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Vusiiii Daily HeriPAGE EIGHTAUSTIN DAILY HERBORN IN LANSING TOWNSHIPSister Anselm Notes75th Year asNunWith af much happmesi ind\itality ax *he enjoyed when she;first en’ered the order, Sister M Anselm, who grew up in Austin celebrated her 75th anniversary as a Dominican nun this monthSister Anselm, known to esrlyAustinites as F la Revord, observed her anniversary st a gay party atDominic Villa, a home for retired nuns at Dubuque. Iowa The celebration of her diamond anniversary followed the observance of her 95th birthday in December.Ella Revord was born on a In Lansing Township on Dec.Her parents were John and Naomi Revord After the Civil War the family moved to Austin and her father helped put up the structure now occupied by the Woohvorth StoreSewed the Be»t SeamAs a young girl Ella made her a place for herself in Austin s history by winning 50 cents for “sewing the best seamThe incident is recorded in the Mower County His toryElla received her find com munion and was confirmed in St Augustine Church She attended public school for a time and thenentered a private school which was taught by a group of Dominican sisters While attending the Sis lers* School, iwhich was later discontinued—teachers in the Catholic school* in Austin now are Franciscan nuns,) Ella decided to enterthe orderSister M Anselm soon after she entered the Dominican OrderState HighwayPatrolman atStation HereJoined Ordor in 1879On Jan A 1879 ah# was received into th« Third Order of St Dominicat the mother house, St ClarasConvent, Sinainawa, Win She took the religious name Sister Mary here later thisAnselm.A former Albert i-e* man hasbeen assigned to the State HighwayPatrol station at Austin Norman Storviek, who had been stationed at Caledonia, was assign ed to Austin inJanuary He will move his familyAt St. Clara’x Sister Anselm studied music and taught in vartous mission schools throughout the middle west until after she was 75 In fact, when she was 75 she stud led a refresher course at the Uni \crsit? of WisconsinAfter her retirement Sister An.se !m lived at the mother house until Dominic Villa was built three years a;o At the villa she goes about a great deal in her wheel chair andhelps trim 'tamps which are colIffted at the villa a* a money making projectSermons Over found SystemS.ster Anselm rarely misses daily Mass The villa does however have a sound system which carries ser mons to residents who are fined to their roomsStorviekAt 95, Sister Anselm’s charming ersonality is still evident. She isuli of life and loves a joke Re ause she has difficulty in hearng, she converses by note and»hat ever written quip is given her he always has an answerRelatives in AustinSister An*e!m has three niecesiving m Austin, Mrs Genevieve Simmon* Mr* Fred Dugan and Mr* William A Hanf. A sister, Mrs lames D Sheedy, and a brotherrhomas A Revord, both lived tn Austin until their deaths a fewThe new offi cer has been onthe patrol for nearly two year* and was a police man at Albert Lea for 18Storviek is originally from I Albert leiBefore he was assigned to Cale donia for 18 months, Storviek was ! stationed at RochesterStorviek replaces Norman Sol liewho has twen assigned to the New Hrightnn area, but continues to live in Austin. Storviek is mar ried and has one daughter, age 2 During World War 11, he via* in the Marine CorpsOther highway patrolmen in this area are E J Lamping, Austin, and three who live in Albert f.eaHarry Harher. Richard Murray andJerry Sweet The five officers patrol the Austin Albert Lea areaMandler PupTop Winnerrears ago On their aunt s diamond anni lersary, Mrs Simmons Mrs Hanf. her daughter in law, Mrs William Hanf Jr„ and her daughter, Mrs Adrena Benson, bought a three tiered cake and drove to Dubuque for the celebration, They found that Sister Anselm was more than the guest of honor- she was the most entertaining person at the party.Four Austin dogs placed in a field of 138 in the St Paul WinterCarnival stakes at Gopher Retriever Club at I,one Lake Kennel, New port. Sunday.First place trophy in the puppy‘-take was won hv ‘’Hoots, ,i blackLabor ador owned and handled bvHarold Mandler“Doubtemint,” a black Laborador owned and handled by “RedHay# took first pin or in tic I hi hvstako, Third place* w#i|f to 1 MrTap a hhiifc t aHorador imn#i and handled hv John iMflte!LimMaiFanBLIMEn«Niewaid his farmhere a w!prove it The 01digger a 200 feet acre farrson ft rotwald anon royal!The fiscions fi tyred hoi cpnred afarNiew althe wate• .1 they didamount tHowcvi sink a hlt;kgiit fronfrorn Ch;summeron the fi Ntewal; claim thr and Hirerfarm * The dnSince Del; tinug Mb , rig doovnof the bit rornfie Prospei Iowa offtempt waof Des MiThere break* o climaxed reached iyrnrs, m j acres in * by drillerDhillip? 858 feet i other 2.3near la’oi etcitemer 100 foot vof oily fi Stafi* G tow a Ci Kwould be ern Iowa, will soonThe sir southern nearest uMi'Hershej tired tn been a ve also will | like oil. 1 Niewaidbecause of Valley, ahfarm in Isavs he hairon, therNiewaid in his oil oil rompn leases on bors aren well They ingA lot of every daythem areNiewaidover ” lieon hi* fanto the rail“And ifwald Mid.out of itFircmcBurninIt tw*k
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Austin Daily Herald
Austin, Minnesota, US
Mon, Feb 01, 1954
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