Laporte Neighbors Host Pot Luck and Shower Gatherings
Royal Neighbors of America Lodge held a pot luck supper in Park Rapids at Lindahl home. Sharon Alland and Russell Lembke received a wedding shower at the village hall with gifts opened by Peggy Jobe and Lind Alland sisters. Out of town guests included Lembkes of Cass Lake Walker and Myra Lindahl of Park Rapids. Nearby visits featured Dixie Davis and Lynn Zothman from California and Cass Lake, plus Ira Smith from Osakis and Mabel Roberts returning to Grand Forks teaching. Laporte Senior Citizens met for crafts and a Christmas gift sale preparations with door prize won by Ruth Meads. The Stillwater Powell Reunion drew 81 family members.
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Royal Neighbors of America Lodge
Park Rapids
Minn
Wm. Lindahl
Sharon Alland
Russell Lembke
Peggy Jobe
Ernie Rohlf
Lind Alland
Shelia
Pamela Lembke
Mmes
Francis Smith
Verlyn Olson
Robert Smith Sr
Robert Smith Jr
Wm. Lembke
Cass Lake
Alma Lembke
Kenneth Lembke
Walker
Myra Lindahl
Dixie Davis
Ruby Zothman
Los Angeles
Calif
Lynn Zothman
Earl Willet
Davis
Willet
Ira Smith
Osakis
Laporte
Smith
Laporte State Bank
Mabel Roberts
Grand Forks
N.D
Martin Lushbaugh
North Liberty
Ind
South Bend
Ed Erickson
Kenneth Troxel
Willows River
Rachel Renskers
Harold Erickson
Baudelle
Sam Renkers
Stephen Johnson
Audrey Troxel
Tommy
Sandra Troxel
Jude Troxel
Kate Lindahl
Lyle Powell Jr
Paula
Lyle Powell Sr
Stillwater
Calendar of Events Appears With Meetings This Week
Tuesday events include a duplicate bridge club dinner at the Elks Club at 6 45 PM with calls to Mrs E Ashley for info Visitors welcome Paul Bunyan Chapter SPEBSQSA rehearses at First Lutheran Church 9th and Bemidji Ave at 8 PM Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon meet in United Methodist lounge at 8 PM Call 751 1362 for rides or information Wednesday Catholic Women's Foresters meeting at 7 30 PM with Mrs W J Marose 1207 Bixby Ave plus a Blind Partner bridge event Ladies Division last regular meeting with a bridge luncheon golfers tee off 9 30 to 11 AM Whiffs at 11 AM Jaycees meet Elks Club 8 PM Bethel Lutheran Church Women work meeting at 8 PM Thursday Bemidji Chapter 1049 NARFE meets 1 30 PM in Room 418 Federal Building Friday Bemidji Hospital Auxiliary meets 1 30 PM Nursing Unit dining room Hostesses listed
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Duplicate Bridge Club
The
Elks Club
E. Ashley
Paul Bunyan
Spebsqsa
First Lutheran Church
9Th
Bemidji Ave
Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon Family Group
United Methodist
Bemidji
National Association of Retired Federal Employes
NARFE
Federal Building
Remidji Hospital Auxiliary
Mmes
Marie Bargen
Norman J. Kittleson
Earl Scanlon
Donald Grundman
Beatles Reunion Denied As Paul Quietly Builds Solo Group
Q and A column notes Paul McCartney forms his own group and rents a 600 acre Scottish sheep farm, while doings with fans and royal land use spark headlines. Elsewhere Doris Day Kaye Ballard feud clarified. Tony Snowdon nears film project. Tina Livanos and Stavros Niarchos romance cited amid Onassis rivals.
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George
Ringo
John
Paul
T.V
Jersey City
N.J. A
Paul McCartney
Scotland
Royal Hussars
Carol Mitchell
Salt Lake City
McCartney
Oscar Wilde
Somerset Maugham
R.C
Providence
R.I. A
Wilde
Maugham
Europe
Margaret
P.N
Rapid City
Iowa
Tony
Lord Snowdon
Prevention as the key to fighting blindness in the nation
The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness started in 1908 to prevent blindness and promote preventive medicine. It notes half of current blindness is preventable and cites FDA action requiring impact standards for all eyeglasses and sunglasses sold in the United States starting January 1, 1972.
