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  Information for 100, 75, 50 and 25  year news briefs was researched and gathered by Renee Geving and Cec McKeig from Cass County newspaper archives at the Cass County Historical Society.    

100 Years Ago

November 4, 1926

   A party was given for Dr. McCleary of Thunder Lake Lodge in Trelipe township. The evening was spent dancing and a lunch was served at midnight.

   Alex Gilmer was injured in the woods Monday when a large limb from a tree struck him in the forehead. He was working on Lake Laura in Trelipe township.

   Travel to the big lake (Leech) came to an end last Sunday. During the night the Narrows froze over. 

 75 Years Ago

November 6, 1951

   Marvin Riggles, a veteran lumberman from Cass Lake, was cut in half by a saw at Yochum’s mill on Wednesday just 14 years after his father was killed in a mill accident in the same neighborhood.

   What was the earliest ice-cutting date in local history, a crew of Walker men sawed and chopped a part of Leech Lake’s “frozen assets” in Walker Bay. 

   A county subscriber named Hutch, was enjoying a dance very much, till an awkward green horn, put her heel on his corn’ and he now dances round on a crutch. 

50 Years Ago

October 27, 1976

  Mrs. Mayme Wake of Federal Dam spent the weekend visiting at the home of Richard and Kathy (Ford) Wake who live in Aurora.

   Cecelia McKeig and children went to Bemidji Thursday to visit with her mother and sister.

   Mr. and Mrs. Ora Siltman will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary at the Ponto Lake township hall. Most of their married life has been spent in the township.

25 Years Ago

November 4, 2001 

      The Boy River American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor free Bingo games for seniors on the second Wednesday of each month at Jerry’s Café. This month it is November 14th.

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