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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1972
Page
3
Monday afternoon at 2 o clock the Bemidji Woman's Study Club meets at the Public Library. John Schuiling discusses a recent trip to Russia with slides, with Mrs Dean Reichert and Mrs George Mueller hosting.
Carr Lake school reunion invites are ready for former students teachers janitors and bus drivers. The 55 year old Carr Lake school will close in the current building after this year with students moving to Horace May elementary next fall.
A roundup of locals entering and leaving Bemidji area hospitals on Thursday lists Joseph Qualley Lake Itasca LaVerne Kroeger and Mrs Mary Sperl Blackduck among those admitted. Discharges include Mrs Dennis Black Mrs Donald DeLorme William Fulton Mrs James Doyle Alan Jacobson George Nistler Shooks William Stern and Lloyd Tack.
Cass Lake high school sent a team to a statewide speech invitational at Walker on Feb 19. Charlene Larson, a ninth grader, won top honors in humorous interpretation The Show Must Go On and On with three A’s and three top rankings. Others with high marks included Teresa Ball Joe Osborn Mickey Weisert and more.
The United Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service met in the church lounge with Rosemary Smith of Planned Parenthood as guest speaker explaining its purpose and origins. A Women’s Retreat is planned for March 17–18 at Northern Pines with reservations due March 10. An Emma Norton bake sale for the Emma Norton residence in St Paul is set for March 18 at 9:30 a.m. Proceeds support girls ages 17-25. Mrs. Lyle Selberg and Mrs. Charles Lattgast were elected to church leadership posts. The next WSCS meeting is March 29 at 8 p.m with Easter program moved up one week.
Staff and students from the Mokahum Indian Bible School Cass Lake will present music and testimony at the Free Methodist Church at 6th and Wood Avenue East on Highway 2 Sunday March 5 at 7 p.m. Hulda Baltzer Leonard Fineday James Moses and Karen Moses participate. Rev E R Hind invites members and friends. Tuesday Sweet Adelines rehearse March 7 at First Presbyterian church 7 45 p.m. instead of Monday for this week only.
Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies comes to the Met Center in Minneapolis for 16 performances from March 22 to April 2. Peggy Fleming guest stars with favorites including Richard Dwyer Kevin Bubo and Snoopy. Tickets cost 5 50 4 50 3 50 with under 16 discounts. special matinee on March 31. Auditions for new skaters are held at 1600 Dain Tower and correspondence goes to Met Center address.
Funeral services were held for Francis A. McPhee of Shevlin who died March 1 at Fosston hospital with mass at Our Lady of Victory Church and burial in the cemetery. He was a rural mail carrier from 1926 to 1968 and survived by wife Beatrice and four sons and a daughter. Burial followed at Cease Funeral Home visitation in Bagley. Mrs. Joseph Sumner of Redlake died February 27 with services at Immaculate Conception Church Redlake and burial in the Catholic cemetery. Survivors include husband two children and siblings. out of town relatives listed.
Bemidji newlyweds Mr and Mrs William Thompson celebrate marriage at Hope Lutheran church Northome officiated by Rev Ernest Caltvedt. Bride Nancy Loff daughter of Melvin and Mrs Rosella Loff Mizpah wore white gown and carried yellow white mums. Best man Timmy Porter Northome. ushers Larry and Dave Mills. Reception held in church parlors. both attend Bemidji State College.
The film World Peace Through World Citizenship tied to the Study of Non Violence Series was postponed from March 2 to April. Campus Ministry will sponsor a Spring Quarter program on Non Violence and reschedule the film for the season. No events planned for March 2. Pioneer issue dated Friday March 3, 1972.
Walter Edwards presented slides on exhibiting dahlias with guidance on ideal sizes for shows at the Northland Arts Thursday session. The group debated 4-H flower plots at the Fairgrounds with beds 6 by 10 feet and four prizes planned. President Theresa Knapp led, donations to Day Care Center discussed, Ruth Brune Mangelsdorf named lakeshore project chair, and guest Pearl Minchow showcased the ceramic room after dessert.
Mr and Mrs Michael Claypool of Bemidji welcomed a son born March 2 at Bemidji hospital. Mr and Mrs Lew Ruark nee Barbara Oftedahl of Brooklyn Park announce a daughter born March 3 named Jewelynn. Maternal grandmother is Mrs Gladyce Oftedahl of Bemidji.
A 1972 advertisement promotes direct vitamin sales by the American Institute, offering 25 percent or more off retail with a money back guarantee. It claims 100 percent pure organic products and urges readers to request a price list by mail to Santa Barbara, California.
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