Cover Photo: Former Pulpwood Storage Yard

Cover Photo: Smokey Bear at Christmas

Cover Photo: Chicago Cafe

Cover Photo: Circa 1930's in Ranier

Cover Photo: Minne-Snow-da Round-a-bout

Cover Photo: Bronco Hockey Team, 1949-1950

Cover Photo: View of international Falls, Minnesota

Cover Photo: 1940 logging operation - View of Fort Frances Falls, ontario

Cover Photo: Barber Buddies

Cover Photo: International Falls papermakers

Cover Photo: Ranier European Hotel in Ranier, Minnesota

Cover Photo: Riggers in the Early 1970s

FINAL FAREWELL

Corinne E. 'Corky' Brindos, (Class of 1941), passed away April 6, 2019. She was born Aug. 8, 1923.
* Enid E. Ellsworth-Carr, (Class of 1943), passed away April 2, 2019. She was born Oct. 15, 1926.
* Audrey Luverne (Sterna) Niemi, (Class of 1943), passed away Jan. 21, 2019. She was born Feb. 12, 1925.
* Rose Ann Morin, (Class of 1945), passed away April 8, 2019. She was born Nov. 21, 1927.
* Arvilla 'Billie' (Schickling) Degelman, (Class of 1946), passed away March 15, 2019. She was born May 2, 1928.
* Marvin Robert Pearson, (Class of 1947), passed away Feb. 15, 2019. He was born Feb. 26, 1929.
* John Clement Ruelle, (Class of 1947), passed away Jan. 8, 2019. He was born June 5, 1927.
* James J. Gordon, (Class of 1949), passed away March 3, 2019. He was born April 26, 1931.
* Mary Jane Mathews, (Class of 1949), passed away March 4, 2019. She was born Aug. 31, 1931.
* Margaret Holt Simonson, (Class of 1950) passed away.
* Karoline 'Kay' Dahlen, (Class of 1952), passed away March 30, 2019. She was born Nov. 3, 1933.
* Duane Myron Bush, (Class of 1953), passed away Feb. 26, 2019.
* Ethel 'Mae' Mann, (Class of 1954), passed away Jan. 24, 2019. She was born March 21, 1936.
* JoAnn Sather, (Class of 1954), passed away Feb. 8, 2019. She was born Nov. 17, 1936.
* Glenn Ivan Desens, (Class of 1955), passed away Feb. 6, 2019.
* Ronald Dale Jean, (Class of 1956), passed away Feb. 15, 2019. He was born May 7, 1937.
* Harriet Mether Rosenberg, (Class of 1956), passed away Jan. 12, 2019. She was born Dec. 16, 1937.
* Dennis W. Olson, (Class of 1958), passed away Jan. 10, 2019. He was born Feb. 11, 1940.
* June Marie Kirvan, (Class of 1960), passed away Feb. 5, 2019.
* James George Bruggeman, (Class of 1962), passed away Jan. 5, 2019. He was born Feb. 3, 1944.
* Sandra K. Dunham, (Class of 1962), passed away Feb. 22, 2019.
* Mary Ann Johnson, (Class of 1962), passed away Feb. 15, 2019. She was born July 16, 1944.
* Bernard Gordon 'Spike' Woods, (Class of 1962), passed away Jan. 9, 2019. He was born Aug. 16, 1944.
* Linda Lou (Long) Tilander, (Class of 1963), passed away March 9, 2019. She was born Aug. 14, 1943.
* Hannah Yvonne Reeve, (Class of 1965), passed away March 9, 2019. She was born March 13, 1947.
* Harvey Ross Brindos, (Class of 1966), passed away Jan. 23, 2019. He was born Sept. 20, 1948.
* Mary 'Peggy' M. Fults, (Class of 1967), passed away Dec. 30, 2018. She was born Aug. 10, 1949.
* Michael 'Tony' Kleis Jr., (Class of 1967), passed away Feb. 1, 2019. He was born Feb. 4, 1949.
* Ralph Brown, (Class of 1968), passed away Jan. 13, 2019.
* Glenn Henry Gartzke Sr., (Class of 1969), passed away Jan. 22, 2019.
* Monica Elizabeth Larson, (Class of 1971), passed away Feb. 2, 109. She was born Oct. 10, 1951.
* Sandra Faye Westom Nault, (Class of 1971), passed away March 12, 2019. She was born May 17, 1953.
* Lyn Marie Bruce, (Class of 1972), passed away Jan. 9, 2019. She was born July 13, 1954.
* Debra Kay Kleppe, (Class of 1972), passed away Jan. 6, 2019. She was born Nov. 11, 1953.
* Jane Violet Rosenthal, (Class of 73), passed away Jan. 15, 2019. She was born Aug. 15, 1955.
* Susan Marie Taylor, (Class of 1973), passed away Jan. 7, 2019. She was born Sept. 12, 1954.
* Roland 'Jr' Ruelle, (Class of 1974), passed away Jan. 3, 2019.
* Joseph Geno Lucca, (Class of 1976), passed away March 28, 2019. He was born Aug. 3, 1958.
* Scott Marvin Alleman, (Class of 1978), passed away March 3, 2019. He was born Dec. 20, 1960.
* Jeffrey Gene Doucette, (Class of 1996) passed away.
* Ritha Boyle, (Class of 2004), passed away April 14. 2019. She was born Nov. 1, 1984.
* Margaret J. Simon passed away Dec. 31, 2018. She was born Oct. 13, 1935.
* Delores Mae Weaver passed away Jan. 31, 2019. She was born June 30, 1922.
* Sharon Olivia Olson passed away April 8, 2019. She was born July 24, 1950.

