ISNT THAT SOMETHING
Column: Seven days late, remembering a scary Halloween
“Hey! I thought you were going to have a spook column Saturday. I thought you would tell about the ghost that prowls the streets of Worthington. Or some such thing.”By Ray Crippen , November 07, 2009
Column: There was plenty to bank on in Nobles County in 1920
WORTHINGTON — If you trace down the trunk of Worthington’s Bank of the West — farther down — far down — you find Worthington National Bank. Worthington National was here a century gone by.By Ray Crippen , October 31, 2009
Column: Nothing on TV? Go back in time, and listen to the radio 
WORTHINGTON — Many of us remember when a friend would come up and ask, “Did you see M*A*S*H last night?” Before you could nod yes or no they would be telling you, “It was really funny. BJ and Hawkeye were talking. Radar came up with this guinea pig…”
By Ray Crippen , October 24, 2009
Column: Take me out to the ballgames - and glimpes of greatness
WORTHINGTON — Great Days of Baseball are with us another time. Post-season games, division playoffs and then (Oct. 28) the World Series. October swells with baseball memories.
By Ray Crippen , October 17, 2009
Column: A place for the well known to visit - but not stay
WORTHINGTON — Part of what follows is true. Part is a genuine conversation. It gets stretched a bit. You’ll see.
By Ray Crippen , October 10, 2009
Column: Believe it - Amelia Earhart lived in Worthington
WORTHINGTON — “Oh, you’re kidding me,” says a 16-year-old girl.
No. I am not. I would not do that.
“You mean she stayed at a motel here?” says the girl.
No. I mean Amelia Earhart lived here.
By Ray Crippen , October 03, 2009
Column: Fifty-six years of teaching, and a lot of fond memories
WORTHINGTON — Look at it this way, kids —
The first day of school is history. We’ve got the first week of school tucked away. We are one full week nearer next summer’s vacation.
By Ray Crippen , September 12, 2009
Calling Holllywood: The story of Erna Drawert White
There is a World War I story from this area I believe would make a fine movie.
By Ray Crippen , September 05, 2009
Column: Worthington has never seen anything like RFK visit
My — it has been four decades, precisely 42 years, since Robert Kennedy visited Worthington on Turkey Day 1967.
By Ray Crippen , August 29, 2009
Column: Despite economy, it's a time of exciting growth
WORTHINGTON — We still were selling souse at the Sav-Mor food market at Worthington during World War II. Souse was not purchased by the U.S. government; troops did not want souse. Souse was left to the civilians, and there were civilians who reveled in it.
By Ray Crippen , August 22, 2009
Nobles County cowboy made 1934 history
WORTHINGTON — You should have been here.
1934.
It is no surprise this summer, 75 years after the fact, we still talk about events of 1934. Not just one event, or two. Half a dozen of them
By Ray Crippen , August 15, 2009
Ever read a phone book? 1935-36 edition intrigues
WORTHINGTON — There is a scene in “Rain Man,” where Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) reads a telephone directory and memorizes names and numbers as he goes along. When “Rain Man” is shown, someone nearly always chuckles during this scene.
By Ray Crippen , August 08, 2009
A war story that took place on our region's farms
WORTHINGTON — This is the time — even a bit earlier — when, through decades, the grain harvest was under way across southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa. Threshing rings moved from neighbor to neighbor bringing in the sheaves. Rejoicing.
By Ray Crippen , August 01, 2009
Civility in the story of Mayor Heinie Kragness
There was another time 65 years gone by when — looking back on those days — Worthington was remarkable for its civility and its commitment to democracy.
By Ray Crippen , July 25, 2009
Dillinger inspires other historic area bank heists
WORTHINGTON — Think what you will. It makes a great story to say Bonnie and Clyde — Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow — robbed First State Bank at Okabena. Roger Mudd has told that story on television.
By Ray Crippen , July 18, 2009
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1944: MIA Boy's Tale Told
Earlier today I posted the 1944 notice that Captain Jerome Godfrey had gone missing in action, along with a request for anyone with knowledge of Capt. Godfrey to let me know if they ever found him. They did. The Daily Globe's real historian, Ray Crippen, was kind enough to send me the followin
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on Aug 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM | Reprint
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