to Minneapolis. In 1887, Sears settled in the company’s first Chicago location and hired watchmaker Alba C. Roebuck. In 1925 the first Sears retail store opened.

The grand opening sale event of the new Sears and Roebuck store and catalog sales office in Shakopee has been set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. In November 1951, the present Sears Catalog Sales office was in Shakopee on Lewis Street. Within the last two years, the increased demands of customers for this convenient shipping service has made it necessary to relocate the store to the Westport Shopping Center. One of the most convenient features of the Sears Catalog Sales office is the same-day delivery service form the Minneapolis mail order plant.

Anyone interested in square dancing should meet at the Shakopee American Legion Hall on Tuesday and 8:00 p.m. Marlin Richard of St. Peter will call the dances regularly if enough interested people attend.

Recently the management of the new Minnesota Vikings generously offered high school football players free stadium passes for the professional football games. Immediately, the high school league produced a handy ruling and proclaimed that if a player accepted the Vikings Sunday afternoon hospitality, the player would be considered a professional and ineligible from further high school athletic participation. Stadium tickets are priced at $5.00 retail.

State law in Minnesota requires every municipality to have a Civil Defense program for any natural or man-made emergency to protect the citizens.

Automatic oil delivery service…You just dial the thermostat – we do the rest. Metered delivery tickets give you an accurate check of the amount of clean-burning Pure Heating Oil you receive…Kopisca Oil Co., 230 W. 6th Ave.

Underwood Portables – Lettera 22…$68.00 – This is the portable typewriter voted “best designed product” by a hundred leading designers and used by millions throughout the world in the last ten years. The Lettera 22 has basket shift, automatic tabulation, automatic paragraph indention, rugged all-metal body, half-spacing and comes in a handsome carrying case.

Valley Sewing Center, corner of First Ave. and Lewis St….Anyway you look at it for the best buys in White Sewing Machines since 1876. Rental, repairs and rebuilt machines.

Savage woman hurt as a car hits train…Mrs. Lloyd Larson was severely injured when the car she was driving alone struck Minnesota, Northfield & Southern Railroad switch engine at 6:26 p.m. on November 2 at the Highway 10 crossing in Savage. The collision completely demolished the 1959 Chevrolet two-door which struck the side of the switch engine.

Highway 169 Route north from Shakopee decided. Location of the new bridge on State Highway 169 in Shakopee to span the Minnesota River has been determined and will be just north and west of the Rahr Malting plant on West First Street, utilizing the new structure at the railroad crossing there.

Chance of a lifetime…Used Car Buys…select from our top quality used cars…each one carries a written Warranty Bond…Brambilla Chrysler-Plymouth.

Shot two days early…The deer proved to be a costly prize for two hunters. The court set its price at $105, with the total for three bringing fines of $315 for one hunter and $405 for his partner who had possession.

Give Mom a break…Buy her new dining room furniture so she can serve it in style…5 piece wood table and chair set $99.95. Chrome or bronze 5 piece dinette set $69.95…Shakopee Furniture, corner of 1st Ave. and Lewis St.

A home of your own…Let us assist you. Free planning and estimate service. Best quality at lowest price…Cletus Link Contractor and Builder.

Nobody beats Valiant for value…No wonder the 1962 Valiant has become such a hot item, even the few short weeks since it was first unveiled. Valiant with Trim-Line design. See the “Style Leader of the Compacts” at Brambilla Motors, 133 W. 1st Ave.

Two bedroom house…5 years old…located across from park – only 5 percent down, $13,000. Shakopee Realty, 107 W. First Ave.

How Do I Column: Q. What can I do about some oil stains on one of my rugs?
A. The best way I know of to remove these is to dampen a cloth with some cleaning fluid and then begin rubbing around the edge of the stain working toward the middle, and changing to a clean portion of the rag as one part becomes soiled.
Q. How can I remove the unpleasant burnt taste from milk that has been slightly scorched?
A. By placing the pan of milk in some cold water and adding a pinch of salt to the milk.

Modern Etiquette Column: Q. My husband and I were guests at dinner in some friend’s home recently and in order to help my hostess I stacked my used dishes as I finished eating from them. My husband says this was incorrect. What do you say?
A. Your husband is right. Always leave your dishes as they are when you finish eating.

Announcement: 2 barbers on duty…We are pleased to announce the addition of a second barber, Mr. Pat Bailey, to our shop…Norm’s Barber Shop (formerly Sandy’s), 126 Lewis St.

Will organize new WWI Vets Organization…organization of a new veterans group from Shakopee… Veterans of WWI at the American Legion Club. The local group to be formally known as WWI Barracks. This is an exclusive organization of the veterans of 1917-1918.

Eagle Creek to hold annexation hearing…The town board of Eagle Creek will conduct a public meeting at the Stagecoach Museum on Highway 101 for the purpose of discussing questions concerning possible township incorporation and annexation.

Recently most owners of vehicles to be registered for 1962 were mailed a proposed application for renewal card from the Secretary of State’s office in St. Paul. This is the same procedure followed the past two years. If owners follow instructions and suggestions they will not have to wait in long lines to complete their registrations.

Albino deer is prize taken near Belle Plaine…Creating considerable interest, the deer was shot in Belle Plaine river bottoms. Only the lower limbs and a part of the head were slightly brown in color, with the albino white predominating.

Compiled by Don McNeil, Shakopee Heritage Society

From the Shakopee Argus-Tribune

Jobs on highway to help farmers pay us U. S. loans…will assist in graveling 500 miles of roads as a winter project. Farmers in some twenty drought stricken counties in Minnesota will be able to work out all or part of their government feed and hay loans this winter by helping the State Highway Department re-gravel state roads.

Range Corporation to begin operation…crew now taking inventory, making repairs. 80 men to be on payroll. Like a ray of sunshine bursting through threatening skies came the announcement that the American Range Corporation would be under “full production within the next ten days.”

“Old 41” school…landmark located on Fourth street in west Shakopee since 1870 will yield to wreckers soon. It long linked the present with the past in Shakopee. Since District No. 41 and District No. 1 were consolidated in 1918 the old two-story building has been a “white elephant” on the hands of the school directors.

Expense control urged for the State…Expenditure control stands foremost among measures which should be considered if the Minnesota legislature attempts revision of the state’s taxation system. “One of the reasons for the constant upswing in public costs extending back over two decades, is the lack of legal restraint on those invested with power to levy taxes,” per J. P. McDonnell, president of the Minnesota Taxpayer Association.

Today & Tomorrow by Frank Parker…Motion Pictures – They improve…it seems perfectly clear to me that there has been a great improvement in the films in the past year or so…better stories, better acting, better stage effects, better sound reproduction. I find much less that is offensive to my sense of good taste and decency than I used to…less of the sort of thing that is apparently aimed at the lowest mental and moral types.

Siebenaler Bros, Shakopee ice dealers are working on their ice crop…Six teams and 15 men were on the crew. The ice, 15 inches thick, is of a good quality.

