LOOK at LAKESILOOK at LAKESIDDEE Lakeside—Lester Park bi-monthly newsletter

June/July 2015 www.LookAtLakeside.com

IN THIS ISSUE

New businesses

Kiddie Parade

Lake Superior Masons

Changes ahead in Lakeside

Musical

by St. Michael’s students

& More

ack in the early days of Duluth thousands of

freemasons were active in the community at several lodges situated within Duluth. Today there are 6 lodges in Duluth under the Minnesota Grand Lodge and one under the Prince Hall Grand Lodge. The Lake Superior Lodge in Lakeside meets at 4711 Gladstone Street. The Lakeside site is one of three locations that lodges meet in Duluth. Four of the lodges meet at the downtown location on Lake Ave and 2nd St, and one meets in the West End. The Prince Hall Lodge members originally were all black members and used to meet at

MASONIC TEMPLE IN LAKESIDE STILL GOING

Next Deadline July 14*

*earlier is greatly appreciated

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A Kiddie Parade will

be held Wednesday,

July 15 at

5:30PM at the baseball field at Portman. The annual parade began back in the 1950’s with Myrtle Marshall. Music, pets, wagons & bikes

and prizes for eve-ryone.

Local businesses will have Sidewalk Days sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Music in Lakeside? Wouldn’t you love to see/hear

more of it in Lakeside. Stay tuned for potentially some Bluegrass, folk music, and even Scandinavian music later in the

summer and early fall. Are you interested? Wendy 525-5098

Effective April 18, 2015 mailed dropped off after

2 p.m. will be on the next business day’s mail.

The Lake Superior Lodge #349 had a Smelt Fry on May 16 at the lodge at 4731 Gladstone St. Steve Patronas and June Hendrickson helped prepare and serve the food.

The money raised supports the downtown Duluth Scottish Rite Clinic (childhood language disorders) that serves about 2000 children a year. (Photo by Wendy Grethen)

Celebrate Lake Superior

Day *3rd Sunday

in July. Keep our lake clean and beautiful. 1st annual

Smelt Fry

A smile is the lighting system of the face,

the cooling system of the head and the heating

system of the heart. David Roads

B

Where we live shapes us. There are people we know and people we have yet to meet. You can meet people and play a fun game coming up in June. Attend the Bunco Night on June 15 (see the announcement on the top of page 5) and other Lakeside events on the back page. I’m also hoping to put together a couple concerts this fall in Lakeside. Plenty of live music will go on this summer : Duluth Library has a Thursday night series, Chester Park’s Tuesday night series, Glensheen’s Wednesday night series, and more. Have a cool summer!

Wendy, LAL Editor

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LOOK AT LAKESIDE a bi-monthly newsletter on people, places, happenings

and history of Lakeside-

Lester Park, Duluth, MN

Wendy Grethen, editor 218.525.5098

wendyupnorth@yahoo.com

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RIGHT HERE in Lakeside we

have opportunities to head outdoors in natural areas, watch a train go by, and stand beside the big beautiful Lake Superior (and jump in). I like to dive into a little history here and there and talk with people who are involved in different aspects of the community. Thanks to local masons for sharing their history. This summer I’m embarking on gathering video footage and research history on Superior and the history of Park Point. Both will be big projects but it will be fun to pull together pieces so that more people can get to know our local area.

Alternate parking schedule is in effect year-round. Shaded weeks indicate park on odd-

numbered addresses. Change sides

Sundays 4-8PM.

Wanted for the next issue: share tales of Lester Park’s early days and/or why you love Lester Park (park). Email wendyupnorth@yahoo.com. Thanks!

The Lakeside Lester Park Community Club will hold

their annual meeting on Tuesday, June 23.

6 p.m. BBQ, 6:30 p.m. Elections 7 p.m. Salute to veterans, Entertainment. 525-0845

54th Ave E. and Tioga St.

Thanks local gardeners! Does everyone know where these two signs are making street corner gar-dens in Lakeside. Stop and smell the flowers. You just might find birds and butterflies enjoying the

gardens, too.

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NEWSLETTER IS NOW

IN ITS 3RD YEAR. INTERESTED IN PLACING AN AD?

New Businesses in Lakeside

Private Practice

Therapy

Pat Sigford will open an office at

5107 East Superior Street

beginning June 1st.. She will

offer mental health therapy for

adults and older youth. She also

will offer social work licensure

supervision-individual and group-

as required by the MN Board of

Social Work. Pat provided

therapy most recently at St.