Cover Photo: Sawmill near Ranier, MN

FINAL FAREWELL

Betty Mae Hartje, (Class of 1942), passed away Aug. 4, 2018. She was born May 9, 1925.
* Etta Jean Goulet, (Class of 1943), passed away Nov. 7, 2018. She was born March 1, 1924.
* Helen Fichuk, (Class of 1945), passed away Oct. 14, 2018. She was born June 30, 1927.
* Joyce Celestia Johnson Finke, (Class of 1946), passed away Sept. 17, 2018. She was born Dec. 11, 1926.
* Edgar J. Yerry, (Class of 1947), passed away Sept. 8, 2018.
* Maybelle Idella Stone, (Class of 1949), passed away Nov 5, 2018. She was born Oct. 4, 1931.
* Eleanor Grecco, (Class of 1950), passed away Sept. 28, 2018.
* Tobert Paquin, (Class of 1950), passed away Sept. 4, 2018.
* Walt Skoglund, (Class of 1950), passed away Sept. 30, 2018. He was born Feb. 6, 1932.
* Joann Marie Beauregard, (Class of 1952), passed away Sept. 6, 2018. She was born April 16, 1933.
* Maxine louise Evenson Long, (Class of 1952), passed away Nov. 25, 2018. She was born Feb. 18, 1934.
* Michael John Sheehy, (Class of 1953), passed away Nov. 18, 2018. He was born Jan. 9, 1935.
* Valentine Katherine Shepard, (Class of 1954), passed away Sept. 13, 2018. She was born Jan. 27, 1936.
* Shirley Ann Arnold, (Class of 1955), passed away Dec. 11, 2018. She was born May 20, 1937.
* Judy Ann Krantz, (Class of 1959), passed away Oct. 27, 2018. She was born Oct. 10, 1940.
* Carol Ann Custer, (Class of 1960), passed away Sept. 14, 2018. She was born Jan. 8, 1943.
* Thomas Miles Rearson, (Class of 1960), passed away Feb. 19, 2018. He was born Nov. 2, 1941.
* Jeffery A. Buchholz, (Class of 1964), passed away Nov. 15, 2018. He was born May 27, 1946.
* Chuck Lepper, (Class of 1964), passed away Sept. 18, 2018. He was born Sept. 18, 1946.
* Donald Carlos Rutledge, (Class of 1966), passed away Aug. 29, 2018. He was born Dec. 8, 1947.
* Mary Bruggeman, (Class of 1968), passed away Oct. 6, 2018. She was born Feb. 12, 1953.
* Thomas Leo Morin, (Class of 1971), passed away Dec. 8, 2018. He was born March 1, 1953.
* Terri Espe Lyon, (Class of 1972), passed away Nov. 10, 2018. She was born April 20, 1954.
* Penny Jeanette Wolf, (Class of 1974), passed away Sept. 9, 2018. She was born Feb. 5, 1956.
* Robert E. Olson, (Class of 1975), passed away. He was born May 17, 1957.
* Robert Owen Hansen, (Class of 1976), passed away Nov. 8, 2018. He was born Aug. 24, 1957.
* Donald Leroy Johnson, (Class of 1976), passed away Nov. 29, 2018. He was born June 26, 1958.
* Jeffrey Burns, (Class of 1982), passed away July 30, 2018
* Robert Joseph Grecco, (Class of 1984), passed away Nov. 16, 2018.
* Timothy Loring Burns, (Class of 1989), passed away Nov. 19, 2018. He was born March 15, 1971.
* Acacia 'Kacie' Ann Dault, (Class of 2006), passed away Oct. 1, 2018. She was born Sept. 14, 1987.
* Andrew Michael Katrin, (Class of 2006), passed away Oct. 19, 2018. He was born Feb. 26, 1988.
* Pat Stadum, passed away Sept. 11, 2018.
* Lane Raye Bolter, passed away Sept. 27, 2018. He was born Dec. 24, 1956.
* Barbara McDowell, (FES teacher) passed away.
* Lloyd George Nordby, (FHS teacher) passed away.
*

Cover Photo: Main Street, International Falls

FINAL FAREWELL

Edna Hazel Arnold, (Class of '36), passed away May 24, 2018. She was born May 6, 1924.
* Marian Alfreda Bush, (Class of '49), passed away July 2, 2018. She was born Jan. 16, 1931.
* Annabel 'Ann' Moses, (Class of '52), passed away May 2, 2018. She was born April 1, 1949.
* Carol Ann Miller, (Class of '53), passed away May 5, 2018. She was born Aug. 9, 1934.
* Henry 'Hank' Sabastian Urban, (Class of '54), passed away June 19, 2018. He was born May 30, 1935.
* James Demuth, (Class of '55), passed away July 26, 2018. He was born in 1936.
* Joseph 'Joe' Harry Krall Jr., (Class of '58), passed away May 30, 2018.
* Eugene A. Holt, (Class of '61), passed away July 1, 2018. He was born May 15, 1942.
* Gary Bruce Davison, (Class of '61), passed away Aug. 9, 2018. He was born March 15, 1943.
* Barbara Larson Nankivell, (Class of '61), passed away Aug. 3, 2018.
* Terry W. Wright, (Class of '61), passed away March 26, 2018. He was born March 25, 1943.
* Pierre 'Peter' Phillip Dumais, (Class of '67), passed away July 8, 2018. He was born Feb. 2, 1949.
* Jerold R. Kilde, (Class of '68) passed away May 6, 2018. He was born April 1, 1949.
* David Wayne Godin, (Class of '70), passed away June 17, 2018. He was born Sept. 20, 1952.
* Douglas Rene LaFrance, (Class of '71), passed away Aug. 4, 2018. He was born July 4, 1962.
* Richard Clark Thompson, (Class of '71), passed away Aug. 25, 2018. He was born Dec. 17, 1952.
* Julie Jean Lavold, (Class of '72), passed away July 7, 2018. She was born Jan. 20, 1954.
* Carol Diane McGuire, (Class of '73), passed away June 15, 2018. She was born Oct. 12, 1954.
* Ruby Charlotte Hedlund Skogstad, (Class of '73), passed away Oct. 7, 1954.
* Alan Dean Mayfield, (Class of '74), passed away Aug. 24, 2018. He was born Feb. 4, 1956.
* Daniel Gordon Wegner, (Class of '77), passed away May 22, 2018. He was born July 31, 1959.
* Dwight Norman Forsythe, (Class of '80), passed away May 3, 2018. She was born June 13, 1962.
* Jeffery Burns, (Class of '82), passed away July 30, 2018.
* Jeff S. Bakke, (Class of '83), passed away May 10, 2018. He was born Aug. 6, 1965.
* Ernest Francis Silvers, (Class of '02), passed away July 9, 2018. He was born Feb. 13, 1983.
* Wesley George Anderson passed away Dec. 21, 2017. He was born Oct. 4, 1927.
* Leroy William 'Roy' Averill passed away June 11, 2018. He was born April 14, 1930.
* Janet 'Jahn' Marie Ficke-Carlson passed away Aug. 22, 2018.
* Donald William Cole passed away July 28, 2018. He was born Aug. 4, 1925.
* Lorraine 'Lolly' Ann Hopke, Holler School teacher, passed away June 14, 2018.
* Murriel R. Johnson passed away June 10, 2018. She was born March 24, 1936.
*

Cover Photo: 1908 steamboat from International Falls to Kenora

FINAL FAREWELL

Rosalie Hartnell Pierce, (Class of '41), passed away May 13, 2017. She was born in 1922.
* Ellen Hartnell Zigler, (Class of '42), passed away Nov. 9, 2017. She was born in 1924.
* Ann Reff, (Class of '43), passed away Jan. 20, 2018. She was born Nov. 17, 1922.
* Edna Mae Doris, (Class of '46), passed away Jan. 28, 2018. She was born March 19, 1929.
* Doris L. Skrien, (Class of '47), passed away March 27, 2018. She was born April 29, 1929.
* Donald 'Jack' Earley, (Class of '50), passed away Jan. 18, 2018. He was born April 4, 1931.
* Janet Louise (Larson Shickell) Schultheis, (Class of '50), passed away Feb. 1, 2018. She was born Feb. 23, 1932.
* Shirley Dolores Thompson Vaux, (Class of '51), passed away Dec. 31, 2017. She was born Aug. 25, 1933.
* Jarle E. Rokke, (Class of '53), passed away Nov. 22, 2017.
* Mary Jean Nordlum Gibson, (Class of '53), passed away Dec. 28, 2017. She was born March 1, 1935.
* Janet Gail Bertene Thompson Amidon, (Class of '54), passed away Jan. 12, 2018. She was born Aug. 30, 1936.
* Doris Winifred Morff, (Class of '54), passed away Feb. 17, 2018. She was born Aug. 22, 1935.
* John Nordlum, (Class of '54), passed away Jan. 31, 2018. He was born May 9, 1936.
* John Allen Roslee, (Class of '55), passed away Jan. 7, 2018. He was born June 6, 1935.
* Rose Marie Stolz, (Class of '55), passed away.
* Lawrence Richard Cronkhite, (Class of '56), passed away March 26, 2018.
* Raymond H. Couture, (Class of '56), passed away Jan. 29, 2018. He was born Dec. 26, 1937.
* Gerald (Jerry) William Westberg, (Class of ’57), passed away Nov 6, 2017. He was born Apr 23, 1939.
* Sheila Lea Tate, (Class of '59), passed away Jan. 3, 2018. She was born Oct. 15, 1951.
* Donald V. Brown, (Class of '61), passed away March 5, 2018. He was born Feb. 1, 1943.
* Kaye R. Kalar Krall, (Class of ’61), passed away April 26, 2018. She was born Nov. 2, 1942.
* Judy Cookson Roos, (Class of '61), passed away Dec. 14, 2017.
* Betty Jean Lepper, (Class of '64), passed away Jan. 15, 2018. She was born April 24, 1946.
* Nancy Verne Blazina, (Class of '66), passed away Jan. 22, 2018. She was born July 19, 1948.
* Gerland 'Jerry' Raymond Kockelman, (Class of '67), passed away March 20, 2018. He was born Nov. 14, 1948.
* Wade Raymond Costley, (Class of '67), passed away April 20, 2018. He was born Jan. 10, 1949.
* Irene Delilah Coran, (Class of '70), passed away Jan. 13, 2018. She was born April 4, 1952.
* Larry Archie Thramer, (Class of '72), passed away Feb. 1, 2018. He was born Sept. 14, 1953.
* Brenda Leggett, (Class of '75), passed away March 6, 2018. She was born Sept. 7, 1957.
* Sandra 'Sandi' Ann Leali, (Class of '75), passed away March 22, 2018. She was born Aug. 21, 1957.
* David E. Lemoine, (Class of '78), passed away Feb. 4, 2018. He was born Sept. 22, 1960.
* Christopher Schwiderski, (Class of '95), passed away Jan. 6, 2018. He was born July 7, 1977.
* Derek Damon White, (Class of 2013), passed away April 23, 2018. He was born Oct. 23, 1994.
* Yvonne Nevanen, (spouse of retired teacher John Nevanen), passed away Feb. 19, 2018. She was born July 6, 1938.
* Eugene william Earley passed away March 28, 2018. He was born June 14, 1927.
* Robert Donald Breneman passed away April 20, 2018. He was born July 25, 1923.
* Sally Ann Lagoo Jones passed away at the age of 86.

Cover Photo: Mando baseball team from the early 1930's

Cover Photo: Memories - Backus Realty, 1964 Hockey Team, 1957 Wrestling Team, Smokey Bear (1958)

Cover Photo: 1955 Girl Scout trip to Washington DC

Cover Photo: Falls RR Depot in early years

Final Farewell
* PAGE 14 FHS Alumni News #76 - OCTOBER 2016

* Katherine Ann "Kay" Herman (Class of 1955) died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. * * Warren R. Bilben, 94, passed from this life peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. * Lowell Edward Blais, 90, of International Falls, MN passed away Monday, May 9, 2016. * Terry Allan Boquist, 60, Class of 1973, passed away Monday, May 23, 2016. * Susan Ostrander Boyle, 69, of International Falls, MN, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2016. * Edward Lee Chezick, 51, Class of 1983, died suddenly of cardiac arrest Monday morning, May 30, 2016. * Ross Wesley Delapp, 74, Class of 1973, of International Falls, MN, died Tuesday, May 3, 2016. * John A. "Jack" Franz, International Falls, MN, died at his home on the Rainy River on Sunday, July 24, 2016. * Glenn Dale Hamilton, 88, Class of 1947, went home to be with his Savior and Lord, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. * David Eugene Heem, 60, Class of 1974, of Laporte, MN, died Tuesday, May 17, 2016. * Norma "Susan" Heiberg, 77, Class of 1957, of International Falls, MN, died Sunday, May 22, 2016.