Believed to be the strongest footing ever occupied by the organization in Shakopee, the Boy Scout movement here is well on its way to achievement in its two-fold purpose of character building and citizenship training.

The first Minnesota legislature which convened on September 3, 1849, assembled not in an imposing structure designed especially to meet it needs, but in a crude little log hotel in St. Paul.

Shak-O-Hi News…Measure Yourself…A few pointers for the school year: 1) see things to be done and then do them; 2) use courteous phrases; 3) practice thrift; 4) finish things; 5) give a prompt response; 6) show originality; 7) express yourself freely; 8) listen attentively; 9) talk and laugh gently; 10) be orderly; 11) clean teeth regularly; 12) respect property rights of others; 13) enunciate clearly; 14) speak correctly; 15) appreciate good music and literature…The 5th and 6th grades are now using the Victrola during penmanship period and enjoy writing their drills to music.

The Classified Advertising Section…The market where buyers and sellers meet, where wants are satisfied and where results are certain. Classified rates: 2 cents a word for the first insertion, 1 cent a word for each succeeding insertion. No classifieds for less than 25 cents.

Cause and Effect by A. B. Chapin…Motor accidents 1936 – 36,000 killed, 300,000 injured…drunkenness and recklessness…What are we going to do about it?

Good travel news…Special deep-cut excursion rates to principal cities of the East…newest type buses safe, warm and comfortable. Sample one-way fares from the Twin Cities to New York…$16.70; Pittsburg…$12.20…Detroit…$7.70; Seattle…$27.20; Miami…$27.00 – Northland Greyhound Lines.

Telephones are not for hermits…telephones are for normal people…people who like to talk with friends and be with friends…people whose lives are full of situations in which telephones meet their needs…in business, in emergencies, in having good times…the Bell System.

A total of 273 rabbits were brought into Madison recently, the result of “just a little hunting” by Ernest Patzer. The rabbits filled a triple wagon box full. They were sold at the rate of 10 cents each, bringing a check for $27.30.

An equitable assessment is a necessary basis for a fair distribution of the property tax burden, declares League of Women Voters. The League takes occasion to criticize the present assessment setup and offers what it believes to be constructive suggestions. It opposes the present system and favors the county assessor plan.

“Whoopee John” and his radio-recording orchestra will be featured at the annual Luxembourger Ball at Dawson’s Hall here tonight. Advance ticket sales have reached a record high and the promise of more sales at the door is anticipated.

For the Family! … There is no better drink and no better food that Oak Grove Milk. It should be used every meal of the day in some form. Purity…wholesomeness – Oak Grove Sanitary Dairy, Shakopee.

Hundreds watched the district ice hockey tournament sponsored by the SERA at the municipal skating rink at Shakopee Sunday afternoon. Entrance in the events was confined to residents of Scott and Dakota counties.

A new feature…”True Ghost Stories”…starts in this issue of the Argus-Tribune. Not just ordinary ghost stories, but true incidents from pens of famous people. Each article is a personal experience of the writer and are truly different.

Last Tuesday the Shakopee basketball team journeyed to Waconia. We met defeat at the hands of a fast, clever, good ball handling team rated the best in the district. The score ended 34 to 19.

Unemployment Insurance…a tax on all payrolls to be paid by employers, half of it deducted from the pay of employees, to be used to compensate employees who are laid off or otherwise unable to work, and also to build up the old age pension fund.

Behind the scenes with the Want-Ads…If you don’t have the want-ad reading habit, you are the exception that proves the rule. Everybody else has it. You don’t have to be a buyer or a seller to discover interest in these columns. Every item has a story to tell…a most interesting story in many cases…The Want Ad Lady.

Be loyal to your town as well as to your country…patronize your local merchants!

The Rock Springs Sparklers added another victory to their perfect record when they defeated the fast Chaska five 45-20 on the Shakopee court. The evident enthusiasm over the team has encouraged the management to book another game.

The young men of St. Mary’s parish are laying plans for a card party to be held at the Knights of Columbus hall. 500, bridge and cribbage are to be played.

County to receive bids for boarding purposes…Sealed bids for the boarding of paupers at the county poor house for a 3-year term. The successful bidder is to furnish lodging, board, washing and mending and is to nurse all paupers during sickness.

Much genuine interest is being shown in the big carnival to be staged at the school auditorium. When Shakopee’s populace turns out at the school auditorium, they will be greeted by barkers and ballyhoos. There will be the gardens, fortune tellers, interesting curiosities, side shows and boulevards of Paris.

A style show was given at the Women’s Reformatory Thursday and Friday evenings. Ten of the inmates with Delores Sames and Delores Pink modeled ninety dresses. There were dresses for sport, school, Sunday mornings at home, beach and street. The women have been taught the short cuts and clever tricks in the art of dressmaking, and many are now able to qualify as excellent dressmakers.

A permit from the Federal Alcohol Administration granting Northwestern Distilleries, Inc. the right to engage in the “distilled spirits industry”…Shakopee is to be the home of the only distillery not alone in Minnesota, but in the five-state federal tax unit composed of Minnesota, Nebraska, North and South Dakota.

Compiled by Don McNeil, Shakopee Heritage Society

From the Shakopee Argus-Tribune

Feb. 10, 1911 – A delightful social function of the week was a card party given by Miss Josephine Koenig at her home Sunday evening. Four tables of “500” were played. Miss Anna Mergens and Peter Barr carrying off the head honors. Refreshments were served and an enjoyable time was spent by all present.

Feb. 10, 1911 – Henry Rottgart had the misfortune to sprain his hand last week in a fall on a slippery walk.

Feb. 10, 1911 – Many are divorced. Records for 1910 show a total of 1,367 decrees of separation granted. Minnesota has a bad record. Out of every 13 marriages performed in the state, one of them ends in the divorce courts. The divorce laws of Minnesota are not so easy or so broad that men and women flock here from other states to have their marriage bonds severed. On the contrary, scores or even hundreds go from here to Nevada, South Dakota and other states where divorce is a routine affair. The county that holds the record, Hubbard, where one marriage out of every 4 ends in the divorce courts, is overwhelmingly a farming area.

Feb. 10, 1911 – Phone leaks hunting tip. Otter Tail farmer finds uninvited neighbor has “bagged” his coons…Fergus Falls – One of the disadvantages of the country phone system where as many as fourteen and fifteen patrons are on a single phone line…a prominent farmer discovered three coons in the top of a tree late in the evening. He felt that if he went after them alone, they would escape. Accordingly he went home and telephoned a neighbor, asking him to come over in the early morning and help him catch the animals. He told him the location of the tree. The neighbor arrived at the scheduled time, but he and the discoverer of the coons found that the tree had been cut down in the night and coons had been captured. Another neighbor had listened in on the phone conversation.

Feb. 17, 1911 – Minnesota Legislature: Proceedings at the MN State Capitol for the past week. The Sibley House will receive $2500 for repairs and improvements, and an additional $65 a month for repairs. The Sibley House Association and the Daughters of the American Revolution shall have charge of the funds.