Mary's Grief Support Service;

prior to that she did so at St.

Mary's Duluth Clinic as a

psychotherapist working with

youth and adults. “I enjoy

meeting and working with

individuals, supporting them in

developing and strengthening

skills for the healthier lives they

desire.” Call 218-525-4014 to

make an appointment.

Congratulations to Joanne Elliot, owner of Matilda’s Dog Bakery, for being nominated for the Micro-Entrepreneur Award from the UMD Center for Economic Development. She began this business in 2011.

Renewalbyandersen.com

218-727-2091

The Lakeside Theatre

opened in September 1932

with seating given at 460. It was located

at 4621 E. Superior St. and was owned

and operated by T.R. Franklin. It was

originally called the Esquire. The theatre

closed in October 1951.

Source: cinematreasures.org

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Lakeside Authors / New Books Congratulations to Lakeside resident, Eddy Gilmore, for

publishing a memoir. His book, Emancipation of a Buried Man, is available at Amity Coffee, The Bookstore at Fitgers, and other locations. It’s a book with stories about being a

child of a hoarder and a mix of life experiences.

Laura Erickson has authored another book - Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of

Familiar Birds by Laura Erickson and Marie Read.

Lakeside Technology

John DeRosier and Becca Richards opened Lakeside Technology at 4515 E. Superior St. They live nearby and have an 8 year old son. The services available are

computer repair and sales, small business support, iPad/iPhone glass repair, spyware removal and more. Inside the store also is the Kraft Shack with unique tiles and picture frames. John and Becca

comment “Our main target is residential and small businesses. We give better service for better prices.” Call to set up an appointment or house call 218-464-4407.

Ad from Lakeview Times

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Lakeside in the News

It was voted by the City council in May that Lester Park Golf Course can sell liquor. No sale of liquor has occurred in Lakeside area since 1891 when Lakeside was annexed to the city of Duluth.

Congratulations to Duluth East Daredevils robotics team who went to St. Louis and won 2nd place in the first robotics world championships and made it to finals for a MN state championship.

Rockridge Elementary School building and site sold to Schweiger Development Holding & Management and Augusta with the goal to add more residential rental development.

Chuck Bailey

218-625-7100

4002 London Rd.

Duluth, MN 55804

Short Stay Rehabilitation

Independent Living

Assisted Living

Memory Care

Medical Transportation

218-625-4800

Lakeshore at Home Home Care

218-625-7848

The Sami Cultural Center of North America is located in Lakeside in the professional building next to St. Michael’s Church. The Center is open Tuesdays 3-7 PM or by

appointment. The Center held several events this spring: storytelling, craft making, movies, and potlucks. The Center has expanded and now has a new classroom. For more information on the Sami Center, their wish list, Sami culture, and activities contact 525-4757 or via Facebook.

Play Bunco on Monday, June 15…. It’s a fun, easy to learn dice game.

A donation of $12 is suggested to support Circle of Hope. Bring along family and friends. Come to the Lakeside Lester Park Community Club at 54th Ave. E. and Tioga St.

Instruction will begin at 6 p.m. Game time 6:15-7:15 p.m. Please pre-register by leaving a message at 525-5098.

FUNDRAISER:

Sponsor a chair $20

for the new classroom

A spring silent auction supports Daredevils.

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Chuck Bailey has lived in Lakeside for over 50 years and has been active in many civic endeavors. He is the father of six adult children, nine grand children and two great grand children. His father was a construction engineer and built defense plants at several locations during World War II, so Chuck has lived in Illinois, Iowa, California, Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin; before the family made its way to Duluth.

In time, his parents built a home at 3000 London Road, on a site which had once been an amusement

park and beer garden in the early history of Duluth. Chuck graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1955, enlisted in the army where he spent 16 months in Korea and a year at a NIKE anti-aircraft defense unit in Connecticut. He joined DM&IR Railroad in 1959 as a personnel

MEET YOUR NEIGHBORSNCY

SHULDT specialist and worked there for 27 years; retiring as Director of Safety and Plant

Protection. For several years he was active in the Safety Section of the National Safety Council and the Association of

American Railroads. He chaired a 10 year national study which developed a new method for analyzing safety program effectiveness, and, following retirement, formed his own consulting business helping other companies analyze their safety programs.

