Over the weekend I stayed up at a cabin on Leech Lake. There was a stack of books in the cabin, and being a bookworm myself I grabbed one off the shelf. It was called "Too Hot, Went To Lake: Seasonal Photos of Minnesota's Past".

Thumbing through it, I stumbled upon a picture of a group of bald men all touching the head of another bald man. Turns out the photo is from St. Cloud's very own Bald Headed Men's Club.

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The photo depicted Russell Ackerman being inducted as the club president back on February 5th, 1954. The caption of the photo detailed a little bit more about the club. Their theme song was "No Grass Grows on a Busy Street", and any member who combed his hair over to cover the baldness was kicked out.

This club was claimed to be a national one, but the only chapter ever formed was in St. Cloud originally started in 1938 and enrolled as many as 40 members.

I think this Bald Headed Men's Club needs a revival in the place it was born!

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