I meant to include a link to a page that has a couple of photos of the jolly green giant. :) http://highwayhighlights.com/2012/03/jolly-green-giant-blue-earth-mn-lesueur-mn/ <http://highwayhighlights.com/2012/03/jolly-green-giant-blue-earth-mn-lesueur-mn/> > On Apr 2, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Kathy Hines <khines1@qwest.net> wrote: > > I like the Green Giant towering above the trees as I drive down the big hill into the river valley. I’ve driven by that landmark hundreds of times (in more years than I care to admit). > > Kathy > >> On Apr 1, 2015, at 12:00 PM, Doris Waggoner via <norway@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> Lars, >> >> The Green Giant Co. is one of the largest buyers of produce in the US, >> which they then can and freeze for commercial resale. Think green peas, >> green beans, corn, that kind of vegetables. They are headquartered in Le >> Sueur. "Research and Development" is that part of a corporation that works >> on developing new products. One major kind of new product in this case >> would be recipes that use their vegetables, both canned and frozen, these >> days. Thune, as a supervisor, wouldn't have been the top person in this >> department (that would have been the director), but would have been pretty >> high up in R & D, as it's called. Most large corporations have this kind >> of department. Green Giant is now part of General Mills, a huge food >> conglomerate. The Green Giant brand is still used, and their "mascot" used >> for advertising is "The Jolly Green Giant." A 55 foot fiberglass statue of >> The Jolly Green Giant attracts tourists at Blue Earth, MN, and is the >> centerpiece of their annual festival. Thanks to Wikipedia for this info! >> >> Doris >> >> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Lars E. Oyane via <norway@rootsweb.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Listers! >>> >>> I have received information that a certain Harold Sigurd Thune (1922-1983) >>> was a "Supervisor of Research and Development" at the "Green Giant >>> Company", residing at Le Sueur, MN >>> >>> Is anyone familiar with this enterprise? Can you imagine what kind of >>> work Harold actually did? >>> >>> Next I am looking for an obituary for Harold's wife, Delores Fay Thune, >>> nee Dressel. She was a resident of LeSueur, MN and died May 1, 2003. >>> >>> Thanks a million in advance for your great assistance in this matter! >>> >>> Very sincerely yours, >>> >>> Lars E. Oyane >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Norwaylist Archiveshttp:// >>> archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway >>> >>> RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB >>> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html >>> >>> guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway >> >> RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html >> >> guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >