Bemidji Couple Marrys at Kankakee Nazarene Church
Marlys Kay Drown of Bemidji and William J. Head of Batavia Ohio united in marriage at Westbrook Church of the Nazarene Kankakee Illinois with Rev James Everett officiating. The bride wore an empire nylon gown with daisy lace details and carried white flowers. Ruth Combest served as maid of honor and Bill Jones was best man. The couple resides in Kankakee after both graduates of Olivet College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlys Kay Drown
Fred Drown
Bemidji
William J. Head
Mignon Head
Batavia
Ohio
Westbrook Church of
Ruth Combest
Rantoul, Ill
Peggy Hall
Buchanan, Mich
Diane Hubbell
Bill Jones
Dayton
Tim Mercer
Timothy Flannery
Local births in Bemidji area recorded this weekend
Mr and Mrs Wayne Ford of Bemidji welcomed a daughter at the Bemidji hospital Friday June 18. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Riggles of Cass Lake reported a son at Bemidji hospital June 19. Mr and Mrs Matthew D Wilson of Bemidji welcomed a daughter at Bemidji hospital Sunday June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Ford
Bemidji
Bemidji Hospital
Kenneth Riggles
Cass Lake
Matthew D. Wilson
Carol Jean Klug
Frederick H. Klug
Route 1
Blackduck
U.S. Navy
Naval Recruiting Station
Minneapolis
Bainbridge
Blackduck High School
Miss Klug
Third St
First Lutheran Vacation Church School Closes
The First Lutheran Vacation Church School ended Friday June 11 after a one week session. The program titled Our Love For All Families aimed to teach children the importance of love in any family. Teaching staff were led by Pastor Orris Haraldson and Mrs L E Lindquist with numerous classroom aides across kindergarten primary and junior departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orris Haraldson
L. E. Lindquist
Hilmer Pederson
Glenda Heggie
Karen Tarte
Mary Gandrud
Adriane Tenney
Sidney Tenney
Judy Erickson
Diane Haily
Carol Myre
Julie Paulson
Dorothy Jorgenson
Virginia Thake
Lynne Coyer
Miriam Miller
Eve Streeter
Luther Hanson
Maxine Tenney
Annette Thayer
Deborah Haily
Margy Suther
Karen Jorgenson
Joan Coyer
Mike Gustafson
Gayle Coyer
Toni Anderson
Ann Jorgenson
DAR chapter hears report on Kate Duncan DAR School visit
Bemidji Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution heard Mrs. Robert Swenson discuss her trip to the Kate Duncan DAR School in Grant Alabama. The school opened in 1924 with 100 students and 1 building and now covers 240 acres with 33 buildings and 53 staff, serving 825 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Swenson
Bemidji
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Kate Duncan
Joan Boaz
France
Europe
Washington
D.C
Arthur Kath
Good Citizen Award Committee
Susan Schultz
Albany
Ore
Obituary notices and public notices from Bemidji area
Funeral services were held for James R. Conner Sr. 46 who died June 18 at Bemidji hospital with Rev. Clair Siple officiating and burial at Greenwood. Survivors include his wife four sons and a brother. Also noted are Mary Froelich 84 of Blackduck and Al Bercroft 79 of San Diego among other notices and a bake sale benefit for Sandra Shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist Church
James R. Conner
Bemidji Hospital
Clair Siple
Greenwood Cemetery
Olson- Schwartz Funeral Home
Conner
Bemidji Motor Co
Bemidji Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
James, Jr
Bemidji
John
U.S. Naval Air Station
Milton
Fla
William
Kelton
H.R. Conner
Wilmington
Del
Mary Froelich
Blackduck
Northern Pines
Austria
America
Albert Kubicek
Albany
Minn
Christopher Froelich
Froelich
AL Bercroft
San Diego
Bercroft
Eva
Swift Ave
Orville Gritman
Route 5
Atkinson
Ill
Vandermere Funeral Home
Hospital admissions and discharges in Bemidji area notes
A Friday hospital round lists admitted: Clifford Hutchinson Mankato Casandra Steele Mrs Norman Hirt Mrs Richard Ramon Sr George Goodwin Bemidji Ben Sloken Cass Lake Kenneth Winger Pinewood Jack Martens St Paul Mrs E N Ebert Bemidji transferred to Nursing Unit. Discharges include Mark Bliss Mrs Norman Hirt Mrs Ronald LeClaire and baby girl Mrs Dennis Moravec and baby boy and others. Public notices include Zero Population Growth picnic at Diamond Point and visits by Naylor family and other local movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Hutchinson
