10 YEARS AGO
There will be an open house 90th birthday party for Opal Wagner today, 1 to 4 p.m., at Hampton Court Community Room.
Major Scott Portugue graduated from U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., recently.

25 YEARS AGO
Thomas Neil Laurion received a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
An International Falls man was recently promoted to superintendent of Railroad Operations of the Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway Company. Lonnie Butts, a 1963 graduate of Falls High School, will be responsible for the supervision of all switching operations of the railroad and also will oversee operation of the section crew. He will report to Elmer Braaten, general manager-rail.

40 YEARS AGO
Mrs. W.B. Fulton is moving from the Falls Nursing Home to the new Woodland Park Apartments.
Sgt. Fred Smart, U.S. Air Force, who is stationed at Bunker Hill, AFB, Ind., telephoned his father, James Smart, 521 Eighth St., Sunday to wish him Happy Father’s Day.
Lorene Norgart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lennard Norgart, Papermakers Colony, is the new president of the Northern Lights Theta Rho Girls Club No. 15.
Fireman Walter E. Rockstad, USN, son of Mrs. Genevieve Rockstad of Big Falls, is serving aboard the destroyer USS Blue, homeported in Long Beach, Calif.

50 YEARS AGO
Miss Audrey Riley, appointed to manage the Stevensons store as a successor to Miss Mercedes Ruehle, took over her duties Monday.
Two-year-old Jane Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hill, 1320 Seventh Ave., was bitten on the left leg by a stray dog Sunday afternoon. City Poundmaster Henry Piekarski impounded the dog.
Mrs. Howard Golden, 401 Seventh St., was guest of honor at a surprise pink and blue shower at the home of Mrs. Rae Hall, 411 Seventh St.
A daughter was born today at Falls Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Christianson, Island View Route, 6 pounds, 3 ounces.

60 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. John Caple of Ericsburg are parents of a daughter born today in Falls Memorial Hospital.
Robert A. Gordon, 617 11th Ave., received Father’s Day greetings by long distance telephone today from his son, Jim, who is employed at Anchorage, Alaska. Accompanying Jim to Anchorage were Harold Maxwell, ****** Brown, Vernon Dobson and Earl Palmquist.
Miss Maria Johnson, mathematics instructor at Backus Junior High School, is resting comfortably in St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, following surgery last week.
An ordinance to prohibit the shooting of fireworks in International Falls was in the making today after council members agreed last night that the practice has become a dangerous nuisance.

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