He has published local history booklets, including one for the railroad and another for the 75th anniversary celebration of Lakeside Presbyterian Church where he attends.

He has served on the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and among other projects; helped build the soap box derby track at Hartley field to replace the race-course which was held for several years on London Road near 26th (near where the Lemon Drop Restaurant was located). Chuck was an organizer for the Portorama events and the parade that was held in Downtown

Duluth. He also designed and supervised construction of the Viking Ship parade float

that was eventually purchased by the fledgling Viking Football team and used as a bandstand in Bloomington Stadium for many years.

In 1967, Chuck was elected to a four year term on the Duluth Board of Education; where he served as treasurer, chaired the

bargaining committee, and served on the planning committee for the new Central High School.

He was a longtime member of the Gitche Cumee Kiwanis club - and involved in the many Club projects including the Pinewood Derby model car races for cub-scouts, annual dinners, and duck races.

His life-long avocation has been the study of ancient history. which has led to recording of petroglyphs in rock art sites and an organized mapping of ancient sites in Minnesota at Jeffers Petroglyphs, Blue Mounds, and the Lujenida dolman in the Boundary Waters.

A longtime member of the Northern Lakes Archeology Society, which meets monthly at the Superior Public Library; he has regularly hosted its annual holiday party pot-luck and has presented several programs for the organization.

Interview and write-up by Wendy Grethen,

Chuck Bailey

Chuck has lived on Robinson Street since the late 1950s. He has traveled the Americas

photographing petroglyphs and is working on a

book on the Jeffers site in southwestern MN.

Lakeside Presbyterian Church

4430 McCulloch Street, Duluth, MN 55804

218-525-1967

www.lakesidepreschurch.org

"I've had a long time interest in ancient history and evidence of

peoples who once inhabited

our area."

Worship Hours begin at 9:30 a.m., Sunday

May 24, 2015

Vacation Bible School in June

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In The Community

June 6 is the Walk for Animals. Bayfront Park.

Pets welcome. Animal Allies fundraiser. 722-5341.

A Spring Flowers Tea will be held June 6 at noon.

Women’s Club, 2400 E. Superior St. Entertainment/prizes.

June 27 will be the CHUM Rhubarb Festival. 9a.m –4 p.m. 11th Ave. E. & London Rd.

Rose Fest will be July 11 at the Leif Erikson Rose

Garden 11AM-2PM. Guided tour of the Rose Garden, demos on rose care, selecting and planting, pruning.

Free. 218-728-3370

St. Mark’s African Methodist Episcopal Church. Now this lodge also meets at the Lakeside location. Lake Superior lodge has about 150 members. In 1996 the TW Hugo (Hugo was a two time mayor of Duluth) Lodge merged with the Lakeside Lodge and formed the Lake Superior Lodge #349. Some members live in Lakeside and some come from around town or even Superior. The building on Gladstone in Lakeside was constructed in 1922. The upper floor has a blue room where lodge meetings convene. Additional meeting space, a library, and photo wall are on the main floor, and the lowest level has a kitchen and dining room. Roger Morris of Lakeside received his 50 year pin in November 2013 and was master in 1973. He and several other people in this lodge have the highest honor, 33rd degree, bestowed by the Scottish Rite and are knight templars. “I have met so many wonderful people that I wouldn’t have met had it not been for masonry. There is a strong feeling of trust. It’s like they are your brothers. We are there to help.” says Roger when asked about being a member.

Continued from Front Page, Lodge

WOMAN-MADE

Local Art & Gift Fair

30+ participating artists.

Shop 10AM-4PM.

First United Methodist Church, 230 E. Skyline

WendyUpNorth.com Creating local art & gift fairs throughout the year.

July 18

Answers to Questions on the back.

1. Abraham Lincoln, 2. radio 3. Lake Superior

Photos of past and current mason lodge leaders called Worship Masters during their term then called Worshipful Brothers. These photos are on a wall at the Lake Superior Lodge. For information on the lodge contact Jim Proctor at 728-8402.

The Lake Superior Masonic Lodge

holds a

Burger Bash the first Friday after

school starts in September.

The goal of the lodges is to make “good men

better.”

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YOUTH & SCHOOL NEWS

A Musical on Germs St. Michael's has a tradition of doing a spring musical that goes back at least 30 years. Any student (K-5) that wants to be in the show is able to perform. It is such a great way to get young kids involved in theater and gives them wonderful public speaking/performing skills.

