Roberta Keil Selected for Ghost Ranch Summer Workshop
Roberta Keil daughter of Mr and Mrs Bob Keil is one of 34 college students chosen for a summer work study conference at Ghost Ranch New Mexico. She will attend seminars on drama music and theology and perform needed labor at the United Presbyterian Church facility near Ghost Ranch 60 miles from Albuquerque. She left June 5 and returns late August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Keil
Bob Keil
United Presbyterian Church
Ghost Ranch
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Steeles to note 45th anniversary Open House
Open House Sunday June 13 at the home of Mr and Mrs Clarence Steele Route 4 Bemidji honoring their 45th wedding anniversary. Their children invite relatives and friends to visit from 2 to 5 p m. Special guests include Nancy’s grandparents just back from Tucson Arizona and other family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Steele
Route 4
Bemidji
Dewain Ahdtoddt
Bemidji Ave
Bemidji High School
Nancy
Tucson
Ariz
Larry Swenson
Naomi
Shevlin
William Reynolds
Charles
Crookston
Births and family announcements from Bemidji and Ark. couple
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Donald Nelson of Laporte at the Bemidji hospital Sunday June 6. Mr and Mrs David Swanson announce the birth of their first son Todd Jarrell on June 4 in Ft. Smith Arkansas. Mr and Mrs Robert Dobay of Wilton are noted as great grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Nelson of
Laporte
Bemidji Hospital
David Swanson
1806
Utica
Ft. Smith
Ark
Todd Jarrell
Robert Dobay
Wilton
Robert Harley Beckstrom
Vincent H. Beckstrom
Route 5
Bemidji
U.S. Army Chaplain School
Ft. Hamilton
Brooklyn
N.Y
Beckstrom
Bemidji High School
Ft. Campbell
Greyhound Bus Lines
Minneapolis
Pioneer
The
21St Amendment
Kenny Stone
Kenny Strong
Lyle Stone
S. Seventh Street
Minnesota Elderly Needs Conference at Gustavus Adolphus
Nearly 500 Minnesotans gathered at Gustavus Adolphus College in St Peter June 1 and 2 to shape Minnesota’s position for the White House Conference on Aging in Washington next November. Mrs Holand served as a state delegate, and nine workshop groups proposed policy ideas on income health housing nutrition education employment retirement roles transportation and spiritual well being. Governor Wendell R Anderson urged seniors to build political clout to turn recommendations into policy and social action programs. This marks the 13th year Gustavus Adolphus College the Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Society and the Governor’s Citizens Council on Aging have conducted the aging institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Holand
Bemidji
Washington
White House
Wendell R. Anderson
Minnesota
Gustavus Adolphus College
Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Society
Citizens Council On Aging
Memorial Day Service At Laporte Observed
Memorial Day observance at Laporte featured the 7th grade brass ensemble and a solo by Mrs. Ednah Clairmont. Speakers included Davonna Johnson and others from the Boys and Girl Scouts, with color guard drummers Richard Glenn and Mike Bunker. The Rev. Charles Swindells offered greetings and local veterans presented flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ednah Clairmont
Davonna Johnson
Heidi Fallgren
Kevin Kennedy
Bob Smith
Lori Beard
Roger Zubke
Richard Glenn
Mike Bunker
Color Guard
Advancement of Colors
American Legion
VFW
Charles Swindells
Angela Rohlf
Jane Fallgren
Sandra
Clairmont
Buddy
Diane Hellman
Drive for coupons opens Kidney machine drive in Midwest
A Betty Crocker coupon drive is under way to raise 700 000 General Mills Betty Crocker coupons for a kidney machine. Mrs Don Fraser of Grand Rapids leads the effort with the Midwest Kidney Foundation aiming to place the machine locally. The device costs about 10 000 dollars and requires 250 dollars monthly to operate. She invites Bemidji groups and churches to participate and asks interested donors to contact her at 3015 T H 169 South Grand Rapids 55794.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Crocker
Midwest
Don Fraser
Grand Rapids
General Mills
Midwest Kidney Foundation
Fraser
T.H
Community Hospital Activity and Local Notices
Admission and discharge notices list residents entering and leaving Bemidji area hospitals Friday through Sunday. Included are names from Bemidji Solway Redlake and surrounding towns, with several patients and newborns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hubert
Robert Mirau
Leroy Hovda
Edna Beck
Bemidji
Daniel Larson
Solway
Harry Hammer
Redlake
James Kasper
Highland Park
Ill
Jodi Pope
Hackensack
Obituary Notices From Bemidji Area
Obituary notices report the deaths of Anna Burman 73 a Bemidji resident Paul Conrad Sand 78 of Solway and Paul Smith 80 of Redlake with funeral plans and survivors listed Also note Bemidji residents Guy Booth and Jerome Lee earning University of Iowa degrees in May 1924 class size highlighted as record breaking
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Booth
Birchmont Drive
Jerome Lee
Lincoln Ave
Bemidji
University of Iowa
U of I
Booth
Lee
City News Briefs Ad Rates and Copy deadline
Advertising in this column costs 40c per line. To insure publication, turn in copy before 9 a.m. on the desired day.
