25 YEARS AGO

Top money-raisers for the American Heart Association were rope-jumpers Katie Pavek, Lori Schmidt, Jessica Jackson, Ralph Sobkowicz, Tracy Lepper, Sarah Anderson and Niki Simon.

Come in today to help celebrate Opal’s birthday with cake and coffee at the Specialty Dress Shop.

 

40 YEARS AGO

Winner of the drawing for a Winchester “100” rifle, .308 caliber, sponsored by the Minne-Ahmik Society, is Bernie Knapp.

Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Arason are new members of the Star of the North Chapter, Order of Eastern Star.

Ray’s Limo Service is now owned and operated by International Travel Service.

 

50 YEARS AGO

Falls High School seniors Dave Couture, John Gust, Gerald Emery, Norm Gerlach, Dick Haugland, Charles Ketola, Jerry Jensen, Tom Watson and Leonard Olson will play their last football game at Sports Stadium as the Broncos play the Virginia Blue Devils.

A boy was born today at Falls Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Lofgren, 9 pounds, 2 ounces.

A boy was born today at Falls Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Warren, 7 pounds, 6 1/2 ounces.

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ostman, Memorial Drive, will be honored at an open house at their home on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. celebrating their silver wedding anniversary.

 

60 YEARS AGO

Fred U. Day, 86, pioneer resident of Koochiching County and deputy sheriff for many years, died Friday evening at his residence, 524 Fifth St. He managed the International Falls Hotel located on the present site of Iltis Drug store, for his old friend, R.H. Bennett, and later managed the Koochiching Hotel.

Cecil L. Hess, 29, a graduate of the Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wis., recently joined Minnesota and Ontario paper company’s expanding research staff.

Miss Betty Averill, South International Falls, was honored guest at a birthday party at the home of Miss Frances Foyt, 908 10th St.

Miss Bonnie Noss, 815 Fifth St., and Miss Marguerite Roy, Forest Inn Apartments, left for Minneapolis where they will attend the Minnesota-Illinois football game.

 

70 YEARS AGO

Mrs. Eli Jerome (Frances Brown) left for Little Rock, Ark., where she will make her home. Her husband is stationed at Camp Robinson at present.

Don Holbrook is moving his house from Holler to Sixth Street.

Miss Jeanne Browman left this morning for Fargo, N.D., to continue her work at the North Dakota Agricultural College. Students have had a two weeks’ vacation at the college in order that they might help with the harvests in North Dakota.

E.J. Oksendahl of the United States Weather Bureau arrived here to begin his duties as assistant observer at the new “first order” meteorological station here.

 

Compiled by International Falls Public Library