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The Minneapolis baseball team received a substantial drubbing at the hands of the Jordan Grays last Sunday with Jordan winning 12 to 6. This is the second time the Grays have defeated the Minneapolis Brewers.
Richter has completed burning another fresh kiln of line yesterday.
Plan on attending an exciting game of baseball this Sunday between the Minneapolis Palace nine and Jordan Grays on the Jordan diamond.
Krumweide’s crew is out in St. Lawrence erecting a large barn for John Laurens this week. The Busch Brothers are commencing work on substantial retaining wall and closet in the creek in the rear of the bank.
Gottlieb Piere purchased the Ware 160 acre farm that is four miles northeast of Jordan for $6,050.
The Harmonia Singing Society has taken steps to incorporate. They have a membership of twenty-six, all shareholders in the stock of Harmonia Opera House.
Saturday while shooting birds at his father’s home on Shakopee Street, young Klehr discharged his 22 rifle in the direction of the lime kiln 2 ½ blocks away. The bullet struck Henry Busch, tearing his shirt and leaving a bruise.
It’s weather time for ice cream sodas and milkshakes at Dennig’s in Jordan.
Will someone please tell the next 20 cents show company giving a 50 cent show that Jordan people are not liberal enough to pay such rates for such cheap productions.
The weather has been extremely warm and just right for belated haying. A greater part of the rye, winter wheat and barley have been harvested with large yields.
John Steimel and Barney Herder accompanied by their lady friends enjoyed the day at the Spring Lake Resort yesterday.
Merchant Engler has several new, elegant showcases manufactured at Hougard’s Cabinet Shop.
The American Express office has built and furnished a comfortable office adjourning Morgan and Heiland’s barn.
It has rained every day during the past week except yesterday. Today it is making up for yesterday. We need dry weather for cutting and stacking.
Jordan citizens at the meeting last Friday evening were in favor of the city going ahead and building its own electric plant as soon as possible. The total cost of construction was estimated at $5,000 and maintenance about $2,200 per year, and an estimated income about $2,700. The city council held a meeting the following Saturday night and took the first step toward construction.
The annual meeting of the Jordan Cemetery Association will be at C.F. Rausch’s store at 9 p.m. on Saturday, August 1st. Albert Beer, president.
At the annual school meeting at levy of $1,000 was voted for the coming year. Dr. S. M. Janes retired as clerk and C.H. Casey was elected.
Carl Dueffert’s team took an unexpected sprint up Water Street yesterday morning with a new binder and were stopped after two blocks. Little damage was done.
The New Prague Diamonds and the Jordan Grays will meet on the home diamond Sunday afternoon.
School Superintendent Bebermeyer and family have moved to the Blume home on upper Water Street.
A slight change in the management of the Heiland Brewery took place this week when H.C. Heiland will take charge of the brewery. The brewery previously was managed by John H. Heiland.
Dr. Janes is taking a special cause in surgery at Policlinic in Chicago. Dr. Schneider will be in full charge of their office in Jordan.
A group of our young people enjoyed a dance at the platform at Schutz and Hilgers’ Park last Thursday to the music of Peter Ritschel and J. Rosendahl.
Cadet Staff Sergeant Juvinus A. Pauly was among 200 cadets who spent four weeks at ROTC camp at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. Cadet S. Sgt. Pauly was co-salutatorian of Jordan High School Class of 1949 and now a student at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul.
Eleven freight cars loaded with grain were derailed Thursday morning about a ½ mile south of the railroad depot in Brentwood. The train was going north when a journal on a wheel axle burned out, causing it to break and turning up 400 feet of track. Ray Lucas from Jordan was employed to help clean up spoiled grain. Salvage operations went smoothly and none of the train’s crew were injured.
Jordan Brewers won a 3 to 2 decision over the New Prague Robins last Thursday evening in New Prague. Highlight of the game was in the ninth inning when Jim Pollard was called safe on a close play at third. In the following argument the Robin catcher left home plate empty; seeing that Jim ran “home.” That increased Robin ire; the umpires left the park and the game ended.
