ANNANDALE HISTORY CLUB
The History Club of Annandale was formed in May of 1991. Through the years we have enjoyed this learning and remembering experience. The program is advertised in The Annandale Advocate the week before the meeting. Meetings are usually at 1:00 p.m. on the first Monday of the month in the Senior Dining room in City Hall. It is open to all.
2010
- Arnie Gruys presentation: Albion Township
- Alton Chermak presentation: Soo Line Technical Society
- Tom Lampi presentation: Lampi Auction
- Richard Tormanen presentation at the Wright County Heritage Center: The Path of Finnish Immigration
- Marv Marohn presentation: Marketplace
- Ed Kaz presentation: American Legion Post 176
- Brian Partridge presentation: Pioneer Methodist Churches
- Mary Barkley Brown presentation: Julia Barkley, Artist
- Dean Urdahl presentation: His book: Retribution
2009
- Karen Christofferson: presentation on The Armistice Day Storm
- Henry Smith presentation: Silver Creek
- Art Geisinger presentation: Guillain Barre Syndrome
- Jill Bishop and Rose Mary Nelson presentation: Annandale Improvement Club
- Mark Raisanen presentation: Saunatec, Inc.
- Carol Weir Presentation: Tour of Pioneer Park
- Barb Owen presentation: Dr. Ridgway
- Diana Bajari and Wanda Lamprecht presentation: Ada Dawson, Artist and Poet
2008
- Carol Weir presentation: Pioneer Park
- Brian Partridge presentation: Annandale G.A.R. Post
- Sally Macnab: Wright County Historical Society Tour
- Roger & Karen Millner presentation: Annandale School Bus Company; Ken Rudolph: Horse Drawn School Buses
- Frank Schiefelbein presentation: Schiefelbein Farms
- Account of trip to the Dassel Railroad Museum
- Art Geisinger: presentation on Local Creameries
- Account of Annandale Telephone System, excerpts from Memories of Annandale by Lotus Williams, 1983
2007
- Leander Wetter presentation: Steam Engines
- Pastor Mike Nelson presentation: Grace Lutheran Church (Tour)
- Jill Bishop presentation: History Section in Annandale's website, Annandale Online
- Elwyn Nordberg presentation: Elwyn's Photography - pictures of early Annandale
- John Bendix presentation: Doctor Lester Bendix, his father
- Dean Urdahl presentation: His Book, Uprising about the Dakota Conflict of 1862
- Floyd and Maxine Brown, Kevin and Mary Brown account: Brown's Ice Cream
- Jim Stark presentation: Lake Sylvia History
- Jim Peterson account: Fair Haven Lodge #183
2006
- Art Dingmann presentation: Funeral Care History
- Chris Jeppesen presentation: South Haven History
- Lucille Nelson presentation: Annandale's Fort Harriman
- Tom Jarl presentation: West Albion
- John Hasselberg presentation: Lake Union Covenant Church (Tour)
- Don Hausken presentation: Soo Line Railroad and the Annandale Depot
- Leslie Anderson presentation: Memories of a Country Boy/ Newspaper Man
- Mildred Shadduck account: Pioneer Park
2005
- Sandy Miller presentation: Lakedale Telephone Company, Telephone Museum Tour
- Brian Partridge presentation: Fair Haven
- Pastor Mike Nelson & Jeanette Johnson presentation: North Crow River Lutheran Church (Tour)
- Dwayne Bruns presentation: Annandale State Bank
- Edna Glenske, Luella Dahman, Dorothy Kersten, Pastor Tim Nerud presentation: Concordia Lutheran Church, Fair Haven (Tour)
- Mike Worcester & Audrey Tack presentation: - Cokato Museum & Ackerlund Studio (Tour)
- Harvey Barberg presentation: Cokato Finnish Historical Society & Temperance Corner
- Aileen Lundeen presentation: Ice Company in Annandale
2004
- Betsy Gridley presentation: Skating in the Ice Follies
- Maureen Galvin presentation: Wright County Historical Society
- Ken Rudolph presentation: Burma Shave Signs
- Mike Worcester presentation: Akerlund Photo Studio, Cokato Museum
- Tour: Ames-Florida-Stork House, Rockford
- Karen Christofferson presentation: Lake Francis & Surrounding Area
- Paul Johnson presentation: Mount Herman Lutheran Church (Tour) (church cemetery)
2003
- Deb Erhard presentation: Annandale Subway Store
- Sister Carol presentation: Clare's Well
- Bill Fortner presentation: Marquetry (Artwork using different color woods)
- Jim Larson presentation: Annandale Veterinary Clinic
- Chad Spaulding presentation: Annandale Chiropractic
- Karen Weiss presentation: Cat Breeder
- Elizabeth Hood Anderson presentation: Artist
- Charlene Donnelly presentation: Gardendale Nursery
2002
- Ella Geardink presentation: Geardink's Resort
- The Froyans presentation: Maple Hill Resort
