15 YEARS AGO
Jennifer Hunt, who served as executive director of the Voyageurs National Park Association for 18 years, resigned her position in October and moved in December to Kabetogama to help her partner Gordon Gelo operate Sandy Point Lodge, on Lake Kabegotama’s Tom Codd Bay.
25 YEARS AGO
Kari Wicklund and Amy Barstad of Littlefork-Big Falls High School will compete at the state Business Professionals of America High School Competition March 16 in Minneapolis. They qualified at the district level Feb. 3. Wicklund earned second in payroll accounting. Barstad earned fifth places in business knowledge and business math.
40 YEARS AGO
In Ray News: Officers were elected at the Feb. 8 meeting of the Ray Ladies Aid in the home of Irma Himes. Seventeen members were present. Mrs. Albert DeBoer was re-elected president, Ethel Himes vice president, Betty Boyum secretary, and Barbara Marble treasurer.
50 YEARS AGO
The name’s the same, but Lee’s Hat Shop, 300 Third St., has a new owner. She is Mrs. Rose Tillman, who took over on Valentine’s Day. Eda Lee has had 49 years in business at two Third Street locations – the current address and at 321 Third, which is now Specialty Dress Shop. The hat shop first opened in December, 1919. After establishing the shop, Miss Lee left to study millinery in Minneapolis, and from there went to Milwaukee, Wis., “really the millinery capital then,” Miss Lee says.
60 YEARS AGO
The Falls’ well-known fisherman, fish-cleaner, hunter, outdoorsman, and nationally-known author, has ‘dunnit again. The 1959 annual fishing issue of Sports Review magazine has an eight-page illustrated article entitled “From Hook to Skillet” from the pen and camera of Wayne Judy, who has cracked so many national publications that it is almost becoming commonplace. Wayne’s article is about the care and preparation of fish, based on his 21 years of experience as owner of the Sportsmen’s Service.
70 YEARS AGO
Modern trends in railroading are represented by this compact 80-ton diesel switcher that went to work in the MD&W yards last Saturday. Steam locomotive engineers – after brief training – found the unit easy to operate and strong on the drawbar. Another such General Electric “yard goat” is expected to be delivered in May.
Compiled by Marge Veeder
and Catherine Crawford