Feb. 17, 1911 – Seizure of autos provided…A new and novel way to discourage reckless automobile driving on country roads was suggested in a bill. The plan is to have the county confiscate any automobile by which a person on the public highway is injured and to sell it at public auction and put the proceeds in the county treasury.

Feb. 17, 1911 – Heredity can be overcome in some cases. The influence of heredity cannot, of course, be successfully disputed, but it can in some cases be minimized or entirely overcome in some cases by correct food and drink.

Feb. 17, 1911 – Miss Josephine Koenig was hostess at a prettily appointed fancy-dress party for a number of her girlfriends. Thirteen were present, masked to represent different characters and a part of the evening’s entertainment was a guessing contest to determine the identity of the guests. Miss Theresa Berens was the most successful in penetrating the disguises.

Feb. 17, 1911 – They’re coming! Who? Tanner’s Entertainers, for one week, commencing February 20 at the Opera House. Admission 10 and 15 cents.

Feb. 17, 1911 – How to color purple…To color purple for 15 pounds of cotton, take 4 pounds of logwood chips and boil them in two pails of water. Dissolve 1 pound of alum in a pail of hot water and add to the first solution. Put in the cotton and boil in the dye for one hour. Drain and hang to dry.

March 10, 1911 – A New Jersey farmer recently discovered that his cows were being robbed of their milk at night. He hired a detective to watch for the thieves. Although he could discover no thieves, during his first two nights, the cows came home in the morning minus their milk as usual. Finally it was discovered that a flock of geese from a neighboring farm were in the habit of running with the cows at night and when the animals lay down the geese helped themselves to their milk.

March 10, 1911 – French Bean Coffee…1 cent a pound. It will grow in your own garden, ripening here in Wisconsin in 90 days. Splendid health coffee and costing about one cent a pound to grow…a great rarity; a healthful drink. Send us today 15 cents in stamps.

July 21, 1911 – Associated doctors, specialists will be at the Merchant Hotel, Friday, July 28, one day only…remarkable success of these talented physicians in the treatment of chronic diseases. They offer their services free of charge. The treatments given are the latest methods approved by modern science. The results obtained are marvelous and words cannot express the great relief suffering people will receive. No matter what your ailment may be, no matter what they may have told you, no matter what experience you may have had with other physicians, sanitariums or patent medicines, if you want to get well, it will be to your advantage to see them.

July 21, 1911 – Free, Munyon’s Paw-Paw Pills – If you are in need of medical advice, do not fail to write Professor Munyon. Your communication will be treated in strict confidence, and your case will be diagnosed as carefully as though you had a personal interview. Munyon’s Paw-Paw Pills are unlike all other laxatives or cathartics. They coax the liver into activity by gentle methods. Professor Munyon states, “If I had my way, I would prohibit the sale of nine-tenths of the cathartics that are being sold.”

July 28, 1911 – Mudcura Entertains – The patrons of Mudcura were treated to a dance and athletic entertainment Wednesday evening that furnished fun and amusement for all. Included were hand balancing stunts, preliminary boxing, sparring bout, glove championship of old and new world, dance.

July 28, 1911 – Mankato Commercial College leads them all. Its great influence extends far and wide. In attendance, equipment, courses of study, facilities for placing its students in positions it is unsurpassed. Large facility of experienced teachers. A course at this great school leads to success.

August 4, 1911 – Women are barred…Eleven saloons with restaurants told only men may be admitted. – Minneapolis, MN…Mayor Haynes ordered Police Chief Mealey to bar women from 11 saloons which have restaurant facilities. The mayor said as he did last fall, that a place which relied on liquor for most of its income must stand on that business alone and that he would not tolerate operation of a restaurant as a blind to evade his order barring women from saloons.

August 25, 1911 – Evelyn: “but when it comes to lovemaking Harold is rather green isn’t he?”
Myrtle: “not now”
Evelyn: “indeed!”
Myrtle: “no, he’s blue; I rejected him last evening”

Sept. 8, 1911 – Nomination Blank…Scott County Argus Popular Voting Contest. I hereby Nominate Miss….., City or Town ……as the most popular candidate in the Scott County Argus Popular Voting Contest. Signed….address….. Names of people making nominations will not be divulged when so requested.

Sept. 15, 1911 – Free Government Land Not All Gone…Nearly 500,000 acres free land in South Dakota…opening of Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Drawing will be held for the distribution of lands in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of South Dakota, which are being opened to settlement by the US Government.

Oct. 27, 1911 – About two thousand people were out early last Tuesday to see and hear President Taft. It was eminently a non-partisan gathering of people who assembled to pay their respect to the Chief Executive of the nation, and while there was no show of enthusiasm, the crowd was hospitable and gave him a most respectful and attentive audience. The President talked for about fifteen minutes. His remarks were chiefly addressed to the 500 children present and to many of the farmers who had come to hear him.

Minneapolis has obtained from the State Supreme Court what it long has waited for, a decision upholding the city in its assertion of police power in regulation of the smoke nuisance. The decision is rendered in the case of Minneapolis vs. the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad. The company was prosecuted because its engines, burning soft coal, emitted great clouds of smoke. The railroad held that the city had no right to prevent use of soft coal in its engines. According to the mayor, “it is the best thing that has happened to the city in many months.”

Now is the time when you want your horse clipped. When clipped he will look better, can work better and will stand more driving, and you will be rid of the annoyance of flying hair and hair in your clothes. My clipper is run by electric power and I can do all kinds of clipping promptly and satisfactorily. Give me a trial and be convinced…Geo. C Kopp, Shakopee.

Geo. Plumstead had the misfortune to fracture his right elbow in a runaway accident yesterday. A team of colts attached to a load of straw which he was unloading ran away and threw him off by running into a tree.

Citizens of Carver County propose to raise the water level of Lake Minnetonka by driving the water of Lake Waconia into it instead of into the Minnesota River. This would insure a steady flow of water for Minnehaha Falls in the year ahead.

$31.40 Tourist Car fare – Minneapolis-St. Paul to Los Angeles on Northwestern Line.

Announcement: I believe it due my friends, the voters of this city, to offer an explanation on my action in allowing my name on a petition for Mayor and later withdrawing same.

After being urged for sometime to make the run for the office, at the last moment I consented to the wishes of my friends; my sole object in doing so was to further the continuance of our public improvements, namely sewer and water works. After filing I learned that the current mayor, who was seeking re-election, was in favor of these improvements being extended. I made an appointment to discuss this with him and he assured me he was in favor of the improvements and their extension and I decided to withdraw my name from the ticket…Mr. Thiem

News from the Fatherland: A brief resume of the most important happening in the German Empire: In the near future, perhaps before the end of the year, Austria will have the greatest navy in the world.

Only in the course of the last few days the information has leaked out that for sometime past the administration of the army has been secretly engaged in building a number of flying machines of an entirely new type, which will be called the “Kaiser Aeroplane.” This most modern of all airships consists of an ingenious combination of an aeroplane and the dirigible balloon. Experts who are familiar with the construction of these machines claim that they cannot possibly fall from the sky.

