This was Brainerd
MARCH 20
20 years ago (1985)
You don't need the National Weather Service to tell you it's spring. Better evidence comes from Gregory Park. There, people were shoveling snow off the tennis courts so they could play tennis.
30 years ago (1974)
Two weeks from tonight's celebrity items will be up for bid in Brainerd. The event is being called, "Celebrity Auction."
40 years ago (1965)
The Brainerd YMCA last night elected nine directors. At the board of directors meeting following the annual session, Dr. J.E. Echternacht was again named president.
60 years ago (1945)
Miss Yvonne Norquist is expected to arrive in Brainerd for a short visit at the home of her mother. Miss Norquist is a cadet nurse at the University of Minnesota.
80 years ago (1925)
Advertisement: 30 x 3 1/2 junior cord tire, written guarantee, 10,000 miles $7.90.
100 years ago (1905)
The Legislature has killed the anti-cigarette bill and placed a bounty on rattle snakes, and they did it all in one day. Between two evils they chose the last.