- Georgeann Rumsey presentation: Camp Friendship
- Ken Rudolph presentation: Civil War Diary Letters Abraham Rudolph Journal
- Bob Holland presentation: Camp Courage
- Herold Neumann presentation: Bethlehem Lutheran Church
- Dan Zahler presentation: Zahler Phography (also took a group picture)
- Muriel Rudolph presentation: Collection of Nativity Scenes from Around the World
2001
- Julia Barkley presentation: St. Mark's Episcopal Church
- Verna Kyllonen presentation: Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
- Trula Kersten and her Pastor Lynn Kriz presentation: Zion Methodist Church of South Haven (church cemetery)
- Bill Lieb presentation: Early Day Railroads in the Area
- Karen Christofferson & Debbie Schauer presentation: Immanuel Lutheran Church
- Wesley Danielson presentation: Making the Alaskan Highway
- Viola Larson presentation: Memories of Annandale
2000
- Alice Thompson and friends presentation: St John's Lutheran Church (account) (church cemetery)
- Darrell and Ellen Kelly presentation: St. Ignatius Church (church cemetery)
- Pastor Queck and some members presentation: Zion Lutheran Church (church cemetery)
- Ken Rudolph presentation: Annandale Methodist Church (church cemetery)
- Kerm Lundeen and Pastor Gary Partridge presentation: Annandale Free Church (church website)
- Roger Belknap presentation: Middleville Lutheran Church
- Viola Larson presentation: Albion Free Church
1999
- Jim Rudolph presentation: Stamp Collecting
- Nita Cherry presentation: Volunteering at the Annandale Care Center
- Bill and Trula Kersten presentation: Life on the Farm
- Marilyn Gordon presentation: Antiques (show & tell)
- Patty Dease presentation: Earthway Farms
- Sandy Otto presentation: Annandale Library History
- Mark and Laurel Miller presentation: History of Miller's Jewelry Store
- Chris Lantto presentation: French Lake Store
- Viola Larson presentation: Life of Esther
1998
- Don Figge presentation: Chevy Garage & His Time as Mayor of Annandale
- Eleanor Partridge presentation: Working in the Annandale School Office
- Ed Kaz presentation: Kaz Hardware Store
- Bernie Weber presentation: Greenhouse Business
1997
- Daryl Gunnerson presentation: Development of Southbrook
- Wally Houle presentation: Innovations and accomplishments while Mayor of Annandale
- Donna Anderson presentation: Forty Years of Cake Decorating
- Dwayne Bruns presentation: Annandale State Bank Early Mergers & History
- Julia Barkley presentation: Dayton's Furniture Store
- George Arenson presentation: Arenson's Drug Store
- Walle Houle presentation: Holy Land Trip (slides)
- Lillian Logeais presentation: Shell Oil Station
1996
- Jane Wizik presentation: VJ Day -- A Trip to Hawaii Relived
- Arlen Johnson presentation: History of Former Grade Schools
- Ella Geardink presentation: Trip to Bangladesh
- Ken Rudolph presentation: Late 1800 Letters by his Grandfather
- George Houchins presentation: Annandale Creamery
1995
- Ken Rudolph presentation: Everybody Called Him Cedric (Minneapolis newscaster & columnist)
- Wally Gloege presentation: Gloege Bakery
- Gladys Johnson presentation: Fifty Years at the Annandale State Bank
- Walter Hokkanen and Harvey Hawkinson presentation: 1940's and 50's in the Annandale Post Office
- Jim Rudolph presentation: Trip on the U.S.California
- Mike Jorgenson presentation: Mike's Drug Store
- Former telephone operators presentation: Party Lines and Switchboards
- Maureen Galvin presentation: Sears Catalogue Store Bought Homes
1994
- Viola Larson presentation: Life of Lotus Williams
- Don Johnson presentation: Memories
- Neva Peterson (Sister of Dr Bendix) presentation: Family History
- John Holahan presentation: Growth of the State of Minnesota, Development of General Mills and the Start of Betty Crocker Kitchens
1993
- Kermit Lundeen presentation: Lundeen Ford Company
- Clem Mikkanen presentation: West Albion Creamery & Milk Dumping
- John Fisher presentation: The Annandale Advocate
- Ruby Geisinger presentation: Minnesota Eighth Regiment, Civil War
- Verna Kyllonen presentation: French Lake Township
- Gene South presentation: Lakedale Phone Company
| CURRENT OFFICERS: | |
| President | Wally Gloege |
| Secretary | Karen Christofferson, tel. 320-236-7980 |
| Treasurer | Betty Hawkinson |
| Social | Rose Johnson & Barb Ostlund |
| Calling | Aloys Olson, Barb Ostlund, & Hazel Strand |
| Programs | Ken Rudolph, Al Ostlund, and Wally Gloege |