Recollections
News from Eagle Bend's Past
25 Years Ago
February 25, 1998
Valentine’s night at the Eagle Bend City Hall was filled with laughter, music, and lots of “boogying” bodies. Girl Scouts from Bertha, Clarissa and Eagle Bend gathered with their grandpas, dads and special guests for a “Valentine’s Dad and Me Dance” sponsored by the Cadette Girl Scout Troop #283. Special grandpa, Ed Boherer of Monticello, came all the way to D.J. for the dance for granddaughters Brittany and Paige Borst. The dance started off slow, but in no time at all everyone was up dancing to the “Macarena.” Smiles covered the faces of all the Girl Scouts as their dads/guests proudly danced the night away with them.
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Jackee Svaren, daughter of Dale and Becky Svaren of Eagle Bend, placed third in the Voice of Democracy Contest in the V.F.W. 6th district. She received $100 and a medal at a luncheon held in St. Cloud.
66 Years Ago
March 7, 1957
The State Department announced last week that a Fulbright Scholarship has been awarded to Percy Fearing to study next summer at the University of Munich in Germany. This scholarship pays all expenses including air transportation from Minneapolis to Munich. He will be enrolled in a seminar that will deal with teaching German as a foreign language. He also will be given the opportunity to travel around to any place he would like to visit. He has indicated that he hopes to visit Vienna, Austria and also Berlin. Mr. Fearing will live with a German family in Munich. Fearing is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orin Fearing of rural Eagle Bend.
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Mr. Clint Sinotte, the local hardware merchant, is closing out the business he announced this week. Mr. Sinotte has operated his business here for the past two and a half years but because of ill health, he is compelled to discontinue.