Free advice to Women: Women suffering from any form of illness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinham of Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, read and answered by women. A woman can freely talk of her private illnesses to a woman; thus has been established this confidence between Mrs. Pinham and the women of America which has never been broken. Every woman ought to have Lydia E. Pinham’s 80-page free text book…write for it today.

Women Teachers Win Fight – will receive same pay as men in New York schools. Men teachers in the elementary schools of New York City appointed hereafter will receive the same pay as women. This will mean that the present salaries paid to men in those positions will be cut almost one-third in the cases of future appointees. The controversy over the questions has been bitterly waged for several years.

Opportunity: A good position for you: Window Trimming and Card Writing…learn this high-salaried profession…experience not necessary for success. We teach you in 8 weeks by personal instruction in real windows with full equipment, merchandise and fixtures. All our spring class students have been placed in good positions…Twin City School of Window Dressing

Shakopee Best Market for Eggs: That Shakopee has established a market for eggs second to none of any town or city in the Minnesota Valley will be conceded when it is known that during the past month it shipped five hundred cases, almost two car loads of choice, fresh eggs for consumption by the Twin City people, to say nothing of those consumed by its own residents.

Wanted: Conductors and Motormen – Steady employment for able-bodied men of average intelligence with common school education…takes about 10 days to learn trade that pays good wages and has no “layoffs” on account of bad weather or hard times. Steady and industrious car men can earn from $75.00 to $85.00 per month…Duluth Street Railway Co.

Good Words for Mudcura: H. P. Blasdell returned Monday morning from Shakopee, accompanied by Mrs. Blasdell. He had taken their son, Claude, to receive treatment for inflammatory rheumatism at the Mudcura Sanitarium last week. Claude’s condition was very serious when he left Luverne, but during the few days he has received treatment, he has shown much improvement and when Mr. Blasdell left on his return to their city, his condition was encouraging and if no complications set in, it is believed that he will have fully recovered in the course of a few days.

Traveling through the state the writer was shown a farm that was offered 5 years ago for $250 an acre. That appeared to be a high figure for land upon which the owner depended upon the crops of corn, and the hogs and cattle that could be raised upon it, but it wasn’t. A few weeks ago the farm changed hands at $325 an acre.

News from the MN Legislature:

• Speaker Dunn interrupted business to instruct the Sergeant-At-Arms to eject all lobbyists from the floor of the House.
• Senator Schaller was voted $1000 for his services in the prosecution of Patrick Gibbons who killed his wife and a priest in So. St. Paul.

Last Friday night a steamer with two barges passed Shakopee for Henderson after wood which it is said can be had there for $1.25 a cord.

The new roller mill will be fifty feet wide by seventy long and five stories high, about twice the height of any other store in town.
How many towns owe some of their prosperity to the picture card! Well it is hard to quote figures, but it is very certain that the local view card is a great little worker. Just think of it…at the cost of a cent or two the attractive spots of our town can be brought right home to distant friends and acquaintances.

Congressman, C.R. Davis, has sent a sack of trial seeds to Superintendent Wolfe, which will be used in our school gardening project.

$300,000 was the ninety-first birthday gift of Dr. Daniel K. Pearsons, the grand old man of Hinsdale, Illinois to the colleges and missions he calls his children. In all, he has paid what he calls “debts to the world” of approximately $5,000,000. All that now remains of his once great fortune is the modest residence where he lives valued at $30,000.

Boys Beware “The Eyes of the Law”: Boys, do not kill the little birds or destroy their little homes…their nests. The laws of the state make it a criminal offense which is punishable by a fine, to kill any song bird.

Two thousand tracks of unalloted Indian land in the Seminole, Cherokee and Creek nations, Oklahoma are to be offered for sale by the government at auction.

Commentator: “There were several ungrammatical sentences in your speech last night.”
Politician: “I know; I’m making a play for the uneducated voter.”

News from Our Neighbors: The editor of a neighboring city’s newspaper was compelled to get down on his knees on the pavement and to publicly apologize to one of its prominent citizens for an article which recently appeared in the newspaper reflecting, by innuendo, on the citizen’s family.

News of the Nation: Standard Oil Loses Its Case – Will Be Dissolved: The US Supreme Bench declared the corporation illegal as it is since it monopolizes interstate commerce.

Rehearsals for the “Scott County Fair,” the home talent play to be given at the Opera House, November 9th and 10th are progressing nicely under the personal direction of Miss Marie Rosenfield, and the entertainment is expected to be of unusual merit for an amateur performance.

Life Insurance Solicitor: “If you live 20 years you get the $10,000, but if you don’t, then your widow will get it.”
Potential Client: “How will I know that she got it?”

A stingy man thought he would save money by taking his wife to a picture show, “to keep her mind off bargain counters.” Exactly and what do you suppose was the first picture thrown on the screen? – Some of the latest styles in Paris hats.

Mothers who know the importance of a strong body take the great tonic, “Digesto.” It builds body and brain, dispels listlessness, creates appetite and brings refreshing sleep and is pleasant to take. For sale at all drugstores. Made by Theo. Hamms Brewing Co., St. Paul, MN.

The labyrinth of tunnels constructed by moles serves as passageways for several species of mice and other small mammals not favored by nature with the means of digging runways of their own. To these alone is due the credit for most of the damage to seeds, roots, and tubers encountered in the soil, and not to the mole himself. Repeated leveling tends to discourage destructive moles and prevents injury to grass.

Many a time you’re to be just about done in by the heat…hot, and so thirsty it just seems nothing could quench it. When such moments arrive or when you just want a delicious, palate tickeling drink, step into the first place you can find where they sell Coca-Cola…at soda fountains or carbonated in bottles – 5 cents everywhere.

St. Paul – Attorney General Simpson has decided that the governor does not have the power to remove Superintendent Whittier from the superintendency of the State Training School for Boys at Red Wing, and accordingly, the State Supreme Court will be asked to arbitrate the matter.

For bounties on wolves, the State is sending out warrants amounting to $16,456.50. This represents sums paid for inflicting the death penalty on 1975 full grown wolves and 548 cubs. For a full-grown wolf, the State pays a bounty of $7.50, and for cubs, $3.00.

Backache is only one of many symptoms which some women endure through weakness or displacement of the womanly organs. Dr. Pierce’s favorite prescription is a positive cure for these maladies. Do not permit a dishonest dealer to substitute for this medicine which has a record of 40 years of cures.

Two women prominent in St. Louis have started a movement to induce 300,000 of their sex in the south to pray often and well every day that the more affluent, wealthy persons will be led to contribute to a fund for the evangelization of the world.

A harness has been found satisfactory in preventing cows from milking themselves. A smooth pole extends between the fore legs to near the udder, and is suspended by two straps over the back, one around the flank, and by a light chain to the halter. The cow wearing such a device will find in impossible to reach back far enough to cheat her master.

