Jan. 4 Super highway to bisect three area counties (what is now I-90)
Jan. 10 Pauline Rohlk to succeed Craigen Thom as Nobles County Auditor
Jan. 12 Captain 11 appears in person at Farrington’s Super Valu
Jan. 18 School Athlete Wins Prize on Poem - David Gardner gets National Award
Jan. 28 Mary Lou Deuth named “Homemaker of Tomorrow”
Feb. 1 Last time Omaha passenger train to Worthington is tonight
Feb. 6 Local wrestlers win over Windom (25-16)
Feb. 13 Esther Martin named DAR Good Citizen of 1957
Feb. 18 Trojans edge Windom (48-41) - Meyeraan hits for 20
Feb. 19 Richard Saxon named Chapter Star Farmer
Feb. 22 Karl Olson named Top Intermural Sportsman
Mar. 11 City Council okays pinball ordinance
Mar. 20 Harry Nackerud is new Nobles County Sheriff
Mar. 27 WHS band named WCCO State Football Band of the Year
Mar. 29 Marlene Bjerkesett’s essay on City Charter Revision is printed on front page of paper
Apr. 5 John Fenstermacher re-elected Mayor
Apr. 25 Hot Rodders finally get a “Home”
Apr. 25 WHS play “Desperate Ambrose” stars Doug Fiola, Gary Seidel, Gary Lindquist and Vance Huntsinger
Apr. 26 Joe Roberts leads Worthington in Baseball League Opener
May 3 Gary Lindquist named Minnesota Star Farmer by FFA
May 8 County man plants eight rows of corn at a time (Clarence Kremer)
May 9 Jane Thompson named Queen of Trojan Relays
May 17 Gardner heads (3-2) win over Blue Earth
May 20 Norman Grunstad is Athletic Scholar Award Winner
May 31 Marvin Knudson tells 1957 Grads “Begin to Live”
Jun. 4 Baseball Trojans Cop District Championship
Jun. WHS 1957 State Golf Champions - Butch Meyeraan, Bob Balega, Joel Goldstrand
Jul. 11 Four members of Lobes Hot Rod Club leave for Tour of Duty with U.S. Navy DickSchiltz, Jerry Anderson, Kenneth Hampton, Ray Harsma
Jul. 17 Richard Saxon elected President and Albert Latuska elected Vice President of Lobes Hot Rod Club
Jul. 29 Joel Goldstrand wins fall Invitational Tournament at Wothington Country Club
Aug. 12 Circular Drive in Chautauqua park named Crailsheim Drive after Worthington’s sister city in Germany
Aug. 16 Senate Committee approves new Worthington Armory
Aug. 19 John Willemssen plays in American Legion All-Star game
Aug. 26 Local teacher (Mabel Luing) Honored at State Fair
Sep. 19 Turkey Day crowds jam city to see Big 68-Unit Parade
Oct. 11 Sent home to change: Eight Local High School Girls Irked by Slack Ban
Oct. 29 Gwen Watts elected head of Nobles County 4-H Leaders Council
Oct. 31 “Dear Abby” to start in Globe on Monday"
Researched by Eunice Sliver
From the Worthington Daily Globe Archives
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