The remaining pictures included: Thompsons’ Boat House; Ellendale area people “harvesting ice”; Murtaugh Brothers Boat Rental which was in operation from the 1920s -1940s; the Old Beaver Trail, Ardis and Noel Thompson’s bait shop and boat house, the Beaver Lake Launch in 1910; and a picture of one of the Sloan family picnics held at the Beaver Lake Park.
The Lions also announced their plans for the next big local event, Ellendale Days, which will be held the weekend of July 14-17. Plans once again include “food wagons” at the T-Ball tournament and girls fast pitch softball tournaments on Saturday. T-Ball will be played on the ball field south of the school, and the fast pitch games will be played on the fields north of the bus garage.
Once again the Lions will have the “Dunk Tank” set up “downtown,” so people can use their throwing arms to “dunk” their favorite people on Friday night.
The Lions also plan to hold their rummage/white elephant sale on Saturday from 8 a.m. -2 p.m. at a new site, the City Maintenance Building. Local residents are invited to bring their donated items to the City Maintenance Building from 12-5 p.m. on Friday. Sorry, no clothing. Bath fixtures or appliances will be accepted.
The Lions have a great slate of activities planned for Sunday as well, including their annual pancake breakfast which will be served from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Community Building. The menu will include pancakes, sausage, eggs, juice, milk and coffee for $6.50. Children 4 and under are free.
A tractor pull is also included on the weekend schedule for Sunday, as well as parade. The Ellendale Days parade will get underway at 4 p.m. and will make its way up “mainstreet,” for all to enjoy; the local Lions plan to have a unit in the parade again this year.
The local Loins Club officers, President, Allie Larson; Secretary, Gail Skroch; Treasurer, Millie Paulson; Lion Tamer, Dan Nelson; and Tail Twister, Don Peterson, along with the rest of the group thank everyone who supported their Community Cookout on Friday night. The Lions also hope that people will turn out to support the many Ellendale Days activities planned for July.
The Lions club members are kept busy all year long with activities that support their community. They plan to hold their second annual Beaver Lake Home Tour later this fall. They hope that the people of our area will support that activity as well.