A number of St. Paul’s leading business men are behind a project which has for its purpose the construction of an interurban electric line starting from St. Paul and connecting Mankato, St. Peter and all the other towns located in the rich valley of Minnesota. Whether or not Shakopee will be on the line is not known at this writing.

Sewer Assessment Under Fire…At the meeting of the city council held Tuesday evening, fifty-five property owners filed their objections to the proposed assessment for the cost of construction of the sewer in District 1 of this city.

If the reader has a “bad back” or any kidney ill and is looking for relief and cure, better depend on the only remedy endorsed by people you know. Doan’s Kidney Pills relieve quickly…cure permanently. Shakopee citizens testify to this.

M. T. Regan, one of Shakopee’s good citizens, is authority for the following statement: “I believe in advertising, and I know that it pays, but you must advertise right and in that connection I want to say, if you have any advertising to do of any character, and want to get results and get them quick, advertise in the Argus.”

Jacob Spring, foreman of the Shakopee lime kiln, while getting stone out of the quarry, about eight feet below the surface of the earth, struck a natural hole about two feet wide and six feet long and apparently bottomless, as they have failed to find the bottom as yet.

The Board of Education of Shakopee has under consideration the inauguration of some special courses into our high school to meet the needs or demands of young men and women of the community who are unable to attend school the entire year.

James J. Hill, “Empire Builder of the Northwest,” of St. Paul, celebrated his 73rd birthday. If there is another man in the United States who has passed the allotted time of three score years and ten and has done as much work in his lifetime and still retains a keen intellect and can yet do much important work in a day…St. Paul would like to know who he is.

Under New Management…Best of service, rates $1.00 to $1.50 per day. M. Vanderstegen, proprietor…St. Paul Hotel. First Class bar connected; good stabling accommodations…Shakopee, Minnesota.

The plague, or Asiatic cholera, or as it used to be called, “the black death,” has been spreading of late in Europe. The plague is thriving in Russia having already killed seventy thousand people.

Henry Nicolin, on his return from Michigan, brought with him a barrel of the celebrated sulphurated mineral water from the famous Michigan health resort. One thing is certain…if its action on the system is as powerful as the odor it imparts it will knock his rheumatism into a cocked hat, so to speak, long before the contents of the barrel is used up.

Annual meeting of Roadmakers Association…An invitation has been sent out by the Minnesota Road Makers Association to their third annual meeting to be held under the auspices of the State Highway Commission. The invitation can be accepted by anyone interested in good roads.

Compiled by Don McNeil, Shakopee Heritage Society

From the Shakopee Courier

Feb. 10, 1886 – The Grand Ice Carnival in St. Paul was attended by the thousands, and we have yet to learn that any were disappointed. Rather were they surprised to find so grand an affair laid out for their enjoyment. The people of St. Paul have gone into this carnival business regardless of expense, and will not be outdone by New Orleans Mardi Gras or St. Louis floats.

Feb. 10, 1886 – There is said to be more good oil territory in Russia than in the United States. This places the Czar on as solid a basis as “the Standard Oil Company,” and he can get about as near what he wants. The Czar of all the Russia and the “United States Standard Oil Company” are not powers to be sneezed at.

Feb. 10, 1886 – The big whistle at the mill elevator is up and blowing again. A welcome sound.

Feb. 10, 1886 – Some twenty-five young people from Shakopee attended the Carver Masquerade Dance on Saturday night given by the firemen.

Feb. 10, 1886 – Mr. Jacob Ries, Jr., left Thursday on a business trip down river in connection with the Star Bottling works. Alderman Ries and son are good and safe business men.

Feb. 10, 1886 – Mr. Julius A Coller has purchased of Dr. James H. Dunn the two lots formerly occupied by the white school building…good property.

Feb. 10, 1886 – The Shakopee toboggan slide may be a thing of beauty, but if the balance of the winter peters out in a thaw, it won’t be such a joy forever.

Feb. 10, 1886 – Two organs for sale or trade – for hay or wood or other article of use to owner. The organs are good as new and a good bargain promised.

Feb. 10, 1886 – A number of sections of fine grazing lands in Texas were recently sold at tax sales at one-quarter of a cent an acre, the lowest price ever reached in a cash sale in that or probably any state.

Feb. 10, 1886 – Nothing pays a young lady or young lady’s parents better than some knowledge of the man she would wed. Miss Nettie Dorsey, North Bend, Nebraska, the daughter of wealthy parents, last December married Mr. Claire, a school teacher recently imported. She has just returned from her wedding trip alone. Claire was a burglar, a bigamist, a horse thief and a fugitive from justice.

Feb. 10, 1886 – John Gerser would like to start a Sash and Blind factory here in Shakopee if he can receive some assistance. Let our married men look into it, and keep John here.

Feb. 10, 1886 – Don’t forget the Masquerade on Monday night. The proceeds go to the gymnasium fund, an institution of benefit.

Feb. 24, 1886 – M de Lesseps wants the French government to permit him to raise more money to prosecute the work of completing the Panama Canal.

Feb. 24, 1886 – A clock firm wants to start a factory here, if satisfactory arrangements can be made.

Feb. 24, 1886 – Judge Bornarth has received his patent for the gate hinge noticed by us before, and has arranged with the Wampach Company to manufacture them.

Feb. 24, 1886 – We understand that Mr. Case has been doing good business in accident insurance. A good thing to have in the family…not the accident, but the insurance.

Feb. 24, 1886 – Agents Wanted: A good, first-class salesman wanted in every township in Scott County to see an article that will go in every house…no competition – $4.50 to $9.00 per day guaranteed a good gent in fair territory.

March 3, 1886 – Journalists are proverbially wealthy…to be sure. We once knew one who was accustomed to write his “copy” on the soles of his shoes and then go barefoot while it was being “set up”.

March 3, 1886 – The amusement season is about over. Tomorrow night the wind up dance will be held at Ring’s Shakopee Roller Rink. It has been decided to open the rink for skating every Tuesday and Saturday evening until further notice. Prices will be admission – 10 cents, skating 5 cents extra.

Feb. 24, 1886 – Buffalo, NY – Feb. 16…A suit is to be tried this week in the Supreme Court on an action begun by the Cleveland Baseball Association against Henry V. Lucas, Manager of the St. Louis League Club. The complaints allege that they agreed to dispose of the franchise of the Cleveland Club to Lucas for $2500 and that Lucas paid them $500 down to bind the agreement agreeing to pay the $2000 balance upon admission of the St. Louis club to the league. Instead Lucas surprised them by telling them to, “play ball with themselves,” and finally ignored their demands entirely.

Feb. 24, 1886 – Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star Spangled Banner” is to have a monument in Philadelphia raised by 5 cent subscriptions in the public schools.

Feb. 24, 1886 – A new paper has been started in Shakopee. It is called the School Journal, and starts with a half dozen editors.