* William C. Howard Jr., 94, Class of 1939, Bill died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. * Rosemary Elaine Johnson, 73, of Duluth, MN, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2016. * Rilla Diann Korpi, 71, Class of 1963, of International Falls, MN, died Tuesday, June 14, 2016. * Alice Gaines Koschak, 93, of Silver Bay, MN, died peacefully Thursday, June 2, 2016. * Lisa Ann Kuryla, Class of 1983 died on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. * John Gregory Leblanc, 61, Class of 1973, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2016. * Kim Michael Lessard, 64, Class of 1972, of Ranier, MN, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. * Anthony "Tony" Lynch, of International Falls, died Wednesday, June 22, 2016. * John J. "Jack" Lynch, 81, Class of 1953, of International Falls, MN, died Sunday, July 17, 2016. * Marilyn Fay Mathews, 77, Class of 1956, of Littlefork, MN, died Monday, June 13, 2016. * Kenneth C. Matson, 93, of International Falls, MN, died Saturday, June 4, 2016. * Arlene "Mamur" Meade, 89, of Berrien Springs, Mich., passed away Friday, May 6, 2016. * Len Millard, Class of 1965, begrudgingly succumbed to cancer on Saturday, June 18, 2016.

* Steven Julian Monrean, 63, Class of 1971, of Birchdale, MN, died Tuesday, May 3, 2016. * Sandra 'Sandy' Lynn Nash, 57, passed away Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. * Innis 'Sonny' Eugene Nesbitt Jr., 89, of International Falls, MN, passed away Friday, June 3, 2016. * Rose Marie Nesbitt, 86, of International Falls, MN, passed away Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. * Kenneth A. Oliverson, 71, Class of 1963, of Shakopee, MN, died Friday, May 20, 2016. * Gail Ann (Gushulak/Kittelson) Pelland died Saturday, June 18, 2016. * Virginia Mae (Kosht) Randolph, 92, of Littlefork, MN, formerly of Ranier, MN, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2016. * Harry Robert Readman, 80, of International Falls, MN, died Tuesday, July 19, 2016. * Norman Edward (Ned) Seegert, Class of 1994, passed away suddenly Wednesday, June 15, 2016. * David Allen Smith, 72, Class of 1962, of Eagan died Monday, May 30, 2016. * Robert Eugene Sullivan, 80, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 21, 2016. * Cindy Lou Summer, 57, Class of 1977, of Cohasset, MN, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016.

Cover Photo: FHS Class Reunion - Class of 1941

Cornerstones (Falls Education Association)
* Donations to FEF, Purple Pride
* Falls Education Association Grants
* Announced All Class Reunion for 2016
* Good Samaritan Campus approaching completion
* Letters From The Mailbag
* Words of encouragement from our readers
* Bronco Football Game films have been converted to DVD format
* 1919 And 1921 Senior Class Play
* Backus Community Center Calendar Of Events
* Book: Fifty Stars On The Flag, by Harry Batdorf, Jr. (Class of 1973)
* Book: Letters To Bert, by T. H. Waters (Tera Arnold, Class of 1983)
* "Education First" Group Will Tour Greece And Italy by Lisa (Lucca) West, Class of 1985
* "Tuesday Musicale" Summer Music Camp Scholarships
* Looking Back On Spelling Bees
* Riverfest July 20, 2013
* Returning To The Falls by Janet (Budris) Anderson, Class of 1963
* Joel Labovitz Entrepreneurial Success Awards, April 24, 2013
* Minnesotat State Arts Tour Grant by Ward Merrill, Executive Director of Citizens for Backus/AB
* Bronco Athletic Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
*

Photos
* Good Samaritan Home - Aerial photography provided by Rick Bolstad, Class of 1977
* Jean Stormo Mack - Class of 1950 Reunion in AZ & 80th Birthday
* Thompson siblings celebrated their 50th wedding anniversaries together in 1993
* Ben & Gina Thompson Family sat for a photo in 1939
* Four Photos 1919 And 1921 Senior Class Play
* First students to participate in an "Education First" tour enjoyed a whitewater rafting adventure in Costa Rica
* 2013 "Education First" Tour Participants
* 60 years ago, Nancy (Cousineau) Wilkins, Class of 1958, was spelling champ for Koochiching County
* 50 years ago, Pam LaVigne, Class of 1967, represented the Falls at the statewide Spelling Bee
* "Good Ole Summertime!" Colleen (Fulton) Bouldin, Class of 1969 and Tom Fulton, Class of 1968
* Looking Back 70 years: - These kids experienced a shortened school year (because of WWII)
* Bill Howard (1939) and Anna Mae (Wietecha) Sullivan (1949) Valentine's Day Royal Couple at the Good Samaritan
* Bronco Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in April - Ron Beck, Peter Hegg and Steve Ross
* Bronco Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Keith Bolen, Tony Curran, Ron Weum and Tim Sheehy
* My "gang" at Falls High in 1951 and at our 25th reunion in 1976
*

Class Reunions
* Class of 1948, Class of 1953, Class of 1954, Class of 1958, Class of 1962, Class of 1963, Class of 1968, Class of 1973, Class of 1974, Class of 1978, Class of 1983, Class of 1993, Class of 1998, Class of 2003

