Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Organization - Carver County Historical Society |
Historical Society museum moves to Waconia School |
Cultural Facilities: Museums |
Waconia Patriot |
7/13/1944 |
1 |
|
| Carver County Historical Society |
Moves to Waconia |
History: Events |
Norwood Times |
7/14/1944 |
1 |
3 |
| Organization - Pillsbury Camp |
Camp Manakiki - Waconia youth hostel receives charter |
Sports & Recreation: Facilities: Camps |
Waconia Patriot |
8/31/1944 |
8 |
|
| Businesses - Waconia |
First National Bank of Waconia observes 25th anniversary |
- Business & Industry: Financial Institutions
- Anniversaries |
Waconia Patriot |
9/21/1944 |
1 |
|
| Prohibition |
Still operating on Andrew Mueffle's farm near Waconia and one man died in a fight (From 17 yrs ago file) |
Land & Property: Alcohol Restrictions |
Carver County News |
10/5/1944 |
2 |
4 |
| Library - Waconia |
New list of children's books at library |
Cultural Facilities: Libraries |
Waconia Patriot |
11/23/1944 |
3 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Waconia new city well in park is completed. |
Water: Supply |
Waconia Patriot |
11/30/1944 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church - Rev. Father Albert Heer is pastor at Waconia |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Waconia Patriot |
12/14/1944 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church - Father Moitzheim leaves Waconia, to become pastor of Winsted Church |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Waconia Patriot |
12/14/1944 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Waconia |
Waconia Creamery Assn. - Waconia Creamery has gross sales of $1,429,092.06 for the year |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Waconia Patriot |
1/22/1945 |
1 |
|
| Tesch, Paul |
Waconia Sergeant Decorated for Heroism in Italy |
|
Waconia Patriot |
2/15/1945 |
1 |
|
| Gorres, Jerome |
Waconia Soldier wins silver star for gallantry in action |
|
Waconia Patriot |
3/1/1945 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Waconia |
Waconia Co-operative Elevator Co: Stahlke & Eggers sell business to co-op elevator |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Waconia Patriot |
4/26/1945 |
1 |
|
| Hamre, Paul |
Resigns as Waconia school superintendent, to engage in business |
|
Waconia Patriot |
6/7/1945 |
1 |
|
| Schools - District 110 |
Paul Hamre resigns as Waconia School superintendent |
Education: Administration |
Waconia Patriot |
6/7/1945 |
1 |
|
| Schools |
Waconia: Board elects J. L. Johnson, Superintendent |
Education: Administration |
Waconia Patriot |
6/21/1945 |
1 |
|
| Sports |
Chaska Baseball - Waconia takes the count |
Sports & Recreation: Baseball |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/28/1945 |
1 |
6 |
| Churches - Waconia |
Trinity Lutheran Church to observe 80th anniversary, Sunday |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Waconia Patriot |
6/28/1945 |
1 |
|
| Braunwarth, Joseph |
Young America Youth Drowns at Lake Waconia |
|
Waconia Patriot |
7/5/1945 |
1 |
|
| Braunworth, Joseph |
Drowns in lake Waconia; check alt spelling of last name as Braunwarth |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/5/1945 |
1 |
4-6 |
| Braunwarth, Joesph |
Drowns in Lake Waconia |
Death Records: CC Index |
LP |
7/5/1945 |
2 |
1 |
| Braunwarth, Joseph |
Young America Youth Drowns at Lake Waconia |
|
Waconia Patriot |
7/12/1945 |
8 |
|
| Postal Service |
Waconia post office advances to second class |
Communication: Postal Service: Post Offices |
Waconia Patriot |
7/19/1945 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Waconia |
Lions Club, to be organized in Waconia tonight |
Clubs & Associations |
Waconia Patriot |
8/2/1945 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Waconia |
Lions Club - Arnold Westphal is elected president |
- Clubs & Associations
- Politics & Elections: Elections |
Waconia Patriot |
8/9/1945 |
1 |
|
| Lakes - Waconia |
Pillsbury House joins in attempts to save lake |
Geography: Lakes |
Waconia Patriot |
8/16/1945 |
1 |
|
| Organization - Pillsbury Camp |
Camp Manakiki - 76 citizens attend dinner at Pillsbury camp house; Waconia to aid fine Pillsbury friends |
- Sports & Recreation: Facilities: Camps
- History: Events |
Waconia Patriot |
8/23/1945 |
1 |
|
| Leiverman, Gust |
Purchased the Graff Liquor store at Waconia |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/6/1945 |
1 |
6 |
| Deluhrey, G. (Deluhery) |
Morris man buys Waconia theatre |
|
Waconia Patriot |
9/27/1945 |
1 |
|
| Gilborne, N. |
Morris man buys Waconia Theater |
|
Waconia Patriot |
9/27/1945 |
1 |
|
| Organization - Carver County Historical Sociqety |
Carver County Historical annual meeting Friday night at Waconia |
History: Events |
Waconia Patriot |
10/11/1945 |
1 |
|
| Roads |
Trunk highway route 5 thru Waconia to be discussed at mass meet Friday Oct. 19th |
Transportation: Roads & Highways |
Waconia Patriot |
10/18/1945 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
Scandia Baptist Church - Anniversary of its organization next Sunday. Scandia Baptist observes the 90th. It was organized in 1855 (Photo) |
- Religion: Churches: Baptist
- Anniversaries |
Waconia Patriot |
10/18/1945 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Waconia |
Scandia Baptist Church - Pioneer church observed 90th anniversary |
- Religion: Churches: Baptist
- Anniversaries |
Waconia Patriot |
10/25/1945 |
1 |
|
| Hill, K.K., Rev. |
Young pastor from Waconia builds new church in Canada - photo |
|
Waconia Patriot |
11/8/1945 |
1 |
|
| Lundsten, Ida Mae |
2 Waconia women injured in auto accident. Mary Lundsten was the 2nd. woman |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/15/1945 |
1 |
4 |
| Library - Waconia |
10th anniversary of the library |
Cultural Facilities: Libraries |
Waconia Patriot |
11/15/1945 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Does Waconia want natural gas service? |
Government: Public Utilities |
Waconia Patriot |
12/6/1945 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Waconia |
Waconia Saddle Club, banquet and election of officers |
- Government: Organizations
- History: Events |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/6/1945 |
1 |
5 |
| Organization - Waconia |
Veterans of Foreign War 1 & World War 11 are forming a foreign wars post |
Military Activities: Veterans |
Waconia Patriot |
12/27/1945 |
1 |
|
Information contained in this database has been obtained from the files of the Carver County Historical Society Library; specifically, the newspaper index (in the future to include scrapbooks, family histories etc...). As with any information source, errors, inconsistencies, and accuracy in spelling and content are unavoidable. Therefore,
we suggest checking for alternate spellings when researching individual names or places. We have tried to include alternatives whenever possible.
Some examples of alternate spellings include:
Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
The Carver County Historical Society is grateful to Southwest Newspapers for their generous financial support of the newspaper indexing project.
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