March 3, 1886 – “How are artificial eyes made?” the reporter inquired of a local optician. “They are first blown into the shape of a bottle. The look like a miniature whiskey flask. Then the operative separates the structure and after blowing in the center colors, the veins, and adding the shade to the eye ball, the edges of the inside are finished off, and the eye, which is nearly always an original shape, is packed away, perhaps never to be worn. It may lie around in a store for a hundred years before a customer is found whom it will fit or suit in every respect.”

March 24, 1886 – A New York paper recently sent a reporter to see how Vanderbilt’s tomb was guarded.

March 24, 1886 – The young man came back with the information that it was guarded by twelve men who knew nothing, heard nothing and never ate or slept but saw everything…they were Pinkerton men, and when Mr. Pinkerton was asked just how he guarded the tomb, he nodded his head and winked his eye.

March 24, 1886 – The clerks in the government employ at Washington have formed a sort of mutual protection association by which any clerk who is discharged receives the sum of $200 from his fellows to enable him to start afresh.

March 24, 1886 – The weekly Pioneer Press…the best newspaper published for the Northwestern farm and family. Price only $1.00 per year. Our great Seed Premiums…vegetable and flower seeds free.

March 31, 1886 – It is stated that farm laborers in parts of Missouri have begun to strike for higher pay. If such a movement should spread far it would encounter the opposition of the largest body of capitalists in America…the farmers of the United States, and the results might prove very interesting.

April 21, 1886 – Owners and keepers of dogs take notice! Notice is hereby given that all owners or keepers of dogs must cause such dogs to be licensed if they desire to save additional cost and expense.

April 21, 1886 – President Cleveland discusses labor troubles with Congress…proposes a National Arbitration Committee.

April 21, 1886 – John Dellwo has returned from his schooling in St. Paul and now has gone back to Mr. Zoller’s Shoe Shop.

April 21, 1886 – Be it resolved by the Common Council of the City of Shakopee: That the salary of Overseer of Streets, Highways and Alleys for the ensuing year be fixed at $1.75 per day for each day actually employed.

May 5, 1886 – Henry M. Smith, formerly Deputy Treasurer and Deputy Sheriff, became grossly intoxicated and desiring shelter from the rain, he attempted to break into the residence of a merchant named G. C. Merkel, who shot him through the heart, believing him to be a burglar.

May 5, 1886 – “Mississippi River Route” is the tourist’s choice and the favorite route with all those who seek to avoid the dust, heat, smoke and other discomforts of rail travel. By this route you view the famed scenery of “The Father of Waters.”

Compiled by Don McNeil, Shakopee Heritage Society

From the Shakopee Valley News

July 10, 1985 – Thom and Linda Gode are getting their 120-year-old house on the National Historic Register of Historic Places. A six-piece brass band ensemble will perform, the couple will wear 1860s costumes and more than 100 friends and relatives will celebrate the occasion. The tiny brick home on Second Avenue is one of five sites in Shakopee listed on the National Register. The others are: the Godes’ neighboring house owned by Mr. and Mrs. Steven Poppler; the farm within the city limits near the Minnesota Valley Mall; the Bjornberg home; and the Rice building, most recently called Cactus Jack’s at the corner of Holmes Street and First Avenue.

Sept. 18, 1985 – “Prison escapes may result in barriers at new facility.” Two escapes in less than one month have led state corrections officials to reconsider their plan to open the new women’s prison in Shakopee without barriers of any kind. The prison has no fence, wall or barrier of any kind. “We could give women a lot more freedom on the grounds if we could contain them on the grounds.”

Sept. 4, 1985 – “‘Ask Me’ Winners.” This week’s winner in the “Ask Me About Shakopee” contest is Jim & Lucy’s. Sponsored by the Shakopee Jaycees and the Shakopee Chamber of Commerce, the contest is intended to recognize businesses and employees who are particularly helpful to tourists and others needing information about the Shakopee area.

June 14, 1985 – “Water Slide Opening.” The water slide at the city pool at Lions Park is scheduled to open June 22. The last pieces of the fiberglass slide are being installed.

Dec. 14, 1985 – New Shakopee Chamber of Commerce officers and board include: President Lee Hennen; Vice President Linnea Stromberg-Wise; board members Lucy Rein, Diane Johnson and Bill Wermerskirchen.

April 3, 1985 – Opening day at Canterbury Downs – commemorative pictorial postmark cancellation stamp will honor the occasion.

May 4, 1985 – In its Downtown Redevelopment Plan, the city is considering locating walkways over the proposed mini-by-pass north of First Avenue along the river.

July 3, 1985 – “Where should the City of Shakopee build a city hall?” After contemplating the question for almost a year, city officials brought the issue, in the form of a survey to the public this week. The Shakopee City Hall Site Committee has so far narrowed a field of 24 locations down to eight.

April 7, 1985 – Pow Wow at Murphy’s Landing – jointly sponsored by the Mdewakanton Sioux of Little Crow’s band and Murphy’s Landing.

June 23, 1985 – Closing of Pelham Hotel – formerly the Merchant Hotel – was on the National Register of Historic Places.

May 29, 1985 – Every service station in the city dropped its price for regular gasoline to $.99/gal. Gasoline hasn’t been that cheap for 7 years, and may drop lower because OPEC recently reduced crude oil prices to $1/barrel.

April 12, 1985 – Postal rates go up – 1st class stamp $.22.

June 4, 1985 – Bert & Bonnie Notermann, owners of Lions Tap, are in the final phase of expanding and remodeling project. Originally opened as Peterson Bros. Roadside Market in 1933, Sears and Irene Lyons introduced the now famous hamburger in 1958.

June 4, 1985 – Shakopee will be getting quite a bit of attention next week when Canterbury Downs opens. History will be made and recorded in many ways, including a first for the Shakopee Post Office – a commemorative pictorial postmark cancellation. Postmaster Cormac A. Suel has announced that the design and authorization for the special pictorial cancellation stamp was given by the U.S. Postal Service in Washington, D.C.

Oct. 25, 1985 – “Pelham Hotel, which was home for many, now closed.” One factor that may have contributed in the recent increase in homelessness in Scott County is the closing of the Pelham Hotel, formerly the Merchant Hotel.

Nov. 15, 1985 – Shakopee Area Chamber of Commerce celebrating 30 years of advancing the economic, industrial, professional, educational, civic and general interests of the Shakopee area.

Jan. 23, 1985 – “Bed and Breakfast: Local women propose unique facility to serve tourists.” The city is looking at a proposal by three local women to transform the large turn-of-the-century house at the corner of Fourth and Lewis into a “bed and breakfast” home or inn. “We want to preserve a piece of local history for the people of Shakopee,” explained Marcia Spagnolo, who, with partners Julie McNearney and Joan Lynch, has proposed the plan.

Jan. 30, 1985 – $180 million. It’s only a “guesstimate,” but Shakopee Area Chamber of Commerce Linnea Stromberg-Wise told members. She came up with the $180 million figure by using a 2.5 million people visited the four operating attractions – Little Six Bingo Parlor, Valleyfair, Murphy’s Landing and Renaissance Festival – last year. Canterbury Downs is estimated to draw an additional 1 million people.

