Lincoln High School
Thief River Falls, Minnesota

Senior Class of 1947

~!~!~!~!~______ Web Site Updated - 9 January 2012______ ~!~!~!~!~

 

 

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Alert - Alert - Alert

Mini Class Reunion

for the Class of 1947

is planned for

Saturday - June 23, 2012

(during the All School Reunion - June 22-24) 

A noon lunch will be scheduled as soon as we have the number to plan for.

Further details to follow.

Please respond ASAP to Arnold Narverud, if you plan on attending?

 

Use this email address to respond to Arnold Narverud

ganarv2001@yahoo.com 

 

 

 

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Actually, it now is more than 60 years since 1947.....

make that 65 years........

(I am too lazy to go in and change the 60 in the image......................)

All Class Reunion

this Summer

June 22, 23, 24, 2012

More info Here

TRF Education Foundation web site www.TRFeducationfoundation.com

Life in the USA in the year 1947

According to the 1987 Reunion booklet, these were some facts about 1947......

3 BR TRF Home $6,650
Avg. TRF Income $3,031
New Tunberg Ford $1,086
1 gal. regular leaded gas $.23 (pumped w/oil check and windshield wash)
1 lb. Jung's bread $.13
1 gal. City Dairy milk $.78 (delivered)

Oh, for the good old days?????

Yah Sure, you Betcha
Maybe you made $1.00 per hour?
Uff Da
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Click here to Go TO the

"LIST" of Classmates and Graduates names,

then, select a name

to go to each person's "Homepage"
w/1947 Class Photos

(& some Graduate's Family Photos)

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Ron Aase has been busy with his computer . He added recent images (to a Knox Grade School original from 1936) with good results.

1936 Upper image - Left to Right - Nobelle Furuseth-Virginia Anderson-Jeans Brahs-Ronald Aase-
Helen Battleson-Eunice Merritt-Ione DuChamp-Donald Adolphson-Phyllis Evenstad-
Kenneth Vevea-Mildred Schroeder-Delores Gulseth

50th Reunion - lower image - Left to Right - Kenneth Vevea-Ione DuChamp-Nobelle Furuseth-Ronald Aase-Phyllis Evenstad

ID and Names provided by Ken Vevea

 

 

 

Here is a TRF "oldie" from May 1942, showing a number of Class of 1947 (and other Years) Graduates,

doing a Trinity Lutheran Confirmation Class picture.

How many can you identify?

Grim looking bunch, except for Milo Gulbranson, who was always ready to laugh.......

 

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Then, as if that was not enough....... here is another renegrade group. Identify all of these folks?

Uff Da........... Who are they?

BSA Troop 47 - Thief River Falls - Minnesota - 1941

Back Row
Robert Nelson-James Kiland-Arnold Narverud-Keith Munson-Edwin Wing-Robert Johnson-Ralph Foster-Wendall Aase
Third Row
M erton Ripley-Derwood "Swede" Lund-John Gullinsrudd -Halvor Ekeren Ronald Aase-Jack Scanlon-John Powell-Donald Hage
Second Row
Galen Larson-Harry Lee Hanson-"Blackie" Gonzer-Loren Lord-Ronald Salveson-James Powell
Front Row
Lawrence Hylden-Leslie Knutson-Donald Adolphson-Kenneth Vevea

Where is RCO? >>>> Somebody had to take the picture>>>>Cheap camera>>>>>No self timer..........................

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Loren Lord was the Troop 47 Scoutmaster.
Blackie Gonzer was the visiting Scout Executive of the Lake Agassiz Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Ken Vevea provided the ID and the names.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Again - For the LIST of Class of 1947 Graduates (and some classmates), CLICK HERE.

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Denny's at Bloomington, Minnesota
Saturday, September 29, 2007

A "Local Area" mini Class Reunion

Ken Vevea made the arrangements
and 14 folks
(including 10 grads/classmates Class of 1947 )
enjoyed two hours of visiting.

Mouse over the faces for an ID.....................

Sam Siegel took the picture

 

 

 

 

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Here is a group picture
of 31 of the folks who attended the
Class of 1947 60th Class Reunion
July 6-7, 2007 in TRF.

 

(Scroll around to see everyone... Your cursor on a face brings up their 1947 name...
Click on a face and go to their 1947 Year book image)

 

 

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Ron Aase made another logo for the 60th Reunion

 

 

The TRF Lincoln High School
Senior Class of 1947

 

 

55th Reunion picture of the TRF Lincoln High School Class of 1947 held in August of 2002

Here is the picture of the attendees at the August 2002 Class of 1947 55th reunion in Thief River Falls.

Front Row - Nobelle Furuseth Garr, Norma Loberg Bloomquist,
Betty Christenson Jorde, Joyce Stadum Larson, Verona Helle McKinstry,
Violet Hanson Muzzy, Myra Dahle Nesland, Madonna Kelly Molstad.

Second Row - Hazel Myren Edlund, Marie Benston Iverson, Ardith Pederson Olson,
Eileen Lerol Cole, Shirley Kruse Sorvig, Virginia Strand Perreault,
Ardith Steenerson Larson, Mildred Benston Rondorf, Erling Lundeen, Kenneth VeVea.

Third Row - Allan Swanson, Robert Thompson, Arnold Narverud, Pat Mullen Dorn,
Donald Engelstad, Lillian Peterson Thorstad, Virginia Noel Buringrud,
Sylvia Iverson Gregorson, Otto Wedul, Jim Welch.

Back Row - Robert Fjelstad, Les Vigness, Abe Hanson, Clyde Christensen,
Roger Mickelson, John Hanson, Eugene Borgie, Kermit Eastman, John Stensrud.

 

Here are more Group pictures of earlier Class of 1947 Reunions.
Click on the link below to go to the pictures.

TRF 1967 20th Reunion Pictures
TRF 1972 25th Reunion Pictures
TRF 1977 30th Reunion NOT HELD
TRF 1982 35th Reunion Pictures
TRF 1987 40th Reunion Pictures
TRF 1992 45th Reunion Pictures

TRF 2002 55th Reunion Pictures
TRF 2007 60th Reunion

 

Here are more Web Pages of interest to the Class of 1947.
Click on a link below to go to listed Web Page

TRF Events, News, and Images



Knox, Northrup, & Washington 1936 Grade School Pictures

Prowler 1947 Year Book Pictures,

****More Links to Interesting TRF Web Sites****
Thief River Falls Ralph Engelstad Arena web site www.REATRF.com
University of North Dakota Ralph Engelstad Arena at Grand Forks web site www.theralph.com
TRF Education Foundation web site www.TRFeducationfoundation.com