Senior Citizens Daymarked May Event in Bemidji
Senior citizens from Bemidji gathered for a vaudeville style senior day at the high school auditorium. About 150 attendees enjoyed entertainment from May McKee, Anna Jansen, the official Kitchen Band, Walt Edwards, Henry Vietor, and others. Prizes were awarded in nine categories and 15 door prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji
Vaudville
Bi-County Community Action Council
Minnesota
Wendall Anderson
May McKee
Anna Jansen
Walt Edwards
Henry Vietor
Lincoln School
Eileen Wehb
Adelines
William Britton
Will the Wizard
John Schuling
Bemidji High School
Anna Goldker
Beltrami Nursing Home
Alfred Hammer
Walter Moddy
Verna Benson
Olga Watkins
Northland Apts
Mae McKee
Jenny Strand
Door
Ida Vaughter
Ada Hiland
Myrtle Hill
Helmer Nelson
Mabel Richardson
Olivia Sarges
Walter Boranson
Lena Barnhurst
Bertha Johnson
Doris Hanson
Roy Schultz
Hilda Hanson
Herb Janson
Ada M. Lapp
Ragna Weekley
The Family: Arts Fashion Food Homes Focus
A family column covers arts, people, fashions, foods, and homes in a concise roundup. It profiles local personalities, highlights style trends, and notes home life events shaping community culture.
Dorothy Jewell Named Director of Vacation Bible School
Mrs Dorothy Jewell of Wilton was appointed director of a Bemidji Seventh day Adventist Church Community Vacation Bible School to run June 21 to July 1. Gary Waterhouse announced the two week program with assistants Lyle Jewell Gwen Mattson Ramona Larsen Theresa Wohlfeil Lou Lang and Doone Isaacson. More than 100 children are expected to attend at the Adventist Elementary Building corner 15th Street and Delton Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Jewell
Wilton
Bemidji Seventh-day Adventist Church
Gary Waterhouse
Lyle Jewell
Gwen Mattson
Ramona Larsen
Theresa Wohlfeil
Lou Lang
Doone Isaacson
Bemidji State Plans 29th Summer Music Camp
Bemidji State University previews its 29th Summer Music Camp with choir orchestra and band in week one July 25 to 30 and seven bands in week two August 1 to 6. Activities include a Piano Institute by Steven DeGroote, majorette and baton twirling, a stage band program, and the ninth annual Cheerleader Institute. World renowned directors will guide ensembles with Paul Brandvik directing choirs and Richard Sieber James Berg heading orchestra. Contact Dr. Theodore W. Thorson, Bangsberg Fine Arts Center, Bemidji State University, Bemidji. Phone 218 755 2916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji State University
Steven DeGroote
Curtis Institute
Susan Londgren
International Cheerleading Foundation of
Kansas City
W. Francis McBeth
Frank Bencriscutto
Robert Marsch
Joel Blahnik
John Zdechlik
Paul Brandvik
Richard Sieber
James Berg
Theodore W. Thorson
Bangsberg Fine Arts Center
Bemidji
Vacation visitors and concert tour plans in Bemidji area
Mr and Mrs Robert Waldron of Richmond CA arrive to vacation at Balsam Beach Lake Plantagenet. Lyle and Mrs Caughey return from Livingston MT after grandson Timothy Bells high school graduation. Timothy is chosen bassoonist for the Universal Academy Youth Symphony and will tour Europe ending in London. Thor Peterson Sweden visits with Al Thorsons through June 13 then Chicago Boston and Maine before returning to Sweden on June 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Waldron
Richmond
Calif
Bemidji
Balsam Beach
Lake Plantagenet
Lyle Caughey
Livingston
Mont
Timothy Bell
Bell
Universal Academy of Music
United States
Youth Symphony
Independence Hall
Carnegie Hall
Europe
Rome
Florence
Venice
Innsbruck
Geneva
Paris
London
Thor Peterson
Hede
Sweden
al Thorson
Bernston
Thorson Anderson
Girl Scout Troop Plans Final Car Wash Before Europe Trip
Six senior Girl Scouts of Senior Scout Troop No. 54 organize a car wash at Hardees from 8 30 a m to 5 p m on Saturday June 19 to raise funds before their tour to Germany Austria and Switzerland. The group leaves June 30 for Frankfurt with chaperones Grace Bovee and Barb Powell and will visit Cologne Bonn Koblenz Mainz Munich and Garmisch Partenkirchen as well as Austria and Switzerland returning July 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardees
Frankfurt
Germany
Carol Olsen
Kathy Binkley
Gayle Eudeikis
Cheri Denny
Leyla Tarlan
Gayle
Pederson McKinnon Wed In Bemidji Church Ceremony
Kim Elizabeth Pederson and Brian Naish McKinnon married May 2 at Calvary Lutheran Church Bemidji officiated by Pastor Luther Abrahamson. Family and friends attended a church reception. Both graduates reside in rural Bemidji with ties to local employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kim Elizabeth Pederson
David L. Pederson
Brian Naish McKinnon
Joe McKinnon
Bemidji
Calvary Lutheran Church
Luther Abrahamson
Charles Pederson
Oscar Pederson
David
Norman
Mu Chapter Attends Delta Kappa Gamma State Convention
Four Mu Chapter members plus delegates from Bemidji and Remer attended the Delta Kappa Gamma Society state convention held June 4 to 6 at the College of St. Teresa in Winona Minnesota. Alice Otterson presided at the Presidents and Founders Banquet as dancers from the International Institute of Minnesota entertained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Kappa Gamma Society
College of St. Teresa
Winona
Minnesota
Bemidji
Alice Qtterson
Tau State
Pat Kendall
Loraine Dysard
Remer
Alice Toffle
Alice Otterson
Bemidji Graduate Charles Cooper Earns Biology Degree
Charles Cooper son of Jane and Albert Cooper of Bemidji earned a biology degree from Gustavus Adolphus College. He graduated with the largest class in the 114 year history of the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cooper
Jane and
Albert Cooper
Bemidji
Gustavus Adolphus College
Cooper
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Bethel Lutheran Church
and Mrs
Brian McKinnon
Jewell
BSU
Northern National
Jim Sutton
Northern National Danh
Girl Scout
Panasonic
Oscar
Lawrence Johnson
Kay Pederson
Maria Maglio
Joanne Skjarer
Randy Forseth
Randy Kunkel
Mt. Lake
Bill
Mu Chapter
The
International Institute of
Fertile, MN Fairgrounds
Comfort Pilus
Haggar
Klopman
Beltram
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