Feb. 6, 1985 – MnDOT engineers say the existing Highway 101-169 bridge is structurally sound, and probably would remain so for another 10 years. But they say they’re considering replacing it because federal funds are available and because such a project could be integrated with the city’s plan to improve traffic flow on those two highways through the downtown area.

Feb. 13, 1985 – City video depicts grant application. Shakopee city officials hope a three-minute video is worth $1.3 million. They submitted a three-minute videotape of Shakopee eyesores, truck rumblings and traffic congestion in a bid for $1.3 million state grant to improve the city.

Feb. 13, 1985 – Merchant mania. At opposite ends of the city, Shakopee merchants staged separate sales promotions. At the Minnesota Valley Mall, it was the Big Brand Roundup. The theme was western and involved all the mall merchants, including those employees of Juba’s SuperValu, Harmon’s True Value and a newer store at the Valley Mall, The Treat Factory, which stated many people thanked us for having such a fun event.

March 20, 1985 – City growth reflects anticipation of race track and related projects. More than 20 new businesses came to Shakopee in 1984 – some because of the track and the tourism potential. And Shakopee has already reaped more than $200,000 from building permits from the track and the women’s prison construction alone.

April 3, 1985 – You can get married and depart in a surrey with a fringe on top, pulled by a well-trained horse. That’s an opportunity Scott and Mary Finke of Chalet Valley Stables in Savage are making available.

April 17, 1985 – Shakopee Mayor Eldon Reinke is determined to see that the city’s new van pool service succeeds. As a volunteer van pool driver, he shuttles himself and others between Minneapolis and Shakopee. “If we have a driver and eight other riders,” stated city transportation director Barry Stock, “we can start a van going anywhere.”

May 1, 1985 – Some 70 Scott County senior citizens put some color into local history recently by writing about some of their experiences here. More than 90 of those essays will appear in “As I Remember Scott County,” a book which is now being printed by Scott County under the direction of volunteer Marcia Spagnolo and Senior Citizen Supervisor Betty Pink. The book includes such dates as when Shakopee’s attractions included slot machines, days of shopping at Berens’ millinery store, growing up in the Pelham Hotel and making dandelion wine.

May 8, 1985 – The Scott County jail (circle one): a. adequate housing for the county’s prisoners. b. outdated and needs replacement. c. a crisis waiting to happen. d. I don’t know. “We saw so many problems that could only be resolved through remodeling or building a new jail.” League members Kathy Busch, Gayl Madigan, Paulette Rislund, Kathi Klein, Corrine McDonald and Janet Wendt also researched the issue.

May 8, 1985 – Raceway Park owner John Ostdiek inspected the new asphalt put down. Ostdiek noted that the last time a new surface was put down was in the early 1970s.

May 22, 1985 – W. Adair Muralt, better known as “Doc” because he is a chiropractor, surveyed downtown Shakopee, which he has promoted for many, many years. That promotion of the city along with numerous other accomplishments, earned Muralt the Shakopee Rotary Club’s Citizen of the Month award for March.

May 22, 1985 – Work, Work, Work. Minnesotans work nearly 3 hours a day just to pay federal, state and local taxes. Tax Freedom Day, May 9, is the day when the typical worker would owe no more taxes if, from Jan. 1, 1985, every dollar of income earned was used to pay federal, state and local taxes. After this date, theoretically, workers are free to spend their remaining income as they choose.

Jan. 9, 1985 – Jackie Fleming, supervisor of the Minnesota Correctional Institution for Women, placed a hard hat on the head of her niece following the groundbreaking ceremony for the new women’s prison in Shakopee.

Jan. 9, 1985 – Her name and face are in the news so often she’s familiar to us all. She’s Scott County Prosecutor Kathleen Morris, our choice as Minnesota Newsmaker of 1984. But there’s more to this selection than headlines and T.V. interviews. We think Kathleen Morris personifies society’s willingness but inability to deal with the sexual abuse of children.

Jan. 16, 1985 – An 80-unit hotel/restaurant, proposed for a 7.5 acre lot at the intersection of Highway 169 and County Road 41, didn’t win the approval of the Scott County Planning Commission.

Jan. 23, 1985 – UFO? Something left markings on man’s roof. If you’d have told Earl Buchholz that you believed in UFOs, he probably would have rolled his eyes and privately thought you were a little unusual. But a few weeks ago, Buchholz became a believer.

Feb. 6, 1985 – Grandson of Shakopee residents wins rodeo title. Dale Anderson, 24, the grandson of two Shakopee couples, became an International Pro-Rodeo Association champion. He is one of Minnesota’s few world rodeo champs. He competes in two to five events weekly during the summer.

May 29, 1985 – 150-room “upscale” hotel proposed. Robert Behringer will have an idea about whether Shakopee wants a large, upscale hotel in the community. Behringer wants to develop an eight-story hotel with 150 rooms that will be associated with a fine restaurant, a conference center and usual hotel amenities, as well as an adjacent retail complex that will feature two other restaurants.

May 29, 1985 – Sheriff warns of con schemes. Scott County Sheriff Douglas Tietz reminds residents that the time of year is upon us when various confidence schemes may surface in the area. In the past, there have been bogus bat exterminator schemes, phony painting operations and illegitimate driveway sealing business. For the most part, Tietz said, area senior citizens fall prey to these con schemes.

June 5, 1985 – “Hey, Cub Scouts, I love ya and I’m truly sorry for suggesting that some of you were giving incorrect turn signals on your bicycles.” Howard W. Voigt, Editor Shakopee Valley News.

June 5, 1985 – Dan Pecha and his parents, Carol and Leo, own Pizza ‘N’ Pasta, which opened late last month in the Tom Thumb Mall in Shakopee. The family owns two other restaurants, located in the Burnsville and Eden Prairie Malls.

June 12, 1985 – Shakopee baseball manager Joe Schleper stated that the seats and steel are already here and the ground breaking for the permanent stands should be here next week. The veteran Shakopee player and manager commented that anyone interested in buying a seat, priced at $50, should contact anyone connected with the Shakopee Baseball Lighting/Stadium Committee.

May 29, 1985 – A group of Shakopee citizens opposing pornography has scheduled picketing of area retail stores which sell alleged pornographic magazines for Saturday,

May 29, 1985 – A development group from Bemidji which proposed a 100-unit Super 8 Motel for Shakopee is continuing with their plans. Bemidji Super 8 Partnership has reduced its original application for $2 million in bonds to $1.8 million.

May 29, 1985 – Win, Place and Show: Playing the horses for fun and profit. The Shakopee Valley News inaugurates a weekly column which will cover the action of the newest spectator attraction in the valley, horse racing at Canterbury Downs.

June 1, 1-3 p.m. Interested citizens should assemble at Shakopee Senior High School’s parking lot at 12:45 p.m.

June 5, 1985 – The Shakopee Public Library is sponsoring free movies weekly for children through grade six. Movies will be shown every Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and every Saturday at 1:30 p.m. through August 17.

