Howard Lake History Book

The new “Howard Lake History Book, 130 Years of the Good Life,” has sold out, but it has been decided to order one second printing (and that’s all), of both hard and soft bound editions; composed of paid book orders. For soft bound, only 20 extra copies will be made, and so it is recommended that a paid book order be made if you want the book.

This book was composed by a committee of volunteers who donated their personal time from their busy schedules to complete the project. The book is being sold for cost. The six committee members are Marilyn Ringold, Stan Diers, Lynda Jensen (editor of Herald Journal and the Enterprise Dispatch), Mike Mitchell, Doris Rodd and Barb (Bakeberg) Undestad.

Deadline for book orders (soft or hard bound) is Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Please contact Marilyn Ringold to order your book. Payment must be made in advance. If you would like to be added to the hard-bound list, please send a note to Marilyn Ringold ringolma@mchsi.com. Books will be available in 30 days and can be picked up at the Howard Lake Drug Store.

The book is also available on CD for $8, which are for sale at the Howard Lake Drug Store as of today (Thursday, June 19). The CDs are searchable except for the public cemetery records (because they are handwritten) and the old copy of the book written in 1978 (that means 224 out of 378 pages are searchable). The book is a complete reprint of the first book, as well as an update from the past 30 years. There are several photos and interesting articles that will be included into the book.

Soft-bound books cost $22.50, or $27.50 with postage and handling if it must be mailed. Hard bound books are $38.50 each (or $46.50 for postage and handling).

These prices are made possible due to a generous contribution from the City of Howard Lake in honor of the city’s 130 anniversary (this is the same arrangement with the city made in 1978 with the first book. Also, Editor Pete Peterson was involved in the first book and Editor Lynda Jensen was involved in the new book. The Herald printed both books, both times). If you like the new book, please thank the city and city council members for their sponsorship of this book! The profit, if any, will be given back to Howard Lake Friends of the Library, the Howard Lake royalty, and perhaps one or two other entities, when that is decided by the committee. The remainder of the book is being paid for by the Howard Lake Historical Society, as well as a $100 donation from the American Legion Post 145, and a $100 donation from the Howard Lake Lions.

Send book order to:

Howard Lake Historical Society
PO Box 142
Howard Lake, MN 55349

To ask questions about this book, please call (320) 282-6558 or email Herald Journal Editor Lynda Jensen at jensen@herald-journal.com. This book is being sold for cost and was done by volunteers, who worked on the book during their personal time.

The book contains the following:
• Thirty years of headlines and photographs
• A page about the American Legion and Auxiliary
• Several pages on the history of the Orphans, including team shots and a picture of the reunion in 2005
• A section on HLWW
• Several pages about the HLWW FFA, including a listing of all the honorary degrees, etc.
• Several pages documenting the all-time school sports records, done in conjunction with each coach. This includes football, track and field, boys basketball, girls basketball, wrestling, baseball, and girls softball
• Pictures of record-setting fish taken from Howard Lake, courtesy of Joe’s Sport Shop
• A section on St. James School and St. James Church
• A page for First Presbyterian Church
• Pages devoted to St. John’s Church
• Christian Church and Blessed Hope
• An article about Howard Lake’s 130-year anniversary
• A section on Good Neighbor Days and royalty from the past 30 years
• Four pages about the Howard Lake Library
• City of Howard Lake and police department, Howard Lake Fire Department
• A page about the Lions
• Information about the Good Samaritan Center and Auxiliary
• a page of pictures from Custer’s softball teams
• the record of freeze-up and ice-off on Howard Lake, kept by Gordon Gruenhagen
• Victor Township
• Middleville Township
• A large section devoted to Howard Lake business history
• Howard Lake Post Office
• Reprints of articles about Red’s Pizza, the Scheer Popcorn Wagon, Ittel’s Meat Market
• A page devoted to the last fifty years of dairy royalty
• Old-time stories and photo gallery - this section is about 30 pages long, with too many photos and articles to mention by name.
• cemetery records from both St. James and the Howard Lake cemetery associations.
• Reprints of articles from Myron Heuer
• Other articles that are too numerous to mention
To ask questions about the book, contact a committee member: Lynda at (320) 282-6558, Stan Diers at (320) 543-2947, or Marilyn Ringold at (320) 543-3630.