Final Farewells
* Beatrice Mae (Hartnell) Pullar (91) Class of 1939, Florence (Edman) Rokke (105), Beverly (Gylland) Cadman (87) Class of 1943, Betty Jane (Thompson) Wenberg (88) Class of 1943, Betty Jean (Dolachuk) Livingston (86) Class of 1944,

Cover Picture: Three Falls High School Grads - 60 Years Ago in 1953 submitted by Bill (Huntz) Wagner, Class of 1952

Cornerstones (Falls Education Association)
* Donations to FEF, Purple Pride
* Falls Education Association Grants
* From The Mailbag
* Looking Back at WWII - 1941
* Bronco Cross Country Team Fund Raiser
* Four From International Falls Take "Honor Flight"
* Bronco Athletics Hall of Fame
* 2012 Bronco Athletics Hall Of Fame Inductees
* On The Bookshelf - Frank Youso "New York Sleeping Giant" (Class of 1954)
* Remembering When ...
* Backus Community Center 2012 Year In Review
* New Care Center Honors Generations
* Being Out Of Sorts By Audrey (Mathews) Cotherman, Class Of 1948
* Of Rings, Things, Mysteries And "Wannabe's"
* Max Brindos, Class Of 1942: A Unique And Wonderful Life
* Those Were The Days By June (Zawchenuk) Kowalchuk, Class Of 1942
* That Was Then...This Is Now By Roxy (Hjelden) O'Brien, Class Of 1967

Photos:
* 1964-65 Boys Hockey Team
* Activities at Backus Stage and Auditorium
* Max Brindos (Class of 1942)
* 1948 St. Thomas School 3rd Grade Ball Players

Class Reunions:
* Class of 1958 (July 26 - 27, 2013)
* Class of 1963 (July 5 - 6, 2013)
* Class of 1978 (weekend of July 28th)
* Class of 1968 (July 6, 2013)
* Class of 1954 (Planning Ahead for 2014)

Final Farewells: Leroy Belanger (69) (Class of 1961), Clyde W. Shephard (77) (Class of 1953), Cozette Irene Manders-Albright (75) (Class of 1955), Bill (Willmer) Jerome Otto (75) (Class of 1955), Virgil A. Christensen (94), John Acey “Bear” Holler (58) (Class of 1973),

Cover Picture: City Street Crew Battles Flood Threat 1942

A School Year Well Underway, Reunion Notes, Alumni News Notes, Change...Same
* Lifetime Membership ... Not with FHS Alumni News
* Donations to FEF, Purple Pride
* Temporarily Away?
* Memorial Seats In Backus Community Center
* On The Bookshelf
* International Falls Memories (Ruth (Eidberg)Comstock, Class of 1942)
* Vote Saves Backus Complex
* Looking Back At Homecoming Through The Years (1952, 1962, 1972, 1987, 1997, 2002)
* Good Samaritan Society Looks To The Future
* Bronco Athletics Hall Of Fame
* Sightseeing, Fun, Shopping, Food (In Southern California) [Pamela (Titus) Hanson ('61), Genevieve (Erickson) Handley ('43), Nancy (Titus) Francis ('65), Howard Francis ('68)]
*

Photos: Betty Dolachuk's 18th Birthday - Helen & Bill Tostanoski - Class of 1997 Reunion - Class of 1987 Reunion - Class of 1962 Reunion - Homecoming Picts (1952, 1962, 1972, 1987, 1997, 2002) - Class of 1967 Reunion - Class of 2002 Reunion - Athletics Hall Of Fame Inductees - Class of 1952 Reunion -

Update on Classes of 1943 & 1944
* Class of 1997 - 15-year Reunion
* Class of 1987 - 25-year Reunion
* Class of 1962 - 50-year Reunion
* Class of 1967 - 45-year Reunion
* Class of 2002 - 10-year Reunion
* Class of 1965 - Informal Get-together
* Class of 1952 - 60-year Reunion
*

Final Farewells: Ginny Williamson (Not FHS Grad), Sid Erickson (Class of 1957), James Walkoviak (Class of 1951)

Cover Picture: Third Grade Girl Scout Brownie Troop #152 in 1957

Continuity in a Sea of Change (New leadership)
* Donations Falls Education Association & Purple Pride
* Zion Lutheran Church 100 Anniversary
* Tuesday Musicale Awards
* Fall High Grad "Wannabe" - Mary Jane Haanen
* Birthdays Remembered Champagne Brunch
* Backus Community Center Summer Activities
* Remember When the "Pig" came to town?
* Class of 1968 Scholarship Recipients
* A Running Report - Tony Oveson
* Jasen Wise, Hockey Coach at CUW
* Valedictorian Address - Rachel Adams (2012)

Photos: Old friends in Tempe, AZ - Bill & Betty (Dunham) Koski 50th Anniversary - Guinness Book of Records in Lake Havasu City, AZ - Utah/AZ Travel Adventures by Ben & Gail Barstad - Bronco State Hockey Champs 40 Year Reunion

Class Of 1962 50 Year Reunion
* Class Of 1972 40 Year Reunion
* Class Of 1977 35 Year Reunion
*

Final Farewells: Sharon Suzanne Davis Saari 81 (Class Of 1948): Betty Jean Dahl Brader 65 (Class Of 1964): Kathleen Noretta Thompson Riley 75 (Class Of 1955): Warner (Bud) La Du 84 (Class Of 1945): Dora De Marchi Oettinger 92: John A. Gunderson 75 (Zion Lutheran Pastor): Duane (Beaver) Earnest 63 (Class Of 1967): Daniel Fulton 66 (Class Of 1964): Elizabeth Jean Tollefsrud Jozwiak 86 (Class Of 1943): Carol Ann Miller Kucera 70: Mollie (Belay) Hillstead 92: Robert Ray Scholler 69 (Class Of 1960): Nancy Marie (Woodbridge) Pettet (Class Of 1980): Charles A. Martel: Lucille A. La Pointe 91: Eileen Kathleen Christine Decker Calder 84: Delbert Marvin Kittelson 89 (Class Of 1941): Norma Stone 84: Don H. (Buck) Johnson: Darrell Dean Peterson 60 (Class Of 1959): Todd Chowan (Class Of 1980): Eileen Dewester Mckeen 83 (Class Of 1946)