The Jordan Fire Department will hold their annual picnic at the Mill Pond (Lagoon) Fallview Park in Jordan on Sunday, July 27.
The weekly band concert under the direction of Gayle Thompson will give their fourth concert on Saturday, July 26, in the band shell on First Street at 8:15 p.m.
Ellen and Donald Dufek were out from Minneapolis for a Sunday visit with the Dufek family. They were accompanied by Andre DeMcules and his sister Marie.
Robert Hamer returned to his work at MVEC after being ill for two weeks.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pekarna was baptized at St. John’s Church on Sunday and given the name Karen Jean.
Camp Pa-Hu-Ca on the shores, Fish Lake was sold for $2,500 to a group of New Prague people who have for years helped the place. The ten-acre camp was purchased by the Bean Foundation thirteen years ago and operated independently by the New Prague Boy Scouts. The new owners plan to use the camp as a youth camp and recreational area. The camp has eight cabins, a mess hall and lodge, a hall for crafts and equipment storage and two boathouses.
The Scott County Board of Commission at the July 18 meeting approved a conditional use permit for the Scott County Agricultural Society, Inc., to locate the county fairgrounds on 40 acres of land in Section 23 of St. Lawrence township between Jordan and Belle Plaine.
The ninth annual Old Time Steam and Gas Engine Festival will be held at the edge of Jordan Saturday and Sunday, August 5 and 6. Admission is $1 donation with souvenir button.
The Jordan Fire department will hold an open house in the new fire house on Varner street on Sunday, August 6.
Ann Sandey was elected president of the Mrs. Jaycees at their regular meeting, as our new president, Judy Green, is moving to Texas Sept. 1.
Scott and Carver senior citizens made a trip to Rapid City, S.D. Joining them from Jordan were Minnie Kerkow, Regina Fuhrman, Mr. and Mrs. John Lambrecht, Dina Link, Lolly Schmitt and director Maria Thill. They visited a number of sights, including the Passion Play at Spearfish.
Brewers pitcher Jerry Seifert stomped St. Peter 14-2, on 18 hits by the Brewers on a Jaycees promotion night which drew a crowd of 350 fans.
On Sunday, brother, John Seifert was on the mound, crediting himself with 12 strikeouts (5 in a row) and the win against Le Center 11-3.
Al Schroeder was elected chairman of District 717 board of education at the annual reorganizational meeting. Nancy Youngdahl was elected clerk and Jeanne Pahl was re-elected treasurer. Ted Suss joined the board as a newly elected member and replaced Thomas Hotchkiss, who resigned last spring.
Approximately fifty mailboxes were damaged by Vandals in Sand Creek and Spring Lake township in Scott county. Two adults and two juveniles were apprehended Friday after deputy Mark Hartman was patrolling about 2 a.m. on Xeon Ave. He interrogated the four individuals in the vehicle, admitted they knocked down approximately fifty mailboxes with the baseball bats in the back seat.
The 76th Scott County Fair opens today and runs through Sunday.
Patricia Jaire, age 45, of Jordan was fatally injured in a one-vehicle accident about two and a half miles north of Kilkenny. Ms. Juaire worked as a bus driver for Stang Motors. She formerly owned Jordan Ceramic and Gift Shop.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Kuehle of Le Center announce the engagement of their daughter Suzanne to Michael Pekarna, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pekarna of Jordan. A Sept. 25 wedding is planned.
The Jordan High School class of 1942 held their 50th anniversary reunion, June 14 at the feed mill in Jordan. Ray Freund and Herman Koch, teachers, were honored guests of the 18 students that attended. Gene Schmidt was chairman.
The Jordan Brewers enter playoff action by capturing the B division and the Class C team of the CCL title.
Looking Back is compiled by the Jordan Historical Society. For more information, email jhcsecretary@gmail.com.
Looking Back is compiled by the Jordan Historical Society. For more information, email jhcsecretary@gmail.com.
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