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St Anthony Village e--75th AnniversarySt Anthony Villagee 75th Anniversary77St Anthony Township through mid 1940sThe area was rural with truck farms, raising crops and livestock, including pigs fed on garbage picked up fromMinneapolis restaurants. A rural schoolhouse, gas station,tavern and grocery store were built and operated withinthe “fiercely independent” village.Greenhouses became part of the life as early as 1916 whenJohn Johnson, Sr. built their first tiny greenhouse. LeoHertog, a Dutch immigrant worked at the Lemkegreenhouse in the ‘20s and opened his own in 1932.St Charles Borromeo Church and School opened in 1939,the convent was opened in 1946. By 1950 the parishserving both St Anthony and NE Minneapolis had grown toover 2,700 members, almost twice the size of the StAnthony population of 1,406.St Anthony Village e--75th AnniversarySt Anthony Villagee 75th Anniversary77Early St Anthony through mid 1940sFlossy Christen on their farm, 1920s3