Looking Back at November 23

Innis "Sonny" Nesbitt will be leaving his office as Koochiching County District 4 commissioner in January. Nesbitt has been the district's county representative for 16 years, serving four consecutive terms.

40 YEARS AGO

Tim and Terry Cullen as well as Bruce Sandbeck are now among the leading scorers in the United States Hockey League.

Sue Alstrom, former Falls athlete and now a member of the women's field hockey team at Bemidj State College, has been one of two Bemidji State College team members to advance to the national tournament to be held in Boston.

Airman Charles L. Cason, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harrold D. Cason, Island View Route, has been assigned to Chanute Air Force Base, Ill., after completing Air Force basic training.

50 YEARS AGO

New officers of the Falls Recreation Hockey Association are: Tom Riley, president; Stan Hegg, vice president; Bill Howard, secretary-treasurer; and Stan Zurick, Dick Breneman, Tom Glowack and Chet Wagner, directors.

Falls High School students Pat McKibbage and Larry Roche spent five days on Entwine Lake across the border and were flown back by Rainy Lake Airways Wednesday with two moose, two deer, and limits of lake trout and walleyes.

Eugene Granger, science instructor at Backus Junior High School, was at a special school for radiological research at Eveleth over the weekend.

Dan Pelland and Matt Donahue spent Armistice weekend at their homes. Matt attends St. Cloud State College, while Dan attends St. Cloud Vocational School.

60 YEARS AGO

Backus Junior High School Ninth Grade Straight "A" Honor Roll - Kathleen Arney, Jeannine Hoglund, David Holt, Pernell Mirka, Joan Nelson, Gerald Phaklides.

Guests for Thanksgiving dinner at the home of Mrs. Madge Rauch, 800 Third St., will be Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Hilke and children, Robert, Helen and Ronald, Island View Route, and Dr. and Mrs. J.J. Call, Ely.

Eat your Thanksgiving dinner at Leo's Lunch - across from Mando parking lot on Second Street. Turkey dinners with all the trimmings served from noon on.

Mrs. Prozinski has purchased the Evans Reeves home and the Reeves family moved to Grand Rapids where Mr. Reeves is employed.

70 YEARS AGO

Mr. and Mrs. John Sop of Ranier announce the birth of a daughter this morning at Northern Minnesota Hospital.

A son was born today at Laurion Maternity Home to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Peggar, 1322 First Ave. E.

Mary Shewchuk, Mando time department, was a victim this week of the flu bug.

Paul H. Montgomery, a former employee of The Daily Journal, has achieved the distinction of being chosen Honor Man of his company at Camp Bennion, Farragut, Idaho.

Compiled by International Falls Public Library