The play Germ Trek-The Musical was performed by 30 students from Kindergarten through 5th grade in late April. The students practiced 2-3 times a week from February-April. The music from the show came from K-8 music

journal. The play was free and open to the public. The musical is a combination of Star Trek meets Health class 101. Three germs (measles, mumps, and rubella) try to enter a human body through Nasal Airways. The are detected by the "command center" (brain) of the body, the "bridge of the ship", which is controlled by Captain Burke and his crew.

The germs are transported through the body and continue to meet roadblocks such as the Anti-bodies. Throughout the show the students learned how various systems of the body work, how germs and viruses enter the body, and defense mechanisms to keep germs at bay. Thank you to Lynn Peterson for supplying photos and the summary.

Summer Sports Through the summer at Duluth East numerous sports camps go on: Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Volleyball, Boys & Girls Soccer, Football Camp, and Girls Tennis.

Dr. Greg Luke and Patti are Lakeside residents

Successful Blood Drives Duluth East holds three blood drives per

year. This year 216 units (pints) of blood

were collected - up 35 from the previous

year. In our area about 25% of blood

donated comes from high school and college

age students. In Minnesota the minimum

age to donate is 16 and requires parent

permission. In Lakeside, the EPA lab also

regularly hosts blood drives. To find out

about donating blood contact Michele Keil at

218-740-1541.

Donating blood

saves lives.

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WHAT’S COMING IN LAKESIDE IN JUNE/JULY

A Mini Lakeside Quiz

1. Hugh McCulloch (where the name for McCulloch St comes from) was appointed as the 27th Secretary of the Treasury by which president? _____________

2. Crosley Avenue is named after Powel Crosley, Sr who invested in Lakeside. His son, Powel Jr invented several things. His business (corporation) became the largest _______manufacturer in the world. (Note: see zenithcity.com for more on Crosley).

3. Which of these buildings is NOT over 100 years old—the Lester River Fish Hatchery, Lake Superior Masonic Lodge (Lakeside), or Lakeside School (now St. Michael’s Lakeside School)?

Submit Lakeside news and announcements. Place an ad for your business. Thank a neighbor. Share a celebration.

Deadlines are the 14th of Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept., & Nov. (218)525.5098 wendyupnorth@yahoo.com

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►June 10 (Wed) ….Art

History and the Modern Quilt. Lakeside Lester Park Community Club. 6-7:30PM. $5 charge. This event is part of the MN Quilt Show. Check for more events with the show at Hannah Johnson Fabrics.

►June 15 (Mon) ….Swedish

Midsommar. Family event with festivities. Begins at 12:30PM. Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 45th Ave. E. & Colorado. Make flower crowns, paint a dala hast (horse). Program: Cloudberries at

2PM. Followed by decorating the maypole, raising it, and singing and dancing around it. $5 donation collected at the door for those 18 years of age and older. Swedish Cultural Society 727-4415.

►July 8 (Wed) ….Free

Neighborhood Summer BBQ 5:30PM. Lester Park United Methodist Church. Music from the Holy Hootenanners.

►July 15 (Wed) ....Kiddie

Parade Portman. 5:30PM. Prizes and fun for everyone. Bring bikes, wagons and pets.

ONGOING……………

==Food Bank Mondays 11AM-1PM, Faith Lutheran, 1814 N. 51st Ave. E. ==Lake Superior Modern Quilt Club 2nd Thurs 6PM Lakeside Lester Park Community Club ==LLP Citizen Patrol 3rd Thurs 6:30PM *Lakeside Pres Church (*New Location) ==Portman Senior Activities Lunches 727-4321 Bingo: Monday and Fridays at noon. Men’s Coffee Group: Wed 9:30-11:30AM Senior Exercise: Mon, Wed, Fri 8:30-9:30.

Worship Services on the Shore

Lester Park United Methodist Church holds 8AM services at the Pavilion on Brighton Beach Sundays

June through August.

Coming Through 6/20: Grandma’s Marathon runners. Go runners!

Summertime Outdoors Surf Shack

Ever tried Stand Up Paddleboarding? UMD runs the Lester River Surf Shack behind the old Fish Hatchery building.

Equipment rentals and summer season passes are available. Contact rsop@d.umn.edu or call 218-726-7128.

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