Cover Picture: Holler School 5th Grade Class in 1959-60

Cornerstones, Janet is 80 years YOUNG, FEF Donations Support Literacy Skills, Falls Education Foundation Grants/Donations, Donations to Purple Pride
* 2012 - A Big Year for Backus/AB
* Backus Community Center Events
* Winners of 2011 Chamber Awards
* Former Viking Saw League's Early Trials -Frank Youso
* Neil Sheehy: An Agent Of Change
* Family Of WWII Vet Shares Priceless Memories -RALPH ENZMANN (Class of 1942)
* Rainy Lake Houseboats Wins The Labovitz Entrepreneur Award
* Scheela Field Improvement Goals
* They Celebrated Way More Than An Anniversary On November 11 -DICK '59 and SANDI '62 (LARSON) HOLMESTAD
* And Now You Know
* This & That .... Here And There
* Comments Made In The Year 1955
* Looking Back
* Alumni Basketball Tourney April 7, 2012
* Hockey Team's Reunion at State Hockey Tourney (March)
* Class of 1973 40th Reunion at Maddens in Brainerd
* Class of 1962 monthly lunch
* Class of 1962 50th Reunion - July 6-7
* Class of 1957 55th Reunion in July
* Class of 1977 35th Reunion on August 11
* Class of 1952 60th Reunion - July 6-7 or July 29-30
* Class of 1972 40th Reunion - July 21
* Class of 1991 20th Reunion - Review and Photos
* Class of 1951 60th Reunion - Review
* Zion Lutheran Centennial - July 27-29, 2012
* Retirement - Bob Anderson (Class of 1960)
*
* Photos: [1976-1977 Basketball Team Photo, Ms. Paulson's 1959 2nd Grade Class at Holler School]

Final Farewells: [Ardath 'Punk' Merrill Wento (Class Of 1945), Leonard Patrick ('Pat') Bright (Class Of 1985), Nina Leolich Wiley (Class Of 1947), Beatrice (Bunny) Mae Frank Spears (Class Of 1956), John Timothy Lucca (Class Of 1971), Gerald C. Sumner (Class Of 1957), Elnor Lillian Wagner Walker (Class Of 1942), Marshall Lee Sether (Class Of 1965), Vivian Elaine (Lofgren) Wherley (Littlefork Class Of 1964), Janet (Ginter) Wagner (Class Of 1971), Dale Gilbert Himes (Class Of 1960), Edmour 'Ed' Raymond Hanzuk (Class Of 1956)]

Cover Picture: Class Of 1936, 25th Reunion, Taken In 1961

Cornerstones, Summer of 2011 Reunions, Bits and Pieces of News from hither and yon the last few months
* Backus Community Center Schedule
* From The Mailbag and Emails
* Sun Birds in flight - Gail & Ben's Road Trip of 2011
* Rocks and Trees, Trees and Rocks, and Water by Ben Barstad
* Remember when ...
* Class of 1956 55th Reunion
* Walleyes - "Spawn Of The North"
* I hope some will respond ...
* Girl Friends in Class of 1959 Visit Washington DC
* Your're Never Too Old ...
* A Conversation Between Mr Futura and a Graduate
* Class Of 1961 50th Reunion

Photos: [3rd & 4th Grade Football 1956/57, Class of 1951 - 60th Reunion, Class of 1956 Reunion (plus individual photo clips), Alexander Baker fifth grade class (Grad class of 1966), Girl Friends in Class of 1959, Corinne Johnson Brindos (1941)]

Final Farewells: [Johanne G. Moe (81), Kay Ellen Hinkle Wegner (73), Etta Mae Towle Erickson (89), Lorelei Lori Johnson Hendrickaon (74), Marion Ruth Bertram (93), Wilma Delores Gookins (92), Jacob Vincent Santine (76), Lucille La Pointe (91), Russell Stone (89), Ronald F. Laurion (84)]

Cover Picture: Falls High School Senior Class of 1936

Cornerstones, High School Graduation News, Fire Claims Landmark (Ace Hardware) in Falls
* Donations/Memorials, Funds Grants
* Donations to Purple Pride Fund
* From The Mailbag ...
* Greetings from Stanley Clewett
* Looking Back ...
* 50th Wedding Anniversary Nola & Duane Jocobon (1949)
* Seeing The Northwoods From The Air Is Therapy
* International Falls Elks Scholarship Programs
* Backus Community Center Schedule
* 65th Wedding Anniversary Shirley (1942) & Ray O'Dell
* Sportsman's Service - 75 Years
* Rainy Lake City
* Susan Alstrom (1972) Inductee to NSIC Hall Of Fame
* Pleimling Sisters Travel To Europe
* Reitirement On A Working Wildlife Refuge in AZ (Jim Thomas -1956)
* This and That ...
* In Memory Of Gary Tornes & Sid Erickson
* New FHS Alumni Directory Initiated
* Concerts in the Park 2011
* Neil Mc Cormack (1957)
* Icebox of the Nation
* Rainy Lake Community Orchestra
* Scholler (1990) Earns Doctorate
* Tuesday Musicale Scholarships
* FHS Band Trip to Seattle WA
* Class Of 1976 35th Reunion Announcement

Photos: [Class Of 1970 Mini-Reunion, Pleimling Sisters Travel To Europe, Minnesota Picnic Lake Havasu 2011, Retirement On A Working Wild Life Refuge, Picture Taken On June 28th At A Perkins Restaurant In Edina, Wedding Of Jean-Marie Skwarok ('03) To Kyle Morrison ('03), July 4th In The Falls, Rizzo's Shoe Shop Sponsored Softball Team About 1952, Class Of '64 Getting Together For Lunch In Chandler AZ, Tuesday Musicale Awards Seven Scholarships To Summer Music Camp, FHS Band Who Made The Trip To Seattle Wa In March, Falls High School Lettermen: Classes of 1948-1951]