June 26, 1985 – The first phase of downtown redevelopment is finally nearing its beginning with the hiring of Westwood Planning and Engineering to establish streetscapes for the entire project. The Downtown Ad Hoc Committee has decided that some sort of “old-time” theme, such as employed in downtown Wayzata, be implemented.

June 26, 1985 – “Minister wonders why graduation so unruly.” Adults and children run up and down the bleachers. Is this a circus or is this a graduation ceremony? Shakopee School Board members would say it’s a little of both. “He must have overheard us talking,” said board member Becky Kelso.

June 26, 1985 – Parishioners of Calvary United Methodist Church of Shakopee modeled 19th century attire that will be worn during church services at the Bloomington Ferry Church at Murphy’s Landing.

June 26, 1985 – Shakopee Ice Arena faces uncertain future. The bubble is in trouble. With a life expectancy of less than four years, the Shakopee Ice Arena is rapidly running out of time. Another heavy snow storm or damaging wind and the bubble will go down again.

June 27, 1985 – Shakopee businesses realize positive impact of track. The first of the 180 million tourist dollars expected this year started pouring into Shakopee businesses yesterday. “This is the biggest night we’ve ever had,” exulted Shakopee House Manager Tony Strupeck.

June 27, 1985 – St. Francis prepared for any emergency. With tons of horseflesh sprinting shoulder to shoulder around a track at speeds of up to 45 miles per hour, there is a great potential for serious injury to the comparatively frail jockeys who guide those thoroughbred mounts. “The ambulance will follow the horses in each race, with the doctor in the ambulance, right on the track.”

June 27, 1985 – Minnesota Gov. Rudy Perpich and his wife Lucy, besides receiving the gift of a brand new thoroughbred race track, were given something very special and valuable by Shakopee Postmaster Cormac A. Suel. The governor officially opened the temporary Shakopee postal station inside the grandstand.

July 3, 1985 – Key Canterbury officials: Stan Bowker – Vice President, J. Brooks Hauser – Senior Vice President/Treasurer, Louis H. Eilken – Director of Racing, Nat Wess – Assistant General Manager, Walter Brook Fields Jr. – President/Chief Executive Officer.

July 3, 1985 – “Couple finishes 500-mile bike trip.” Bill and Barb Anderson of Shakopee spent their days from Saturday, June 22, through Thursday, June 27, bent over a bicycle, pumping pedals furiously as they made their way on the ride to the Red River.

July 3, 1985 – Gas prices still on upswing. Since mid-May, gasoline prices throughout Minnesota have increased an average of 5 cents per gallon, continuing a five-month upswing. In the Twin Cities area, self service regular gasoline averaged $1.29 per gallon.

July 3, 1985 – Jamie Fricke, the Country Music Association’s Female vocalist of the year for 1982 and 1983, will perform at Valleyfair on July 4-5.

July 17, 1985 – KSMM radio 1530 is offering area young people a chance to have some fun and do a special favor for a special person. KSMM listener 17 years of age and younger has a chance to win one of eight sets of two tickets to Valleyfair. “Each of us has that special person in our lives who we’d like to take on a great fun-filled day.”

July 10, 1985 – Doris Marschall thought her “Nutty Muffin Crunch” recipe sounded good. Judges in the Bays English Muffin Contest thought the dessert was delicious. Marschall’s recipe was among the top 25 winners up in the national contest which drew more than 1,300 entries. “I just made it up off the top of my head. It sounded so good.”

July 12, 1985 – Sisters make baby pact; nearly fulfill it with births within 24 hours. Nine months ago, two sisters made a deal to deliver their babies on the same date: July 11. Sisters Kathy Nelson and Nancy Giles, both of Shakopee, were within 24 hours.

July 17, 1985 – Bluff Creek Inn, area’s first bed and breakfast inn, features country charm of home. Marge Bush said she likes to think of her new Bluff Creek Inn as a home away from home for her guests.

July 17, 1985 – Bill Roach shows the “serger,” a machine which finishes seams professionally. He and his partner Sue Laurent sell many other kinds of machines as well at their new store – Creative Sewing Center.

July 19, 1985 – A public open house at Canterbury Downs, featuring exhibition races, play money and drawing for prizes will be held Sunday, June 23, 11 a.m. Free admission tickets are available at all eight Brooks Superettes and at the Shakopee House Restaurant.

July 24, 1985 – “How to play winning blackjack” is the title of a free one-hour seminar being offered by Richard A. Canfield of Reno, Nev. A former blackjack dealer, pit boss and owner of casinos, Canfield, who claims of winning $16 million playing the game over 29 years, will be in the metro area to promote his own franchise, “The Winning School of Blackjack.”

July 24, 1985 – Red Baron Squadron, open cockpit, World War I-vintage biplanes flying from Flying Cloud Airport. The Red Baron Squadron, a promotional flying acrobatic group for Red Baron Pizza Service of Marshall, Minnesota. Their appearance highlights a fundraising effort to benefit Courage Center.

July 24, 1985 – “Shakopee bucks for tourism dollars” proclaims the large headline in the Leisure section of the July 21 Des Moines Sunday Register. The lengthy story covers four of Shakopee’s tourist attractions: Valleyfair’s Corkscrew amusement ride; Murphy’s Landing guide Jim Phillips, standing in the doorway of one of the historic buildings on the site; Canterbury Downs race track and the Renaissance Festival. This all wound up in this town of 11,000.

July 24, 1985 – Long hours are part of the job for Shakopee State Farm agent. He doesn’t adhere to strict 9 to 5 business hours. It’s early to late for insurance agent Jerry Kucera. Both father and son sell insurance for State Farm. Jerry recently opened an office in the Professional Building on First Avenue.

July 24, 1985 – Melchior fondly recalls the good times and good people. Tom Melchior played two years for the Shakopee Indians in the 1960s and when they tore down the old Riverside Park and the memories he has of the good times and the good people. Melchior has had a life-long affair with baseball. “I just wish I knew more about the past.”

Aug. 7, 1985 – Cindy Perry, owner of the Wild Iris, Bernie Larson, who manages fresh flowers, and Carol Schneider, who recently opened her own interior design business, combine their talents to provide unique gifts and flowers.

Aug. 7, 1985 – Doreen and Jerald Morehouse of Shakopee recently bought three limousines to establish the new Valley Limousine Service. “Most of the people who hire limousines come from middle-class families. They’re just looking for something to give them such as a wedding or prom an elegant touch. We hope that people coming out to Canterbury Downs, the new horse racing track, hire their service. This is kind of a sideline for us.” Jerald owns a plastic business in the industrial park.

Aug. 14, 1985 – Remember the butch haircut? If you can remember that look, when hair was just silly millimeters longer than bald, you’re dating yourself back to at least the early ’60s. Well, the butch is back, at least in Shakopee. Tom Rein of Tom’s Barber Shop downtown says he has scalped about 15 football players, including his son. How do the girls like the new look? “Negatory.”