Nebish Board of Review Meets at Town Hall
Nebish township Board of Review will convene at Nebish town hall on Monday June 14 at 11 a.m. Clerk John Ruzicka announces the session with the schedule posted for residents to attend and present appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebish
Durand Township Board of Review Meeting Notice
The Durand Township Board of Review will convene at the town hall on June 15 at 2:00 p.m. Walter Strand serves as Clerk and signs the notice dated June 5 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durand
Walter Strand
Paul Bunyan Playhouse ticket sale opens for season
Advance tickets go on sale June 2 through June 18 with booklets priced at 12 dollars offering eight tickets. Tickets available at multiple local sellers including Gill Brothers and Gill's Shoe Store plus in person at the box office for subscribers. The nine week season runs June 22 to August 22 with eight shows listed and prices at $2.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bunyan Playhouse
Wayne Thorson
Paul Bunyan Summer Theatre Association
Mmes
James Cecil
Ed Dessert
Ron Gearman
Ron Patterson
Roger Shubins
Ed Natheé
David Alden
Roy Lundmark
Chester Berg
Daryl Knoer
Ron Studer
C. W. Seamann
Lee Albrecht
Ken
Hank Rossiter
Halvor Reise
John Glas
Leonard Pederson
Art Keenan
John Griffin
Wm. Forseth
Jim Ghostley
Leon Kaliher
H. B. Roholt
Gill Brothers and
Gill's Shoe Store
W. J. Deweese
Birchmont Drive
Plaza Suite
Jean Brody
the Price
Open House for 35th Anniversary at Bly Home
Open house hosted by Mr and Mrs Olaf Bly at 509 Scott Ave on Sunday June 13 from 1 to 4 pm honoring their 35th wedding anniversary. Ovidia Peterson of Fosston and Bly married in Bemidji June 12 1963 and have lived locally. Their son and wife Carol Bly host and invite friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olaf Bly
Scott Ave
Ovidia Peterson
Fosston
Mr. Bly
Bemidji
Carol Bly
Marriage Licenses Granted In Past Week
The clerk of District Court reported twenty two couples applied for marriage licenses during the past week. Names include Jan Norton and Julieann Nyberg, Adolf Wold and Dorothy Halvorson, Michael Hedlund and Judy Torfin, David Collins and Diane Donanue, Ronald Lyman and Clare Stavig, Fletcher Hendrickson and Sandra Hatch, Peter Thompson and Trudy Dolson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk of District Court
Jan Douglas Norton
America Ave
Julieann Emily Nyberg
Swan Adolf Wold
Irvine Ave
Dorothy Elizabeth Halvorson
Michael Arthur Hedlund
Judy Ann Torfin
David Michael Collins
Minneapolis
Diane Marie Donanue
Minn
Ronald James Lyman
14Th St
Clare Lizbeth Stavig
Westwood Trailer Court
Fletcher Arthur Hendrickson
Pengilly
Sandra Jean Hatch
Blackduck
Peter Martin Thompson
Dewey Ave
Trudy Radell Dolson
Wilton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Steeles
United States
Juliette Gordon Low
Savannah
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Swedmark Lodge
Lake
Andrusia
Alden Kittleson
C.W. Seemann
W.J. Deweese
Patrick Applegren
Willmar
James Bertelson
Mission Valley
Iowa
Curtis Black
Vera Brink
Jennie Gunsalus
Tim McCord
Michael Newmann
Marion Hamlon
Walker
Paula Manecke
Bedda
Dale Nelson
Richard Ramsey
Reddy
Charles Williams
Gerald Salmonson
Alvwood
Herb
Carlson
Earl Casselman
Kelliher
Allen Lillo
Carl Roen
Pinewood
Reed Schmidt
Elizabeth Sitting
William Meacham
Aitkin
Joseph Jourdain
Adolph Kluver
Lars Melin
Joseph Fisher
Alice Smith
Harvey Johnson
Ponemah
Jay Stiegelmeyer
Bejou
Harley Reinarz
Mizpah
Harry Hanson
Della Jones
Cass Lake
Robert Young
Bagley
Keith Bethel
Cecil Jones
Carla
Debbie Madden
Portland, Ore
Melvin Christenson
Christine Welch
Jones
Evelyn Welch
Jack Neary
Northomne
Mrs
Bernard Neary
Seattle, Wash
Harold Distel
Hutchinson
Big Wolf Lake
Harry Hunter
Medford
Allen Hess
Kenneth Hunter
Mr. Hunter
Hess
L.E. Walling
Columbia
S.C
Jim Walling
Columbia College
Winona Lake
Ind
Walling
Frank Jackson
Keath Sandberg
Tom and
Carmen
Beatrice, Neb
Donald Dale
Concordia College
Moorhead
Bemidji and
Area
Judith Schmunk
John A. Graham
Michael McNelly
Marcia Severson
Paulette Anderson
Douglas Ellingson
San Diego
Calif
Stanley Ellingson
Norfolk
Richard E. Byrd
Frank Hedger
Millie Whitney
Bethesda
Maryland
Guthrie
Robert Johnson
Robin Marie
Robert Johnson, Jr
Crystal
L.j.fullmer
Ardyce
Lynn Henrickson
Melvin Henrickson
Mr Henrickson
University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Henrickson
Gorgas Hospital
Panama Canal Zone
E.S. Henrickson
Morris
Iil
Walter Henrickson
Byron
Edward von Ohlsen
S. Henrickson
Paul Howe
Kevin Howe
Mendota Heights
Anna Burman
Bob
Everett Wagner
McKee Funeral Home
Paul C. Sand
Paul Conrad Sand
Norway
Mr. Sand
America
Cottonwood
Mollie Sand
Lowell Kastner
Alice
Ole Moe, Jr
Hazel
Elmer
Harold
Kingman
Norman
Mora
Richard
Raymond
Virginia
Solway Lutheran Church
Allan Skindlev
Cease Funeral Home
Paul Smith
St. Mary’s Hospital
Duluth
Herbert Smith
Sinstad Funeral Home
City News Briefs
Isanti
Harjedal’s Forening
Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home
Olson-Schwartz
Minnesota Avenue
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