Goodbye June, Hello July

Let's take a look at the happenings of Rosewood and Thief River Falls seventy-five years ago.


JUNE 1922
Rosewood News
The lively men of Rosewood met at the bank to discuss plans for the fourth of July. They plan street attractions during the day and a baseball game in the evening. The day promises to be successful.

Rosewood News
The Rosewood baseball team won 14-9. Adolph Haugen could not pitch and the catcher broke his thumb.

Rosewood News
A surprise party was held at the Mrs. Thea Nelson home last Sunday afternoon and despite all the disagreeable weather it was well attended. A cash gift of $60 dollars was given.

Rosewood News
Swen Swenson came home last Saturday from a month’s tour to Seattle where he was looking for a place to move with his three girls. They will move in the future.

Rosewood News
Assessor Olaf Opseth is assessing

Paving plans for Knight and Horace Ave abandoned.

William Herron, 70, falls off dray wagon and fractures skull. He had been a resident of TRF for 23 years.

Charlie Knox, for whom the Knox School is named, was married in Minneapolis. The old timers will recall his bride was a school teacher in this city when Knox was a resident here.

Rosewood News
Budge Bulden and the rest of the carpenter crew for the Soo Line were hear last week to lay in new planks for the platform, re-roof part of the depot, and other general duties.

Rosewood News
The east side resident along Main Street have decided to lay cement walks from the railroad property to the street going east and work will commence this week.

Rosewood News
Two dentists representing the New York Dentist Co were in town to see if Rosewood should be put on the list to visit.

Rosewood News
Big 4th planned. Senator Naplin to start out the party, followed by games. At 3p the Rosewood Tigers will meet the TRF Seconds and at the same time a four piece orchestra from TRF will play and dancing will be for afternoon and evening. There will be fireworks. Confection stands and shady resting places will be scattered through the village for the comfort of visitors.

Rosewood News
Enroute home from Hazel, where they had spent a social day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Sjorberg, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bloom and son, Laverne, and Mr. Axel Bloom, last Sunday evening had the misfortune of driving off one front wheel on the latter’s Ford coupe when returning home. One of the members, young Laverne, was thrown violently against the wind shield and received a very nasty gash from his forehead to his lip,, necessitating his being taken to the TRF hospital were he was sewed up.

Think about hobbies and sports your family had; do you follow in their foot steps? How about family members who have scars, do the scars have a story? Make me what to look again at LaVerne Bloom's picture and see if I can see the evidence of the accident. My grandfather had a scar on his face and I have recently learned why. I knew the 147 stitches in daddy's leg was from a saw dropping on his leg in about 1942 or so. Give it some thought, won't you?