Bielejeski Family Public Service

The Bielejeski family has been quite involved in public life in Holdingford's early years.
As well as providing a place to "wet the whistle"
Hubert Bielejeski was on the City Council 1947,48,49 and Mayor in 1960-61.
Stanley M. Bielejeski was on the Council 1930-31
Vincent Bielejeski mayor 1918
D.F. Bielejeski council 1914-15
I'm not sure how long the Saloon was in operation but the photo is from 1908. That's Stanley Bielejeski on the left side of the picture of the Bielejeski Bros. Saloon 1908-14

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Car Dealerships and Gas

Kroska Motors from the early 1960's. At one time Holdingford had a Ford,G.M and Chevy dealerships in town. In the 60's there were 3 gas stations.
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Monday 5th of Feburary Meeting

Monday 5th of Feburary,7:00pm. Historical Society meeting is scheduled to be at the Corner pizza, we are going to continue to move through the procedures of getting a proper structure. Tim Glines, Manager of Outreach Services, for The Minnesota Historical Society will be our guest. Everyone is welcome so put it on your schedule.
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Where Meetings Are Held

I forgot to say this building is where the 'Holdingford Historical Society' has been holding it's meetings. We had a meeting on the second of January. Which went well. With Dan Hovland, President of the Upsala Historical Society. He gave us some good ideas as how to proceed with organizing.
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Progress of a Building

On the north end of Main Street is a building that started out as the Farmers State Bank, which went bankrupt in the twenties and has been a beer bar and restaurant under various owners since..
From 1929-69 this was 'Kornies Korner Kitchen', now days it is the 'Corner Pizza and Antiques' where they make a great homemade pizza, and you can sit amongst antiques while you eat.

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1932 air view of City

A photo of Holdingford from the 'Minneapolis Journal' from February 21. 1932. Taken by John J. Kollodge of the 109th air squadron flying with pilot Lieut. Frank Judd of Minneapolis.This was taken after a snowstorm. If you know the layout of town you can see what buildings were there at the time.
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A Holdingford noteable retires

Baseball has always been a big part of Holdingford's history. I thought this would be appropriate here.
This was in the Pioneer Press's Charley Walters column.
"Joe Brinkman, who is from Holdingford, Minn., will retire this month after 34 seasons as a major league baseball umpire. His career has included three World Series and three All-Star Game appearances. His 4,505 games ranks fifth on baseball's all-time list and is more than six of the eight major league umpires in the sport's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., worked."
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Ancestry.com present

Ancestry.com has a early Christmas gift for you. If you are interested in tracking relatives that went through Elis Island. Between 1820 and 1960, more than 41 million people left their home countries seeking a better life in the United States. Ancestry.com celebrates your immigrant ancestors by giving you FREE access to the newly expanded immigration collection. We’re also bringing you the Ellis Island Experience web site, which helps you understand your ancestors’ journeys to America.
Search a total of more than 100 million names from the records of over 100 of American port cities. This is realy a cool site. Just fun to go to.

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Next Meeting Date

We had a good turn out for our first meeting. Our next meeting is set for January 2d, 2007. At the Corner Pizza & Antiques, it provides for a very friendly atmosphere for talking about the past.
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Holdingford Area Historical Society

There will be a organizational meeting of the Holdingford Area Historical Society on December 4th 7:00p.m. at the Corner Pizza. Everyone welcome.
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