Final Farewells: [Ronald Lloyd Rising (79), Robert C. Murray (81), Lois (Kerr) Milette (88), Bronko Kane Nagurski (73), Diana Carrigan Rardin (61), Dan R. Porter (72), Gilbert J. Johnson (91), Elwyn K. Boe (83), Margaret V. Thompson Cline (79), Gertrude Jones, Lucille Magner (80), Darrell D. Peterson (69), Laura Ruth Sweney (82), John (Johnny) L'heureux, Sr (87), Corday "Corey" Wilcox (43), Gary Hedlund, Elizabeth (Betty) Bender Boquist (87), Viola Mc Rae (98), Betty Herzig (77), Lucille (Bennett) Oveson (85), Viola Braford Borden (94), Jacqueline Frances Veeder Olson (60), Arthur J. Olson (80), David Crossgrove (57), Betty (Sutliff) Lindgren (84), Gerald S. Hall (Class Of 34), Lena Fedoruk Wallen (86), Ron Pearson, Margaret V. Thompson Cline (79), Arlene Munkholm Olson (79), Barbara Ann Babcock Carlson-Arzel (84), Elizabeth Marie Glotzbach (30), Joe Paul Swendsen, Jack Eugene Murray, Albert 'Swede' Erickson (81)]

Cover Picture: Falls High School Lettermen: Classes of 1948-1951

Cornerstones, Next All Class Reunion???, Concerts in the Parki 2011
* Donations/Memorials, Funds Grants
* Backus Events Calendar
* Looking Back (compiled from the JOURNAL)
* It Hardly Ever Rains ... by Ben Barstad
* Master Classes & Clinic for FHS Band in Seattle
* From the Holiday Mailbag
* 1960 Grad Publishes Children's Book (Bob Fulton)
* Citizens for Backus Alexander Baker Building Renovation
* Remembering Back When ...

Class Of 1976 35th Reunion Announcement
* Class Of 1981 Celebrates
* Class of 1971 40th Reunion in July
* Class of 1966 Reunion in July
* Class of 1991 20th Reunion in July

Photos: [8th Grade Graduation at St. Thomas 1936, FHS 1925 BB Team, 8th Grade FB Champs, Tyson 50th Annniversary, Mansell/Hansen 50th Anniversary, Four Generations, Zion Lutheran Confirmation Class of 1958, Class of 54 Senior Football Players, Retirement Party for Eugene Mio in Mid-1950's]

Final Farewells: [Jack Strain (90), D Reed Christensen (91), Runo Korpi (70), John Nathan Hamilton (76), Evelyn P Porter Torblaa (83), Friedolf "Toby" Thompson (86), Kathryn Anne Lemieux Adams (82), Birt Amick (59), Dennis L Oveson (54), Linda Diane Strandberg Muggli (61), Thomas Manka (78), Marjorie Ann Stenberg Gerlach (81), Lida Sjoblom Kroll (62), Philip Francois Olson (79), Barbara McDevitt Kresoya (82), Douglas Alan Frank (54), Judy Lundquist Barclay (67), John Adee (78), Marietta Wickstrom Hartman, Margaret Dorothy Olson (91), Shirley Selberg Kotyk (79), Linda Sjoblom Kroll (62), Richard A LaBlanc (76), Gerald Perron (77), Paul Allan Shoquist (39), Beulah Erickson Hill (89), Bill Cronkhite (70), Garnet Geer Ames]

Cover Picture: Retirement Party for Eugene Mio in mid 1950's

Cornerstones (Falls Education Foundation)
* Donations/Memorials, Purple Pride, Backus Center Events
* Looking Back (compiled from the JOURNAL)
* Puliciccio Excursion through Panama Canal
* Falls Elks Host Corn/Brat Feed for Student Scholarships
* Charter Media hosts Hockey Party
* 4th Of July Celebration in Falls
* Class Of 1945 65th Reunion Picts
* Class Of 1940 70th Reunion Picts
* Around Town
* Constantine Family Reunion
* Bronco Hockey - Pride Continues
* Bill Cullen writes from Colorado
* Carews journey to Copper Canyon in Mexico
* Don Chowan's Barbershop Closes

Reunion Road to Littlefork in 2010
* Class Of 1985 25th Reunion Picture
* Class Of 1960 Celebrates 50
* Class Of 1970 Celebrates 40
* Class Of 1965 45th Reunion Picts

Final Farewells (Roger J. Jerome, Tammy Holler, Carl Lindhag, Ruby Ione Forsythe Estabrooks, Marlene Erickson Taylor, Pearl Marie Lindstrom, Oskar W. Anderson, Nikolas Charles Kochaniuk, Lois Theresa (Soboleski) Glowak, Thomas N. Sugranis, Francis (Frank) Utter, Jean Leone LaPointe Sewchuk, Sandra Kennedy, Jacqueline Kirtland Walls, Ruth "Rudy" Ann Nelson, Gail Jean (Kriske) Helsen, Helen Christie Balentine, Jeanette McCartney Allen, Michele Mongrain Sparhawk, Robert Rompre, Roy D. Nyberg, Victor W. Davis, Edith May Hopke, Oliver Gilchrist, Dennis L. Anderson, Paul A. Johnson)

Cover Picture: Carson Lupie neighborhood gang in mid 1950's

Cornerstones (Falls Education Foundation)
* Donations/Memorials & Purple Pride
* Around Town
* Are You A Snowbird?
* Reunion - Class of 2000 (Contact Info)
* Dear 1973 Classmates of Falls Senior High School
* Backus Events (for locals)
* Reunion - Class of 1985 (Info)
* Tuesday Musicale Awards Seven Scholarships
* Looking Back (compiled from the "Journal")
* This & That from the "Journal" and Memories
* The Last of the Greatest Generation
* Mini-Reunion for Class of 1955
* Reunion - Class of 1965 (Info)
* Flatlanders in Ecuador, 2010
* Water Fights, "Red Shirts", Eager Students, Grasshopper Snacks
* From the mailbox and Email (notes)
* What a fun rainy afternoon I had in early April 2010
* The Good Old Days (1955)
* Sports
* Class Reminders for Class of 1971
* Second Annual MN Rotary Park Picnic in AZ
* Littlefork-Big Falls All-School Reunion
* Reunion - Class of 1960 (Info)

