This was Brainerd
OCTOBER 26
20 years ago (1986)
Harold Rademacher's 20 by 63 foot "Clam Shell Queen" paddle boat churns its way among the islands of the Whitefish Chain. Rademacher built the hydraulic craft at his Lakeside home.
30 years ago (1976)
Halloween means pumpkins. And most of the pumpkins that Brainerd area residents will carve up for Halloween probably came from Tony Mogenson's pumpkin patch.
40 years ago (1966)
The Golden Glove boxing season will open Nov. 1. Added to the coaching staff this year will be John Sundby, standout boxer in this region for the past nine years.
60 years ago (1946)
It's not the size of a community, but the completeness of its unity and its association with inter-community interests that make for a successful city, Elmer Berdahl, Minneapolis, told members of the Lions Club Wednesday.
80 years ago (1926)
High School Brainonian -
Teacher and Me
I love my teacher
My teacher loves me?
We're sometimes studying
Teacher and me.
My teacher's thirty
And I'm half that sum.
Oh me and my teacher
Ain't we got fun?
100 years ago (1906)
Railroad news:
The switchmen ask for 42 cents an hour for foreman and 38 cents an hour for helpers, and an eight-hour day.