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National Society For the Prevention
United States
National Society
Food and Drug Administration
The
Birch Go Getters and Happy Hustlers Club Notes
Two 4-H style club reports dated Aug 1971 detail Birch Go Getters meeting at Joe Hentges home with 13 members and 3 leaders, reports read, plans for Sept 13, and lunch served. Happy Hustlers meet Aug 16 at Conrad Eckstrom home with six visitors, discuss cookies for Mrs. Carter, next meeting Sept 20 at Walter Clausen home. Reporter credits included.
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Birch Go-Getters
Birch Go Getters
Joe Hentges
Debbie Hentges
Melvin Theisen
Bonnie Ferdig
Conrad Eckstrom
Carter
Walter Clausen
Judy Eckstrom
Bemidji State College official named to Minnesota council
Gov. Wendell Anderson appointed Bemidji State College staff member to join a 30 member Minnesota Environmental Education Council created by executive order. Dr. James Ludwig of the college will replace a planning committee in charge of an environmental education plan. The group seeks $40,000 in federal funds to operate and research as it outlines duties to coordinate efforts and advise the state. The first meeting is set for Thursday, Aug. 19 at the state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Anderson
Bemidji State College
Minnesota
James Ludwig
Center For Environmental Studies
Minnesota Environmental Education Council
Anderson
Council For
State Capitol
Hines area news includes births visits and travels
Mrs. Clara Gunheim returned from Bagley after eight days in hospital. Aug 3 celebrations for her birthday were hosted by Nels Bjerke and Omar Bakken. Jerod Michael Temanson was born August 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Temanson. Several relatives and friends visited or stayed in the area, including Ostlunds, Niemeyers, and Page family members. A Dutch toll bridge in Nieuwerbrug is up for sale for 11600 dollars with a watch house, due to the retiring concessionaire.
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Clara Gunheim
Bagley
Nels Bjerke
Flaxton
N.D
Omar Bakken
Gunheim
Bjerkes
Amelia Schuetz
Godfreid Hofer
Teastrike
Nieuwerbrug
The
Netherlands
Rhine
John Johnson
Virginia
Ivan Niemeyer
Tim Meade
Arlynne Ostlund
Staten Island
N.Y
Arnold Ostlund
Mary Rennegarde
Addieville
Elbert Ostlund
Ely
Valparaiso University
John Klug
Two Harbors
Wallace Page
Gilbert Swenson
Hopkins
Ethel Newcomb
Hines
Roger Prescott
Esther Page
Prescott
First Lutheran Church
Salem Lutheran Church
Turtle River
Page
Prescotts
la Vere Deets
Rock Falls
Ill
G.H. Nelson
Rockford
George Jones
Warroad
Illinois
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Laporte News
L.J. Powell Sr
Duong van
Minh
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Catholic Women’s Order of Foresters
W. J. Marose
Bixby Ave
Jaycees
Bethel Lutheran Church
Time
R.L
Dayton
Ohio
Henry Luce
Luce
New York
Empire
E.T
Glendale
Calif. A
Miss Ballard
CBS
Kaye
Bernie Kopel
Tina Livanos
Stavros Niarchos
G.H
Toronto
Golden Greek
Niarchos
Tina
Eugenie
Marquess of
Blandford
Aristotle Onassis
Onassis
Eugenie Livanos
Niarcho
French Riviera
Robin Adams Sloan
Sloan
King Features Syndicate, Inc
McCartneys
Snowdons
Club
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
U.S. Board of Parole
Hoffa
Bemidjian
the Daily Pioneer
Hines Area News
Erbert Ostlund Hines
Hanover
West Germany
Vern and
Derva Wrolsted
Hiway
Wwevesdavenrdhy
BBC
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