October 1911

A61 pound squash is on exhibit at the German Bank. It was grown by John Van Gerpen.

Siegel Green had a colt severely cut in a barb wire fence. It's about time to set the heater, juggle the stove pipe and hear your wife scold.

George Jurrens sold 50 bu. of potatoes to Heil and Son Wednesday. They were big ones.

Lillie Koehn went to Tyndall where she will do dressmaking.

Avon is going to have a football team this season. The suits have been wired for and it won't be long until a real game will materialize on the Avon gridiron. The grounds are being fixed up and everything will be ready for the greatest of sports.

October 1935

School News - Della Vinson is a new member of the Junior class.

Leo Rauch has taken over the managership of Thompson Lumber Yard.

Dr. Hollingsworth has his office and operating room in ship shape condition and is adding on hospital rooms in the back.

Mawhinney News - Clayton Wittmeier was absent on Monday.

H.H. Koehn and son Jake left for Draper, the Black Hills and Montana.

Ray Berends hitchhiked to New Jersey and has taken a job with RCA Radio.

October 1964

W.D. Nieuwenhuis won a new bowling ball at the drawing in the new bowling alley in Springfield.

Bowling Scores - Glenda Oorlog - 170; Lenore Williams - 160; Eddie Winckler - 232; Roger Ridgway - 214.

Infant baptism was held Sunday at the 1st Presbyterian Church. Those baptized were Marie Lukkes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Lukkes and Renee Bartunek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milo Bartunek.

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Ted Steckler at the 1st Presbyterian Church.

WEIDENBACH SPECIALS - 2 pounds of bananas for 29 cents; 2 pounds of red grapes for 39 cents;; 50 pounds of flour $3.79 and 9 cans of tomato soup $1.

October 1986

The Avon girls won 61-43 over Scotland and 77-52 over Geddes. Kristi Cihak scored 19 in the Geddes game and Tonia Bechtold scored 18.

Rosalee Sternhagen, 5th grade Avon teacher, prepared and presented a paper for the Dakota History State Conference at Dakota State. She won the Karl Mundt Distinguished History Award and cash prize.

Darrell, Terry and Darrell Lee Giedd of Illinois were antelope hunting in WY and stopped here to visit the Bud Hornstras.

Ed Van Gerpen is running for State Representative on the Republican ticket against Democrat, Frank Kloucek.

Pearl Hepler of Colorado was a visitor at Florence Krugs.

Rachel Vacknitz and Loren Bertus were married Sept. 20th in Tyndall.