Mankato
Casandra Steele
Norman Hirt
Richard Ramon, Sr
George Goodwin
Bemidji
Ben Sloken
Cass Lake
Kenneth Winger
Pinewood
Jack Martens
St. Paul
E.N. Ebert
Mark Bliss
Ronald LeClaire
Dennis Moravec
Helen Olson
James Thorne
Gary Hower
Ernest Wilson
Blackduck
Kenneth Magawa
Northorne
Nels Olson
Citrus Heights
Calif
Craig Pemberton
Annette Rode
Walker
Debra Staehnke
Bagley
John Adams
James Bianco
Gerald Ellis
Diane Gamache
Leonard Granger
Nebish
Tara Helblad
Saum
Max Osborne
Guthrie
Richard Rockwood
Frank Russell
Solway
Gilbert Sabin
Harold Winter
Steven Stillwell
Pierz
Paul Wedenborner
Violet Peck
Strong-Sanders vow at Minnesota Ave wedding
Mrs Vera Strong and Claude Sanders exchanged wedding vows at the bride's home 1219 Minnesota Ave Sunday afternoon June 13. Rev. Donald Fisher officiated with attendants Mrs Gladyce Bartel and Phillip Sanders. A reception followed and the couple will reside at 1219 Minnesota Ave after a trip to the North shore of Lake Superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Strong
Claude Sanders
Minnesota Ave
Donald Fisher
Gladyce Bartel
Texas
Phillip Sanders
Fargo
Wallace Evans
Lake Superior
Open House Honors BSC Foreign Student
Mr and Mrs Vernon Parker and family hosted a reception at the Newman Center on Sunday June 6 after Bemidji State College commencement. Honored guest Ben Tsang from Hong Kong graduated cum laude with a B S in chemistry and plans to study for a PhD at Iowa as a teaching assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Parker
Blackduck
Newman Center
Bemidji State College
Ben Tsang
BSC
Hongkong
University of Iowa
Vernon Parkers
Lions Club Installation Dinner Set for June 26
Bemidji Lions Club will hold its annual installation dinner at Ruttger's Birchmont Hotel on Saturday. Social hour at 7 p.m. followed by dinner at 8 p.m. The 1971-72 officers will be installed in a business session. Members and wives invited. No noon luncheon at Elks club Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji Lions Club
Ruttger
Birchmont Hotel
Elks Club
Golden Anniversary convention of Benevolent Order to convene in Omaha
The Grand Lodge of the Benevolent Patriotic Order of Does will hold its Golden Anniversary convention in Omaha Nebraska in June 2025 with official delegates from Bemidji Drove 114 joining, and events including a memorial service two banquets a delegates luncheon and a Roaring Twenties night. Supreme President Maurine Poulos of Sarasota will preside over business sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge of Benevolent, Patriotic Order of Does
Omaha
Neb
Agnes Master
Glaydis Lockner
Blanche Batchelder
BPO
Does
Bemidji
Omaha Hilton
Maurine Poulos
Sarasota
Florida
Grand Lodge
James E
Gertrude) Craddock
Order of Elks
Nebraska
Thelma Coon
Rochester
America
United States of America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marlys Kay
Kankakee
Gerry Everett
Dave Crown
Bemidji High School
Olivet College
Rst Lutheran
DAR
Bemidji League of Women Voters
American Association of University Women
Bemidji Women’s Garden Club
Rudy Mikulich
Vogue North
Mikulich
L.W. Maltais
Mr. Mikulich
Ivan Rogers
FE. Munholand
Mary Elizabeth Munholand
Sebeka
Motley
Cass County
Ezra
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Brainerd
Munholand
Brainer
J.C. Penney
Group of Friends
Sandra Shepherd
St. Luke’s Hospital
William Nichols, Sr
Lawrence Sutton
Frank Smykal
Ella H. Nelson
Ed Stocek
Westmont, Ill
Dennis Edeen
Loman
William Edmonston
Louis Wittwer
Mary Kaliher
Bess Forte
Lyle Lauber
Harold Haluptzok
William Gardner
Cliff Beandeau
Remidji
Naylor Brothers
A. J. Naylor
Sacramento
Richard Luoma
Tanna
Archie Bowers
al Ricke
Don Trueblood
Willard Abbott
Park Rapids
Batesville
Ark
Carl Larson
Beltrami County
Zero Population Growth
Diamond Point
Carl] Clair
Fred Schwalen
Virginia
John MceCormick
Hugh McCormick
Harry Michalicek
Kevin
Kurt
Mounds View
Paul Peterson
Petersons
Columbus
Gregg Peterson
Mershon Auditorium
Ohio State
Olson-Schwartz
Minnesota Avenue
Strong-Sanders
Jenneys
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