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Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings surround Bemidji area
Neighborhood families and friends shared Thanksgiving Day dinners and weekend visits across Bemidji area homes. Guests included the Mistic, Gillman, Smith, Yerbich, and Weidenborner families, with extended relatives traveling to Minneapolis and Chicago for holiday time together. A baby girl Melissa Ann Smith was born to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith on November 28, accompanied by sister Becky Ann.
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Pete Mistic Sr
K. Mistic
Kuzza Polich
Ronald Gillman
Troy
Delmar Gillman
Bemidji
Gillman
Fred Peck
Audrey
Darrel Peck
Douglas Nipp
Herman Randal
Gull Lake
Andy Mistic
Michael Sande
Mark Mistic
Mark Jr
Carl Nipp and
Leonard Granger
Emmet Weidenborner
Shooks
Grandma Weidenborner
Burt Gamble
Quiring
Margaret Smith
McIntosh
Dick Smith
Elmer Smith
Big Falls
Gary Moe
Albert
Poposky
Howard Smith
Val
Jerry Frenzel
Kelliher
Russell Smith
Turtle River
Joe Mistic
Ervil Sande
Bernard Mistic
Minneapolis
Tom Trutwin
Chicago
John Brethorst
George Yerbich
Fabian Yerbich
John Falk
Holly
Henry Falk
le Granger
Paul Weidenborner
Philip Granger
Harold Palanski
Grygla
Jim Mistic
Matt Vorderbruggen Jr
Vorderbruggen
Kenneth Vorderbruggen
Incline
New
Elmer Herr
Anoka
Matt Vorderbruggen Sr
Pleasant Valley
Cleetus
Frances Yerbich
Philip Yerbich
Steve Yerbich
Blackduck
Yerbich
Myrtle Madison
Lavern Smith
Marvin Smith
Melissa Ann
Becky Ann
Howard Gillman