Final Farewells (Harry W "Pat" Gillingham, John F. Sether, Carole Peterson, Edith Dorothea "Edie" Schueff, Florence Martha "Tootsie" Kittelson Baraon, Ronald V. Ciminski, Albert "Frog" Reollet, Janice Lein Stenson, James Robert Gordon, Gordon L. Heldeman, Diana Mae Sokil McBride, Arlys Stone Kittelson, Dr Orville "Ardeen or Art" Weum, Joan E. Myer, John "Jack" P. Rostie, Vincent Pulicicchio, Peter "Tom" Kellner, David G. Schultz, Robert W. McBride)

Cover Picture Newspaper Staff for Class of 1950

Cornerstones (Falls Education Foundation)
* Centennial Celebration for "The Mill"
* Donations/Memorials & Purple Pride
* Around Town
* Lost Subscribers
* Sisterhood of the "After Five"
* Reunion - Class of 1965 (Missing Contacts)
* Reunion - Class of 2000 (Softball Challenge & Sha Sha)
* Backus Events (for locals)
* Message to Class of 1960
* Tuesday Musicale (for locals)
* Roy Nyberg (1944) SD Retailer of the Year
* Agnes Skoglund Christianson - "Memories of a 100-year old Minnesota Woman"
* George Carlin items
* Looking Back (compiled from the "Journal")
* In the mailbox or on the 'net (notes)
* Travels by Jerry Caple (1953)

Final Farewells (Raelynn Wilson, Eudora Stone, Donald Reuter, Beverly Iltis, Antoinette Gouin, John Piekarski, Pamela Elliot, Wayne Underdahl, Joyce Ginter, Richard McGregor, Helene Melby, Dennis Wold, Sally Larson, Gerald Oettinger, Sigurd Sjoblom, Lilly Lindvall, Audrey McCormack, Lois Skwarok, Arzella Jerome, Maurice Anderson, Charles Dvergsten, Wendy Spruyt, Ruth Tront, Gerald Adams, LeRoy Schneider, Janice Stenson, Chester Mann, Helen Messerschmidt)

Cover Picture Janet's Kindergarten Band

[Lots of picts so issue is a large download!]
* Cornerstones (Falls Education Foundation)
* Bass Tourney in Falls
* Memorials
* Events at Backus & exciting work!
* Here & There (FHS Grad News Items)
* Frank & Rene Soboleski at Normandy
* Sports Prophecy by Eric
* Followups from #54 & #55
* Feature on Ron Caple (56)
* Mailbox items
* Beauty & Beast (along the Danube)
* Citizen of the year - Suzie Best (96)
* Tostanoski Saga
* New windows at Zion Lutheran Church
* Looking Back

Class of 59 Reunion items/photos
* Class of 68 Reunion items/photos
* Class of 99 Reunion items/photos
* Future Reunions - 1960, 1970, 1985, (Littlefork ACR)

Final Farewells (Marilyn Grinde, Joe Barker, Darwin Larson, Betty Dahl-Schumann, Nancy Morris, Danny Johnson, Shirley Clark, Todd Bernard, George Roderick, Delores Paulson, Josheph Novotny, Linda Zawchenuk, Father Augustine Lucca, Robert DeMuth, Mary Browman, Mary Holt, Eugene Pike)

Cover pict of Homecoming 1956 Cheerleaders

Purple Pride/Donations/Golf
* Fall Events At Backus
* Looking Back (60, 50, 40 years ago)
* Local Scouts Tour British Isles
* Aleena Wilson's Leadership Conference in NY & DC
* Cecil Mongrain Chovan Readman Lifetime Achievement
* A "Different Take" on Ireland with the Barstads
* GED Scholarship Help Needed
* Greetings from Wasilla (Rehn)
* Borderland Humane Society Changes
* Hospital Fund Raiser at Backus
* Ukrainian Easter Eggs
* News & Chatter, Family News, Reunion Picts (1964), Lots of clear pictures

Final Farewells (Connie McCormack, Dorothy Madden, Cleo Koch, Russell Johnson, Rose Hoff, Russell Piekarski, Dorothy Johnson, Patricia Christenson, Dorothy Franko, Gladys Doris, Foster McCormack, Hazel Utter, Lois Engstrand, Frances Langston, Louise Gordon, Mary Larson, Vivian Field, Robert Frederickson, Ruth Degrugillier, Robert Wolfe, Charles Marsh, Cecil Routhier, Harold Hodel, Marian Christensen, Delores Paulson)

Cover Picture FHS Orchestra of 1953

The Kelly Flats
* Ballad Of The Foggy Five
* Navy Chief Corey Ketola
* Dr. & Mrs. Aufderheide
* Old Timers Hockey Tournament
* Looking Back Again by Hal Mirka
* Son Of A Gamblin' Man
* FHS Choir Trip to New York

Lots Of Reunion Notices

Final Farewells (Amy Boe, Mary Cousineau, Bonnie Bruggeman, Leslie McKeen, Ernestine Bergstrom, Delores Husted, Bernice Tenney, Gerda Urban, Evelyn LeVasseur, Cory Wallander, Alpha Shaw, Dorothy Johnson, Shirley Lind, Jean Peterson, Jackie Wood, Bernard Jones, Ralph Grill, Martha Glad, Eileen Stubee, Marjorie Kalar, Art Holmstrom, Clyde Sweney, Margaret Weingart, Beverly Holenko, Louise Gable, Pat Peterson, Emma Swenson, Harvey Dvergsten, Arlene Carew, Donald Bohman, Bernetta Rowe, Bernetta Rowe, Eleanor Bissett, Eileen Wilkins, Charles Warmuth, James Sullivan)

Cover Picture Falls Downtown in 1961